"Your Majesty, Williams Arnold from Brussels, Belgium, has come to the outside of the Duille Palace and request an audience."

"Let him come in."

Williams had actually arrived in Paris long ago, but it was not until Levi ascended the throne in France and the French Republic became the French Empire that he summoned the other party.

This is naturally to prepare for Li Wei's next political plan.

While waiting, Li Wei had already recalled information about Williams Arnold provided by Manid.

Although the other party was born and raised in Brussels in Belgium (Brussels is the capital city of Belgium), he was not a nobleman, but just an ordinary middle-class intellectual.

Later, after the outbreak of the French Revolution, the Belgian region was invaded by the French army. During the French army's station, a large number of French Revolution ideas poured into the Belgian region.

It has to be said that the slogan of freedom, equality and fraternity is very attractive to the civilian class. Even though the French army did everything evil in the Belgian region, the ideas of the French Revolution were accepted by most Belgian civilians.

The reason is no different. Belgian civilians are also oppressed by the aristocratic and church classes!

The first one to be defeated and destroyed by the French army was the local nobles and church forces, which gave ordinary Belgian civilians the opportunity to come into contact with the ideas of the Great Revolution.

Why did the French Revolution ideas spread slowly in Europe?

It is because other monarchical countries listed the ideological dissemination tools related to the French Revolution as forbidden objects. If Li Wei had not sent Fatis to establish the Lindenwan Brotherhood, the French Revolution thought would have never been spread in other parts of Europe.

Even in the world history of Li Wei's previous life, the spread of French Revolution thought became popular in Europe with the expansion of the Napoleonic War.

Among them, the Napoleon Code played a crucial role!

The most direct consequence of the spread of French Revolution thought in Li Wei's previous life was:

In 1848, it triggered a great European uprising, which led to the collapse of the Vienna system established by Napoleon in 1815. The powerful Austrian Empire (a replacement for the new Habsburg Empire after the Holy Roman Empire was dismantled by Napoleon) was forced to sign a peace agreement with the Hungarian nobles, turning the Austrian Empire into a dual state like the Austro-Hungarian Empire.

As a result, the Austrian Empire, which was at the forefront of the European hegemony at that time, suddenly declined. Later, it gradually reached the end of the national uprisings that broke out from time to time, until it was completely collapsed during World War I!

In the history of Li Wei's previous life, the only thing that was not affected by the European uprising in 1848 was Tsarist Russia. It was Tsarist Russia who sent troops to help preserved the mainstream of European monarchy countries. Except for the French monarchy that was turned into a republic by revolutionaries, other European countries were greatly damaged during the uprising, but at least they protected the monarchy.

The reputation of Tsarist Russia reached its peak in the European uprising in 1848. It was not until the later Crimean War that the British and French coalition forces used weapons and equipment that led the Russian army to an era and helped the Ottoman Empire defeat Tsarist Russia that they ended the title of Tsarist Russia.

The most fundamental reason why Tsarist Russia was not affected by the European Revolution in 1848 was that Tsarist Russia was backward serf system. At that time, the first industrial revolution had begun in the entire Europe, and only Tsarist Russia still maintained the backward serf system.

It was the backward serf system that blocked the spread of revolutionary ideas and made the revolutionary uprising power in Tsarist Russia very weak.

This shows how powerful the power of revolutionary ideas is!

The advancement of weapons and equipment has made counting a crucial factor on the battlefield. As long as one can ensure that one gun is guaranteed, a group of citizens can also use the advantage of the number of elite troops to defeat a small number of elite troops!

Not to mention, revolutionary ideas often make the rioters of the civilian class become more brave.

In fact, the later Redism thought was improved from the French Revolution thought.

It is not difficult to understand why after the French Revolution broke out, the combat effectiveness of the French army was completely renewed, and even ordinary citizens' armed forces would greatly increase.

If Li Wei had not possessed the golden finger of the total war system, he would not have been able to beat the army armed by revolutionary ideas.

