Harry Potter’s Morning Light

   Chapter 2307 A Covenant with Glory (Part 2)

  The stairs of the clock tower are spiral-shaped, with a pillar in the middle, and the steps continue to rotate and extend up along it, occasionally passing a window, which can overlook the city's landscape.

   "If . . . if the weather is fine, you can still see Brussels," the archbishop told Bonaparte as he climbed the stairs, his voice coming from overhead.

Although the others are not as old as him, they are also pampered, and they are almost out of breath when they climb halfway, especially the seventh Duke of Areenberg, who has a big belly and doesn't look like him at all. A "prince" who can fight on horseback.

  The Holy Roman Empire originally had 51 free cities, but now it has become six, Hamburg, Bremen, Lübeck, Frankfurt am Mainz, Nuremberg and Augsburg.

   This is the arbitral result of the newly promulgated "Subsidiary Act", which was announced at the Grand Council Palace in Mechelen, and was read in Parliament by the Duke of Areenberg. The princes who had previously been subject to the Holy Roman Empire no longer believed that the Habsburgs were capable of coordinating the distribution of the empire, so they asked France and Russia to arbitrate. Before Talleyrand set off for Berlin, Georgiana had visited his residence, when he was very busy, and was said to be hosting the princes. These pot-bellied German princes caress his poodle so tenderly, and play hide-and-seek and find slippers with Talleyrand's niece in order to coax into better cities and parishes. After secularizing the territory of the Church their next targets are organizations with no political status, including hospitals, universities, monasteries and "free cities", if not draw the line, with the greed of these princes, finally these six freedoms No city will be left.

   Whoever has the overall advantage will fall to whomever, and whoever is weak, they will also dig out a piece of meat. In order to seek self-preservation, the North German city-state joined the neutral camp of Prussia, even if the contracting parties that were not originally in the Basel Peace Treaty also joined it. It was already almost allotted, but some people were lucky enough that the Duchess of Areenberg was about to return to her ancestral home and her title.

   As Voltaire said, the Holy Roman Empire was neither holy nor Roman nor imperial.

  The "Golden Edict" promulgated by Charles IV established seven electors, and did not make the Habsburg family hereditary. Its effect actually ended in 1648, because both the Thirty Years' War and the Eighty Years' War ended in that year with the Treaty of Westphalia, which recognized the sovereignty of the princes, which was Conducive to separatist forces.

  Wolfgang means advancing wolf, as long as they become strong, even if they do not compete for the crown of the Roman Empire, they can still control the succession of the throne.

These people are basically unreliable. Bankers such as Fugger can use money to control the throne, so they can also use other means. Frederick the Great once offered Silesia in exchange for Maria Theresa Sha makes a deal to support her as the heir to the throne.

The "Golden Edict" was out of effect in 1648, but Maria Teresa was opposed by the princes in accordance with the "State Edict of 1713", and there was also a war of succession to the Austrian throne. She could only compromise and let her own Husband Franz I became emperor, and what was the basis for Franz becoming emperor?

Franz succeeded the Holy Roman Emperor as the Grand Duke of Tuscany, and was also not among the electors of the Golden Edict, and the Grand Duke of Tuscany often came from the Medici family, but Franz exchanged Lorraine for him. In exchange for the deposed king of Poland, he received the title of Grand Duke of Tuscany, who was married to the Habsburgs, so that Franz had the right to the throne.

The electoral right can be transferred. After Napoleon incorporated Mainz into the territory of France, the candidacy of the Archbishop of Mainz was given to the Archbishop of Regensburg, which was added in the Peace of Westphalia. With 8 electors, how many new electors will be produced in this upcoming peace treaty?

   The War of the Bavarian Succession broke out because of the extinction of the Wittelsbach dynasty, which included two Holy Roman Emperors.

It was the Archduke of Bavaria who took the lead in refusing to recognize Maria Theresa's succession. If Maria Theresa accepted Frederick the Great's conditions, she could get the support of Prussia, but she refused, and Prussia stood on the side. The Bavarian side. The United Kingdom, the Netherlands, and Russia are on the side of Maria Theresa.

