Shadow of great britain

Arthur sighed and said, "I have to say, this is a very strange phenomenon. Mr. von Krommel, as an Austrian, actually sang praises for Italy's national independence. It seems that in front of checks, the professional ethics of most diplomats are really unreliable."

Schneider laughed softly and said, "No, Arthur, I disagree with you. This shows that Mr. von Krommel is a simple-minded person. Such people are much easier to deal with than idealists. The so-called idealist is actually not much different from a Scottish donkey. Many people think this is a good word, but in diplomacy, Field, this description is simply terrible.

To put it bluntly, it is to think about what he wants, without considering the actual situation at all, let alone whether the interests of the party he is in have been damaged. Everything is done according to his temper, and his views on everything are preconceived. Therefore, it is difficult to find a few smart people among this group of guys. If such a delicate job as diplomacy is handed over to idealists, it will not be long before Europe will have to break out in a full-scale war again. "

Arthur subconsciously wanted to say something for the idealists he knew, but he thought about it and it seemed that what Schneider said was not wrong.

Whether it was Dumas, Garibaldi, Mazzini and others, they were all good at uprisings. Wherever there was political turmoil, there were them. In this regard, Mazzini and Garibaldi were even better, because Dumas was incompetent and only participated in the uprising in most cases, while Mazzini and Garibaldi were usually the ones who launched the uprising.

As for Heine, this German nationalist Jewish poet also called himself an idealist, but because his books were not as popular as Dumas, he often had to hold his nose and bend over backwards for a few grains of rice. When he had money, he would write articles to criticize the government for oppressing progressive poets like him.

It can be inferred that idealists are not suitable for the work of diplomats, but are suitable for being fooled by diplomats.

Because in essence, the purpose of establishing diplomatic relations is not to show friendship, but to get convenience. The essence of diplomats is a group of people who are sent to foreign countries to lie full-time to serve their own countries.

The taboo in diplomatic occasions is to lose temper. Any slamming must be carefully designed in advance, and this is always the last option.

For the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the most perfect diplomatic treatment is to let others do what you want them to do willingly, and make them feel that it is their own idea.

However, although this profession makes a living by cheating people, it cannot be too harsh.

Because those who are unlucky today may be lucky tomorrow, so a shrewd diplomat must leave room for the future and not do business that will lead to a family extinction.

This is not only the basis for Arthur's actions, but also the basis for Schneider and von Krommel's actions.

For the three of them, their interests are not completely consistent with the government.

Even von Krommel, the direct opponent of "Young Italy", hopes that the Italians can continue to make trouble more than Arthur and Schneider.

In Britain, due to the influence of public opinion, things such as setting up intelligence agencies can only be done secretly.

But in the German Confederation, Metternich can openly set up two intelligence agencies in the form of a Confederation resolution - the Mainz Central Investigation Committee and the Frankfurt Central Investigation Bureau.

In addition to these two open agencies, Metternich also secretly set up a secret intelligence agency independent of the German Confederation Parliament - the Mainz Intelligence Office (MIB).

The courts of German states such as Berlin, Wiesbaden, Darmstadt and Vienna all cooperated with these intelligence departments in politics, police and espionage affairs. Their scope of operations not only covered all German states, but also other major cities in Europe, such as Paris and Zurich.

These intelligence agencies collected countless information materials on suspicious persons, community gatherings and travel, and sent them to the Austrian Prime Minister's Office in packages. Therefore, even if Metternich stayed in Vienna and did not go out, he could become the European politician who knew the most about European political movements, public opinion trends, and radical literary circles.

Even Palmerston in Britain, Talleyrand in France, and Count Benckendorff in Russia did not dare to say that they were more informed than Metternich.

But being well-informed is not all good, because it means that the Austrian emperor and Metternich also received more threats and warnings about hanging the princes, assassinating them, or driving them out of the country.

As a politician who experienced the 1910s and 1920s, Metternich certainly would not think that these threats were just empty words.

As for the Austrian intelligence officers, the nourishment that sustains their lives is the fear of the Vienna court. The more worried the emperor and the prime minister are, the more attention their work will receive and the more funding they will get.

Especially not long ago, in Frankfurt, the seat of the German Confederation Parliament, there was a situation where the Confederation members were almost wiped out.

On the night of April 3, about 50 students and radicals attacked the Frankfurt guardhouse under the cover of darkness, intending to seize guns and ammunition to launch an armed uprising. However, because their plan was leaked in advance, the Frankfurt authorities had made full preparations, so after fierce exchanges of fire, the insurgents were unable to break through the government army's defense and occupy the target location.

Under such circumstances, von Crommel had even more reason to believe that the activities of Young Italy could bring him the attention of the Vienna court.

And this student uprising not only affected von Crommel's future, but also involved Arthur's job transfer.

Arthur had just received an order from London yesterday, and His Majesty the King urged him to leave for the Kingdom of Hanover immediately.

And this was not only to help Hanover pass the new constitution as soon as possible, but also to cooperate with the latest resolution of the German Confederation.

Although the Kingdom of Hanover and the United Kingdom formed a personal union, it was also a member of the German Confederation, so it needed to obey the collective decision of the Confederation Parliament.

After the outbreak of the Frankfurt student armed uprising, the German Confederation passed an amendment to the "Carlsbad Resolution", further strengthening the monitoring of university professors and student movements.

All German universities need to implement the relevant provisions of the "University Law", college students and professors will be monitored, teachers with democratic and liberal tendencies will be removed from their positions, the All-German Student Association will temporarily stop its activities, and the black, red and gold tricolor flag will not be allowed to be hung in schools.

