Chapter 846 Calculation

This issue made the entire Austrian Empire unable to take care of other things. The Regency Council studied it for a long time and even called Franz back from Tyrol overnight.

However, this time Franz had no choice but to take a step back.

After all, he knew that the entire Western world would be in chaos soon, and he had a better plan to get back what he had lost at once.

Although Pius IX was the leader of the Italian nation at this time, he was not as popular as he imagined.

And as a part of the old era, the Pope would sooner or later be liquidated by his "supporters".

The February Revolution in France was already on the agenda, and Count Chambord's mother was still calling for the return of Bourbon orthodoxy in Paris.

Count Chambord himself was completely substituted into the role of Grand Duke of Fribourg, and he was enjoying the happiness and responsibility of being a monarch.

In less than half a year, Count Chambord had formulated hundreds of policies and revised almost all the laws of Fribourg.

He is undoubtedly a good king who is diligent and loves the people for ordinary people, but most of these policies and laws cannot be implemented due to the limitations of the times.

It is a bad habit for a monarch of a big country to do everything personally, but it does make the people feel very close to a small country in a mountain city.

Although France was in turmoil at this time, Count Chambord did have the intention to restore the glory of Bourbon, but he did not think that these "small fights" could shake the Orleans Dynasty.

In addition, although Louis Philippe advertised that Count Chambord had become a lackey of the Germans, the latter himself did not think it was a big deal.

As an heir to the French throne and a duke of the German Confederation, this is normal! In fact, the orthodox did not care much about this, but were very glad that there would be opportunities to expand the territory in the future.

Because Pius IX played a people's war, and all parties were urging him to do so, Franz had no good solution.

When Metternich heard Franz say that he had no good solution and could only take a step back, the old prime minister was actually somewhat relieved. After all, it was not a glorious thing to be often reminded by the younger generation.

At this point, Metternich could only announce that the Austrian Empire would withdraw from the territory of the Papal States.

This was actually a strategic contraction in order to go further next time. But the people did not understand it that way. They only knew that the Austrian Empire had never suffered such a huge failure and humiliation in these years.

Although Franz was also trying his best to control public opinion and narrow the scope of influence, the reality was that the influence and spread speed of this storm far exceeded his imagination.

This incident immediately caused an uproar in Vienna, which was relatively calm before. Before this, Metternich could only be regarded as notorious, but at this time he had become the first traitor.

Demonstrations followed one after another. This time, there was no need for any nationalist incitement. Grassroots officials, citizens, businessmen in Vienna, and those Germans who worked, traveled, and visited relatives in Vienna all joined in spontaneously.

The zoo rally of 100,000 people was scary enough, and the number of people gathering in Vienna Central Park at this time could not be counted.

Legend has it that on February 18, 1848, half of the residents of Vienna went to Central Park to denounce the traitor Metternich under the witness of those ancient sages.

Vienna Central Park is the Vienna Central Cemetery in later generations, where Mozart, Haydn, Beethoven, Schubert, Strauss and his son, as well as many celebrities and sages are buried.

At this time, the control of the Austrian Empire was much stronger than the same period in history, but it still seemed small in the face of such a huge wave.

Archduke Albrecht was ordered to lead troops to disperse the illegal gathering of people, which really made people sweat. Fortunately, his status as a war hero was still sought after, and he did not follow the footsteps of General Leopold von Gerlach, nor did he have violent conflicts as in history.

In fact, Albrecht chose a smarter and more euphemistic approach, which was to say that the reason for dispersing the crowd was to prevent the re-emergence of cholera.

Although the disease of cholera did not spread on a large scale in Austria and did not cause too many casualties, that was only relative to other countries. As the number one plague in the 19th century, it was not a problem to take the lives of 1,800 people.

Moreover, even if people have never eaten pork, they have always seen pigs running. France and Russia next door were severely affected, and the German and Italian regions were equally serious. Even the British Empire at that time was not spared.

Because of this, the dissuasion effect of cholera was still very obvious. Whether it was ordinary people or those hardcore nationalists, they did not have much objection to this expulsion action.

However, Franz saw one thing. At this time, Prince Metternich had lost his mind, and Count Kolarov did not seem to care about what was happening in front of him.

In fact, the latter also felt that Prince Metternich had lost his mind, but he also felt that this was a good opportunity to overthrow Metternich, and he felt that he would do better after becoming prime minister.

In the eyes of Count Korolov, Metternich was a fool who had to keep entangled in the Italian issue. If it were him, he would develop towards southern Germany, at least he would deal with the Czechs in Bohemia.

The call for a constitution in Austria was not so high, which was mainly due to Joseph II. First of all, the Austrian code was very complete, and most things could be done according to the law.

Secondly, the last time the emperor claimed to rule the country by law, he directly set the entire country back decades, and the contradictions in the Leitania region of the country were not sharp, so the need for a constitution was not so urgent.

Count Kolarov wanted Austria to embrace Germany. He felt that he could take advantage of the chaos in the three southern German countries to infiltrate them, and in turn use nationalism to hold a referendum.

If the timing is right, it is not impossible to include northern Germany. Compared with his grand plan, Metternich's plan is too petty.

Franz didn't care about the open and secret struggles between the two ministers, but it was a very unwise choice for them to involve Albrecht in this political turmoil.

The actions of Prince Metternich and Count Kolarov almost killed the last famous general of the Austrian Empire. They didn't consider what would happen if the people really rebelled?

If Albrecht had not been a hero in the war and had not adopted a roundabout strategy, the result would most likely have been the same as in history. Even if the Archduke himself had restrained himself, he would not have been able to withstand the irrational people who directly attacked the army.

In history, Albrecht ordered the shooting only after he was pulled off his horse by the marching crowd. As a result, the massacre of civilians became a stain on his life.

And this stain is extremely difficult to wash away. No matter how many victories are achieved, people will only remember the title of executioner.