After the war in the Near East was heating up, the French Civil War was also coming to an end.

Since Britain came forward to mediate the contradictions between the three royalist factions, the power to pull back the legs has been greatly reduced, and the monarchical faction has achieved an absolute advantage over the revolutionary party.

The sphere of influence controlled by the revolutionary government was suppressed to a corner of Paris, which, although the essence of France, could not withstand the toss of war.

After Napoleon IV's blockade of Paris, the revolutionary government of Paris, which was in isolation, gradually fell into the predicament of insufficient supplies.

There are a bunch of factories empty, there are not enough industrial raw materials. Even if the revolutionary government of Paris took timely emergency measures and unified the distribution of materials, it still could not sit back and eat nothing.

With the exception of the Italian Independence Organization, an "ally" who persisted in its struggle, the revolutionary movements in other parts of France were largely flattened by Napoleon IV.

On June 29, 1882, the situation became clear when government forces defeated the main forces of the revolutionary army outside Paris.

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The changing situation in France aroused the great attention of Franz. Don't look at the many jokes made by the French in later generations, they are still the French Empire in these years.

At the Vienna Palace, Foreign Minister Wesenberg analyzed: "Judging from the current situation, under the counterattack of the government army, the revolutionary government in Paris will not last long.

Once the Paris Revolution was over, the Italian Independent Organisations would not last long, especially after both we and the British abandoned their support for them.

The French will revert to the international community after resolving the civil strife, and Britain and France are likely to be on the same side on the Near East.

With one more ally, I'm afraid that in the coming days, the British government will not be so peaceful.

In order to ensure that nothing went wrong, the Foreign Office proposed to intensify the offensive against the Ottomans and strive to destroy the Ottomans before the British and French took action. ”

Franz shook his head: "It's hard to do. In the face of life and death, the potential of an ancient empire to burst out should not be underestimated.

With the defeat of the revolutionary government in Paris, Napoleon IV was able to concentrate his forces to suppress the Italian independence movement. It was a miracle that the rabble could hold out for two months.

The revolution did bring heavy losses to France, but the crisis also came with opportunities, in this civil war Napoleon IV also eliminated non-hostile elements, eased relations with the Orleans and Bourbon dynasties, and consolidated his rule from the side.

If the measures are taken properly, the next period of time will be the time when the internal contradictions in France will be most relaxed.

Against this backdrop, a year later, the government of Napoleon IV would have largely stabilized and once again turned its attention to the outside world.

We may have the ability to destroy the Ottomans within a year, but this will leave a lot of after-effects, and it will have to pay a greater price in the later stages of governance. ”

From a purely military point of view, it is natural that the soldiers are quick and fast, and the war can be ended in the shortest possible time, and the price paid is the least.

However, Austria this time was not trying to defeat the Ottomans, but to annex them.

Albrech deliberately delayed the actions of the coalition forces and left the Ottomans plenty of time to prepare, not because he did not understand military affairs.

A quick battle can indeed reduce losses, but the losses of both the enemy and the enemy are decreasing, and a large number of old and young people will be left behind after the war.

Instead of dealing with the guerrillas after the war, it is better to fully mobilize the enemy and deal with them on the battlefield, and the cost will only be lower.

The more armed the Sudanese government is, the less danger it will leave to the local community after the war.

If you carry a gun, you are the enemy, and when you settle down after the war, you can also engage in a wave of strains and exile the whole family.

So from the very beginning, Franz set a long-term battle plan. In any case, this economic crisis has far-reaching implications and cannot be ended in the short term, so it is just the war that is being used to divert the crisis.

Prime Minister Felix reminded: "Your Majesty, if the French had eased up, our plan to annex the Ottomans would probably not have gone so well. ”

Franz nodded: "This is inevitable, but no matter how bad it is, it is impossible for Britain and France to support sending troops to intervene."

The situation in France was not very good, and even after suppressing the civil strife, Napoleon IV did not have the courage to provoke a war at this time.

There is an anti-Turkish alliance to share the international pressure, and even if Britain and France unite with European countries to exert pressure, we can withstand it. ”

The sequelae are naturally not so simple, and with this stimulus, Britain and France will definitely step up the pace of getting closer.

It was a matter of time, and even if there was no war in the Near East, Britain and France would have moved closer as Austria grew stronger.

The continental balance was the basic national policy of the London government, and the weakness of France was exposed, the balance had been broken, and the object of British suppression naturally became Austria.

