Holy Roman Empire

Chapter 984 - Seeing the Guillotine Again

The greatest characteristic of the French Revolution was that it was fast enough. Once an uprising was launched, it would either succeed or fail immediately, and there was never a lasting war to speak of.

This time was no exception, as soon as the European countries received the news, the splendid second revolution came to an end.

Without any surprise, the revolutionary government of Paris, which had long lost the hearts and minds of the people, withdrew from the stage of history, and the radicals seized power.

As the leader of this revolution, Danielle was now pointing the finger with great pride. He did have reasons to be proud, having taken control of a country at the age of less than thirty.

"Mr. Danielle, we've captured that traitor Robert, when do you see fit to execute him?"

The tree fell and the monkeys scattered. The revolutionary government in Paris collapsed, and the politicians who realized the danger were long gone. The revolutionaries were all professionals in this regard, except for the unlucky man in hindsight - Robert.

As the scapegoat that everyone pushed out, Robert's presidency did one thing: he went to Vienna to sign an armistice treaty.

As soon as the treaty came into force, the political life of the unlucky president was over. Robert's political life ended when the treaty came into effect and the unlucky president lost his presidency and was accused of being a traitor.

This is not all the top government officials have managed to run away, leaving him, the unlucky man with hindsight, in the hands of the new government.

"Andrew, don't worry. The people are in our hands, and they can't escape.

No matter what, Robert was once the president of France, the revolutionary father who overthrew the Bonaparte dynasty, the necessary respect is still necessary.

First, send someone to guard him tightly, don't let anything happen to him. After the public trial, then send him on his way."

Others didn't know why Robert, the revolutionary patriarch, had suddenly become a traitor, but Danielle, who was one of the participants, knew it all too well.

But knowing was knowing, and people still had to be killed. Summing up the lessons of the failed revolutions, Danielle came to the conclusion that the revolution must be bloody.

No blood is not enough to outrage the people, no blood is not enough to shock the people. Robert, a big man with a stinking reputation, is just the perfect person to make a stand.

As well as killing, different methods of killing produce very different results. The radicals are certainly happy to kill Robert directly, but it won't deter the people.

As the leader of the Second Revolution, Danielle knew very well what kind of goods the revolutionary army was. If the nobles in the city were not deterred, the nascent Second Revolutionary regime could be overthrown at any time.

In fact, the weight of Robert, the former president, was still a little lighter, and the final object of authority was to pull out a few big nobles and click away.

However, this was the sort of thing Danielle could at most think about. Not to mention whether the Russian army stationed outside the city would interfere, the private armies of the nobles alone were a hard bone to chew.

If a fight, there is no possibility that Wei did not stand to, but instead buried himself first.

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On March 11, 1893, it was a glorious day, with the golden sun shining down on the earth and the grass sprouting new shoots, the whole world was full of life.

Versailles Palace Square, at the moment, is already boiling with people. The French people who came from all directions were anxiously awaiting the execution of the traitor, the former ex-ex...President Robert.

Looking at the scene in front of him, Admiral Evgeny, who was watching the fun, shook his head and thought to himself, "The guillotine is already on the line, I just don't know if it's the same one that executed Louis XVI. Too much time has passed, and there was a restoration midway through, so I'm sure it's not."

The president was different from the monarch, this thing was not popular in the monarchy itself, any French kill, the international community would not have a problem with it, Admiral Yevgeny naturally did not mind watching the fun.

As the sound of wheels squeaking sounded, all eyes converged on the past, and the French soldiers who had been prepared for this acted quickly, forcing the crowd to divide a path to the prisoner carts.

Rotten cabbage leaves and rotten eggs were naturally non-existent, and the French people were starving, so how could they waste precious food on a traitor who was about to be guillotined?

No rotten cabbage leaves, no rotten eggs, and Robert did not escape the concealed weapon attack. The unruly crowd, however, threw the "concealed weapon" they had prepared.

