18th century total war

Chapter 296 One Hundred Thousand Presidential Guards
[Congratulations to the host for successfully defeating the third anti-French alliance and gaining 100 glory points. 】

"Yes, the rewards this time are more than the previous ones!"

Levi was extremely happy listening to the pleasant reward notification sound.

Afterwards, Li Wei, who was in a good mood, rang the bell and called Annie, and now he wants to fight ten of them!

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After relaxing for a day and a night, Li Wei got up refreshed and went to the office hall of the Tuileries Palace, where he convened many important cabinet ministers to make a decision on the next strategic plan.

"The third anti-French alliance is the greatest victory of the French Empire since its establishment. All this is due to the wise leadership of His Majesty Li Wei. Without His Majesty Li Wei's strategizing..."

Li Weigao sat in the first place, quietly listening to the head of the Propaganda Department's praise of him, listening very seriously!
It’s not that Levi is a very narcissistic guy, because the manuscript read by the Propaganda Minister will be published in the French Empire and even all vassal countries!
After the victory of the war, the next step is naturally to build up public opinion for national celebrations. Li Wei's position is not right. How can he win the hearts of the people without relying on this method?
People's hearts are not something you can get by filling the common people with food!

Ordinary people who have enough to eat will not rebel at best.

Anyway, the cost of printing newspapers to promote public opinion is negligible compared to feeding the common people. This is a low-cost and low-cost way to attract public opinion. Naturally, the Li Wei government can make as high a profile as it wants!

Don't say that the face project is not good. If there is no face project, how can the image of the government be improved?

How much does the face project cost?
It is much better than the government giving everyone welfare benefits!
Nowadays, the French Empire and its vassal states shut down hundreds of newspaper offices every year, and this number has not decreased year by year!

There are always those guys whose brains have been spoiled by artistic cells, who like to scold Fang Qiu and evaluate Li Wei's government!

Therefore, in the local and vassal states controlled by the Li Wei government, there is never any need to worry about finding tabloids that make inappropriate remarks.

No matter how severe the punishment is, everyone in the newspaper office will be dragged into the labor office for labor reform, and this form of labor cannot be stopped. Friction is not a "writing method" invented and created by the society in Li Wei's previous life.

There are always those who are lucky, or who are aggrieved by the government, and want to criticize the regime with their pens to show how righteous they are...

In fact, it is just a ridiculous method of hitting an egg against a stone.

There are always people who don’t understand the principle that political power comes from the barrel of a gun.

After reading the manuscript praising Li Wei, the cabinet ministers present straightened up immediately. Although they were not neatly arranged, they raised their right arms at a 45-degree angle in a very solemn manner, and shouted wildly: "Your Majesty Li Wei! Long live! !"

Li Wei nodded slightly, ended the political show, and said slowly: "This time, the Austrian Empire and the Habsburg Dynasty can be destroyed, and the Lindenwan Brotherhood hosted by the Secret Service is indispensable.

The secret service department has never disclosed its identity. In order to conceal the existence of the Lindenwan Brotherhood, the chief of the secret service department, Senavi, has endured the humiliation in recent years.

Now there is no need for the Lindenwan Brotherhood to hide, and the Davari Mutual Aid Society of the Russian Empire has basically been cut off from the Secret Service. The Secret Service does not need to continue to conceal its existence.

And with the expansion of the empire, the activities of the young people in the local area have become more frequent.

The General Administration of Military Intelligence is mainly responsible for military intelligence and foreign spies, and it is impossible to cover everything.

I declare that from today on, the Secret Service will take the defense of the French Empire’s homeland as its own responsibility and exist as the secret police of the French Empire!
The Secret Service will have independent judicial power and will be responsible to me alone! "

After hearing this, Senawi, the chief of the Secret Service Division, stood up excitedly, raised his right arm and shouted loudly: "Thank you for your majesty's cultivation, and my subordinates are willing to do their best for your majesty until death!
His Majesty Li Wei!Long live! "

The surrounding cabinet ministers applauded and congratulated Senawi, including Manid, the director of the General Directorate of Military Intelligence, who had been assigned some powers.

Everyone has always supported Li Wei's order without reservation.

