Chapter 2307 Appointment with Glory (Part 2)

The stairs of the bell tower are spiral, with a pillar in the middle. The steps continue to rotate and extend upward along it. Occasionally passing by a window, you can overlook the city landscape.

"If...if the weather is good, you can still see Brussels." The archbishop said to Bonaparte as he climbed the stairs, his voice coming from above.

Although the others are not as old as him, they are still pampered. They are almost out of breath halfway up the climb, especially the seventh Duke of Arenberg, who has a big belly and looks nothing like him.

A "prince" who can ride a horse and fight in battle.

The Holy Roman Empire originally had 51 free cities, but now there are six: Hamburg, Bremen, Lübeck, Frankfurt am Mainz, Nuremberg and Augsburg.

This is the arbitration result of the newly promulgated "Subordinate Act". The place where the act was announced was the Grand Council Palace in Mechelen. It was read by the Duke of Arenberg in the parliament. The princes who had previously surrendered to the Holy Roman Empire were no longer

Thinking that the Habsburg family was capable of coordinating the distribution of the empire, they asked France and Russia to arbitrate. Before Talleyrand left for Berlin, Georgiana went to his residence. He was very busy at the time, and it was said that he was hosting these people.

Princes. These pot-bellied German princes stroked his poodle tenderly and played "hide and seek" and "find the slipper" with Talleyrand's niece in order to coax him to better cities and parishes. In secularization

After the territory of the church, their next target is organizations without political status, including hospitals, universities, monasteries and "free cities". If a bottom line is not drawn and the greed of these princes is not drawn, the last six free cities will not be able to do so.

There will be leftover.

They will fall to whoever has the overall advantage, and they will also dig out a piece of flesh from whoever is weak. In order to seek self-protection, the North German city-states joined Prussia's neutral camp, even though they were not originally included in the "Basel Peace Treaty"

The contracting states have also joined in. The distribution has been almost completed, but some people are still holding on to luck, and the Duchess of Arenberg will return to her ancestral home and title.

As Voltaire said, the Holy Roman Empire was neither holy, nor Roman, nor an empire.

The "Golden Edict" issued by Charles IV established seven electors and did not allow the Habsburg family to be hereditary. Its effectiveness actually ended in 1648 because of the Thirty Years' War and the Eighty Years' War.

In that year, the Peace of Westphalia ended, and the treaty recognized the sovereignty of the princes, which was beneficial to the separatist forces.

Wolfgang means the advancing wolf. As long as they become stronger, they can influence the succession of the throne even if they don't compete for the crown of the Roman Empire.

These people are basically unreliable. Bankers such as Fugger can use money to influence the throne, but they can also use other means. Frederick the Great once used Silesia in exchange for Maria Teresa.

Sarah made a deal and supported her as the heir to the throne.

The "Golden Edict" had lost its effectiveness in 1648, but Maria Theresa's accession to the throne in accordance with the "1713 State Edict" was opposed by the princes. For this reason, the Austrian Succession War also occurred. She could only compromise and let her

Her husband Franz I became emperor, and what was the basis for Franz to become emperor?

Franz succeeded the Holy Roman Emperor as the Grand Duke of Tuscany, and was also not among the electors of the Golden Edict. Moreover, the Grand Duke of Tuscany often came from the Medici family, but Franz exchanged Lorraine for

In exchange for the deposed king of Poland, he received the title of Grand Duke of Tuscany, and the Grand Duke of Tuscany had a marriage relationship with the Habsburgs, so that Franz had the right to inherit the throne.

The power of the elector can be transferred. After Napoleon incorporated Mainz into the territory of France, the candidacy of the Archbishop of Mainz was given to the Archbishop of Regensburg. It was also added in the "Peace of Westphalia"

There are 8 electors. How many new electors will be produced in this upcoming peace treaty?

The War of the Bavarian Succession broke out because of the extinction of the Wittelsbach dynasty, which included two Holy Roman Emperors.

It was the Grand Duke of Bavaria who took the lead in refusing to recognize Maria Theresa's inheritance. If Maria Theresa accepted Frederick the Great's conditions, she could obtain the support of Prussia, but she refused, and Prussia stood

On the Bavaria side. The United Kingdom, the Netherlands, and Russia sided with Maria Theresa.

Prussia and England were far apart, so what was the benefit of forming a military alliance?

But the British king came from Hanover, which was located in northern Germany.

The kings were busy calculating these, but they never thought that the succession to the throne was nothing to do with civilians. In the past, officers needed to become "knights" for promotion, which was the ticket to the aristocracy. The French Revolution opened the promotion of officers and even generals to civilians.

Prussia also gave some officer positions to the bourgeoisie due to battle losses or to improve combat effectiveness. For example, Elizabeth, another manor owner who was "right against" Mrs. Kaiser, who was born in the Junker aristocracy, loaned money to

Creditworthy factory owners in the territory also absorb deposits from doctors, grooms, etc. This is a banking model.

