POV

The rebellions leader

"Mr John, we have recieved a new batch of weapons from an unkown benefactor. Our inventory is now stable and we can start spreading the rebellion to other regions." said my subordinate in a excited manner.

"What is the origin of the weapons." I asked him.

"The weapons are from Mainz and the person who gave it seems to be from Florence."

Looks like there is somenone supporting our rebellion. It is probably the Florentines due to the fact that we are trying to establish a republic. It might also be the kingdom of Mainz but I can't see the reason they would support us. The Florentines probably want to throw the kingdom of Mainz under the bus. The kingdom of Mainz is also a new great power and they don't know how to act according to their status and supervise the flow of their trade. In the end, it probably dosen't matter.

"Start stimulating the rebellion in the nearby areas and start recruiting men in the surrounding areas to combat the army's sent by the empire."

The rebellion probably won't succed but that's not the goal, is it. It is to establish the roots of a republican government in the empire. I can always go into exile and come back afterwards to seize power.

POV

The protaganist.

"Your majesty, the Kildarians have lodged a diplomatic complaint to us as our arms have appeared in the rebels army. How should we answer them." asked Franz.

"Inform them that we are upholding the principles of free trade and don't change any actions we are doing. We already have the support of the Rostok empire and we are also a great power." I said to him.

The Kildarians are the greatest proponents of free trade. This is because they have cheaper industrial products than other countries and need more markets. If there is free trade, their opponents industry will also not grow and the national power of their opponent will stay stagnant. This is also a reason why Mainz has a high amount of tariffs against other countries. I need to grow my industry to increase my national power and grow a supply chain in my country so people will have more jobs. They can't shoot themself in the foot by opposing free trade, can they. If the British government did that, the capitalists will not leave them alone.

An attendant comes and says something to Franz. He looks shocked but quickly recovers.

"Your majesty, it seems that Charles won in the election of Lombardy and has seized power. He has crowned himself as Charles the third and is rooting out the resistance in his country. From the news we got from our embassy in the Rostok empire, their emperor was planning to intervene but was stooped due to the bad finances of the Rostok empire."

I don't exactly have much of a problem with Charles ascending to the throne, but the problem is he got the throne by winning in elections. This means that people can also remove him. It is a bit like the Polish commonwealth in my past world. The nobles elected the king so they can also remove him. This means that Charles is challenging the current system of monarchy and is removing the king's divine right.

"Don't bother the Lombardians and let Charles do what he wants to."