Chapter 486: Caught and Caught in the Dilemma

  Chapter 475: Caught in and out

Inside the general headquarters of the Mexican French army, Lieutenant General Skidell was looking at the map in a daze. In recent times, the rebels were like taking stimulants, and all of a sudden became active again.

The more than 20,000 French troops stationed in Mexico had suppressed more than a dozen rebellions in the recent month. However nothing worked, after suppressing a rebellion in one area, another one popped up.

It’s like phylloxera, one crop is cut and another one comes back. It can always be recovered without uprooting it. The Mexican rebels kept on being suppressed, and Lt. Gen. Skidell was considering why.

Ultimately he attributed the culprits to two things: the reforms of Massimiliano I and the intervention of foreign powers.

Deep down, he had cursed that predecessor who had signed the treaty with Massimiliano I.

There was a contractor for the extermination of the rebels? Well, he admitted that the conditions offered by Massimiliano I were indeed very generous, but even the best conditions could not hold up to the rebels coming out of the woodwork!

His predecessor, who had watched the signing of the treaty and gained a great deal of credit for the interests of France, had now been transferred back to his homeland to enjoy the blessings, and the trouble was all left to him, his successor.

For the sake of the reputation of France, the treaty must still be honored. The Great French Empire has just been established, this time to abandon Mexico is too demoralizing, political first can not afford.

Abandonment of Massimiliano I is easy, once this step is taken, the future again want to find a partner will be difficult.

The original time and space Napoleon III gave up Mexico, it makes a lot of little brother chilling, Franco-Prussian War period was isolated, there are also reasons for this.

Now the situation in France is much better, despite the strategic contraction, but the great French empire looks not to be messed with, the external deterrence is much stronger than the original.

When the Americans get into things, they are hiding themselves as much as possible and have never supported the rebels in the open.

International forces intervened, and Lt. Gen. Skidell was powerless to do anything about it. France, which was undergoing a strategic contraction, was not in a position to seek the bad luck of the Americans at this time.

This account can only be written down first, and then find an opportunity to settle the score.

Without hesitating for a long time, Lt. General Skidell decided to showdown with Massimiliano I. He was not able to do so. Tossed again, even if France can withstand, he this Mexican Governor can not stand.

Reform right or wrong, has nothing to do, the key is that France now needs a stable Mexico.

Taking advantage of the chaos to continue to expand the interests of Lieutenant General Skidell, in the view of the bag is not as good as the peace. Mexico’s most valuable industries, basically fell into their hands, and then tossed down the line is not worth it.

In the royal palace, Massimiliano I was still busy dealing with political affairs, which was his daily routine. Compared to most emperors, he was called a model of diligent government.

The white hair on his head and the wrinkles on his forehead were all proof. In just a few short years of Emperor’s career, Massimiliano I was as if he had aged twenty years.

Looking at Lieutenant General Skidell’s ultimatum, Massimiliano I inwardly and collapsed, this moment to understand what politics.

It has nothing to do with right or wrong, only look at the interests.

In the long run, Massimiliano I’s reforms in Mexico, obviously positive.

It has no value, and those whose interests were harmed by the reforms can’t see that. Even if they see it clearly, they still rebel for their own benefit.

Now the French are on his side as well, simply because France needs a stable Mexico, and Massimiliano I’s reforms are a source of instability in this country.

Let’s put it this way, as soon as he stops the social reforms and introduces a few decrees to defend the interests of the conservatives, eighty percent of the rebels in Mexico will immediately disappear.

Massimiliano I glared at Lieutenant General Skidell and said solemnly, “General, please be careful with your status, now you are overstepping your authority.”

To the French, Massimiliano I likewise had no favorites. In his opinion, it was the monster that had attached itself to Mexico to suck its nourishment.

If it wasn’t for the fact that there was no way out and he still needed the support of the French, both sides would have flipped long ago.

Disliking each other was how they got along. The French didn’t take him seriously as an emperor either, and never gave Massimiliano I face in private, except for the obligatory courtesies in public.

Lieutenant General Skidell pinpointed, “Your Majesty, I am aware of that. But what you’re doing is really unconvincing. Stop fooling around will you, the Mexican people just can’t stand a rowdy emperor.”

