Chapter 1019: The Bourbon Restoration
Chapter 999 – Bourbon Restoration
Before the Spanish government made a decision, the French civil war came to an end first. No matter how hard the new government in Paris tried, there was no way to turn out food.
The biggest thing in the world was to fill up the stomach. The general public did not care about the general situation of the revolutionary government, who cared about tomorrow if they could not fill their stomachs today?
Now there are only three ways in front of us: firstly, to accept the rule of the new government honestly and be starved to death; secondly, to rush out to find a way to survive, and if we are lucky, we may be able to avoid the landmine array perfectly; thirdly, to rebel and take back the food from the hands of the revolutionary government.
Those who chose the first way had already been starved to death, and even if they hadn’t been starved to death, they were only half alive; those who chose the second way were either blown up or retreated back, and the number of those who escaped with their lives wasn’t much more than that of the European bison.
(Note: The European bison became extinct in 1627.)
To survive, more and more Parisians joined the uprising. The new government of Paris was already exhausted, more and more urban areas were occupied by the insurgents, and the situation had reached the most critical moment.
Danièle had long lost the spirit of the past, this round of social beatings came too brutally, quashed all his illusions.
The intellectuals, the students, the mouth-breathers, who had supported the new government, have now changed their faces. How supportive they were before, how hostile they are now, as if the situation is out of control because of their incompetence.
Putting it this way, it seems to be somewhat reasonable. Judging from the results alone, the new government’s performance was indeed not good. But to say that they are incompetent would be an injustice.
If the only enemy was the royalist party, the new government led by Daniele would have killed the whole country by now.
Unfortunately, the enemy they faced was the whole European society. The radicals’ revolutionary ideas were not only opposed by the aristocracy, but also by the bourgeoisie.
Even the bourgeoisie was hostile to the radicals. The common people, who should have been their biggest supporters, stood against them because of the problem of their stomachs. As far as the eye could see, the whole world was their enemy.
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The roaring guns were getting closer and closer, and with every sound Paris was crying. Seeing the enemy approaching, the captain of the guard dutifully warned, “Mr. Danielle, the first division has collapsed, the enemy is coming this way, get out of there!”
Obviously, this wasn’t the first time he urged Daniele to run away. It was only that Daniele had a strong will and had held on until now.
“Leave, where do you think I can go if I leave now?”
“Instead of hiding in a corner and ending up being caught by the enemy, it’s better to wait for them here. Even Robert didn’t run, am I even worse than a traitor?”
Politicians weren’t good at being politicians, once you got too deep into the drama you couldn’t get out. The current Daniele was a manifestation of being too deep into the drama, firmly believing that the unlucky Robert was a traitor, while he himself was a great hero who saved the people from the fire.
Or perhaps he is intentionally paralyzing himself, not letting himself wake up, in order to escape the cruel reality.
After all, the situation was now clear, and whoever came to power would not let him, the former leader, off the hook. Who made him break the rules of the game himself first?
Not only would he, the boss, not be able to escape, but the little brothers behind him would likewise have a hard time escaping the reckoning. However, people have the heart of a fluke, Daniele’s unwillingness to run away doesn’t mean that his subordinates won’t run away as well.
Even if you can’t get out of the city, Paris is so big that you can just find a small corner and drill into it. In this era of military chaos, it is not easy to find a person out of the corner.
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The fact that he didn’t attack the city doesn’t mean that Carlos doesn’t care about the development of the situation inside the city. In order to control the information at the first time, Carlos has to send out airships to scout every day.
The details could not be understood, but the general situation within the city, Carlos still knew everything. Once the new revolutionary government is finished, he will have to take over this mess in Paris if he wants to, if he doesn’t want to, or if he has to.
If possible, he would rather take over a little later. Even if this will lead to the prolongation of his succession time, Carlos is also on the contrary.
There is no way, one day earlier to take over will have to one day earlier to bear the heavy responsibility of relief of the people, restore the economy. It wasn’t that Carlos liked to evade his responsibilities, but the problem was that the mess was too big, and taking over at once would probably crush his shoulders.
If you don’t have enough food, you can buy it. Vienna’s control of food export is only for the revolutionary government, and the Bourbon dynasty is not within the scope of the restriction, the only problem is that you don’t have money in your pocket.
