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Inside the Palais Sainte-Cloud of the Second French Empire. Vertex updates are the fastest

Almost at the same time, Emperor Louis Napoleon Bonaparte also received several major news that caused a sensation throughout Europe: the Tsar was assassinated, the Russian army seized the throne and began civil strife; The Kingdom of Prussia took advantage of the civil strife in Tsarist Russia to invade the Kingdom of Denmark on a large scale; In the east, the Imperial Chinese naval fleet also began to be aggressive, capturing the British overseas colonial stronghold of the port of Aden, and there were signs of a direct attack on the Pope Town colony.

This time, Louis did not call many ministers to consult, but directly summoned his War Minister Duke Percigny, threw all the information to him, and said: "Duke, does this mean that the opportunity for our French Empire to expand its influence and dominate the entire European continent has arrived?" ”

Duke Percini hurriedly looked at the news and muttered for a moment: "Your Majesty is right. The assassination of Tsarist Russia, the civil strife in the entire Tsarist Russia, the superpower of the European continent is left with our French Empire, of course, and Britain beyond the Channel, but Britain is now in decline, the military is insufficient, and it has to deal with the attack from the eastern powers, and it is too busy to take care of itself, and the whole of Europe is the stage of our French Empire!

Your Majesty, it is that Prussia, which has been slowly gathering strength lately and beginning to rise, has heard that they have appointed a man named Bismarck as Prime Minister, who is very hard-willed, and advocates foreign expansion to divert the contradictions within their kingdom. Therefore, taking advantage of the civil strife in Tsarist Russia, the whole of Europe focused on the assassination of the Tsar and the attack of England by the eastern powers, and brazenly invaded Denmark on a large scale, wanting to annex Jutland and occupy the entire Baltic Sea.

We must stop the Kingdom of Prussia as soon as possible! His Majesty should immediately make a statement of solidarity with Denmark and at the same time send troops to attack the Rhine region of Prussia. If they withdraw their troops back to defense, we can withdraw our troops as well, and if they continue to attack Denmark, we will directly occupy Luxembourg and the rich Rhine region, and even the Baden region, and open up the territory for our French Empire! ”

Louis hesitated and said, "Send troops to attack the Rhine?" How many troops will this need? This is tantamount to a direct invasion of Prussia, will other European countries also unite against us France? ”

Duke Percini said: "Your Majesty, you can't hesitate! You're mainly worried about Austria, right? ”

Louis shook his head: "It's not just Austria, Austria and Prussia are both German allies, although there is competition, but they will definitely help each other." And the UK! Don't look at the decline of Britain, after all, they are the number one power in the world, and one or two fiascos, even if they are a little hurtful, are not fatal. Their strength and influence are still very huge, and once we really send troops to attack Prussia, it will really cause a sensation in the world and cause great turmoil in the whole of Europe!

As the leader of continental Europe, the French Empire could not do this. We issued a statement urging Prussia to stop sending troops and to return to the status quo ante as soon as possible. ”

Duke Percini was very surprised, and then after thinking about it, he seemed to understand something, and said dejectedly: "Your Majesty, it seems that the Kingdom of Prussia must have greeted Your Majesty in advance and made a deal with something." Is it Luxembourg, or is it part of Belgium? This cunning Bismarck! ”

Louis was a little embarrassed to admit it: "More than half of Luxembourg, as well as dozens of square kilometers of Belgium, Prussia promised to let us occupy it directly." The condition was not to directly interfere with their attack on Jutland, Denmark. This is a good deal, we in the French Empire don't have to do anything, and even on the surface we can condemn them Prussia, and we can get two territories. It's just a few days late to make a sound! ”

Duke Percini shook his head: "It seems that His Majesty has decided, I have nothing to say!" Just advise Your Majesty not to trust the Prussians, let alone the cunning Bismarck, who eats people and does not spit out his skin.

Also, if our French Empire wants to dominate Europe, the first opponent is Tsarist Russia, and the second opponent is Prussia, this country is even more terrible than Austria, Your Majesty must beware of them! ”

After saying that, the Duke of Percini walked out slowly with the steps of an old dragon clock, leaving Louis alone in the main hall.

Louis knew that he was likely to upset the Duke of Persiny a little, but he didn't care, and it was worth paying some price for the sake of the great French Empire. What's more, it was Denmark, and it didn't have much to do with the French Empire, and the Kingdom of Prussia, even if he expanded a little, it wouldn't be a big deal, compared with the French Empire, Prussia was still too far away. In exchange for the two territories of Luxembourg and Belgium, it is very cost-effective!

Therefore, he laughed self-deprecatingly, and shouted out of the hall: "Order, prepare to take over the undisputed area south of Luxembourg, and the south-east of Belgium." ”

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Vienna. Austrian Emperor Franz Joseph and Empress Elisabeth (Princess Sissi) are resting in the back garden of the palace.

Two army generals of the Austrian Empire, Archduke Albrecht Friedrich Rudolf and Field Marshal Ludwig von Benedek, came together.

Archduke Albrecht was the eldest son of the famous Napoleonic Wars general Karl and the grandson of the Holy Roman Emperor Leopold II, and currently serves as the Austrian Commander in Italy.

Benedek, on the other hand, was a Hungarian civilian, had served in the army, had just been promoted to the rank of marshal, had been heavily used by Emperor Franz Joseph, and had just last year become Chief of the General Staff of the Imperial Army and Governor of Hungary and Commander-in-Chief of Venexia.

These two people can be said to be the core figures in the Austrian Imperial Army, except for Emperor Franz Joseph himself, in the entire Austrian Emperor**, these two people are the heaviest. And the relationship between the two men has always been somewhat unharmonious, for reasons that Franz Joseph did not know very well, and he suspected that it was because Archduke Albrecht had always been good at attacking, and Benedek had always been good at defense, and the reason why the military ideas of the two were incompatible.

But today, these two people came together to ask to see themselves, and something big must have happened.

Franz Joseph thought so, but forgot that he had not taken care of the government for a few days, it turned out that there were also Schwarzenberg and other prime ministers to assist him in managing the government, but since Schwarzenberg's death, he no longer appointed the prime minister, but handled it by himself, although he was diligent in government, but these days were the days of the queen, and he personally accompanied the government.

"Two marshals, what's the matter?" Emperor Franz Joseph put down the tightly hugged Empress Elizabeth, coughed lightly and asked.

"Your Majesty, something is wrong!" Archduke Albrecht recounted the recent assassination of the Tsar, which led to civil unrest in Tsarist Russia, the attack of the Prussian army on Denmark, and the capture of the British overseas colonies by the Imperial Chinese Navy.

However, Emperor Franz Joseph was not surprised in the slightest, and only nodded his head to indicate that he understood, and then prepared to continue his battle with the Empress.

Archduke Albrecht and Marshal Benedek glanced at each other, both worried, and said anxiously: "Your Majesty, our Austrian Empire must do something!" ”

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