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Chapter 928 The Mysterious Union of Austria and Western Xia

The Vienna Peace Conference was in chaos because there were too many parties involved.

There are currently more than 300 states in Germany, many of which have lost their monarchs and are crying and making a fuss in Vienna every day.

More than three hundred people swarmed around like flies, all vying for power.

Other countries, such as Britain, France, Spain, Portugal, Prussia, Austria, Sardinia, and Naples, also had their own demands, making it difficult to reach a consensus in a short period of time.

As for the Dayu, which played a significant role in the war, they pretended that this was a matter for Europeans and that they would not participate, but behind the scenes they were constantly stirring up trouble.

Because a stable and united Europe is not what Da Yu wants.

Of course, the Vienna Peace Conference did not leave empty-handed; the parties quickly reached an agreement on exiling Napoleon to Elba.

Elba is located in the Mediterranean Sea and is very close to Corsica, the birthplace of Napoleon.

The reason for choosing such a nearby place to exile this famous French emperor was to disregard the fact that approximately four hundred French guards accompanied Napoleon.

This is because the wars of recent years have devastated European countries. Even large countries like Austria and Prussia have lost eight to ten percent of their population, and the losses in smaller countries have been even more severe.

For example, Lombardy, which was reserved for Mogadishu, lost 18 percent of its population, Portugal lost 25 percent, and Switzerland lost almost 20 percent of its population.

If Napoleon is not treated well, then the war will continue, penetrating deep into French territory, which will drag all the countries down with it.

"Your Excellency Duke, Your Excellency Viscount, as His Majesty the Emperor's secret envoy, I can assure you that the Emperor and the Empire support the Kingdom of England's military operations in New England."

We can even provide a considerable number of troops for the war; all that's needed is for English ships to handle transport and food supplies. We can even provide our own weapons.

In a secret room in Pozzoni (Bratislava), Lin Qing, the commander of the Southern Garrison of the Embroidered Uniform Guard, who was the secret representative of the Great Yu court and was specifically responsible for contacting England, had already made contact with the Duke of Wellington and the Foreign Minister, Viscount Castlerell.

That's right, this Lin Qing is the historical leader of the Heavenly Principle Sect, the one who stormed into the Forbidden City in Beijing.

In this timeline, Lin Qing naturally wouldn't establish the Heavenly Principles Sect again, because he became a high-ranking official in the Embroidered Uniform Guard responsible for monitoring the White Lotus Sect.

Who would want to go around the streets and play tricks if they could become a high-ranking official in the intelligence department?

Moreover, Lin Qing is very suitable for this job. Historically, he has been very good at stealth and manipulating people's minds, so he is perfect for being a secret policeman.

Upon hearing Lin Qing's words, the Duke of Wellington remained silent, but the Foreign Minister, Viscount Castleray, showed interest.

"How many troops can the Seris Empire send from the Yan Kingdom and the New France Kingdom?"

From the message conveyed by the messenger, it is clear that His Majesty the Great Emperor of the East is very interested in sending troops to New England.

Lin Qing smiled mysteriously, his deliberately lowered voice making him sound even more enigmatic.

"That depends on how badly the Kingdom of England wants to beat New England, whether to punish it or to take it back completely."

"Given the relationship between our two countries, however many troops the Kingdom of England needs from the Great Yu army, we will send them!"

Now it was the Duke of Wellington's turn to frown. "It seems that the traitors of New England do not pose much of a threat to the North American colonies of the Seres Empire. Why is His Majesty willing to provide such assistance to England?"

"Not big?" Lin Qing chuckled. "Duke, I think it's very big!"
Because the United States of America already had eight million people, even after deducting the two million or so slaves, there were still five or six million people.

In Europe and in the Eastern Divine Land, they may not be a great force, but in the Northern Continent, they are a decisive force.

A growing population drives them to constantly seek more land for new people, as evidenced by their attacks on the English colonies.

Lin Qing spoke fluently and eloquently, indicating that he had made ample preparations. Mo Zibu had sent him to Europe specifically for this matter.

"Moreover, if they fail to achieve their goal of Upper and Lower Canada this time, they will soon choose to move westward."

As for us, the Great Yu Dynasty, we don't lack troops in the Meixi River Plain (Louisiana), but rather we lack manpower. If that happens, the interests of the Seris Empire will be jeopardized.

Viscount Castlere squinted, a smile spreading across his face.

In his view, whatever the Seres' intentions may be, this excuse is enough to answer everyone's question about why the Seres Empire should interfere in eastern North America.

But the Duke of Wellington had not considered these things, because he was not of traditional noble birth, but rather a newly rich man who rose through military merit.

So he stared at Lin Qing, as if trying to find the answer in Lin Qing's face.

