Louis Philippe himself only wanted to take advantage of something, and never wanted to fight with the whole of Germany, or even the anti-French alliance.

Moreover, in the eyes of the French king, the demands of the German Confederation were not excessive.

1. Allow the Germans in Alsace-Lorraine to establish their own parliaments.

2. Any punishment must be justified by a trial.

3. Schools in Alsace-Lorraine must have an Alsatian language course. (Actually, Alsatian is a dialect of German.) ）

4. The local culture should be respected and not discriminated against.

5. It is forbidden to massacre and persecute local Germans.

6. Compensate the victim for his losses.

After all, there seems to be no clause other than compensation that would harm Louis Philippe himself.

However, in the early days, there were still many main war factions in France, and some even proposed to borrow troops from Spain.

This made Prime Minister Sirter sneer.

"Spain? If it were not for our two French legions, with a total of 80,000 men, I am afraid that a new civil war would break out at any time. ”

The Bonapartists were quiet at once, in fact, they had a lot of opinions about Sirte, the second minister and thief, but there was nothing they could do.

After all, Sirte is the prime minister, the most powerful person in the country other than the king.

And he knew very well that he could not fight this battle if he wanted to retire with honor, and of course the current situation in France did not allow this to be fought.

Not to mention the Bonapartist faction, even the citizens of Paris could stand up and raise their feudal remnants.

Although Soult is old, he is not confused, he knows the ugly things done by businessmen and capitalists, and if it had been placed in the period of the Great Revolution, I am afraid that he would have been guillotined.

France is no longer the France it once was, and Germany is no longer the Germany it once was.

The French intelligence officers were not blind, they knew about the changes in Austria and the German Confederation, but the top brass did not want to believe in them.

"I agree with His Majesty the King that the Germans are not demanding, and that we should accept this offer for the sake of France, for the sake of Europe, and for the sake of peace in the world.

Or if any of you have the means to break into Berlin in 18 days and then take Vienna, maybe we will still have the possibility of negotiating with the Russians.

As for the expedition to Moscow, I think it's better to forget it, after all, winter is coming again."

Sirte's words humiliated the Bonapartists again, but they were not capable of defeating the German coalition.

In fact, Austria did not claim these two places, or it would have been nice to have a Grand Duke as King as in Liège and Namur.

After all, the patrilineal ancestor of the Habsburg-Lorraine dynasty was the last Duke of Lorraine, and his maternal ancestor also ruled Alsace.

Historically, France and Austria have repeatedly fought over the region, but after the Napoleonic Wars, the great powers, including the British, wanted to turn it into an Austrian enclave.

But the overconfident Franz II insisted on conducting a poll, and 80% of the local population said they would like to stay in France.

The old emperor with a good face can only give it to others. But at this time, France was once a beacon of European civilization and "democracy", and a monster of feudal distortion in the Austrian Empire.

At present, the economic development rate of the latter is much stronger than that of the former, and the influence of science, technology, culture, and thought is also expanding.

This, coupled with the indiscriminate and bloody repression of the French government, made the local Germans begin to waver.

Especially the young people who did not go through the French Revolution, who did not understand at all why they should love those who oppressed them, and loved those who regarded them as mustards.

Although the tradition of allegiance to France could not be changed for a while, these things were stuck like a nail in the cracks of France.

The seeds of separatism have been planted, and it is not known whether France will dispel the gloom with its own light and heat, or whether it will water it with blood and sin to help it grow.

In fact, this war was strictly a declaration of war by France against the German Confederation, and Austria, Prussia and other countries were forced to face it.

After all, Louis Philippe claimed to pay the price of blood for the Germans, not to trace the origin of the Tsar's German blood, and the British royal family was sent from the German region.

With this rounding, Louis Philippe was declaring war on all of Europe.

In fact, there was a debate within the German Confederation about how to punish France.

Prussia hoped that they could take over Alsace-Lorraine, as they were threatened by France at any moment.

(Alsace-Lorraine is an important industrial region that produces high-quality coal and iron resources, which can further promote the development of the Rhine region.) Cross out)

Not to be outdone, Baden said that he was also a member of the German Confederation, and that he also had geographical advantages, and should be "equalized" with Prussia for Alsace and Lorraine.

Bavaria, on the other hand, said that it had more enclaves, had more experience in governing enclaves, and that Alsace-Lorraine should be ruled by the Wittelsbach family.

Other powerful states also coveted the richness and potential of Alsace-Lorraine, and gave their opinions, and even some representatives of the countries proposed to rule in turn.

Luxembourg and other small states wanted Alsace-Lorraine to become a parliamentary state and join the German Confederation as an independent state.

The countries that supported Austria proposed that the Emperor of Austria or an Archduke be the king, as was the case with the former Duchy of Liège.

Obviously, before the war began, they were already thinking about how to divide the spoils. Franz felt very helpless, he did not think that France in this era was an easily subjugated country.

But Louis Philippe is indeed a man who is easy to give into, as long as the conditions are lenient enough, the other party does not care about any influence and reputation.

In fact, Franz did not agree with the proposals of these states, and whoever handed over Alsace-Lorraine would be tantamount to signing an armistice with France that could be torn up at any time.

As for the transformation of Alsace-Lorraine into a principality, the Emperor of Austria or an Archduke was also king. This was tantamount to roasting the Austrian Empire on a fire, and France and Prussia would work together to roast Austria to the point of being charred on the outside and tender on the inside.

This time Franz and the Chancellor came to an agreement, and Metternich offered to go to Paris in person to get Louis Philippe to accept the terms of the German Confederation.

Opinions within the German Confederation were divided over the overly "understated" agreement, with some seeing it as a sign of Habsburg benevolence and others as cowardly.

Of course, it was more of a dissatisfaction with the inability to obtain real benefits, and at least the German states should be compensated for their military expenses.

Nationalists, on the other hand, are advocating war, because steel can only be hardened by quenching.

War? That can only be a last resort.

Of course, it is necessary to show strength, otherwise the so-called agreement is just a blank slate.

(End of chapter)