Chapter 956

With the support of the patron's father, the French revolutionary movement rose again. The life of suffering provides the soil for the spread of revolutionary ideas.

Without waiting for the French government to respond, a massive anti-war and anti-hunger movement started in Paris and quickly spread across the country.

If someone carefully observes, they will find an interesting thing: the people who were most supportive of the war at the beginning and the people who are most opposed to the war now are actually the same wave of people.

People are still those people, the only thing that has changed is that many traces of years have been added to everyone's faces. It can be seen that everyone's life has not been easy for more than a year.

The war originally thought to be swept away by the autumn wind turned into a war of national power consumption. A large number of French guys went to the battlefield, including their relatives.

It would be fine if there were continuous victories on the battlefield, but now the result is that the French army is constantly being defeated. The miserable life, coupled with the fear of relatives, forced everyone to stand up against the war.

If there is no accident, after the armistice treaty is signed, it will be the same group of people who are dissatisfied with the conditions for stopping the war and ask to punish the traitors.

It can only be said that Napoleon IV's government was unlucky and happened to catch up with the most chaotic era of French thought.

Just when the revolutionary movement was surging, on September 1, 1891, a large-scale uprising broke out in Rome. Unlike any previous anti-French uprising, the leaders of this uprising became nobles and missionaries.

The wall was pushed down and everyone saw that the French were about to die. The Italian local power faction who had long been dissatisfied with the French finally took practical action.

At the beginning of the uprising, the Italian soldiers in the defending army were turned against, and the church was used as a cover. Under the cooperation of the inside and the outside, the insurgent army quickly captured the city of Rome.

After the success of the uprising, Pope Leo XIII, the religious leader, issued the "Declaration Against Aggression" in the Vatican, calling on all Italians to rise up and expel the French.

After receiving the news, Franz's first reaction was that the climax of the Italian independence movement was coming. Without any hesitation, he immediately ordered a division of troops to attack south to support the Italian national liberation movement.

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At Versailles, the deteriorating situation finally pushed Napoleon IV to the brink, when it was time to make a choice.

Minister of the Army Luskinia: "With the fall of the Roman region, the situation in Italy has become a foregone conclusion, and at the moment we do not have enough troops to devote to Italy to clean up the mess.

The Ministry of War suggested temporarily abandoning the Italian region, retreating to the Alps, and shrinking the force to return home to defend the homeland. There is no need to continue, including the scorching Turin defense battle. "

The facts are in front of us. Italy, once the infinite glory of the Great French Empire, has now become a quagmire. Continuing to be trapped in it has no value other than consuming national strength in vain.

Militarily speaking, retreating to the Alps is undoubtedly the best option. France can use the least force to secure the southern front, and then devote the saved troops to other battlefields.

Best militarily does not mean best politically. In a sense, France's abandonment of the Italian region is not much different from simply conceding defeat.

After the loss of the Italian region, the weakness of France was completely exposed, and it is conceivable that the anti-French alliance would definitely not give up this opportunity to get down.

Those countries that did not work hard and only made up the numbers will now rush forward and tear a piece of meat from France.

Knowing is knowing, but no one objected. Everyone knows that the question now is not whether to give up the Italian region, but how to deal with the aftermath.

Glancing at everyone, Napoleon IV said slowly: "Well, let's implement the plans of the Ministry of War!

It seems that Austria is preparing to restore those Italian states. You should know what to do next, right? "

"Your Majesty, please rest assured. We will handle it properly and will not leave the enemy behind..."

Seeing that Napoleon IV's mood was not high, he seemed a little impatient, and Luskinia stopped abruptly.

Needless to say, you know that, of course, it has been destroyed. For a long time to come, the restored Italian state will be the enemy of France. Taking advantage of the opportunity now, it is natural to weaken these potential enemies.

In a sense, the more devastation France is now, the more money it needs to rebuild after the war. Naturally, the Italian states had no money, and the trouble fell to Austria.

