On April 15, 1882, the same day as the International Conference, a number of French revolutionary organizations staged a joint uprising and elected Blanqui, a socialist, as its leader.

The rebels captured the police station, seized the arsenal of the city defense army, took control of the embassy district, and swept through most of Paris.

When the war reached Versailles, Napoleon IV fled Paris overnight with his palace guards, commanding the troops still loyal to the emperor to suppress the rebellion.

Receiving this news, Franz was directly stunned. When I woke up, my first reaction was: When did the revolutionary party become so powerful? Is the French government paper-paste?

No one has been able to answer this question. As in the previous Paris Revolution, as long as the first shot was successful, it could quickly sweep the whole city.

The revolutionary army occupied Paris, and the international conference became a joke.

During the day, they were still discussing how to curb the spread of revolutionary ideas, but at night they fell into the hands of the revolutionary party, and it is estimated that the delegates attending the meeting are now confused.

After experiencing strong winds and waves, Franz quickly recovered and asked with concern: "How many troops can Napoleon IV still control, and does he have the ability to suppress rebellions?" ”

"Not sure!" Foreign Secretary Wesenberg shook his head and gave a negative answer. Then he explained: "Except for the 1st Division, 2nd Division, 3rd Division, and 7th Division, these descendant troops can be determined to support the emperor, and the position of the other troops is unknown for the time being.

The Paris Revolution has just taken place, and everyone has not prepared in advance, and it is estimated that many people will wait and see the situation first, and will not take a stand for the time being.

Ignoring the armies that did not take a stand, the armies controlled by Napoleon IV still had the upper hand, and the Paris Revolution was able to succeed because the troops loyal to the emperor were not in Paris.

The 7th Division was suppressing the Lyon rebellion, the 1st and 2nd Divisions were suppressing the Italian independence movement, and the 3rd Division was stationed outside the city of Paris.

On the same day that the Paris Revolution broke out, a rebellion broke out in Gones on the outskirts, only five hours earlier, and the main forces of the 3rd Division were sent out to suppress it.

Most of the city defense troops left in Paris were composed of Parisian locals, and they themselves sympathized with the revolution, and the city defense army did not send troops to suppress it in time after the rebellion broke out, which was also an important reason for the expansion of the rebellion.

The success of the Paris Revolution was filled with too many coincidences, as if someone was behind it and deliberately created opportunities for the rebels.

It is said that the war reached Versailles and Napoleon IV received news of the rebellion.

The ability to mobilize the army and intercept information must have considerable strength in the government and the army.

The French Revolutionary Party had not yet been able to penetrate to this point, and it was mostly the restorationist forces of the Orleans and Bourbons that had the strength and motivation to do so. ”

Franz rubbed his forehead, walked to the window and looked into the distance, and now he had to sweat for Napoleon IV.

Outside, there are revolutionary parties that are wreaking havoc, and within the government there are former royal restoration forces that are pulling back, as well as consortium forces that may fall into the trap at any time.

In such a complex situation, it is not easy to sit on the throne. It can be said that this is the hottest throne in the world, and there is no one.

Prime Minister Felix: "It's not that serious, the revolutionary party is also full of contradictions, and there are at least ten influential groups controlling Paris.

There were also many royalist restorationist forces, and they reluctantly united when they reached an agreement on the overthrow of Bonaparte.

When it comes to the political system and the distribution of benefits, the original allies become enemies.

Perhaps under pressure from the government forces, they will not turn their backs for the time being, but they cannot be expected to cooperate closely.

Napoleon IV has now left Paris, and with the prestige of his father, Napoleon III, plus the gold dollar in his hands, it is not difficult to gain the support of the military.

If nothing happens, I think the Paris Revolution will be over in less than a month. ”

"Optimists vs pessimists", from Franz's personal standpoint, naturally hoped that Napoleon IV would be able to suppress the rebellion as soon as possible.

As for "manipulation in the shadows, let the revolutionary party and the government continue to kill, and disturb France." "Just think about it, it's not feasible at all.

