Xinshun 1730

Chapter 625 Means
The nobles, who were shocked by the sudden incident, had already left their chairs with half their buttocks.

Upon hearing this, they all sat down immediately.

Only Earl Osterman and others were left standing there in a daze, not because they were brave enough, but because they were shocked by the sudden news.

what is this?
It is not a big deal for foreign ambassadors to participate in coups, especially for Russia, it is quite normal.

The problem is that I have never seen a foreign ambassador directly lead troops to end the battle. In the past, at most, they gave some money or diplomatic support. How could they directly lead troops to stage a mutiny in the capital?
However, when the table was arranged before the banquet, the people around Earl Ostermann, his henchmen, almost all sat together.

The Dashun soldiers who "maintained order" easily "protected" them.

How can anyone attend a banquet, eat and drink with a gun?

Besides, even with a gun, it is not enough to look at the grenade and the burning matchlock in the hands of the ferocious Dashun soldiers.

The banquet hall fell into a strange silence, and the atmosphere was a little panicked and a little awkward.Many people whispered to the soldiers of Dashun, please be careful not to touch the fuse of the grenade by mistake.

Not long after, a group of Russian soldiers entered the banquet hall.It was Hannibal in the lead, and the Earl of Lestoke, the court doctor beside Elizabeth.

As soon as these two people entered the arena, all the nobles present knew that Liu Yu's words were not false. I am afraid that Elizabeth has really controlled the palace.

Although Hannibal was captured by Dashun for more than ten years, he was also a member of the Petersburg aristocratic circle back then, and he had a very special complexion. How could the nobles present not recognize him?
Several soldiers of the Preobrazhensky Army surrounded Count Osterman, who said angrily, "You are rebelling!"

Hannibal said: "No, Your Excellency. This is to set things right."

"Soldiers are very simple, and they were all born to be loyal to the country. You have made the country like this, and any soldier with a sense of justice will support Princess Elizabeth's just actions. How can moths like you manage the country well? ?”

While speaking, Princess Elizabeth slowly walked into the banquet hall surrounded by a group of guards.

She had already taken off her military uniform and put on a luxurious long dress. The soldier followed behind him, holding the hem of the long dress with both hands.

The pale gold dress was extremely bulky, and it was impossible to walk without someone dragging the hem of the skirt.

A blue sash slanted across the chest, and a gorgeous crystal headdress on the head. The plump figure just propped up the bloated dress.

Holding the ball of sovereignty in one hand, and a scepter in the other hand, she slowly walked towards the main seat in the banquet hall with the elegance as if attending a ball.

Liu Yu coughed lightly, and the Dashun soldiers holding grenades and matchlocks retreated one after another, and the Russian soldiers brought by Elizabeth took over the scene.

Although the two cooperated in the coup, they had not met before.

This was the first time Liu Yu saw this legendary beauty who was known as the number one beauty in the European court. She glanced at her twice and wondered what the Habsburg princesses would look like.

It was also the first time for Elizabeth to see the collaborators of this coup d'état, and it was impossible for her to know that her coup d'état was so easy in history, so she took it for granted that Liu Yu helped a lot, and it was a timely help.

He smiled at Liu Yu and nodded in greeting, but he was extremely vigilant in his heart—this kind of person is so skilled in coup d'état, Petersburg really doesn't welcome him.

After greeting with a smile, he naturally walked to the main seat in the hall.Just like the sun rising and the moon setting, Liu Yu also naturally slid back a few steps and retreated to the edge.

There are also some Dashun official officials who don't know anything about it at all, watching what is happening now with a dazed expression.But seeing Liu Yu retreating to the side and not speaking, they still guessed the general situation by virtue of their rich historical background.

I thought that Jinghou was a good method. I just told the story of Emperor Huan of the Han Dynasty. This is really a lesson from history.Now that the woman in front of her has taken control of the palace, and all the ministers are present, the coup d'état is over.It depends on how many remnants of rebels this woman wants to kill.

At this time, the overall situation has been decided, so he naturally has the mentality of Qingsong watching the excitement.But thinking about it, people like myself didn't get any news at all before, and I was also afraid for a while.

To carry out a coup in the capital of another country, isn't this marquis more courageous than Jiang Wei?What Ban Dingyuan is doing is Shanshan, a small country, and this is a Rakshasa that can pull out an army of 10,000+.

These people shook their heads secretly, thinking that during the time they were in Europa, they probably didn't know what else they had to go through.May everything be as smooth as it is today.

Liu Yu, who was standing in front of them, saw that Elizabeth had already taken the position C, and winked at the Marquis de La Chettadi of the French Mission not far away.

Liu Yu went one step ahead, and after saluting with the European etiquette for meeting the monarch, he took the lead in acknowledging Elizabeth's coup in a very official way in Latin.

"The Dashun Mission has an audience with the only, legal, all-Russian autocrat, Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth."

The Marquis of La Schettadi immediately followed up.

"Minister of France, audience with the sole, legitimate and absolute monarch of all Russia, His Majesty Elisabeth."

China and France took the lead, and the stunned Swedish ambassador had no choice but to follow up.

The Swedes made wishful thinking, thinking that if there was a coup in Russia, why wouldn't there be chaos?But it's over so soon?

Dashun gave enough face here, and before that, it involved Russia's energy on diplomatic and border demarcation issues, and helped Russia's coup d'etat, but who would have thought that this coup d'état would be as simple as having a dance party?
After the Swedes followed, the ambassadors and envoys of other countries remained silent.

