Versailles is worse than being queen

◎Bible·Apocalypse◎

Although Paris has entered the cold winter, it is far inferior to the bitter cold wind in the northern part of the mainland.

"Please send this letter to France to my sister, Queen Antalia." Leopold II, who had just ascended the throne, whispered.

The news that the Crown Prince of Habsburg had died in battle with Frederick II came back to Vienna on the same day that Emperor Franz suddenly suffered a heart attack due to excessive shock.Ten minutes had passed by the time the footman found him lying on the ground—the Holy Roman Emperor, who was nearly seventy years old, never returned to earth.

Queen Teresia received the sad news of the death of two close relatives one after another, her hair turned gray most of the night, she collapsed on the hospital bed and couldn't get sick.

As the Queen's second son, Leopold will succeed his father and older brother to the throne.Today, the Holy Roman Emperor is dead, and the new emperor will be elected by seven electors——

King Frederick of Prussia was the most threatening opponent in the Holy Roman Empire.

In the Treaty of Hubertusburg signed after the Seven Years' War, Prussia retained occupied Silesia but promised to vote for Archduke Joseph in the next Holy Roman Emperor election.

However, Archduke Joseph died on the battlefield with Prussia.

For Leopold, this was a time of internal and external troubles.

Turkey accused Austria of supporting Serbia's rebellion, and part of the Austrian army was fighting the Ottoman army on the Eastern Front; but under the rule of the Habsburg dynasty, Belgium was about to rebel, and the Hungarian nobles were also planning to break free from Austrian rule.

It was precisely because of these imminent threats that he received assurances from Frederick II that he would transfer to him the vote for Archduke Joseph in the Treaty of Hubertusburg, ensuring that he would become the next Holy Roman Empire The emperor - but the condition is that after the marriage between the two countries, he finally made up his mind.

Austria was beyond its capacity and could no longer be at war with Prussia.Greater threats come from Russia in the north, Turkey in the east, and domestic rebel forces just around the corner.

In any case, Prussia and Austria were both members of the Catholic Holy Roman Empire, and these Orthodox and Protestant heresies posed the most fundamental threat.

Therefore, Leopold abolished the treaty of alliance between Austria and Russia, and at the same time negotiated this political marriage—since King Frederick of Prussia had no heirs, and there was no suitable age choice for the side heirs, so the two parties agreed that Leopold De married his sister Karolina to the Crown Prince of the Grand Duchy of Saxony-Weimar in the German Confederation.

Desperate for assurances from Prussia, Austria was all the more eager for the wedding to take place as soon as possible.

Fortunately, Prussia agreed.The two parties decided that the wedding will be held in the Grand Duchy of Saxony-Weimar next month.

Leopold thought that this news should be known to his sister Antalya who is currently in France as soon as possible.

He had also heard about how chaotic the situation in France was in Vienna, but it was a pity that Austria was fighting on the east and west fronts at the same time, so there was no energy left to take care of France's affairs—otherwise, Joseph would have sent troops to France without hesitation. His sister supported the throne of France.

How hard must it be for the youngest sister to be alone in France?

Leopold sighed.Why did Antalya refuse to return to Vienna?

She has just turned 19 now, so young.With her beauty, it is not difficult at all to marry the king or crown prince of any country again.

The messenger's carriage left Vienna at a gallop and headed west.

But at the station near the western frontier, instead of turning south to Paris, it turned north and headed straight for Saxony.

……

boom!bang bang!Sporadic gunfire and fighting sounded in the southwest corner of Paris city.

The king's army that arrived first was approaching, and the situation here became more tense every day.

The growth of Paris has already broken through the original city wall, and there are not many remaining parts of the original city wall, and the city has been mixed with the suburbs.

Since the two weeks before the third-level meeting was held, the king's army has launched attacks on the city from outside the city many times.

The people who once guarded the southwest corner of the city wall suffered heavy casualties and had to retreat into the city.

