Chapter 141： Habsburg meat

"Your Majesty, the Prime Minister is here!"

With a shout from the attendant, the young emperor who was sitting at the desk near the window just put the quill in his hand dipped in ink back into the pen holder, and twisted his chair to face Prime Minister Felix Schwarzenberg.

Looking at the "little fresh meat" young emperor with a haggard face in front of him, Felix Schwarzenberg humbly saluted him: "Your Majesty!"

The young emperor showed a meticulous look, pointed at the sofa next to him and said, "Prime Minister Felix, sit down and talk!"

"Yes! Your Majesty!" Felix Schwarzenberg sat on the hard board sofa.

"Prime Minister Felix, do you have any business with me?" Franz Joseph, who was only 19 years old, still had not shaken off his vigorous age. He hated political speeches and asked Felix directly. Schwarzenberg.

"It's like this..." Prime Minister Felix Schwarzenberg first told Franz Joseph about Bach's plan for dividing Hungary.

Due to the influence of the European Revolution of 1948, Franz Joseph's disgust for the Hungarian nation was close to Max, and now he just wants to completely turn the Magyar nation into a historical term.

"Excellent! Prime Minister Felix, I believe that according to the plan you proposed, it will not take many years for us to completely turn those **** Magyars into a history!" The indifferent expression finally showed a happy expression. Lanz Joseph clenched his fists and said to Felix Schwarzenberg.

"Your Majesty, this kind of behavior loses your noble status!" Felix Schwarzenberg had to carefully remind Franz Joseph to act according to Austrian rules and etiquette.

In the Austrian Empire, maintaining aristocratic etiquette is a rule that every Austrian noble must master.

Franz Joseph quickly released his fist and continued to say to Felix Schwarzenberg with a straight face: "I'm sorry, Mr. Prime Minister!"

Afterwards, Franz Joseph began to put forward his own "opinions" on Bach's plan to divide the kingdom of Hungary, and he said murderously to Felix Schwarzenberg: "Prime Minister Felix, I think in Before officially dividing Hungary, we should solve the Hungarian rebel issue!"

"Your Majesty, the Hungarian rebels have been defeated by the army of the Imperial Union Tsar!" Felix Schwarzenberg did not understand what Emperor Franz Joseph meant, or Felix Schwarzenberg. He never thought that the monarch he was loyal to would be so "cruel".

"Your Excellency Prime Minister! If we do not completely eliminate the root cause of Hungarian mutiny, then the reform of the Empire in Hungary will never succeed!" Franz Joseph said to Felix Schwarzenberg according to his own opinion: " We should behead all the rebel leaders!"

Felix Schwarzenberg was stunned by Franz Joseph's murderous words. He never thought that Franz Joseph would have such a side.

Except for a small number of middle class like Kossuth who led the rebellion in the Kingdom of Hungary, most of the members were small nobles in the Hungarian countryside.

If it was resolved according to Franz Joseph's instructions, it would be tantamount to aggravating the hostility of the Hungarian people, and at the same time making it difficult for the Austrian Empire's policy in Hungary to take a step.

"Your Majesty!" Felix Schwarzenberg still maintained a submissive attitude, and replied bravely: "I don't think we need to kill all of them!"

"Should we wait until they launch the second and third rebellion?" Franz Joseph said decisively: "The empire is so kind to Hungary that they began to press the empire step by step. Only by killing them all Those Hungarian rebels, the empire can truly achieve long-term stability!"

Franz Joseph's decisive attitude made Felix Schwarzenberg give up arguing with him on this issue. He was only the Prime Minister of the Empire, how could he strongly oppose the Emperor's policies.

The greatest tragedy of the autocratic system is this!

Felix Schwarzenberg, who wanted to seize the Hungarian nobles and let the small ones out to gain the gratitude of the Hungarian middle and small nobles, so as to make Hungary's provincialization road smoother, could not reverse Franz Joseph's desire to dismantle all those involved in the rebellion. In the hearts of all the Hungarian middle and high-level executives, Felix Schwarzenberg, who was deeply constrained by the emperor, flashed a disrespectful thought in his mind.

Felix Schwarzenberg's silence convinced Franz Joseph of his "correctness", he said to Felix Schwarzenberg to himself: "I originally wanted to make Albrecht He went to Hungary to be the executioner, who knows that Albrecht is not willing to take this position. Now Marshal Heinau has to go to Hungary to execute those **** traitors, what do you think?"

