Chapter 850 An Unexpected Path (Part 2)

Before leaving, Louis Philippe wrote an abdication edict:

"Today, I, Louis Philippe of the House of Orleans, who is granted by God, give my people and my throne to my grandson, the Count of Paris.

May he complete the mission given to him by God."

Louis Philippe obviously wanted to abandon the car to save the king, which is not uncommon in European courts.

The King of Bavaria was also forced to abdicate before, and then passed the throne to his son, maintaining the rule of the Wiltsbach family.

In fact, Louis Philippe had another consideration, that is, the Count of Paris was just ten years old, and the Duchess of Orleans was a woman with no political experience.

Precisely because of these two conditions, in theory, if the Count of Paris succeeded to the throne, then Louis Philippe would most likely continue to hide behind the scenes and remotely control the country.

The Duchess of Orleans rushed to the House of Representatives with her son as soon as she learned that Louis Philippe had abdicated, but reality dealt her a heavy blow.

First, the parliament refused to recognize her power, and then the Republican member Dunoyer led the masses to attack the parliament.

The Count of Paris was knocked down. If the Duchess of Orleans had not used her body to protect her son, the former would have been trampled to death.

After that, the Duchess took her eldest son and began a great escape. The angry people did not find the king, so they threw the king's throne in the square and burned it.

In the light of the fire, people sang the "Marseillaise" again.

At this time, the French Republicans had already occupied an absolute advantage, but the "Reformists" and the "Nationalists" were at odds.

The former hoped to implement universal suffrage and reform the existing economic and political systems, while the latter hoped to implement a trade protection policy, implement a real property election system, and expand the voice of the emerging industrial bourgeoisie.

The property election system adopted by the Orleans Dynasty before actually still had many nobles involved, and the king had too much power.

However, since the Paris uprising, the members of the House of Lords have fled like the king.

In addition to the "Reformists" and the "Nationalists", there are actually regents and orthodoxies.

The regent faction was naturally the Duchess of Orleans who was unwilling to fail. She found Odilon Barrot who was equally unwilling to fail, and the two sides hit it off and decided to continue to make trouble.

The orthodox faction was the Duchess of Berry, the mother of Count Chambord, who hoped to restore the Bourbon orthodoxy.

But with the establishment of the provisional republican government, the efforts of the two duchesses also failed.

In order not to repeat the tragedy of Louis XVI, the Duchess of Orleans and the Duchess of Berry quietly left Paris.

The orthodox king, Count Chambord, did not care too much about the situation in Paris. He just wanted to make Fribourg into his ideal at this time.

Louis Philippe had arrived in Alsace-Lorraine, and the local governor greeted the arrival of His Majesty the King with a confused look on his face.

However, Louis Philippe ordered the arrest of senior officials in Alsace-Lorraine as soon as they met, and listed dozens of their crimes.

At the same time, he ordered the exemption of taxes in Alsace-Lorraine for three years. The effect was immediate. Louis Philippe's reputation changed from a cruel and bloodthirsty tyrant to a deceived wise king.

In fact, Louis Philippe had already made the worst plan at this time. If necessary, he would go to the German Confederation Congress for help like old Courdre did in the past.

That's right! When you are shameless enough, the French throne pretender can even claim to be the Duke of the German Confederation and ask for protection from the German countries from France.

Louis Philippe also said, "The Bourbon orthodoxy is OK, but my Orleans family is not OK?"

At this time, another pretender to the throne had returned to Paris, and Louis Napoleon Bonaparte was still just an unknown little man.

No one thought that this fugitive who had just escaped from prison would do anything, but he knew very well that it was time to act.

At the same time, a small figure returned to Lyon. To be honest, people here are still afraid of soldiers. After all, the two bloody massacres are still fresh in people's memory.

But when people saw the officer's appearance clearly, they breathed a sigh of relief. It was Charles Duchat, a child born and raised in this city.

He brought back a lot of food, medicine, clothes and fuel.

"Brother Charles!"

Several children ran over crying. These were children from the slums, and they were also Charles Duchat's relatives.

While asking his adjutant to lead people to distribute supplies, he asked about the situation in the slums.

"Is everyone okay?"

"Not at all! Heavy rain, floods, famine, plague, many people died, and a group of hooligans came to the south city."

"Don't worry, leave it to me."

"Brother Charles, are you still leaving?"

Charles nodded, he knew that his mission was far from over.

February 17, 1848.

The day after the news that the Pope asked the Austrian Empire to withdraw from Italy reached Vienna, an unprecedented demonstration broke out in Vienna.

The reason for the march was not to respond to Pius IX's call, in fact, it was the opposite. People felt that the government should not make concessions to the Papal States.

The previous concessions were due to the invasion of the Papal States, which was understandable, but this time it was completely Pius IX who was attacking.

Although Metternich had not done anything yet, people had already identified him as the culprit of this incident.

After all, without the previous concessions, there would not be such an inch-by-inch push at this time.

In fact, people don't care what Metternich did. In Austria, whether civilians, nobles, or businessmen, they have long had enough of this prime minister who likes to scheme, greedy and authoritarian.

Bureaucrats and politicians don't like Metternich either, because he likes to play power games too much.

Scholars and artists also don't like Metternich because his book and newspaper censorship system affects their creations.

Nationalists have been suppressed for many years, which is also due to Metternich. Coupled with the natural disasters and man-made disasters in recent years, people need an outlet too much.

And Metternich is undoubtedly the most suitable target. At this time, it can even be said that Metternich united the opposition.

Although overthrowing the royal family may be more effective, the Austrians are actually not ready to leave the royal family.

At this time, the proportion of republicans in Austria is very small, with only a few people such as Gushan Casse and Alexander Bach.

Count Latour, the Minister of War, discovered the seriousness of the situation and immediately dispatched three regiments of troops to protect the Prime Minister's Office.

The ruling power of the Austrian imperial government is stronger than in history, so the government did not force Metternich to resign immediately under pressure.

Count Latour, as a hardliner and a veteran who participated in the anti-French war, hated the fascists.

These three regiments were carefully selected by Count Latour. He felt that as long as the government did not back down, the civilians would not be able to win.

Count Latour was very confident in his choice, and he even prepared to go to the front line himself.