Make France Great Again

"On the other hand, between the Empire and Russia, I'm afraid there is no room for turning around! As long as we are unwilling to give up the protection of the Danube Principality for a moment, then the Russian Empire will never stop hating us for a moment!"

Speaking of which, Prince Metternich paused and glanced at everyone present, including Franz Joseph, with a confused look on their faces.

He continued: "Even if we are willing to give up the protection of the Danube Principality and make it a buffer zone between us and the Russian Empire! I don't think the relationship between the Russian Empire and us will change in the slightest. Concession is intensified!"

Prince Metternich's remarks are undoubtedly a fatal blow to many ministers who still have the idea of ​​both sides.

"Adviser Metternich, do you think we should accept Jerome Bonaparte's kindness?" Franz Joseph asked Metternich with a frown.

"Yes! Your Majesty!" Prince Metternich nodded, and he decided to lift the last fig leaf of the Austrian Empire: "We all know that His Majesty Jerome Bonaparte's purpose is to see us and the Russian Empire. There has always been a hostile relationship between them, so he will be willing to hand over the Duchy of the Danube and the Duchy of Poland to us!

If we do something against the foreign policy of the French Empire, then I think Lancie can easily make us spit out all the benefits we get in Crimea! "

Prince Metternich's remarks undoubtedly angered many ministers including Franz Joseph.

In Franz Joseph's heart, even if the Austrian Empire could not become a country that dominates the entire European continent, it would not be reduced to a **** of the French Empire.

After all, the Austrian Empire was equal to the French Empire in terms of status.

"Adviser Metternich, do you mean that the Austrian Empire only acts as a **** for the French Empire to defend against Russia?" Franz Joseph responded to Prince Metternich in a flat tone.

"Your Majesty!" Prince Metternich once again bowed to Franz Joseph, "If the French Empire hadn't had a strategy to defend the Empire against the Russian Empire, I really can't think of why His Majesty Jerome Bonaparte did this. favor us.

In this Crimean war, we have already acquired two principalities, and we will soon get another principality.

Even at the original Vienna Conference, we could not get such a rich booty. "

At the Congress of Vienna, the battle of Prince Metternich's rise to fame, the Austrian Empire acquired the Lombard-Venice Kingdom at the expense of Belgium, and Galicia at the expense of part of Austrian Poland.

Compared with the direct acquisition of the Danube Principality and the Polish Principality without paying any price, such a territorial exchange is really nothing!

Seeing that the people present did not refute, Prince Metternich then said to Franz Joseph: "Your Majesty, the entire continent has never lacked countries that are full of malice towards Austria!

If we are unwilling to cooperate with the French Empire, then Germany and the Apennine have a large group of countries that are willing to cooperate with the French Empire. "

As soon as Metternich's voice fell, Franz Joseph's expression changed drastically.

The brilliant achievements of the French Empire on the Crimea peninsula terrified the Austrian Empire.

Franz Joseph even once doubted whether his army could withstand a wave of attacks from the French Empire like the Russian Empire.

After all, it was far easier for the French Empire to attack the Austrian Empire than it was for them to attack the Russian Empire.

The Austrian Empire could rely only on Marshal Radetzky of Venice.

"In the future, we have to follow the pace of the French Empire?" Franz Joseph said in a slightly low tone. He felt that he was indeed a bit embarrassed to be the emperor of Austria.

Was my grandfather like me back then?

Franz Joseph will recall his grandfather, Franz, the last emperor of the Holy Roman Empire and the first emperor of the Austrian Empire. During his reign, the Austrian Empire also survived under Bonaparte's prejudice. Many times Had to obey the mercy of the French Empire!

"Your Majesty, it doesn't do us any harm to be in step with the French Empire!" Prince Metternich, who saw that Franz Joseph had "succumbed", said slowly to Franz Joseph: "This Bonaparte is different from the above. A Bonaparte, we can use their strength to carry out our foreign policy!"

Franz Joseph hesitated for a moment, then raised his head and said to Prince Metternich: "Just do as Metternich's advisor said!"

Afterwards, Franz Joseph turned his gaze to Count Bauer, "Minister Bauer!"

"My subordinates are here!" Count Bauer responded to Franz Joseph with a serious expression.