They would even co-opt the Russians to form an anti-Austrian coalition to suppress Austria's development. Due to geopolitical influences, the probability that the ambitious woolly bear will fall to Britain and France is very high.

In this case, Franz naturally wanted to take advantage of the fact that Britain, France and Russia had not yet adjusted their mentality to defeat the Ottomans in the rear in advance.

If possible, Franz did not mind going further, pulling the Russians along to carve up Persia and running to be neighbors with the British.

In the face of interests, anything can happen. For the impoverished tsarist government, India was no less attractive than westward expansion into the European continent.

This is a ploy, and compared to the European hegemony, aggressive India is obviously less risky. The former is against the countries of the European continent, and the latter only needs to face one John Bull.

As long as the Russians were introduced into India, the Anglo-French-Russian alliance would lose the possibility of being established, and the British would absolutely not be willing to divide their own interests with their allies.

Without the meat shield of the woolly bear, Franz is not cowardly in the face of the Anglo-French alliance. An Austrian empire straddling the continents of Asia, Europe and Africa, was inherently invincible.

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Outside Paris, the banner of the Bonaparte dynasty has begun to fly, and Napoleon IV is now on the front line to boost morale.

It's not easy, as the monarch of France, the biggest enemy is always - revolution.

From Louis XVI who was guillotined to Louis-Philippe, who fled in a hurry, two dynasties fell in the revolution.

Frankly, after the outbreak of the Paris Revolution, Napoleon IV was also confused.

If it weren't for his unyielding character, he would have been persuaded by the queen to escape from the whirlpool of France. Because he was unwilling, he chose to stay, and he had today's counterattack.

From this point of view alone, he is more than a step ahead of Louis-Philippe.

If Louis Philippe I had not been in a hurry to run abroad, but had organized an army to suppress the rebellion, the Orleans dynasty would not have been so easily overthrown.

Theoretically, any rebellion in France could be extinguished as long as the army remained loyal to the king.

The enthusiasm of the French popular revolution was high, but this enthusiasm "came and went faster". But whenever they found that the revolution had harmed their own interests, they abandoned the revolution one after another.

This revolution is a case in point, as Napoleon IV had pardoned more than five-figure revolutionaries along the way.

The tide of revolution quickly turned to a low ebb because the people found that the revolution did not bring them benefits.

The people of Paris felt the deepest feeling, affected by the economic crisis, everyone's living standards fell sharply, and even some people could not even fill their stomachs, so they rose up and made a revolution.

After the success of the revolution, everyone suddenly found that the standard of living had not improved except for the removal of the emperor, and the quality of life of most people had declined.

The nascent revolutionary government had no experience in governing and often made many contradictions and contradictions, which made everyone miserable.

This is nothing, what really led to the defeat of the revolution was that the revolutionaries did not fight out in the first place and spread the flame of revolution, but rushed to form a government, fight for power and profit, and missed the best opportunity.

Of course, the revolutionary government cannot be blamed for this, it is completely misled by the successful experience of its predecessors.

The First Republic and the Second Republic all responded to the success of the Paris Revolution in droves throughout the country, and there was no need to fight all the way through.

This erroneous perception makes everyone ignore that the Bonaparte dynasty was different from the previous two angry dynasties, and that the people were supported by the peasant class, and they were not without local roots.

Thanks to a series of policies formulated by Napoleon III in those years, most French workers had a good impression of the emperor.

Revolutions broke out in many places because of unemployment, inflation, and soaring prices, and everyone lost their income and had no way to fill their stomachs, not for the sake of revolutionizing the emperor's life.

Napoleon IV was able to fight so quickly on the outskirts of Paris, not because he was militarily awesome, but mainly because he had the money to help the unemployed, but the revolutionary government did not.

The roar of artillery fire rang out, and the offensive and defensive battle of Paris officially began. Napoleon IV looked at the battlefield with a telescope and saw only puffs of smoke rising from his eyes.

The chief of the guard hurriedly persuaded: "Your Majesty, it is dangerous here, let's go into the defensive artillery hole!" ”

Napoleon IV waved his hand and said, "Don't worry, Gelman." It was five or six kilometers from the battlefield, and it was not so easy for enemy shells to hit it. ”

Gelman himself was very opposed to the emperor coming to the front, and he was even more anxious when he saw this scene. In case the emperor bumps into it, his sin will be great.

After hesitating for a moment, Gelman turned his heart on the side and dragged Napoleon IV directly......