   Prussia and England are far apart. What good is a military alliance?

   But the King of England is from Hanover, which is in North Germany.

  The kings were busy calculating these things, but they never thought that the succession to the throne had nothing to do with the common people. The promotion of the previous officers needed to become "knights", which was the admission ticket for the aristocratic class. The French Revolution opened the promotion of officers and even generals to the common people.

Prussia also gave some of the positions of officers to the bourgeoisie due to war losses or to improve combat effectiveness, such as another manor Elizabeth, who was "right" with Mrs. Kaiser, who was a Junker nobleman, and she loaned to the bourgeoisie. There are creditable factory owners in the territory, and at the same time they absorb the deposits of doctors, grooms, etc. This is a kind of bank model.

  The vast majority of people want to go up, whether it is quality of life or social status.

   But Georgiana envied Molly, even though her waist was as thick as a bucket, Arthur still called her "Molly Little Trembling".

   She didn't want to go up, but the people behind her wanted to go up. There was no room to hide from the narrow spiral bell tower stairs, so she could only climb up together.

  This may be the biggest difference between them. Napoleon was at the forefront and led everyone up, but she just wanted to stop.

  The journey was not long. They climbed to the top of the bell tower in about half an hour, where you can see a lot of machinery, as well as the clock with inscriptions on the surface, through which the carillon works.

   There is also a tray with a rope attached to it, which can be put down like a bucket in a well. Originally, she thought it was the bell ringer guarding the bell tower who took the food from downstairs, which attracted laughter from everyone.

  This tower doesn't have the "Hack of the Clock Tower" like Quasimodo, and the trays are used by craftsmen who repair the bell tower to transport the bricks.

It is also a machine. Leonardo da Vinci's cover letter to the Grand Duke of Milan wrote that he could design military machinery for him; steam engines and Jenny spinning machines were originally designed to save manpower, but now they have become the pursuit of profit maximization. of people use child labor to replace adults.

   In the past, Pomona believed that fertility should be encouraged, even if the witches handed their children to orphanages to raise. But Voldemort left a sum of money to Lucius to pay to the family that adopted the war orphans, because he really stayed in the orphanage, even if he was used as a servant at a relative's house like Harry, he was better than an orphan. The courtyard is good.

  Cinderella is also working at home, her stepmother didn't send her to a place like a monastery, which made her dream when she was busy cleaning, and one day the prince would come to save her.

Bonaparte walked to the edge of the bell tower and looked at Mechelen, who was bathed in golden sunlight. Today's weather was not very good, and the clouds were dense, but now it looks a little cloudy. A beam of light came down, forming a small The Dahl effect looks like the light of heaven.

   "Advice" will be very disappointing when others are interested, and gradually they are reluctant to approach them any more. On the contrary, those who speak flattery can get more opportunities.

   The more you scold him for not being "close to a worthy minister, but a far-off man", the more he will do the opposite; some children are very obedient, and it is because they are obedient that they are easy to manipulate.

  There are many things, you will know how precious they are when you lose them.

  Georgianna walked quietly beside him and looked at the scenery together.

   "Do you think Margaret of Austria loved Charles V? Even if he was not her own," Bonaparte asked.

   "Yes," she said without hesitation.

   "Why?" He turned to look at her.

   "A mother wolf loses her cubs and will use human children as substitutes. Are humans inferior to wolves?" Georgiana asked back looking at the distant scenery.

   "Look into my eyes and talk," he ordered.

   She followed her instructions and looked him in the eyes.

   "Repeat what you just said."

  Georgianna did not immediately do as he was told.

   "I'm scared that the child taught in my way is not qualified enough." Her heart was pounding "What if he grows up and becomes a bad guy?"

   "Women like to think wildly," he whispered.

   She did not object.

   "What did you do the night before?" he asked.

   She frowned at him.

   "You think you can deceive me by letting those little girls give you perjury?"

   "What do you think I'll do? Sir." She laughed sarcastically.

   He did not speak.

   "You **** me off." She restrained her smile and said unhappily.

