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The only trouble is the specific executors, who need a headache again.Whether it is headed by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs or by the military, the great Tsar Majesty did not give a clear answer to this question.

Although they knew it was troublesome, everyone present tacitly chose to avoid it.

Who will be the leader not only involves the issue of the aftermath, but also relates to the ranking of the Ministry of War and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in the government's power structure.

The tsar's direct designation is nothing more than a matter of imperial envoys, which does not affect the balance of power.

But if someone else pierces the window paper, that is to table the political struggle behind the scenes, and there is no room for maneuver.

In politics, this is undoubtedly a taboo.All the people present are smart people who know what can be done and what can't be done.

Chapter 50 It’s not a big deal to watch the excitement, let’s add another fire

The decision of the tsarist government undoubtedly added another barrel of oil to France, which was already full of sparks, making the situation even more unmanageable.

Fortunately, after the victory of the Anti-French War, the Allied forces confiscated the French weapons, otherwise they would not just attack the single Russian soldiers now.

Seeing the escalation of the conflict, King Carlos, who was at the center of the storm, decisively fled the powder keg in Paris on the pretext of seeking international assistance.

The king was forced to leave to avoid the storm, and the French government, which had already gone on strike in protest, naturally closed down.

A similar scene happened after the First World War.It's just that the foundation of the Germans is stronger, and the war was not fought on the mainland, and the losses were not as great as the French.

At that time, the German government called on the workers to strike to prevent the French from taking away their coal resources; on the other hand, it printed money to subsidize the unemployed workers so that their livelihoods could be maintained.

The mark inflation that shocked the world was the result of the government's "printing, printing, printing..." of printing money in order to subsidize unemployed workers.

After a set of seven-injury punches, the Weimar Republic, while crippling itself, also dragged the British and French economies into the water.

The French, in particular, did not get the resources they wanted, and instead were sprayed with blood in the international arena.

The garrison has been losing money and can't see any benefits. For France, which suffered heavy losses in the World War, the pressure is really a bit high.In the end, there was really no other way, and he was forced to make concessions.

The French proved with facts that the bottom line is used to break through.In the game with the Germans, the French government made concessions again and again, and finally gave up a Third Reich.

Although France's current situation is similar to that of Germany in the original time and space, the opponent it faces is completely different.

The Anti-French Alliance does not need the resources of France. It uses cutting off resources and the supply of industrial and commercial products as a bargaining chip. It is estimated that the strike will not frown until the next century.

In particular, the Anti-French Alliance is a joint garrison of various countries in France. Except for the large number of garrisons of the Russians, the number of garrisons of other countries is not large.

The small number of troops means that the military expenditure is not large.Even if the French government shuts down and suspends military funding, it will not scare everyone for a while.

Of course, these are not the reasons why King Carlos ran away.In the final analysis, the previous revolutionary government played too well, and the French people have already entered the era of per capita billionaires.

It is obviously impossible to rely on printing money to relieve the unemployed.Unable to restore the economy, and unable to relieve refugees, why not run away and stay?

On the surface, the government went on strike to protest against the atrocities committed by the Russian army, but the deeper internal reason was the financial collapse of the government.

Even though King Carlos has made a lot of money from anti-corruption, this precious fund needs to be used wisely and cannot be wasted in a stable situation.

Originally, these things had little to do with Franz. He was just a melon eater, and he was just responsible for watching the fun.

Unexpectedly, the younger brothers who suffered from the unreasonable disaster refused to agree. Let's ask the Russians for an explanation, and everyone feels a little embarrassed.

After all, it's a bear, and most people can't afford it.Even though the territory does not border, people are still always jealous.

But letting it go is not enough. The French government has gone on strike and has to bear the cost of the garrison. Everyone can support it in a short period of time, but it will not work if it is delayed for a long time.

Originally, everyone also wanted to give the tsarist government a face, and waited for them to clean up the mess.But after seeing the measures taken by the tsarist government, everyone has already understood: this is not to solve the problem.

Before the delegation arrived in Paris, although the situation in France was turbulent, King Carlos was still staying in the palace, obviously waiting for the Russians to come to negotiate.

However, the negotiations had just begun, and the king was scared and ran away.

Although everyone does not know what the specific content of the negotiation is, judging from the speed at which King Carlos ran away, the Russians must have done nothing.

The younger brothers hope that the Vienna government will intervene, just to appease them a little bit.In any case, the Russians must be given a chance to perform and let them prove themselves.

The problem is that Carlos ran away as soon as he ran, and the relatives of the Bourbon dynasty did not go to defect, but ran to Vienna without saying a word. What is this?