As for France's revenge after the war, it's a joke, as if if you don't do it now, the enemy will show mercy.

Since the outbreak of the war, France and Austria have secretly contacted several times, but have not been able to reach an agreement, otherwise the war would have ended long ago.

I really thought that France was iron-headed and would not cry without seeing the coffin. In fact, it was not because the conditions in Austria were too harsh that the Paris government could not accept it, and it was not until now.

Then, everyone found helplessly that war really couldn't be delayed. As the French army continued to lose on the battlefield, the conditions in Austria became more and more harsh, and the gap between the bottom lines of the two sides was huge.

If the Vienna government is willing to make concessions, using the terms of the armistice six months ago, no, even if it uses the terms of suspension three months ago, Napoleon IV will agree.

No way, with the suspension conditions half a year ago, Austria asked France to give up French Africa, restore Central Europe to the pre-war border, and pay a certain amount of war reparations.

The French army was not defeated, and most of French Africa was still in the hands of the French army. Naturally, the Paris government could not accept such conditions.

three months ago

It was different. French Africa could no longer satisfy Austria's appetite, not only increasing the huge war reparations, but also requiring France to give up the Italian region.

Naturally, the Paris government did not dare to agree to this kind of humiliating condition. As a result, before they could react, the French army ushered in two defeats in the front line, and then Russia, West, and Switzerland were also pulled into the chariot by Austria.

The conditions for contacting Austria again are even more excessive. Not only the previous conditions, but also territorial claims to the mainland of France.

And, it's not even half a star. Not only Austria has to take back the homeland of Shinra, but the surrounding neighbors will also share a share.

Needless to say, if Napoleon IV dared to agree to this condition of making France a little smaller, the Palace of Versailles would definitely change its owner.

Prime Minister Terence Bulkin: "Your Majesty, those guys seem to have sensed something, and they are all reclusive, and some have even left Paris.

There is also a revolutionary party that suddenly became active. In the recent strikes and violent incidents, there are shadows of the revolutionary party.

The strength of the revolutionary party alone is not capable of planning so many actions, and there must be other forces behind it.

They are the only ones who have the ability and motivation to do this kind of thing. If we don't take action, they will probably do it. "

It can be seen that Terence Bulkin is very afraid of the consortium, and even uses a proxy when discussing matters.

There is no way, the last politician who publicly advocated suppressing the consortium has already grown grass on the grave.

There is also the responsibility of Napoleon IV. When he was in power, he was busy seizing power and was used by the consortium. The factions in the government that advocated suppressing the consortium were marginalized.

By the time Napoleon IV reacted, the political forces that advocated suppressing the consortium had collapsed under the consortium's gold-dollar offensive.

There is no way, the integrity of politicians is so high. In the era of Napoleon III, there was a powerful emperor under pressure, and all the politicians who dared to approach the consortium went home to farm. If they wanted to mix in the officialdom, they had to hate the consortium.

The saying of "one emperor and one courtier" may be a bit exaggerated in continental Europe. However, Napoleon IV was not a normal change of imperial power. There was a period of time when the minister was the regent, and the Bonaparte family had no one to control the overall situation. After the personal conquest, the change of power was inevitable.

The young and vigorous Napoleon IV was far less mature in political skills than he is now, and the Bonaparte Dynasty was not supported by powerful figures, so it was inevitable that people would take advantage of it.

This is somewhat similar to Chongzhen, but he was busy seizing power and forgot to maintain a balance between political factions.

However, Napoleon IV's political skills are still stronger. In the later political struggle, he quietly supported the direct line of political power.

If it weren't for the great revolution that broke out in the middle, maybe the consortium would have been slowly ruined by him. After all, the consortium is only formed by the capitalists because of the interests of the group, and it can also be divided because of the interests, and its own cohesion is very poor.

After hesitating for a while, Napoleon IV nodded: "Get ready to start! At this point, we can only gamble."