Chapter 300 Dad Is Here, It Must Be Something Big! (Double

Chapter 301 Dad is here, it must be something big! (Please vote for the double period)

The second floor of the Palace of Versailles.

The sun shines into the spacious corridor from the huge arched French windows, making the prince and his party seem to be covered by a light golden curtain.

"So, Austria was defeated?" Joseph frowned slightly and looked at Emman, who was holding the report that had just been delivered.

"That's right, Your Highness." The latter glanced at the document in his hand, "General Wurmser lost more than 5,000 soldiers and was almost surrounded by the Prussian army. He retreated all the way to Luxembourg and barely blocked the pursuit of the Prussians."

Joseph shook his head secretly. He remembered that in history, Wurmser would not be defeated until the end of this year, and it was not yet June.

He looked at Emman again: "You mentioned just now that the Dutch also provided support to the Southern Netherlands?"

"Yes, Your Highness, the military expenses of the Prussian-Netherlands coalition and the weapons of the rebels were basically provided by the Dutch Provincial Council."

"No wonder." Joseph sighed lightly. It turned out that the Dutch were much more involved than in history. This may be the reason why the Austrian army retreated quickly. It seems that his butterfly wings have had a significant impact on the progress of history-if William V, the "lying flat faction" was still ruling the Netherlands, the Netherlands would not support the Brabant uprising so generously.

Of course, it is also possible that the British did more operations behind the scenes, which triggered this series of results.

Emman continued: "Your Highness, according to the report sent back by the Intelligence Bureau the day before yesterday, the Dutch are likely to claim sovereignty over the Southern Netherlands. And Van der Nott seems to be very willing to accept the Dutch."

Van der Nott is one of the leaders of the Brabant uprising.

Joseph asked again: "What about the conservatives in the Southern Netherlands? The one called Ong or something?"

"Are you talking about Henry Onck? Your Highness."

"Yes, that's him."

"He doesn't seem to have expressed his opinion on this."

Joseph nodded and ordered: "Please send someone to invite Director Fouche to come. We need to contact Onck as soon as possible."

He rubbed his eyebrows: "In this case, the affairs of the Southern Netherlands must be dealt with first. Oh, please read my recent schedule."

"Okay, Your Highness. Your current schedule is: set off for Saint-Etienne at noon today to inspect the Royal Ordnance Factory there.

"Then go south to Lyon to promote automatic looms. Before that, Mr. Bailly will report to you about the newly established insurance company.

"The next stop is Troyes, where I will personally preside over the military combat effectiveness assessment and give a speech to the First Guards Corps...

"The next step is to inspect the logistics preparations in Verdun...

"If Bavaria goes well, you will go to Munich to sign a trade agreement with Austria and other countries on behalf of His Majesty the King. If the negotiations on the trade agreement are delayed, go to Saxony first..."

Joseph waved his hand tiredly: "Please preside over the military combat effectiveness assessment and the inspection of the Verdun logistics station in advance. The rest can only be put aside for now."

Joseph knew that Austria would definitely not give up after the defeat in the Southern Netherlands.

Historically, Austria even interrupted the reform and mobilized nearly 200,000 troops with all its national strength, posing as a war of annihilation with Prussia. In the end, it took two and a half years to forcibly extinguish the Brabant Uprising.

And he wanted to take advantage of this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to expand this war as much as possible, so as to drive a wedge between Prussia and Austria and eliminate the possibility of them joining forces to deal with France.

If the previous layout in Poland can also achieve certain results, so that Russia, Prussia and Austria cannot divide Poland, or postpone it for a few years, the common interests of Prussia and Austria can be eliminated.

In this way, the main theme of the war in the future continent of Europe will most likely be between Austria and Prussia, competing for the position of the leader of Germany.

France will no longer have to face the troublesome anti-French alliance, and will become more strategically at ease-as a European power, Prussia and Austria will definitely compete to win over France. Then France has too much room to profit from it.

At present, Wurmser was defeated quickly in the Southern Netherlands, so Joseph can only put domestic affairs aside and give priority to the reorganization of armaments.

After all, in order to gain benefits in the Prussian-Austrian War, you must first have a strong army that can influence the war situation.

The stronger your strength, the more valuable it is to win over. So every livre invested in armaments today may be rewarded with ten or even a hundred in the future!

"Your Highness, we have to speed up a little. His Majesty may be waiting anxiously." A court official walking in front saw the crown prince stopped and was talking to his attendant, so he turned back to remind him.

"Oh, okay." Joseph hurriedly took two steps to catch up with the court official, and asked casually, "By the way, what does Her Majesty the Queen want to see me about?"

The latter evaded the question skillfully: "Your Highness, I don't know about that. But Her Majesty the Queen looks very serious, as if there is something important. Oh, His Majesty the King is there too."

"Ah? Father is here too?" Joseph was shocked to realize that something big might have happened, otherwise it would be unlikely to alarm Louis XVI, who had been idle for thousands of years.

When he arrived at the Petit Trianon Palace, he saw his parents sitting by the window listening to music, obviously waiting for him attentively.

He hurried forward and bowed.

When Queen Mary saw her precious son coming, the serious look on her face suddenly relaxed, and she waved to him: "My dear, sit here quickly!"

Joseph sat next to his mother and listened to her: "Your uncle sent a special envoy just now."

Joseph blinked: "Uncle? Which uncle?"

"It's the Grand Duke of Tuscany." Louis XVI reminded from the side.

Queen Mary pushed the dessert plate with pudding and macarons in front of her son: "The special envoy told me and your father about the physical condition of His Majesty the Emperor. As you said a few days ago, I'm afraid it's not optimistic."

The Emperor she was talking about naturally meant Joseph II.

"The special envoy also specifically mentioned your cousin." The queen stared into Joseph's eyes. "My dear, you are not young anymore. It's time to decide on a marriage partner. When I was your age, I already had Married to your father. What do you think of Clementine? Your father and I both like her. Maybe we can propose marriage to your uncle..."

Joseph almost choked on his own spit, stood up suddenly, and waved his hands in embarrassment: "This... I'm afraid... Actually, regarding the causes of genetic diseases, these close relatives... Is it better for us to discuss it again... "

How could Queen Mary not see what her son meant? She couldn't help but frown slightly: "Joseph, do you have any dissatisfaction with Clementine? Or do you already have someone else in mind?"