Chapter 802: Louis Philippe's Redemption

Chapter 802 Louis Philippe's Redemption

This position is not high, but it is of high status, with many privileges and a very generous pension.

However, Pierre Leconte was directly expelled from the army because he refused to follow the orders of his superiors, and lost his pension, and could only live on relief every day.

In the end, Mr. Pierre Leconte, who was nearly 50 years old, chose to use the most drastic way to get his pension back.

In fact, many people in France hope that Pierre Leconte can succeed, so that they can pin those crimes on their competitors.

However, when voting on whether to sentence him to death, only Hugo and two other nobles voted against it among the nearly 300 members of the entire parliament.

The minimum sentence for assassinating a monarch is life imprisonment, but at this time France has begun to study the abolition of the death penalty.

By the way, the first person to propose the abolition of the death penalty in Congress was Robespierre, the massacre of 10,000 people in France.

Louis Philippe naturally wrote an open letter as usual:

"My former Fontainebleau Forest Ranger and my ministers all unanimously and strongly believe that in this case, the responsibilities on my shoulders do not allow me to interfere with the freedom of the judicial process. Although I deeply regret it, they have made a decision for me."

His only purpose is to show that the pot is all someone else's.

Back to the point, at this point even the dumbest person knows that he has to do something.

Louis Philippe does not want to be someone else's scapegoat. He thinks that he can use more land and more victories to dilute the negative emotions of the people.

So Louis Philippe's envoy was the first to come to Vienna, and everything was familiar. In addition to the king's personal letter, there was also a batch of valuable gifts.

The envoy went directly to Metternich, and the latter naturally had no reason to refuse the former with a two-pronged approach.

Louis Philippe's envoy was Baron Pasquier, who was Louis Philippe's most trusted subordinate, and also the court steward and spy chief of the Orleans Dynasty.

The two sides did not talk too much nonsense. Baron Pasquier directly stated his purpose, which was Louis Philippe's offer.

"In view of the precarious situation of the Orthodox Alliance in the Swiss Civil War, we, France and Austria, should shoulder the responsibility of a great power and divide the Swiss land into two equal parts under our management."

Louis Philippe's idea was obviously too naive, but Metternich could not say it directly, so he could only say.

"I'm afraid this is not a good idea. The Swiss Confederation is our ally, a brother of the same religion and clan."

The German population in Switzerland accounts for two-thirds, the Italian population accounts for about 10%, and the rest is the French population, which means that the Austrian side is confident that it can seamlessly connect with 80% of the Swiss population.

The French side naturally understood Metternich's meaning and had a plan in advance.

"Considering the friendship between France and Austria, and also considering your country's influence in the Swiss region, the kind and generous King Philip I is willing to give Valais to your country."

Valais is a state with a mainly Italian population, and the local area is surrounded by mountains and rivers, and the beautiful mountains and rivers translate to that the land is desolate.

In fact, if Austria swallowed up the two states of Ticino and Valais, it would undoubtedly attract the hatred of the Kingdom of Sardinia, after all, Karl Alberto wanted to expand the territory.

If it weren't for the weak national strength of the Kingdom of Sardinia, and the fact that the great powers had occupied all the good colonies, he would definitely have gotten involved.

The Kingdom of Sardinia has a colonial department, but it has not colonized any area so far.

Prince Metternich actually didn't want to make too many enemies, especially after the marriage between the Kingdom of Sardinia and Austria, he hoped to win over Carlo Alberto to deal with France and realize Austria's ambitions in Italy.

The most important thing is that the state of Valais is only one state, which can't satisfy the appetite of the Austrian Empire at all. The development over the years has made Metternich firmly believe that this country has been reborn, and as long as Britain and Russia don't take action, he can do whatever he wants.

"I'm sorry, I can't agree with your point of view. As the Prime Minister of the Austrian Empire, I must be very careful to make the most appropriate judgment.

I have a latest war report here, which may change your opinion."

Metternich then handed Baron Pasquier a war report that had been sorted and bound.

This actually shows the strength of Austrian intelligence agencies, the efficiency of administration, and strong self-confidence.

The latter took the war report very calmly, but was secretly shocked because the handwriting was too neat, and it would take an experienced clerk 3-4 hours just to copy these six pages of reports.

Adding these complicated modifications, it can only be said that Austria's administrative and intelligence agencies are really powerful.

In fact, this is due to the help of typewriters, which directly increased the efficiency of those clerks by more than one time.

Especially in terms of neatness, it is an unimaginable progress. In this era, a professional scribe can usually write 60-100 characters per minute, and with the help of typewriters, after a period of training, they can easily achieve 200+.

Also, don’t think it’s an exaggeration. In the international shorthand competitions of the last century, scores of 800+ and 700+ per minute were common.

In 1920, due to the advancement of typewriters, for the first time, someone typed faster than 600+, which included words, numbers and various symbols. Only when all were correct could they be recorded in the results.

The typewriter was first invented in 1808. There is also a beautiful legend about it, that is, the inventor Pellerini Tuli did not do it to make money, but to help his blind girlfriend.

Although the prototype is gone, Franz has seen too many similar things, such as telegraph machines and keyboards.

The first commercial typewriter in history was invented by Austrian designer Peter Mitterhofer, but at this time, the designer from Tyrol had just turned seventeen.

As compensation, he received an admission letter from the University of Vienna and more opportunities to show himself.

The fate of this designer in history was not good. Due to the patent protection mechanism of the Austrian Empire at that time, the Danes could plagiarize/borrow his design unscrupulously.

In the end, American Christopher Larsen Sholes became the "father of the typewriter" and was admired by the world.

Peter Mitterhofer was extremely disappointed with the new Austro-Hungarian Empire after the Austro-Prussian War and decided to leave his homeland.

Peter Mitterhofer, who went to the United States to pursue his dreams, eventually died of hunger and cold on the streets of New York in 1874 at the age of 44.

Although he has no chance to invent a typewriter now, Franz gave him a chance to spend the rest of his life in peace.

Vienna, the Prime Minister's Office.

Baron Pasquier's face remained unchanged after reading the war report, but his heart was in turmoil.

Although the successive victories of the Legitimacy Alliance did not turn the balance, Archduke Karl was in Switzerland, commanding the Legitimacy Alliance's army.

This news is too serious!