As the fighting went out, neither France nor the Netherlands moved. Seeing that the German Confederation was beginning to ask for their teachers to return home, the Anglo-Saxons across the channel finally could not sit still.

The latter tried to contact the countries to send representatives to London to attend the aftermath meeting, but was unable to do so due to no response, and the final venue was set in Luxembourg.

Of course, it would be better if it was in Frankfurt or Vienna, after all, it was a great opportunity to highlight the winner of the German Confederation.

But it didn't matter, because the cake distribution was almost complete, and it was only left to bargain with France.

The French should have been punished for violating their previous agreement with the German Confederation, but neither Austria nor the other German states were willing to go to war with it, because they were not sure of victory over the behemoth of France, so they only renegotiated the line of demarcation between Germany and France.

However, for the sake of "fairness", the final ownership of Namur province is still decided by vote. If the locals are willing to stay in France, Germany will not interfere, and vice versa, France will need to do the same.

On the Parisian side, including Louis Philippe and Guizot, they felt that the Viennese officials were either brains broken or collectively memory blind, because Walloon belonged to the French-speaking region.

Unbeknownst to the former, however, the inhabitants had just been plundered by French officers and soldiers, causing almost every household to suffer; Either the money and food were lost, or the wives were separated, and many of the husbands and women who were requisitioned never returned.

In fact, the reason why the people in Wallonia hate the French so much, of course, cannot be just because of the 20,000 French troops, they can't harm many people no matter how beasts they are.

And the hundreds of thousands of German Confederate troops that were routed by them were different, and the routs were bandits, and this sentence was true in many times, in many cases.

As a result, the land was sacked with unprecedented brutality. Fortunately, the number of the German Confederate army was large enough to be rotated, and these defeated soldiers who had done bad things did not want to make a meritorious service, but just wanted to find a place where no one was around, so they embarked on a journey back home.

The Walloons could not find the culprits, so they simply laid all the blame on the French. Coupled with the media and the incitement of the Church, the province of Namur almost unanimously approved the proposal to refuse to join France.

The people of Hainaud and Brabant, which were about to be transferred to France, also fled, and they did not like such rulers who did not care about their lives.

Tuileries Palace, Paris, France.

Louis Philippe was furious.

"Look at the stupid things you've done! The Austrian messenger himself promised Walloon to us not long ago, but you fool lost it and sacrificed France 20,000 good soldiers for nothing! ”

The truth, however, was that Prussia soon discovered that these prisoners of war were hot potatoes, and that the Austrians had given them more trouble than booty.

So Prussia hastily released the prisoners of war despite the opposition of the other states, and they did not want to get into trouble. But trouble won't find them.

The unarmed and once troubled prisoners of war are now facing hundreds of thousands of angry residents of Wallonia.

Soon a real-life battle royale was staged in Wallonia, and only a handful of remnants were able to escape back to mainland France.

For among the angry pursuers there were also some angry German Confederate soldiers, who also had nowhere to vent their sulking breath in their hearts.

The French officers and soldiers who were lucky enough to return home were not treated well by Paris, but only treated them as ordinary defeated soldiers.

Neither Louis Philippe nor Guizo were interested in losers.

Coupled with the fact that their weapons had already been confiscated by the German Confederate Volunteers, not to mention that it was a felony to lose their equipment, their fate was mostly bleak.

Get back to business.

"But the British said they would send troops to help, shouldn't we?"

It's good that Guizot doesn't mention England, and the mention of it makes Louis Philippe angry.

At that time, the British said that they would let their son be the king of Belgium, but in the end they chose the son-in-law of the British king, and fortunately, they were witty and married their daughter to King Xuxian.

But his son-in-law lived up to his trust, and he didn't go to France at all. Far from refusing to join the envisioned Franco-Belgian Customs Union, the Belgians even spent their days eye-to-mouth with the Anglo-Saxons.

All this made Louis Philippe hold a grudge, and it was just at this time that Namur, which the Austrians had put into his throat, was gone, which made him even more angry.

"Say! Are you a spy sent by the British? He asked, exasperated.

These words had been hidden in the heart of the monarch until now.

The inexplicable outcome of this war, coupled with the loss of Namur and the loss of 20,000 troops, and the fact that he could have waited for a profit but ended up losing a good game, how could he not be irritated.

And Guizot's series of actions, in the eyes of Louis Philippe, clearly regarded England as more important than France.

However, he misunderstood Guizot, who had always acted in this way because he knew better than anyone the strength of Britain and the inner weakness of France beneath its mighty exterior, and therefore feared that his country would be on the wrong side and reinvent the crisis of intervention decades earlier.

"Your Majesty, I remain loyal to you and to the great France. You should know that we can't afford to lose a single one right now."

"Enough! Without your stupid actions in private, there would be no defeat today! Look at what you've done, and are you too embarrassed to deny it? It is because of you that I am disgraced as a 'first citizen'. ”

Historically, Louis Philippe was nicknamed the "King of Pears" by a wandering painter because of his big head and pointed face like a pear, but he himself preferred to be the "citizen king" or "first citizen".

"Everything I do is for France, I can swear to God."

"Haha, dear Kizo, I'm afraid money is your God, right?" Louis Philippe scoffed. He has lost patience, and France is facing a change like never before.

Neither the former Kingdom of France nor the Napoleonic Empire had been able to rationally exploit their overseas colonies.

And now Louis Philippe was convinced that he had figured out the code of hegemony, and if every colony could be like Texas, he could reproduce countless France, large and small.

Maybe one France will not be able to rule the world, nor will it be able to defeat Britain, but two? Three? What about four? Texas, Algeria, Morocco, Guatemala, La Plata, these lands are full of great potential...

"Your Majesty, I feel that wealth not only frees the people, but also makes them wise, and that when our people are no longer driven by that damned spirit of blind struggle, then the road to prosperity and strength is opened. There's nothing wrong with wealth! Even if you can sit here today and dictate to me! ”

To tell the truth, Guizot and Louis Philippe are both puppets pushed to the front of the stage by the financial capitalists, of course, the latter is nominally the lord and the former is the minister.

Guizot's implication was that Louis Philippe was not in a position to accuse him. But the latter did not see it that way, and Louis Philippe never defined himself as a pawn.

In his eyes, he is a chess player, and the group of financial capitalists are just his "supporters", some people who want to get rewards and are optimistic about him.

"Monsieur Guizot, I solemnly declare in my capacity as the first citizen of the Kingdom of France that you have been removed from office. From now on, however, you may no longer be a member of the Cabinet, but you will still be an official in France.

I now have a brand new assignment for you, the Governor of Guatemala, and I ask you to take office immediately! ”

Without saying a word, Gizo walked out of the king's study.

Although Louis Philippe acknowledged Guizot's ability, his almost flattering policy towards England caused France to suffer constant losses.

This is the real reason for his own kicking out of the cabinet, and in addition to this, it is also the result of his growing ambitions. Historically, Guizot's diplomatic strategy towards Britain has been a traitorous diplomacy, with France making concessions in almost all disputes and conflicts.

But France is now stronger than it was in the past, and there are more conflicts with England, so Guizot is naturally blamed more, and the intensification of contradictions is the biggest factor that has led to his downfall.

(End of chapter)