Chapter 767 Abolish the National Guard

Mid-June 1855.

It has been more than a month since the signing of the Paris Peace Conference. During this more than a month, many things have happened in Europe, three of which are closely related to France, one is from abroad, and the remaining two are from China.

The first thing came from the Austrian Empire. In mid-May, Emperor Franz Joseph of the Austrian Empire officially announced that they were awarded to his younger brothers Maximilian and Karl Ludwig, Galicia-Cracow. The Archduke and the Archduke of Lodomeria, which means that Austrian Poland and Russian Poland were officially merged together, and Maximilian, the Archduke of Warsaw, was appointed.

At the same time, Grand Duke Maximilian also announced that he would be crowned in Galicia-Cracow and Warsaw. When he went to Warsaw to be crowned, the Warsaw Grand Duchy would also be officially renamed the Kingdom of Poland. .

(The full name is actually the United Kingdom of Poland (Canada), which Prince Metternich gave to Grand Duke Maximilian to govern Poland. Only by provoking conflicts between Galician nobles and Warsaw nobles, Grand Duke Maximilian can truly Sit firmly on the Diaoyutai.)

Once the news came out, the Kingdom of Prussia protested again. They said that this behavior of the Austrian Empire was a serious threat to the peace of Europe, and that the destroyed Europe finally brought about unity.

Therefore, the Kingdom of Prussia advised the Austrian Empire to recognize the situation as soon as possible and give up this operation that destroys peace in Europe.

In the face of the protests from the Kingdom of Prussia, Count Bauer, the foreign minister of the Austrian Empire, was about to say “what are you doing to me”.

The Austrian Empire claimed that the territorial grant this time was a matter of two monarchs, Emperor Franz Joseph and Grand Duke Maximilian. As an outsider country, the Kingdom of Prussia was not qualified to comment on this matter.

If the Kingdom of Prussia is not satisfied, then the Austrian Empire can only express regret.

On the night that the Austrian Empire’s manuscript was sent out, the Principality of Posen under the Kingdom of Prussia sent representatives to protest to the Kingdom of Prussia. They demanded that the Kingdom of Prussia give fair treatment to the Polish nation under their rule.

The Berlin government, which was worried about the influence of international public opinion at first, pretended to agree to the representatives of the Duchy of Posen (Bismarck, who was a diplomat in Frankfurt at the time, maintained an objection to this. He believed that once the Kingdom of Prussia opened this hole, they used a bayonet to implement it in 1851. The dictatorship will be at risk of being shaken. The only way to do this is to resolutely reject any conditions of the Principality of Posen, and at the same time send soldiers to the Principality of Posen to suppress the rebels, and use the blood of the rebels to deter the domestic opposition forces. Now others are mild-mannered, and the Princess Regent hates him, which makes Bismarck’s opinion not taken seriously by the Regent at all.) In order to make himself a “friend of the nation”, Prince Regent Wilhelm even personally met Bo The representative of public opinion in the Principality of Mori.

As a result, the public opinion representatives of the Principality of Posen put forward the following opinions: 1. Cancel the status of German as the official language of the Principality of Posen, and restore the Polish language courses in the Principality of Posen.

2. Prussia should end the dictatorship as soon as possible and restore the bicameral system.

3. Censorship of books and periodicals in the Kingdom of Prussia is abolished.

4. Restoration of the National Guard system abolished in 1851.

From the above points alone, it can be seen that the Duchy of Posen came prepared. Except for the first point that only affects the Duchy of Posen, the remaining three points are all against the existing autocratic system of the Kingdom of Prussia.

In this way, the forces of the Principality of Posen are united with other forces of the Kingdom of Prussia. Although this alliance is only temporary, the Duchy of Posen can use this force to remain invincible.

Originally fantasized about being able to settle the Prince Regent William of the Principality of Posen at a very small price, after hearing the opinions of the representative of the Principality of Posen, he immediately ended the “farce” with a straight face.

That afternoon, the far-right and royalist newspapers in the Kingdom of Prussia angrily denounced the representatives of public opinion in the Principality of Posen for being “unreasonable.”

As soon as this statement came out, it immediately caused a joint siege of the center-right, center-left and republican newspapers.

A scolding battle that lasted for five days officially began. The newspapers on both sides came and went. From the metaphor at the beginning to the outspoken scolding at the end, the public opinion circle in the entire Berlin area was turned upside down because of the issue of the public opinion of the citizen of Posen.

The regent William had no choice but to order his minister Mandoffel to resolve the matter. Who knew that Mandoffel would also be useless.

Regent William had to obey Ron’s order and sent soldiers to forcibly close the newspapers in the Berlin area.