It was so silent, everyone thought that Carlos had gone to Spain, and when he showed up in Vienna, everyone knew that it was a false shot.

In fact, there is nothing wrong with thinking about it deeply. It is true that Spain has relatives. The problem is that it was still an enemy in the previous battle for the throne.Although the relationship was eased later, the relationship between the two parties still has not reached the point of intimacy.

The most important thing is that Spain is too busy to take care of itself now, and it is impossible to get involved in the bad things of France, unless it is to add insult to injury.

The relationship between the royal family?

What kind of kid king who just finished breastfeeding is expected to support them in public opinion for the benefit of the family?

Since it's useless, then simply don't bother.Save one point and one point less, but it will affect the harmony of the family.

It would be even easier to go to Vienna, because only here can the problem be solved!

There are only a few European powers, and the only ones capable of stopping the Russians are Shinra and Britain.

Carlos was not out of his mind, so naturally he would not go to London to humiliate himself.Even in order to avoid the Vienna government finding an excuse to refuse, he simply hid his identity and sneaked in secretly.

As it turned out, Carlos' plan worked.From the moment the French king appeared in Vienna, Franz, the melon-eating crowd, was successfully dragged into the water.

No one likes to be calculated, and Franz is no exception.Except for the initial welcome banquet and courtesy attendance, Franz put Carlos aside for the rest of the time.

If you can't eat the melon anymore, then you have to find a way to solve the problem.As for how to solve the problem, it depends on the luck of the French.

Solving it from the source, solving it in a muddy way, or releasing a bigger problem to cover up the previous problem are all solutions.

Out of a responsible attitude, Franz summoned Foreign Minister Weisenberg in the Vienna Palace to discuss the aftermath measures.

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"Let's talk about the current situation in France first?"

As a qualified melon eater, Franz has been paying close attention to news related to the turmoil in France recently.It's just that now he only reads newspapers, not intelligence.

After all, editors have always given full play to their imaginations and artistically processed such international news that the public likes to hear.Far more readable than those boring intelligence materials.

"Truth" has never been an important thing to the people who eat melons.In the case of not involving self-interest, the excitement only needs to be good-looking, and it doesn't matter who wins or loses.

Watching experts and scholars guess out of thin air, bragging and betting is a kind of fun in itself, just like watching monkeys in a zoo.

"Yes, Your Majesty."

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Foreign Minister Weisenberg: "Since Carlos left Paris, the French government has been empty, and even the police who maintain law and order have been put on long vacations, and social order has collapsed.

Before evacuating Paris, Carlos had issued an announcement.Not only accused the atrocities committed by the Russian army, but also shifted all the responsibility to the Russians.

Contradictions have been put on the table, and a nationwide anti-Russian wave is sweeping towards the Russians at this moment.

To contain the collapse of the situation, the Russians also took measures.They first disarmed the French army, and then stepped up the arrest of anti-Russian elements.

These measures curbed the anti-Russian wave in the short term, but with the shutdown of the French government, no one has distributed relief supplies, and it is inevitable that the French people will embark on the road of violent resistance due to hunger and cold.

Not long ago, we also found a 120mm howitzer in a smuggling ship seized by the navy off the coast of France.

The interrogators learned that they have been involved in this smuggling activity for more than three months, and the accumulated smuggled equipment is enough to arm two regiments.

This is only what we caught by accident, and there will be more smuggling ships that we didn't catch.In addition, some of our allies are also engaged in arms smuggling in France.

The weapons and equipment imported into France now are probably enough for a large-scale battle.The most important thing is that these smuggling activities are premeditated.

There are indications that the French, who are unwilling to fail, are gathering strength at this moment and want to get rid of the shackles on them.

The atrocities of the Russian army only catalyzed the outbreak of conflicts in advance, and brought them moral support by the way.

There is only one force in France that can use such a large amount of energy to smuggle and cover up news.

It turns out that our King Carlos is not as simple as it seems on the surface.Everything they are doing now is just preparing for their next plan.

It's just that they don't know whether their ambition is just to get rid of the shackles on their bodies, or whether they want to restore the French Empire. "

Frankly speaking, Franz was a little excited deep in his heart when he heard this answer.As expected, there is indeed a black hand behind the chaos in France.

It is not in vain for him to play trumpet and fight with people in the newspaper.The seemingly weak King Carlos is indeed the big boss behind the scenes.

The happiness of Keyboard Man is as simple as that.As he got older, Franz became bigger and more wicked.

Bad fun is bad fun, reality is not a game after all, and there is no chance to start again after failure.France is the best example. After one defeat, it fell from the clouds to the abyss.

"So the Russians were unlucky this time and sent themselves to the door?"

