Chapter 184: The Appearance of Potemkin So in this way, abandoning the alliance with Denmark is undoubtedly tantamount to cutting off one's own arm, and how could such a condition be accepted by a man as talented as Catherine II....
It was inevitable that the four demands would be overturned by Catherine II one by one, and that at all times, the demands made in the negotiations would be made by water, and this would require the efforts of diplomats.
How to make everyone satisfied, there is a lot of learning in it.
After getting Catherine II's answer, Ovorov hurried to the Prussian embassy again, and Ovorov himself felt a little sympathetic to himself along the way, and Ovorov was obviously a little thinner because of his constant running and exhaustion in the past few days.
When Ovorov came to the Prussian embassy, he told the empress's request to Stockier, but unexpectedly Stockel did not show any excitement and just sat there quietly without saying a word, of course, Stockel was thinking about the meaning of Catherine II's request, as a qualified diplomat, every word that the other party said had to be studied deeply.
"Your Excellency Ovorov, my request to your Empress is too far from our bottom line, and only two million silver coins are not enough to compensate for our losses, and in the most important Lithuanian region and the establishment of the Polish military buffer zone, Your Majesty has broken through our bottom line, I think this is an unrealistic proposal" By the time Ovorov was almost finished drinking a teapot of black tea, Scottair finally spoke.
"Your Excellency Scottelle, we all know that your request is obviously unrealistic, and you must be aware of the water in it, and I think that the proposal made by our Empress has been fully taken into account, and in fact, Her Majesty's proposal is true and feasible."
"Well, Your Excellency Ovorov, the wise people do not speak in secret, the territory of Lithuania is impossible to change from our claims, so let's do so, from the north to Chiaulier and the south to Kaunas, this land is only about thirty thousand square kilometers, and in exchange we can agree to your Empress's proposal to set up a military buffer zone a hundred miles north of Warsaw.
The other two million silver coins are too little, and our country can lower the requirements, just five million silver coins, and in the case of Denmark, we believe that an alliance between your country and such an ambitious country as Denmark is not a good thing for the stability of the entire Baltic region, so as a basis for an armistice, your country must agree to sever its alliance with Denmark" As soon as Scottel finished speaking, he looked at Ovorov in a daze, and when he looked at him, Ovorov shuddered.
"Your Excellency Scotter, I have already said that the Lithuanian region will never cede a piece of land!
It is part of the Kingdom of Poland, and the people there have the right to Denmark, and we will never make concessions, and as for money, we can negotiate it."
As soon as Ovorov had finished speaking, he picked up his teacup again, and although he was not very thirsty, he could avoid the piercing gaze of Stockelle.
In fact, the current focus of dispute between Prussia and the Russian Empire is two, one is the Lithuanian region and the other is the Danish question.
First of all, Lithuania, as an important part of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth, has always been the focus of attention of Sweden, Russia, and Prussia.
The Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth was born out of the marriage of a Polish princess to the Polish princess in the same year as the monarch of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania, who converted to Catholicism.
This union not only made Lithuania the last country in Europe to accept Christianity, but also established it Tao Wan gradually embraced Polish culture.
The Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth, on the other hand, reached its golden age in the early 17th century.
Its powerful parliament was controlled by the nobles who fought in the Thirty Years' War, allowing Poland to remain powerful in Europe, which had been largely destroyed by the Wars of Religion.
The Confederation was able to single-handedly fight against the princes of Sweden, Muscovy, and the Ottoman Empire, and sometimes successfully defeated its neighbors in the Russo-Polish War, where the Confederation forces had the best record against Russia, the Russian capital, Moscow.
However, a series of accidents then led to the third partition of Poland by the Commonwealth and Russia in history, and the whole of Lithuania was annexed to Russia.
In fact, it is not unreasonable for Prussia to ask for the Lithuanian region, and if it gets half of Lithuania, Prussia is equivalent to sticking a knife in Russia's body, you must know that since the beginning, the then Russian Tsar Peter I moved the capital from Moscow to St.
Petersburg, and Lithuania and St.
Petersburg are only separated by Latvia and Estonia.
