Chapter 83 Saving Maximilian I
June 19, 1867.
Compared with Juarez, Maximiliano I can be said to have no politician's thinking and ability.
As a traditional monarch supported by conservative forces in Mexico and Napoleon III, he largely implements the republican policies in his policies. At the same time, he naively thinks that his opponent Juarez and other republicans can shake hands with each other. Make peace.
Juarez did not disappoint Maximiliano I. He seized on the poor innocence of Maximiliano I and quickly made a comeback. Now he has imprisoned Maximiliano I.
If Ernst had become the emperor of Mexico, he would have strongly supported the local conservatives, stabilized the French, and actively suppressed the so-called revolutionaries.
As for the reactionary forces, backward systems, and corrupt rule, it is just like Yile. Just like so many small African countries in the previous life, their leaders and governments were rampant in corruption, causing anger and resentment, and the people were in dire straits. In the end, they would not end well. .
Even if they are forced to flee overseas, their descendants can even return to their motherland to run for office again, which is perfectly in line with American democracy.
As long as you can promise benefits to the local powerful forces, you will have a chance to be elected. As for the dark history of your father's generation, do the people in Africa really not know about it? What kind of local rule does his family have? Has it been forgotten in one or two generations?
It can only be said that the votes in the hands of the people can be discounted. Even if the people do not accept this trick and really elect a president who dares to serve the people, the powerful class can also arrange a "convertible" for the so-called democratically elected president. "One-stop service.
Political struggle is about life and death, and you cannot break away from your own basic base. As a second-generation ancestor, Maximiliano I implemented the idealistic administrative model very well.
From this aspect, it can be said that Maximiliano I is also a clean stream in world history. He may not be a good emperor, but he is definitely not a bad person.
And he did not run away after the failure, which Ernst was ashamed of. Maximiliano I was really a very moral person.
I admire him, but it would definitely not work for Ernst to be someone like Maximilian I.
Besides, as Ernst's father-in-law, Ernst couldn't just ignore Maximiliano I and help him. If he had the ability, he still had to help. Whether he could succeed or not depended on God's will.
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Three o’clock in the morning.
The neatly dressed Maximilian I walked out of the cell and was taken to the execution ground by Mexican soldiers.
The execution ground was chosen in the suburbs, which can be considered a place with beautiful mountains and clear waters.
Maximiliano I slowly turned around, took out a handful of gold coins from his pocket, and distributed them to the execution soldiers.
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Roy Lee, a graduate of the Hechingen Military Academy.
"Is Vincent Cassel ready?"
"Don't worry, Li, the latest explosive invented by Mr. Nobel is used this time. It can definitely blow up the entire wall. Collapse."
"Very good, let our people be ready to fire directly after the explosion, and then stuff the Mexican Emperor into a sack and take him away."
...
Maximiliano I, standing on the execution ground, was preparing to give his last "speech" for his death.
He said: "I..."
"Boom..."
Before a word was uttered, he only heard a series of loud noises coming from around the execution ground. A large hole more than ten meters wide was opened in the wall.
There was a sudden riot in the crowd. Students from the Hechingen Military Academy dressed as Indians shouted in Indian language: "Long live His Majesty the Emperor, long live the Mexican Empire."
Taking out a pistol from his arms, he was still stunned when he pointed it at it. The Mexican soldiers in the state were shooting wildly. Roy Lee fired several shots at the Mexican officials at the execution ground to prevent them from organizing a counterattack.
There was a sudden sound of horse hooves outside the wall, and a group of masked men riding horses broke into the execution ground and rushed to Maximilian I.
Maximiliano I looked at the chaotic execution ground with a blank expression. Before he could react, he felt his eyes go dark and he was put into a sack.
The cadets of the Hechingen Military Academy threw the 100-pound Maximilian I with the sack behind the horse with all his might.
With a whistle, all the students of the Hechingen Military Academy in the execution ground got on their horses, and at the same time, bullets continued to attack the crowd for free.
The soldiers at the Mexican execution ground watched helplessly as His Majesty the Emperor was kidnapped by this group of people, and the unlucky execution ground official even died.
......
At ten o'clock in the morning, Juarez received the news that Maximiliano I had been kidnapped.
"Bang..."
Juarez slammed his hand on the table angrily, and the Mexican Republican officials did not dare to express their anger.
"Who is the target? Is it the French or the Austrians?" Juarez asked.
"Mr. President, according to the survivors present, they numbered about forty or fifty people, equipped with horses, and had explosives planted in the execution ground in advance. After investigation, it was likely that they were our soldiers. They bought the information so they could find the location of the execution ground. "
"Because they didn't predict it in advance, they caught us off guard. They didn't organize an effective counterattack on the spot, and the enemy didn't leave any wounded or dead bodies. ”
Juarez said: "To put it more importantly, we must first figure out who the enemy is, rather than review the process of the incident."
"Mr. President, according to the characteristics of the suspects provided by witnesses at the scene, they are indeed Indians. , and speaking in an Indian dialect. But we know that this is impossible! "Mexican desperadoes hired by the French."
Juarez is an Indian, so government officials certainly cannot say that this incident was planned by Indians, and the students at the Hechingen Military Academy have Asian faces. Like the Indians, the Mexicans had not thought that anyone would use people from the Far East to participate in Mexican affairs.
After a while of analysis, the Mexican authorities did not get any useful information.
At this time, Maximiliano I was stuffed into a carriage, and with a group of students from Hechingen Military Academy, they ran wildly towards the west coast of Mexico.
At this time, no matter how stupid Maximiliano I was, he knew that someone had saved him, but his two generals, Miguel Miramon and Thomas Messi, were still at the execution ground.
Maximiliano I also tried to communicate with the students of the Hechingen Military Academy, but Ernst, who had already issued an order, ordered that all students should not speak to Maximilian I.
The students of the Hechingen Military Academy's trip to Mexico only had to bring Maximiliano I back to Europe.
In order to prevent Maximiliano I from doing bad things, Ernst emphasized that students should treat Maximiliano I as a piece of wood.
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The next day, noon.
After a day and night of crazy driving, several horses were exhausted to death, and the group finally arrived at the pre-arranged coast.
A Hechingen ocean-going ship that recently performed a mission in Alaska was already waiting here. They sent a small boat to pick up the students from the Hechingen Military Academy and Maximiliano I on the ship.
With the roar of steam, the ship left Mexico and headed for Alaska. Everyone was safe.
(End of this chapter)