Chapter 843 Drag the word trick

Chapter 843 Drag the word trick

"Are you talking about the Holy Alliance?"

"That's right."

Metternich sighed. He never dreamed that one day this alliance used to protect Austria would turn around and cheat Austria.

Metternich continued.

“The purpose of the Holy Alliance is to maintain the normal order of the world, oppose those radical democrats, and unite the kings of Europe to suppress possible uprisings.

It was actually us who wanted to prevent France from making a comeback but now what was happening in Sicily, if Ferdinand II came to us for help, the Austrian Empire would be involved in an unnecessary war.

This reminds me of the past. The terrain of the Kingdom of France and Spain in the Two Sicilies is very complex, and this will be a protracted war.

Once we retreat, the so-called Holy Alliance will cease to exist in name only. "

In fact, the so-called Holy Alliance has long existed in name only, but Naples's request for help from Austria is really unsolvable.

Because in addition to the Holy Alliance, there is also the Apennine Commercial Alliance, which is directly related to Austria's grand strategy in the Apennine region.

If we directly refuse to send troops at this moment, all our efforts over the years will be in vain. But sending troops to southern Italy is definitely a bottomless pit, and it will also make Austria be labeled the executioner.

But it’s not completely unsolvable, Franz thought for a while and said.

"Your Excellency, we can first drag or bribe the ministers of the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies so that they will not allow the king to write a letter asking for help."

Metternich was a little confused. This was not Archduke Franz's style at all, but this was indeed the last option. It was better than being trapped in a dilemma and waiting to die.

Moreover, Prince Metternich knew very well that the politics of the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies was very corrupt, and those close ministers had a great influence on Ferdinand II. Archduke Franz's suggestion was absolutely feasible.

This is also true. This approach is much more practical than diving headfirst into the quagmire.

"Archduke Franz, you are right. As long as no one asks us for help, we can pretend that we are invisible. But what if this fire gets hotter and stronger?"

"there is always a solution to a problem."

January 18, 1848.

Ferdinando II, who had just arrived at the Royal Palace in Naples, had not had time to take a breath when news of Sicily reached Naples.

Similar to what happened a week ago, people took to the streets again. Royal Guards of 15,000 people blocked the streets and people also built barricades.

At the same time, uprisings broke out in many places in the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies, and important cities such as Messina, Tarcania, and Trabania fell one after another.

The Kingdom of the Two Sicilies claimed to have an army of 100,000, but it was already stretched thin at this time and was asking for help from everywhere. News of the defeat piled up on Ferdinando II's desk like snowflakes.

"Damn untouchables! It was me who taught them to read! It was me who made them live a good life! Now they actually want to rise up against me! These heartless bastards!"

The more Ferdinand II thought about it, the angrier he became. He couldn't understand why the people resisted him, and he couldn't understand why his army was so stretched.

The Kingdom of the Two Sicilies is only a small country, and it is not easy to raise an army of 100,000 people. Annual military expenditures must account for about half of the financial expenditure to maintain this large army.

What Ferdinando II didn't know was that the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies had never had an army of 100,000, and all he had to review each time were just some extras.

The entire Kingdom of Two Sicilies only has an army of more than 30,000 people at full strength. It is naturally stretched to face hundreds of thousands of rebels.

Ferdinand II hated the country of Austria, but the most sensible thing for him to do at this time was to ask for help and use the help of the Austrians to quell the rebellion in the country.

The brilliance of this move is that you don't have to spend a single soldier on your own, and you don't have to bear the reputation of being an executioner.

However, his close minister Dozanka Luoluo obviously had a different view. The latter hated this approach very much and felt that it was ungentlemanly and dishonorable. Moreover, what if Austria stayed in the Two Sicilies and refused to leave?

Ferdinand II nodded in approval of this loyal minister, and then said.

"I am not willing to go to the Austrians, but the situation is forcing us to have a future only if we survive. Otherwise, like Louis XVI, then I will be the biggest sinner of the Bourbon family.

As for the Austrians, they dare not stay in our territory because the great powers will force them to leave, and they cannot afford the cost of supplies.

When the time comes we don’t need to drive them away at all, they will leave in despair. "

"Your Majesty, let me lead the troops to charge again! Within three days, I will clear out the unruly people in the city!"

Dozanka Charlotte said it sincerely, and Ferdinando II was greatly moved, but he still said it in a persuasive way.

"Can you clear out the rebellion in Naples? Can you clear out the rebellion across the country? And there are not many loyal people around me. I want you to keep your life."

There was an emotional drama between the king and his ministers, but in the end Ferdinand II decided to write a letter to the Holy Alliance asking for help.

However, the messenger was stopped by Dozanka Xia Luo as soon as he walked out of the palace gate.

"Sir, you called me?"

The messenger asked with some confusion. Dozanka Charlotte knew that this person was Ferdinand II's confidant and without saying anything else, he shot the other person's head to pieces.

The guard on the side quickly handed over a towel, and Dozanka Xia Luo wiped her hands.

"The messenger was killed by the rioters, and our bodies were only found on the outskirts of the city a month later. Do you understand?"

"understand."

Dozanka Charlotte nodded. In fact, he did not want to do this, but the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies was so big that it would not be so easy to subdue the country. The rebels just wanted a constitution.

Dozanka Charo didn't want to worry about that much. He only knew that one million florins fell into his pocket.

And even if the constitution is really promulgated, with his financial resources and influence, he is still a group of people at the top of the country, so Dozanka Shiloh is not panic at all.

On January 29, Alexis de Tocqueville spoke in the French Chamber of Deputies:

"I believe that at this moment, we are sleeping in the mouth of a volcano... Don't you instinctively feel that the European continent is shaking again? Don't you smell the breath of revolution in the air?"

Although there have been constant uprisings in France in the past year, no one thinks that this behemoth will collapse.

In fact, this was an illusion, because Paris at this time was the quietest place in France, and there were so many uprisings and strikes in other provinces that local officials were too lazy to report them.

However, Tocqueville's warning was nothing more than a new way of sensationalizing in the ears of France's top bureaucrats, who wanted to use alarmism to increase their own wealth.

In the end Tocqueville's words were only met with ridicule and ridicule, and only liberals saw them as a means of attacking the government.

At that time, even those orthodox and liberals who aimed to overthrow the Orleans Dynasty did not think that an uprising in Sicily would have any impact on France.