After seeing Thomas off, Napoleon III immediately convened a think tank for a meeting. It was not right that it was to call the ministers to have a meeting.

Anyway, it's almost the same. Nepotism is Napoleon III's usual style of employing people. The think tank also serves as a minister and has no cabinet.

The Chancellor of the Finals: Earl Monil's speculative financial backer, the Secretary of the Army Arno, the Young Master of the Thugs, the Secretary of Police Mopa, the Secretary of the Interior, the Secretary of the Navy, the Protector of the Great Ship, the Minister of the Colonial Court, the Minister of the Colonial Court, the Secretary of the Colonial Court, the Secretary of the Colonial Court, the Secretary of the Colonial Court is his nephew...

Don’t look at this group of people who are all related households. In fact, the business they do is pretty good, at least much stronger than the July Dynasty, and much stronger than the later Third Republic.

In addition to the failure of the French-Prussian War, during the reign of Napoleon III, France's economy developed rapidly, people's living standards were significantly improved, and the world's second colonial empire was mostly built during this period.

Army Secretary Arnold said vigilantly: "Your Majesty, the British treat us as guns. Once their plans are successful, Russia and Austria are our enemies, and our choices will be very limited in international politics in the future.

Moreover, it is not that simple to interfere in Austria. The multinational coalition is actually just nominally nice.

All countries are distributed all over the world and need to coordinate relations and organize coalition forces. Such a big change is simply impossible to keep it confidential.

The Austrians are not stupid. Once they receive the news, they just need to do one thing. Before the coalition is formed, they will catch the Prussians and beat them up.

Without the Prussians coming to cannon fodder, this time, unless we do our best, the mobs of the coalition forces will sooner or later be defeated."

Arnau is a story about experience. The four-nation coalition forces on the battlefield in the Balkans are in chaos. Now, a nine-nation coalition forces can lead so many teammates with different thoughts?

They are also experienced in cheating their teammates. When the Nine-Nation Alliance acts together, they not only need to be guarded against the enemy, but also their eight allies, which is simply deadly.

"Catch the Prussians and beat them up?"

"Arno, do you think the Austrians will catch the Prussians and beat them up at the first time?" Napoleon III asked with interest.

Arnault replied: "Yes, Your Majesty. If the Nine-Nation Alliance is formed, even if Austria can defeat the Alliance, in order not to be isolated, they will try their best to avoid going to war with the Alliance.

But the Austrian government cannot directly admit defeat, otherwise how can we explain to the public?

Franz Joseph I was at the age of youth and might not be able to withstand this grievance and could not cause trouble for the British. So, can it be okay to catch the Prussians and bully them and vent their anger?

In order to escape the responsibility for the failure of this operation, the Vienna government should support this operation and just transfer the anger of the people to the Prussians. When we organize the coalition forces, the Kingdom of Prussia will be almost done.

If the Russians also took advantage of the situation, then before the coalition forces arrived, Russia and Austria would divide Prussia first."

As a former part-time thug, Arnault usually likes to be reckless in his work. Now he analyzes problems and often uses this kind of thinking.

Napoleon III's vision was lit up when Arnold's analysis. In order to consolidate the throne, he could fight with Russia. In order to evade responsibility, it was normal for the Vienna government to catch Prussia and beat him up.

Traitors are always more hateful than enemies. If they are crippled or killed by Prussia, the resentment in the hearts of the people will be released. The government can not only survive the crisis smoothly, but may also gain some benefits.

As for the interference of various countries, Austria has no way to stop all countries from sending troops. Is there no way to delay everyone's time for sending troops?

After the coalition was formed, the Prussian government successfully received a lunch box. It avenged the Kingdom of Prussia. If it does not exist, who will do it without any benefit?

At least Napoleon III did not think anyone had that international spirit. At worst, the Austrians were in vain and withdrew from the newly occupied land.

Pessini added: "Your Majesty, in addition to attacking the Kingdom of Prussia, Austria may also choose to attack Paris first and attack!

Our main force is not in China. The Austrian army has reached the Bavarian border. As long as we pass through Baden, we can enter our country. With the advantage of military strength and the sudden attack, it is very likely to succeed."

Sneak attack on Paris is a high investment and high profit plan. Once successful, France will fall into chaos and it will not cause trouble for Austria at least this year.

The Russians could also take the opportunity to seize Constantinople and close the British and French forces on the Crimean Peninsula to fight dogs. The British could only huddle in the British Isles, and at most the navy came out to sway, and the entire European continent was left with the Russian-Austrian alliance.

Napoleon III sneered: "That is to say, the British are coming up with a bad idea from beginning to end?"

Persini analyzed: "Your Majesty, this is the most in line with the interests of the British. The success rate of the Austrians' sneak attack on Paris is too low. Even if Marshal Radsky personally directed it, the chance will not exceed four levels.

This is still the case when we are not prepared. As long as we are prepared and the troops on the front line are more vigilant, the Austrians can only attack all the way.

The conflict between us and Austria is not yet at the point of life and death, and the Vienna government should not take the risk of fighting with us.

As long as we cannot conquer Paris within one month, our front-line troops will retreat, and it will be their turn to be unlucky.

In essence, the most important thing about the British plan is to intimidate. If the Austrians can be intimidated by the help of the nine-nation coalition forces, their goals will be successful.

