War Palace and Knee Pillow, Austria’s Destiny

Maximilian was a man who thought highly of himself, and his contempt for Isabel II had reached an unbearable level.

Isabel II's governing philosophy was completely inconsistent with Maximilian's. Although the former claimed to be liberal, he constantly tried to expand royal and religious power.

Spain promulgated two constitutions in 1837 and 1845, but almost all government agencies are accustomed to using the "Old Law" to do things.

(Old law refers to customary law.)

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Officials, nobles, and bishops were often able to override the constitution. The people lived without dignity. The entire country continued to have uprisings and coups, and the revolution never stopped.

"You coward, you have to face your fears and defeat her! Conquer her!"

Mrs. Sophie looked furious. In her eyes, the Spanish mother and daughter seemed very docile and not too threatening, and there were countless rumors.

What Mrs. Sophie didn't know was that even the most ferocious dog would be timid when facing a tiger. Although Cristina was once the Queen Regent of Spain, she also knew that as long as she left Spain, she would be nothing.

"Look how your elder brother dealt with that French witch!"

Madame Sophie became more and more excited as she spoke, but Maximilian became more and more disdainful.

"I can't learn to cheat on you before marriage."

"How can a good man not have a lover?"

"My father!"

"Your father is stupid!"

Franz felt that veins were jumping on his forehead. The beautiful family banquet was turned into a mess. He felt that he had to say something.

"I think Maximilian and Princess Maria Amelia are very suitable. They are similar in age and can talk well."

Maria Amelia was historically engaged to Franz's second brother Maximilian, but unfortunately the princess was infected with scarlet fever and then tuberculosis a year before the wedding, and then died. Died at the speed of light.

Maria Amelia is a Brazilian and Portuguese princess, but she is a marginal figure in either party, so she has been living in Munich.

During the turmoil of 1848, many royal families from the German region came to Tyrol, and boys and girls aged sixteen or seventeen quickly became familiar with it.

Princess Maria Amelia studied hard in history and studied many subjects including rhetoric, philosophy, history, geography, German literature, mathematics and physics.

In addition to Portuguese, she also studied English, French and German, and reached a very high level in drawing, painting and piano playing.

Legend has it that she has a quick mind and is self-taught. Some law professors even claimed that she would be able to achieve great success if she became a lawyer.

Such an intellectual and talented beautiful girl appeals to Maximilian very much. He believes that only such a woman is worthy of him.

However, Maximilian, who was still in the rebellious stage, wanted to show that he didn't care, and on the other hand, he always passed by people crazily.

Anyone with a discerning eye would know what was going on at a glance, and Franz naturally heard about it.

Although Portugal and Brazil, one is declining and the other is always on the rise, Maria Amelia is a marginalized princess. (The Brazilian government did not recognize her identity until 1840.)

But Franz didn't care about this. After all, the Austrian Empire was powerful enough and fully capable of correcting this marginalized figure.

Portugal was once at the forefront of the colonial wave, but due to its limited national power, it was already unable to do so.

Their long-standing ally, the United Kingdom, only wants to benefit from this ancient empire. Coupled with the competition issues that may arise from being too close, the British will not allow Portugal to truly recover.

The Austrian Empire had no such scruples at all, and at the same time it had enough strength to inject vitality into Portugal.

Although Brazil is favored by many people, the Brazilian executives themselves know that they are completely poor, with no money, no one, and no power.

Brazil's strength cannot support their ambitions, and they have to accept a large number of unequal treaties in trade.

On the one hand, it has to maintain its own low import tariffs, but on the other hand, it has to accept high trade barriers from other countries.

Pedro II was an aspiring monarch, but he couldn't even control his own country. Nobles, landowners, and businessmen would only choose to obey orders that were beneficial to them, and even the army did not care so much about his thoughts.

Pedro II was eager to strengthen the imperial power, and marrying the Austrian Empire, one of the great powers, was undoubtedly a good choice.

Both Brazil and Portugal will definitely be willing to marry the Austrian Empire and accept Maria Amelia as a core member of the family.

However, compared to the benefits that marriage can bring, Franz pays more attention to whether the next generation of the family is healthy and smart.

To be honest, the previous German Confederation Monarchy Conference scared Franz. All kinds of madmen, fools, blind, deaf, lame, semi-paralyzed, and mentally retarded people were all trying to become monarchs. The future of the empire was worrying.

In fact, the chaos in Spain at this time is really related to the Austrian Empire. As early as 1846, the Carlists had married the Habsburg family.

Although she was only a collateral princess, the bond seemed to have grown stronger with the Austrian Empire's series of victories in 1848.

The Carlos faction gained more supporters, so the Spanish Civil War broke out again, and the Carlos faction gradually gained the upper hand.

This is also the important reason why Maria Christina and Isabella II, mother and daughter, were eager to marry the Austrian Empire. They hoped to offset the advantages of the Carlos faction and even get some money from Austria.

Unexpectedly, the Spanish liberals also sent people to hope to select a prince from the Habsburg family to inherit the Spanish throne and establish a constitutional monarchy.

Of course, the main thing is to support the constitutional monarchy, and it would be best to use the Austrian Empire to quell the rebellion.

All three parties are villains, not a single good thing, and Austria is not France, and it does not border Spain. Even if Franz really wants to do it, he can't do it, not to mention that this is really not the right time.

However, Mrs. Sophie could not listen to Franz's advice at this time. She was still planning a famous future for Maximilian.

"It doesn't matter what kind of person Isabella II is. She just needs to give birth to a female heir and then die in childbirth."

Mrs. Sophie said a shocking conspiracy in a very ordinary tone. In her plan, it didn't even matter whether Isabella II's child was actually Maximilian's descendant.

Mrs. Sophie wanted the right to inherit the Spanish throne. If the orphan left by Isabella II married a member of the Habsburg family, Maximilian could legitimately become regent and eventually take back the rule of Spain.

As for Isabella II's other descendants, since the queen could die in an accident, why couldn't the princes?