Chapter 199: The Unification of Germany for a Thousand Years (Seeking a Posthumous Monthly Pass)
After his victory, Blanqui quickly liquidated Louis XIII.
After a public vote, it was almost unanimously approved to put Louis XIII to death.
On 12 January, Louis XIII and his Empress Maria were guillotined in Paris.
Maybe Li Shizu and Zheng Zhilong themselves didn't realize that they had opened a "Pandora's box".
The riots that raged in full swing did affect the domination of the European countries and stagnate their development.
But it soon had a backlash against the Chinese Empire.
Blanqui began to turn his back on people after his success.
After the execution of Louis XIII, he proclaimed the Provisional Government of the French Republic in Paris.
The Provisional Government under his leadership began to refuse to recognize the previously signed treaties, refusing to implement the remaining provisions except for the release of the personnel of the East Ryukyu Company and the return of illegally confiscated property.
A new French Wehrmacht was even formed in an attempt to retake the fortress by force.
At this time, Li Shizu realized that he had raised a white-eyed wolf before.
Blanqui, who became interim prime minister, is no longer under his control.
The Frenchman's behavior can be said to have touched Li Shizu's scales, and no country has dared to tease him like this.
There is a saying that "when the Son of Heaven is angry, the corpse will be floating for thousands of miles".
Although Li Shizu is not an emperor, he is also a master of the European realm.
Soon the Chinese army stationed at the fortress of Sedang was assembled.
The expeditionary army, consisting of 30,000 Chinese infantry and 20,000 Cossack cavalry, attacked Paris, the heart of France, from Sedan.
Blanqui called on armed forces from all over France to defend Paris.
He took to the streets of Paris to give speeches, restoring the confidence of the citizens of Paris, and convinced that if the French were united, they could drive the Chinese out of France.
So 60,000 French Wehrmacht troops left Paris with the welcome of the citizens of Paris and went to Reims to garrison to stop the advance of the Chinese army to Paris.
Although the French Republic was formed, he only controlled the northern part of France.
Marseille and other places in the south were still controlled by royalists led by the Duke of Henry.
And Louis XIII's son, Louis Dieudonnay Bourbon, who was just over a year old, had already been successfully brought from Paris to Marseille by the royalists.
The emptiness of Paris at this time gave them an opportunity to seize Paris.
However, from Marseille to Paris, almost all of France will be crossed, and the Provisional Government will definitely deploy troops, and their plans for a sneak attack will definitely be exposed.
After much thought, they eventually found the representative of the East Ryukyu Company in Marseille.
The Duke of Henri said that they would support the son of Louis XIII, who was only one year old, to ascend to the throne and restore the Bourbon dynasty.
Once the Bourbons are successfully restored, they will continue to unswervingly implement the agreements reached before.
However, at this time, they needed the help of the Eastern Ryukyu Company to transport the army to ports in northern France.
Ten days later, 16,000 royalists landed near Calais in northern France on merchant ships of the East Ryukyu Company.
Then, under the response of the feudal aristocratic forces along the way, they fought all the way to the city of Paris.
At this time, the troops of the Provisional Government were heavily surrounded by Chinese troops in Reims, and it was impossible to break through and return to Paris.
However, there were only more than 3,000 regular armed forces in the city of Paris, and the difference in strength between the two sides was huge.
Although many Parisian citizens took up arms and took to the streets, they were no match for the regular army.
After two days of fierce fighting, the royalists reoccupied Paris.
Proclaim the restoration of the Bourbon dynasty and abolish all decrees of the Provisional Government.
And Blankey himself was betrayed by traitors because of the high bounty.
The royalists also sent Blanqui to the guillotine, which was a consolation to the spirits of Louis XIII and his wife.
The Provisional Government forces in Reims also surrendered to the Chinese army soon after.
Duke Henri put Louis Dieudonnay Bourbon, who was just over a year old, on the throne of the French Emperor, and he was Louis XIV.
Louis XIV was just an ornament, and all military and political power was actually controlled by Duke Henry.
Soon the royalists carried out a counter-offensive liquidation of the members of the Provisional Government throughout France.
A large number of members of the Provisional Government were arrested, and more than 500 people were shot and killed, and the whole of France was enveloped in terror.