All printed materials must be inspected by the authorities, and regularly published newspapers and magazines must be submitted for inspection before publication.

If this regulation is violated, the publisher's printing license will be allowed to be revoked without any reason, the newspaper or journal will be completely banned and confiscated, and the editor-in-chief of the newspaper will be sentenced to not engage in publishing for 5 years.

In order to strengthen the government's management of universities, each university must also establish a "special national representative" position, who can be selected from the university supervisor at the time, or other personnel recognized by the government.

The function of the special national representative is to ensure that the university strictly implements the relevant laws and policies of the German Confederation, supervise the spiritual outlook of teachers and students, and guide students' good public morality. For teachers who exceed their teaching duties and "poison" the minds of young students, the representative has the responsibility and obligation to urge the governments of various states to dismiss them.

As for student clubs and student organizations, only those with special permission from the representative can continue to exist.

Having said so much, I believe everyone can guess Sir Arthur Hastings' new identity.

Although he had never been to Germany and had never worked in education, His Majesty the King, the British government, and the Hanoverian government all highly recognized the police qualities he demonstrated during his tenure at Scotland Yard.

So, for some reason, Arthur was quickly dismissed by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs before he took office in Hanover.

Then, as a natural philosophy researcher, he was selected by the University of Göttingen, the pearl of higher education in the Kingdom of Hanover, as the first professor of electromagnetism in the history of the university.

Afterwards, Sir Arthur Hastings was elected as a member of the Academic Committee of the University of Göttingen with a high vote as a professor, and in the absence of the election, he won the unanimous support of the members of the Academic Committee and was unanimously elected as the academic supervisor of the University of Göttingen.

After that, King William IV sent a message to the Governor-General of Hanover, Prince Adolf Frederick, Duke of Cambridge, to the Parliament of the Kingdom of Hanover, and entrusted him to sign the Royal Seal on behalf of the King, appointing Sir Arthur Hastings as the new Special Representative of the Kingdom of Hanover to the University of Göttingen, and concurrently serving as a constitutional reform consultant for the Kingdom of Hanover as a scholar.

Even with Arthur's temperament, when he just learned the news, he was shocked by this series of operations and was speechless for a long time.

It must be said that although they are countries under the same king, the democratic efficiency of the Germans is much higher than that of the British.

When he was promoted to Assistant Chief of Police in Scotland Yard, he waited for four or five months before it was finally confirmed.

But in the Kingdom of Hanover, in just half a month, he completed the journey that an ordinary natural philosophy researcher would take a lifetime to complete.

From obtaining a university teaching position to being promoted to professor, from being elected as a member of the academic committee, from the academic committee to the university supervisor, he even had the position of a special representative of the country.

The most incredible thing is that this set of procedures is completely reasonable and legal.

Because no matter what, he can indeed be regarded as a natural researcher in the field of electromagnetism. In this new field, apart from Faraday, the pioneer, there are indeed few people who can match his fame.

Therefore, it seems not difficult to understand that he is given a position as a professor of electromagnetism.

As a new department, the Department of Electromagnetism has only one professor, and no students, so it is reasonable for him to represent the Department of Electromagnetism in the university's academic committee.

As for being elected as the academic supervisor by the academic committee, the whole process was very democratic, and there was not even a single vote against it.

As the most respected professor of the whole University of Göttingen by His Majesty the King, it is natural for Sir Arthur Hastings to serve as the special representative of the country. This is not only a focus on promoting young talents, but also a manifestation of not engaging in academic politicization. Scholars governing the school is of course an enlightened rule.

After this operation, Arthur heard the voice before he arrived. At this point, he seemed to finally begin to understand why Heine complained so much about his alma mater, the University of Göttingen.

Schneider smiled and congratulated Arthur, saying, "Arthur, sometimes you can't stop your luck. I thought you went to Hanover to lie low, but I didn't expect that the gunfire of Frankfurt students attacking the arsenal would force you out of the embassy. The position of the academic supervisor of the University of Göttingen is much more respectable than the second-class secretary of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs."

But Arthur was not as happy as Schneider imagined. On the contrary, after seeing the scene of the French Academy of Sciences, he had been thinking about staying away from educational institutions as much as possible.

But for some reason, his wish always went against his wishes. Not only did he fail to stay away from educational institutions, but he became a professor instead.

Maybe there are not as many masters in the University of Göttingen as in the French Academy of Sciences, but it should be enough to control him in natural philosophy.

The worst thing is that when the news of Arthur's election as a professor at the University of Göttingen came out, several friends he knew at the French Academy of Sciences came to congratulate him, and happily told the new academic supervisor that the French Academy of Sciences might send a delegation to visit Göttingen in the second half of the year.

Arthur took a puff of cigarette, put his hands on the stone fence, looked at the sparkling Seine and asked: "August, do you know which hot spring resorts are near Göttingen? I plan to take time to take a vacation in the second half of the year."

"Hot spring resorts? There are quite a few."

Schneider tapped Arthur's chest with the back of his hand: "But we are not in a hurry for now. Have you packed your things? Go and say goodbye to your friends in the morning, and you and I will be in the same car in the afternoon. His Majesty the King is in a hurry, so we have to leave today."

Arthur was waiting for Schneider to take the initiative to bring up this matter.

Although the royalists had already mixed a lot of names of people into the roster of Young Italy, because all the members of Young Italy were men, the female members of the royalists were not included.

But fortunately, there were not many people in this part, only a few, so Arthur planned to do his best to send them to the west, and simply took advantage of this trip to Hanover, using Schneider's diplomat identity as a cover, and took them out of France together.

Arthur took out his pocket watch and glanced down: "In that case, we'll meet at the old place at three o'clock in the afternoon."