18th century total war

Chapter 241 Freedom Alliance
"Campbell is dead, can anyone find out who did it?

Now the entire southeast of France is spreading the words that I am behind the scenes. This must be the work of the Anti-French Alliance. No matter how you look at it, the Anti-French Alliance hopes that France will be divided again. Those French fools don’t understand politics at all, so we Evidence needed! "

Li Wei threw a local newspaper in a big city in southeastern France on the table, and looked at Manid, the director of the General Intelligence Bureau under his command who was in charge of intelligence work.

"Your Excellency Chief Executive, we took over the Orleans region from the former Governor-General, and we have not yet developed a mature intelligence informant there. Please forgive my subordinates for their incompetence and failure to find the mastermind behind the scenes.

The masterminds behind the scenes were espionage veterans. In order not to leave any traces, they eliminated all the killers at the murder scene, and the clues were cut off...

But according to my guess.

On the land of France, the British have the highest level of espionage activity, which is inseparable from the grievances accumulated in the Hundred Years War between Britain and France. Since the end of the Hundred Years War between Britain and France, the British government has been not very friendly to France. No less spies were sent to the French mainland.

There are even British spies who have been operating for hundreds of years and have been passed down from generation to generation in France. The background accumulated over this time is very terrifying, and it is difficult for me to investigate clearly in a short time..."

After hearing Manid's words, Levi could understand his difficulty.

After all, the difficulty of catching spies in this era is much higher than that of Li Wei's previous life. The main reason is that the monitoring equipment is too backward. In this era, there are no cameras all over the streets, and there is no electronic network system that can be supervised. All investigations need to be done by manpower , can't all those spies have the mind of Sherlock Holmes...

Many spies have lived in the city for a long time, and some have guarantors to testify. Some British spies have even married and raised children in France. With the censorship methods of this era, no matter how you look at them, they are all legally French. citizen……

Not to mention that the French civil war resulted in the loss and damage of a large number of local government household registration documents. Up to now, the household registration management records on the French territory that the Li Wei government has successively acquired have not been completed.

As a matter of course, the detailed registration of household registration records is also an attempt by Li Wei to imitate a certain country in the world in his previous life.

In terms of controlling the people, Li Wei admired the system of a certain country in his previous life very much, and it really is that the Skynet is so meticulous!
Even if Li Wei can't reach the level of a certain country in the world in his previous life, learning a little bit of superficiality can be useful for a long time in the 18th century.

"If you can't find any evidence about the killer, let's find out who is contributing to the flames in the southeast of France. The two parties must be together. Wouldn't it be okay to follow the vine?"

"Chief Consul, I have sent five waves of investigators to different cities, but they were all expelled back by the local government in southeastern France.

The people behind the killing of Campbell were very well prepared. They were one step ahead of us in this incident. Now Campbell's old troops have left the border confronting the Kingdom of Sardinia. They are in major cities in southeastern France , openly boycott any personnel sent by Paris.

Without the cooperation of the local government, it is difficult to find the person behind the incident in the southeast of France based on the spying of the General Administration of Military Intelligence..."

"Hmph, planning to confront the central government so soon, Campbell trains good subordinates!
Could it be that they are preparing for a civil war? "

"Southeastern France is now preparing to form a local coalition government, and it seems that they want to unite against the chief executive.

Behind this, my people detected the shadow of the Anti-French Alliance.

And my people also inquired in the southeast of France that this time the coalition government intends to use the banner of Burgundy when necessary. "

“Burgundy?

What country is this? "

Li Wei, who had a bad history, was a little dazed in his eyes.

"Chief Consul, the Kingdom of Burgundy was originally a kingdom in the Holy Roman Empire, and was later annexed by France. It initially existed as a principality in France, and it was not until the last century that it was completely controlled by the central government of France.

Most of the territory of the Kingdom of Burgundy is located in the southeast of France today. At the peak of the Kingdom of Burgundy, it was stronger than France! "

"It seems that I overestimated the patriotic sentiment of the French people, and there are actually people who really want to divide France at this moment."