The Netherlands, the United Kingdom, Prussia and other countries clearly smelled the French conspiracy.Although it seems that in this coup, China has contributed more, but after all, China is still far away and cannot directly affect the war situation in Europe.

Once Russia becomes pro-French...isn't this going to end?The news of Sweden's defeat has come. This is considered good news. It means that once Russia finishes defeating Sweden, it will be able to go south to support Austria and fight against France.But now... the good news of Sweden's defeat has turned into bad news.

While they were still hesitating whether to admit it or not, those sloppy Russian nobles also declared their allegiance and recognized the legitimacy of Queen Elizabeth.

Elizabeth took the opportunity to make a speech.

The content is all nonsense, nothing more than that she is Russian orthodox, these German parties are domineering in Russia, smashing the bones, abolishing the Privy Council that symbolizes Russian tradition, disintegrating the power of the nobility and opposing traditions, etc.

Apart from the soup and talk, it is the real key point.

Elizabeth announced on the spot that the notorious cabinet would be abolished, and the Privy Council, a symbol of Russian tradition, would be restored to be held by nobles.

Only seven people were declared guilty, including the Tsar's mother of Mecklenburg, Count Osterman, etc., which meant that they only wanted to kill the culprit.

And filed a lawsuit against Earl Osterman, pointing out the seven deadly crimes, hoping that the impartial Privy Council can accept her allegations and form a trial committee to hear them.

The allegations include:

Osterman signed Catherine I's will and swore to keep it, only to turn around and break his own oath.My mother was going to upload it to me in the will, but you tampered with the will.

After the death of Peter II, Ostermann removed me, Elisabeth Petrovna, from the line of succession.However, Peter the Great revised the succession law, and women can inherit the throne of the Tsar.

Empress Anna suggested that I, Elisabeth Petrovna, be married to a foreign "poor" prince, so that I would completely leave my beloved Russia and have no chance of inheriting it.

Ceding the country to the Germans allowed the Germans to rule Russia.

During his tenure, together with Byron, he severely persecuted the Russian people.

On behalf of the interests of the Germans, the Russian aristocrats were purged, the Russian culture was destroyed, and Russia was completely Germanized.

To me, Elisabeth Petrovna made "disgusting" insults and created all kinds of "shameless" rumors, even rumors that she "had a miscarriage", which is a serious slander.

After finishing Count Osterman's guilt, all the Russian nobles present heaved a sigh of relief.

I thought to myself, I must kill Osterman, because... There are many things in this, and they are actually more or less involved.

The queen did not personally try it, but handed it over to the nobles of the Privy Council for trial, which is equivalent to giving all the nobles a step down: let Osterman take all the blame, and let the past do not blame you.

Ordinarily, after the empress seized the throne, she could restore the status of the Preobrazhensky Army during the time of Peter the Great, and the Jin Yiwei would specially interrogate her, but she did not.

Instead, it was handed over to those nobles who had cheated Elizabeth more or less before. The political skills reflected in this were enough to make those nobles loyal.

After the nobles expressed their allegiance one after another, Elizabeth made another appointment that surprised almost everyone present.

Appointed Alexei Bestuyev, a Russian aristocrat who lost power after the coup, who stood in Byron not long ago, as Deputy Prime Minister of the Privy Council and Minister of Foreign Affairs.

This is to show that the nobles who supported Anna, Byron and others in the past will not be held accountable - even Byron's hardcore supporters have been appointed as the Deputy Prime Minister of the Privy Council, so do the rest have to worry?
And this appointment also made the French ambassador, the Marquis de La Chettadi, stunned.

This Alexei Bestuyev was a staunchly anti-Prussian, pro-Austrian faction.

The problem is that France is now in an alliance with Prussia to fight Austria together, and the Marquis of La Schettadi has no idea that Frederick II is ready to cheat France. He is trying to promote the alliance of Russia, Prussia, and France.

Ordinarily, the princess is full of obsession with French style and infinite tenderness to herself, shouldn't she obey her own ideas?

He looked at the empress he "pushed" up, his lover, and the woman he thought he could completely control with some amazement.

But this woman's eyes did not linger on him too much at all.

Just as people in later generations commented on him: the Marquis of La Chettadi is a typical French nobleman.Brilliant, overconfident and reckless.Elegant and arrogant yet conceited and superficial.

The Russians once commented that this typical French aristocrat, the politics they understand is often a kind of living room conspiracy.

It's like a little girl's housekeeping game, only suitable for the living room.

Elizabeth glanced at the Marquis of La Schettadi from the corner of her eye, and said in her heart: I know you want a lot, but I don't want to give it.I am the queen, you can be my accessory, but I will not be yours.You should think about how to get my favor, not how to control me.You have misplaced yourself.

She must appoint someone who is anti-Prussian, pro-Austrian, pro-British, and anti-French as the deputy prime minister to check and balance these pro-French factions, so as to express her attitude that she is not a 180-degree reversal of diplomacy, and to avoid pro-French The French faction took the opportunity to engage in party unity and attack differences to grow bigger.At the same time, the firm anti-Prussian attitude of Deputy Prime Minister Bestuyev of the Privy Council will also help to eliminate those pro-Prussian factions in future politics.

Because, either, she would have a child with her lover herself.

Or, if she doesn't give birth herself, the heir she can choose is her own sister's son, her own nephew, a child who can't speak a word of Russian and was educated in Germany.For the future, she must plan ahead to achieve a delicate balance.

Only in this way can she, the queen who came to power by the contradictions of the nobles, be able to control the government by the balance technique.

(End of this chapter)