Xinshun 1730

Chapter 614 Two Letters
The person who opened the letter was the Ambassador Plenipotentiary of France to Russia, Jacques Joachim Trotti, who may also be called the Marquis of La Chettadi.

This Marquis is of course a French nobleman, but his Marquis is not the same as Liu Yu's Marquis.

The one Liu Yu typed out, or the one his brother attacked in the future, belonged to Jun Xun.

If the Marquis of La Schettadi can squeeze into the top aristocratic circle, he should be regarded as a relative.

The titles in France are messy. Of course, aristocratic status is the basic ticket for the upper circles, but if he does not have the status of this "foreign relative", he cannot be mixed with the status of plenipotentiary ambassador to Russia.

His uncle was Madame Maintenon's confessor.

When Mrs. Maintenon was not Mrs. Maintenon, after her husband died, she climbed up to Louis XIV. She started working as a nanny for Louis XIV's lover, and succeeded in becoming Louis XIV's lover. Half-righting queen.

Relying on his uncle's relationship, the Marquis of La Chettadi has squeezed into the upper circles of France.

The upper-class circle is also divided into grades and grades.The upper class usually enters the cabinet directly after reaching adulthood; the upper middle class and lower class have a few standard routines.

Go to military school, join the army, get promoted, and change jobs.

His marquis, in fact, according to the free translation of Dashun's official position, is not suitable for the five nobles, but suitable for "honors", "scattered riders", "juren" and the like.

He and Hannibal, who was captured by Liu Yu in Heilongjiang, were classmates in the military school.

The two served as soldiers in the French army together, fought in the Quadruple Alliance War, and were promoted to lieutenant almost at the same time: the rank of lieutenant is the ticket for the lower ranks of the French upper-class nobles to enter the upper-middle class.

The so-called middle class of the upper class is the nobleman, the lieutenant, and they will die in the end: in France, they are lieutenant generals; in Russia, they are third-class civil servants; in later generations, they are ministers of non-main ministries and commissions. , Xiaohui can't turn to that kind.

After that, their lives took different paths.

Hannibal returned to Russia, served as Peter the Great's night secretary, participated in the construction of Kronstadt fortress and artillery construction.After Peter died, he was deposed and exiled, and was thrown to the north bank of Heilongjiang to build a fortress. He was captured by Liu Yu, and in Dashun he got a baron title that symbolized "Siyi came to serve".

The Marquis of La Schettadi was promoted from lieutenant to colonel, but seeing that he could not go up, his father-in-law found him a good job as an ambassador and engaged in diplomacy.

The European diplomatic circles in this era are full of talents, and the Marquis of La Schettadi is even more talented. He is handsome, well-spoken, and very attractive.

First as a diplomat in Prussia, he did quite well.

Old Frederick, who liked the Giant Grenadier, once trusted the Marquis of La Schettadi with a very, very famous and philosophical remark.

【The most beautiful girls in the world don't concern me, but the tall and strong soldiers are the weakness of my heart】

Frederick II also mentioned in his letter to Voltaire that [he is a very lovely boy]

Being able to please men, especially power madmen, must also be good at pleasing women.

In view of his excellent performance in Berlin and the activities of his father-in-law, he was sent to Petersburg in 39 as French ambassador to Russia.

I went to Petersburg in April 39, and became intimate with Princess Elizabeth in June.

After the Marquis of La Schettadi unfolded the two letters sent from Amsterdam, he couldn't help feeling a little surprised.

After the accident, comes the surprise.

Unexpectedly, a classmate who had lost contact with me since 23 years ago, Hannibal, who was said to be captured in the Shun-Russia War, actually came back.

He was very impressed with the black man, of course because of the color of his skin.

In this era when blacks almost meant low intelligence, low energy, and could only be slaves, and France used black slaves on a large scale, there was such a person who was good at mathematics and excellent in military engineering. It was really impressive.

Both of them were regulars in upper class circles and some salons.

They never expected that 20 years later, they would be connected again because of a woman.

One is a man who dreams day and night, wants to protect the princess like a knight, and is the man who is the princess's brother who has no blood relationship.

The other is a man who came to Petersburg in 39 and soon fell asleep with the princess, and was a little tired of sleeping.

Moreover, the princess is still the same.

I have to say that the fate is wonderful.

Now, because of the same princess, the two came together through this letter.

The purpose is simple.

A coup d'état brought Elizabeth Petrovna to power and was crowned Tsar.

However, Hannibal's letter was not as straightforward as what he said, and he was full of worries about Elizabeth's safety.

The other letter written by Liu Yu was simply an "invitation letter for a coup d'état."

Although the Marquis of La Schettadi slept with Elizabeth, the reason why he supported the coup was not because of this matter between men and women, but because of the interests of France.

France's archenemy is Germany.

Germany does not yet exist, so Austria and Prussia are considered Germany, but neither is Germany.

In short, whichever of the German princes is the most powerful is the enemy of France.

There are a large number of Germans in the Russian court, and the German party almost controls Russia's internal affairs. France must find a way.

Empress Anna is a German widow and her lover is a German. The two regents left behind are both German party members. The father of the little tsar who passed on the throne is the Duke of Brunswick in Germany. The entire Russian court almost doesn’t even speak Russian. .

The newly established "East Factory", the Russian criminal investigation office, is even more controlled by the Germans.The little tsar has not yet passed his first birthday. It has only been one year since the death of Empress Anna, and Russia has undergone three coup d'états.

It's become a little numb.

It can change, and the German party is still in power.

It is nothing more than the fact that the person in power has changed from the queen's lover to the commander of the Imperial Guard, and has been changed back by Count Osterman, who has just returned from Dashun. The deputy prime minister is also the deputy regent. , and the Westernization New Party to carry out a big purge.

