Episode 83 Directory Government –
National Assembly the day after the claimant to the throne.
As expected, when the proposal to restore the monarchy by enthroning the three princesses to avoid war with the Germanic Empire was first brought up, members of the National Assembly strongly opposed it.
In a situation where I was already the commander-in-chief of the revolutionary army and Christine and the Center Party had considerable control over the National Assembly, our proposal would have sounded like a return to the old system with the illegitimate princess sitting as a puppet.
However, half of the outraged members of the National Assembly lowered their voices when they found out that the three princesses were Eris.
Although she may be a missing princess who has never been heard of, Saint Eris has already gained enormous popularity among the entire nation.
Everyone knows that I am a supporter, but I am too big a figure to carelessly denigrate him as a puppet.
In addition, when Eris said that she hoped to elect the king through popular election, but to have a term of office and not to reduce the authority of the National Assembly, the rest of the class also became cautious.
As the members of the National Assembly look on, Eris is answering questions with a calm expression.
“…So, the saint, no, Esiliste…Your Royal Highness Princess Liliane de Francia. “Are you saying we want to restore the monarchy but continue to rule by the National Assembly?”
“Yes, that’s right. President Talleyrand.”
After hearing Eris’s answer, Talleyrand, the leader of the Revolutionary Party, narrowed his eyebrows and then turned his gaze towards me.
Faced with blatant disbelief, I just shrugged my shoulders.
“The election of a king for a fixed term through a national vote is groundbreaking, but unprecedented. “I’m curious about the princess’s intention in making this suggestion.”
Eris slowly opened her mouth in response to a question from Liberal Party President Nicola Brissot.
“I don’t want to reign as the queen of Francia, but I just want to prevent foreign countries from using the throne of Francia as a justification for war.”
Eris paused for a moment, smoothed the hem of her robe, and then added.
“But I know very well that you want to protect the revolution and are anxious about rebuilding a monarchy that has already failed. That’s why I’m talking about a kind of supplementary measure: a throne that cannot be maintained without the people’s trust.”
“Hmm…”
The members of the National Assembly only whispered to each other but did not protest strongly.
If it had not been Eris who made this suggestion, the National Assembly might have thought it was just a hypocrite’s deception to restore the monarchy.
However, the conduct and weight of the person speaking supports her claim.
Eris’ actions of protecting the soldiers until she fainted during the battle against King Louis and the Germanic Empire to protect Francia and caring for the wounded without sparing herself even after the battle are very famous.
No one in the National Assembly has ever served the people as well as Eris, and Eris did not even reveal that she was a princess during the long civil war and revolution.
Now, it is difficult to criticize Eris as being greedy for the throne, as she is living up to her title as a saint and has a lot of love from the people.
“Okay, I think I understand Her Highness’s noble will. However, there is a problem. In the Germanian Empire… hmm. Will we accept a throne elected by a vote by ‘the people’?”
Talleyrand, who said that, slowly twitched the corner of his mouth.
“I am very sorry to say this to Her Highness, but it is highly likely that they will deny the election itself by the people. There is no way they would equate the traditional right of the electors to elect an emperor with the unprecedented right of the Frangian people.”
“I also believe that the Germanian Empire will take our proposal negatively, Governor.”
Eris answered firmly, and Talleyrand tilted his head.
“What is the significance of the opinion that foreign royals should also be given the right to be elected?”
Eris turned her gaze towards me and I stood up.
“As Her Majesty the Princess said, the Germanic Empire will naturally not want to acknowledge the legitimacy of the popular vote.”
To them, the idea of mere commoners electing a king is nonsense, and they probably also know that there is little chance that Empress Cecilia will be crowned through voting.
“If the common people were to vote for the emperor of the Germanic Empire, the princes of the empire would naturally be extremely angry. But to put it bluntly, the throne of Francia is someone else’s business to the princes of the empire.”
You can’t recognize the votes of the common people? Do you know?
From the beginning, the National Assembly and the French Republic were mere rebels and rioters to be subjugated by them.