“Special Envoy, I don’t believe the United States of America would dare to provoke the Seris Empire, even if you don’t have many immigrants in Louisiana.”

Because Americans are a mob, but not fools.

On the contrary, I think the Seres Empire could even fund these people, allowing these American mobs to continue causing trouble in North America, forcing England to rely on the Seres Empire in even more ways.

Lin Qing smiled, but he still offered another convincing excuse: "I think that after the great riots in France, our two countries should cooperate more closely to deal with the threat posed by mobs under tyranny to the whole world."

This excuse almost made Lin Qing lose his composure, but since he had heard that the Emperor greatly admired the Duke of Wellington, he made an exception and reminded him.

“Your Grace, we are all ordinary people and cannot predict what will happen decades from now. Therefore, we can judge many things based on the current situation.”

"No one is responsible for the future, and no one can be responsible for the future."

The Duke of Wellington was a smart man and quickly understood Lin Qing's meaning.

He was a great commander of the Kingdom of England, but not the King of England.

He is not responsible for the future of the kingdom, nor can he be responsible for it.

Even if in the future it is proven that the Seris Empire, through this war, has weakened their biggest, or even only, powerful rival on the North American continent to the greatest extent possible, allowing them to devour the entire North American continent.

But none of that had anything to do with the Duke of Wellington; he was not responsible for it.

. . . .

Meanwhile, Li Xingtai was in Vienna saying goodbye to Mo Gongze.

"Once I leave, that person on Elba Island will definitely seek an opportunity to break free from their constraints. How confident are you?"

"Otherwise, I'll leave the Liangfan Three Guards and the Liaofan Three Guards to you. That way, even if the war gets out of control, we can still guarantee final victory."

Mo Gongze thought for a moment, then quickly shook his head. "Napoleon is waiting for you to leave. Only when he is sure you've left will he reappear before the French."

This is the outcome we all wanted to see: for Napoleon to gather the last of France's elite forces and then annihilate them outside of France.

At the same time, it made European countries, especially Prussians and Austrians, realize that they could not do without me.

Well, Napoleon was able to take so many people to Elba for so-called exile not only because the European countries didn't want to be completely drawn into the Franco-French War, but also because Mo Gongze and Li Xingtai deliberately let them off the hook. Their aim was to completely wipe out the elite French forces and to provoke Europe into another crisis.

On March 20, 1815, the Vienna Peace Conference had been raging for over fifty days, but still had no results.

At this time, news came from Shuntian Prefecture in Beijing that Emperor Mozibu had agreed to postpone the attack on the Ottoman Empire and instead cooperate with England to severely damage the United States.

So Li Xingtai immediately led 40,000 Dayu troops back to the capital. They were originally the vanguard in the attack on the Ottomans, but now that they were no longer fighting, they naturally wanted to hurry back to Anxi to have children.

The news spread quickly, and Napoleon became even more anxious on Elba Island after learning about it, but he did not take any further action because the time was not yet fully ripe.

While many French people regard Napoleon as a hero and the Allied forces' entry into Paris as a disgrace, Napoleon also caused the deaths of hundreds of thousands of French soldiers due to his mistakes.

For them to support Napoleon in dragging France into war again, some external forces would be needed.

Soon, this external force arrived.

While the Vienna Peace Conference was being held, a turmoil resembling that of the French Revolution was unfolding on French soil.

Historically, many people have been blinded by the Parisian citizens' acceptance and welcome of Louis XVIII, ignoring how chaotic the rest of France was during that period.

Throughout France, as the old aristocracy flocked back to their homeland, various homecoming groups were immediately established.

The people who had received land during the French Revolution were forced to return large amounts of land to the nobles.

Even though Louis XVIII repeatedly ordered the nobles not to seize land that already belonged to the people, it was to no avail.

Because Louis XVIII was supported by foreign troops, the nobles who supported him, such as Count Talleyrand, were mostly elites from the area around Paris.

This led the Condé nobility, who actually possessed some military power, and the local nobles who had returned, to be less obedient to Louis XVIII's orders.

Even more seriously, more than twenty years have passed since the French Revolution began, and many French nobles who fled abroad are now living off their savings.

Many of them owed large sums of money to Jewish bankers, which forced them to quickly reclaim their property and even plunder some of the people's assets in order to repay their debts.

Meanwhile, things weren't much better for Louis XVIII in Paris.

Napoleon had completely bankrupted the government's finances. Although the Ministry of Finance still had nearly 60 million francs in gold reserves, they could not be used casually.

This money was intended to go into the mint to issue new coins in order to adjust the completely bankrupt finances.

