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"I will consider the issue of the Principality of Poland carefully!"

Franz Joseph suppressed the anger in his heart and responded to Queen Mother Sophie as calmly as possible.

"As long as you know how to do it!" Empress Dowager Sophie nodded with satisfaction. At this time, she had not realized that her son was already the most noble being in the empire. Even as the most biological mother, she could not teach him a lesson. He spoke to Franz Joseph in a childish tone.

If Franz Joseph had not been filial enough, Empress Dowager Sophie would have been criticized by the Habsburg court.

[PS: Franz Joseph has been tolerant enough to his mother, the Queen Mother Sophie, and his wife, Princess Sissi. It's just that his tolerance seems particularly weak when faced with the conflict between his mother and his wife. 】

"Mother! If there is nothing else, I will go back first!" Franz Joseph then bowed to the Queen Mother Sophie in response.

"Okay!" Empress Dowager Sophie turned to Grand Duke Maximilian and said, "Maximilian, go and give something to His Majesty!"

"Yes!" Maximilian showed a helpless smile on his face, then stood up and came to Franz Joseph and said: "Your Majesty!"

"Um!"

Franz Joseph nodded slightly and left Queen Mother Sophie's room, and Archduke Maximilian also left closely behind.

The two brothers walked in the corridor of Schönbrunn Palace, one behind the other, looking at each other in silence.

Until Franz Joseph came to a corner, he stopped and turned around to look at Archduke Maximilian with majestic eyes.

Archduke Maximilian, who was being stared at closely by Franz Joseph, felt uncomfortable all over. He quickly responded to his brother sincerely: "Your Majesty, I just knew what my mother just said! If I If she had known about it earlier, she would never have been allowed to do this!"

This really doesn't seem like something Maximilian could do! Franz Joseph thought to himself.

As his younger brother who had seen him firsthand, Franz Joseph knew Maximilian's character very well.

Thinking of this, Franz Joseph's eyes gradually softened, and he asked Grand Duke Maximilian in a friendly tone: "Maximilian, tell me honestly! Are you willing to serve as Grand Duke of Warsaw?"

"Your Majesty!" Archduke Maximilian responded to Franz Joseph solemnly: "Rather than being the monarch of a country, I prefer to travel around the world to explore unknown plants! If you can..."

Before Archduke Maximilian could finish speaking, Franz Joseph responded to Archduke Maximilian: "It's a pity! It is our innate mission to revitalize the Habsburg family!"

Grand Duke Maximilian shook his head in frustration. He originally thought that his brother could help him refuse the position of Grand Duke of Warsaw.

"Maximilian, you must take advantage of this gap period and seize all the time to study!" Franz Joseph then said to Maximilian, with a gloating smile on his lips.

"Study! What to study?" Archduke Maximilian asked Franz Joseph with a confused look on his face.

"You need to learn the language, environment, and all books related to Poland in the area you are about to rule!" Franz Joseph continued to Maximilian.

"But, I have to return to Trieste! I'm afraid it will be difficult to find time to study!" Maximilian wanted to excuse himself with naval affairs. He really couldn't stand the rigid environment in Schönbrunn Palace.

"The Navy will also send another suitable person to take your place!" Franz Joseph reached out and patted Maximilian on the shoulder and said solemnly: "From now on, you have only one mission, then Just get familiar with everything you need to know about the country you are about to rule as soon as possible!

I will appoint several teachers to teach you personally! "

"Yes!" Archduke Maximilian could only nod in agreement.

"Okay! You can go back!" Franz Joseph said to Maximilian, and then he added, "By the way, when you go back, tell that boy Karl and ask him to learn from Lodo. The language of the Principality of Melia (Ukrainian region)! Don’t let anything go wrong by then!”

Before Maximilian could finish digesting Franz Joseph's words, Franz Joseph turned and left.

Archduke Maximilian, who returned to Empress Dowager Sophie's room alone, relayed what Franz Joseph had just said to Archduke Carl Ludwig.

Archduke Carl Ludwig also showed a confused expression.

"Karl, Maximilian, you must hurry up and learn knowledge, there is not much time left for you!" Queen Mother Sophie responded solemnly to the two children in front of her.

"Yes!" Archduke Carl Ludwig and Archduke Maximilian responded in unison.

