2142 Familiar and unfamiliar faces
There were also many strange faces in the crowd. For example, the Austrian side sent General Benedek, the commander of the Austrian army in the Pakatan Harbor. At that time, Xiao Lotte's new army had a bloody battle with the Austrian army in the Stone Bridge Highlands.
A few years have passed in a blink of an eye, and the gunfire of that year is still vivid in my mind. Although Xiao Letian did not have too much contact with this general, he had met after the war. Although this meeting was embarrassing, it did not have much hatred.
Xiao Letian knew it was his advice after the war that it was the effect. At that time, the King of Prussia, Prince Carl and others were all overwhelmed by victory and insisted on taking advantage of the victory to pursue and killing into Vienna.
Only Xiao Letian and Besme suggested that the truce of the war should be started immediately, and that Austria would be given a beautiful step, and hatred should not be accumulated.
At that time, Xiao Letian and Besme were considering that they were afraid that the war would be delayed for a long time, and then they would allow Napoleon III, who had recovered from his senses to conduct military intervention.
At that time, Prussia had overwhelmed the Eastern Front. If France and Tsarist Russia launched a sneak attack on the abdomen, Prussia would probably be worthy of all its efforts.
Not only these considerations, but also considered the issues of national feelings and future war against France.
After all, Austria and Prussia are both the same nation, and they both speak German in the same cultural system. To put it bluntly, these are two brothers in the family.
As long as the ties between language and culture continue to break, there will be opportunities for merger and unification in the future.
Everything cannot be done without any loss. We must leave a wisp in the future. When Prussia fights against France in the future, whether it can win Austria will not stab the knife in the back depends on the previous emotional investment.
Based on this consideration, the Prussian-Austrian War finally came up with a generous condition that even the Austrians could not believe. Under the general trend of defeat, Prussia did not overcommand, and all the generous terms were as if there had never been a war.
The hatred aroused by the war was instantly held back like a balloon deflated. At that moment, many Austrians were even thinking whether their country had done something wrong?
After the war, civil exchanges between the two countries did not end at all, and official communication was not interrupted. In a few years, the relationship between the two sides was restored even closer than before the war.
The future German Emperor William II may not realize that his alliance with the Austro-Hungarian Empire was actually based on the political legacy of Besmer. Although he looked down on Besmer's forbearance strategy, he must admit that the battle he initiated was still the old capital of Besmer.
General Benedek welcomed Xiao Letian with a very complicated feeling. As a general, he certainly did not want to meet his opponent who had defeated him, but as a politician, he must admit that Xiao Letian's advice back then was beneficial to Austria.
We must admit favors! General Benedek smiled bitterly and stretched out his hand, "Welcome, Your Majesty, the Great Emperor! You are also welcome, Yuan Xiansheng..."
Xiao Letian's intelligence website has long found out Austria's current situation, and he can understand the general's entangled mind.
Xiao Letian held General Benedek's hand and even pulled it hard to him. The two of them quickly put their faces on their faces and looked extremely intimate from afar.
"Hello, my friend... I haven't seen each other for several years since I left Austria. I really miss you. Please stay in London for a few more days. I will prepare a banquet the day after tomorrow. You must have a copy of the invitation..."
Since Xiao Letian was whispering in General Benedek's ear, this caused the illusion of others in the distance to have the same feeling. They subconsciously believed that Xiao Letian and Austria were very close. At that time, the envoys of many countries had small plans in their minds.
Benidek's hand hurt Xiao Letian, but he thought he was not good enough to let the Chinese figure it out again!
"Okay, OK, I'll take your kindness, I'll definitely go there at that time... Can you let go of my hand now? I didn't expect that as a scholar, you are quite strong..."
Xiao Letian had a sincere smile on his face and whispered in his ear, "No, no, no, you'd better let me hold it for a while. This is the wolf's den. Only when I see you old friends can I feel more at ease..."
Benidek smiled bitterly and said in a low voice, "Okay, okay! I don't have any important information for you, but you have to be careful of the French envoy. Before the ceremony was just underway, he had already openly declared that he would make you suffer..."
"There are also Tsarist Russian special envoys, you have to be more careful, that is a lunatic... Okay, I'll give you the information, let me go, I will definitely go back to the banquet the day after tomorrow..."
Xiao Letian patted General Benedek's back of the hand and finally let him go. Xiao Letian, who was following him, saw another old acquaintance.
"Oh! Jonas...my old friend, I'm so happy to see you again!" Xiao Letian stretched out his arms and hugged the tall knight opposite him tightly.
Yonas is an old friend of the Chinese. He is the bridge for Xiao Letian to establish diplomatic relations with Prussia. When Yonas encountered walls everywhere in Beijing, Xiao Letian gave him a chance.
The starting point of cooperation between Chinese and Prussia was Jonas, which was really an old friend. The sending him to be the envoy was the clearest support signal.
Jonas exchanged a few greetings and then whispered in Xiao Letian's ear, "Be careful of the special envoys of France and Tsarist Russia, they are now in the late stage of mania... But don't worry too much. Prime Minister Besmai said that if you have any accidents, he is willing to come to London to conduct diplomatic mediation in person..."
"Thank you, thank you very much! Tonight, I will ask my soldiers to pick you up, and we will talk at night..."
What should come will always come. After sending Jonas to the envoys of the two countries, a tall soldier with a hooked nose stood in front of Emperor Tongzhi with a sarcastic expression.
With a shallow bow, the person who came to his house reported to him, "French envoy, Charles Kuzan Montauban... I pay homage to Your Majesty, I wish the emperor a long life!" The final praise of long life was actually spoken in Chinese.
Zai Chun obviously didn't know the background of this person "Oh! Mr. Montauban, your Chinese is really good..."
Before he finished speaking, Xiao Letian next to him sneered, "Haha... can it be bad? What I learned in Sijiu City is indeed more standard, so there are more standards..."
"Your Majesty, I will introduce you to you. This Mr. Montauban is the earl of France... Do you know what his title is? Baliqiao! This is the famous Earl of Baliqiao..."
Chapter completed!