Chapter 298: Killing Chickens and Monkeys
Imperial Austria Felix. Prime Minister Schwarzenberg in person:
On December 2, 1850, a military coup d'état took place in Paris. Bonaparte led the First Army stationed in Paris to dissolve the National Assembly and the French Second Republic, and proclaimed the establishment of the French Third Republic outside the Bourbon Palace on December 6. Under the control of Bonaparte and his henchmen, his influence gradually spread to the provinces.
However, according to the information I have, the provinces are not completely controlled by the Bonapartist faction, and the republicans and the mountain factions have launched an armed rebellion of nearly 10,000 people in the provinces, and the situation in France is still in a state of uncertainty. How long was Bonaparte and his regime able to last.
Please instruct me on the direction in which the diplomatic form of the Austrian Empire should go next!
December 12, 1850
Austrian Ambassador to France, Huuboy.
In the study room of the Austrian Embassy in France, Baron Huubeuil wrote down his understanding of the recent situation in France with a quill dipped in ink, and he hoped that in this way, the Austrian Empire could understand the situation in France.
The letter, written by Baron Hubery, was delivered by him to the chamberlain in the Mansion, who instructed the attaché to return the letter to Austria as soon as possible, and gave him a pass which was reserved only for diplomats.
During the period of martial law in Paris, anyone who did not have a pass would be arrested as a rebel.
The attendant military attache immediately said that he understood, and the entourage took advantage of the night to walk through the snow and leave.
Baron Hubery, who stayed in the mansion, gently lifted the curtain of the mansion, looked at the footprints in the snow, and looked at the flying snowflakes again and couldn't help but sigh.
Today's winter is colder than ever, and hopefully next year will be a good one.
Otherwise the finances of the Austrian Empire ......
Thinking of this, Baron Hubeeuil sighed again for the Austrian finances.
Unbeknownst to Baron Hubery, he was being stared at by a pair of eyes in the shadows outside the door.
The eyes disappeared into the darkness again.
At 8 p.m., the head of the French National Intelligence Service, Marcel. Yaruger came to the Tuileries Palace.
Wrapped in a black cloak, he entered Jérôme. Bonaparte unfastened his cloak behind his study.
"What's wrong? Where is there another rebellion? "Jérôme. Bonaparte asked Marcel. Yaruger.
Since the dissolution of the National Assembly on 5 December and the dissolution of the Second Republic on 6 December, the revolt of the provinces against Paris has never ceased.
There were small rebellions in Lyon in the south and Bordeaux in the southwest, and many people openly opposed Jérôme under the banner of republicans and mountain factions. Bonaparte.
Fortunately, this repression was quickly suppressed by the National Guard and the garrison under the command of local high-ranking officials, and the rebellion did not cause much damage.
At the same time, a report was that the Prince of Juanville was about to land in France from Calais and then lead the Calais garrison to Paris to overthrow Jérôme. News of Bonaparte came from Paris.
Jérôme. Bonaparte had to order the garrison in Calais to keep a close watch, and to escort the news of the Prince of Ruanville to Paris as soon as he found it.
At the same time ordered Marcel. Yaruger sent men to guard Calais to prevent the local defenders from colluding with the Prince of Ruanville, who might have logged in.
A succession of information made Jérôme. Bonaparte's workload suddenly increased, and he had to make a certain judgment in the midst of the flood of false news.
"Your Majesty, the attendant military attache of the Austrian embassy left Paris at night!" Marcel. Yaruger to Jérôme. Bonaparte said.
"Leaving Paris? Why do you leave at this time? "Jérôme. Bonaparte frowned and muttered to himself.
Marcel. Yaruger stood silent.
After thinking for a moment, Jérôme. Bonaparte was not entangled, anyway, according to the Rothschild intelligence, the Austrian Empire spent nearly 300 million florence in the period from 1848 to 1850, and the huge fiscal deficit had overwhelmed this huge empire.
If it weren't for the abolition of the Hungarian tariffs, the division of the entire Kingdom of Hungary into provinces, and the fact that the imperial administrative system had been able to function in Hungary, which meant that the Hungarian aristocracy also had the obligation to pay land taxes, the entire Austrian Empire would have gone bankrupt due to its complete insolvency.
Even so, the finances of the Austrian Empire were still urgent, and the re-establishment of sword soldiers would only hasten the bankruptcy completely.
However Felix. Schwarzenberg's efforts in 1849 and 1850 led to a gritted attack on Prussia in the Fulda region, in exchange for the favor of the Tsar with three glasses of wine.
On December 1, 1851, the regent Wilhelm I, Emperor Nicholas I of Russia, and Emperor Joseph of Austria. The three Franz and his foreign secretary met in Warsaw.