The emergence of the Secret Service as the secret police of the French Empire was just a prelude to this cabinet meeting. Soon, the crucial plan to occupy Vienna was put on the table.

How to obtain Vienna peacefully, and ensure that the Aileen government continues to rule the Republic of Austria?
"Your Majesty, after all, Vienna is the core city in the hearts of the Austrians, and it is also the capital of the Austrian royal family's territory. Once Elaine gives up, the Austrian Republic may fall into civil war.

Therefore, I propose that the hundreds of thousands of Austrian prisoners of war captured by us be trained into an army and handed over to the Allen government as a condition for exchanging the Vienna area.

In this way, we have both legitimate reasons and can give the Elaine government a strong and loyal army to suppress the rebels within the Austrian Republic.

At that time, the Republic of Austria will become a staunch ally of the French Empire!

Even Eileen's abolition of the Parliament of the Austrian Republic is not out of the question. "

Li Wei nodded slightly. With 100 Glory Points this time, he could just train 10 troops. The number of Austrian prisoners of war was more than enough, and they could even be carefully selected.

With the support of an elite army of [-] brainwashed and trained people, no matter how many opponents there are in the Austrian Republic, Aileen can easily suppress them. After all, Aileen has a great reputation!

After the cabinet ministers saw Li Wei's nod, the Director of Military Intelligence, Manid, immediately stood up and reported: "Your Majesty, after the armistice, both the Kingdom of Prussia and the Russian Empire have carried out demobilization of their armies, and the troops raised during the Third Anti-French War have been demobilized. Most of the soldiers are organized into reserves and local militia.

These two countries will not wage war again in a short time.

Among them, the Russian Empire drew its troops originally deployed on the front lines of Central Europe back to the Caucasus, preparing to join the offensive against the Ottoman Empire.

Now is the best time for us to get Vienna. "

"What are the British doing?"

"Reporting to your Majesty, the London government is dispatching troops to the Indian subcontinent. The London government seems to have shifted its strategic focus to the East and given up its actions against us on the European continent."

"Is the restoration of Carlos IV of the Kingdom of Spain going well?"

"Reporting to Your Majesty, after Carlos IV was restored with our support, he immediately gathered a group of royalist nobles to support him, and Carlos IV forcibly banned the cabinet government and reorganized the cabinet government loyal to himself.

It is estimated that there is a war of words with the Madrid Noble Council now. "

"Very well, the European Continental War has just ended, and none of these threatening countries have the energy to start a new war.

Send someone to negotiate with Elaine himself. After the training of the [-] Austrian prisoners of war is over, they will be handed over to Aligne's commander first, and then the Vienna area will be handed over, so that Elaine will be able to suppress and deter the opposition of the Austrian Republic.

If the plan to hand over the Vienna area is successful, let the Elaine government go to the Republic of Hungary and the Republic of Transylvania to form a military alliance and prepare to take back the Balkans from the Ottoman Empire!
The Ottoman Empire is being violently beaten by the Russian Empire at this time, and we naturally want to cut off a piece of territory from the Ottoman Empire.

It was enough for the Ottoman Empire to control West Asia and North Africa, and they spit out all the territory in Europe. "

Li Wei mercilessly regarded his former ally as his next hunting target.

Since the end of the Munich Peace Conference, the relationship between the Ottoman Empire and the French Empire has dropped to a historical freezing point. The top leaders of the Ottoman Empire regard the Li Wei government as a shameless betrayer!
It can be said that the current Istanbul government hates the French Empire no less than it hates the Russian Empire.

Since ancient times, the anti-bone boy is the most resentful.

"Your Majesty, Pius VII has been extradited by the Elaine government. How should we deal with this Catholic leader launched by the Anti-French Alliance?"

Pius VII has been taking refuge in Vienna. After the successful revolution of the Allen government, the fate of Pius VII is naturally in the hands of Allen.

After the Munich Peace Conference ended, no one cared about Pius VII.

To put it bluntly, this is no longer the Middle Ages. After the establishment of the Kingdom of Italy and the fall of the Papal States, the influence of Catholicism has been declining year by year...

However, as the Pope of the Catholic Church, it is good to add icing on the cake.

"It is considered a talent for Pius VII to be selected by the Anti-French League, let him come to Paris to meet me.