Times were changing and the cost of restoration was rising. Even with the support of the aristocracy, Carlos’s pockets were empty after building up the restoration army and resettling large numbers of refugees.
“Borrowing money” was undoubtedly another headache. France’s enormous debt had scared off all the international banks.
In order to raise money, Carlos went on a selling spree.
Overseas assets invested by the Bonaparte dynasty – sell; a series of infrastructure including port terminals, roads, bridges, parks – sell; state-owned banks, industrial and mining enterprises – sell; Seized and confiscated chaotic party properties – sell ……
In short, but there is no industry that can be realized that cannot be sold. Guess Carlos wouldn’t mind selling even Versailles if someone offered money.
The most regrettable thing is that now the situation in France is collapsing, the original value of the industry, now can only be sold at a floor price.
Floor price must also be sold, who let them lack of money? All in all, in recent times, Carlos has done one thing: raise money – to buy food.
Inside the command headquarters of the Restoration Coalition, Lieutenant General Felix reminded, ”Your Highness, the sound of gunfire inside the city has diminished, and it seems that the battle is almost over.
The time to take Paris is almost upon us, and now we need to organize our men to demining the city and clearing a path that can be used by the army.”
When laying mines, how much fun was had; when demining was done, how much suffering was done. No one knew that civil unrest would break out in Paris, and the mines were buried as tightly as possible to prevent the enemy from rushing out.
There were three layers inside and three layers outside, densely packed with mines. Even the soldiers responsible for burying the mines were now unable to accurately remember where they had buried them.
The mine siege method proved to be very effective indeed, and the defenders in the city were blown up and cried out on many occasions.
The demining was troublesome; it was a high-risk job, and a bad operation could send one’s self into the sky.
“Organize manpower to slowly excavate it, this kind of thing can’t be done fast enough. The food in the city should be able to last for some days, we still have time, if necessary, we can organize airships to drop food into the city.”
All of them were grandiose and bad ideas, but Carlos said them without changing his face.
Taking his time to excavate looked like he was responsible for the personal safety of the soldiers who were demining the city, but in reality, he wanted to receive the mess a little later.
Originally, the food in the city of Paris, indeed can still hold out for a period of time, but after this wave of civil war, can still hold out for a few days is an unknown.
Not to mention that the human heart is complex, even if there is food in the city, it is impossible to fairly distribute it to everyone. The end result would be that those in power would continue to feast while the general public would continue to starve.
Airdrops of food were even more bullshit, just the few old and broken airships in their hands, at most a dozen or so tons of food would be dropped into the city every day. It seems like a lot, but in reality it is a drop in the bucket.
If you don’t suffer from scarcity, you can only rob the city if you don’t have enough food. In a sense, dropping food into the city was not solving problems, but rather intensifying conflicts.
Knowing that it was a bad idea, Carlos had to adopt it because he had no better choice now.
As a reserve king, there was always something to be done when the people were in dire straits. Even if the aftermath of these measures were severe, the starting point was always good.
Throughout history, there have been too many bad deeds that were forgiven as long as they were coupled with “good intentions”, while those who really did good deeds often faced accusations of having impure motives.
Carlos was not lacking in political skill to stand out from the crowd of candidates. If he was really a waste, even if the nobles were willing to accept a useless puppet, the Bourbon dynasty would not be able to let him come out to disgrace themselves.
The situation in France is so chaotic, no matter who goes up, the tactics are not tough enough to stand firm.
Look at the problem from another perspective, the more chaotic the situation in Paris is now, the greater the casualties caused, the smaller the hidden dangers to be faced after the future reception.
When this chaos is over, it is estimated that for a long time to come, the people of Paris will be on the Revolutionary Party.
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The wheel of history rolls forward and cannot be stopped by the will of individuals.On December 7, 1893, the radical revolutionary regime led by Danielle was destroyed in the sea of popular war.
On December 10th, the Bourbon restoration group led by Carlos formally entered Paris. 12, Carlos was crowned king in the dilapidated Palace of Versailles, and from then on the Bourbon era began again in France.
The restoration was successful, looking at the Versailles Palace in a state of disarray, recapturing the Bourbon kingdom of Carlos is not happy at all.
Bitter years have just begun, not only the Palace of Versailles, the whole of France is in ruins. Resettlement of refugees, economic recovery and debt repayment became the three big mountains on Carlos’ head.
(End of chapter)