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

Ever since the news spread that the French Provisional Defense Government had signed an armistice treaty with Prussia, Paris completely exploded.

This clause is simply unacceptable, and it is even more outrageous than what was discussed at the Congress of Vienna.

Prussia actually wanted to take away Alsace-Lorraine, and not only that, but also wanted to divide the entire east of the Seine into occupied territory.

Still have to pay [-] billion francs in compensation and pay military expenses? It is impossible for any country in the world to accept such a shameful treaty.

Because it was so outrageous, the Republicans had been concealing the relevant regulations. As a result, the British Lilian government sent new material to the French media.

France's defense government accepted the Prussian armistice terms, and the Republicans betrayed the French people!

One stone stirred up a thousand waves, and the entire France began a vigorous uprising movement to resist the republicans.

A large number of people fell to the French Communist Party, and red flags began to fly in Paris.

At the same time, in the Palace of Versailles, all important members of Prussia rushed here, including military officials, politicians, and other important figures.

Artists who also wanted to paint for the next ceremony, Prussia used the highest ceremony to celebrate this grand ceremony.

The Palace of Versailles is located in the southwest suburbs of Paris, France. It was the palace of Louis XIV. It symbolizes the royal power of France and has both political significance and artistic value.

The Hall of Mirrors in the Palace of Versailles is regarded as a "treasure of the palace" in the palace of King Louis XIV of France. It is named after 17 floor-to-ceiling mirrors composed of 483 lenses. It is the most luxurious and glorious part of the Palace of Versailles in France.

The coronation ceremony of the Kaiser was established on May [-]th. This was a day carefully chosen by August, and the reason for choosing this day was actually quite ridiculous.

This day is composed of two prime numbers, so choosing this day is a little bit of August's interest, but everyone actually thinks it doesn't matter, and the point is not when he will ascend the throne.

The key point is what title should be used to crown the German emperor.

Legitimacy is very important in both the East and the West. In the West, it is the legitimacy of the emperor. Whether he has the bloodline to inherit the throne.

In the East, it is the so-called inheritance of the destiny. There can only be one emperor in the Central Plains. This destiny is extremely important, and it is directly related to the legitimacy of the regime.

During the Three Kingdoms period, Cao Cao spent so much time in his later years just to exchange for the old Liu family's house. In the end, Cao Pi only officially took over this destiny after this process was completely completed.

But Cao Pi only had half of his destiny, and the other half was taken away by Liu Bei. Shu Han and Wei inherited the same destiny, so the two countries must fight to the death. If there is no Northern Expedition, then Shu Han's destiny will not be tenable, so Shu Han In the later stage, even if you can't move anymore, you still have to fight, because this is related to the legitimacy of the regime. If you don't fight, the legitimacy will be gone, and the country will naturally be gone.

So what happened to the emperor Napoleon? Has he inherited his destiny?

Strictly speaking, Napoleon's throne did have legitimacy issues, but he used a very clever way to get around it.

Napoleon was not the emperor of France, he was the emperor of the French people. One word difference would be a huge difference.

The emperor of France means that he owns France, and the emperor of the French means that the people of France own an emperor.

Just like Charlemagne, he was not the Roman emperor, he was the emperor of the Romans. Legally speaking, as long as others recognize you, you are the emperor.

This is like the difference between the divine right of kings and the popular right of kings. One is that the French emperor dominates France, and the other is that the people support an emperor.

If we compare the legitimacy of Louis XIV and Napoleon, then Napoleon is not as orthodox as Louis XIV, and many people also mock Napoleon as a fool emperor.

The most important thing is how you want to get this destiny. If Auguste wants to be the emperor, she can declare herself the emperor of the Germans.

But this is not enough legally. She must be crowned German Emperor, which has the highest legitimacy.

On the day before the ceremony, in fact, this legal issue had not yet been resolved, because Bavaria and Austria did not recognize August as the emperor of Germany, but only the emperor of the Germans.

For this legal principle, Tina has almost torn through the history books in the past half month. August had the claim to be the elector of Brandenburg, but that was a thing of the Holy Roman Empire.