Now that the Bourbon dynasty has been restored and continues to implement the agreement with Huaxia, Li Shizu simply withdrew his troops.
In order to thank Huaxia for helping him recover, Duke Henry promised to compensate Huaxia for an additional 30 million silver dollars in military expenses.
As for the 40,000 French prisoners who were taken prisoner, they were naturally sent to Egypt to dig canals.
Although the Bourbon dynasty in France was restored, this scene in France made the monarchs of various European countries feel deep fear.
They could not tolerate their subjects to one day overthrow their rule and send themselves to the guillotine.
As a result, they have stepped up their repression at home to prevent a similar tragedy from happening again.
With the acquiescence of the Chinese Empire, England, France, Spain, Sweden, Genoa, Venice, and the Papal States formed a "Holy Alliance" with the city-states.
The Holy Alliance soon sent troops to France to help the Bourbons suppress rebellions throughout France.
On European soil, wherever an uprising broke out against the monarch, they formed an alliance to suppress it.
In the end, this rising craze in Europe was suppressed by feudal forces.
Originally, Austria also wanted to participate, but under pressure from the Chinese Empire, the "Holy Alliance" rejected Austria.
Obviously, anyone with a discerning eye can see that after annexing North Germany, China will continue to annex the states of the Holy Roman Empire.
Today, European countries have tacitly accepted these regions as China's sphere of influence.
In 962 AD, King Otto I of Germany was crowned emperor in Rome by Pope John XII, known as the "Roman Emperor", and the Kingdom of Germany was called the "Holy Roman Empire of the German Nation", which was the ancient German Empire, or the First Empire.
By the time of Frederick I in the 12th century, the empire became the strongest state in Europe.
Frederick I openly added the word "sacred".
However, today's Holy Roman Empire is more like the Eastern Zhou Dynasty in China, with hundreds of states within it.
Although the Habsburg dynasty of Austria had long monopolized the title of Holy Roman Emperor, they were exhausted by the Ottoman Empire and were unable to unify Germany.
The rising states of North Germany were defeated by China again.
The nations of this land are still scattered and scattered.
In order to consolidate his rule, Li Shizu began to rebuild the city of Berlin in order to regain the hearts and minds of the German region.
50,000 troops were conscripted in the North German region to form a North German coalition.
Although Huaxia is a foreign force, Li Shizu still shouted the slogan of "a thousand years of Germany, finally unified"!
The North German coalition was the first to attack Bohemia.
Bohemia was Austria's most important ally state.
King Ferdinand III, King of Austria and Emperor of the Holy Roman Empire, immediately sent 30,000 troops into Prague to defend the city with the Bohemian army.
The Polish-Austrian coalition forces in North Germany launched a brutal battle in Prague.
Although the Allied North German forces had artillery support from China, they were relatively short in formation and lacked actual combat experience.
In the end, the siege turned into a protracted tug-of-war.
In the past 50 years, the Ottoman Empire has attacked Vienna no less than twenty times, and the Ottoman Sultan Murad IV has long coveted Vienna.
This was another target that the Ottoman Empire had to take after Constantinople.
However, Austria itself was not weak, and with the support of other European countries, the Ottomans returned every time.
However, through the alliance with the Chinese Empire, the territory of the Ottoman Empire reached an unprecedented scale.
Important cities such as Baghdad and Kiev fell into the hands of the Ottomans one after another, causing them to renew their offensive against Vienna.
The Ottomans saw that the Chinese were in trouble, and at this time Austria was empty, so they hurriedly sent troops to raid Vienna.
Austria, as the largest state of the Holy Roman Empire, is also a force to be reckoned with.
There are more than 100,000 troops that can be mobilized in the country alone, and it can be regarded as a large country when looking at Europe.
Not surprisingly, the Ottomans launched an attack on Austria.
An Ottoman army of 80,000 invaded western Hungary, with its troops commanding Vienna, the capital of Austria.
The Ottomans were worried about Vienna every day, and Ferdinand III was naturally prepared for it.
The Austrian-attached Duchy of Transylvania pretended to be a party for the Ottomans and misled the Ottomans.
Eventually, the Ottomans fell under siege between Austria and the Hungarian army near Pressburg, east of Vienna.
