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Kaunitz had no idea that a net targeting him had been quietly cast four months earlier.
Hungary had received promises of benefits from Wallachia—courtesy of the English who had secured them from Russia.
Located to the south of Hungary, Wallachia stood to make the Hungarian nobility the major beneficiaries if Austria decided to expand in that direction. Therefore, they were most eager to end the Silesian conflict, so that the Emperor could turn his attention towards the Balkans.
Several influential Bohemian nobles had been bribed by the English, constantly interfering with Vienna's efforts to collect military funds.
At the same time, Baron Tugut had assured them that once he assumed the position of State Minister, he would grant them greater autonomy. This led the Bohemian Congress to promptly side with the peace faction.