In two words, the reforms of Massimiliano I were completely rejected, and directly defined as “fooling around”.

Angry Massimiliano I rage, he is also a top second generation, since childhood, who has given him such a gas suffer.

Since the emperor of Mexico, the situation has changed, he has a special status no longer exists.

Not only the French give him anger to suffer, European ministers also often give him trouble. Weak countries have no dignity, this is the reality of this era.

Obviously, he became the emperor, but his status was not as high as when he was the Archduke of Austria.

At least back then, no one dared to come to him to tell him what to do, and he could do what he wanted to do, without having to be angry here.

After a few years of honing his skills, Massimiliano I had grown up. If he were to put aside a few years ago, he would most likely be furious and draw his gun, and have a nobleman’s duel, but now he can suppress his anger and continue to talk.

“This is an internal affair of Mexico, and has nothing to do with your country. And Lt. General Skidell, don’t forget you’re a soldier, politics is not your concern.”

The faint threat was just about the only thing Massimiliano I could do. Soldiers interfering in politics, word of that could cause an uproar in France.

There was no way around it, the French public just loved a good time. Napoleon III, who came to power by the army, also prohibited military interference in politics.

Lieutenant General Skidell very calmly said: “This is Mexico, and this is only my personal advice, but also does not constitute interference in the politics of France.

Your Majesty, feel free to listen or not. But all the consequences that come from this will have to be borne by you, and I’m just informing you.

From now on, every time our army goes out your country must pay the opening fee first, otherwise we can refuse to accept the mission of counter-insurgency.”

After saying that, Lieutenant General Skidell left without looking back. Obviously, this conversation ended unhappily.

Lt. General Skidell tried to use the suppression of the rebellion as a blackmail to force Massimiliano I to compromise and stop the social reforms to ease the relationship with the conservatives.

The sound of something falling resounded, Massimiliano I was irritated. The emperor’s dignity was gone. Compromise did not come without a price.

Once concessions were made, the emperor became a rubber stamp. The already fragile reformers would also go up in smoke because of the failure of the reforms, and the emperor would become a true loner.

Massimiliano I is now really in a dilemma, make any choice, will not have any good results.

Holding back, looking for an opportunity to rise again, in the dictionary of a middle-aged teenager, none of these words exist.

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Vienna, this time Franz did not write back to Massimiliano I. Thinking differently, in Massimiliano I’s position, he didn’t know what to do.

Was it all the fault of the Reformation that it had come to this point? I’m afraid that’s not quite true, the French colonial plunder, but also exacerbate the social conflicts in Mexico is one of the reasons.

Do not look at the French government in Mexico lost money, but the French capitalists have earned, these profits come is not so simple, many are stained with blood.

If, at the outset, Massimiliano I drew in the conservatives and carried out limited social reforms to alleviate social conflicts, then there is still a silver lining.

Now the time was late, and before the reformers could grow, the rebels grew first. Utilizing the power of the French to suppress the rebels was only treating the symptoms but not the root cause.

Restricted by financial resources, Massimiliano I did not build an army loyal only to himself, and at this critical moment, he could not even overturn the table if he wanted to.

A step back is not necessarily a wide open sea, but more likely a 10,000-foot cliff. After the failure of the reforms, Massimiliano I was doomed to be completely hollowed out, never to come to power again.

With Mexico under the rule of the conservatives and subject to colonization and plunder by the French, it was clear that such an empire would not last long.

The empire is finished, the rubber stamp emperor also do not want to have a good time. If it is not high enough origin, afraid to cause the Habsburg dynasty to hold accountable, it is not likely that now there are people to send Massimiliano I to see God.

History because of the reform of the death of the monarch can be not a few, the interest group backlash, is never full of blood.

A multiple choice question with no right answer is the same no matter what you choose. The best thing to do in Franz is to die a friend of the road, directly pass the throne to the Crown Prince and abdicate back to Europe and forget about it.

Anyway, it is not his own son, there is not much affection, the pit is also the pit.

For the conservatives, the establishment of a young emperor as a rubber stamp, how is also better than an adult emperor to control, we all get what we want.

This answer, do not need Franz mention, Massimiliano I himself thought of it. At this time, the only one who could make the right choice was Massimiliano I himself.

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(End of chapter)