This position is not high, but it has a high status, many privileges, and a fairly generous pension.

However, Pierre Lecomte was dismissed from the army for refusing to carry out the orders of his superiors, and he lost his pension, and had to live on welfare every day.

In the end, Mr. Pierre Lecomte, who was in his fifties, chose the most drastic way to recover his pension.

In fact, many people in France want Pierre Lecomte to succeed so that they can hold the blame on their rivals.

However, when it came time to vote on whether to sentence him to death, there were nearly 300 members of the entire parliament, and only Hugo and the other two nobles voted against.

The assassination of a monarch is a minimum sentence of life imprisonment, but by this time France had already begun to study the abolition of the death penalty.

Incidentally, the first person to propose the abolition of the death penalty in the Reichstag was Robespierre, the French 10,000-man beheader.

Louis Philippe, of course, wrote an open letter as usual:

"My former Treasurer of Fontainebleau, my Ministers are unanimously and strongly of the view that the responsibility on my shoulders does not allow me to interfere with the freedom of the judicial process under these circumstances, and although I deeply regret it, they have taken a decision for me."

His only purpose was to show that the pot was someone else's.

Getting back to the point, even the most stupid people know at this point that they can't do something about it.

Louis Philippe didn't want to be someone else's backstabber, and he felt that he could dilute the negative emotions of the people with more land and more victories.

So Louis Philippe's envoy was the first to come to Vienna, and everything was well understood, except for the king's handwritten letter, as well as a number of valuable gifts.

The envoy went directly to Metternich, and the latter naturally had no reason to refuse the former.

Louis Philippe's envoy was Baron Pasquière, Louis Philippe's most trusted subordinate and the Grand Steward and Chief of the Orleans court.

There wasn't much nonsense between the two sides, and Baron Pasquière directly said what he meant, that is, Louis Philippe's offer.

"In view of the precarious situation of the Orthodox Union in the Swiss Civil War, we in France and Austria should shoulder the responsibility of being great powers and put the Swiss land equally divided into two parts under our administration."

Louis Philippe's idea was obviously too naïve, but Metternich couldn't say it directly, so he could only say it.

"I'm afraid that's not good. The Swiss Confederation is our ally, a brother of the same religion and the same sect."

Two-thirds of Switzerland's population is German-speaking, about 10% Italian-speaking and the rest French-speaking, which means that Austria can confidently match the 80% of the Swiss population.

The French side naturally understood what Metternich meant, and at the same time had a plan.

"In view of the Franco-Austrian friendship, and also of your country's influence in the Swiss region, the merciful and generous King Philip I is willing to cede the canton of Valais to your country."

Valais is a predominantly Italian-speaking state, and it is surrounded by mountains and rivers, which translates to desolate land.

In fact, if Austria swallowed the states of Ticeno and Valais, it would undoubtedly attract the hatred of the Kingdom of Sardinia, after all, Carl Alberto wanted to expand his territory.

If it weren't for the inadequacy of the Kingdom of Sardinia, plus the great powers occupying all the good colonies, he would definitely have to get involved.

The Kingdom of Sardinia had a colonial ministry, but so far it had not colonized any areas.

Prince Metternich didn't want to make too many enemies, especially after the marriage between the Kingdom of Sardinia and Austria, and he hoped to win over Carlo Alberto against France and realize Austria's ambitions in Italy.

The main thing was that Valais was only a single state, which could not satisfy the appetites of the Austrian Empire, and these years of development convinced Metternich that the country had been reborn, and that he could do whatever he wanted as long as Britain and Russia did not intervene.

"I'm sorry, I can't agree with you, but as Chancellor of the Austrian Empire, I must be careful to make the most appropriate judgment.

I have here an update that may change your mind. ”

Metternich then handed Baron Pasquière a book of war reports, which had been compiled and bound.

This is actually a demonstration of the strength and administrative efficiency of the Austrian intelligence services, as well as a strong self-confidence.

The latter took the report very calmly, but was secretly alarmed, because the handwriting was too neat, and it would take an experienced clerk three to four hours just to copy the six pages of the report.

Coupled with these elaborate embellishments, it can only be said that the administrative and intelligence agencies of Austria are really strong.

In fact, this is due to the help of typewriters, which directly more than doubled the efficiency of those clerks.

Especially in terms of neatness, it is an unimaginable progress, in this era, a professional scribe can usually write 60-100 characters per minute, and with the help of a typewriter after a period of training, they can easily achieve 200+.

In addition, don't think it's an exaggeration, in the last century's international stenographic competition, 800+ and 700+ results per minute abound.

In 1920, thanks to the advancement of typewriters, for the first time, someone could type faster than 600+, which included words, numbers, and symbols, all of which were accurate before they were credited.

The typewriter was first created in 1808, and there is a beautiful legend about it, that the inventor, Pelelini Turi, did not come to make money, but to help his blind girlfriend.

Although the prototype is gone, Franz has seen too many similar things, such as the transmitter and keyboard.

The first commercial typewriter in history was invented by the Austrian designer Peter Mitterhofer, who had just turned seventeen years old.

As compensation, he received an offer from the University of Vienna and more opportunities to express himself.

Historically, the fate of this designer was not good, and due to the problem of patent protection mechanisms in the Austrian Empire at that time, the Danes could plagiarize/borrow his designs with impunity.

In the end, the American Christopher Larson Shores became the "father of the typewriter" and was admired by the world.

Peter Mithorfer, on the other hand, was disillusioned with the nascent Austro-Hungarian Empire after the Austro-Prussian War and decided to leave the country.

Peter Mitt Horfer, who went to the United States to pursue his dream, finally died of starvation on the streets of New York in 1874 at the age of 44.

Now he didn't have the opportunity to invent the typewriter anymore, but Franz gave him a chance to live the rest of his life in peace.

Vienna, Chancellery.

Baron Pasquière's face remained unchanged after reading the battle report, but his heart was already turned upside down.

Although the successive victories of the Orthodox Alliance did not turn the scales back, Archduke Karl was in Switzerland and was commanding the armies of the Orthodox Alliance.

This news is too serious!

(End of chapter)