Chapter 915 Double Champion
Chapter 77 Double Champion
They provoked the Prussian-Danish War, pulled Belgium into Germany, and even planned to export their advanced ideas to North America and South Africa.
However, this still could not satisfy the extremely inflated ambitions of the German nationalists at that time.
In fact, they also formulated a constitution and wanted to establish an empire by the way - an empire of Germans.
However, they soon discovered a problem. This empire had no emperor. How could this be possible? How could such a perfect country not have an emperor?
So this group of people began to look for it in the German states, and they easily found Franz, a ready-made wise ruler.
Whether it was the religious attribute of a natural saint, or the progressive attribute of loving science and sponsoring art, or the free attribute of being the largest capitalist in Germany.
By the way, some people at that time liked to link capital and freedom together in order to separate them from the old era, just like independent and progressive women in the Republic of China had to be mistresses.
Back to the point, after learning that Franz had become the King of Rome, the Frankfurt Parliament held a meeting overnight and decided to grant Franz Joseph the title of German Emperor.
That's right, this country has not been established yet, but the national flag, constitution and emperor have already been established.
However, the title of the German Emperor is not even as useful as the Roman King. Although the latter is only an honorary title, the influence is mostly positive.
However, the crown of the German Emperor is more like a tight hoop, because the imperial power is completely restricted.
In history, even Frederick William IV (then King of Prussia), who had serious liberal tendencies, could not accept this "crown in the ditch".
At that time, due to the opposition of the Austrian Empire, the Greater Germany Plan failed. In desperation, the Frankfurt Parliament could only try to nominate Frederick William IV, King of Prussia, as the Emperor of the German Empire.
This so-called emperor is more like a puppet and scapegoat of the parliament, which is exactly the opposite of some privileged classes in the Austrian Empire.
One is to have power without responsibility and feel happy, while the other is to have no power and full responsibility and suffer.
In fact, the Frankfurt Parliament was greatly influenced by the French Revolution and the British bourgeois regime. Needless to say, the impact of the French Revolution on the European continent, and the strength of Britain is also obvious to all.
So the inexperienced Germans came up with an ultimate patchwork monster. Under the black, red and gold flags, they were going to establish a constitutional monarchy.
On the one hand, they were afraid that a non-monarchical regime would cause hostility on the European continent, and on the other hand, they were afraid that the monarch would take power.
So the parliament's requirements for the king reached an almost harsh level, and all political, economic, military and diplomatic powers belonged to the parliament.
They went further and demanded regulations on the monarch's daily life, even marriage and funeral. At the same time, the monarch had no right to designate an heir, let alone the right to dissolve the parliament, but the parliament could dismiss the monarch.
Putting these conditions together, almost no monarch would be willing to accept them. However, there are many ways to bypass the parliament and the constitution, and these conditions can be negotiated.
But the international and domestic impact of this crown is immeasurable, and the double crown is not so easy to do.
After the crown of the King of Rome, the crown of the German Empire fell on the head of Franz or the Habsburg family again.
The French could not sit still. The title of King of the Romans was just an empty title, but the German Emperor could not let them sit idly by.
After all, France was the biggest victim of the German Confederation at that time. After several wars with France, the ownership of Alsace-Lorraine has not yet been determined.
Louis Philippe and Henry Artois (the real name of Count Chambord) were still lurking around France like ghosts, all thanks to the German Confederation.
The one who reacted most strongly was Louis Napoleon Bonaparte (Napoleon III). After all, the title of King of the Romans should have belonged to their family, and crushing the Holy Roman Empire was one of his uncle's greatest achievements.
The most terrible thing was that a rumor began to circulate within the Bonaparte faction from some time on, saying that the orthodoxy of the Napoleon family was in Austria.
After all, Franz's birth time was too close to the time when the King of the Romans died, and Madame Sophie's relationship with Napoleon II was too ambiguous.
At this time, Franz's performance on the Italian battlefield was too amazing. At least he was not like the stupid and foolish people of the Habsburg family.
When talking about the Austrian royal family, the French always like to automatically ignore Archduke Karl's family and focus on Ferdinand I and his brothers.
"Damn bitch! Slut!"
Louis Napoleon's sudden curse made his mistress feel helpless.
"Obviously, we were so happy together yesterday"
The young woman put her arms around Louis Napoleon's neck and slowly moved her hand down
The young woman had a beautiful face and a graceful figure, but Louis Napoleon was not interested at this time. Instead, he resented that one of his cousins could not control his lower body.
The man pushed the young woman away, put on his clothes alone and disappeared into the night. He felt that he had to do something.
However, Louis Napoleon did not have any power of his own at this time, because the Bonapartists did not recognize him as Napoleon's heir.
At this time, Louis Napoleon did not have many friends. Only Victor Hugo, Pope Pius IX, and his former inmates in Arkham Prison believed in him.
However, it just so happened that a certain assassin brotherhood that had been passed down for a thousand years had recently gone bankrupt, and they just happened to blame Franz for this crime.
This time, the French provisional government reached a rare consensus, that is, to send troops to force Franz to give up the title of German emperor.
However, compared with the French, the British reacted more fiercely. They could not accept the great empire that spanned Europe, let alone Austria unifying all Germans.
Such a huge and solid empire was not comparable to the Austrian that was easily broken at this time.
In fact, the British were the first country to realize the national problems of the Austrian Empire, so there was a loose Austria and a loose German Confederation.
But if Austria really reunited Germany, then a super empire with a population of more than 80 million and a main ethnic group of more than 35 million would be born.
It not only has the brave and warlike Prussians and Saxons, but also the Dutch and Venetians who are good at sailing and business.
It has strong political, economic, and military strength, as well as terrible innovation ability and expansion desire.
There is no doubt that it will be the second Russian Empire, but the British government at this time is facing many difficulties.
The economic crisis and ethnic conflicts almost dragged down Britain's internal affairs. John Russell is still hiding the defeat in the Mediterranean naval battle from Queen Victoria and Prince Albert.
But the truth cannot be hidden.