The economic crisis in France is very special, because the economic development of the whole country is very deformed, so those real big factory owners and big bankers do not feel the crisis deeply, but see it as an opportunity.

In fact, although the French industry, agriculture, and financial industries are wailing, the mergers of the top forces have never stopped.

This period saw the birth of a large number of monopolies and conglomerates, and even the emergence of super-consortia with cross-border alliances.

They are similar to the early Carthusian organizations, in that in response to the economic crisis, they maintained their high profits by entering into a series of agreements to control the production, price, and even sales area of goods in the market.

The result was a further acceleration of France's descent into the abyss.

Bankers are even more exaggerated, and they have gained astonishing wealth and transcendent political status by buying, selling, and controlling the price of government bonds.

According to the evaluation of the "Democracy Daily" at the time:

"In France today, only the banker is the first to look ahead. The king, the government, the parliament, and all other institutions of power can only survive if they are satisfied."

It is also true that the bankers have taken advantage of their detached political position to begin to enact laws in their favor while controlling public opinion.

This, in turn, ensures that they can always enjoy privileges economically, politically, and in life.

But there are exceptions to everything, and the French don't want to talk about that anymore.

Among them, the election of wealth has caused widespread discontent, and this law stipulates that only those who have reached the age of thirty and pay a direct tax of five hundred francs have the right to be elected.

Only those who had reached the age of twenty-five and paid a direct tax of two hundred francs had the right to vote, and Guizot had designed it to safeguard the interests of the domestic bourgeoisie.

Because only these 0.6 percent of the people in the country have the right to vote and to stand for election, the interests of the bourgeoisie can be safeguarded to the greatest extent.

In the past, some moderates proposed to reduce the conditions for property elections to 100 francs, but this was met with strong opposition from the top and ignored by the people at the bottom.

The top doesn't want to share the power, and it doesn't matter to them at the bottom even if they lower their qualifications to 10 francs.

However, in this difficult time, people remembered this law, and the result was that it demanded the abolition of property suffrage and the introduction of universal suffrage.

At the same time, the banquet movement is becoming more and more intense, but Louis Philippe is not in the mood to care about the clowns in his heart.

At this time, Louis Philippe saw a great opportunity, one that would allow the Bourbons to regain their dominance in the Apennines (Italy).

The Bourbon-Parma family returned to Parma, and at a time when the Bourbon family in the two Sicilies was plagued by an uprising, and if France sent troops at this time, would it be possible to create an axis in the Apennines?

Louis Philippe felt that this time, the French people would be moved by his ambitions. The situation in Spain was bad, but the good news was that the British could not afford it, so France did not lose.

In Louis Philippe's plan, France, Spain, Italy, and Algeria, Tunisia, and Egypt in West Africa, he would be able to turn the Mediterranean Sea into the inland sea of France, and he would then surpass the Sun King.

However, on February 1, 1848, the rebels besieged the city of Naples. On February 10, Ferdinando II announced his acceptance of the Constitution.

When the news reached France, the whole country was shocked. Louis Philippe couldn't believe his ears, the kingdom of the Two Sicilies with an army of 100,000 was defeated like this?

He immediately ordered Baron Pasquière to ban banqueting in the country in order to prevent a repeat of the tragedy of the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies.

Opposition MP Lamartine learned of this and immediately rushed to the parliamentary podium.

"Gentlemen! The king and his dogs want to use the hands of the police to gag us! Do you remember the tennis court manifesto?

The king closes the meeting place, but the holy place in our hearts will not close! ”

Liberal leader Odillon Barrow added another fire, he said with a heavy heart.

"Eighteen years have passed since the July Revolution, and I am compelled to oppose today, February 14, 1848, the Government established in this great revolution, to defend the dignity that we could attain even under the tyrant Charles X."

This event directly linked it to the French Revolution, and the memory of the Parisian death came alive.

Another storm is coming, but this February is not just for the French.

At the same time, due to the great development of railways, the speed of news transmission at this time was much higher than that of the same period in history.

When the news of the defeat of the King of the Two Sicilies reached Germany, the three southern German states of Baden, Württemberg, and Bavaria were the first to catch fire, followed by Saxony, Hesse, and Prussia

Baden was the first to fall, the citizens of the capital Kaiserslautern besieged the palace, the army refused to open fire on the people, and the Grand Duke of Baden had to make concessions to remove his prime minister, appoint a liberal cabinet and accept the constitution.

Almost at the same time, the Grand Duke of Württemberg also announced his acceptance of the constitution and immediately abdicated.

Bavaria, Ludwig I was unmoved by the overwhelming number of petitions, he felt that Bavaria was one of the four great powers, and he should not be threatened by untouchables, Ludwig I not only rejected the petition, but even dismissed the minister who advocated compromise with the people.

What he didn't expect, however, was that the people of Munich took direct action, attacking the weapons stores along the street with a grand parade, and taking control of the weapons depots before the city defense forces could react.

Then the angry populace went on a frenzy of revenge, attacking the mansions of the officials everywhere, especially the Home Secretary Birks and the Home Affairs Governor Hunter Berg.

Interior Chancellor Bierkes and Interior Governor Hunter Berg were well-known corrupt officials in Bavaria at the time, and they were believed to have deceived the king.

The populace also attacked Lola Montes' mansion on the outskirts of the city, but failed to catch the beauties.

Ludwig I's favorite lover was almost attacked, and he also wanted to learn from Lü Bu to rush to the crown and immediately mobilize a large army into Munich.

However, due to a series of changes in historical outcomes, the power of German nationalism at this time was unknown how many times stronger than in the same period of history.

The Munich insurgents jumped out of the barricades to confront the army, and by the time the officers were confused, he had become a prisoner of the nationalists.

In the blink of an eye, King Laiqin's army of 50,000 joined the procession, and the Bavarians shouted "Kill the slut!" "Chase away the rogue king!" slogan.

Soon there were uprisings in various parts of Bavaria, and Ludwig I, seeing that the tide was turning, abdicated and left his eldest son to succeed him in an attempt to save the Wirtsbach family.

At that time, people were still relatively simple, and most people still believed that "the king was a good king, but he was deceived by the bad guys." ”

Home Secretary Bilks and Home Affairs Director Hunter Berg were sentenced to death, while Lola Montes, the "culprit", escaped the law and the people.

By the time the angry populace stormed Ludwig I's secret manor, she had already fled, and no one knew where the enchantress had gone.

(End of chapter)