Because of the distance, Evgeny couldn't see clearly what it was, but it couldn't be anything good.

I don't know if it was intentional, or if the aim was too poor, but Robert, as the main character, didn't get hit many times, and it was the people and soldiers on both sides who were more unlucky.

If the officers escorting him hadn't stopped it in time, a "civil war" might have broken out between the people and the onlookers.

As the supreme commander of the Allied forces in Paris, General Evgeny knew what was going on. Paris has been in a state of flux of late, with the new government purging the city immediately after the success of the Second Revolution.

Every day countless people were executed, either for crimes, politics, or just bad luck, in short, the atmosphere in Paris was very tense.

Sometimes Yevgeny even suspected that the new government was deliberately using the political struggle to reduce the population in order to get through the food crisis.

This wasn't aimless. Even though the war was over, there was still not much food flowing into France. Especially after the Vienna government cut back on food exports to France, the food crisis in Paris became even worse.

Preliminary estimates, in 1893, France's food deficit will be as high as 6 million tons, through imports and smuggling will be able to solve 3.2 million tons, there are still 2.8 million tons of the gap can not be filled.

Theoretically, this shortage of food, the whole population together to tighten the belt, for example, to reduce livestock, pets, stop wastefulness, the crisis is almost over.

However, the reality is very cruel, the rich are still rich, wasteful, occupy a large amount of food, exacerbating the food crisis, starving only the lower class civilians.

Right now the French government wants to get through the crisis on its own, besides making the aristocrats, farm owners, and capitalists hand over the excess food in their hands, the only way to do so is to reduce the population.

According to the current situation in France, if the French government were to rely on population reduction to survive the crisis, it would not be hundreds of thousands of people who would die, but millions of people.

If it wasn't for the seriousness of the crisis, the French government probably wouldn't have engaged in such an extreme internal purge. It appears to be purging dissidents, but in reality it's more of an effort to get through the crisis.

At least the grain merchants who were playing hoarder in Paris were given a click and the confiscated grain was used for refugee relief.

In contrast to the previous revolutionary government, the current French government is clearly doing a better job. By a series of means, order was restored to Paris in the shortest possible time.

Throughout the entire execution, from start to finish, President Robert never opened his mouth, much to the disappointment of Admiral Yevgeny, who wanted to watch the show.

Obviously, it was a show. As for the unlucky Robert who was sent to the guillotine, he had already been tampered with and didn't even have a chance to cry out for justice.

Lowering his binoculars, Evgeny: "Let's go, Andrew. There's no fun to be had now!"

Lieutenant General Andrew at the side shook his head, "Your Excellency the Commander, there should be excitement to be exact, but we can't see it.

The new French government is playing so big, I'm afraid the nobles of France won't be able to sleep tonight. If we continue to let it go like this, the butcher's knife might fall on them themselves one day.

In the past, the French Revolutionary Party had cut off the heads of kings and killed quite a few nobles.

The next step is to see how they both fight, it's a shame the Allies forbid us to interfere, otherwise there wouldn't be so much shit that's going on right now, making us ......"

Evgeny interrupted, "Come on, Andrew! These issues are for politicians to worry about, and it's not appropriate for you or me to get too involved as soldiers.

Moreover, Danielle is not a simple commodity. Being able to restore order in such a short period of time and temporarily deter the nobles within the city is definitely a difficult master to deal with. It won't be easy if we really intervene with the troops."

Defeating the revolutionary army was easy, the problem was how to deal with the aftermath after defeating it.

It wasn't that Admiral Evgeny was blowing his own trumpet, but if he really let the Russian army sweep through the city of Paris, the French would probably not only have to worry about the current food problem, but also have to think about whether or not it was necessary to move the capital.

In order to clean up Russian military discipline, Admiral Evgeny has been working since he took office. For example: the vigorous development of the smuggling side business, which earns money that, in addition to increasing the income of officers, also subsidizes the food of the Russian soldiers.