The two sides fought on the banks of the Danube for six days and nights, and the corpses of soldiers from both sides were everywhere, and the Danube was even dyed red for a time.
Eventually, the Ottomans retreated in panic at the cost of 40,000 killed.
Austria won the victory, but it suffered 25,000 casualties, which is a disastrous victory.
Ferdinand III was actually very concerned about the situation on the Prague front, but fortunately, the two sides were still in a stalemate in Prague.
But he never imagined that the Chinese would suddenly invade Bavaria, one of the largest states in South Germany.
Bavaria was the western barrier of Austria, but they had just experienced a major battle with the Ottomans.
In the face of Bavaria's pleas for help, they were simply powerless to support.
At this time, another Chinese army also invaded Silesia, another state in eastern Austria, from the border of the former Poland.
Although in the Bohemian direction, the Austrians barely withstood the allied forces of the North German army.
But at this time the Chinese were attacking Austria from both Bavaria and Silesia, and they were powerless to resist.
The reason why the Habsburg dynasty of Austria is famous in Europe naturally has their exclusive secrets.
That's marriage!
Since the 15th century, the Habsburgs have inherited large territories through marriages with European royal families, including Spain, Austria, Hungary, and parts of southern and northern Italy.
At this moment, in the face of the aggressive attack of the Chinese, Ferdinand III could only send his most beloved daughter, Princess Maria, to Li Shizu's military camp in Cologne.
Although the whole of Europe knew that the wife of the second prince of China was the empress of the Mughal kingdom, Princess Maria said that even if she was a mistress without a name, she was willing to serve Li Shizu.
After all, Li Shizu is a young man with strong blood, and now a noble and elegant Austrian princess is willing to surrender herself to be her mistress, so he naturally does not refuse.
I have to say that the genes of the Habsburg Dynasty are still good, and Princess Maria was born with a proud figure, especially a pair of deep eyes, which are breathtaking.
It is very easy for a noble and beautiful woman like this to conquer a man.
Soon the two were entangled together, and when Li Shizu woke up, it was already the next day.
I heard my mother say that my father had a "love of fish and water" with many women outside, but my father was very strict with the royal heirs.
Now they only have 5 brothers.
Fortunately, this kind of lover relationship does not need to ask his father and queen mother to agree, of course, the premise is that he cannot leave an heir.
As the prince of China, how to prevent pregnancy is also a compulsory course for them.
Even if he is negligent on a whim, there will be someone responsible for handling these things in the future, in short, he will not leave future generations at will.
He was very clear about Princess Maria's purpose, but he would not easily change his strategy because of a woman.
Li Shizu said: "Germany has been divided for hundreds of years, it is time for reunification, and I will not allow Austria to become independent." Austria should be integrated into the newly established German Confederation. ”
I have to say that Maria, a woman, is not only beautiful but also very judgmental, and she knows that she can't influence Li Shizu's decision.
He didn't make a boring entanglement, but just asked, "How is His Royal Highness the Second Prince going to deal with Austria and my father, King Ferdinand III?"
Li Shizu said: "As long as the Austrians lay down their arms, I will guarantee that the Habsburgs will have a place in the newly established German Confederation." ”
"Of course, Austria could no longer exist as an independent state, and the German states had to submit to the unified command of the federal government. However, as a large state within the German Confederation, Austria enjoys a certain degree of autonomy. ”
Princess Maria didn't bother much, just gave Li Shizu a warm hug, and went back to Vienna with the news.
She wants to leave more expectations for this Chinese prince.
Compared to the Islamized Ottoman Empire, it was certainly the Chinese Empire that was more suitable for Austria, at least to ensure their existing faith.
On July 1, the ninth year of the reign of Qianxi, Ferdinand III, Holy Roman Emperor and King of Austria, Hungary and Bohemia, voluntarily abdicated the throne and announced that the three states would join the newly established German Confederation.
On the same day, Li Shizu, the second prince of the Chinese Empire, took over the crown and scepter symbolizing the emperor's power in Vienna.
As the second prince of the Chinese Empire, he also served as the governor of the German Confederation.
And announced that the German Confederation officially joined the Chinese Empire, and Germany was unified for thousands of years!
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