Now the whole of Europe is in the grip of an economic crisis, which has brought their domestic economies to the brink of collapse.

Countless unemployed workers, as well as artisans, took to the streets in an organized manner, holding strikes and marches.

Ask the government to provide jobs and bread, and ask employers to reduce their working hours.

The procession gradually spread from the big cities of London and Paris to the surrounding areas.

It also spread from the two countries of England and France to Spain, Portugal, Italy, and the states of the Holy Roman Empire.

They demanded that their kings stop the war against China, resume trade, and withdraw their troops from the front.

Internal instability made it impossible for European monarchs to launch any more attacks on China.

The focus of the Intelligence Division has also changed, and in the past, the Intelligence Division was more concerned with the upper echelons of each country, and the development of people around them to gather intelligence or instigate rebellion.

Now the Intelligence Department has begun to provide targeted support for all kinds of armed insurrections, providing financial and armed support to some of the workers' leaders to help them carry out strikes and armed insurrections.

In addition, some nobles and manor owners who had suffered serious losses in the war also joined in.

Of course, these workers' leaders, having received the support of Huaxia, also changed their programme.

Originally, many people condemned the Chinese army for provoking the war and the plundering of the wealth of the whole of Europe by Li Xingzu, a "European vampire".

Now they are pointing the finger at domestic futures investors, as well as the greed of kings and nobles.

He also called for the resumption of legal commercial trade with the East Ryukyu Company in order to increase the number of jobs in the country.

Workers in Europe began to unite and fight for their rights.

However, at this time their numbers were not very large, so they also began to unite with the peasants against the feudal farmers.

Faced with the demands of these workers and peasants, the feudal aristocracy of Europe, together with the new capitalists, brutally suppressed them.

In Paris, the king sent the Janissaries directly into the streets to carry out a bloody suppression of the marching masses.

In London, Charles I directly arrested a large number of the culprits who organized the strike, sending them to the guillotine!

In Madrid, a large number of leaders of the armed rebellion were sent to the gallows by the King of Spain.

Under the frenzied repression of European countries, various movements for rights and interests soon died down and entered a low ebb.

Of course, these armed uprisings broke out not only in Britain and France, but also in the Netherlands, North Germany, and Poland controlled by China.

The East Ryukyus Company was the first to announce that the workers they hired could not work more than 10 hours a day, and that they would be paid double the overtime pay if they exceeded 10 hours.

In addition, employees are entitled to one day of paid leave per week.

Later, merchants in the Netherlands and other places had to follow in the footsteps of the Eastern Ryukyu Company and announce these policies.

In addition, the Chinese government has also promulgated some regulations, such as the fact that the procession must submit an application, and after being approved by the government, it is protected and can be carried out at a designated time and area.

Capitalists and feudal farmers were not allowed to intervene.

In addition, in these occupied areas, China has implemented a minimum wage system for wage labor, and employers cannot pay their employees less than the minimum standard set by the government.

Otherwise, the Huaxia government has the right to punish him.

In fact, these policies had already been promulgated in China itself, and now they were implemented in Europe, so that they quickly subdued the people's hearts.

Coupled with the deep pockets of the Eastern Ryukyu Company, they soon monopolized several industries.

With the resumption of commerce and production, these occupied territories also quickly stabilized.

Then Huaxia announced that the Dutch, North German, Polish and Tsarist ruled areas abolished the original guilder, ruble and other currencies, and uniformly used the Huaxia silver dollar.

However, these areas were given a three-month period for the old currency, during which the old currency could still be circulated, and residents could go to the bank to exchange it for the Chinese silver dollar at the current exchange rate.

After three months, the original currency will be regarded as invalid and will cease to be used and circulated.

Huaxia only accepts Huaxia silver dollars and not other currencies for transactions with other European countries.

In this way, the Chinese silver dollar became the settlement currency of trade between various countries.

In addition, in order to unify the exchange of gold and silver between the East and the West, since the ninth year of the Qianxi Dynasty, all the areas ruled by China have been uniformly adjusted to 1 tael of gold for 12 taels of silver.

In order to avoid speculators taking advantage of the exchange difference to speculate.