Pius VI worked hard for the cause of the empire, and because he was old, he might not last long. Let Pius VII become the next Pope and Director of the Department of Faith as a matter of course.

The two popes have both spoken out for our French Empire, and I will see who dares to expel me then! "

Li Wei smiled.

Excommunication is a very humiliating method with little harm. Even if it has little impact on Li Wei's power, it is still disgusting.

After all, the religious atmosphere in Europe is very strong.

Being excommunicated is almost like pointing at the other person's nose and cursing the other person's extremely bad character in the eyes of the parishioners.

Therefore, if Li Wei wants Pius VII to restore his teaching status in front of everyone, it is best to get an honorary teaching assistant or something.

In this way, Levi's reputation will be restored a lot, and it will only be the Vatican that is embarrassed.

This has little effect on Li Wei today, but it can make Li Wei feel happy, which is very important!

The extradition of Pius VII can only be regarded as a small episode. The French Empire now occupies nearly half of Europe, and the Catholic Church cannot compete at all.

Not to mention that the Pope himself is all in his hands...

In January 1801, after receiving the 1 Austrian Guards infantry trained with honor points from the Paris Barracks, Allen immediately organized the [-] absolutely loyal troops into the Presidential Guard of the Austrian Republic.

This is an announcement to the entire Austrian Republic that this one hundred thousand army is an army loyal to him alone!

Afterwards, the parliament of the Austrian Republic was collectively silent, and the revolutionary parties in the Austrian Republic began to contact the alliance frequently. With the [-] presidential guards, Elaine's presidential authority was irreplaceable. At this time, the revolutionary parties in the parliament of the Republic united, Just for self-preservation.

They are worried that the Elaine government will forcibly dissolve the Republic Council!

It is not incomprehensible for a strong president to do this. After all, the electoral system in this era is not perfect, and public opinion cannot influence the regime.

Look at the Republic of Hungary and the Republic of Transylvania next door. Are they any different from traditional feudal countries?

Of course, there is still a difference from the Austrian Republic at this time. Neither the Hungarian Republic nor the Transylvanian Republic has completed the centralization of power.

Among them, the president of the republic is just a position similar to that of the speaker, and there is no comparison at all with the president of the Austrian republic, Allen.

The huddle together of the Parliament of the Austrian Republic could not bring back their end.

Allen understood the nature of these revolutionary parties better than Li Wei did. After establishing the Presidential Guard, he sent someone to forcibly dissolve the Austrian Republic Parliament without announcing the terms of exchange with the Vienna region of the French Empire.

Even went through the legal process.

The legal process is very simple. President Alleyn of the Republic of Austria first opens the Republic Parliament. After the parliament convenes, he directly dispatches the presidential guard to control all the guards outside the parliament.

Then the soldiers marched into the hall of the Republic Assembly, and finally Elaine's councilors put forward a proposal to dissolve the Republic Assembly, and then voted with their real names!
Beside the voting table, there stood a long line of infantry guards holding flintlock guns. Anyone who dared to vote against would be arrested for treason immediately!

After dealing with several thorny members of parliament, the members of the Parliament of the Republic of Austria finally recognized the reality.

Finally, with 80.00% of the votes in favor and 20.00% of abstentions, the motion to dissolve the Parliament of the Republic of Austria was passed.

Thus, the Republic of Austria entered into a presidential cabinet system.

The ministers of the cabinet government are all appointed by the president himself. Allen has implemented a real dictatorship in the Austrian Republic, which is more powerful than the emperor in the Austrian Empire!

After obtaining the power of the Austrian Republic, Allen made public the exchange agreement with the French Empire.

The French Empire repatriates captured Austrian soldiers in exchange for control of the Vienna area.

Unsurprisingly, after the news spread, the Austrian Republic was in an uproar. In less than a week, uprisings led by the Revolutionary Party broke out in many cities in Moravia.

Immediately afterwards, it took less than a week for the Elaine government to suppress all the uprisings in the Moravian region...

This suppression did not even consume much troops, because there were quite a few members of the Lindenwan Brotherhood within the Revolutionary Party, and some of them were loyal members of Allen in private. Get caught and annihilated in minutes!

(End of this chapter)