If they can tear up the Russian-Austrian alliance, it will make a lot of money. Even if they can't do it, they are still planning to leave the Kingdom of Bavaria to Austria, but in fact they don't want to force Austria to jump over the wall."

After hesitating for a while, Napoleon III made the decision.

"Since the British have planned, how can we not cooperate? If necessary, we can give the Austrians some tips and encourage them to fight Prussia.

We can completely get what we need on this issue. We can also accept that France, Austria and Russia divide Prussia."

Of course it is acceptable. The core area of ​​the Prussian Kingdom, just in the Rhineland region, is under the nose of the French. Austria destroyed Prussia, and they happened to be fishermen and get the greatest benefits.

Allies? When will France become ally with Prussia? As long as the interests are appropriate, even allies can betrayed.

...

After leaving Versailles Palace, Thomas visited Prussian representative Rotrov.

In addition to the French, the Prussian Kingdom was also a key link. Without the participation of the powerful Prussians, this interference in the coalition was a joke.

In fact, Thomas was also playing the drums in his heart. What happened in Bavaria was terrible. If the Prussian army was also influenced by nationalist ideas and turned against each other on the battlefield or was neutral, then the coalition forces would have to cry.

Fortunately, this plan was not prepared to start the fight, leaving room for Austria, and the possibility of fighting was not high.

The two had no friendship and went straight to the topic. After changing a set of rhetoric to explain the purpose of the visit, Rotruff fell into deep thought.

Taking advantage of the opportunity of interference from various countries and taking the opportunity to kick Austria out of the German region is the national policy of the Prussian Kingdom.

Rotruff said dissatisfiedly: "Mr. Thomas, why don't Austria let the Kingdom of Bavaria be spit out? Indulging them in such destabilizing European stability will sooner or later bring disaster to the world."

The British proposal was exactly what he wanted, and the only drawback was that Austria took away the Kingdom of Bavaria.

Without Austria, who else can lead Germany besides the Kingdom of Prussia? This is digging their meat, and Rotruff will naturally object.

Thomas fooled: "Mr. Rotruff, it's not that we want to indulge Austria's illegal behavior, but that the Russian-Austrian alliance must be considered. Your country does not want Russia-Austrian to continue to join forces!"

The most pressure on the Russian-Austrian alliance should be the Kingdom of Prussia. It may be that the Prussian government has a slow response ability in this regard, or that the three Nordic court alliances have been long-term, which has made them ignore this threat.

In short, Thomas admired the Prussian government's untrue performance. If they were the ones, they would have been unable to sleep long ago, and the Prussian government did not make any major moves.

There was no action. They were originally planning to repair diplomatic relations with Russia and Austria, but unfortunately Austria suddenly launched a war of unity, destroying the Prussian government's plans.

Rotruff had no change on the surface, but he was in a state of great relief. He always felt that the British were not at ease and did not find anything wrong, so he chose to procrastinate.

"Mr. Thomas, this matter is too much involved. I must report to the country first and wait for the decision of the Berlin government."

Although Rotruff is an amateur diplomat, he, who was a soldier, always believed that there would be no pie in the sky, and that he could only seize it by force.

If you are not sure, then you should throw the problem to the Berlin government. Although Frederick William IV is also an amateur diplomat, isn’t he the king?

There was no way to get a positive answer, and Thomas had to leave, not thinking that the Prussian Kingdom would discover their plans, and the French would not be able to disclose the secrets to the Prussians.

This is the inherent impression that the Kingdom of Prussia has left on the outside world for a long time. It can be said that before Bismarck, the Kingdom of Prussia's diplomatic methods were very immature, which is an inevitable flaw for the military country.

Without further delay, Thomas still had a lot of things to do, and so many countries were waiting for him to convince him that this diplomatic war was destined to be difficult to fight.

...

The activities of the British are destined to be unsecured. Not all countries will keep them confidential. Thomas frequently contacts representatives of various countries, so Metternich cannot be idle!

Unlike the British offensive, Metternich's approach is much simpler. He just spends money and cannot buy foreign ministers from various countries. Can't he still bribe the maids and entourages around them?

Most of the contents of Thomas's meeting someone and saying something was passed on to Metternier's ears. It was just that diplomacy was erratic, and it was normal to transmit false information and release smoke bombs. Metternier did not dare to judge the truth or falsehood.

Thomas is also a veteran in the diplomatic field. Metternich collected different information from different channels, which means that Thomas said different things to representatives of different countries, and some of them are contradictory, which increases the difficulty of his judgment.

Looking at the information conveyed from the Swiss delegation, Metternich smiled coldly and encouraged Switzerland to send troops to interfere in Austria's annexation of Southern Germany. Isn't this a joke?

As a good neighbor of Austria, the Swiss and the Habsburg dynasty fought for hundreds of years, and finally achieved decades of peace. Now they are taking the initiative to provoke Austria?

Anyway, Metternich would not believe that no matter how many British people promised, they would not be able to stop Austria from settled the accounts after the autumn, at least they had the strength to Switzerland and Austria.

If you cannot judge the true purpose of the British, you can only continue to collect intelligence. Anyway, some people are watching the reactions of various countries. If they agree to send troops to interfere, mobilize troops, and transport strategic materials, it is always inevitable.

Which country has joined the Interference Army, it is not about their representatives sitting in the Interference Country, but about their actual actions at home.

Metternier was not in a hurry. Based on his understanding of the British, if he didn't do anything, there would be a problem.
Chapter completed!