Struggle in Russia

It can only be said that Mazzini and France have not suffered enough, and they do not know the power of imperialism. He had naive fantasies and a simple love for France. This is also related to the beginning of his revolutionary career. He was deeply influenced by the French Revolution and the Enlightenment when he was a child. He felt that France, the birthplace of the revolution, was naturally close and that France could be relied on.

But this is really too naive. The failure of the French Revolution, how did Napoleon steal the fruits of the revolution, and then how did the royalists restore, and how did the Orleanists come to power?

France's own revolution is not "pure" enough to export revolution, and it has an ulterior purpose. What's more, pinning hope on the generosity and friendship of foreign countries is a manifestation of political immaturity.

It can only be said that Mazzini is not yet a mature politician, but looking at his life, he seems to have never realized that he was not mature. It is not completely revolutionary, let alone aware of the power of the masses, and is always vacillating between revolution and compromise.

As for Garibaldi, although he is very great, his contribution is very outstanding. But in the history of the Italian unification movement, it is more like a thug and a fighter. Always submissive and blindly obeying, rarely have their own independent side. This performance was particularly prominent in 1848.

So neither he nor Mazzini was aware enough of the dangers in France, of how prescient Cavour was.

Of course, this does not mean that Cavour is better or greater than Mazzini and Garibaldi. If only from the perspective of greatness, he is even inferior to the first two, because the first two are more ideal, and their ideals are also greater.

And Cavour is more realistic, he is more to serve the reality, seeking the road of Italian unification movement from the reality. So he is not completely revolutionary, he will choose partners more realistically, and realize his ideals more realistically.

"France has to guard against it!" Cavour said calmly, "I don't think they will be particularly friendly to the unification of Italy. All factors that are detrimental to the unification of Italy must be fully considered, and all dangerous factors must be taken into account. All 'accidents' interfere with our actions!"

Regardless of how Mazzini did not understand, Cavour was determined: "We should cooperate more widely with the international community. Fighting the Austrians and expelling them from the Apennine peninsula is far from our efforts and the mercy of France." not enough!"

"What's more, France is not kind enough! We must do everything possible to cause trouble for the French and Austrians. It is best to have another behemoth to distract them! I think Russia is a very good option!"

"Why?" Garibaldi asked. "Are we going to cooperate with the savage and tyrannical polar bear?"

Cavour smiled slightly and said, "I didn't say I wanted to cooperate with the Russians. I kept saying, find a way to make the Russians find trouble with the French and Austrians!"

Garibaldi blurted out: "How is this possible? Although Nicholas I is crazy, he is not stupid! What's more, Austria is also an ally of the Holy Spirit Alliance. How could he attack his allies!"

Cavour said with a smile: "You still don't know much about Russia and Nicholas I. Some of my Russian friends told me: Nicholas I was a religious madman and an out-and-out extremist. He There are always some crazy imaginations in my mind: I think I am the spokesperson of Christ in the world, the guardian of the Holy Land, and the practitioner of Christ's will in the world!"

"He will frantically defend his faith! And this time it's not just a matter of faith! It's also about Russia's vital interests!"

Cavour’s eyes showed infinite dislike for Russia and Nicholas I. He said contemptuously: “The Russians always want to open the southern gate. From Peter the Great to Catherine the Great, they have always wanted to Then seize the entire Black Sea, and then go straight to the Aegean Sea, especially Nicholas I!"

Cavour chanted the name of Nicholas I emphatically again,

He said viciously: "This lunatic is more arrogant than his ancestors. He advocates Pan-Slavism and plans to build a Slavic Eden in the Balkans and the Near East!"

Cavour looked into the eyes of Mazzini and Garibaldi, and laughed, "Look, what kind of crazy talk is this. He thought that the fact of aggression and greed could be covered up under the banner of Pan-Slavia. He thought Packaging shameful aggression as national liberation and jihad! But who can be fooled?"

"Balkans and Abalkans!" Cavour exclaimed, "That's a complete powder keg! Britain, Austria, France, and Prussia are all watching, especially the top three. The strong intervention of the Russians will inevitably cause a violent reaction." Rebound!!"

Mazzini fell into deep thought, because he knew that Cavour was right, and that Nicholas I's ambitions for the Balkans and Turkey were well known. The Russo-Turkish war has been fought eight times, and the polar bears have marched towards Constantinople step by step and steadily advanced towards the Mediterranean Sea.

If it weren't for the interests of the great powers in the Balkans and Anatolia to make the Russian family bigger, Turkey would have been cut into pieces by polar bears long ago. And with Russia pressing harder and harder, Austria is actually quite nervous!

Pan-Slavism is not at all good for Austrians. The easternmost part of the empire under Austrian rule had a wide spread of Slavs. It would be very bad if these guys were aroused by polar bears.

Today these Yugoslavs can be instigated by Russia to open fire on Turkey, but will they be used by the Russians to deal with Austria tomorrow?

The possibility is entirely there, and not at all small. So after the Eighth Russo-Turkish War, after Russia instigated the independence of Greece and made Wallachia and Moldavia dependent on Russia, Austria was actually more vigilant against Russia than Turkey.

Russia has become the most unstable factor in the region, and it is an out-and-out crap stick in the region. The Austrians are quite afraid of Russia's further strengthening of its influence in the region, and they are even more wary of Russia's further expansion of its sphere of influence in the Balkans and Turkey under the banner of dealing with Turkey.

In other words, on the Balkan issue, the allies of Austria and Russia are actually in a state of separation from Germany. Once Russia makes small moves again, Austria will inevitably respond. From this perspective, if Russia can be incited to take action, then Austria's attention must be attracted.

Mazzini immediately thought: [Looking at it this way, spreading public opinion on the issue of the Holy Land can indeed create obstacles for the Austrians! 】