Through a series of personnel transfers, Franz has actually controlled the Royal Guard. Grand Duke Louis doesn't know if he really doesn't understand or is pretending to be confused, but he has no reaction anyway.

Franz felt that he was more likely to pretend to be confused. The Royal Guard was not large in number and had only one regiment of troops, but he was responsible for defending the royal family.

The actual control of this army has always been in the hands of the Vienna court. The nominal commander of the Grand Duke Louis did not dare to make big moves here.

Franz trained the Royal Guard, which was actually acquiesced by the Vienna court. Before the action, he also received the warrant from his uncle Ferdinand I.

The Habsburg family is already preparing for his regent. If no accidents occur, he will become a member of the Regent Committee in three years. After a few years of training, the Regent Committee will be dissolved and enter the era of the Crown Regent.

Ferdinand I was unwilling to lose power, but unfortunately he suffered from epilepsy and had an average of more than 20 times a day. He was unable to handle government affairs at all. Supporting Franz's regent was one of his measures.

Well, Franz admits that he is fooling around. This uncle's mind is often not online and often has ridiculous things. However, he attaches great importance to the foundation of the Habsburg family and occasionally develops paranoia for victimization.

This created opportunities for Franz, and Ferdinand I often made amazing statements, and whatever he thought was useful turned into written documents.

In other words, Franz now has many imperial edicts, and whether there is a legal effect depends on the actual situation.

If it is taken out now, the Regents Committee will probably reject it, but when necessary, he can directly issue these orders without passing the Regents Committee and become established facts.

Although the Austrian government is actually controlled by the Regents Committee, no one on the surface declared that Ferdinand I had lost his ability to govern, and the emperor's orders were still valid.

News of the January Revolution soon spread throughout the European continent, and when the news reached Vienna, people were just surprised and thought that nothing had happened.

But when the news reached Paris, it changed.

After the Conservative leader Gizo was elected prime minister from 1840 to 1848, he allowed capitalists to enter government departments and abused power to approve commercial contracts in an absurd manner to please the financial group.

Corruption and bribery have become the norm in the government, and various scandals have emerged one after another, and the people have gradually lost confidence in the government.

Now the supporters of the July dynasty are only bankers, exchange brokers, railway kings, mine owners, forest owners, and landlords.

Since the economic crisis in 1847 hit France, hungry riots continued across the country. The Labor Protection Act issued by Austria has ignited the workers' strike movement.

Against this background, news of the January Revolution came over, and the Paris people, who were already full of revolutionary spirit, were naturally affected. The foundation of the revolution was already in place, and now there was only one spark left.

However, the decaying July dynasty ignored all this. The banquet movement launched by the bourgeoisie was stopped by the government. The event, which was originally scheduled for January 19, 1848, was postponed to February 22.

Looking at the information in his hand, Franz breathed a sigh of relief. History has not changed because of his butterfly effect. The advantage of foresight can be used.

However, he and the military generals moved more frequently, including the governor in charge, and Franz also maintained letters with them.

Inadvertently, Franz also expressed concerns about the domestic situation, and mentioned the January Revolution in Sicily, and made bold predictions, believing that the European continent would cause a chain reaction.

If they can attract their attention, Franz can only leave his will and do his best. He can't just say that Austria will also have a revolution?

If you say this, you will not be shocked by the gods, but you will be regarded as a madman.

Considering the current situation of the Habsburg family, Franz felt that the latter situation would be even greater.

Now Franz has fully demonstrated his nature as a military enthusiast and inspected the training of the troops around Vienna. The more he saw, the more disappointed he was.

"Albrecht, what can you do to improve the combat effectiveness of the soldiers in the short term? I'm talking about the city defense force!" Franz asked cautiously.

"Franz, this is very simple. As long as you can make the aristocratic officers who are scattered here get out and promote the capable person to serve as officers, the combat effectiveness of the city defense force can be improved immediately!" Albrecht Friedrich Rudolph thought for a while and said

Franz said helplessly: "Albrecht, this joke is not funny at all. If I can make them get out of here, I don't have to talk nonsense to you here!

I mean, is it possible to gather them together and train them to play a little role at critical moments?”

Yes, Franz did have high hopes for the City Defense Forces. These nobles usually seem to be cancers that affect the combat effectiveness of the army, but they are different in extraordinary times.

Not to mention anything else, at least in terms of loyalty, they are reassuring. Once the Vienna Revolution broke out, it would be more reliable to use them to suppress the rebellion than to use civilian officers.

The only shame is that their abilities seem to be insecure. Even if they suppress a group of mobs, Franz is skeptical.

"How about coming, I will give you the position of the commander of the city defense force. Anyway, I can't do anything to them!" Albrecht said indifferently

Franz thought for a while and said, "I'll just come. Anyway, they're all a bunch of waste. Even if they can't train, the situation will not be worse. However, you should keep the commander of the City Defense Forces yourself. I still need your support for the rest of the matter?"

"Franz, what are you going to do? There are many noble officers who are scattered in the city defense army, and they are very involved. You can't do anything randomly!" Albrecht said with some concern.

"Albrecht, do you think I'm like a mess?" Franz asked back

Albrecht shook his head, and Franz left a good impression on everyone.

Franz continued: "It's time for me to join the army, and I'll apply for it in the next three months. I'll stay in the city defense force for service.

You can throw the gang of scramblers over and get military training with me. Of course, those over 28 years old and those who are named in the army are not allowed."

He finally remembered that he was 13 years old and was already an Austrian army colonel. If he didn't remove these people, the nobles who joined in the fun might have put him in a "children's group". There were unweaned mythical "young officers" in the Austrian army.
Chapter completed!