Franz asked in a teasing tone.

It was never a secret to the Vienna government that there was a lurking resistance in France.No big country with a long history will succumb so easily.

Although the Anti-French War severely damaged France, it did not interrupt the spiritual inheritance of the French.The French, who are not reconciled to failure, must resist.

It's just that no one expected beforehand that Carlos would become the leader of this group of people.Of course, this was only a slight surprise.

Under the traditional European cultural system, if you want to accomplish a big event, you must find a well-known figure with charisma.

As the current king of France, Carlos is naturally everyone's first choice.

Unlike the Bonaparte dynasty elected by the people, Carlos was not only born in the orthodox Bourbon dynasty, but also the king of France recognized by the international community.

This increases operability.

Theoretically speaking, as long as the French play a bit miserable, Carlos will come forward to find the support of the international community, and then choose a suitable reason to launch an attack, and there is still hope for expulsion of the Allied forces stationed in the country.

Even if the plan is exposed, it will not cause too much loss to Carlos personally.

As the king of France supported by the European Union, as long as he has no major faults on the surface, the Vienna government will not be able to slap him in the face and get him down.

Even if other people have this idea, Franz will not allow it.Abolishing the establishment of the king involves the common interests of the monarchy group and must not be acted hastily.

As long as Carlos jumped out and shouted anti-Shinra without knowing it, Franz would not do anything to him.Doing things secretly is the basic quality that any qualified politician must possess.

Among other things, even the members of the Anti-French Alliance still have people smuggling arms to France for their own benefit?

"Check it out and find out...", that was obviously overthinking.This kind of thing is not visible at all. Although it is someone else who smuggled the arms, it is Shinra who produces these arms.

Everyone knew that the flow of weapons into France would exacerbate the chaos in France, but everyone did it anyway.

In addition to the fact that the benefits are indeed great, what is more important is the thinking of "If I don't do it, others will do it".Anyway, what will happen in the end, it might as well earn the money by yourself.

Not stopping this kind of behavior, it's not just for this small gain.The fundamental reason lies in the chaos in France, which was originally indulged by the Vienna government.

The power of hatred is enormous. Unless the spine is completely broken, France, which has recovered its vitality after 30 or [-] years, will be another trouble.

Obviously, a slap from a big country like France can only hurt him, but not kill him.

For the long-term stability of the European continent, the Vienna government not only pretended not to see the undercurrent in France, but also secretly pushed it forward.

It's a pity that it is too early to be exposed, and the French have seized an opportunity to gain the solidarity of the international community.

For Shinra's international reputation, the next action to suppress France can only be carried out by the Russians.

The tragic tsarist government made a knife without knowing it.No wonder Franz gloated, after all, this kind of opportunity was so rare.

Foreign Minister Weisenberg: "Yes, Your Majesty. The tsarist government is now slamming into it in a daze, and the French plan to accumulate strength will soon be unable to hide it.

Of course, the tsarist government may also be mentally prepared.After all, the Russians have always held the lion's share in previous smuggling campaigns.

Maybe after the war broke out, the bullets that hit the Russian soldiers still flowed out of the hands of the Russian troops stationed in France. "

The greatest arms dealers sell weapons to the enemy, and finally hit themselves.Now the Russians are about to use practical actions to explain this truth to the world.

After wandering for a few steps, Franz said slowly: "Then let's add another fire and send the Russians a shell that can counterattack by public opinion.

Find the media to publish the evidence of the French arms smuggling and violation of the Vienna Treaty, and see how Carlos explains it. "

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Chapter 51 Unwilling Reality

Once the shells are fired, they will kill people.With the exposure of the arms smuggling case, the Russians suddenly became more confident.

The already tough tsarist government became even tougher on the issue of law.Of course, starting from Carlos' escape, whether the tsarist government's stance is tough or not is actually irrelevant.

The French government was shut down, and even if they wanted to find someone to negotiate, the Russian delegation didn't know who to turn to.

In the face of increasingly severe military-civilian conflicts, the Russian troops stationed in France adopted the simplest method, which is also what they are best at-forced suppression.

Once the butcher's knife is raised, the consequences are beyond the control of the individual.

On December 1895, 12, the well-prepared French resistance organization ambushed the Russian logistics battalion transporting supplies on the outskirts of Paris, which opened the prelude to the French anti-Russian war.

From the slogan of "anti-Russia", it can be seen that the French, who have been beaten by society, have become rational.

He bit his teeth on the previous atrocities committed by the Russian army and did not let go. He put himself in the position of a victim and claimed that he was now fighting for survival.

This approach of controlling the strike range is undoubtedly correct.