Therefore, under these circumstances, it became inevitable to reduce the number of hundreds of thousands of troops that had been engaged in militarism during the Napoleonic era, especially the Napoleonic veterans who had received very generous treatment.

Although Louis XVIII was a good monarch in history, he was still too inexperienced at this time. His exile injected energy into his will, but it did not improve his experience in governing the country.

This restored Bourbon king failed to realize that no matter how many generals swore allegiance to him surrounded him, he could not let the tiger return to the mountain.

Soon, these Napoleonic veterans who had returned to their hometowns were completely enraged.

Not only did they lose their stable income as elite soldiers, but upon returning home they also discovered that their land had been seized by the returning nobles, and their families had been driven away or even killed.

Yes, the returning, frenzied nobles didn't even spare the land of the French middle-class peasants who made up Napoleon's veterans; they dared to confiscate it.

On April 17, Napoleon received confirmation on Elba that the 4-strong army of the Great Yu had boarded ships at the port of Turcha and set sail for the Caucasus region.

At the same time, Napoleon received a secret report from Savary, the former Minister of Police disguised as a merchant, informing him that a wave of opposition to the Bourbon Restoration was breaking out throughout France.

Many people are hoping that he will return and lead the French to glory once again.

Napoleon was overjoyed upon receiving the news.

At this time, he had four hundred guards and six hundred of his fellow Corsicans, and he had no shortage of guns, ammunition, clothing and food.

So on April 20, after delivering a mobilization speech, Napoleon ordered his guards to assassinate the Bourbon officials sent to monitor him, cleverly evading the fleet guarding him, and using a Neapolitan merchant fleet as cover to land directly in southern France.

After he landed, Savary and other Bonapartist factions immediately spread rumors everywhere.

It is said that Louis XVIII was so terrified that he fled to England, and that soldiers and officials in certain places have declared their continued loyalty to Napoleon, etc.

Along the way, the people who opposed the Bourbon dynasty's counterattack and believed that the Napoleonic era was better warmly welcomed Napoleon.

Many demobilized veterans joined the army with their own weapons and food. Even the soldiers who came to capture Napoleon knelt down to show their loyalty when they saw him.

On April 29, Napoleon's army approached the outskirts of Paris, and many of his former subordinates, including Marshal Davout, Marshal Suchet, Marshal Soult, Marshal Brune, and General Grouchy, declared their loyalty to the emperor once again.

On the same day, Louis XVIII fled Paris in haste, reportedly without even having a chance to drink a sip of the turtle soup prepared for him at court.

After returning to the throne, Napoleon immediately ordered the expansion of the army and, in a desperate move, used all the reserves of the treasury to fund the military.

He then ordered his generals to go to various provinces to arrest all the nobles who were just moments before launching a counterattack, and to use the money they had just extracted to arm the troops.

Within two months, at least a hundred noble families, both large and small, suffered misfortune after their initial joy turned to sorrow. The old French aristocratic system came to an end at this point, and in a true sense, it essentially withdrew from the stage of French history.

In Vienna, upon hearing the news of Napoleon's return, the European nations, who had been bickering, finally fell silent.

Terrified monarchs from various countries announced the re-formation of an anti-French coalition, vowing to completely defeat Napoleon and even clamoring to hang him.

The most frightened were the Austrians and Prussians, who were terrified by the French and Napoleon.

Under these circumstances, Mo Gongze finally completed his final step.

In order to defeat Napoleon and prevent the Austrian Empire from falling apart, the Austrian nobles, led by Metternich, agreed to Mogonze's terms.

On May 15, Emperor Franz I of Austria abdicated, and his eldest son Ferdinand, who had many problems, succeeded him as Emperor Ferdinand I of Austria.

On the same day, Mogölze took Ferdinand I to Pozzoni (Bratislava), where, in front of everyone, he became the legally recognized King of Hungary and changed the name of the Kingdom of Hungary to the Kingdom of Western Xia.

On May 17, Austria and Western Xia held a strange merger ceremony, announcing the establishment of a united kingdom of Austria and Western Xia, or simply the Kingdom of Austria-Western Xia.

In order to compensate for the transformation of the Austrian Empire into the Kingdom of Austria-Xia, under the witness of Shen Yao, the plenipotentiary ambassador of the Great Yu to Europe, Mo Gongze held Ferdinand I's hand and announced the restoration of the Holy Roman Empire. Ferdinand I once again became the Holy Roman Emperor.

Thus, this historically bizarre empire was formed.

When the Kingdom of Austria was part of the Austro-Sudanese Union, it was a kingdom of Austrians.

When the Western Xia Kingdom is excluded, Austria is the first state of the Holy Roman Empire, and the King of Austria is the Holy Roman Emperor of the Germans.

(End of this chapter)