The vast majority of people want to move up, whether it is quality of life or social status.

But Georgiana envied Molly. Even though her waist was as thick as a bucket, Arthur still called her "Molly Shiver."

She didn't want to climb up, but the people behind her wanted to go up. There was no room to hide in the narrow spiral bell tower stairs, so she had no choice but to climb up together.

This may be the biggest difference between them. Napoleon was at the front, leading everyone to climb up, but she just wanted to stop.

The journey was not long. It took them about half an hour to climb to the top of the bell tower. Here they could see many machines and bells with inscriptions engraved on the surface. The carillon worked through them.

There was also a tray with a rope attached, which could be put down like a bucket in the well. She originally thought it was used by the bell ringer guarding the bell tower to get food from downstairs, which made everyone laugh.

Voice.

There is no "hunchback" like Quasimodo in this tower. The pallets are used by craftsmen who repair the bell tower to transport bricks.

It’s also about machinery. Leonardo da Vinci’s cover letter to the Archduke of Milan stated that he could design military machinery for him; steam engines and spinning jenny were originally meant to save manpower, but now they are about maximizing profits.

Reasons why people use child labor to replace adults.

In the past, Pomona believed that fertility should be encouraged, even if the witches gave the children to orphanages to be raised. However, Voldemort left a sum of money to Lucius and asked him to pay it to the families who adopted war orphans, because he really

Having stayed in an orphanage, even if he was treated like a servant at a relative's house like Harry, it was still better than an orphanage.

Cinderella also worked at home, and her stepmother did not send her to a monastery or other places. This allowed her to dream that one day the prince would come to save her while she was immersed in cleaning.

Bonaparte walked to the edge of the bell tower and looked at Mechelen bathed in the golden sunshine. The weather today was not very good, with dark clouds, but now it looks like the clouds are opening. A beam of light shines down, forming a small

The Dahl effect looks like the light of heaven.

"Admonishment" when others are in a good mood will be very disappointing, and they will gradually become less willing to approach you. On the contrary, those who say flattering words will get more opportunities.

The more you accuse him of not "loving virtuous ministers and staying away from villains", the more he will do the opposite; some children are very obedient, and it is precisely because they are obedient that they are easy to control.

There are many things that only become valuable when they are lost.

Georgiana walked beside him quietly and looked at the scenery together.

"Do you think Margaret of Austria loves Charles V? Even if he is not her biological child." Bonaparte asked.

"Yes." She said without hesitation.

"Why?" He turned to look at her.

"When a female wolf loses her cubs, she will use human children as replacements. Are humans inferior to wolves?" Georgiana asked, looking at the scenery in the distance.

"Look into my eyes and speak," he ordered.

She obeyed her instructions and looked into his eyes.

"Say what you just said again."

Georgiana did not do as he asked immediately.

"I'm very scared. The child raised in my way is not qualified enough." Her heart was pounding. "What if he grows up and turns into a bad guy?"

"Women love to think wildly." He whispered.

She didn't refute.

"What did you do the night before yesterday?" he asked.

She frowned and looked at him.

"Do you think you can deceive me by asking those little girls to give you perjury?"

"What do you think I will do? Master." She teased with a smile and sarcastically.

He didn't speak.

"You've made me so angry." She stopped smiling and said unhappily.

"So you just hung out all night?" He raised his voice and said a little domineeringly.

She doesn't want to talk.

"Have you told anyone else about my next itinerary?" he asked again.

"You still think I'm a spy?"

"You just need to answer yes or no." He said calmly.

"No." She hesitated, "I've always been alone."

"What did I say to make you angry?"

She wanted to be angry again.

Look, he really forgot.

"What do you think of Roquerolle?" he asked suddenly.

She looked back and saw that the Archbishop was chatting with Duke Arenberg in the other direction.

"Hard to say."

"He promised to hold ceremonies for the Knights, but did not grant blessings. Do you think he succumbed to force or coercion, or had some other purpose?" Bonaparte asked.

Georgiana did not answer immediately.

The ceremony can be legalized. At a small level, it is a marriage ceremony. The groom kisses his "lawful wife" with the blessing of everyone. At a large level, it is similar to a presidential inauguration, where he has to put his hand on the Bible and take an oath. Jefferson's inauguration ceremony in 1801 was very

Simple, this may be due to cost-saving considerations, but people question the legitimacy of his position, keeping in mind the issue of votes.

Rituals also bring a sense of sacredness, which not only promotes unity but also helps create loyalty to the new regime.

Pepin laboriously designed the anointed coronation ceremony precisely to "legitimately" replace the Merovingian dynasty, which was blessed and given by God through human agents.

"He wanted to remain neutral." Georgiana said. "Not all priests supported it during the Crusades."
To be continued...