Fortunately, most of the army is cavalry, or if you want to use muskets, you must line up to attack and launch them together. Otherwise, because the muskets aim too low, there is almost no practical significance; after you really enter the city, horses are no longer an advantage but a burden , This salvo tactic has completely failed.The speed of replenishing gunpowder is too slow. On a dangerous battlefield, the time for filling a round of gunpowder is enough time for a person to pop out of the corner to cut the throat of the gunman.

Therefore, once the army enters the urban area, its lethality is greatly weakened.

People in Paris hide in any possible corner of the house, and they can shoot after aiming secretly for a long time-after the position is exposed, the two sides can take up weapons and fight hand-to-hand.

This is the most tragic fight.The people are more familiar with the houses and streets here, and there are much more people than the army; but the soldiers are well-trained after all, and even though they are advancing slowly, they are constantly attacking the northeast of the city.

The Seven Years War has only been over ten years, and both the army and the residents of the city still remember the war.

This time, the threat is nowhere near as far across the Channel as England.

In the warehouse area in the open area near the Louvre, a sudden loud noise shook the nearby dust and dust, and a large sparrow in the nearby park was startled.

"...Successful?" Lavoisier widened his eyes excitedly.

"...It worked." Antanya pursed her lips tightly.

The scholars who participated in the experiment watched this scene with mixed emotions of excitement and fear.

After experimenting with glycerol, nitric acid, and sulfuric acid mixed and reacted at various ratios and temperatures, they found a way to synthesize it.

The power of chemistry is fully demonstrated at this time - through the reorganization of elements, the elements that once made up gun|powder constitute an existence that is far more lethal than gun|powder.

"I didn't expect it to be like what you said." Lavoisier looked in disbelief at the smoke rising into the sky in the distance and the firefighters rushing nearby, "I had an intuition from the very beginning...these elements contained incredible energy of."

"Now this is just the beginning." Antanya whispered.

"□□ itself is too uncontrollable, and it is impossible for ordinary people to use it like this. The process of synthesis and storage must carefully control the temperature, let alone contact with open flames and acids...Sparks caused by static electricity, and even impacts are dangerous."

"And it is volatile and poisonous." Laplace wiped the sweat from his forehead with lingering fear.

"Yes." Antanya said while flipping through the notes she tried to recall, "After preparation, whether it is storage or use, it must be dispersed. Using its explosive properties, it can be packed into small-capacity In the container, light it with a gunpowder fuse."

That is what later generations call □□.

On the way back to the Louvre, Antalya silently watched the Parisian street scene passing by outside the window.

The urban area here has not been affected by the war, and the overall order is even considered to be in good order. Some places even have no previous construction of water source system reconstruction and street lighting, and are even much cleaner. This scene reminded her that this war took place in the The vast majority of battles still relied on hand-to-hand combat and manpower in the eighteenth century, so they were far less tragic than later generations.

But from the moment explosives are introduced into the battlefield, many things may change.

Did she make the right choice?

When the enemy and the enemy are separated, the original morality and ethics are forced to give way to sharper and simpler questions-do you want to use cruel means to strengthen your own side, or uphold morality and let the other party kill your own personnel?

...she had no choice.The choice is only in the hands of the people.

At the most chaotic moment in Paris, countless newspapers and periodicals have sent notices about the Third-Level Conference to every household in Paris, and even almost all French regions covered by the postal service, and the Queen and the people of Paris formed before the Third-Level Conference. The unanimous announcement reached by the Provisional Constituent Assembly——

A new constitution will be formulated at the three-level conference held in Paris, changing the French monarchy to a constitutional monarchy, and the parliament and the queen will jointly form the decision-making group for national affairs.

Of course, Louis XVII would never acknowledge this announcement, just like Versailles still completely rejects the tax reform plan at this moment.The Palace of Versailles must have sent guards to intercept these messages that spread rapidly like a plague, but Louis XV could not do it while retaining all the royal power, let alone Louis XVII who is not familiar with everything?

