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Chapter 28 Ultimatum and the Archduke of Warsaw...

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Warsaw, southeast corner of Castle Square, the office of the Speaker of the House of Lower House,

Smavakovsky, wearing a traditional Polish dress embroidered with gold wire, white stockings, brown-bottomed shoes, and an Earl's star seal on the front chest, was frowning and walking around the room with his hands in his arms.

His face seemed a little anxious, because the protests from the middle of the square were like tens of millions of ducks croaking in his ears, which made the Speaker of the House of Commons feel upset.

Suddenly, Mavakhovsky stopped, and he turned his head suddenly and shouted loudly at a servant waiting in the corner of the wall: "Narte, you stupid donkey, hurry up and close all the windows in my room and pull the curtains!"

The attendant named Nalte quickly greeted a few assistants outside the door, closed the windows, and closed the curtains.

Because the thick velvet curtains blocked the sunlight, hundreds of candles were lit in the room for lighting. In addition, the extremely careful servants also specially prepared several barrels of nitro ice for the real owner of the Castle Square to reduce the temperature in the house.

When everything was ready, the huge noise from outside the house had become inaudible. Only then did Count Mavakhovski lie lazily on a sofa bench, enjoying the cool air floating in the room comfortably.

Compared with the demonstrations of Warsaw citizens in the square, the speaker actually didn't care much.

In his eyes, those people were just a group of pitiful people who were bewitched and a group of mindless untouchables. Smavakhovsky despised these "gray livestock" from his heart - the general term for untouchables by Slavic nobles.

What the Speaker of the House of Commons was the tough attitude of the Warsaw mission and the rumbling cannons coming from the banks of the Neva River.

From the bottom of my heart, the Warsaw Parliament headed by Mavakhovsky, whether in public or private terms, does not want to break completely with the unmasked crown prince of Desai, and then deprive the latter of his right to inherit the throne.

Although Yu Gong and the members of the parliament had too many selfish thoughts, they also had patriotic enthusiasm. They needed to use the former defender of Warsaw, the grandson of the old Duke Bomilsky who died bravely in the city of Warsaw, the French marshal who had a high reputation, outstanding record, and good at economy, to serve as the first king after the restoration of Poland. They only wanted to develop national economy and people's livelihood, to unite and lead 5 million Polish people to resist the upcoming invasion of the Russians, and to try to restore the golden age of the Great Polish dynasty including Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia, Latvia, Ukraine and other places;

In private, about half of the members of the parliament have good trade relations with the Crown Prince of Desay, including the Speaker Mavajovs. It is precisely because of the active efforts of His Royal Highness, who pioneered the British food wealthy capitalist, that the nobles (serfs) of all kinds did not panic in this food overcapacity crisis that had lasted for two years, and ensured that they would live a luxurious life as usual. In addition, some lucky members also made great profits from the franchise of various commodities produced in Catalonia.

However, as a mature politician, the so-called expectations and gratitude have bottom lines, value, and time-consuming.

Warsaw MPs have a little complaint about the words and deeds of the Crown Prince Desay. In addition to the latter's ridicule and criticism of the serf system in his daily life, what made many powerful people feel deeply uneasy was the actions of His Royal Highness in the United Kingdom of Catalonia. He seemed to be in love with dictatorship and dictatorship and military police rule, and through a mandatory puppet cabinet of Manresa to undermine the parliament, putting all political, military, diplomatic, economic and other powers under his iron fist.

This is not in line with the glorious tradition of aristocratic democracy that Poland has always adhered to for more than two hundred years.

Therefore, the ideas of the members of the parliament are very simple and clear, which is to limit the power in the hands of the future monarch through a series of legislative actions, and continue to maintain the dominance of the lower house of parliament over the country's political life without being marginalized.

The Regent Law thrown out by the lower house of parliament was nothing more than a careful attempt. Although Count Koshichushko had protested fiercely, he repeatedly warned the MPs who promoted and agreed with the bill in public debate, saying that the upcoming Regent Law would cause an uproar and the consequences were unpredictable, because the Crown Prince of Desay would never accept it.

However, the voting results of more than 300 members of the lower house of parliament on the Regent Act were 245 votes in favor, 57 votes against, and 22 abstentions were passed at one time. In the new constitution of the Grand Duchy of Warsaw promulgated in 1807, the one-vote veto system of the aristocratic parliament was banned, and the amendment was revised to obtain a simple majority, which was the bill passed.

Even the radical Jacobins who were obviously inclined to the Crown Prince of Desay, many of them changed their original stubborn position under the active lobbying of the great noble Speaker Mavakhovsky, and agreed to the Regent Act.

Because the power of the monarch needs to be checked and balanced by the parliament, and cannot be indulged in a willful manner.

Just as Mavakhovsky and others hugged each other and happily celebrated the great victory of the struggle against the future monarch, all the members of the lower house of parliament, including the Speaker himself, were unexpectedly the strong backlash from His Royal Highness to this.

After hearing the so-called ultimatum issued by the Crown Prince's Special Envoy, the fighters were filled with indignation and disdainfulness.

Some members of the parliament who were dissatisfied with Desai and were very brave, then wanted to launch another motion in the lower house of parliament: to take advantage of the situation to strip away the inheritance of the crown prince of Desai, and suggest that the last king of Poland, the nephew of Stanislaw II, the current commander-in-chief and ambassador to France, Prince Joseph Poniatovsky, take over the position of crown prince of Desai.

As soon as this verbal proposal was released, the entire parliament hall was immediately in chaos. The members of the parliament who had been closely united and fought resolutely with the Crown Prince of Desay, all jumped out to accuse each other and criticized each other, and the party was fighting against the differences.

The Jacobin MPs accused Prince Poniatovsky of his misconduct and was not suitable for the position of crown prince; representatives of the Legion faction also fueled the fire, saying that this was another major conspiracy of the "Tagovica Alliance" to weaken Poland's unity; even the great nobles also had different opinions on this, and many people did not like the Polish prince's loyalty to France.

Fortunately, Prince Niatovsky stood up in time to declare, clearly stated that His Highness, the Prince, had never been involved in the political ambitions of the Polish crown prince in the past, now, or in the future. In fact, the playboy who enjoys fame in Poland - the young master, is only interested in wine women, luxurious life, and bloody battles, and nothing else is important.

One wave has not yet settled, and another wave has started again.

Two more parliamentarians proposed whether Emperor Napoleon and the Polish illegitimate son of Countess Mary Vallvska, Alexander, the little one, could inherit the position of Polish crown prince. Moreover, the little guy is only 1 year old this year, which is very suitable to continue to serve as a puppet monarch protected by the parliament in the next 15 years; in addition, this move can also please the emperor far away in Paris and the protector of Poland.

Speaker Mavakhovsky also seemed to be moved by this proposal.

When he ignored the embarrassing expression of the MPs of the Earl Valefska family and actively asked for the opinions of other MPs, the French minister sent someone to send a handwritten letter from the Countess of Mary Valefska.

In the letter, the Polish lady made a sincere apology to all the members: she and her son, Alexander, had gone south from Paris to Manresa. The purpose of this trip was to allow Alexander, the little one, to hold an engagement ceremony with His Highness Isabella, the heir to the throne of the United Kingdom of Catalonia, the female grand duke of Hruna, and His Highness Isabella, because she could not fulfill her future obligations and duties as a Pole.

So, the final ending point returns to its original starting point.
Chapter completed!
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