At the Warsaw Conference, Emperor Nicholas I affirmed the dissolution of both chambers and the abolition of the 1848 constitution of the Kingdom of Prussia. Joseph's vague indication ends here.
Under the "mediation" of Nicholas I, the war between Prussia and Austria ended.
The Kingdom of Prussia abandoned the Elforth League and rejoined the old German Confederation and compensated the Austrian Empire with 30 million florens.
Such a treaty was much less severe than the Austrian punishment imposed on the Sardinian Empire.
The former secret covenant was deliberately thrown aside by Nicholas I.
Compared to Felix. Schwarzenberg's spending, such a situation is simply a loss, and the road can no longer be lost.
Even so, Felix. Schwarzenberg still pinched his nose and agreed to the other party's conditions.
On 4 December, Regent Wilhelm, who had returned home in peace, announced the dissolution of the Esforic Union and the rejoining of the Kingdom of Prussia into the German "family".
"Humiliated" Felix. Schwarzenberg understood more about the limitations of Nicholas I and the Russian Empire on the Austrian Empire, and his relationship with the Russian Empire was slightly distant.
[The above information is provided by the "friendship" of the Rothschild family, and Felix is not excluded. Schwarzenberg deliberately revealed information to the Rothschilds, who then informed Jérôme about it. Bonaparte. 】
On the whole, the Austrian Empire and the French Republic were tentatively approaching each other.
Jérôme. Bonaparte believed that Baron Hubey's letter was probably a judgment of the recent situation in France.
"Continue to closely monitor the news from the embassies! Report to me as soon as you have any problems! "Jérôme. Bonaparte to Marcel. Yaruger gave the order.
"Yes!" Marcel. Yaruger hurriedly stood up straight, and responded with a sonorous and forceful response: "Loyalty! Honest! ”
Jérôme. Bonaparte likewise to Marcel. Yaruger replied.
After the debriefing, Marcel. Yaruger put on his cloak again and left, and Jérôme. Bonaparte continued to work on the corresponding documents.
When his eyes looked at the file on the Orleans family handed to him by the Minister of the Interior, Baroshe, the corners of his mouth sketched into a shallow smile and said: "It's time to kill the chickens and monkeys!" ”
On December 13, a shocking news broke from the Tuileries Palace.
President of the French Republic, Jérôme. Bonaparte would launch an investigation into the undesirable talents sought by the Austrian family during their reign.
As soon as the rumors broke, the civil service in Paris and some of the ministers could not sit still, and they had been more or less favored by the Orleans family.
Now that the president wants to investigate the "ill-gotten gains" of the Orleans family, they should be very sorry for Jérôme. Bonaparte admonished.
Among them was Jérôme. Bonaparte's confidant, Minister of Finance, Arshier. Fulder.
"You also think I shouldn't have launched an investigation into them, then?" Jérôme. Bonaparte asked Achill. Fuld Road.
"Your Majesty, your doing so will cause panic in the whole Parisians!" Ahir. Fuld tactfully dissuaded Jérôme. Bonaparte.
"Panic?" Jérôme. Bonaparte sneered: "I wish they were all singled out, and I would catch them all!" ”
Face Jérôme. Bonaparte's near-scoundrel rhetoric, Achill. Fuld can only ask Jérôme. Bonaparte said: If the president insists on investigating, then allow him to resign!
Jérôme. Bonaparte knew Arshier. In order to avoid suspicion, Fuld approved Ahir. Fulder's resignation.
In the afternoon of the same day, Jérôme. Bonaparte appointed Mane to succeed Achill. Fulder's position became Minister of Finance.
In Jérôme. Under Bonaparte's posture of changing people without changing his mind, Paris stopped tempting Jérôme. Bonaparte's bottom line.
Under the joint investigation and supervision of the Minister of the Interior, Baroche, and the Minister of Police, Mopa, the Orleans family's estate in Paris was counted.
The price of all the goods, including real estate and antiques, is about 25,000 francs, which is equivalent to one-fifth of France's annual revenue.
With such a large number, the House of Orleans faced bankruptcy in France.
All the assets of the Orleans family have been accumulated over several generations. Despite the loss of locks during the Revolution, Louis XVII did his best to make up for the House of Orleans during the Restoration.
During his reign, Louis. With a salary of 18 million francs a year, and his own middle-class miser, the Orleans family is already the richest man in all of France. 】
The vast majority of houses were auctioned, and the vast majority of the money from the auction was used to build "workers' homes", and a few houses were used to reward their cronies at very low prices.
And Jérôme. Bonaparte's money in this raid was only about 2 million francs, which was equivalent to his annual salary when he was president.
In comparison with his cronies, Jérôme. Bonaparte was a little incorruptible and terrible.
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