Chapter 845 Demonic Wind
The huge Bavaria only lasted five days. This was all thanks to the developed railway lines in the German region. At this time, the total length of railways in the German region had exceeded 7,000 kilometers, while in the same period in history it was only 3,500 kilometers.
By the way, at this time, the total length of railways in Britain and the United States had exceeded 10,000 kilometers, and Austria ranked third with 8,000 kilometers.
Louis Philippe's ambition was not realized. At this time, the total length of railways in France was only 2,100 kilometers, which was stronger than the 1,900 kilometers in the same period in history.
Seeing Bavaria fall, other German princes became more frightened, and this greatly strengthened the confidence of nationalists.
In panic, various princes wrote letters to Austria and Prussia for help, but Prussia at this time was also suffering from nationalism.
Various factions were under the banner of nationalism. In history, there were only more than 20,000 people at the zoo rally, but at this time there were nearly 100,000 people participating, accounting for nearly one-third of the entire population of Berlin.
However, the Prussian army was still very fierce. They fired at the gathering people regardless of their numerical disadvantage. As a result, the army of more than 2,000 people was besieged by the people who were fifty times their own.
In the end, General Leopold von Gerlach, the adjutant of King William IV, and his direct troops were all killed, and the streets were full of the bodies of Prussian soldiers for a while.
However, the people did not choose to attack the palace, so the Prussian royal guard was relieved.
However, the Rhine region was more chaotic than Berlin. When the storm swept to the Rhine region, the Archbishop of Cologne directly announced that the Rhine region would gain autonomy.
Marshal Karl von Hagen, the commander-in-chief of the Rhine region, wanted to send troops to suppress it, but he was directly placed under house arrest by the German nationalist officers around him.
Most of the senior officials in the Rhine region were also "Hydra" of nationalists who infiltrated the Prussian government, and they were about to tear the whole of Prussia in half.
All this happened within a dozen days, which was somewhat unacceptable to Frederick William IV.
If he bowed his head now, Prussia would inevitably become a dualistic country, but if he didn't bow his head, he would probably lose his head like Louis XVI.
Finally, William IV decided to write a letter to Austria for help.
At this time, Austria was still calm and there were no rebellions or forced palace incidents, but a large number of German nationalists poured into Bohemia, and both sides turned the streets into battlefields.
Several demonstrations broke out in Vienna, and German nationalists demanded the expulsion of Czechs and let the latter roll east of the Carpathian Mountains to accompany the Russians.
However, due to the powerful internal inspection system, these small-scale riots were quickly quelled, and the citizens were relatively law-abiding.
The mainstream media had long been controlled by Franz, and some tabloids that liked to spread random news were also dealt with in a timely manner, and there were no major problems with public opinion as a whole.
In fact, there was another reason, that is, the most difficult students had not started school yet. Franz's plan was to delay the start of school, which immediately aroused the enthusiastic response of many students.
All those who came to the school in advance were sent back to their hometowns. Those who stayed in the name of scientific research had to take an exam. Those who passed were sent to Tyrol to continue their scientific research, and those who failed were directly sent back. Under this operation, the fighting power of the rebels suddenly dropped by two orders of magnitude.
College students in the 19th century were too precious, and Franz really couldn't bear to kill them, but young people were easily affected by some emotions and thoughts after all, so he could only resort to this last resort.
Under the suppression of powerful military forces, the northern Italian region also looked very peaceful.
At the same time, the huge fines also made those local tyrants afraid. The poor could only go to the colonies to pay off their debts, but those rich gentry would lose their homes.
Al Pacino Corleone and his gang members, as well as those forces who were also outsiders, carried out large-scale revenge on those local snakes who bullied them in northern Italy on weekdays.
A large number of scandals were exposed, and these news were widely spread in taverns. People didn't want to be fools and shed blood and tears for the masters to pick peaches.
As for the nationalists and the Jesuits under Pius IX, there are more scandals. Many of the former have been wanted, and the latter are typical of being rich and unkind and deliberately mysterious.
In fact, it is not just the media in Vienna. Most newspapers in northern Italy also have business dealings with Franz, and are even directly controlled by him.
So only what should appear will appear in the newspapers, and not what should not appear. This is a unilateral massacre of the rebels by the Austrian government, and there is no such thing as a counterattack.
Except for some chaos in Bohemia, other regions basically maintain normal order, and the country operates relatively normally.
Metternich is considering sending troops to the German region, but he quickly denied it himself, because God knows whether Austria will encounter the same trouble.
Franz recruited troops in Tyrol while collecting intelligence at home and abroad. It seems that after these years of development, Austria should not be as precarious as in history.
But it is a pity that the Hungarians did not move. Of course, the Hungarians are not stupid. They can't act rashly without unrest in Austria.
As for the Italian region, both Sardinia and the Pope were just some clowns.
Franz dared to guarantee that if Carlo Alberto dared to act rashly at this time, at least 100,000 troops would invade Turin.
However, it was a clown that Franz would not even look at who changed everything.
February 16, 1848.
Pope Pius IX issued an edict refusing entry to Austrians and requiring the Austrian Empire to withdraw from the Papal States.
This edict will be notified to all Western countries, so France, Britain, Prussia, Spain, the Kingdom of Sardinia, and the Ottoman Empire jointly issued a statement demanding that Austria return the territory of the Papal States.
At the same time, Pope Pius IX also authorized all citizens of the Papal States to raise their own armed forces and violently expel the Austrians.
For a time, Austria, which had been peaceful, was directly pushed to the forefront. After all, all countries in the world wanted to transfer domestic conflicts at this time.
This was an almost unsolvable situation. Franz thought for a long time. Austria could not retreat unscathed. It could only choose to abandon the car to save the general, otherwise it would be an enemy of the whole world.
But this retreat was too difficult for Metternich. All his efforts in the second half of his life were devoted to the land of the Papal States. He wanted to annex Central Italy to realize the dreams of the old emperor and himself.
Franz did not care about the land of the Papal States, and Metternich was indeed a little too hasty. If it were just two pieces of land on the border, it would be fine. Who told him to dig into the heart of the people?
It would be strange if Pius IX did not react, but this kind of behavior of offending people to death is indeed not something that ordinary people can do.
Based on the Pope's character and the corrupt officials under him, the land of the Papal States will sooner or later belong to Austria, and it is only a matter of time to take it back.
In fact, there is another reason why Franz doesn't care much about the land of the Papal States, that is, the land here is too barren, and he has to spend money every year.
However, what Franz is worried about is whether Pius IX will do something else in the future. He has made up his mind to send the Pope to another world to harm others.