Franz Joseph seemed to be seeking the opinion of Prime Minister Felix Schwarzenberg, but in fact he was just reporting to Felix Schwarzenberg.

"Your Majesty, Marshal Heinau is undoubtedly the best choice!" Felix Schwarzenberg, who knew he could not reverse Franz Joseph's thoughts, could only respond along Franz Joseph's thoughts.

"Excellent! The transfer of Marshal Heinau is up to you!" Franz Joseph said to Felix Schwarzenberg.

"Yes!" Felix Schwarzenberg responded.

Then he told Franz Joseph about the forthcoming treaty between the Austrian Empire and the Sardinian Dynasty, including: 1. The Sardinian Kingdom gave up its claims on Lombardy and Venice. 2. The Sardinian Dynasty needs to pay 70 million reparations to the Austrian Empire. 3. The Kingdom of Sardinia needs to form an alliance with the Austrian Empire. 4. The Sardinian dynasty needs to recognize the 1815 borders.

"We fought two wars with that **** rebel, and now we're only asking them for 70 million francs? Are we going to make an alliance with them?" Franz Joseph asked Felix Schwae with wide-eyed surprise. Zemberg said.

Franz Joseph couldn't believe his ears. It was obvious that the Sardinian Kingdom provoked first, but in the end, the Austrian Empire also spent the money and people died. The war reparations were not enough to send troops twice.

As for the first, third, and fourth treaties, it is not a punishment for the Sardinian kingdom, but a deliberate protection of the Sardinian dynasty.

Franz Joseph, who advocated power politics in his bones, obviously did not understand what Prime Minister Felix Schwarzenberg meant.

Felix Schwarzenberg could only explain to Franz Joseph: "Your Majesty, the enemy of the empire has never been the Kingdom of Sardinia! When Prince Metternich merged the Republic of Genoa into the Kingdom of Sardinia, the purpose was to To prevent France from bordering the Empire, the Kingdom of Sardinia acts as a shield to protect the Austrian Empire!

If we criticize the Sardinian kingdom too much, then the Sardinian kingdom will turn to France! The empire's territory would then border directly with France, which could drive straight into the Apennine. If our support is not timely, I'm afraid..."

Felix Schwarzenberg did not continue to speak, and Franz Joseph understood what he said next.

The next plot is probably the same as when Napoleon went deep into the Apennine Peninsula.

It's just that the French army is definitely far inferior to the army led by Napoleon at the beginning, and the Austrian army also can't find someone who is as capable of commanding as Archduke Karl. The lifespan of Marshal Radetzky is also a big problem.

"Prime Minister Felix, how can you guarantee that the Kingdom of Sardinia will not betray the Empire again!" Franz Joseph asked Felix Schwarzenberg again.

"Your Majesty, the reason why the Sardinian Dynasty declared war on the Empire last year is not only that the previous king himself wanted to expand the Sardinian Dynasty, but more importantly, the revolutionary wave in the Apennine peninsula made them have to choose! Or the subjects under their rule. Abandon it, or declare war on Austria with this wave!" Felix Schwarzenberg paused, then said: . "Now, we have suppressed this wave! Sardinia has made another choice, we just need not to press them so hard that they fall to France! Now that the new king is on the throne, we can start from the Habsburgs. choose one of them to marry them, so that they will not fall to France."

Adhering to Metternich's pragmatism, Prime Minister Felix Schwarzenberg decided to sacrifice another Habsburg princess.

From Felix Schwarzenberg's point of view, the great blessings he bears will come at a great price. Since the princess of the Habsburg family follows God's will to join the Habsburg family, she should serve the Habsburg family. The Fort family gave their all Franz Joseph was silent for a long time, and then said again: "Prime Minister Felix, you remind me of my teacher, Prince Metternich!"

"It's an honor to be compared with Prince Metternich!" Schwarzenberg responded with an expression of flattery.

"One more thing!" Franz Joseph said, holding the letter on the table in front of Schwarzenberg: "This is a letter sent to me by a teacher in London, in which he said he wanted to return to the Empire . I think the Prince is too lonely in London alone. Now that the Austrian revolution is over, I hope the teacher can return to Austria to take care of himself. Prime Minister, what do you think?"

Felix Schwarzenberg was shocked when he heard that Metternich wanted to return to Austria. Prince Terne came back to take care of himself, and Felix Schwarzenberg's heart settled down again.

"I certainly agree with the return of Prince Metternich. As an outstanding statesman who has served Austria for more than 30 years, wandering alone is a huge tragedy, both for the empire and for the prince himself."