Does that thing work? Can it be used as a legal basis?

I don’t know… and no one taught me how to inherit the throne.

The German Emperor had a claim to the entire German region and was theoretically the master of the entire German region, including Austria.

Therefore, Austria does not want to recognize the destiny of August as orthodox, and the same goes for Bavaria and other countries.

In fact, Auguste was just a regent. She only made a weak claim and lacked legitimacy, so she had to rely on merit to smooth over this problem.

That's why August has always dreamed of establishing a Greater German Empire. Only in this way can she inherit this destiny.

Now is a special period, and this title is very important, but the German people have been longing for a unified and complete German Empire for hundreds of years.

August's current position is that he has to be crowned emperor no matter what, so he can only use words.

This is not a matter of national strength. If a fight breaks out, August can beat up the four southern German states and Austria in less than three days, but this is a surprise.

This is equivalent to using glue to stick these four countries into Germany. Auguste does not like this plan. What she wants is complete annexation without any autonomy.

Tina made a lot of preparations for this. For half a month, she basically had no rest, and all kinds of good intentions and hard work were useless.

Except for the Grand Duchy of Baden, which agreed, the other three countries were not very willing.

Manteuffel, Bittenfeldt, Moltke, and Ron, who were in charge of the siege of Metz, all ran to the Palace of Versailles overnight. These famous figures were all looking through the thick history book.

For this reason, because Prussia owned Hanover, August even asked Lilian to look through their genealogy to see if she could find any corresponding basis.

Lillian also looked for it, but couldn't find it. There was a marriage, but it was all collateral lines, not August's bloodline. After a long time, Lillian found out that there seemed to be a bloodline in Prussia that could claim the British throne.

This frightens Lilian. After all, Hanover is still the land of dragon prosperity in Britain, but Britain currently does not have an emperor, only a king. The difficulty of claiming a king is slightly lower. After all, the king does not have to accept this destiny.

Bittenfeldt was the worst at doing this. He immediately said, "It only takes me three days to destroy those small countries. This is not much faster than flipping through a book. How long will it take to flip through so much material?"

Tina said, "If I could kill them, I would have killed them a long time ago. It's just because this thing can't be done. Killing them will eventually lead to suspicion on us."

Augustus made such a big compromise for the first time in history, "There is no other way. Huge concessions must be made. Now it is difficult to get off the tiger. The emperor must retain the titles and honors of the four southern German states and deprive them of governance." The rights of the country allow them to live in a corner and be like that kind of vase royal family."

Tina: "It's difficult. They are definitely not willing to give up this real power. There is no need to worry about Austria, but Bavaria is a big trouble."

August has made up his mind. If the four southern German states dare to resist him, he will completely destroy their families.

Cut off the roots and leave no one behind.

Many people feel that this legal principle is of no use. Isn’t it enough if it has strength?

How is that possible? Many things are not decided by fists. Winning a country is not a matter of life. If the people and nobles do not support you, it will be difficult for you to sit on the throne.

This orthodoxy is really difficult to achieve. The only person in Europe who succeeded in proclaiming himself emperor was Napoleon, but he had no law and no family background. He crowned himself and wore the crown himself.

In fact, in the eyes of others, Napoleon's behavior is too arrogant. As an islander, your ancestors are not even French. Why do you inherit this destiny?

Many people did not obey him, and Napoleon's defeat was also due to this reason. In the entire Europe, except for Italy at that time, basically no one obeyed Napoleon as the emperor.

Napoleon relied on his army and the banner of Bonaparte, the god of war, to dominate Europe. It had nothing to do with whether he was an emperor or not.

Is the UK strong enough? But it is not an empire because it has no legal basis. Britain has never established an empire. They only have the legal basis of the Roman Empire.

But the Roman Empire was too long ago. Victoria could not claim to be the empress of Rome. That would be nonsense.

So we can only settle for the next best thing, to be crowned emperor in India. India has the throne of the Mughal Dynasty, and Victoria wears the title of Queen of India, making the British Empire really an empire.