Even in World War II, before the invention of the atomic bomb, the ideological level could make up for the shortcomings in weapons and equipment.

The Japanese's madness is a typical example. If the United States had not used the atomic bomb, the Japanese who were behind in all aspects would not know how long they could have resisted.

Perhaps the 100 million slogans shouted by the Japanese were bragging, but relying on the advantages of local defense and fighting spirit and the unafraid of death, it only takes millions of lives to make the US military pay an unimaginable price!

At that time, the United States was reluctant to land on the main island of Japan for combat because the huge casualties in the Battle of Iwo Jima made the US government see the difficulty of occupying the entire territory of Japan.

There are many similar examples, such as the War to Resist U.S. Aggression and Aid Korea, the Vietnam War, etc., all classic wars in which weak countries rely on ideological armament in facing strong countries with equipment advantages and turning the tables against the will of heaven?

Of course, Li Wei's army can win repeatedly, but also rely on a fierce fighting spirit...

Li Wei knew that his reputation among European monarchical countries and aristocratic classes had long been ruined, so he naturally could not find traditional European aristocrats to act as kings of the Belgian kingdom.

Even if there is administrative guidance to control a king, there is a big family behind it. If you find that something is wrong with your family members, it is easy to speculate that it is Li Wei's hypnosis method.

At that time, the king's family can secretly use insidious means to replace the administratively enlightened king after stabilizing the situation in the Belgian Kingdom, and then push a family member who has not been enlightened by Li Wei!

According to the European Royal Inheritance Law, this is a completely reasonable operation!

As for letting important members of the entire family come to Paris to brainwash Levi, this is impossible. Who said that Levi's ability to hypnotize now has spread in the upper class of Europe?

This is why Li Wei would rather find a Belgian civilian leader than a famous noble family from Europe to establish the Belgian Kingdom.

I just worry that the Kingdom of Belgium will be out of its control!

On the other hand, finding a Belgian civilian leader does not have a powerful family behind it. It can even be said that he is a person of all kinds among his relatives. Controlling Williams alone is equivalent to controlling his entire family.

The common class is not like the aristocratic class, with a large number of members of the sidelines and even direct family!

The reason for Williams to be selected is very simple. He is the leader of the emerging liberal party in the Brussels city in Belgium.

After the French evacuated, the Belgian region was immediately occupied by the Pu'Austrian coalition and re-arranged into the family territory of the Habsburg dynasty of the Holy Roman Empire.

However, later, with Austria defeated all the way in Italy and being beaten by the Levi government to sign a truce treaty, Austria ceded Belgium to France, and the Austrian garrison here naturally evacuated...

Originally, Li Wei wanted to turn Belgium into a major region of France, but cabinet ministers told Li Wei that the Belgian region was extremely resentful to France due to the French army's wanton looting there before.

Especially when the truce treaty between the Holy Roman Empire and the French Republic was introduced into the Belgian region, the anti-French alliance collapsed, and the Belgian people knew that their hometown was ceded to the French Republic, dozens of civilian armed forces broke out in less than a month!

This is probably one of the reasons why the Holy Roman Empire was willing to ced the Belgian region to France.

Although France's rule over Belgium was not obstructed by the church and local aristocrats, the hatred of the Belgian people was undoubtedly more difficult to clear. In addition, the Belgium region was deeply invaded by the French Revolutionary Thought, and various revolutionary parties emerged like spring bamboo after the rain.

The guerrillas naturally continued to appear like locusts.

Even less than a week after the Austrian army was evacuated, all the large and medium-sized cities in the Belgian region were occupied by civilian armed forces and formed a loose offensive and defensive alliance to establish an independent country.

Among them, there were those who wanted to establish a republic, and those who wanted to find a qualified person from the traditional European nobles to establish the Kingdom of Belgium.

In short, it cannot be annexed by the French!

Perhaps, these local armed forces in Belgium are very poor, and there are not even a few artillery pieces, but if the French force enters forcibly, it is not difficult to occupy the big city. If you want to clear out the Belgian guerrillas, you must be prepared for a long-term security war!