After hearing these words, the cabinet ministers present bowed their heads and said nothing, and couldn't help but cursed in their hearts: "Isn't Livy also a Frenchman?
Moreover, the local government in southeastern France resisted the central government so much, and it was forced by Li Wei's borrowed knife to kill..."

But soon, the cabinet ministers who raised this idea lowered their heads in shame, feeling that it was wrong for them to slander their most respected Lord Li Wei in their hearts...

Li Wei naturally didn't know the contradictory inner activities of the cabinet ministers present. Li Wei never regarded himself as a Frenchman from the beginning to the end, even though he now has a French face.

A person like Li Wei is just like the banana man in the 21st century in his previous life. He looks exactly like a Chinese on the outside, but he never thinks that he is a citizen of a big eastern country in his heart.
The reason is just different nationalities!

Li Wei's current personality is this type. He has never considered himself a Frenchman, so no matter how many Frenchmen die, he will not feel sad for even a second...

"Forget it, since you can't find any evidence, let's not look for it.

Anyway, the southeast of France poses no threat to us. It is also a good thing to force out the rebels in southeast France through Campbell's death.

The matter in the southeast of France has come to an end. As long as the southeast of France does not openly raise the flag to rebel, they will do whatever they like. After resolving the matter of the anti-French alliance, they will be the next target!
In our control area, the 'truth' that Campbell was assassinated by the anti-French coalition was widely publicized.

The Propaganda Department made up the story to make it easier for the French people to accept. The mastermind behind the scenes...

Since the British have the most spies in France, let's bring out the British as the masterminds behind the scenes.

Anyway, the British are our enemies, and the French people don't have a good impression of the British, and the black British will definitely be liked by many French citizens. "

"Your Excellency the Chief Executive is wise!"

The cabinet ministers present flattered in uneven voices.

Levi, who was holding back his big move, didn't care about the "clown behavior" in southeastern France, but the anti-French alliance saw the confrontation between southeastern France and the central power in Paris as an opportunity to split France again.

First, the major cities in southeastern France formed a loose alliance of freedoms, and then the alliance and the anti-French alliance unilaterally signed an armistice treaty.

Following this pattern, it seems natural that the Liberal Alliance and the Anti-French Alliance should wear the same pants. However, the Anti-French Alliance proposed that Louis XVIII, who had been protected by the Holy Roman Empire, return to Geneva and be restored to the throne there!
Restore the rule of the Kingdom of France!

The Anti-French Alliance used a large amount of munitions, food and other materials to buy off the Freedom Alliance formed in southeastern France, but it hit a wall here!

Two factions were clearly split in the Liberal League. One faction was called the revolutionary faction because it insisted on the political philosophy of the French Revolution of freedom, equality, and fraternity, and rejected the return and restoration of Louis XVIII.

The other faction was bought by the anti-French alliance and became a supporter of Louis XVIII, known as the conservatives.

Without Li Wei's action, the two major factions in the Liberty League had a fierce conflict over the question of whether to welcome Louis XVIII!
Even the former General Campbell's old department was split into revolutionaries and conservatives...

The Paris government's laissez-faire attitude towards southeastern France made the Liberal Alliance think that the Livy regime did not have the energy to manage the affairs of southeastern France, and the Liberal Alliance was free to attack its political opponents.

Seeing that the Liberal Alliance, which had finally united to fight against the central government in Paris, was about to fall apart due to the confrontation between the revolutionaries and conservatives, returning to the original political situation in which each city and province was self-defeating, the Anti-French Alliance stepped in to mediate. An internal meeting of the Liberal League was held in Geneva to decide whether Louis XVIII would be restored and returned through debate and voting.

The emergence of the Liberal League and the restoration of Louis XVIII, and even the independent establishment of the country and the restoration of Burgundy, were made public by the Propaganda Department of the Livy regime throughout the country. Suddenly, the appreciation of the French people for General Campbell’s behavior of defending the country was immediately recognized. Twist!