This is quite detrimental to France.

The French embassy, ​​of course, supports Princess Elizabeth's ascension to carry out a major purge to completely cleanse the German party.Anyway, it is impossible to completely Germanize the Russian court.

Now that he has received a letter from Dashun to visit Europe and a letter from his old classmate Hannibal, the Marquis of La Schettadi feels that it is a help from heaven.

So far, the Marquis of La Schettadi still thinks that Princess Elizabeth is just a fool. As long as she is helped to the top, with the "close" relationship between the two, won't Russia completely fall to France?

In the eyes of the Marquis of La Schettadi, Princess Elizabeth is a weak kitten who likes French and exotic styles, and is a little woman who is devoted to love.

It was because of her own charm that Princess Elizabeth couldn't help herself, and she took the initiative to sleep with her, conquering the girl's heart that desperately needed comfort.

But in fact, he was wrong, very wrong.

It wasn't a kitten at all, but a lioness.

A lioness who died one year later could have forced Frederick II to hang himself, and would have made Hillet think of the past of Queen Elizabeth when he heard Roosevelt's death many years later, thinking that the story was about to repeat itself.

Ever since her father died, her mother died, and she was targeted and guarded against, Elizabeth has always been a silly, sweet, and loving girl.

Apolitical.

Don't ask about politics.

All you care about is romance, romance, prom, romance.

She was a poor, weak, and uninitiated little girl whose heart was hurt because of her fiancé's early death. She relied on sex, desire, and prom to anesthetize her soul, and relied on love to make up for the trauma.

It seems that the reason why he and the Marquis of La Chettadi developed into lovers is simply because he likes the romantic sentiment of the French and the handsome Marquis.

Every time I broke up with a different lover, I would cry for a long time, so that every man at a social ball, seeing her big blue and melancholy eyes, could not help comforting her and gave birth to a desire to protect.

This is such a poor little cat, as the last blood of Peter the Great and the spiritual totem of the Russian New Party, he survived the reign of Empress Anna who killed thousands and exiled [-] to [-]. .

In fact, it is not surprising that the Marquis of La Schettadi thinks so, in fact, even Empress Anna thinks so, and the mother of the current little tsar thinks so too.

When someone even told the little czar's mother that Elizabeth might have a coup d'état, the little czar's mother was sure that the little cat who was looking for love couldn't do it.

As for Princess Elizabeth, the main place of activity on weekdays is the camp of the Russian "Jinyiwei" Preabrarensky Legion.

Generally, I don’t do anything, even after passing by, I don’t put on airs like a princess, and ask these soldiers of the Jinyiwei Legion how their lives are, do they have no money to drink again, and how is their family life?Take out some high-quality tobacco and ask these soldiers to taste it, or dance or sing a song with these soldiers.

The soldiers affectionately called her "Mom". Sometimes when a soldier's child was born, the princess would be invited to baptize her...

Putting it in Dashun, it is equivalent to the "Deposed Prince" wandering around the Haier Army all day long, often concerned about the life of the soldiers in the Haier Army, so much so that everyone in the Haier Army called the abandoned Prince "Godfather" in private.

In the eyes of those in power in Russia, this turned out to be "Elizabeth is kind and lively, a simple girl, without any threats or ambitions, empty and sociable, so dissolute that even lowly civilian soldiers are willing to hook up." Performance.

In history, the Marquis of La Schettadi also confidently told the Palace of Versailles: Soon, this naive female tsar will return Russia to the way it was before Peter the Great's reforms, and will no longer actively participate in European affairs.I alone can handle Russia's foreign policy and be fully pro-French.

Louis XV looked forward to the stars and the moon, and to Russia's "return to the state before Peter's reform" as the Marquis of La Schettadi said.

The result was that the Marquis of La Schettadi was kicked out of Russia and banned from entering the country; the Russian army was going to go south to support Austria, and the United Kingdom and the Netherlands wanted to fight France, forcing France to withdraw from the Austrian Succession War... so angry Louis XV directly threw the Marquis of La Chettadi to Montpellier Castle and spent several years in prison.

After all, the diplomatic situation reversed. After he was released, he made it all the way to lieutenant general, and went to the small country of Shenluo to form an anti-Prussian coalition army.As a result, he won the grand prize and caught up with Frederick II's most classic and historical battle-the Battle of Rossbach.After the war, the Marquis was directly kicked out of active service in France.

It can be said that the Marquis of La Schettadi has done two things in his life, and both of them were done in Russia. To some extent, he has completely changed the situation in Europe.

One thing helped Princess Elizabeth coup.

The other thing is that when the young Catherine II came to the Russian court for the first time, she gave Xiaoye a hand and established Xiaoye as the crown princess.

It's all about women, and it's all about women who look fragile and pitiful but actually have a tiger inside.

But in fact... don't talk about control, it's hard to say whether he slept with Elizabeth or Elizabeth slept with him.

He had really never experienced all kinds of struggles in the court of Dashun, and the previous years went so smoothly.

His brain is the kind of person who can imagine Wu Zetian as the heroine of Mary Su, and he has never seen a decent power struggle in his life.

The key is that there is no chance to see each other.

He made his diplomatic debut as a diplomat in Prussia. Frederick William of Prussia was known as the "Soldier King".Sons and daughters are educated by beating, kicking and sticks, and there is really no court struggle in Berlin.

And such a person is the "important ally" of Liu Yu, Hannibal and other people who tried to participate in the coup in Russia.

This "important ally" is now considering how to persuade the "weak" Elizabeth to launch a coup.

At least before today, Elizabeth was innocent and kind. She didn't reveal the slightest idea of ​​wanting a coup d'etat. Even during the secret meeting, she said that she was safe and would not be in any danger. She was simply "stupid" cute.

(End of this chapter)