War Palace and Knee Pillow, Austria’s Destiny

Vienna, Hofburg Palace.

Franz looked at the intelligence in front of him and was a little speechless. Why are the French so anxious? Are they going to start a full-scale war again?

"Your Majesty! We must not let the French succeed! We should keep the enemy out of the country!"

War Minister Count Tural was so excited that his saliva splashed, forcing Prince Schwarzenberg to retreat.

Franz covered his forehead. It seemed that the Austrian Empire was also very anxious.

However, in his plan, the Austrian Empire could not be anxious. After all, if the enemy was really kept out of the country, then who would care what Austria did?

A good warrior has no great achievements, but what Franz needs at this time is precisely the great achievements. Although he stays in the palace most of the time, he is instilled with some ideas that others want him to have intentionally or unintentionally all day long.

However, Franz is not naive enough to want everyone to understand him, and he will not ask for the so-called perfection.

As an emperor, he knows very well what he should do, and choosing life is one of them. Without the courage to bear the sins, how can he have the determination to cleanse the world?

Although the Austrian Empire had received the news, France had not yet sent troops, and other states had no definite news.

If Franz really launched a large-scale attack on France now, he would be regarded as an invader, and even suspected of destroying the state under false pretenses.

However, Franz would not remain indifferent, after all, he did not want to play with fire and burn himself.

It was necessary to withdraw some troops from Transylvania, and Marshal Radetzky was still very relieved in the south.

The commander position in the north was vacant when Albrecht was not there, and Heinau's personality and identity were not suitable for this war. It was more appropriate for him to stay in Transylvania and continue to suppress bandits.

Prince Windischgrätz had a suitable identity, but his ability was insufficient, and Franz hated this kind of selfish old nobles very much.

Every time these guys were reinstated, they would bring a group of useless people who were not good enough to do things but more likely to cause trouble. If they just came to eat and wait for death, Franz could let them suck blood for a while, after all, a considerable number of these people did not even have the most basic ability to survive.

However, the family heritage of hundreds of years really cannot be underestimated. They know very well where the pain points are. These guys will take up key positions as soon as they enter the system, and can even bypass the shackles set by Franz through connections.

Taking the army as an example, the old nobles will occupy the procurement, logistics, personnel, finance, intelligence and security departments at the first time.

They will form a new system in a very short time and complete the internal circulation to prevent outsiders from entering and snooping.

So Franz never thought that the old nobles of Austria were incompetent, but only said that they used their skills and talents in places where they should not be used.

The situation of Count Tural is similar to that of Prince Windischgrätz, although the former may not be as selfish as the latter, always thinking about cultivating his own power.

But the people around Count Tural and his family may not take the opportunity to expand their power. Franz does not want to remove Windischgrätz and cultivate another Tural.

Finally, Franz finally found a suitable candidate, Count Franz Graf Gülay, who came from a declining family.

Franz Graf Gülay responded to the call of Franz II and joined the army during the anti-French war, but he did not have the same promotion speed as Heinau, and his life could be described as dull.

Franz Graf Gülay participated in many battles, and never had a brilliant performance, but he did not make any mistakes.

The most important thing is that the old general is over 60 years old, and there is no successor, not even a distant relative.

Franz does not need him to kill all around, as long as he does not lose, he is a victory.

In fact, Franz is really afraid that someone will not be able to control himself and do something extreme, which will destroy Franz's original plan.

Compared with the French who made a big fanfare, Franz is more concerned about the British who are secretly making trouble.

The good news is that Palmerston is completely finished, and he was driven out of London again. This time he is no longer the consul general in India, but just an ordinary official in the consulate.

John Russell gave the Austrian Empire a big gift as soon as he came to power. Franz was disgusted by the British establishing an outpost in Portugal.

Portugal was not a powerful country, and even if it joined the war, it would not change the situation in the Iberian Peninsula. It would be very annoying to let the war continue to expand without limit.

On the surface, Franz did not seem to be in a hurry, but in fact, no one was more eager for the war to end soon than he was.

Britain was still experiencing the pain of party alternation, but the situation in Spain had long been completely out of control.

Ferrante Duval had just signed a treaty to give Olivenza to Portugal when a large-scale protest broke out in Valladolid.

Soon the protest turned into an uprising, and people's dissatisfaction with the Spanish Republicans finally broke out at this moment.

The angry crowd took up arms and gathered in the direction of the presidential palace. The gendarmes who were supposed to maintain order either hid at home or tore off their epaulettes and mixed in.

Ferrante Duval finally felt the fear that Carlos VI had felt back then, but what was desperate was that he had not dug a tunnel in advance.

Ferrante Duval's brain was working fast, and he came up with more than a dozen reasons.

However, the officials of the presidential palace did not give him this opportunity. Some people followed the example of Ferrante Duval and rushed into the room and shot him to death, and then came to the gate of the presidential palace with the bloody head.

"Ferrant Duval is dead! I will lead you"

Before the man finished speaking, he was shot down by the insurgents outside the gate.

"Long live the Habsburgs! Recover Spain!"

After the first person shouted the slogan, the others immediately shouted.

"Long live the Habsburgs! Recover Spain!"

The news that Ferrante Duval had died quickly spread throughout the occupied areas of the Spanish Republicans, and the rule of the Spanish Republicans collapsed in an instant.

The Spanish Legion of the Austrian Empire did not miss the opportunity, but chose to launch a large-scale attack and seize territory everywhere.

The Spanish Legion's attack was unstoppable, and there was little resistance wherever it passed.

As for the so-called advanced French republican ideas, they were obviously not suitable for the land of Spain. Coupled with the perverse actions of the Spanish government, no one was willing to die for Ferrante Duval.

At this time, the Austrian Empire had occupied 90% of the land of this country that no one could conquer, leaving only Olivenza occupied by the Portuguese and several northern coastal cities occupied by the regent Queen Christina.

In a prison in Paris.

Hugo was put in a mental hospital again because he said "France will starve its people to death before defeating its enemies." Next door to him lived Tocqueville and Lamartine

"Hey! Friends! Be happy! Failure is the norm in life. Being here is like being at home, don't be too restrained!"