“If we say we will establish a new king in Franzia, where the king has disappeared, it will be seen as a form of compromise with them, at least nominally.”
From the beginning, there was no place for the recognition to fall further, and in any case, the important thing is that actions are being taken to elevate the rightful heir to the throne.
“Now that there is an alternative to war, elections, there will be feudal lords who argue that we should seek a compromise rather than immediately call for war, even if we cannot accept it as is.”
“hmm. “They won’t acknowledge the legitimacy of our election, so will they come out that easily?”
“It will come out. “If they blindly oppose our proposal and force a war, and we enthrone Her Royal Highness as queen, we will have the burden of denying Her Royal Highness’s legitimacy, which is directly supported by the Holy Church, and launching an all-out war to remove Her from the throne.”
From the imperial princes’ perspective, it is none of their business whether our election is fair or not, and what is important is that they now have an excuse to avoid losses.
The reason they wanted to participate in the war in the first place was because of Empress Cecilia’s interest in ascending to the throne of Franzia, but because of Eris, Cecilia’s accession to the throne itself became uncertain.
In the meantime, rather than going into an all-out war while making the church look bad, we will try to adjust our elections to something acceptable by their standards, whether it works or not.
Worse yet, a foreign empress denies the election of a ruler they are familiar with and forces a war in order to take the throne for herself?
The empire’s electors are not those who are devoted to strengthening the imperial power to the extent of supporting such an empress. I don’t know if it’s the other way around.
“Our elections do not have to be acceptable to their princes right away. “They are not stakeholders.”
In any case, Empress Cecilia would not have lightly claimed the right to inherit the Frangian throne.
Since he must have prepared for a long time and risked everything, it is unlikely that he will step down cleanly just by putting Eris on the throne.
On the contrary, if we decided to support Eris, the Empress would be able to make a quick decision.
Will the war be waged even if it means giving up on the feudal lords who are withdrawing their support for the war due to concerns about a weak cause and relations with the Church?
Therefore, the one who puts pressure on the empress by worrying vaguely about whether the feudal lords will leave will be more hindered.
“The important thing is to make the princes aware that it will be difficult to receive the benefits promised by the empress, and to give them an excuse that they can withdraw their support for the war because the empress will be responsible if the war goes ahead.”
Even if they don’t want it, as long as a nominal solution has been presented, the Empress has no choice but to listen to their voices, even if she doesn’t like them.
In a situation where it is not clear whether a war will occur or not, the empire will waste time trying to compromise with us and the princes, and all the preparations for war so far will become a burden and weigh down the empress.
Of course, there is no need to accept their demands saying that we will elect a king.
It would be profitable to buy time by pretending to listen to their opinions and dividing the empire’s public opinion as much as possible.
“Besides, this is just my guess.”
I grinned.
“Among the electors of the empire, there must be someone who would greatly welcome this situation in which the national opinion of the empire is divided.”
“…He is the king of Krafte.”
Talleyrand answered softly.
He was an elector who openly rebelled against the empire and even went to war.
If you set the stage like this, they will take care of it for their own benefit, not because we are pretty.
When everyone agreed to some extent, Eris, who had been standing calmly, raised her head.
“Respected members of the National Assembly, What we want is the same. “To protect this land and ensure that the people of Francia do not suffer anymore.”
The confident purple eyes shone as if they would captivate everyone in the room.
“I ask you to elect a Frangian king to protect the representative body of the people, not a Frangian king to reign and rule.”
* * *
Germanburg, capital of the Germanian Empire.
Empress Cecilia opened her mouth in despair.
“The saint was the third princess?”
“Yes, Kaiserin.”
After hearing the Foreign Minister’s words, Cecilia raised her hand and touched her throbbing forehead.
Francia’s revolutionary government formally sent an unprecedented proposal for the election of a king by referendum and notified her of the Empire and her younger brother of the Northern United Kingdom that they were also eligible to run.
“How dare we decide who will ascend to the throne through the votes of the common people?”