This will not only greatly consume France's national strength (wars cost money!), but will also turn Belgium, which is in its recovery period, into a white ground again...

In this way, Li Wei only gained a territorial area where there was no output and there was still money to spend money in. This was obviously not in the interests of the Li Wei government!

Therefore, Li Wei agreed to the suggestions put forward by the cabinet ministers and wanted to establish a vassal state in the Belgium region.

If the Belgians set up a regime themselves, they will naturally not rebel continuously.

The candidates for governments to establish vassal states must choose Belgian locals, and must also have a certain reputation among the people. It is best to have their own armed forces and confidants, which are enough to support the prototype of a regime.

In addition, Li Wei also insisted that Belgium must be a kingdom, not a republic!

Li Wei has fully learned from the historical experience of the previous life. The Republic is the breeding ground for revolutionary thought. Over time, revolutionary thought will surely spread.

Once revolutionary ideas are rampant, Belgium will sooner or later have revolutions, and it is not impossible to overthrow the vassal government and escape from Li Wei's control.

So Li Wei planned to establish a conservative monarchy from the beginning.

The royal power is still very sacred in this era, and many foolish people will subconsciously instinctively fear it.

The most important thing is that the inheritance system of the monarchy is the inheritance system of the father and the son. As long as the heirs of the Belgian royal family come to Paris, Li Wei can firmly control the Belgian royal family.

Just like the Kingdom of Catalonia that controls Aragon.

After many screenings, Williams, the leader of the Belgian liberal party who now occupies Brussels, became a candidate for the king of the Belgian Kingdom.

The various guerrillas and revolutionary parties in the Belgium region were also very clear that they were not comparable to France's military power. If France's Li Wei was willing to allow them to establish an independent country, even if it was a vassal country that needed to pay tribute regularly, the various civilian armed forces in the Belgium region would be acceptable.

If you don’t accept it, you will become a public enemy of civilian armed forces in Belgium!

Everyone just doesn't want the French army to enter the Belgian area, instead of really having to fight to the end with the French army. After all, no one is willing to die on the battlefield...

The Belgian Liberal Party can control Brussels, the most prosperous capital city in Belgium, and the strength of the Belgian Liberal Party is undoubtedly the most powerful among the civilian armed forces in various parts of the Belgium region at this time.

Therefore, Williams thought it was natural for him to become the first king of Belgium.

Obviously, this is a very ambitious guy.

As for his civilian status, perhaps before Aragon established the Kingdom of Catalonia, Williams did not dare to accept the crown bait thrown by the Levi regime.

But now the Kingdom of Catalonia is in a prosperous state with the support of the Levi regime, and even the Kingdom of Spain is pinching its nose to recognize that they are sovereign states!

With a precedent in front of him, Williams, who was born in the civilian class and did not know that Levi had hypnosis, happily accepted the conditions offered by France, ran to Paris happily, and participated in Levi's crowning ceremony. After seeing Levi, he went back to establish the Kingdom of Belgium and put a crown on himself!

In the past, the civilian class dared to do this and was seeking death, but now, with the endorsement of the Levi government who just defeated the anti-French alliance, Williams naturally fearless!

At worst, before Belgium was occupied by the enemy, he would take his men to France as an exiled government, waiting for the French army to fight back to Belgium. He would be the king, just like the lucky one in Aragon!

The example of Aragon made Williams envious.

There is no civilian in this era who does not want to be a noble, let alone become a king!

As for the propaganda of revolutionary ideas, perhaps Williams was indeed a passionate and pure revolutionary youth when he first came into contact with the French Revolutionary ideas, but as he climbed to the position of liberal leaders, the corruption of power had long changed Williams' original intention!

People will change.

As for the idea of ​​betraying Levi, Williams has not yet. After all, he has not yet gained a foothold in Belgium and has no capital to bargain with France.

However, after Williams gained a foothold in the Kingdom of Belgium, it may not be possible to regard France as the boss...
Chapter completed!