In Paris, the French are holding a funeral for Napoleon III. The dense crowd outside is enough to prove the popularity of Napoleon III.

On this day, the French workers had a collective holiday, and the capitalists could not afford not to take it if they wanted to, and the title of "Emperor of Socialism" of Napoleon III was no joke, and its influence among the workers exceeded that of anyone else.

The spontaneous organization of mourning activities by the people is ironic compared to the desolation of the original time and space.

Although the funeral was attended by many people, there were few important guests. The sequelae of the Bonaparte family's bad popularity are vividly reflected here.

The royal families of Europe seem to be very busy, except for those who rely on the French for dinner, the rest of the big nobles only send representatives to attend, and some don't even bother to send representatives.

In the case of the Habsburgs, Franz sent a collateral count to deal with the matter. Even if the two countries are allies, it still can't change that the royal families of the two countries don't like each other.

The grievances in this are just a confused account, and I can't figure it out for a while. Not only the Habsburgs, but most of the European aristocracy were unfriendly to the Bonapartes.

The aristocracy also holds grudges, Napoleon swept the European continent back then, I don't know how many people's jobs were smashed, how could this account be calculated?

If the Bonaparte family also falls, it is estimated that everyone will feel better. Now the result is just the opposite, the Bonaparte family is still brilliant, seeing this explosive household, everyone is too late to be jealous, how can they go to cheer them up.

The accidental death of Napoleon IV in South Africa was caused by a lot of speculation, and many speculated that the British royal family planned the murder.

The reason: when Napoleon IV encountered the Zulu warriors, Second Lieutenant Kary and his men were only 50 yards away from Eugène, but they retreated to the camp without firing a shot.

There must be an article behind this obviously abnormal behavior, and it is difficult to say who planned it.

There are too many enemies of the Bonaparte family, and the number of people who are capable of planning such low-grade accidents is at least three digits.

There was no way, the last heir of the lineage died, and the Bonaparte family not only lost hope of restoration, but also lost the ability to track down the real culprit.

At the funeral, the atmosphere was a little weird. If anyone pays attention, they will find that many people have a gloating expression on their faces, and if it weren't for the wrong occasion, I'm afraid they would all laugh.

That's right, some people come just to see jokes. Crown Prince Eugène, who had just passed away from Napoleon III, was too young to succeed him, and the French government was bound to fight fiercely.

For example, the former king of Sardinia, Victor Emmanuel II, came to see the excitement. Napoleon III ousted him from power, he hated him for a long time, and now he came to smash the field.

Unabashedly put a smile on his face, completely ignoring Eugène's murderous gaze. There is no habit of killing kings in Europe, even if he is a former king, he is still a king.

As a member of the memory interest group, no matter how angry Ou Geen was, it was impossible to kill the king. It's still the funeral scene, so it's even more difficult to do.

Perhaps in the eyes of many people, this is very unwise. It's so exciting for people, you can't do it on the surface, can't you retaliate secretly?

However, Victor Emmanuel II had a reason to do it. Now he led the Sardinian Restoration Organization, which had united with the Italian Revolutionary Party.

Now that the Italian independence movement is at a low ebb, Victor Emmanuel II, as the elected leader, must do something to stir things up.

Napoleon III's funeral was used by him, and those who were able to get in naturally cooperated with it, and there were many people who wanted to see the Bonaparte family make a fool of themselves.

Anyway, after attending the funeral, he left with the guests. If the French want to intercept it, it would be better, and they can also hype up public opinion, and countries that want to see the French laugh will not give up this opportunity.

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The farce at the funeral of Napoleon III, Franz did not care, these are all minor problems. That is, if you take a young four years young, you can't be stimulated, and if you change an old fritter, you will definitely ignore it.

They have destroyed other people's kingdoms and taken away their thrones, and they are not allowed to have a little temper?

Didn't he just smile on the side, and he didn't run out to make trouble and disturb the order of the funeral, so he treated these guys as air.

If you want to settle accounts for a long time, why rush for a while. As the emperor of France, it's not too easy to fight a few clowns who jump off the beam?

As long as their financial resources are cut off, the custodian guys will soon cry. If they can't do the matter of killing the king, then let them worry about firewood, rice, oil and salt every day for the rest of their lives.

The exiled monarch had a hard time, and there was a large group of people who ate with him, and it was absolutely impossible to have no money.

Franz had seen this before, and Massimiliano had failed so much that hundreds of people came over one after another.

If it weren't for the fact that Franz's brother often paid for it, and the Queen Mother Sophie was also secretly subsidizing, not to mention keeping the emperor's pomp and circumstance, it would not be easy to let so many people eat.

These people are shouting that they want to counterattack Mexico, and if they really want them to carry it out, it is useless. But there is no way, you have to keep it.

Don't look at the ability of these people, there are these people and there are no people, those are completely two different concepts. Without the help of these people to wave the flag and shout and wash the name, what will happen to the reputation?

Franzken paid for an idealistic gang of artillerymen who were to get them to go around promoting Massimiliano's reforms, whether they were practical or not, and which did not fit Mexico's national conditions, at least on the surface.

The people who don't know the truth can't think of the deep-seated problems, and they are easily led astray.

Of course, the activities of these people in Austria are also restricted, they can not go anywhere, and the articles they write are selectively published.

A large number of them were sent by Franz to France for further study, in the name of learning from the Bonaparte Restoration.

So far, the results have been good, and Massimiliano's Mexican Restoration Organization has been established, and it has attracted many Mexican students to participate.