After all three Grand Dukes left, Grand Duke Franz Karl, who had been silent for the whole time, asked in confusion: "Sophie, what is Franz's intention in asking Karl to learn the language of the Principality of Lodomeria!"

"What else is there for? Of course, I want Karl to be the ruler of the Principality of Lodomeria!" Queen Mother Sophie replied to Franz Karl: "If I am not wrong, Franz is preparing to Will……"

…

Early the next morning, under the order of Emperor Franz Joseph.

Interior Minister Bach, Foreign Minister Baoer and Advisor Metternich came to Franz Joseph's study again.

Franz Joseph first asked Interior Minister Bach about the issue of tax enforcement within the Austrian Empire.

Bach told Franz Joseph that thanks to the help of loyal Bohemian civil servants, the tax revenue of most of his provinces in the empire (especially Hungary) was basically profitable, and only a few, such as Galicia, were in the red.

"So, even without Galicia! The empire's finances can still run smoothly?" Franz Joseph asked Bach with a smile.

"Judging from the current results, it is indeed like this!" Bago nodded and replied to Franz Joseph.

"I see!"

Franz Joseph said lightly, and then turned his head to Advisor Metternich and Minister Bauer.

Later, Franz Joseph told Prince Metternich and Minister Bauer that after thinking about it all night last night, he believed that the conflict between the Austrian Empire and the Principality of Poland should come to a successful end. The younger brother of the Archduke of Warsaw left hidden dangers, so he wanted to give the title of Grand Duke of Galicia-Cracow to his brother Maximilian, and the title of Grand Duke of Lodomeria to his other brother, Archduke Carl Ludwig. .

Prince Metternich immediately realized that Franz Joseph was preparing to follow his original idea of ​​restricting France and combine Austrian Poland and Russian Poland to create a buffer zone for a middle power.

A Polish principality that had conflicts with both Russia and Prussia could completely share the military pressure brought by the Kingdom of Prussia and the Russian Empire with the Austrian Empire.

Using a piece of land that was basically useless (Galicia was a bit useless as an agricultural area during this period) in exchange for a Poland that completely fell in favor of the Austrian Empire was a sure-fire deal!

And as long as the Principality of Poland still belongs to the Habsburg family, it is not considered abandoned.

(In fact, Prince Metternich misunderstood. Franz Joseph did not consider the factor of a middle power at all. He just did not want to create a gap with his brother, who was about to become the Archduke of Warsaw, at some point in the future. In this way If so, it would be bad for both parties.)

Prince Metternich praised Franz Joseph's idea, and at the same time "intimately" explained the deep meaning behind Franz Joseph's behavior.

After listening to Prince Metternich's explanation, Minister Bauer also expressed his admiration to Franz Joseph.

After hearing Prince Metternich's explanation, Franz Joseph himself also doubted whether he really thought so.

"Your Majesty, it's best to discuss this matter with the French Empire!" Prince Metternich changed the subject and said to Franz Joseph: "Some countries may cause damage!"

Some of the countries mentioned by Prince Metternich naturally refer to the Kingdom of Prussia, which annexed the Grand Duchy of Posen.

Once the Austrian Empire returns Galicia, the conflict between the Principality of Poland and the Kingdom of Prussia will become acute.

If things go wrong, the Poles in the Kingdom of Prussia will riot collectively like they did in 1848.

"That's right! Franz Joseph nodded and responded to Prince Metternich.

Then he handed over the task to Minister Baoer.

…

Another half month passed, and Austrian Foreign Minister Count Bauer and his envoy set out from Vienna for Paris. Search for books www.zhaoshuyuan.com

At the same time, the Crimean Peninsula was thousands of miles away from Vienna.

The British and French forces stationed near Perekop are handing over the last Russian army. From the moment this Russian army steps out of the Crimean Peninsula, the entire Crimean Peninsula will not belong to the Russian Empire at all. Colonel Ivanov Gorchakov, who was in charge of leading this army, and Ambassador Gorchakov were making their final farewells to Jerome Bonaparte.

"Ambassador Gorchakov, I sincerely hope that you can defeat the rebels entrenched in the Petersburg area and safeguard Russia's sacred monarchy!" Jerome Bonaparte said hypocritically to Ambassador Gorchakov.

"Your Majesty, please rest assured! We will definitely defeat those damn traitors! Maintain the rights of the empire!" Ambassador Gorchakov glanced at the fortress behind Jerome Bonaparte with a complex expression.

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