Welcome to 19th-century Europe, where strength reigns supreme

While Prussia next door was celebrating the so-called renaissance of the German nation, the French people next door were not having an easy time. The contradiction between free economy and French imperial power gradually emerged. After the Franco-Belgian War, France's international reputation dropped to At the bottom, it encountered widespread international boycott.

Napoleon III himself also made frequent scandals, and the whole of Europe's opinion of him changed completely. A few years ago, he relaxed his control over public opinion, allowing all newspapers to freely publish comments and abandon public opinion. He soon tasted the consequences of the high ground.

Although the initial abandonment was to stabilize the mood and comply with public opinion, the inability to control public opinion and public opinion will add fuel to the fire until the incident is finally out of control. The liberals who have been suppressed began to rise again. They published articles criticizing Napoleon III. action, believing that attacking Belgium was a very wrong choice.

Karl and Engels re-founded the Neue Rheinische Zeitung in Paris, which also received assistance from many proletarian parties. The first article they published was to criticize the rule of Napoleon III. Anyway, it was a mockery and focused on telling the truth.

Facts are generally the things that the ruling class hates the most, because it doesn’t matter whether you maliciously vilify or deify it. Everyone knows it is false, so you can say whatever you want, but if what you say is the truth, it will be troublesome, because the fact is If you can't refute the rumors, it will be more damaging to tell the immoral things he has done than to tell them exactly what he has done.

Napoleon III was obviously very dissatisfied with this matter. He immediately ordered the closure of the Neue Rheinische Zeitung, and then quickly arrested Karl or told them to get out. But because you said that freedom of speech is allowed, you are not lifting a stone. Smash yourself in the foot?

Napoleon III's problems were not limited to these. He found that his power was constantly being diluted. The majority of the government began to show signs of becoming increasingly independent of the emperor. Moreover, the French Communist Party became more and more powerful. They advocated Equality attracted large numbers of French workers.

Moreover, thanks to Natz's diplomatic efforts, he almost ruined relations with all mainstream powers. Anti-French fervor spread throughout Europe again, and France became increasingly isolated. All of this will help Prussia in Win the last dynastic war.

The current French Empire can still be saved. As long as Napoleon III doesn't jump around, ponders Taoist thoughts, cultivates his sentiments, has less power, doesn't play with his crap all day long, and works harder in diplomacy, then He can definitely continue to be his emperor, and France and Prussia probably won't be able to fight.

What should you do if you say the problem cannot be solved? What can be done? If you fire the minister in that position and replace him with someone else, is it possible that someone else can fire you as the emperor? If you don't cause so much public grievance, we really won't kill you. After all, it won't do any good, right?

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The United Kingdom over France has encountered a big problem. The entire state machine has basically been shut down. This long-standing political struggle seems to have no end in sight. Supporters of various parties have held demonstrations for many days. The British The situation is almost completely out of control.

The angry people asked the banks to spit out all their money, but the banks no longer had any money. The British House of Commons was quarreling over whether to abolish the gold standard. Everyone was frantically greeting the eighteenth generation of the opponents' ancestors. It is clear that Parliament has no way to deal with the current problems. The differences between parties are difficult for the current prime minister to deal with, and the endless bickering has made problems that could have been solved become unsolvable.

As the leader of the Social Democratic Party, Lillian came to Wales on Christmas Eve. She came to meet her good brother, Prince Edward VII of Wales, in person.

Lillian came here with only a few close friends this time. Her trip was very low-key, because Wales had not made a formal statement in any case. She did not dare to appear in Wales with great fanfare. She relied on her relationship with Edward VII to gather them. He has many nobles and capitalists who can help him.

This also includes those capitalists in England who support the Conservative and Liberal parties. Lillian believes that the time has come. She is very concerned about this operation. Only less than twenty people, including her, know about this trip. , she asked Chamberlain to negotiate a deal with those capitalists.

When Edward VII met Lillian, he was honestly a little moved. Although they were sisters, they were basically not related by blood. Moreover, this kind of thing happened very often in British orthopedics, and most people didn't know how to do it. I think this is something.

Compared to Edward VII, who had a sperm in his head, Lillian had been paying careful attention to the surrounding situation. She sent two guards to stand outside the door and stayed in Edward VII's bedroom.

She gently stirred the black tea with a spoon, and then began to talk to Edward VII about something. She knew very well about this cousin, who was not close or distant, and he was a very typical playboy. He is not interested in learning, nor in the way of the emperor. Racecourses, dance parties, dining tables and women's beds are the places he often frequents.

And now this Ai Lao Qi is just twenty, which is when he is most active, and Lilian has to use all kinds of coercion and inducement to make him give up the power to inherit the throne and make the throne vacant, so that she can sit on the throne. Go up, but this kind of thing should be discussed after Lilian becomes Prime Minister.

So when she met Edward VII, she seemed very calm. She didn't say a word and just drank tea with him face to face. Occasionally, Edward VII would find some messy things to try to open up the conversation, and Lillian just echoed his words. , there is no need to talk too much nonsense.

In order not to be left in the cold, Edward VII could only keep talking nonsense. Lillian felt inexplicably that this guy really talked a lot, as if he could never finish talking. When he finished talking about everything, , Lilian finally spoke, "Brother Edward VII, I have something to ask you for help."