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287 Poverty is a breeding ground for revolution(1/2)

"Your Majesty! Your Majesty!

Open the door quickly, something is going to go wrong!"

Franz I was sleeping with her embrace her queen, woke up in a daze by the knock on the door outside, and then he heard the messy gunshots coming from afar!

Franz I was shocked and quickly got up and put on casual clothes.

After opening the door, Franz I's servant reported to him anxiously: "Your Majesty, there are mobs everywhere in Vienna. They have broken through the General Police and obtained a large number of weapons. At this time, they are attacking the armory of the city guards.

The city guards in Vienna were too scattered, and the garrison in the armory couldn't stop them for long!

Now, besides the palace, there are mobs everywhere in Vienna!”

Franz I looked shocked and asked in disbelief: "Mob?

Where did the mob come from?

Why are there mobs?!"

"Your Majesty, for your safety, I have prepared a carriage for you. Your guards are ready. We can leave Vienna before dawn!"

"What?

You let the emperor of the Austrian Empire escape from the palace where he lives?!

Hundreds of thousands of Austrian soldiers on the front are fighting against the tyrant of Levi. I am now fleeing Vienna. What would the Austrian soldiers on the front think?!"

Franz I had good political wisdom. He instantly figured out the key, and he couldn't escape Vienna!

Otherwise, if the news reaches the front line, it will be a military disaster!

People who understand politics know what a country's capital in this era means.

"Your Majesty, you can't delay any more. This time there were tens of thousands of mobs, and the organization and cooperation were very good. They did not take the lead in attacking the palace, but first removed the police branch in Vienna and captured the police general bureau to seize a large amount of arms.

Now he is storming the camps of the city guards. This is obviously an attempt to defeat the armed forces in Vienna first, seize enough muskets and ammunition to arm the mob, and then attack the palace to catch turtles!”

After hearing this, Franz I was silent for a while: "Where is my guard?"

"Your Majesty, in order to prevent the French from breaking into the suburbs of Vienna, the main force of the Guards have been arranged in fortresses and villages outside Vienna.

In the palace, there were only a few hundred guard soldiers, which was not enough to resist tens of thousands of armed mobs.

No, those mobs have clear military organizations and a unified head, the gangster boss in the slums, and Iran, who is known as the executioner!"

It is obvious that the Vienna government is also very powerful in the capital. Not long after the riot occurred, I found out the main messenger behind the riot.

Of course, this has a lot to do with the fact that after the riot was initiated, Aren, who was the direct person in charge of the Lindenwan Brotherhood, personally came forward to command.

After all, not every riot has succeeded.

"Hundreds of elite guard soldiers should be able to guard the palace until dawn. I believe that by tomorrow, the main force of the guards in the suburbs should be able to return to aid. At that time, thousands of guards will enter the city and attack them, and those mobs are nothing at all.

What's more, there are still city defense forces in the city that are resisting the mob, so the pressure on the palace should not be too great."

Franz I said confidently.

I don’t know if it was an illusion, but the gunshots that Franz I heard became increasingly sparse.

The attendant saw that Franz I was determined and did not persuade him. He found Franz I's military uniform and helped Franz I put it on.

The most important function of this set of emperor uniform is to be gorgeous and bright enough to allow soldiers in the distance to recognize that this is their own emperor at a glance. Once they appear on the battlefield, they can greatly increase the morale of their own army.

Franz I still understands this truth.

However, when he put on his military uniform, hung a decorative sword, and inserted a flintlock pistol into the gun holster around his waist, a dusty imperial guard officer suddenly walked in outside.

"Your Majesty, the city guards in the city surrendered. The leader of the rebel army, Aren, claimed to be the leader of the Lindenwan Brotherhood. The Austrian Liberal Party is a subordinate organization of the Lindenwan Brotherhood. They claimed to be an international organization, striving to establish a free and equal country.

Araine's men asked His Majesty to abdicate, otherwise they would launch an attack on the palace in half an hour. If His Majesty is caught, there will be a lot of danger..."

At this time, Franz I's queen also put on her clothes and walked out of the bedroom, looking at everyone anxiously.

"Dear, what happened?"

"Don't worry, I'll handle it."

Franz said without looking back that he was a very traditional and powerful emperor in his family. The queen had no sense of existence in both the original Holy Roman Empire and the current Austrian Empire.

After Franz I blocked his wife's problem in one sentence, he asked the guard officer: "Have you ever contacted the mob?"