Even retaining the commoners’ National Assembly and having a king with an 8-year term?
Cecilia was so shocked that she let out a laugh.
“Those rioters still don’t understand the topic, but the existence of the three princesses…”
If they had brought in a collateral member of the royal family who had survived in vain or brought in a illegitimate princess who was nothing and made such a ridiculous proposal, Cecilia would have They would have ignored it and invaded.
However, the problem is that the three princesses, who are saints directly supported by the Holy Church, decided to participate in the election of commoners, which is not what they said.
Cecilia bit her lip as she looked at the endless letters from princes asking whether to go ahead with the war or asking them to reconsider their support for the war.
The feudal lords are also concerned about the religion, but she cannot completely ignore the religion.
This is because she and the emperor’s child, Otto, were underage and not yet recognized as the next emperor.
Of the seven electors who have the right to elect the emperor, three are princes of the bishopric who are influenced by the church. One of the four remaining people is the King of Krafte, who openly rebelled against the Emperor.
If they arbitrarily ignore the religious order and invade, but fail, an unprecedented situation could occur in which the throne of Germania, which has been in existence for hundreds of years, is transferred to another family.
While Cecilia was biting her lip, another news arrived.
“This is a letter from King Charles II of the Kaiserin Krafte Kingdom.”
“under. “He?”
The great king of the Kingdom of Krafte, the greatest general of the Central Continent and an enlightened despot.
Above all, the most famous nickname is the Elector who defeated the Emperor.
Cecilia accepted the letter the servant gave her, took a deep breath, and opened it.
[Kaiserin Cecilia of the great Germanian Empire.
I commend you for your achievements in rebuilding an empire in crisis through dedication and incredible passion.
However, as a member of the empire and a prince who respects you, I have no choice but to reveal that I have been hearing rumors of concern about Kaiserin’s recent actions.
Kaiserin. Your perseverance in establishing yourself in the empire despite being from Francia deserves praise, but one must always learn to be humble.
The Kaiser has recently been concerned about his health. If things go wrong due to your excessive greed, what will be the fate of this empire?
Of course, as the King of Krafte Kingdom and Elector of the Empire, I will faithfully prepare for the chaos in the Empire, but I hope that the wise Kaiserin of the Empire will make this preparation no more than an old man’s concern.
Charles II, Margrave of the Krafte Kingdom.]
Cecilia had a hard time suppressing the urge to tear up the Great King’s letter.
It is none other than the person who brought the empire into crisis and is openly making threats.
I felt angry as I thought about the person who was hurting her through letters and influencing other feudal lords.
“As long as I get the throne of Franzia, it’s like the Kingdom of Krafte…!”
The Minister of Foreign Affairs did not know what to do in front of Cecilia, who was expressing her anger.
“Ka Kaiserin…”
Cecilia gave the order to congratulate the guests with trembling hands, and the Minister of Foreign Affairs quickly left.
After roughly throwing the letter from the High King of Krafte onto the desk, Cecilia’s eyes turned to Frangia on the map.
I’ve been running for this moment all my life, but I never thought that a princess who had forgotten that she even existed would become an obstacle like this.
“under.”
A cold laugh burst from Cecilia’s mouth.
Father and brother. There was no opportunity to directly repay those who took and sold everything from her.
However, because I was afraid that the life I had stubbornly endured amid such pain would lose meaning if I stopped, I wanted to take over the country that had abandoned her.
“Esiliste Liliane de Frangias.”
Cecilia pondered the name of her half-brother, whom she had never met.
While she was strengthening her position in this empire full of only enemies, she received an abundance of love that she did not receive, along with her father’s favorite Cortisan.
That half-sister was even a saint praised throughout France and her rival.
Blood appeared in Cecilia’s eyes.
“A person called God truly does not have even a speck of fairness.”
If God doesn’t allow fairness, if you don’t want to give her anything.
As always, she will take the inheritance she was unable to inherit with her own hands.
They only got a brief reprieve.She could never end it like this.
