Chapter 851 Wait!

If we follow the scripts of other countries, bloody conflicts should break out in this situation like in France, but the reality is that there are also many people in the army who are dissatisfied with Metternich.

Coupled with the blessing of nationalism, the Austrian army joined the rebellion after the Bavarian Guard.

The army set up cannons directly outside the Prime Minister's Office. Seeing that things could not be done, Franz's insider who had been planted in advance could only propose to burn Metternich with fire, so as to achieve the desired punishment effect.

And we can't kill innocent people indiscriminately, so we should let everyone except Metternich leave the Prime Minister's Office before taking action.

The people are still very reasonable, so they made way for innocent people to pass. When the innocent people left, torches were thrown into the Prime Minister's Office from all directions.

The fire burned for a whole day and night, and it is said that even Metternich's ashes were burned.

On the dock of Vienna, an old lady wearing a white wig kept looking back, and the old servant beside her pulled him into the cabin.

"Let's go, sir. Archduke Franz said California needs you."

After Metternich stepped down, Count Kolarov thought he had finally defeated his old rival and could implement his own reforms. However, Franz II had already left a will:

"If Metternich is unable to perform the duties of regent for special reasons, Pillersdorff will take over the position of regent."

Pillersdorff also disagreed with Count Kolarov, and the mess left by Metternich made it impossible for them to deal with it.

Declare war on the Papal States? Don't be ridiculous. In the current situation in Europe, everyone is looking for scapegoats. Whoever makes the first move will die.

Accept the Papal States' proposal? The ruins of the Prime Minister's Palace are still hot! And the two royal grand dukes did not make any moves. It seems that the royal family is not going to pursue this matter.

At this time, they remembered Archduke Franz who had already gone to Tyrol to take office. After all, the latter has a good reputation, is a member of the royal family, and is the future emperor.

Maybe some people like this feeling of being needed, but Franz just thinks they want to use him as a shield.

He doesn't like this feeling very much, but the intensity of nationalism at this time is indeed beyond his imagination.

Obviously, it has been suppressed for so many years, from the earliest Hill Gini Barron, Ludwig von Lens to the recent Andreas Pretorius, Franz has never stopped suppressing extreme nationalists.

The means used include but are not limited to fines, imprisonment, exile, and even assassination. But the results are not ideal, and its scale and influence are still far greater than the German nationalists in history.

However, at this time, those idiots in the imperial government can no longer be allowed to continue to mess around, and Franz's reply is "wait".

Yes, at this time, patience is a test. The political situation in France, Britain, Spain, and Prussia is also in chaos. Whoever loses patience first will lose.

France is the key among them. As long as this most critical link collapses, the invisible network for Austria will no longer exist.

Moreover, France will definitely collapse. The reason why Franz is so sure of this is that if it does not collapse, then someone will help it collapse.

For example, a gunshot, a leader, or a song "La Marseillaise".

But in the final analysis, Louis Philippe's rule is too weak, otherwise it would not be so easy for others to take advantage of it.

But no matter what, Franz will not let France, a close neighbor, breathe again, and will never let it transfer the contradiction to Austria.

As for the threat from Britain, it will mostly remain verbal. After all, Austria's geographical location is not suitable for sea invasion, and the latter is not the main threat to the former. Doing so is completely unprofitable. The shrewd British should not make such a mistake.

Franz did not want to care about the pressure faced by the Austrian Imperial Government during the waiting period, and there was no need to care about it. In fact, he wanted to change a few more governments, just to clean up those loyal corrupt officials.

Many times, Franz was not good at doing it himself. Due to the fatal flaws of the system of granting officials, the Austrian Imperial Government had a large number of "vegetable" stable loyalists.

They haven't done anything bad, but they haven't done anything useful either.

However, these people have occupied a large number of positions in government departments for generations. Their efficiency is about 0, and they are not as useful as outsourced officials.

At the bottom, it only affects efficiency and occupies national resources, but the impact at the top is extremely bad.

Whether they like it or not, they will actively or passively become the backbone of some factions, or even leaders.

Then inbreeding began. Even top geniuses in certain disciplines such as Darwin, Bach, and Einstein can only give birth to a bunch of mediocre idiots, let alone this group of useless waste.

For example, Count Pilesdorf, who was replaced in the Regency Council at this time, his ability is far inferior to Prince Metternich, but he was destined to be in his current position more than a decade ago, or even when he was born.

Franz II is not a genius like Kong Ming and Zhang Liang. He is just a mediocre old man, but he can still calculate today more than a decade later. The reason is nothing else, only practice.

However, even though they were just a bunch of people who were doing nothing, Franz couldn't deal with them in an overly radical way.

It's ridiculous, they were the cornerstone of the empire. If Franz wanted to succeed in his reforms, he had to get the support of these people, but who would want to revolutionize themselves?

This is not a problem that can be solved by Franz's accession to the throne, because even if Franz becomes the emperor, he still cannot betray his class.

So Franz needs a big chaos, a world chaos, but before that he must make all preparations.

Only a strong body can survive this strong medicine, and then the Austrian Empire will usher in a new life.

In fact, Franz originally wanted to use conservative reform methods to subtly carry out limited reforms, but some minor repairs can only save the moment, not the whole life.

As for the new Regency Council wanting to break away from Franz's control and act on its own, this is actually unlikely, because Franz has explained it clearly to the two elders of the family.

As long as the two royal grand dukes disagree, the Regency Council is a decoration.

As for Count Latour, Franz does not intend to let him stay in Vienna any longer. After all, this person is very impulsive and easy to get carried away, but he still has loyalty and ability.

So Franz thought Belgrade was a good place. First of all, Belgrade had a good army and sufficient food. Secondly, it was actually surrounded by Hungary and the Ottoman Empire. It was necessary to have a brave warrior to defend it.

In history, Count Latour died miserably. He took a series of drastic measures, but still could not stabilize the situation in Vienna.

When the second wave of attacks came, Count Latour stayed alone in the hall of the Ministry of War in order not to harm others.

However, no one appreciated his courage. In the end, the brave count was stabbed into a sieve and hung in front of the Ministry of War.