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Chapter 297 Cooperation with France

Everyone looked at Renstred. Obviously, on this issue, everyone attached more importance to the attitude of the Swedish representative, but more obvious was that Renstred was not prepared.

At the beginning, the Swedish king thought that it could discuss and discuss with Prussia and Ukraine. The three countries jointly elected a king, and with the help of the empire's support, they forced Russia and other countries to recognize it. It could even allow Poland to have two kings. The belligerent countries followed the camp, and there was nothing to support one side.

But from the beginning of the negotiations, Renstred felt the difference, that is, the expected cooperation between the three countries was completely different. This negotiation, from the very beginning, was completely controlled by the empire. The Chinese prince would promote everyone to accept this suggestion, but fortunately, the empire still considers the Three Kingdoms in every way.

Renstred hesitated for a while and said, "Don't everyone worry, do you want us to have a bite of the last meal?"

Zelenko hurriedly said: "Of course, Augustus will definitely bite us back, but so what? We can't find a king who won't bite us back. At present, the best situation is to temporarily maintain the seeming unity of Poland, which is conducive to the success of this peace talks. Mr. Rennestrade, don't you want to see this scene?"

Reinstred did not give a negative answer to Zelenko's question. Sweden was indeed the most firm among the belligerent countries and had stricter requirements on the terms of peace talks, because the Swedes' hearts were too big.

You should know that Sweden did not take the initiative to provoke the war. Although King Carl XII took the preemptive approach, Sweden has been to counter-invasion from the beginning. Who was the invader? It was the guy Augustus, the cousin of King Carl, who took the initiative to unite with the Poles and found the Danes and the Russians to invade Sweden, and was beaten to the ground and beaten to the ground.

It was in this process that Sweden discovered that he could not only defend his country, but also take this opportunity to expand. Although Carl XII was young, he was a commander who emerged from nowhere. He could lead Sweden to victory and towards the glory that even King Gustav had never brought to Sweden.

But the problem is that all this failed. The Swedes' failure is that Sweden's national strength is too small, and the premature victory makes Sweden too confident, so he is a little confused about why he succeeds.

In fact, Sweden's success is indeed related to itself, but the support of the empire is also a very important aspect. However, after Sweden quickly defeated Augustus and the Polish army, this support was lost. The empire almost sat on the Sweden's failure in the Battle of Poltava, and Prussia continued to pit Sweden for its own interests, and drove Sweden to this point of no return.

At its most glorious time, Sweden had already mastered most of Poland, and its army swept across Russia and invaded Russia. But now, not to mention half of its territory was lost, even the army that had swept across Europe was destroyed, and it suddenly became a Nordic overlord to become a small country that could be bullied. Now King Carl relies on propaganda to the people to maintain his rule. If the peace talks acknowledge the loss of Swedish inherent territory such as Inglia, Reinstred was a little worried about whether the king could still serve as the king of Sweden.

"Well, if you all agree, we Sweden have no objection, but how can we convince the Russians to agree?" Reinstred asked.

Zelenko smiled and said, "Actually, the current situation is very clear. The most important person in Poland is no longer the king, but the speaker of the Sem Parliament. Poland in the future will definitely hate our countries, so it is enough for us to unite. Because the king is not important, Russia will recognize any king who has no direct hostility with Russia. The hatred between Augustus and Russia is private hatred, and this hatred is difficult to resolve."

Old William also spoke out and said: "Yes, what the Master Zelenko said is very right, but the unresolved personal grudge is not because of how big the hatred is, but because Augustus is really a very small-minded guy. Although he has a big man nearly two meters, in fact, his heart is not as good as a woman.

But personal grudges are also something that Tsar Peter doesn't care about. The Tsar has a broad mind and is also very rich in political skills. I think it is not a problem for him to accept Augustus, and what he has to do next is to suppress the king and make him truly a puppet."

"You are right, it's good for us." Zelenko said.

Renstred was a little excited when he was singing and talking by these two people. If a suppressed king really appeared in Poland, it would be beneficial to all countries, because the Polish king had limited power in his own country, but it was not like this at some point, such as when the Sum Parliament reached an agreement to deal with foreign enemies.

The last time, Augustus did not obtain decent support in the war between Sweden and Poland, because the war began with Poland invading Sweden. However, when Sweden won one after another, Poland still defended its own country, they still chose to stand with Augustus, the annoying guy. However, at that time, most of the main force of the Polish army was eliminated, and it was too late to unite.

But now it is different. Everyone knows the situation in Poland. The weakness of the country and the invasion of foreign enemies can easily arouse the patriotism of the Poles, even the feudal aristocrats. Nationalism is prevalent in Poland, which can be seen from the delegation sent by the Poles to Xijin this time.

Just one sentence was wrong, and the head of the empire's minister Jiang Xianyun was touched, and Jiang Xianyun was just asking the Poles who had not yet identified their identity at that time, were you Poles or Lithuanians. The failure of a war made the Poles' nationalist sentiment high and their nerves were also tense.

The nobles do not care about the life and death of the people, but they care about interests. Because they have been pampered and live a favorable life for many years, they also care about dignity and are unwilling to be trampled on and humiliated.

