Chapter 462 Social Death Plan
There were tens of thousands of Viennese people who came to mourn the emperor, and they crowded several nearby streets.
Joseph, wearing a long black coat, was sitting in a wheelchair, following closely behind Leopold II, thinking about how to withdraw the French army from Silesia in batches.
Well, although his legs and feet are intact, the public opinion is that His Royal Highness the Crown Prince had his leg grazed by a bullet on the battlefield and developed an infection on the way to Vienna, which has now begun to affect his actions.
At present, the fighting in Silesia has ceased. Lacy dragged the cannon used in the confrontation in Lignitz to Breslau and built a new defense line.
The day before yesterday, Leopold II officially announced the suspension of Joseph II's reforms, causing an uproar throughout Austria.
Joseph remembers that it seemed like it was only a few months later that Leopold II reversed the reforms. It seems that because the war in Silesia consumed the empire too much, he had to act in advance to win more support from the nobles, especially the Hungarian nobles.
However, this is also good news for myself. Once Hungarian troops entered Silesia in large numbers, the French withdrawal would be even less noticeable.
Behind him, another man in a wheelchair was staring at him bitterly, it was Baron Walter.
Walter’s injury has improved a lot, but he still hurts all over when he walks.
At this time, he no longer had any fear of the French Crown Prince - in the past, the French army was His Majesty the Emperor's hope of retaking Silesia. Just like last time, as long as the Frenchman showed any dissatisfaction, his brother-in-law would give him a hard lesson.
He was even worried that the French Dauphin would send someone to assassinate him again.
However, the situation is completely different now!
The reform was over, and the nobles rejoiced and expressed their loyalty to the new emperor. The Hungarian nobles have assembled an army of nearly 40,000 people and will be heading to Silesia in the near future.
In Austria, Bohemia, Croatia, and even the Southern Netherlands, a large number of nobles who originally refused to participate in the war due to reforms will join the army. It is said that the number can reach more than 30,000.
This means that Austria will no longer need French troops.
Baron Walter in the wheelchair looked down at his mutilated hand, and secretly swore in his heart: Sooner or later, the arrogant and despicable Frenchman would have to pay the price!
In fact, he had secretly contacted Austria's anti-French ministers and worked to get the French army to withdraw from Austria. Although he has little political ability, his identity itself is a political symbol, so his efforts have begun to have an impact.
Austria, an empire that came together without bloodshed, is located in the middle of Europe and borders many big countries. As a result, there are various factions in the country - pro-French, pro-British, pro-Russian, and even pro-Prussian. Of course, there are also people who are opposed to the above countries.
If Joseph knew what Baron Walter was doing, he would really be able to give him a medal.
Walter thought that France was trying to form an alliance with Austria and form a coalition with Austria. In fact, Joseph was eager to grease his feet and leave Silesia, a place of right and wrong.
In this way, after the funeral of Joseph II, the unfulfilled HRE emperor, Joseph returned to Paris on the pretext of being seriously injured and took the First Guards Corps with him as his bodyguard along the way.
Camelia never found free time to visit her teacher before leaving Vienna - the crown prince was injured and she had to be at his side at all times.
While everyone was paying attention to the emperor's funeral, the assassination of Baron Walter did not spread at all. The girl left a letter to the teacher and returned to Paris with the crown prince.
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Paris. Although Joseph had repeatedly asked public opinion to downplay France's military victory in Silesia, when he arrived in Paris, nearly a thousand people gathered on both sides of the road to welcome the triumphant army.
Joseph had already lost his wheelchair - who said that the crown prince could not recover in a week because of his strong body - gave a brief speech to the welcoming crowd, and then left the important responsibility of "military and civilian family" to Berthier, and he went straight Return to Versailles.
After reporting his safety to Queen Mary and Louis XVI and having dinner together, Joseph finally had some free time.
Is it easy to be a crown prince? It’s almost always 997, and I have to travel a lot.
He was about to go back to the palace to have a good sleep. During the past few months when he went to Silesia, he spent most of the time sleeping on the camp bed. He woke up with a sore back and a sore back. Today I can finally enjoy my own velvet bed.
However, when he came to the corner of the corridor, he saw Fouche, Mirabeau, Bayi and others standing at the door eagerly waiting.
Joseph let out a long sigh and walked over with heavy steps.
Several important ministers hurriedly saluted him respectfully, and after boasting about his victory in Silesia, they looked at each other, and Fouche took the lead in following him into the living room.
"Your Highness, regarding the Oscar Pauli you ordered before," the intelligence chief placed a piece of information in front of the Crown Prince, "we have basically figured out all his circumstances and deployed manpower around him. Now You can take action at any time.”
When Joseph heard this, he immediately became energetic. This leader of the Corsican Restorationists was a serious enemy of his. He had caused considerable damage to Corsica and seriously misled the emperor. But Paulie had been hiding in the UK before, and now he was finally able to take action.
He looked at Fouche and said, "What are your plans?"
"According to your previous instructions, we decided to use a mistress to achieve our goal."
Because the British government is not allowed to assassinate Paoli, and Joseph cannot kill him - if he dies now, Paoli will become a "martyr", which is likely to stimulate the Corsican Zionists to carry out separatist activities more firmly. So he must be "socially dead"!
Joseph frowned slightly and then asked: "Please elaborate."
"Yes, Your Highness." Fouche said, "Pauli has a wife. We plan to let a Bulgarian woman of humble origin seduce him. Of course, he will think she is a French woman.
"After I got the woman, I tried to get his wife to catch the adulterer and reveal the true identity of the mistress..."
Joseph sighed. This can't be blamed on the Intelligence Bureau's old thinking. After all, they are all people from the 18th century. They have never seen the twists and turns of later generations, so it is not easy to think of such old-fashioned methods.
Seeing that the Crown Prince seemed dissatisfied, Fouché hurriedly added: "Your Highness, shall I find another Caucasian woman and seduce him together?"
Joseph helplessly held his forehead, thought for a while, and randomly picked a "simple" case from later generations to guide the intelligence chief: "If you want to use a woman to deal with him, you can design a noble lady to appear next to him and seduce him secretly, but on the surface He was lukewarm to him, and then he looked for an opportunity to make something happen between them, but kept it secret.
"After he lets his guard down, arrange for some people to pass near the room where they were making out, preferably with police officers inside.
"Then, the lady took out the torn clothes she had prepared, left some scars on herself, and shouted 'rape'! At this time, she went to notify his wife."
(End of chapter)