This was extraordinary. In just one sentence, the French Emperor raised Xiao Letian's behavior to more than one or two levels, directly changing from an insult to himself to an insult to the entire French aristocratic class.
This was the most angry point in the heart of the French Emperor, because he knew very well the reason why he succeeded in restoring the empire. He relied on the support of these French aristocratic capitalists and the church to achieve a successful restoration!
This is what the so-called collusion means. It is just like the Manchu Qing Dynasty. Although the Aisin Gioro family is hereditary emperor, their family knows very well that they became emperor only with the support of the Eight Banners of Manchu and Mongolia. Of course, they later Relying on the support of the Confucian surrender faction.
People's hearts are a bit overwhelming, don't you know how you got on stage? Do you really think that you are the proud one of heaven? If you say you are an emperor, you are an emperor?
The emperor must be supported by people, and a group of people must support you and say that you are the emperor. You are the emperor!
Without this group of supportive people, the emperor would be nothing. Just like a fish cannot leave the water, the emperor cannot live without these people who support him!
On the surface, Xiao Letian only killed a palace knight, but in the words of Napoleon III, this became Xiao Letian's provocation to the entire French aristocracy!
Some people say that inferiority complex can easily lead to a series of irrational behaviors. This sentence makes perfect sense. It is precisely because during the French Revolution, the French nobles were killed and robbed. It was really a painful memory.
So now these surviving nobles have a kind of fear in their hearts, and of course there is also a little inferiority complex facing the nobles of other European countries.
As the saying goes, the more you fear, the more you will suffer. Molière's death made these nobles feel the same, and they seemed to suddenly recall the tragic situation when they were massacred by the revolutionaries.
This is no longer the sorrow of a rabbit and a fox, but the sorrow of a wolf!
In the entire hall, all the high-ranking officials with noble titles were angry. They seemed to have been involved in their emotions. Molière's death was a precursor to their death. It seemed that Xiao Letian would raise the butcher's knife in the next second. Kill them all the same!
"Your Majesty! The empire will never accept such humiliation! Let us fight back to Asia and attack the Chinese capital again!" Duke Baliqiao was the first to shout. This was the clamor of a group of military generals!
Even the steady Marshal Bazin and Marshal Montgomery had to express their support for the emperor's military action!
However, the Prime Minister of the Empire, Olivier, and the Civil Service Minister, Trochu, expressed a hint of worry: "Your Majesty! Do we really want to declare war with the Chinese and Prussia?"
"You must know that it is only the Chinese who offend us..."
Napoleon III sprayed him before he finished speaking. This emperor has now become a mad dog and has no sense at all!
"Shut up! Prussia and the Chinese are already in an alliance. I gave Prussia a chance, but they didn't cherish it. They still got together with the Chinese and provoked us!"
"The problem must be solved. I no longer have the patience to play games with them! Arrogant Prussia must learn a lesson!"
The civil servants immediately shrank their necks and no one dared to say anything. Everyone sighed in their hearts. This war was unavoidable. Everyone had actually been mentally prepared for a long time, but they didn't expect it to come so soon...
Although thousands of people were silent, someone had to stay rational. The crown prince standing in the corner felt that he had the responsibility to pour cold water on his father. He mustered up the courage to stand up.
"My father, I still ask you to calm down. Although war is inevitable, we must be prepared!"
"Now we have a total of only 200,000 standing troops on our northern border. We can only say that we are on par with the Prussians on the opposite side. The balance of victory in the war does not entirely lie with us..."
"I talked with Marshal Bazin before. Even if the country enters a state of emergency after the declaration of war, we can only gather about 100,000 more people within ten days..."
"And how many troops can the Prussians on the opposite side assemble in ten days? We don't have this information at all..."
"Enough! Do you think the Prussians are so capable? Our French army is already the best in the world. With the same number, we can kill Prussia!"
"Don't forget that France implements a professional military system, while Prussia implements a loose conscript system. In terms of the quality of soldiers, we have a complete advantage!"
"Don't you think professional soldiers can't defeat those part-time farmers?" Napoleon III yelled, blowing his beard and staring.
The sweat on the prince's forehead suddenly started to flow down. "Your Majesty, that's not what I meant. I just said that you need to be cautious in using troops..." At this point, Prince Eugene also took the risk.
He gritted his teeth and said, "Your Majesty! Our current preparations for war are not optimistic. I can tell you clearly that during the previous review process, the problems exposed were really huge!"
"Almost all arms depots on the northern border have chaotic accounts and inconsistent quantities... I have even investigated and punished more than a dozen bugs who were secretly selling arms!"
"Father! The empire is indeed very strong on paper now, but I can't guarantee what the real situation will be!"
The prince was about to burst into tears. "Your Majesty, please leave the empire's armaments and logistics work to me, and I have to be responsible for the empire! It's a mess down there now. It's really not as simple as you think..."
The prince's words made the officials at the scene fall silent. They all looked around wondering what they were planning!
The situation mentioned by Prince Eugene is actually just the tip of the iceberg. The prince is young but not stupid. He knows that it is intricately connected and the source of many interest disputes is in the hall.
Many of these high-sounding imperial generals, heads of state, ministers, and ministers are the source and protective umbrella of corruption and chaos in the empire.
The deficit in those arms warehouses may have gone into their pockets. There were so many of them that the prince did not dare to confront them directly!
Today the prince just picked out what he could say, and he didn't dare to tell the real big holes!
Could he tell his father that the largest granary in Lorraine was half empty? Can we say that the remaining half is also moldy wheat?
Can he tell his father that many weapons in the arsenal have long been damp and unusable, and many new models of rifles have been replaced by obsolete models?
The empire has an army of one million, but only 200,000 are available at the moment. The water here is so deep that the prince sometimes wakes up from dreams!
But his father had driven Xiao Letian crazy today. He had lost his mind. He didn't listen to the prince at all, but dragged his son's hand to the terrace.
"My child, listen to the cries of the people across the city! Listen carefully! Do you think we still have a way out?"
