Almost at the same time as the uprising in Brussels, there were large-scale uprisings in several cities in the Principality of Belgium.

This is largely due to Charles Rojille, a shrewd and capable former Belgian prime minister and the inappropriate person of the French.

Charles Rozhier, known as the most versatile prime minister in Belgian history, took part in the revolution against the Dutch, served as a guerrilla and trained the regular army.

He has also served as Prime Minister as Minister of the Interior, Minister of Foreign Affairs, Minister of Education, Minister of Transport, Minister of Public Affairs, and even supervised the construction of water conservancy projects and railways.

It may be a bit condescending to let such generalists do the work of the underground party, but it is this kind of talent who is best suited to lead the resistance.

The revolt against the French was even greater in the countryside, because the French agricultural tax itself was ridiculously high, and with the urban bourgeoisie in power at this time, it was naturally impossible for them to raise their own taxes.

As a result, the French agricultural tax at this time was raised to an incredible height, and in Belgium, a colony on the French continent, it was even more to the extent of sucking the marrow.

However, the uprisings in the Belgian countryside were much more scattered in comparison, and they actually inflicted very little damage on the French.

Under the force of the French, the rebels in the countryside soon surrendered.

The rebels in the cities, on the other hand, were much more determined, consisting mostly of burghers and principality troops, and were much more combat-ready than the peasants.

However, this was not enough in the eyes of the French, who brought only a handful of troops, but the French troops alone and the Belt and Road Party recruited from Belgium stabilized the situation.

The news soon reached Paris, and the French Provisional Government was particularly unanimous in its views on the fight against the Belgians.

If they were hesitant to go to war against Austria, they really didn't hesitate at all to go to war with the Belgians.

In fact, the reason why the French Provisional Government was tyrannical in Belgium was because France was too poor now.

Want to collect taxes from merchants and factory owners? And don't look at who's in power at this time.

So the economic crisis and the food crisis worsened during the rule of the French Provisional Government, but they did not dare to continue to levy taxes on the French mob.

So the first thing that came to the mind of the French Provisional Government was to suck blood from the colonies, and this idea was not wrong.

But the first step of the British against the French was to block their sea lanes, directly cutting off the possibility of this plan.

In fact, in addition to the British wanton interference, the authority of the French Provisional Government was also a major problem.

The officials of the French overseas colonies did not approve of this so-called provisional government, not because they were very nostalgic to the Orleans dynasty in the past, nor because of their personal loyalty to Louis Philippe.

Rather, the conditions of the French Provisional Government were too harsh, and they demanded that the feudal officials unconditionally surrender all power in their hands and obey the arrangements of the Provisional Government.

Historically, the reception of the French Provisional Government was very rough, but at that time, the largest colony of France was Algeria, and it also needed supplies from the French mainland, so there was no rebellion.

However, at this time it was completely different, France was the largest colonial power after Britain.

The Texas colonies, in particular, had long been dissatisfied with French rule, and Guizot himself was equally dissatisfied with this so-called provisional government.

The most ridiculous thing is that the French Provisional Government actually sent a force of 200 men to take over the Texas colony, while Guizot himself and his staff had to go to Paris to report on their duties.

So the mission mysteriously disappeared in the Texas colony.

Most of the governors of the other colonies also dismissed the so-called provisional government, and the governor of Algeria even raised the flag of rebellion.

This rebellion did not exist in history, because in the case of Algeria, it could not hold out for half a year without local assistance.

Historically, the Duke of Omar (fourth son of Louis Philippe) was the governor of Algeria and had an army of less than 100,000 men.

But the Orleans' last hope left his forces to Eugène Kafenjac of France without firing a shot.

However, history quietly changed at this time, although Louis Philippe changed from the king of France to the Duke of Alsace-Lorraine, the French provisional government was unpopular, and the rebellion of the Duke of Omar was supported by a large number of officers and nobles.

In particular, the officers, politicians, and nobles who had been ostracized and relegated to Algeria unanimously demanded that they be sent back to the French mainland.

The British also took the opportunity to throw an olive branch to this group of "traitors to France", but with the total annihilation of the British Mediterranean fleet, the plan to counterattack France became far away.

Although they failed to counterattack the French mainland, the benefits given by the British this time were real. That is food and supplies, which is what Algeria lacks most at this time.

Although these supplies are not much, they are enough to stabilize the morale of the rebels.

Eugène Kafenjak was actually not very senior in the army at that time, and he often beat and scolded the soldiers, so he naturally could not recover Algeria and become a republican boss as he did in history.

(There's actually a very big disagreement here, which will be mentioned later.) ）

So at this time, the French Provisional Government was facing a much worse situation than it was in history, but for some reason the French Provisional Government went back to the old path of increasing agricultural taxes, but this was simply a drop in the bucket for the French economy, which was on the verge of collapse.

If agricultural taxes are increased during the agricultural crisis, the results will undoubtedly continue to worsen the crisis.

The desperate French pinned their hopes on plundering Belgium, a French colony on the European continent.

Belgium was once rich, but after the Luxembourg crisis, Europe's fastest-growing economy has declined.

Even without the Luxembourg crisis, Belgium would not be able to solve the crisis in France at hand.

But the French Provisional Government did it anyway, not because they were stupid, but because they could only do it.

Only in this way can the interest groups behind them be satisfied, and they will have the votes to remain in power.

However, the result was that it seemed to outsiders to be a foolish move, but it was indeed the top talent in France at the time who made the decision.

The French may have been hesitant to declare war in the face of the mighty Austrian Empire, but they were confident in the face of the Belgians.

The French Provisional Government almost unanimously adopted a proposal to declare war on Belgium and annex it.

However, before the French could make their decision, the Frankfurt Parliament of the German Confederation received news of the uprising in Brussels.

Although the entire German Confederation was in a state of national fanaticism, the Frankfurt Parliament, and especially the Constituent Assembly, did not want to get too involved in European affairs at this time.

And the French-speaking inhabitants of Belgium don't look like Germans in any way.

(End of chapter)