This is the Tsarist government's responsibility, and the logistical supplies are the same as those of the native Russian army, which makes the "Russian soldiers and officers in Paris" accustomed to the big scene what to think?

They can't be treated less well as the army of a victorious country than the French soldiers of a defeated one, can they?

Dissatisfaction aside, the loyalty of the grey livestock is not to be doubted, and as long as they can fill their bellies, there will basically be no major problems.

It doesn't matter if you can't get rich on the payroll, the Russian officers and soldiers are best at doing it themselves to be well-fed. Paris so affluent, even through the war, the oil is also greatly, casually fishing a little can ......

The Allied command forbade Russian intervention, and in addition to putting pressure on the French nobility, there was no shortage of concern that the Russians would enter the city and lose control, turning Paris into a hell on earth.

If it comes to that, let alone any war reparations, no one knows when the situation in France will be stabilized.

There are two sides to everything, there are disadvantages as well as advantages. Although the Russian army is not easy to use, but the deterrent is great!

It's obvious to the French that they have a powerful time bomb near you, and with the push of a remote control, Paris will be reduced to rubble.

As for the consequences?

The worst that could happen was that the war reparations were not collected and the Allies stationed in France suffered heavy losses. These were able to scare most of the countries of the Anti-French Alliance, but not the mastermind behind the scenes - Franz the Great.

War reparations would be dispensable to the Holy Roman Empire once the current years of economic hardship were passed; it's not like the Allied losses were completely unpalatable to their own armies, to say nothing of the losses.

The reason it was not cut down now was because leaving the "Sword of Damocles" behind did more good than harm to the Holy Roman Empire.

Not only can use the allied forces to limit the development of the French; also can use the interests of France to unite the anti-French alliance countries, consolidate the position of the Holy Roman Empire in the European Union; incidentally, it gives the Russians the bottom line to move south to India.

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The official residence of the President of Paris was converted from the former residence of the Prime Minister of France, and I don't know if it's cursed or not, but anyone who moves in here will have to say goodbye to the days of comfort.

Seventeen consecutive French presidents, none of them have been able to stay for a full month, and the worst ones have even gone straight to the guillotine.

Danielle's arrival has undoubtedly broken this record, and now it is already his 34th day of stay, but the final outcome is still an unknown.

Smoking a cigar of unknown origin, President Danielle looked at the nearer crony and asked, "Buck, what is the reaction of the noble lords now?"

"The nobles are stepping up their tandem, with secret meetings between Orthodox, Orleanist and Bonaparte executives. Our men were not identified enough to be able to learn of their conversations.

As things stand, they should not have reached agreement yet, or they would not be so quiet."

The success of the Second Revolution still hadn't been able to change the situation of the aristocrats controlling the army, and once the three royalist parties agreed, Paris could change at any moment.

Danielle nodded, "Inform our people, don't irritate these noble lords for now, they just need to stay put.

The most important thing now is to step up the infiltration of the army, as long as we don't take control of the army, our revolutionary cause will not be safe for a day.

Also don't forget to gather the prisoners released by the allies. Don't look at these men as defeated and prisoners, but that's not their responsibility either.

Once armed, they are still the most capable army in France, and the regular army in the country now was previously a second or third line army, which is no match for these elite."

People are good at learning, and with the precedent of the last revolutionary government in Paris, Danièle realized the importance of the army early on.

"Soldiers don't interfere in politics, they have to remain neutral in the domestic political struggle", such bullshit, Danièle had never believed.

If it wasn't for controlling the country's army and having a bunch of private soldiers in their hands, could the three royalist parties be in the position they were in now?

Once the royalist party reached an internal agreement, the otherwise neutral French military immediately tore up the disguise and embraced the restoration of a new king.

With Napoleon III's example, the royalist party would only need to replicate it once. Even now, it would not be that difficult, as the united royalist party would be far more powerful than Napoleon III's, and a coup d'état would be all that was needed.

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