This long-standing scolding has just subsided, but everyone knows that if the source of this scolding incident is not completely resolved, this matter will never end.

Since the Kingdom of Prussia has used the power of the army to quell the dispute, William the Regent simply tore his face and directly solved the source of the problem.

As a result, nearly 50,000 Prussian soldiers were stationed in the Duchy of Posen under the order of Regent William, and the entire Duchy of Posen had been completely militarized.

The farce finally subsided, but the Kingdom of Prussia completely lost its face because of this uproar.

Dr. Ma, who was far away in London, specially wrote an argument for the behavior of the regent William, and the Austrian Empire and the Grand Duchy of Warsaw even published a painting in the newspaper, which showed a broken house and a pig-headed man. The pig-headed man stood proudly beside the broken house, while a flag was planted above the house, and on the flag was a fat rooster.

Anyone with a little political vision knows that this painting is a mockery of William the Regent.

The Kingdom of Prussia, who had tossed back and forth for a long time, was also in no mood to debate with the Grand Duchy of Warsaw and the Austrian Empire. Anyway, the entire Duchy of Posen was still in their hands.

The problem of the Kingdom of Poland is as if they did not see it.

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The second thing came from the French General Staff. In late May, Niel (turned to be a regular), the then Chief of the French General Staff, and Marshal Perlisier, the elder of the Senate of the French Empire, jointly submitted to Jérôme Bonaparte. The plan for the second military reform.

This version of the plan is mainly to improve the various problems exposed by the French Empire during the Crimean War, and at the same time to repair the existing military service problems of the French Empire.

When Jerome Bonaparte read the report that Niel gave him, he immediately ordered Morcar to call Niel from the War Department.

“Your Majesty!” Niel, who entered the study, bowed to Jerome Bonaparte and said.

“Sit down! Nierre!” Jerome Bonaparte stretched out his hand to invite him to sit on the sofa, and said while holding the documents that Nierre gave him: “I read all the documents you gave me. There are still some questions, and I want to ask your teacher for advice!”

“Your Majesty, you’re welcome!” Niel humbly said to Jerome Bonaparte.

Afterwards, Jerome Bonaparte opened Nier’s plan and inquired about the sentence “plus the formulation and decision-making power of the staff at all levels” in Nier’s plan: “In the last military reform, we It’s not that the power of the staff at all levels has been strengthened! Why does it need to be strengthened this time!”

“Your Majesty!” Nierre said to Jerome Bonaparte with a serious expression, “although last time we have nominally strengthened the power of the staff at all levels, but in fact the staff at all levels are still as dependent as before. On the decision of the army leader!

And the commanders of the armies, divisions, and brigades also secretly resisted the staff!

That’s why I put forward the right to strengthen the staff at all levels again in this military reform! ”

“How are you going to establish the authority of the staff at all levels!” Jerome Bonaparte asked Niel again.

Niel proposed a plan to kill chickens and monkeys. He wanted to use the “blood” of several thorny soldiers to establish his authority.

When Jerome Bonaparte asked Niel if he had a goal, Niel told him his goal.

“Can you think about it again?” Jerome Bonaparte asked politely.

Because some of the lists that Niel handed him were generals who had supported Jerome Bonaparte to seize power.

If they rashly say that they are dismissed, it is likely to give people a feeling of slaughtering a donkey.

“Your Majesty, we must do this!” Nierre said decisively to Jerome Bonaparte, UU reading www.uukanshu. com “Only in this way can the majesty of the staff be truly established!”

Jerome Bonaparte lowered his head and pondered for a while, then raised his head again and said to Niel, “Talk to Minister Montauban about this!”

“Without your permission, it would be difficult for Minister Montauban to act!” Niel once again said to Jerome Bonaparte.

“This slicker!” Jerome Bonaparte laughed and scolded, “You tell Montauban on my behalf, after he finishes this matter, he will be transferred to North Africa to serve as the governor of Algiers!”

“Yes, Your Majesty!” Nierre replied to Jerome Bonaparte.

The Governor of Algiers is only nominally lower than the Minister of War, and he is a little more powerful than the Minister of War.

After all, the Governor of Algeria does not need to be bound by Jerome Bonaparte all the time.

It can be said that he is the emperor of the entire North African region.

“That’s right! Neil, I will only agree to your terms if I trust you! I hope you will not betray my trust!” Jerome Bonaparte said lightly.

Niel immediately told Jerome Bonaparte that if the staff at all levels did not establish authority this time, he would be willing to be dismissed by Jerome Bonaparte.

“That’s good!” Jerome Bonaparte nodded, then turned a few pages and pointed to “Abolition of the National Guard” in Nier’s plan, and asked solemnly, “Nierre , do you know what the consequences of abolishing the National Guard might be!”

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