Chapter 140： Archduke Albrecht

Before waiting for the secretary to respond, Felix Schwarzenberg shook his head and said to himself.

"No, they won't!"

Although Felix Schwarzenberg, a soldier and a politician, looked down on Prince Metternich who had fled London and his policies, he habitually used the orthodoxy created by Metternich at the Congress of Vienna. Principled thinking about foreign policy across the continent.

Felix Schwarzenberg rubbed up the telegram sent by Baron Huberner from France and threw it on the ground, with a disdainful expression on his face, and said firmly, "Bonaparte's wolf cub. The demarcation at the Congress of Vienna will surely be trampled! If they recognize the demarcation at the Congress of Vienna, they will undoubtedly discard the legitimacy of the Bonaparte family. Once they refuse to recognize the demarcation of the 1815 demarcation, we have a reason United Kingdom of Great Britain and the Russian Empire intervene in the Austrian Empire."

For Prime Minister Felix Schwarzenberg, the recognition of the Congress of Vienna is the bottom line for the entire European monarchy.

Once the French Republic refused to recognize the division of territory in 1815 at the Congress of Vienna, then it meant that France had hidden its antipathy.

At that time, he can win over the members of the original anti-French alliance to isolate France, and then isolate France.

Not to mention, Felix Schwarzenberg also holds an important chess piece that has a special attack on France - the orthodox heir, the Count of Chambord (Henry V).

Once the formation of the anti-French alliance is completed, they will push into the territory of France at the fastest speed, and at the same time sacrifice the most important Count of Chambord to disintegrate the royalists in the army, and then imitate the fact that they had more than 30 years ago. The pedantic Henry V was made king of France just as Louis XVIII was made king of France.

In Felix Schwarzenberg's plan, the torch of revolution will be extinguished under the tsar's butcher's knife, and orthodoxy will continue to exist in Europe for thousands of years.

As long as the German Confederation declares war on France, then he can logically assign the control of the German army to the Austrian Empire. After the war with the French Republic, Prussia is no longer the Austrian Empire with great prestige.

However, there is a huge loophole in Prime Minister Felix Schwarzenberg's meticulously prepared plan to isolate France, and that is Britain's view of the Holy Alliance.

Felix Schwarzenberg did not know that the Holy Alliance era of more than 30 years had already given birth to the idea of ​​breaking up the Holy Alliance in the Kingdom of Great Britain.

For the entire British kingdom that pays attention to the balance of the European continent, there is no need for such a united organization to exist in the European continent.

Not to mention that the barbaric Slavs from the East have already stretched their paws to the Strait of Hormuz through their influence on the Holy Alliance, and they are about to complete Peter the Great's original vision of the sea.

Once the Russian fleet entered the Mediterranean, the entire Mediterranean would be in crisis, and the appetites of Slavic cattle could never be satisfied.

Prime Minister Felix Schwarzenberg did not know that the problem between the Russian Empire and the Kingdom of Great Britain had risen to a major conflict, and the conflict between the Kingdom of Britain and the French Republic had turned into a secondary conflict.

Without the participation of Britain, the Anti-French Allies would have failed.

Felix Schwarzenberg now has a faint feeling that things are not going in the direction he wants.

"Your Excellency, what should we do now?" The secretary asked Felix Schwarzenberg again.

Felix Schwarzenberg didn't immediately answer the secretary's words. He got up from the jewel-encrusted seat and walked to the balcony. He quietly stared at the stumps of trees and the bare earth in front of Schönbrunn Palace. Before the European Revolution, there used to be a sycamore forest, and there were lush lawns under the sycamore forest.

When Wendischgritz dispatched the artillery to attack the Vienna opposition, in order to eliminate the rebels as soon as possible, the artillery carried out an indiscriminate attack and accidentally hit the plane tree outside the Schönbrunn Palace, and many plane trees fell to the ground and blocked it. the road. In order to allow the carriage to enter the Schönbrunn Palace smoothly, Wendischgritz ordered the soldiers to clean up and transport away all the fallen sycamore forest, and the place became what it is now, just like the current Vienna.

Felix, however, was inspired to build a revived Austrian empire.

"Mr. Genz!" Felix Schwarzenberg said.

"Your Excellency!" Secretary von Genz quickly responded to Felix Schwarzenberg's shout.

"Let's replant that sycamore forest with sycamores! I will inform you about the countermeasures after I have discussed with His Majesty." Felix Schwarzenberg pointed to the sycamore forest with only stumps left and told Feng . Gentz ​​ordered.