"It's up to you to lead the embassy to Paris and discuss with my brother Jerome Bonaparte the disposal of the Principality of Poland!" Franz Joseph gave an order to Count Bauer.

"Your Majesty, His Majesty Jerome Bonaparte is still in Crimea!" Prince Metternich reminded.

Franz Joseph finally came to his senses. After thinking for a while, he re-ordered Count Bauer.

The Count of Bauer will travel to the French Empire on behalf of Emperor Franz Joseph to bless the full moon of Crown Prince Friedrich Bonaparte.

Then the Count of Ball could stay in Paris until the arrival of His Majesty Jerome Bonaparte.

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When Franz Joseph was about to return to the room to rest after the imperial meeting, a maid appeared in front of Franz Joseph.

"What's wrong?" Franz Joseph asked the maid in front of him.

If Franz's memory is not wrong, the maid in front of him should say his mother's maid.

After the maid saluted Franz Joseph, she meticulously said to Franz Joseph: "Your Majesty, Her Majesty the Queen Mother invites you to come over!"

"Okay! I see!" Franz Joseph nodded and followed the maid to the room where Queen Sophie was.

On the way to the Queen Mother Sophie's room, Franz Joseph kept thinking about what the Queen Mother Sophie wanted him to do.

When Franz Joseph arrived only a few steps away from Queen Sophie's room, he suddenly remembered if his mother had also heard about the Grand Duchy of Poland, so after the imperial meeting ended, he He called over.

After all, many of those ministers of the Austrian Empire were their own mothers.

As the door slowly opened, Franz Joseph found that not only the Queen Mother Sophie was in the room, but also his father, Archduke Franz Karl, and his three younger brothers, Archduke Maximilian and Karl. Grand Duke Ludwig, Grand Duke Ludwig Victor.

In short, it was a Franz Josef family reunion.

(Princess Sissi tears)

After entering the room, Franz Joseph first wanted to salute his parents, and after receiving responses from Archduke Franz Karl and Sophie, Franz Joseph sat down!

"Maximilian, Ludwig, Victor, salute your monarch!" The Queen Mother Sophie responded to Maximilian and others.

The three of Maximilian came to Franz Joseph and bowed to Franz Joseph at the same time. Franz Joseph raised his hand slightly, and then let the three present sit back to their original positions. Location.

After the simple etiquette was over, the Queen Mother Sophie immediately began to get to the point. She casually asked Franz Joseph, "I heard that Jerome Bonaparte is going to make your younger brother the Grand Duke of the Principality of Poland. I know it's happening!"

really!

Franz Joseph thought secretly in his heart, and at the same time swept towards his younger brother Maximilian. He once suspected that the reason why his mother would intervene in this matter might be because of Maximilian's influence.

Because among the four of him, Maximilian, Karl Ludwig and Victor, the person UUkanshu www.uukanshu.com his mother loves most is Maximilian.

If it weren't for his mother's excessive love, Maximilian's character would not have become what it is now.

Because of the four brothers, Maximilian is the most "rebellious".

(In the entire Habsburg court, a liberal like Maximilian was born.)

Franz Joseph even suspected that Maximilian was really his mother and the child of the Roman king as rumored.

However, this did not prevent the brotherhood between Franz Joseph and Maximilian.

At this time, Maximilian sat quietly in his seat, and Franz Joseph did not see any clues from his current expression.

"Yes!" Franz Joseph nodded and responded to the Queen Mother Sophie.

"How are you talking?" Queen Sophie asked again.

"I have sent the Count of Bauer to France to await the return of Jerome Bonaparte on the grounds of celebrating Frederick Bonaparte, son of Jerome Bonaparte, and then to discuss with him the affairs of the Principality of Poland. !" Franz Joseph immediately said to the Queen Mother Sophie.

"Yeah!" Empress Dowager Sophie nodded, then continued to ask Franz Joseph what to do with the relationship between Galicia and the Principality of Poland, and at the same time reminded Franz Joseph not to let Maximilian in the Principality of Poland Difficult to do.

Archduke Franz Karl, who was sitting next to the Queen Mother Sophie, also chimed in.

The "persecution" of the Empress Dowager Sophie and Archduke Franz Karl made Franz Joseph feel a little uncomfortable. Maximilian is the younger brother who has the best relationship with him. How could he make his younger brother feel wronged? Woolen cloth!