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Life of Being a Crown Prince in France

In France, just entered Versailles, with the identity of the Crown Prince. The only problem was that the reigning king was Louis XVI, and in two years, he'd be "snapped"... Since I couldn't rely on dear old dad and the ministers, I had to take matters into my own hands to reform France! First, make a bit of easy money to solve the financial crisis that had plagued the nation for hundreds of years. Then give a harsh lesson to those nobles harboring treacherous intentions and plotting to seize power. Next, confiscate the Church's abundant lands, acquired without lifting a finger. Industry, technology, agriculture, commerce—I will all advance side by side, I, the greatest Crown Prince in France! That year, when the little British struggled with the allied forces at his borders, I simply took over his little island. That year, my sword pointed at all of Europe, the magnificent feat Napoleon didn't accomplish, I will achieve!!!

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Chapter 396: The Busy Marquess of Wellesley

Louis IX of Hesse-Darmstadt was politically inclined toward Prussia, yet his "initiative" stated that if the Southern Netherlands insisted on breaking away from Austrian rule, they must elect a King to govern the Southern Netherlands. Otherwise, the States-General of the Netherlands should not be recognized by any monarch.

The initiative had already received responses from ten countries including Spain, France, Bavaria, and Mainz.

What surprised the Marquess of Wellesley most was that Austria was also among the signatories of the initiative.

However, he quickly understood the implications: the Austrians signed "the States-General of the Netherlands should not be recognized by any monarch," convinced that the Southern Netherlands would not accept electing a king—after all, the States-General was now controlled by Vandernoot and the party of Liberals, and asking them to elect their own king would be harder than getting them to mount the scaffold.