Feng Genz was stunned for a moment. He opened his mouth to say something, but in the end he didn't say anything, just responded with the word "yes".

"Go!" Felix Schwarzenberg waved his hand and motioned for von Genz to do "business".

Feng Gene could only hide his doubts in his stomach, saluted Felix Schwarzenberg and left.

After von Genz left the prime minister's office, Felix Schwarzenberg also left the office.

Felix Schwarzenberg, who was walking in the corridor of Schönbrunn Palace, was greeted by many people, most of whom were nobles living in the Habsburg family of Schönbrunn Palace. The military prime minister who returned to Vienna displayed a more submissive attitude than during the reign of Prince Metternich.

Felix Schwarzenberg also smiled back at these Habsburg nobles, but in his heart, he had only deep contempt for these uncontributing wastes.

Just as Felix Schwarzenberg was about to reach his obligatory destination, he met an unexpected person.

The soldier wearing the same light blue military uniform as Schwarzenberg with two Grand Crosses on his chest first greeted Felix Schwarzenberg: "Prime Minister Felix, I haven't seen you for a long time, you still look good. Glow!"

A look of surprise appeared on Schwarzenberg's face: "Archduke Albrecht, when did you return to Vienna!"

The person who surprised Schwarzenberg was Albrecht, the son of Archduke Karl, who was supposed to serve on the Italian battlefield.

Since the death of Archduke Karl in 1846, Albrecht has inherited the title of Archduke Karl and is also known as Archduke Albrecht.

After the baptism of the Great Revolution, Archduke Albrecht seemed much calmer, and he replied calmly.

"Thanks to His Majesty's summons, I was summoned back from Lombardy!"

"How is the Marshal's condition?" Felix Schwarzenberg asked about the physical condition of Marshal Radetzky.

Although Felix Schwarzenberg has only been a staff officer by Radetzky's side for less than two months, he has great admiration for Radetzky's loyalty and ability.

If it weren't for the fact that the current Austrian Empire needed a well-respected marshal, he would definitely let Marshal Radetzky recuperate.

[Radetzky, who served as the coalition chief of staff, is 83 years old. 】

"The marshal's body is still strong, he is following your instructions to put pressure on the Kingdom of Sardinia!" Albrecht responded slowly to Felix Schwarzenberg.

"That's good!" Felix Schwarzenberg nodded.

"Your Excellency Prime Minister! If there is nothing else, I will leave first. The Marshal still needs me!" Albrecht said to Felix Schwarzenberg.

"Go! Say hello to the Marshal for me by the way!" Felix Schwarzenberg responded to Albrecht.

Albrecht nodded and walked behind Felix Schwarzenberg.

Just as Albrecht was about to pass Felix Schwarzenberg, Prime Minister Felix Schwarzenberg suddenly shouted: "Wait a minute!"

Albrecht stayed where he was, and looked at Felix Schwarzenberg with doubtful eyes.

Felix Schwarzenberg thought for a moment, but in the end he didn't say anything. He just said lightly, "Be careful."

Looking at Albrecht's retreating back, Felix Schwarzenberg decided to wait until after Bach's planning was completed, and then ask Albrecht if he was willing to serve as the Hungarian Governor.

Even provincial Hungary still needs a governor.

Felix Schwarzenberg continued in the direction that Albrecht came from, and soon came to a mountain of doors.

Inside the gate made of walnut wood is the office of Emperor Franz Joseph, the nominal supreme ruler of the entire Habsburg.

18-year-old Josef Franz is more of a learner than a decision-maker.

His first task was to learn knowledge, and then to learn how to handle government affairs with Felix Schwarzenberg.

Of course, even when Joseph Franz was still studying, Felix Schwarzenberg did not dare to openly elevate the emperor. He had to report everything to the emperor. Just do it.

Behind the emperor, there can be a Sufi queen mother who is said to have an affair with the Roman king.

Felix Schwarzenberg, who had seen the political skills of the Empress Dowager Sophie, did not dare to hide anything.

Prime Minister Felix Schwarzenberg, who was standing at the door, knocked gently on the door.

The door slowly opened, and a valet attaché in a gray-black military uniform appeared in front of Felix Schwarzenberg.

Felix Schwarzenberg smiled and nodded to the attendant attache in front of him.

The attendant attache turned to Joseph Franz to report: "Your Majesty, Prime Minister Felix has an audience!"

"Let the Prime Minister come in!" Franz Joseph's voice came from the door.

The attache hurriedly made way for Felix Schwarzenberg to enter. After the Prime Minister entered, the door was closed again.