And Antalya has become the most mysterious and powerful behind-the-scenes boss in the underground newspaper industry in Paris.

Many of the spies sent by the Palace of Versailles to Paris to infiltrate the citizens have been found out—after the last fire in the Louvre, the citizens of Paris began to search for all possible spies of the Palace of Versailles around them.Louis XVII may have tried to undermine public opinion in Paris, but at this moment the city would no longer obey the orders of anyone alone—

Except for the queen with whom they co-negotiate.

It is precisely because of the unprecedented huge concession of the constitutional monarchy and the clear plan of tax reform that the Parisians have completely fallen for her.

Antanya thought, it really is unpredictable.

During the Great Revolution, she was the most stubborn member in the Palace of Versailles, and she firmly said "no" to all negotiating demands that weakened the royal power.No matter how the crowd who rushed to her humiliated and cursed her, she never let them see her weak appearance for a moment, until she died.

And now, she herself has become a tit-for-tat leader against the Palace of Versailles.

...Probably because no matter what she made up her mind to, she would go all the way to the end until she was destroyed.

On November 11th, there is still one day before the three-level meeting.

On this morning, the king's army gathered outside the city launched the most violent attack.

The sound of bugles and shouts echoed in the high and low streets, and the sound of gunfire and metal impact echoed for a long time.

Perhaps it was because the king ordered the army to capture Paris before the third-level meeting was held. On this day, almost all the king's army joined the general attack on Paris, pouring into the streets of Paris.

The battle was extremely fierce.The army was advancing frantically, and the Parisians, who had never seen such a frenzied offensive, retreated steadily. Blood soon flowed out of the stream on the frozen ground.

But seeing this situation, the Parisians almost went mad with anger.

Amidst the deafening shouts, no one noticed that the sky was getting dark little by little.

When the attacking army finally broke through to the square in front of the Louvre, the sky suddenly darkened, like some kind of extremely ominous omen-everyone looked up and saw that the original sun suddenly turned into a blood-red Dim aura.

The commander who led the lead unit's eyes dimmed, and his heart tightened suddenly.

At this moment, the surrounding was too quiet.It was as still as if the enemy had never existed.

Before the sight of the soldiers had adapted to the sudden darkness, there was a violent explosion!

The huge air wave overturned the front rows of soldiers, and the shock and fear were maximized in the unknown darkness.

...What kind of weapon from hell is this? !

The next moment, the entire square suddenly lit up, causing tears to flow from people's eyes.

It also clearly illuminates the huge explosion crater in the center of the square, like a huge minion opened by the devil.

No, not just the Place du Louvre.

With this as the center of the circle, all the roads that extend out are illuminated by street lights that are lit up sequentially, illuminating Paris in the dark during the solar eclipse.

People have never seen such a Paris, such a world - when the whole world is dark, the whole city of Paris lights up.

The day is no longer a gift from God. Human beings have declared to God that they have the ability to create the day.

On the balcony of the Louvre at the end of the square, a lonely figure was reflected very clearly by the suddenly turned on lights.

Between this extreme light and darkness, people who saw this scene thought of the angel in the "Bible Revelation" who sounded the horn and came to destroy the world-to ignite the world and ignite the light.

At the same time, the Palace of Versailles, dozens of miles away, was busy lighting up the lights, only to suddenly notice the army approaching beyond the palace walls.

Suddenly the alarm sounded.

"What's the situation?!" The newly promoted captain of the Swiss Guard exclaimed.

The king's army has been sent to besiege Paris. Where did this army come from?

The newly appointed commander sat on horseback and looked at him coldly.

"Belongs to the queen's army!" Napoleon pulled the reins violently, and raised the long sword to the sky amidst the horse's long neighing: "For the highest glory!"

"Just today, let this lie, crime, and rotten Palace of Versailles become history!"

The author says:

Leopold's position and related measures after ascension to the throne refer to his practice in real history.