There is no harm without comparison, and the countries of Europe, which had gradually stopped the suppressed armed insurrections, had a goal to pursue after seeing the treatment of workers in the areas controlled by China.

With the support of the Intelligence Division's funds, they resumed their rallies.

In addition, the previous failures also made them conclude that whether it was a conservative feudal aristocratic force or an emerging capital, they would not easily make concessions to themselves.

Armed struggle is necessary for success.

Blanqui was originally a watchmaker in a Parisian watch shop, but he united a group of Parisian businessmen and workers to form a small group called the "Society of Paris".

The Intelligence Department took a fancy to this "Paris Society" and began to invest money in Blanqui for the promotion of the "Paris Society".

It was also to provide weapons for the "Paris Society", which led Blanqui to develop a spontaneous armed "Paris Guard".

Under the influence of money, many celebrities and thinkers in French society who sympathized with or supported the workers also began to stand for Blanqui.

Coupled with his high oratorial talent, the "Paris Society" soon grew.

Not only Paris, but also Lyon, Marseille, Toulon and other places have established branches of the "Paris Society".

This caused fear in the Bourbons.

Louis XIII ordered the arrest of Blanqui and the banning of the "Parisian Society".

Fierce clashes broke out between the "Paris Guard" and the military police under Louis XIII.

Despite the desperate resistance of the "Paris Guard", they were ultimately outnumbered.

Bronki himself was captured by Louis XIII's Praetorian Guards in a bistro in Paris and imprisoned in the infamous "Bastille".

It was a fortress used by Emperor Louis XIII to hold important prisoners, and can be regarded as the edict of the French Factory.

Larger strikes broke out in France, with hundreds of thousands of French taking to the streets of Paris to demand that Louis XIII release Blanqui.

At this time, Li Shizu realized that the "Paris Society" alone was powerless to overthrow the rule of the Bourbon dynasty in a short period of time.

So under the pretext that French soldiers had crossed the border to the Netherlands to capture the workers, they declared war on France.

At this time, the French Emperor Louis XIII was also already overwhelmed by the armed rebellion at home, and he also wanted to use foreign wars to divert domestic contradictions, so the French government also actively responded to the war.

He also called on the French people to stop the riots and work together to resist the invasion of China.

In order to boost morale, the French Emperor Louis XIII went to the front line to direct the French army.

The area along the Dutch-French border is known as the "Ardennes Forest", which is also known as the "Ardennes Forest" due to its forests, peatlands, heathlands and marshes.

This area is easy to defend and difficult to attack, and it is a barrier to the northeast of France.

It was precisely because of the existence of the "Ardennes Forest" that Louis XIII had the confidence to declare war on the Chinese.

Here the cavalry will have a hard time exerting their agitation.

Moreover, the complex terrain will also make it difficult for the heavy artillery of the Chinese people.

In particular, there is an ancient castle called the city of Ardenroche, this stone castle occupies the commanding height of the small city, surrounded by water on three sides, and is easy to defend and difficult to attack.

The French used it as the heart of the Ardennes defense.

As the French had predicted, both the Chinese infantry and cavalry in the Ardennes were making slow progress.

Without the support of heavy artillery, the Chinese army was indeed thwarted in its attack.

And the Cossack cavalry, on which they relied so much, could not cross the Ardennes Forest to cut off the French supply lines.

The city of Ardenroches was even more impregnable, and the Chinese army stormed it for more than a month, but it was not able to conquer the city.

The partial victories of the French in Afghanistan and other regions also re-encouraged the countries of Europe, and Britain and Spain were ready to send reinforcements to France to support the French people in their fight against China.

However, the French never imagined that it was not the British who arrived on the northern coast of France, but the landing force of China.

Wu Sangui led 50,000 men to land in the Calais region of northern France.

At this time, the main forces of the French army were all in the Ardennes area, and the garrison of Calais was very empty.

Louis XIII, who learned that the Chinese had landed behind his back, hurriedly sent 30,000 elite troops to Paris.

According to the logic of normal people, once they gain a firm foothold in Calais, they will naturally go straight to Paris, the capital of France.

However, the French did not expect that the Chinese army, which was advancing towards Paris with great fanfare, was actually only 3,000 men.

