Outside Vienna, Schönbrunn Palace.
It snowed here just now, turning this beautiful palace completely white. Just as Princess Victoria and the Ming Dynasty King Zhu Xiyan were holding hands and dancing, three carriages rushed in and rushed to the palace.
The door of the carriage was opened by the servant of Schonbrunn Palace, and a total of four people, two men and two women, got out. The two men are Viscount Palmerston, the British Lord of the Admiralty, and Sir Hardy, the British First Sea Lord.
One of those two women was Sophie, the wife of Archduke Franz Karl.
The other was a middle-aged woman in her early forties, with a long face, large facial features, and slightly protruding eyes. She looked a bit like Emperor Franz I of Austria. She got out of a carriage with Princess Sophie. Looking at the Schonbrunn Palace garden in front of her, she frowned and whispered to Princess Sophie: "Sophie, I am really doing the right thing." Something?"
"Your Majesty, of course you are doing the right thing!" Princess Sophie actually called this woman queen! But she is not the Queen of Austria, but the Queen of France!
She was Marie-Louise, the wife of Emperor Napoleon. She was also the Archduchess of Austria, the Princess of Hungary and Bohemia, the Duchess of Parma, Piacenza and Guastalla, and the Countess of Nepeg - a very long time. Her title is almost as good as "Dragon Mother"! If nothing else happens, she will soon get the title of Queen Mother of France!
Sophie then said to her, "Both France and Austria are looking forward to the restoration of the Bonaparte dynasty... Only the restoration of the Bonaparte dynasty can resolve the huge crisis Austria is currently facing! Otherwise, your Neither his father nor Prime Minister Metternich would allow him to leave Austria for France, and the British government would not be willing to fund the restoration of the Bonaparte dynasty."
Marie-Louise smiled bitterly: "It's incredible that Napoleon's son has now become the savior of the Austrian Empire and Britain."
"Your Majesty the Queen," Viscount Palmerston interjected at this time, "We in the British Empire have no permanent friends or permanent enemies, only permanent interests! Back then, we opposed Emperor Napoleon because he seriously violated our interests, but now We support your son because his becoming Emperor of France will benefit the British Empire."
"But can he really come to power?" Marie-Louise shook her head, "He is not his father after all, so the rule of Louis XVII is not too bad, right?"
"Your Majesty," Viscount Palmerston said with a smile, "To be fair, Louis XVII's rule was not a disaster, but it was not what the French people expected... The French people need a great leader, and they also expect it. There was no one who could lead them to rebuild their past glory. However, Louis XVII could only lead his people to endure hardships, and he himself could not share the joys and sorrows with the people. Moreover, he wanted the French people to continue to raise a group of useless people who would only Court nobles who waste money.”
Marie Louise snorted: "But such a person may threaten the Austrian Empire and the British Empire... Viscount, don't you really think this is a bit contradictory?"
"No, this is not a contradiction," Viscount Palmerston said with a smile, "because the French have always been passionate, but impatient.
What they needed was a charismatic leader like Emperor Napoleon who could create miracles for them. It is not the kind of king like Louis XVII who seems to be dawdling, but in fact can continuously enrich the country's power. "
Viscount Palmerston's words were not just spoken casually, but were supported by a large amount of statistical data.
Although France had a difficult time under the leadership of Louis XVII, France's industrial strength - steel, coal, electricity, shipbuilding, etc., has been growing steadily for more than ten years. The gap with the UK is also constantly narrowing.
If he can really win northern Italy and the Rhine region, it will only be a matter of time before France's industrial strength surpasses that of Britain. By then, Britain will no longer be second in the world, but second in Europe...
What worries Viscount Palmerston the most is France's growing navy!
Unlike Britain, Louis XVII spent huge sums of money to develop a navy that was not always suitable for ocean warfare.
In the past few years, the battleships built by the French after introducing Ming technology were all heavy-gunned and iron-clad, emphasizing firepower and defense while neglecting speed and range.
According to Louis XVII himself, these battleships of the French Navy are used for combat in the Mediterranean - fighting in the small pool of the Mediterranean does not require high speed and long endurance.
But these heavy-gunned iron ships can also be used in the English Channel!
If the French take advantage of the absence of the British Home Fleet and use their battleships to launch a landing assault, the history of the British Empire may come to an end...
This is the main reason that prompted the Duke of Wellington to make up his mind to overthrow the Bourbon dynasty!
"Your Majesty the Queen," Viscount Palmerston looked at Marie Louise, "Let's go together now to meet the future Emperor Napoleon II!"
Mary Louise nodded and said, "Okay, I hope what we are doing now is right!"
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France, Dunkirk.
King Louis XVII of France had just boarded a brand-new battleship anchored next to the Dunkirk military port.
This is a quite large battleship, with a standard displacement of over 20,000 tons.
Moreover, it also has five turrets with a total of ten 305 mm caliber main guns!
The name of this battleship is Alexander I... named after Rakshasa Tsar Alexander I!
This tsar was very kind to the Bourbon dynasty. Naming a brand new French battleship after the czar certainly showed Louis XVII's determination to unite with Rakshasa!
Louis XVII is now boarding the Alexander I, with the purpose of personally sending his daughter Princess Louise to Riga to marry Grand Duke Alexander.
Then, he would also discuss with Nicholas I, the Rakshasa Tsar, about carving up the European continent.
Viscount Palmerston said that Louis XVII might raid England, but he was really overthinking it.
Louis XVII really didn't have that kind of talent and strategy, and he was not the kind of gambler who would bet on the fate of the country at every turn.
However, Louis XVII will not do nothing in this great change in the world.
What he wants to do now is to carve up the European continent with the Rakshasa Kingdom - the Rakshasa Kingdom has many black people, so he should divide more and capture Constantine and the Balkans.
The French will have less trouble, so they can take less points, and it will be good to capture northern Italy. As for the German states of Austria, Prussia, Bavaria, and Hesse, just let them remain as buffer zones. Lest France and Rakshasa directly border.
After the territory was divided, the Rakshasa Kingdom became Eastern Rome, and France remained France.
Louis XVII had no interest in Western Rome or anything like that. He knew that most Western Roman emperors did not die well, but he still wanted to live well!
Moreover, occupying less European territory and keeping a lower profile than Rome can also prevent France from becoming the world's second industrial power - because it is always difficult to have a lasting friendship between the world's second and the world's first.
France should not be too strong... lest it be attacked and oppressed by the Ming Empire!
Moreover, the basic population of France is more than 30 million people, so even if you eat too much, you won’t be able to digest it.
After discussing with Nicholas I how to carve up Europe. Only then did he, his daughter and son-in-law go to Vienna, the capital of Austria, to attend the peace conference.