So it stands to reason that the British mainland should be India, but since it is a backdoor listing, it doesn't matter what happens.

While everyone was thinking hard, Valentina suddenly shouted.

"Yes! We have the legal principles of the Holy Roman Empire!"

Moltke said, "But didn't Austria take away the legal principles of the Holy Roman Empire?"

If Prussia can use the legal principles of the Holy Roman Empire to ascend to power, then the emperor of Austria is fake.

Everyone looked at the information in Valentina's hand. Everyone thought that Austria used the legal principles of the Holy Roman Empire, but that was not the case.

Austria is a man who came to power on his own initiative. He has no legal principles of HRE, and everyone has been deceived by Austria.

Augustus had the legal status of elector of the Holy Roman Empire and could ascend the throne as Emperor of the Holy Roman Empire.

August reviewed the matter and found that it was indeed possible, "As long as we declare the Holy Roman Empire to be the First German Empire, then what we will establish is the Second German Empire."

On the morning of May [-]th, Auguste rarely started to dress up carefully. She put on a solemn Prussian blue military uniform. Everyone else basically wore black and blue.

Only Tina is white. Among all the officers and politicians, only the iron prime minister Bismarck wears white clothes.

Originally, because everyone was wearing black clothes, Tina also wanted to wear black clothes, but August vetoed it. She asked Tina to wear white clothes.

Tina had no choice but to do so, which made Tina the most conspicuous among the civil and military officials.

In the end, time was a bit tight, so August asked Bittenfeldt to serve as a guard of honor and play the Prussian march.

Blue Star At 1868 o'clock in the morning on May 5, 25, the passionate Prussian march sounded in the Hall of Mirrors of the Palace of Versailles in France.

The coronation ceremony officially began. More than two thousand people gathered in the Hall of Mirrors, and countless people made way for August to make way for the aisle.

Manteuffel's flag-bearing team entered the Hall of Mirrors holding the Prussian black eagle flag and the German black, white and red tricolor flag.

It took dozens of minutes to put things in order. At the end of the red blanket, August walked out first.

The one closest to her was Tina von Bismarck, and she was accompanied by Secretary General of the General Staff Valentina, Minister of the General Staff Moltke, Minister of Defense Ron, Minister of Science and Education Humboldt, Justice Savigny, The Mauser brothers of the Academy of Sciences, Krupp of the Academy of Engineering, the Governor of Malaya, the Consul General of Japan, and the Governor of Alaska.

There are also many ministers, almost twenty people in total, all of whom are the highest-ranking officials in Prussia.

Tina held August's hand and climbed to the highest step step by step. She stopped at the last step, and August stood on the highest position.

"Everyone, for many years, the German nation has cried in humiliation, suffered in division, and wailed in the flames of war. Countless powerful countries have stepped on the head of the German nation. We paid the price of iron and blood, and finally got the reward!

We defeated Denmark, drove away Austria, conquered France, and the German region once again ushered in unification after hundreds of years. This is an empire that belongs to the Germans!

This opens a new page in the history of Germany. We will protect this homeland at all costs and ensure that it can forever become the hometown of the German people.

Finally, I want to say, long live the German Empire! Long live the great and unyielding German people! "

August saluted the people in the audience, and everyone raised their right hands, "Yes! Emperor August!"

Augustus took the crown from the Pope's hands, stood, and placed it on his head.

The Pope began to read out the title of the new emperor, "By the grace of God, Empress of Germany, Empress of Germany, Empress of the German and Japanese Empire and its dependent territories, Empress August I of the Germans!"

Then the military band began to play.

Everyone sang the national anthem of the German Empire.

"Hail!" should have been used. "Victor's Crown", but because the melody is the British "God Save the Queen".

August felt that this was not possible, so he took it upon himself to compose the song "Germany Above All" based on his own memory.

Everyone sang:

Germany, Germany above all else,

Higher than everything in the world,

Like brothers at all times,

Stand together and protect her.

From Maas to Memel,

From Esch to Belt,

Germany, Germany above all else,

Higher than everything else in the world!

……

The Second German Reich was officially established.