War Palace and Knee Pillow, Austria’s Destiny

Historically, this princess married into the British royal family (Queen Alexandra). She has some minor physical problems, but they are not major problems and she is completely able to have children.

If Franz wanted to marry her, the resistance would not come from abroad, because Christian IX had not yet become King of Denmark when he came of age.

But considering that he would not reach adulthood until 1859, Franz may not be able to wait until that time.

In this era, generally speaking, the prince is considered an adult when he is 16 years old, and the princess is 15 years old.

In 1859, Franz was 29 years old. Although he was considered a golden age in modern times, he would have been gossiped about in the 19th century.

Another problem is that before Christian IX became the King of Denmark, Alexandra Caroline (also known as Alex) had a somewhat low status, similar to Princess Sissi in history. There is a high probability that Will become the target of criticism from the entire palace.

This Princess Franz has also seen, but she was attending her first birthday

The Spanish princess really didn't have a good reputation. Although Isabel was not a heavy tank in later generations at this time, she was an idiot brainwashed by religion.

Isabel's most trusted nun, Sister Petheni and Father Clarit, sold it for 10 million pesos behind the back of the former.

As long as someone is willing to pay this price, they will find a way to make him the royal wife of Spain.

Although this sounds very outrageous, Isabel's religious fanaticism cannot be faked, and she has executed many people for trivial matters.

However, considering that he is a descendant of the violent king and is mentally unstable, the king's husband can only be a devout Catholic.

This kind of "good guy" Archbishop Rauscher would naturally think of Franz first, but the latter was not very interested in the former's idea of ​​rebuilding the glory of the Habsburg family.

Historically, Habsburg took Spain from its bed, and it was under the rule of the former that the latter truly reached its peak.

The first empire in the world where the sun never sets was Spain. However, with the War of the Spanish Throne, Austria lost the throne of Spain under the joint stranglehold of Britain and France, and the former Spanish Empire fell directly from its peak to its trough.

Spain at this time was called "the worst era" by historians.

Archbishop Rauscher's opinion is to get up from where you fell. As long as Franz bravely takes down the Spanish heavy tank like his ancestors, the Habsburg family's revival will be just around the corner.

In addition, he has many reasons, because Spain, like Austria, is a Catholic country, and the Habsburg family once ruled this land, so it has a basis for rule.

At the same time, both civilians and nobles in Spain, and even the church, have long been disappointed with the Bourbon family. For the Habsburgs to return to rule Spain was not a conquest, but a redemption.

In particular, the Spanish nobility and church have long been envious of the Austrian Empire's national conditions, and the nobles also want to study with the royal family who can make money.

Although the Spanish church has huge influence in the country, they all know that sooner or later they will be driven into the abyss, and no matter how luxurious their life is, they cannot stop their inner fear.

In contrast, the Austrian nobles and the church can win as long as they don't cause trouble, which is really cool to them.

Mainly because occasionally Spanish nobles and priests came to Austria to see the prosperity of Vienna, and their life in the Spanish countryside was no longer pleasant.

In fact, no matter which country can stand among the nations of the world, there is no shortage of generous and tragic people. It is just that they have no way to serve the country. The shackles of the royal family, the government, and the warlords prevent the possibility of any reform.

What if the Habsburgs returned to Spain? A major reshuffle is inevitable, so will we take advantage of this trend to carry out a reform?

In fact, at this time, all European countries knew that Austria had carried out reforms in the economic and diplomatic fields, and its economy had changed from seclusion to overseas colonization.

It was the church and the army that took the lead. This was very familiar to the Spaniards, who had also risen so much back then.

Establish a customs union to counter other countries' economic aggression, prevent currency outflow, and promote domestic economic development.

This is exactly what the Spanish need, because in the customs union with the French, the former is completely a victim and the latter's dumping ground and source of raw materials.

Under this completely unequal customs union, Spanish industry, commerce, and even agriculture and animal husbandry suffered a comprehensive blow from dimensionality reduction. At the worst time, the Mexicans even harvested the wool.

Although the Spanish church has played a disgraceful role for a long time, it is actually doing some disgraceful things.

Although they are bad, they are not stupid. They all know that such days will be liquidated sooner or later.

The Austrian Church simply doesn’t like the people’s anointing that the Spanish Church has absorbed. After all, it is nothing more than petty profit compared to starting a company, doing business, or “building a country.”

Obviously they are all about making money, but the latter not only makes more money, but also has a good reputation. The former not only has less money, but also greater risks, and his reputation is even comparable to that of the Jews.

For most people, if they can make money by being a good person, they are not willing to grovel and act like a dog or directly transform into a beast.

Although the Spanish Empire is in decline, it has a large number of claims overseas, and a skinny camel is bigger than a horse. It is still the top of the secondary powers.

Then in the eyes of the old magician, Franz is a saint, the one who can revitalize the Austrian Empire with just a few moves. The former has never been to Spain for field inspection, but he feels that the two countries should be similar, and the latter can just do it casually. That's double the Austrian Empire.

What the old magician didn't know was how much energy Franz had spent on doing it casually, and how much hardship and resistance there was in it.

What the old magician couldn't even imagine was who was responsible for the marriage between Spain and France at this time.

Marriage with Spain does have many benefits, but times have changed and it is almost impossible to rule two countries with different national and cultural traditions in a unified way, especially two big countries.

Franz promoted the marriage between France and Spain in order to attract the attention of the British and buy time for the development of the Austrian Empire, but the British just kept their eyes on Austria.

But no matter what, there is France between the Austrian Empire and Spain, and Britain, as the world's number one troublemaker, cannot sit back and watch the revival of the Habsburg family.

The British could help Austria fight the French back then, and then take advantage of the opportunity to reap the benefits themselves. They can also help the French fight the Austrians in the future. In short, it is impossible for them to lose money.

Many people think that the Battle of Graveline was the founding battle of the British, because in this battle they defeated the Spanish Armada, the overlord of the sea at the time.

But who knew that the Spanish would rebuild the Armada in less than ten years.

Moreover, the benefits brought by the War of the Spanish Throne to Britain were long-term and huge. During the war, the Dutch maritime power suffered a near-destructive blow, and both the French and Spanish fleets also suffered heavy losses, especially the latter which basically withdrew from the world. The struggle for colonies.