It's all worse eras, watching the domestic warlords fight that high, these people finally found that it is better to be the emperor.

Under the influence of public opinion, many people thought about it carefully and found that Massimiliano I had done nothing bad.

As the newspapers put it, the local warlords in Mexico were too powerful for the emperor's orders to follow.

Because of the opposition to the emperor's reforms, the conservatives and the warlords rebelled together, and the revolutionaries were fooled fools.

Behind this, Franz has to sponsor Massimiliano's 200,000 Aegis every year, and it can be said that public opinion is pulled back by money.

The pressure on Victor Emmanuel II is much greater, one is just talking but not practicing, and the other is taking practical actions to restore the country, which is not a grade in terms of expenses.

Although there are many patrons in secret, the amount is not large, and Victor Emmanuel II, who has a large group of subordinates, is short of money. If the money is not enough, it is necessary to create a topic, mobilize everyone's patriotic enthusiasm, or use a big trick to fool the financier and increase investment.

As long as the source of funding is cut off, the momentum of these restoration organizations will immediately drop by many notches, after all, people also have to eat.

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Intelligence Chief Taryn: "Your Majesty, the Prussians have acted. In recent days, Polish newspapers have been scolding the government, attributing the Polish chaos to the absence of a king and the struggle for power at the top of the government.

The Dombrowski government's shaky foundations, which had narrowly won the election on popular support, were held hostage by the Prussians, who now pinned their hopes on international intervention.

However, Napoleon III had just died, and everyone was concerned about the future political direction of France, and they could not care about Poland for a while.

Barring unforeseen circumstances, the Polish parliament would re-elect the king within a month at most, this time with far fewer rivals, and the election of Wilhelm I was almost a foregone conclusion. ”

The number of competitors has decreased, and this is not because the Prussians are the devil, but because many people are frightened by the Polish chaos and do not want to wade into this troubled water.

Don't look at the big bobo for a long time to be independent, there are really a lot of things. Internationally they claim to be great powers, as if they were already one of the great powers.

The self-proclaimed sixth power in Europe, second only to Britain, France, Austria and Russia, has not considered the feelings of Spain, the German Confederation and the Nordic Confederation at all, and these three are no worse than Poland in terms of comprehensive national strength.

Even the Netherlands and Portugal, two inconspicuous small countries, may not be as strong as Poland in terms of comprehensive national strength. Don't look at their small land, but they have colonies, and their economic strength exceeds that of Poland.

Even if it is a propaganda need, it is acceptable to exaggerate one's own strength appropriately. Not long ago, Austria almost used force against Poland, which made many people understand.

The Kingdom of Poland looks good, it is also a medium-sized country on the European continent, and theoretically it is possible to join the club of great powers as long as it develops well.

But the geographical location is really bad, sandwiched between the three countries of Prussia, Austria and Russia. The sudden Austro-Polish conflict reminded many people of the old days when the three countries partitioned Poland.

Bad geographical location + love to die, it is clearly a giant pit. No one wants to be the king of the dead country, and after weighing the pros and cons, many people choose to give up.

Franz picked up the teacup and took a sip: "Keep watching, don't move." The shadows on the British side can be launched, and when William I is elected king of Poland, he will launch it immediately.

Be careful to hide and not expose us. It would be better to let the Federal Reich of Germany take the initiative, and they would jump out and fight the French for the Rhineland.

We and the British received the news that the French wanted to buy the Rhineland, and in order to prevent the French from continuing to expand, it would be much more reasonable to support the German Confederation in acquiring the Henland. ”

Austria has a great influence in the German Confederation, and many big nobles and high-ranking government officials have secretly contacted the Vienna government, and it is not difficult to push them to jump out, but the problem is that it is difficult to keep secrets.

No one can guarantee that these people will not leak secrets. Placing bets separately has always been the way for these people to survive, and while keeping in touch with Austria, they have no less dealings with other forces.

The front foot promised to keep it secret, and the back foot sold the secret, and this kind of thing didn't happen too much on the European continent.

In particular, this kind of thing that affects the country's decision-making cannot be done by one or two people, there are too many people who need to mobilize it, and if someone leaks secrets, it will be difficult to find out who is a traitor.

Taryn, the head of intelligence, replied thoughtfully, "Yes, Your Majesty." We will first expose the secret dealings of the Franco-Prussian people, and then let the British push the German Confederation out to fight for it. ”

It doesn't matter if the Berlin government is making empty promises, as long as everyone thinks it's true.

In the face of international pressure, if the Prussians dared to stand up, Franz dared to unite with European countries to intervene. From the very beginning, he was ready to force the Berlin government to abandon the Rhineland.

In the 19th century, if a country wanted to be strong, it first had to have enough coal and iron, without which heavy industry could not develop.

The most important thing for Germany to develop in the original time and space is that they have the coal and iron resources in the Rhineland, so that they can have the glory of the Ruhr industrial area behind.

In a short period of time, this part of the resources is missing, the effect may not be obvious, with the further development of industrial technology, the sequelae will erupt.

Even the annexation of the Kingdom of Poland would not make up for the loss of resources. Coal resources in Europe are mainly distributed in England, the Rhineland region of Central Europe, Ukraine, Silesia, and the Balkan Peninsula.

It's a pity that the Donbass coalfields in Ukraine are still far away, and the Kingdom of Prussia can't reach them. After Silesia fell into Austrian hands, and after the loss of the Rhineland, the Kingdom of Prussia would sooner or later delay its industrial development because of the coal problem.