   "So you were hanging out all night?" He raised his voice, a bit domineering.

   She didn't want to talk.

   "Did you tell anyone else about my following itinerary?" he asked again.

   "You still think I'm a spy?"

   "You just have to answer yes or no," he said calmly.

   "No." She hesitated. "It's always been me."

   "What did I say to **** you off?"

   She wanted to be angry again.

  Look, he really forgot.

   "What do you think of Roquerol?" he asked suddenly.

   She glanced back, the archbishop was chatting with the Duke of Areenberg in the other direction.

"Hard to say."

   "He promised to perform a ceremony for the Knights, but did not grant him a blessing. Do you think he succumbed to coercion, or something else?" asked Bonaparte.

  Georgianna did not answer immediately.

The    ceremony can be legalized. In the small, it is a marriage ceremony. The groom kisses his "lawful wife" with the blessing of the crowd. In the big one, it is similar to the inauguration of the president. Jefferson's 1801 inauguration was simple, and it may have been a matter of saving money, but people questioned the legitimacy of his office, bearing in mind the issue of votes.

The    ceremony also imparts a sense of sanctity, which not only promotes unity but also helps to create loyalty to the new regime.

  Pepin laboriously designed the anointed coronation ceremony, precisely to "legally" replace the Merovingian dynasty, it was blessed, and it was given by God through the spokesperson of the world.

   "He wanted to be neutral," Georgiana said. "Not all the clergy supported the Crusades."

   "You thought they were crusaders?"

   "Wh...no!"

   "You canonized them. If they are a crusader, you are an accomplice." He condemned.

   She almost fainted.

   He probably thought he had won, smiling with straight white teeth.

   "Have you thought about the name of the Knights?" he said in a good mood.

   "Saint Catherine helps the Knights." She said smoothly, although she meant to say "I haven't made up my mind yet."

   "Why this name?" he asked casually.

   She gritted her teeth and said nothing.

   He didn't want to know the answer so much either, so he moved on to other topics.

   In fact, women not only love to think wildly, but also have many secrets.

   She took time to glance at Father Gregoire who was not far away, who was studying the internal structure of the carillon.

He had asked, "What are you thinking about?", and Albus had asked the same question, and he thought she had given Severus the labyrinth blueprint, and Severus had given it to the former Death Eater comrade.

   At that time, he was stunned, forgetting that he himself gave the Goblet of Fire to "Moody", who placed the Goblet of Fire in the center of the maze.

   Barty Crouch Jr. has always been good at hiding, and no one could see that the obedient honor student was actually a Death Eater and participated in the torture of the Longbottoms.

He said he trusted Severus and gave Severus the job of "killing" him at the observatory, but didn't tell Minerva and Pomona about the plan because he didn't trust them? ? Still don't believe their acting skills?

  Women are actually born actors, maybe Maria Theresa needed a war, so she rejected Frederick the Great's offer, because nothing consolidates the throne like a victory.

   But does Maria Theresa really think so? This was also guessed by Georgiana as a bystander, probably because Queen Maria Theresa found the "monster" of Prussia more difficult to deal with.

   She is a woman, but she doesn't know what the woman is thinking. Of course, it is also possible, as he said just now, that she is thinking too much.

   Thinking of this, she became angry again. She guaranteed that he would forget it, but he did not expect that he would actually forget it.

   It's no wonder that he didn't like women before he became famous, and it's no wonder that Josephine is so fearless and will say "who will love you except me".

  Georgianna doesn't care if he is an emperor or a successful person. The most important thing in this world is a talented loser. After the Battle of Waterloo, wasn't Napoleon imprisoned on St. Hena?

   But she was so angry that she almost lost her reason.

   At this moment, she suddenly heard a strange cry, and when she looked up, she found several black dots hovering in the sky.

   At first glance, it looked like a flock of birds. After taking a closer look, she dragged his arm and ran downstairs without any hesitation.

  Other people were baffled when they saw this, but she couldn't care less.

   Should she call for an assassin at this time? But the assassin was not necessarily directed towards Napoleon, but towards herself.

   (end of this chapter)