[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-life-of-being-a-crown-prince-in-france":3,"chapter-life-of-being-a-crown-prince-in-france-life-of-being-a-crown-prince-in-france-chapter-1011":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"english","Life of Being a Crown Prince in France",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":20,"prevChapterSlug":21,"totalChapters":22,"novelImage":23},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":16,"volume":17,"translator":18,"content_hash":19},386240,646,"Chapter 1010: 918: Protests and Riots","life-of-being-a-crown-prince-in-france-chapter-1011",1011,"\u003Cp>Chapter 1010: Chapter 918: Protests and Riots\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Schonbrunn Palace.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Baron Tugut quickly entered the room under the guidance of court officials and bowed to the Emperor:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Your Majesty, General Grashkovich’s troops have already reached Ort, and they will enter Vienna the morning after tomorrow.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Grashkovich is the commander of the Hungarian Debrecen Corps, bringing with him 4,000 soldiers this time.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Franz II immediately felt a sense of relief, as the cries of the protestors in the distance, which seemed like monstrous roars, now became negligible noise.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But he quickly remembered the demands of the Hungarian Congress, feeling a pang of financial pain.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>To summon these troops, the imperial taxes in Hungary will from now on need the approval of the Hungarian Nobles Council to be levied.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Tugut handed over a document: “Your Majesty, this is the authorization order for General Grashkovich, it needs your signature.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Franz II casually flipped through it and saw that the authorization included: searching city residences; requisitioning any materials; interrogating participants in the riots.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As well as the authority to execute rioters without trial.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Franz II suddenly hesitated, looking at Tugut: “Are you sure we really need to deploy the troops? Perhaps there are other ways…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The latter insisted firmly: “Your Majesty, you must not show any sign of weakness, that will only embolden the mob further. It might even encourage the French people.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Franz II thought for a moment and then nodded vigorously: “You are right.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He signed the authorization order and handed it back to Tugut: “Let this all end as soon as possible!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Meanwhile, in a small tavern on the southern outskirts of Vienna, seven or eight junior officers were carefully passing around a pamphlet.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A captain with smallpox scars on his face said angrily, “The Emperor wants to use the army to suppress the protestors!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The lieutenant next to him furrowed his brows: “Those people are only asking for their compensation. It’s something their husbands and children earned with their lives on the battlefield!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The officer with a flat nose across from him shook his head and replied, “No, Lieutenant Schwartz, many of them are just protesting the taxes, they should indeed be dispersed…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Schwartz immediately retorted loudly: “The special war tax should be opposed. You know, people are also paying the military service tax!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The captain with the pamphlet motioned for him to lower his voice but nodded in agreement: “Moreover, our Emperor said it would only be collected for one year, yet now it has been over two years, and they’re still continuing.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Schwartz exhaled: “No matter what, the army’s flintlock guns should not be used against citizens.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The flat-nosed officer shook the pamphlet: “This might just be fabricated. I heard from Lieutenant Colonel Eschazi that the Emperor has already ordered the immediate disbursement of compensation. The protests will end soon.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This only shows that Franz II overestimated the efficiency of the Austrian bureaucratic system. The loan from Rothschild was paid to the Austrian Government a week ago, but until now, the Military Committee’s account has not received a single coin.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It would take at least another one or two months to disburse it to the families of the fallen soldiers from the Military Committee. Essentially, it’s of no use.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The young blond captain sitting on the left was rubbing the wine glass in his hand, saying in a deep voice: “This matter can be clarified by asking the nearby cavalry officers. So, what if the troops really enter the city?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Schwartz’s expression turned serious: “We have to do something to prevent a tragedy from happening!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The other officers remained silent.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They were just instructors from the recruitment office, with not much rank, what could they do about such a big issue?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After drinking sullenly for a while, they left dejectedly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At a street corner outside the tavern, the blond captain caught up with Schwartz in a few steps, patted him on the back and asked in a low voice: “Leon, listen to me, you have to keep yourself in check, this isn’t something we can handle.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The latter glanced at him: “Hmph, it has nothing to do with you.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“God, what are you planning to do?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Schwartz stopped: “Ehlers, I just don’t want the families of those killed in battle to be hurt again. Our Emperor has started a wrong war, yet it’s the ordinary people who have to bear the consequences. If this continues, the whole country will be finished! I, I just feel angry right now!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Are you serious?!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Of course.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“This will destroy your future.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“So what?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“So, what are you planning to do?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Uh, not yet…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Captain Ehlers looked around, leaned towards his ear and said: “If I have a plan, do you want to hear it?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>East of Vienna.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>By the Danube River.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Although there’s still a distance from the outer districts of Vienna, protestors can be seen everywhere.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Two to three hundred sans-culottes, the poorest of the Viennese people, were surrounding some shops by the roadside, desperately using stones to break the doors down.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Scheller, along with a few people wearing red armbands, held up signs, trying to dissuade them persuasively:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“You shouldn’t rob randomly. This won’t solve any problems…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Everyone petition the Emperor for a constitution!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Only if those guys like Tugut step down, will things get better.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“We need to implement the rights God has given us and elect noble people to help the Emperor govern the country!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Most of the sans-culottes merely glanced at them coldly and paid no further attention.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Some got annoyed and spat, cursing, “Get lost, idiot!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Shut up, you bastards!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The door smashers only worked harder.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just then, the sound of a military drum came from the end of the road to the east.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>About ten minutes later, hundreds of Hungarian soldiers armed with live ammunition appeared in everyone’s sight.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The leading officer stepped forward by lightly kicking his horse’s belly, pointed his whip at the rioters and shouted: “In the name of the Emperor, I order you to leave here within 3 minutes and return home according to the curfew order, or I cannot guarantee your safety.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The sans-culottes were stunned for a moment, then turned around and glared at the soldiers, shouting, “I want to reclaim my son’s compensation.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“The tax collector took all my money, I need to get some bread for my kids!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“We’ll leave immediately once the Emperor cancels the war tax.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“At the very least, let the price of bread return to what it was two years ago.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Don’t be afraid, they wouldn’t dare to shoot…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Scheller raised his hands and walked toward the officer, bowing politely: “Sir, we are simply suggesting that the Emperor amend the tax system, it’s a normal march, you have no right to arrest us…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I have the right.” The officer arrogantly interrupted him and gestured to the soldiers behind him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hundreds of flintlock guns were immediately leveled, directly at the crowd causing trouble.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I’m not afraid of you!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A sans-culottes man in his fifties threw a rock at the soldiers. Encouraged by him, others also started cursing and throwing stones and sticks.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Hungarian officer frowned, drew his sword, and said: “Aim——”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>(This is a supplement to yesterday’s chapter. More to come today.)\u003C\u002Fp>",1211,"2026-05-30T06:21:24.770Z","2026-06-01T04:30:31.323Z",1,"novelbin.me","ac1faa908a7d4f9e9ec0c827f6e50b596834460b4829c0f095af540b71024854","life-of-being-a-crown-prince-in-france-chapter-1012","life-of-being-a-crown-prince-in-france-chapter-1010",1568,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Flife-of-being-a-crown-prince-in-france-cover.jpg"]