Of course, it is precisely because of this consideration that Catherine II will not agree to hand over Lithuania to Prussia, although at the moment Lithuania is the territory of the Kingdom of Poland has nothing to do with Russia, but Russia has in fact completed the penetration of Lithuania, so this condition cannot be bypassed by Russia in any case.
As for the alliance with Denmark, which was originally established to prevent Prussia from taking advantage of Prussia, how could Russia destroy the Great Wall.
After a long day of arguing, neither Stockel nor Ovorov was willing to compromise on the terms, and the two sides faced each other, but both sides belonged to the kind of veteran diplomats, and every word between each other would be studied in depth and then counterattacked, so time passed quickly in the exchange of words between the two sides.
The war of words in St.
Petersburg naturally did not affect Kutuzov, who was dying, and it had been some time since he met Kulichkov, who had been leading the only remaining Russian troops to Russian Poland these days, but it was not quite peaceful along the way, not only to guard against the attacks of the rebels, but also to fight against mosquitoes.
Finally, such a life was liberated today, and when he saw a village with a Russian barracks on the road, Kutuzov burst into tears, and looked at the Russian army behind him who was completely like a fleeing team, and Kutuzov felt a sense of sadness in his heart.
But he finally arrived at his destination, but what Kutuzov didn't expect was that when he was exchanging identities with the local Russian army, he was actually disarmed, and he and Kulickov and other Russian generals were taken into custody.
Later that day, an unexpected person appeared in front of him.
"Kutuzov, you are so daring" Someone shouted and woke up the dazed Kutuzov "How did Marshal Potemkin get here?"
Kutuzov looked at the visitor and asked suspiciously, the person who came was Potemkin, just the day before Kutuzov arrived in the Russian Polish region, Potemkin arrived here, when his subordinates reported the news of Kutuzov's arrival here, Potemkin was discussing with the generals in the army about the situation in Poland, but as soon as he heard that Kutuzov was coming, he threw down a group of people and hurried over.
"If it weren't for the basket you poked me, would I have come here!
Do you know how much trouble you've caused, you're so big."
Saying that, Potemkin stepped forward and kicked Kutuzov to the ground, and Kutuzov hurriedly shouted: "Marshal, marshal, you listen to my explanation" "Explain a fart, do you know how much turmoil in Poland you have caused me by your wanton behavior, and you dare to quibble with me" Without waiting for Kutuzov to explain, Potemkin kicked again, God knows how much hope Potemkin placed on Kutuzov, if it were not for his high hopes for Kutuzov, how could Kutuzov, who was in his thirties, climb to the high position of the supreme commander of the Russian army in Poland.
"Your Excellency, these are all those Prussians who have harmed me, God testifies, my loyalty to His Excellency the Marshal, heaven and earth can be learned!"
Somewhat panting, Potemkin stopped, but then he scolded: "If you were really loyal to me, you wouldn't have caused me such a big problem, do you know how passive I am in St.
Petersburg because of you, and dare to say that you are loyal to me, your heart has been eaten by dogs" "Your Excellency, give me a chance to make meritorious deeds, I will definitely help you calm the situation in Poland, Your Excellency Marshal, give me another chance" Kutuzov begged, Kutuzov didn't expect that Potemkin, who has always been polite, would have such a time when he disregarded his image, which shows that Kutuzov made him extremely angry.
"If I hadn't thought that you still had some use, I would have ordered you to be executed a long time ago, look at the good things you have done, because of your unauthorized actions, the whole of Poland has become turbulent now, and Her Majesty the Empress is also furious because of this, whether there is Her Majesty the Empress in your eyes, whether there is me as a marshal!"
Potemkin's shout made Kutuzov speechless, although he wanted to defend himself, but in the face of Potemkin, who was angry, he wisely remained silent.
Seeing that Kutuzov did not speak, Potemkin, who was a little tired from kicking just now, walked to a chair opposite Kutuzov and sat down, and then said: "Kutuzov, why didn't I see that you were so bold at the beginning, and that a war with Prussia was something that a person of your status could do without permission, and a whole army of 20,000, that is an army of 20,000, you lost it to me, you know how disappointed I am in you!"