This was dictated by the special situation of France, and the three royal families split the most powerful royalists, which led to the loss of the government's ability to fight for a long time.

In other words: as long as Napoleon IV did not suppress the rebellion in a short time, the Bonaparte dynasty would be doomed.

It doesn't matter which dynasty is the rule, Franz doesn't care which dynasty is in charge of France, but if the French regime falls into the hands of the revolutionaries, it will not work.

There is such a successful precedent that the revolutionary wave in Europe must not enter a new height, and when the time comes, it is too late to attack the Ottomans, and it is too late to put out the fire.

After a moment of contemplation, Franz decided: "It's better, but we're going to have to prepare for the worst."

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs communicated with Britain and Russia, presumably they did not want to see the situation in France get out of control, and if necessary, they could organize an intervention in the coalition. ”

"Europe is fundamental", Franz had always disagreed with it before this, and now he has to admit that this sentence is still very reasonable.

As a European country, whatever the strategic core is, it has to be affected by the situation in Europe.

On the face of it, civil strife broke out in France, and now Austria sending troops to unify the German regions was the best option.

However, so many politicians in the Vienna government did not raise this issue.

Obviously, it's not that simple. Now the German region is also surging, and the waves of revolution are coming one after another.

At this time, sending troops to unify the German region was equivalent to bringing a revolutionary wave into Austria, and for a long time to come, the Vienna government had to sort out the internal contradictions.

If you open the map, you can see that the strategic situation in Austria is not good at all, and it can be said that the enemy is looking around.

To the east is the greedy bear, to the west is the bullish France, to the south is the feuding Ottoman Empire, and if Germany is united, the Nordic Confederation and Britain will be faced to the north.

On the surface, it is seen that Lancey is in civil strife, the Russians are still licking their wounds, and Austria still has the ability to strike first and can solve the threat in advance.

However, France and Russia are both big powers, and they can't die at all at once, and if they don't die, they will recover one day. Under the trend of the power of hatred, everyone will also be caught in a long-term confrontation.

Politics is not simply a game of distinguishing between friend and foe, there is no eternal friend or foe between countries, and in the face of interests, the relationship between "friend and foe" may be reversed at any time.

If a country blindly wags war against its neighbors because of a potential threat, the day is not far off.

In addition to strategic needs, a big reason why the Vienna government chose the Ottoman Empire as a breakthrough was that they were relatively weak and could slap them to death and solve the problem once and for all.

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Tours, the ancient city, became the political center of France again after the Renaissance.

After fleeing Paris, Napoleon IV fled to Tours, which became the temporary office of the French Imperial Government.

Frankly speaking, the Bonaparte dynasty was quite popular. Napoleon was the pride of France, and Napoleon III was also a hero of France.

Although Napoleon IV did not have any great achievements, he also had no bad deeds, and the common people did not have much ill feelings towards him as emperor.

The endless rebellions in the country do not mean that everyone wants to rebel, and many of them are the fault of the capitalists.

In the midst of the economic crisis, they fell into the ground, hoarded and raised prices, forcing the people at the bottom to survive, and only then did they jump out and rebel.

In the many rebellions that took place in France, a large part of them were people who rushed up to grab food, and when they were done, they dispersed.

Revolutionary ideas are only found in small and medium-sized cities like Paris, and in Tours, the revolutionary enthusiasm of the people is not very high.

The best evidence of this is that Napoleon IV was warmly welcomed by the inhabitants of Tours. Of course, this has something to do with the fact that the news of the Paris Revolution did not come to a certain extent.

"Have the Fifth and Sixth Divisions set off?" Napoleon IV asked

The War Chancellor, Luskinia Hafez, replied: "The Fifth Division has been drawn yesterday morning, and the Sixth Division has also set out this morning, and in three days at most they will arrive in Paris to suppress the rebellion." ”

Hearing this, Napoleon IV breathed a sigh of relief. The fact that the army is willing to accept orders means that the situation has not yet reached the point where it cannot be managed.