The main force of China led by Wu Sangui was at this time attacking the famous fortress city of Sedang in northern France.

Because this is not only the command center and supply base of the entire French army, but also the seat of Louis XIII himself.

The Huaxia were armed with a large number of dragoons, so they advanced quickly, and in just five days they broke through from Calais on the coast to Calais on the Dutch-French border.

If it weren't for witnessing the dense Chinese cavalry under the city, Louis III would never have believed that the Chinese had killed Sedang.

The Chinese adopted the tactic of "encircling the point to send reinforcements", and easily defeated the French "Qinwang's army" who came to Sedang from all over the country.

Soon they launched an assault on the fortress of Sedan.

Because the emperor himself was in charge, the morale of the French army at this time was still relatively high.

However, with the heavy artillery of Huaxia being transported to the front line, it was only a matter of time before it was lost.

After holding out for five days, Emperor Louis XIII led 70,000 French troops to surrender to China at the fortress of Sedan.

When the news reached Paris, the whole country was in an uproar.

With supplies cut off, holding on to the Ardennes has also lost its meaning.

Eventually, under the personal persuasion of Emperor Louis XIII, the French army in the city of Ardenroches also laid down their arms and surrendered.

In this battle, the French army lost 35,000 casualties, and more than 80,000 surrendered and captured.

The captured Louis XIII had no choice but to sign a humiliating treaty.

First, France assigned the northern border, including the Ardennes Forest, to the Netherlands.

Second, the release of the employees of the East Ryukyu Company who had previously been arrested, and the return of the misappropriated assets of the East Ryukyu Company, and the payment of compensation to these individuals.

Third, France fully opened all its ports and provided "one-sided most-favored-nation" treatment to China (i.e., France unilaterally provided China with the lowest tariffs). ）。

Fourthly, France immediately severed all official and civil relations with Great Britain and immediately declared war on Great Britain.

Fifth, France paid 500 million Chinese silver dollars in war reparations, to be paid in three years.

Sixth, France ceded its African colony of Madagascar and Algeria in North Africa to the Chinese Empire.

Seventh, the northern part of France has become a demilitarized zone from Paris to Sedan line, and France is not allowed to station troops, but only allows a small number of police officers to maintain local security.

Eighth, the French captives were to be sent to Suez, Egypt, to participate in the excavation of the canal until the French government paid all the reparations.

Ninth, the French government did not allow the bloody repression of the workers at home and immediately released Blanqui, the leader of the "Paris Society".

Tenth, France was not allowed to interfere with China's actions in other parts of Europe, especially the annexation of South Germany, including Austria.

Eleventh, the Chinese will garrison the Sedan until France has completed all the terms of the appeal!

Because this contract was signed in Verdun, near Paris, it is also known as the "Verdun Treaty", and the folk name is "Verdun ELEVEN".

Objectively speaking, this contract is very harsh, but Louis XIII is in the hands of the Chinese, and in order to keep his throne, he can only sign it.

Although it is said that it is a land reparation, but France is still there, compared to Berlin, which is now a scorched earth, Paris is very lucky.

After his release, Blanqui has changed from a small leader of the "Paris Society" to a politician known throughout the country.

Soon the "Society of Paris" denounced Louis XIII under the pretext of the humiliating Treaty of Verdun.

and organized a larger insurrection throughout the country.

Although 80,000 French troops were sent to Egypt by China, the Treaty of Verdun did not clearly stipulate how to deal with their weapons.

So Li Shizu half-sold and half-gave these weapons to the riot organizations in various European countries.

The Paris Guard, a subsidiary of the "Paris Society", was immediately expanded to more than 20,000 people after receiving this batch of weapons.

Blanqui, who had been imprisoned in the Bastille, knew that there were also countless political prisoners who tried to overthrow the Bourbons.

On January 3, the ninth year of Qianxi, more than 10,000 armed Paris Guards stormed the notorious prison.

The fall of the Bastille also officially sounded the death knell of the Bourbons.

Later, the Parisian people, led by the "Society of Paris", directly attacked the Palace of Versailles and imprisoned Louis XIII, the high French emperor, and his close ministers in the Bastille.

The successful ascension of the Parisian community inspired more European countries to break out into armed struggle!

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