At this time, the French Empire.
Paris, among the Palace of Versailles.
Since the Prime Minister disappeared, Louis XV, who basically ignored the government affairs, rarely summoned the ministers.
The French ministers watched as anger and sadness appeared on his otherwise handsome face.
Louis XV stared at the marshal of the French Empire and asked coldly: "Why were our troops defeated in the Australian battlefield!"
The marshal looked at Louis XV blankly, not knowing what to say for a moment.
It is well known that the French battleship force is no match for the Long Yan Army.
When he first proposed an attack on Australia, his idea was to let France only receive engineers, scientists, and some factories aided by Long Yan.
Used to improve France's overall technological level and strength.
Although they used delaying tactics against Long Yan's army at the beginning, everyone in France understood that their troops were not capable of defeating Long Yan's fleet.
The marshal looked at Louis XV and said: "Your Majesty, now we have obtained Long Yan's scientists and engineers, these are enough."
"Australia is too far away from us, and the original intention of our war is not to conquer Australia..."
Louis XV said angrily: "But now that we have been defeated, we have lost a large number of battleships, and we have only a few Dragon Flame engineers and scientists. We have gained too little from this war to study Dragon Flame weapons!"
"Marshal, you bear a great responsibility for the failure of the war."
The French Marshal was speechless. The current French Empire under the leadership of Louis XV was like a child who wanted everything.
The battlefields on the European continent wanted to be maintained.
The battlefields of overseas colonies also need to be maintained, and they also want to expand their own colonies.
The marshal said in a dull voice: "Your Majesty, America has been defeated, Australia has also been defeated, and the Egyptian theater has not yet decided a winner."
"We should focus our energy on the European continent. Prussia is now being attacked by the Russian and Austrian coalition forces. This is a perfect opportunity for us to seize Prussian territory."
Louis XV did not listen to the marshal's dissuasion. He believed that the defeat on the battlefield was entirely due to their army.
"Continue to increase investment in our troops. I want Egypt too, and I want America too!"
"I want Australia too!"
The marshal looked at Louis XV, and everyone fell into silence.
After the militaristic expansion in the late period of Louis XIV's reign, France's economy was already on the verge of collapse.
Moreover, the French Empire is still a monarchy.
Louis XIV was a clever emperor. During his reign, even with the advent of the Industrial Revolution and the beginning of capital, he did not exaggerate the impact of the French monarchy.
France's neighbor, the British royal family, was forced to establish a constitutional monarchy after the Industrial Revolution.
The king's power was restricted.
But because of the rule of Louis XIV, the conflicts hidden under the monarchy did not break out.
Later, after Louis XV succeeded to the throne, these problems were covered up because of the help of the Catholic Cardinal Prime Minister.
However, with the departure of the Cardinal Prime Minister and Louis XV's increasingly luxurious and decadent life, another war broke out in Europe.
Under such circumstances, the contradictions between various classes in French society have been exposed.
If Louis XV continues to maintain overseas battlefields and domestic battlefields, the French Empire is very likely to collapse across the board.
At that time, they were the sinners of the empire.
The marshal did not want to become a sinner of the empire. He said in a deep voice: "Your Majesty, I am powerless in this war. Please allow me to withdraw from this battle..."
Louis XV looked at the marshal and said coldly: "Okay."
He looked at his ministers and said, "Who else wants to leave? I will give you a chance to say so today."
No one continued to speak. After the death of the prime minister, Louis XV was already in control.
Seeing that everyone was silent, Louis XV looked at the marshal and said in a deep voice: "Soldier, send him to see the Lord."
A group of French soldiers rushed in and took out the marshal who had made great military exploits.
The marshal shouted coldly: "Louis XV, you can't treat me like this!"
Louis XV gave him a cold look.
Hearing a click sound from outside, the marshal screamed, but nothing more happened.
The air was filled with a kind of dead silence.
Everyone's expressions changed.
Looking at Louis XV, he was shocked and shocked!
They didn't expect Louis XV to kill him directly!
Louis XV looked at the courtiers and said coldly: "What other objections do you have?"
Everyone said solemnly: "I have no objection."
Are they really afraid of what Louis XV will do? What if Louis XV goes crazy and kills them too?
After the death of the Prime Minister, Louis XV really took all the power into his own hands.
Everyone sighed, as they seemed to see another Louis XIV was about to be born, and the one who was once called 'the most lovable Louis XV' seemed to gradually disappear.
After thinking of this, everyone felt sad.
At this moment, a servant broke into the Palace of Versailles, and he hurriedly broke into such an important meeting.
He even rolled in and ran in. Louis XV looked at him with a cold expression and scolded: "How dare you, who told you to break in, get out!"
The servant hurriedly pointed to the door and said in a deep voice: "Your Majesty, Long Yan has sent an envoy, saying that you want to give them justice to Long Yan!"
"Otherwise, they will come in!"
Louis XV frowned, he didn't expect that Long Yan would send someone so soon.
After Australia was recaptured by Long Yan, he had long expected that such a day would come.
But I didn't expect it to be so fast.
"The Longyan people were captured from Australia, have you made arrangements?" Louis XV asked his trusted servant in a low voice, and felt relieved after receiving an accurate reply from the other party.
At this moment, because of Prince Balu's concealment, they didn't know that the captured Longyan people had escaped.
Little did he know that Zhang Mang had already found the Dragon Flame Envoy.
Louis XV sat confidently on the throne and announced to the envoy of Long Yan.
Li Hongtian walked in at a snail's pace and saw Louis XV sitting on the throne. He didn't even greet him, but directly shouted: "Louis XV, you France want to start a war with us, Long Yan!"
"They attacked Australia and dared to rob our Longyan people!"
"I think your throne has come to an end!"
"We, Long Yan, have millions of troops waiting at the border of the French Empire."
Li Hongtian's words directly hit Louis XV in the face.
I am afraid that only the messenger of Long Yan would dare to say such arrogant words.
Li Hongtian, a scholar, dares to be so arrogant on the territory of France because their Long Yan soldiers have already established a foothold in Europe!
It’s not difficult to reach France from Saxony!
Louis XV was choked and his throat was full of words, but he could not speak out.
