The Romans, who returned to Paris dejectedly from the battlefields of Austria and Bohemia, suddenly discovered that the city they wanted to "save" was actually richer, more peaceful, and more beautiful than their home! The people they wanted to "liberate" also lived better and were less oppressed than the Romans in and around Paris...
How could these proud Romans, oh, or the French, tolerate such a thing? Shouldn’t this Roman Empire be the sun that illuminates the world, the heaven on earth that everyone longs for? Why is it that nowhere is richer and more civilized than Rome?
Rome was not as good as England and the Netherlands, so everyone tolerated it... Those two were profiteer countries, defrauding the world of money, and it was normal to live relatively richly. However, the profiteers there will go to hell after death, so there is no need to envy their enjoyment in the human world.
But why are Austria and Bohemia so wealthy? These two countries are both landlocked countries in Central Europe and cannot make huge profits from overseas trade. Moreover, they were enslaved by the Ottomans and have only just stood up for a few decades!
Although there are many banks in Vienna, Austria, it is impossible for these loan shark bankers to give money to the common people in Austria!
However, when the Roman officers and soldiers went out to the French Province, they clearly saw that the living standards of the Austrians were higher than those of the Romans in the French Province!
Moreover, there are not so many high-ranking waste aristocrats in Austria, who receive huge annuities every year, can legitimately not pay taxes, and hold most of the lucrative official positions...
Austria and Bohemia, these two countries, are more advanced than the Roman Empire no matter how you look at it! Perhaps the Archduke of Austria and the King of Bohemia did what they should do.
And the current emperor of Rome is just a mediocre, incompetent, lustful and squandering one-man thieves!
After the Twelve Years' War, Louis II actually fell into a crisis of governance. Not only was his prestige ruined, but his finances were on the verge of bankruptcy, and he also lost the loyalty of most of the French provincial soldiers.
But the rule of Louis II did not collapse because of this, because he had ruled the Roman Empire for too long, not only cultivated a large number of cronies, but also knew where the people's bottom line was?
In addition, after the Ottoman Empire lost Istanbul, Louis II did not hesitate to tear up the peace treaty with the Ottomans and sent troops to recapture Egypt, the richest city in North Africa, which was regarded as regaining some blood for his empire.
However, even if he could barely maintain his position, Louis II could not defeat death. Six years after the end of the Twelve Years' War, the 65-year-old Louis II finally ended his rather happy but unsuccessful life, leaving a mess to his grandson, the 20-year-old Louis III.
Just a year after Louis III ascended the throne, a war of independence broke out in the New Roman colony under the rule of the Roman Empire!
That's right, the American Revolutionary War in this time and space was not started by the thirteen British states of North America, but by the New Rome Province of the Roman Empire - the thirteen North American states were already independent, so they still fought the Maoist War of Independence? Moreover, the United Kingdom of New England did not participate in the Twelve Years War, and of course there was no need to increase taxes on the people.
The situation in the new Roman provinces under the rule of the Roman Empire was quite bad!
First of all, this New Rome, which was originally intended to absorb Roman Catholic believers in Europe, became a Protestant in Rome due to the "Edict of Fontainebleau" issued by Louis I in 1685, which declared Protestantism illegal in the provinces of the Roman Empire. place of exile.
Secondly, due to the influx of a large number of Roman Protestants, the actual control area of the New Roman Province expanded rapidly in the decades after 1685. From the original governorate of Louisiana, there were five governorates: Louisiana, Arkansas, Mississippi, Alabama, and Tennessee. Later, Florida and Cuba were added, forming a total of seven governorates.
By around 1775, the seven viceroyalties of New Rome already had a population of more than 1.3 million whites or mixed-race whites, including as many as 1 million Protestants, most of whom were expelled from the Roman Empire according to the "Edict of Fontainebleau" Protestant.
These people had no affection for the Roman Empire of Louis III.
Moreover, on the North American continent at this time, there were already three semi-independent countries with a high degree of autonomy, such as the United States of New Zealand, the Kingdom of Qing, and the United Kingdom of New England, as well as a completely independent Great Soviet Khanate.
These four independent or semi-independent countries set a good example for the Protestants in New Rome. Therefore, the trend of independent country building has always existed among the people of New Rome.
And when the Roman Empire began to impose heavy taxes on the seven states of New Rome (actually not very heavy, much lighter than the provinces of New Rome) to make up for the huge financial deficit caused by the Twelve Years of War, the people of New Rome started fighting The first shot in the War of Independence!
This was really disrespectful to Louis III. Louis III, who had just become the Roman Empire, could not sit back and watch New Rome become independent. Not only because of face, but also because the independence of New Rome would trigger a very serious chain reaction, which may cause New Spain, which is rich in treasure islands, to follow the same example.
So Louis III immediately sent heavy troops to New Rome and began to suppress it. However, contrary to Louis III's expectations, this seemingly certain war was due to the fact that the United States of New Zealand and the Great Soviet Khanate openly supported the new American Federation, as well as the inaction of the United Kingdom of New England. It turned into a protracted war.
The war lasted for ten years. After exhausting the financial resources of the Roman Empire and making the empire heavily in debt, it still ended with Rome's defeat.
The failure of this North American war sounded the death knell for the already precarious Western Roman Empire!
In 1787, two years after the end of the North American War, Louis III, who was forced into desperation by a financial crisis, decided to break the absolute monarchy that had been implemented after Louis the Great came to power, and convened the Estates-General, which had been suspended for more than a hundred years. At the same time, he also gave himself The death knell sounded.
Because at the meeting of the three estates, the nobility and clergy had a serious confrontation with the representatives of the so-called "third estate", and the representatives of the "third estate" also made very excessive demands, to formulate a constitution, limit the power of the king, and Implement a constitutional monarchy.
Of course Louis III would not agree to a constitutional monarchy, so the representatives of the "Third Estate" in the Estates-General, together with some clergy representatives, began to convene a constitutional convention on their own, ousting Louis III. Under this circumstance, Louis III secretly mobilized the army in an attempt to disperse the Constituent Assembly, which finally inspired the Parisian people's uprising on July 14.
When Louis III was facing disaster, he failed to escape in time because of his stupidity. As a result, he was arrested by the National Guard... Finally, after a series of stupid operations, Louis III finally succeeded in guillotining himself!
The Western Roman Empire also became the Roman Republic after the death of Louis III!
And the news that the Roman emperor had been executed by the Paris mob would soon shock the world.
The first person to react was of course Philip III, who had taken over Constantinople. Although he looked down upon Louis III at all, as the emperor of Eastern Rome, he certainly did not want to see the emperor of Western Rome lose his head. .
And he also believed that he should become the emperor of all Rome after the death of Louis III, so he immediately launched a war to try to suppress the revolution and win the golden crown of the Roman Empire for himself!
The whole of Europe has also fallen into one crisis after another.
In the east of the world, the news that the Roman emperor was executed by a mob and the empire turned into a republic also caused an uproar!
At the same time, there are also some people with practical ideas who realize that the death of Louis III has set a very bad precedent. The whole of Europe must be trembling, so now is the best time for the Ming Empire to intervene in European affairs!