Franz I emphasized the word "mob", which shows that he did not believe that there was a rebellion in Vienna, and it was just an ordinary people's riot.

If it could be calmed down, Franz I would even lightly suppress the influence of this riot in order to ensure domestic stability.

The Austrian Empire cannot be in chaos now, nor does it have the capital to get into chaos, otherwise the already powerful French Defense Force will unstoppable entry into Vienna!

This is something Franz I can't tolerate!

It was embarrassing that he would throw away the crown of the Holy Roman Empire. If the capital was occupied by the French army again, whether it could be taken back or not, it would leave stains in his political career.

It even affected the foundation of Franz I's rule!

The Imperial Guard Officer naturally understood the meaning of the emperor's words, and he quickly changed his words: "Yes, just now, a civilian suddenly represented the leader of the mob and conveyed their intentions to me, and the mobs outside the palace were gathering from all directions.

It won't take long to leave the palace.

Your Majesty, for the sake of God, let us evacuate!

When the main force of the guards in the suburbs comes in, we can re-stabilize the situation in Vienna."

"What if I can't get in?"

Franz I asked back.

This is not the guard officer he was deliberately trying to make things difficult for him, but the worry deep in his heart.

This organized revolution allowed Franz I to see a strong sense of conspiracy, and he didn't believe it when he killed Franz I. The Lindenwan Brotherhood, which suddenly emerged, held high the banner of French Revolution thought, had nothing to do with the tyrant of the French Empire!

Without the support of foreign manpower and material resources, such a large revolutionary force would not have appeared in the city of Vienna!

Moreover, the Lindenwan Brotherhood organization can lurk for so long, it is obviously a very mature rebel organization, not born in Vienna.

"Your Majesty is too worried. How could thousands of guards not defeat more than ten thousand mobs?

The most important thing now is to ensure the safety of His Majesty and His Highness.

Once we reject the request of the Lindenwan Brotherhood, they may not have any scruples.

After all, a king has been killed by a mob on the side of France!”

After hearing this, Franz I sighed helplessly.

With Louis XVI's past lessons, Franz I finally let go of his inner persistence.

Living is better than dying!

Only by living can there be hope!

After Franz I agreed, the attendant and the guard officer breathed a sigh of relief at the same time. Then a mess in the palace was in full swing. The guard soldiers and the royal servants sent Franz I's family onto the carriage. The convoy was surrounded by hundreds of guard soldiers and drove out of the city.

As soon as he left the palace, the guards broke out in a fierce battle with a group of armed mobs who had just arrived. Franz I saw in the carriage the woman in the mob, the old man, at least in his old age, fell into self-doubt for the first time.

How failed was his rule that led to the young, young, female and child taking up weapons to resist his rule?

Is freedom and equality so tempting?

Is the conservative policy of the Austrian Empire really a mistake?

Are ordinary people qualified to be on par with the nobles?

Soon, Franz I threw the mess in his mind out of his mind.

How can the glory of a nobleman be like the lowly civilians?!

All the privileges of the nobles were exchanged for their ancestors with their blood, and the country had part of them. How could the common people be on equal footing with the glorious nobles?!

This is absolutely impossible!

What's more, in the French Empire opposite, did the powerful class under Li Wei step on the heads of the people and act as a blessing?

In the eyes of Franz I, Levi was not only a cruel and incorruptible war dealer, but also a hypocritical fraudster.

The Li Wei government promotes that everyone is equal before the law, but it also opens the back door for those powerful and high-ranking officials. As an emperor, Li Wei cannot be tried!

Li Wei fully referenced the political game of his previous life. The Constitution stipulates that state leaders violated the law and committed the same crime as common people, and then made it public.

Does this law look very friendly?

However, this constitution will not tell the people that no one in the country is qualified to judge the leader of the state!

This creates a subtle logical problem. After a state leader violates the constitution, he should have been tried in court, but no one is qualified to judge the state leader, so the state leader cannot be convicted from beginning to end!

Of course, state leaders can take the initiative to admit their crimes and then remove themselves from their posts, but even illiterate civilians know that this is impossible!

Therefore, in the eyes of Franz I, the equal constitution of the French Empire was actually deceiving the ignorant and ignorant French civilians!

Is a constitution that cannot be tried meaningful?

From a political perspective, it is very meaningful, because this equality constitution will give the common people an illusion of "self-equality" and their support for the country will increase.

No matter how much you improve, it is a profit to fool one, right?

What's more, due to the unequal information public opinion propaganda, the people who are fooled have never been a minority, but the majority!
To be continued...
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