Those Campbell’s old departments who supported Louis XVIII were specially marked and written on the front page of the newspapers of the Paris central government. The reputation that Campbell maintained until his death was ruined by the Paris central government...

If General Campbell was really willing to give everything for the country, how could he cultivate a group of subordinate officers who tried to help Louis XVIII restore?
Very simple language logic has allowed the French people to form preconceived concepts. This is the horror of controlling public opinion!
No matter how good a person does, as long as the other party makes a mistake, public opinion can amplify and smear it from point to point, until finally completely changing people's good impression of this person.

This kind of human nature just confirms the proverb - as long as a good person does a bad thing, he will be reviled by people, and as long as a bad person does a good thing, he will be praised by people for reforming his evil ways!

The dead General Campbell personally confirmed this proverb. No matter how much General Campbell paid and achieved before, they were completely reversed in the public opinion offensive controlled by the Li Wei regime. French civilians and even intellectuals only saw Campbell All the old ministries wanted to be independent, to split France!
Even the revolutionaries among them want to establish an independent revolutionary government in southeastern France, not the Kingdom of Burgundy, but the Republic of Burgundy!

Not to mention conservatives...

Although there are people in southeastern France who do not want to split, these people are either ordinary people without a voice, or their number is too small and they are easily crushed by public opinion in the local society.

Of course, General Campbell is already a dead man, and a dead man is of no value to Li Wei, so Li Wei needs to ruin Campbell’s reputation. Righteousness!
At this time, in the conference hall in Geneva, no one cared that General Campbell's reputation had been reversed in France. Politics and power had made the once relatively pure Campbell's old generals lose their eyes.

"Even people like Li Wei recognized the achievements of the French Revolution, yet you still want to welcome the restoration of Louis XVIII's kingdom, this is simply perverse!

Most of you are from civilian backgrounds. Without the Great Revolution, would you be where you are today?
To be a human being, you must know how to be grateful. Look at what you look like now. Apart from money and desire for power, what do you have left? "

A revolutionary politician impassionedly criticized the conservatives standing opposite him in the conference hall.

Even if the anti-French coalition had a hand in it, it would not be able to change the people who respected the achievements of the Great Revolution in France at this time, naturally occupying the moral high ground.

Naturally, the revolutionaries have also become the first party to launch rhetorical attacks.

However, the conservatives will not show weakness. After all, they have received a lot of benefits, and they believe that without the help of the Anti-French Alliance, the Freedom Alliance cannot withstand the attack of the Li Wei regime.

The establishment of the Republic of Burgundy, which has disappeared for more than 100 years, is a joke!
"France came to glory under the rule of the Bourbon royal family. Louis XVI's incompetence does not mean that all members of the Bourbon royal family are incompetent. Louis XVIII's ability is much stronger than his brother.

What's more, how many troops do we have now?
How to resist Levi's Black Dragon Legion?
You know, the National Salvation Revolutionary Army of the previous Robespierre government, which numbered tens of 10 people, was defeated by less than [-]% of the Black Dragon Army!
Can the current Liberty League, even if the militia is counted, gather 10 people?

Without the help of the Anti-French Alliance, how can we fight against Levi's black dragon army? !

Not to mention, the recruit training camp in Paris is almost full now, and in less than a month, the French Defense Force adapted by Li Wei has initially taken shape. The French Defense Force uses his Black Dragon Legion as the backbone!

Li Wei took over all the military power of the French Republic in such a legitimate way, but the Assembly of the Republic ignored it like a blind man. Do you still expect the Assembly of the Republic in Paris to help you cooperate internally and externally?

Think carefully about what Li Wei did after becoming the Speaker of the Parliament of the Republic! "

Conservative politicians did not speak in the name of justice, but directly spoke out the bloody reality. Although their words did not sound good, every word hit the revolutionaries seven inches above!

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