At the critical moment of the negotiations between Britain and Australia, his mother, Princess Sophie, brought him a message, which attracted Franz's full attention.

Uncle Ferdinand I was about to abdicate early, so he was ready to ascend the throne early.

The conscience of heaven and earth, Franz dared to swear in the name of God, that there was no such thing as his work. As the legal heir of Austria, he would not have been so anxious to force his uncle to abdicate.

The real decision was not made by Ferdinand I, but by the Habsburg family.

Although Austria is known for its conservatism, after so many years, the people's tolerance for this mentally retarded emperor has reached its limit, and this is the factor in the Vienna rebellion.

This is a disaster for the Habsburg family. The monarch is so majestic that it is often made. If this continues, it will shake the status of the royal family.

At this time, Franz emerged as a regency and took control of power in a short period of time and put down domestic rebellion, which made many people see hope.

The Austrian Empire's national power is constantly declining, and the members of the royal family are also seeing it and anxious, but these great masters are powerless and have no ability to turn the tide.

Franz's outstanding performance made them shine, as if the Habsburg family was about to welcome a leader of ZTE.

Then everyone decided privately and felt that it was impossible to let Ferdinand I continue to be the emperor. The Habsburg family has become a joke in the aristocratic circle in recent decades.

For long-term interests, they unanimously decided to abdicate Ferdinand I early, replace Franz with outstanding capabilities, and reshape the glory of the Habsburg family.

After making a decision, everyone took turns to persuade Ferdinand I to abdicate. No, it should be to persuade Queen Maria Anna to agree to the emperor's abdication.

Ferdinand I was sometimes sober and sometimes confused. Maybe I had just agreed before, but I immediately forgot later. What he remembered the most was the order to the chef: I am the emperor, and I want to eat dumplings.

When he is awake, he is not much different from normal. He is simply a little slow in his reaction ability and a little lower IQ than ordinary people. Once he gets sick, he will know nothing.

The most important thing is that he has to get sick several times a day, and no one knows when he wakes up or when he gets sick. It is too unreliable to let him make a decision, so everyone decided to make the decision.

In order to avoid making jokes, everyone must convince Queen Maria Anna that as long as she does not object, Ferdinand I's own opinions can be ignored.

There is no doubt that Queen Maria Anna was never a powerful person, because her husband was unable to take power, and the Vienna court seemed more like a cage to her.

Especially after the outbreak of the Vienna Revolution, she was even more frightened, afraid of following in Louis XVI's footsteps.

Everyone happily reached an agreement to let Ferdinand I abdicate as soon as possible and Franz took over the mess.

That's right, in many people's eyes, the Austrian Empire is just a mess. Although the rebellion has been put down, the domestic problems are still serious.

In many people's opinion, one of the main reasons for the outbreak of this rebellion that affected the whole country was the damage to the monarch's majesty, and Ferdinand I could no longer gain the recognition of the people of all ethnic groups in Austria.

Franz did not reject the ascension to the throne early. If the name is not correct, the words will be unsatisfactory. Many things the emperor does are much easier than the crown prince.

Perhaps because they had endured enough, everyone unanimously chose to cut the mess with a quick knife. The time for Ferdinand I's abdication was quickly determined, and Franz's ascension time was also determined, both on September 1, 1848.

It is now the end of June, and there are only more than two months left. Franz must arrange domestic affairs to ensure that he does not make jokes at his throne ceremony.

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Franz was generally satisfied with the result of this negotiation between Britain and Austria. Not only did he make a comeback from the Kingdom of Sardinia, he also obtained support from the British on the Balkans in Austria and obtained tickets for overseas colonization.

The only headache is the British's position on the German issue. Like all the great powers, everyone opposes Austria's expansion into the German region.

Unlike the Kingdom of Prussia, Austria had too much influence in the German region, and the Habsburgs' sign was too loud. Once the German region was unified, the impact would be much greater.

Not to mention anything else, Switzerland, the Netherlands, and Belgium were once the hometowns of the Habsburg dynasty, and the idea of ​​great unification prevailing in Germany also exists within these countries.

Who knows if Austria has a way to integrate them? No matter whether it works or not, no one is willing to take risks.

Everyone was very afraid of the influence of the Habsburg dynasty. Once Austria was ready to unify the German region, it would encounter the same situation as Napoleon.

