Chapter 225

April 12, 1865

At a time when all countries are worried that the Russian Empire may launch an attack on the Bessarabia region, thus making the Black Sea war again.

The Prime Minister of Saxony, Beuist, was successfully elected as the new Speaker of the German Confederation with the support of Hanover, the fourth largest country in the German Confederation, and many smaller countries in the Confederation.

At the victory conference, he announced that the Kingdom of Saxony and the Kingdom of Hanover would form an alliance to form a third force within the German Confederation to compete with the Austrian Empire and the Kingdom of Prussia.

"I am dissatisfied with the fact that Austria and Prussia, on the Schleswig and Holstein issues, are trying to negotiate the two outcomes independently of the German Confederation family, which I will hold in the coming week. In the parliament of the German Confederation, we personally address our question to Chancellor Bismarck and Chancellor of Austria, Archduke Rainer Ferdinand, to change this disunity of the two countries towards the German Confederation."

With his tough remarks, the two principalities of Prussia and Austria became discolored and expressed their dissatisfaction with him.

But what annoyed the two countries was that his speech was supported by many small countries, which made the two countries reluctantly accept the sudden emergence of a third party in the German Confederation.

The unexpected countries of the German Confederation were very surprised by this, so they began to investigate the past of this Beuist.

In 1849, he served as the foreign minister of King John I of Saxony under the German Confederation. In May of the same year, Beuist represented the kingdom of Saxony to suppress the people of Dresden in Prussia, thus opening the close diplomatic relationship between Saxony and Prussia. . In 1853, he became the Minister of the Interior of Saxony. He sought to develop the economy of Saxony through moderate and moderate internal reforms. With the rapid development of relations with Prussia that he laid foreshadowed earlier, he took the Prussian hitchhiker and the economy of Saxony developed rapidly. Supported by the people of Saxony.

Although due to economic interests, when facing the hegemony between Prussia and Austria, he would sometimes naturally fall to the economic power of Prussia, but after becoming Prime Minister of Saxony in 1858, his foreign policy made him more and more inclined to Austria. , and therefore a sharp confrontation with the Prussian Prime Minister Bismarck.

Just like this time, in the campaign for the German Confederation, there were originally only two people, Archduke Bismarck and Rainer Ferdinand, but he stepped in and used the fear of a small country's concern that its own interests would be swallowed up by the two big countries as a weapon. Many small states of the German Confederation, as a third power between Austria and Prussia.

It can be said that there is no two in the limelight.

The German Confederation is located in the heart of Europe. It inherits the land transportation routes between Eastern and Western Europe, Southern Europe and Northern Europe. At the same time, its strategic location cannot be ignored by all countries.

Originally, when Austria and Prussia were almost on the same page in the German Confederation, the countries did not say anything, but this time a third party appeared, which can be said to have broken the inability of each country to intervene in the internal affairs of the German Confederation. The unexpected rise of Saxony Beuist made Countries have finally discovered the gap.

So countries have expressed their opinions.

Among them, the United Kingdom, which has close relations with the Kingdom of Hanover, took the lead in making a statement.

"A small country is also a country. I hope that the German Confederation can be more democratic. At the same time, I also hope that when there are differences in the governance of Schleswig and Holstein, the countries can resolve it in a peaceful way in parliament."

British Foreign Secretary Russell's remarks showed that the United Kingdom supports Boist's expansion, but his support has made many small countries of the German Confederation begin to support Boist.

With the UK ahead, how can other countries lag behind?

France also expressed support for the democratic tendencies within the German Confederation and hoped that Prussia and Austria would tolerate the rise of dissent. Prime Minister Olivier said that this would provide substantial help in promoting the governance of the German Confederation.

Afterwards, the Dutch foreign minister, Hesbet Feng, made a statement.

The Netherlands stated that Luxembourg, as a principality directly administered by the Kingdom of the Netherlands, has always maintained an independent position, and expressed that Luxembourg chose neutrality in the face of the three forces of the German Confederation.

At the same time, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Netherlands announced that the Principality of Luxembourg, owned by William IV, will continue to be a neutral existence in the European situation and will not participate in any foreign actions of the Kingdom of the Netherlands.

The Principality of Luxembourg is neutral!

This is recognized by the surrounding French Empire, Kingdom of Prussia, Principality of Lorraine, and Principality of Belgium.

At the same time, other countries of the German Confederation, which do not share borders, have also expressed their approval of the neutrality of the Principality of Luxembourg.

As a result, Luxembourg became the fourth neutral country on the European continent to be recognized by Europe after Switzerland and Sweden, which were confirmed in 1815, and Belgium, which became independent in 1830.

The fragmentation of the German Confederation made the power of Germany form a united front against all countries in Nanyi, which made Britain, France, Russia, Ottoman and other countries relieved. After all, the German Confederation with two big countries, Austria and Prussia, plus many small countries, is too strong.

In particular, with the rise of Prussia, the economic development of the countries of the North German Confederation led to the development of economic development, and the countries in the south were also scrambling to establish the South German Customs Union under the promotion of Austria to oppose Prussia leading the North German Customs Union.

Although the development of the north and the south is unbalanced~www.mtlnovel.com~, the effect is similar for other countries, especially the pressure of Tsarist Russia, so it has always been either to suppress Prussia to support Austria, with the Crimean War after the war Tsarist Russia and Austria fell out, so they backed Prussia to suppress Austria for more than ten years.

Therefore, the German Confederation was even more broken at this time, which was completely in line with the core interests of the Russian Empire.

Alexander II was even more confident about the plan that was about to be launched in the south.

William IV at the Royal Palace in Amsterdam, the Netherlands, is now on the table with the heads of his intelligence agency, Mackay Sean and Bill Charlie.

"According to His Majesty's orders, Van Gogh has been arranged for an artistic edification tour in France, Italy, Britain and other countries. As for Thomas Edison"

Bill Charlie had a strange look on his face at first, and then exclaimed: "He came to the Netherlands in 1863 and got two patents in less than a year. At the end of 1863, he invented an automatic recorder machine. In 1865 In January of this year, another ordinary printing press was invented, which immediately caused a sensation among the senior executives of the William Group. The William Group even bought the patent for 40,000 pounds. At the same time, two factories were set up in Rotterdam and Australia to produce this piece. printing press.