The problem now is that not only the three nobles who were enemies of Poland humiliated Poland, but even the Russians were the same. Russia was helping Poland and humiliating Poland. This morning, after the Polish delegation decided to re-elect a speaker and did not participate in the negotiations, the entire Polish delegation was in anger and wanted to withdraw from the negotiations. It was under the strong pressure of Russia that the Polish people did not withdraw.

The reason is that the Poles are now facing the division between Sweden, Prussia and Ukraine, which requires Russian power to maintain rule and national unity. But if the Poles withdraw from negotiations, in the end, Russia may not only no longer help Poland, but will join the division. After all, the fertile land of Poland and the population of the Slavic ethnic group have long been salivating. Russia's first step in the rise of Russia is to defeat Poland.

Because of hatred, people are more likely to be united. It is not easy for people who are united to defeat. If you want to defeat a group of united people, you must first divide them. The best way to divide is to have a leader who cannot organize all parties, or have a false leader or a half-hearted leader. No one is more suitable to be this false leader than Augustus.

Augustus was the real Polish king back then. Although he used bribes to elect, the problem is that it was also in line with the political traditions of the Poles and the political philosophy of the empire and the British, French and Dutch countries that participated in the mediation. As for whether the Poles were willing to accept it, it had no meaning at all.

Renstred knew that there was no perfect solution now, or rather, the so-called perfection was completely in Sweden's interests, but this did not exist. Therefore, Renstred finally made a decision to support him. He just warned himself in his heart that he hoped that he would not regret this decision in the future.

The private talks lasted until the second midnight, and representatives from various countries left the restaurant and returned to their residences. With them, they were so tired that they were envoys from Britain, France, the Netherlands and Russia who had secret talks. However, most of the people did not know that the bottom line of negotiations they set up could not be avoided by the empire in the end.

Li Su got on the carriage and moved forward in a dizzy mood. After a while, the carriage stopped and stopped deep in an alley. There was a light at the entrance of the alley. It was a car light, which was still very bright.

Soon, another gorgeous carriage came here and was parked in the alley. The two carriages faced their butts. Li Su lifted the curtains of the back window and saw an extremely tired face. Under the dark lights, she was obviously helpless. This man was the French messenger Duke of Orleans.

The Duke of Orleans said: "Your Highness, even if you want to meet and keep it confidential, you don't have to be in such a place. It's really too harmful to you and me. I can't accept continuing this model in the future."

Li Su shook his head: "No, let's do it. Your aristocratic identity makes you unable to like the taste and environment here, but the problem is that everything we do is for the glory of your aristocratic."

The Duke of Orleans had no choice but to say, "Well, I hope others will never know that today we betrayed France's friends."

Li Su smiled: "Actually, what you don't know is that the information about your secret conversation will be delivered to my desk tomorrow. There will be a copy in the UK, the Netherlands and even Russia. In fact, you also know that representatives of all countries have their own thoughts and always think about trading some more important things with the empire."

The Duke of Orleans sighed, because this is a truth. The Duke of Orleans even concealed the fact that he had mastered Chinese for France. This was very hard to implement during the talks. The Duke of Orleans said: "I hope France will be strong for this, and I hope King Louis XIV can recognize my practice today."

The Duke of Orleans was Louis XIV's nephew, and his father was Louis XIV's most favored duke, but now the times are different. This is the era of Louis XV. If we only changed from Louis XIV to Louis XV, the current transaction might not have happened. The most terrifying thing is that France broke out in the French Revolution in the Spanish War of Succession of the throne.

Unlike the French Revolution, which directly brought France into the bourgeois era in history, this French Revolution had a strong sense of resistance to foreign invasions, so the Revolution was not completely successful. France gradually moved towards constitutional monarchy, a political system in which China, Britain and other major powers in the world were the same.

But the problem is that the situation between the two countries and France is completely different. After a change in the British royal family, their initiative in political participation has decreased. Now King Anne is an obese woman. She has lost more than a dozen children in a row. Each child died shortly after she was born. Until now, there is no heir. Her husband has an affair, and the rest of his relatives have long passed away. For her, the interests of Britain are far less important than her afternoon tea.

The empire has passed on two generations of kings. Each generation of kings never wants to follow the path of feudal monarchy. They like to continue the strategy of political balance. They want to strengthen the country and develop productivity. They are actively monarchy. France is a forced monarchy. They are very unfamiliar with all of these and are very uncomfortable. Ordinary people who were trampled under their feet are now active in politics all day long, which makes the nobles very unhappy.

Unlike the French Revolution, which directly brought France into the bourgeois era in history, this French Revolution had a strong sense of resistance to foreign invasions, so the Revolution was not completely successful. France gradually moved towards constitutional monarchy, a political system in which China, Britain and other major powers in the world were the same.

But the problem is that the situation between the two countries and France is completely different. After a change in the British royal family, their initiative in political participation has decreased. Now King Anne is an obese woman. She has lost more than a dozen children in a row. Each child died shortly after she was born. Until now, there is no heir. Her husband has an affair, and the rest of his relatives have long passed away. For her, the interests of Britain are far less important than her afternoon tea.

The empire has passed on two generations of kings. Each generation of kings never wants to follow the path of feudal monarchy. They like to continue the strategy of political balance. They want to strengthen the country and develop productivity. They are actively monarchy. France is a forced monarchy. They are very unfamiliar with all of these and are very uncomfortable. Ordinary people who were trampled under their feet are now active in politics all day long, which makes the nobles very unhappy.
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