Even before we could unify the German region, the interfering army of various countries had already set out. This conclusion hurt everyone, especially the Great Germanists.

There is no way. Austria, which has only eight million core ethnic groups, is everyone's best ally, and Austria, which has a core population of more than 40 to 50 million, is the European nightmare.

After unifying the German region, Austria surpassed Russia in population and France in industry, and it was completely a China-Europe giant.

The British saw it very clearly, so they encouraged Austria to expand into the Balkans. As long as the main ethnic group does not have an absolute advantage, internal friction is inevitable.

Austria, which has severe internal friction, cannot threaten the world hegemony of the British Empire, and everyone can still be good friends.

Franz comforted: "The British's position was as we expected, and it is not us that should be a headache. The Kingdom of Prussia also wants to unify the German region, and they have less choices.

If we cannot expand into the German region, we can go to the Balkans and open up colonies, and Austria's pace of progress will not stop."

This is also self-comfort. Prussia is just an excuse to come up with. The Prussian Kingdom in this era did not have the strength to unify the German region.

Austria has the strength to unify the German region, but the international environment does not allow it.

The British, who are most likely to be out of the matter, strongly opposed German reunification, let alone Russia next door. How can you sleep soundly beside the bed?

It cannot also be the German region, so Austria can only resolve domestic ethnic conflicts first, and then farm honestly and slowly accumulate strength.

The so-called expansion is just picking up some leftovers, and in the Balkans, they have to make concessions to the Russians, open up overseas colonies, and have to compromise with Britain and France.

Felix proposed: "Since the British oppose German regional unification, we should settle for the second best, how about the division between the Kingdom of Prussia?

If we can annex South Germany, we can even pay some price. At worst, we can give up the Italian region in exchange for support from Britain and France, and ced the Austrian Poland to the Russians in exchange for their understanding."

Metternich sighed and said, "It's not that simple. Many countries in South Germany are our allies. How can we expand?

If we attack our allies, do we still need reputation? Who dares to form an alliance with us in future diplomacy?"

If he had known that the international situation would have become like this, when he first built the Vienna system, he would have sent the Vettelsbach family to Italy, and Austria would have directly annexed the Kingdom of Bavaria.

Unfortunately, history has no ifs. In order to guard against the French, Austria supported the ally of the Kingdom of Bavaria as a buffer, but now this ally blocks Austria's path to expansion.

Before the rise of nationalism, everyone did not feel the importance of the subject nation. After the Great Revolution, everyone understood the weaknesses of multi-ethnic countries.

The Hungarians want independence, the Italians want independence, the Poles want independence, and the Czechs want autonomy...

Fortunately, nationalism did not penetrate the entire society, and only the capitalists and some nobles became independent, so Austria suppressed them.

The greatest wealth of the Southern Germany region is not the other, but the 15 million people.

If the South German states with religious beliefs and language and culture are annexed, the main ethnic groups in Austria can instantly exceed half, and the chances of secession will be reduced to the minimum.

Franz thought for a while and said, "Don't just think about expansion. To solve the national problem, we can also find solutions internally.

There were more than 20 million illiterate illiterates in the entire Austrian Empire. How many of these people know which ethnic group they belong to?

The Ministry of Education compiled a textbook for me, and connected all the ethnic groups in various regions to find out the roots of the Germanic people.

It really doesn't matter how much, so I just talk about ethnic integration. I don't believe that their ancestors are all 18 generations, and they have nothing to do with the Germanic nation?

As long as you don’t know which ethnic group you belong to, tell them they are Germans.

Ethnic minorities with cultural heritage will promote the Austrian system to them. The emphasis is on the emphasis that everyone is mixed-race in terms of blood and has multi-ethnic blood. This naturally includes Germanic blood. If you don’t believe it, let them go home to find family history by themselves.

After so many years of ethnic integration, I don’t believe how many pure blood nations still exist?

First, we will clarify the ethnic relations and then promote German to the whole country. This is not the right way to promote Austrian and gradually replace local dialects."

Franz is already ready to act helpless. If the subject ethnic group is not enough, then make it yourself.

Regardless of whether it is a real German or not, try it first, as long as they think it is, that's fine.

If you fool each other, as long as the bureaucrats work hard, the Germanic nation will expand rapidly in no time.

Historically, the Prussian Kingdom also underwent Germanization. Their own Germanic nations also did not dominate, but they relied on language and text assimilation to dominate.
Chapter completed!