"Who had those opposition nobles been in contact with?"
"It was Lord Palmerston."
"What?"
John Russell immediately sat up. He had not expected that fellow to still be haunting him like a lingering ghost.
But at that moment, John Russell finally connected all the loose ends. He felt that the one behind it all was Palmerston.
As for the reason, naturally, it was to take revenge on him and reclaim the political power that belonged to him.
Having talked himself into it, John Russell broke out in a cold sweat.
"Do we know what they talked about?"
John Russell continued.
"Not yet."
"Keep a close watch on them."
"Yes."
Leaving aside how John Russell and Palmerston were trying to outwit one another.
The Austrian Empire launched a new round of entrapment operations.
Many people received similar letters.
"I am Lajos Kossuth Széchenyi. I am not dead, and I urgently need seed money to overthrow the rotten Habsburg dynasty.
Please transfer funds to the account 'XXX1848 Long Live Hungary.'
Once the deed is done, I will grant you rank and title."
Though it was a letter ridiculous enough to make one laugh, many people still transferred money to it.
Under the banking rules of the time, transfers could not be less than ten Florins—equivalent to several thousand in modern currency—not a small sum.
Thus, those who transferred money were most likely not merely playing around, greatly reducing the chance of catching innocent people.
Meanwhile, rumors spread that the Magyarists would launch simultaneous uprisings at certain locations, at some point on a certain day one month later, calling upon all those who wished to overthrow the Habsburg dynasty to join in the grand undertaking.
When the net was cast a month later, the Austrian Empire directly captured more than four thousand terrorist