The War Court and Lap Pillow, Austria's Mandate of Heaven

Chapter 1329: The Spanish Throne (Part )
The gate of Hofburg Palace was crowded with luxurious carriages of royal families from various countries. For safety reasons, Franz directly imposed martial law on the nearby streets.

The residents of Vienna were no longer surprised. After all, martial law had been imposed in front of the palace gates every few days since 1848.

Princess Olga, who had just arrived in Vienna, felt a little confused. It seemed like two different worlds just across the street.

"Brother! There are so many soldiers on the street! Are they going to rebel again?"

A little tipsy, Alexander II glanced out the window and smiled.

"Don't be so nervous! This is the Vienna City Defense Force, which is similar to our court guard. They all have silver-plated gun heads. My two tethered dogs are more useful than them."

"How much food would be wasted!"

Olga couldn't help but sigh, and Alexander couldn't help but snorted after hearing it.

"What do you know? Big countries have their own troubles. It's better to raise a group of pigs than a group of ungrateful wolves."

Princess Olga blinked her bright eyes and said.

"What did your father raise?"

Alexander said without hesitation.

"White-eyed pigs. They are just a bunch of incompetent guys who got together just to eat meat. Those idiots don't know that without Nicholas I, the leader of the pack, they don't even have the qualifications to eat shit."

Princess Olga just smiled awkwardly without making any further comments. She knew that her brother was not as heartless as he looked, but the metaphor was just too inelegant.

"Are we going to see His Majesty the Emperor of Austria?"

"Are you in such a hurry to get married? I think you are the ungrateful little wolf your father raised!"

Alexander teased, and Olga blushed and pretended to pinch the former.

"Of course not. We will spend two days in Vienna first. You can tell he is very busy by the number of carriages in front of the palace. If we go now, we will only be asking for trouble."

Besides, shouldn’t our noble Princess Olga wait for the other party to come to her house and propose? Be reserved! "

"Humph! How can I still be reserved when I've been sent to Vienna?"

"Then it all depends on your ability! A truly noble woman can make people dare not look up at her even if she is naked!"

At this moment, Alexander's eyes, which seemed a little blurry due to drunkenness, suddenly became clear, but the blush on his face made him look a little wretched. Olga finally couldn't help it and picked up the plate beside her and hit her brother hard.

Hofburg Palace.

"Your Majesty, no one is more suitable for the position of King of Spain than old Louis. They all have no experience, and I am afraid they can't control themselves."

Since being driven out of Paris and accepting his identity as Duke of Alsace-Lorraine, Louis Philippe has seemed to have a second spring in his life and has let himself go.

One person talked incessantly, while the other remained silent.

About half an hour later, Franz said, "Please go and rest for a while. I have other guests."

"All right."

Louis Philippe's eyes showed disappointment, but his tone was relieved.

The 70-year-old Louis Philippe has done his best and he doesn't feel he has any regrets, it's just that his awakening came a little late.

Louis Philippe was not the first, nor would he be the last, to come to the Hofburg to seek the Spanish throne.

The dinner between Franz and Michael I was not as simple as it seemed. Even now, no one doubts that the Austrian Empire has the ability to restore the country for Michael I.

The Spanish War had a huge impact on the monarchies in Europe. After all, the Franco-Spanish alliance was unable to stop the attack of the Holy Alliance.

But the so-called Holy Alliance only consisted of Austria. The help those small countries could provide was minimal. The Russians did not send a single soldier and even wanted to take advantage of the situation.

(In the eyes of most politicians at the time, Austria and Russia were the main competitors for the Ottoman Empire's legacy, especially the ownership of the Balkans would determine the fate of the two powers.)
Moreover, Franz clearly mentioned in the announcement that he wanted to maintain the Spanish system and traditions. Although he did not explicitly say that the Habsburg family would not occupy Spain by force, he proposed to convene a meeting at this time and invited all European monarchs. This is something that cannot but give people food for thought.

The so-called system must be an empire, and as for tradition, it is a bit intriguing. It can be the rule of the Bourbon family, or any other tradition that Austrians think is important.

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As for what is most important to Austria, that is even more difficult to guess.

In fact, Franz's idea was not that complicated. The time for uniting Spain was not yet ripe. Instead of taking risks, it was better to exchange some more practical benefits, and this could also divert the attention of other countries.

But others did not think so. Some people regarded Franz as the savior of the monarchy. After all, he did not allow the Spanish Republicans to succeed and put down the rebellion.

Some people regard Franz as an ambitious person, and believe that everything in Spain is a trick played by the Austrians in order to seize Spain and dominate the European continent.

Others believe that Franz simply wanted to restore the Habsburgs to their former glory.
The church unilaterally canonized Franz as a saint. The war in Spain was naturally to save Christians. The purpose was naturally to improve the image of the church and increase the number of believers.
In addition, there was a small group of abolitionists who believed that the fundamental purpose of Franz's war was to abolish slavery.

For example, Doronimus from Brazil participated in the entire Spanish War. As a logistician, he saw how the army of the Austrian Empire worked with the locals to liberate the slaves in the manor.

Although Ferdinand VII issued a decree abolishing slavery in his homeland as early as 1820, it was common in the th century for laws to be disregarded, and a large number of remnants of slavery still existed in rural and mountainous areas of Spain.

However, they called them "Cubans" because slavery was legal in Spanish colonies, so these "Cubans" were still legally exploited as slaves in mainland Spain.

As the saying goes, seeing is believing, and Doronium and his abolitionist comrades firmly believed in everything they saw and even more firmly believed in everything they did.

In fact, Franz's goal has never changed: Spanish colonies and another deal.

The reason why Franz listened to Louis Philippe so much was that he wanted to see if there were any variables. If Louis Philippe wanted to exchange Spain for Alsace-Lorraine, he could accept it.

However, Louis Philippe did not want to give up his territory in Alsace-Lorraine and wanted to obtain the throne of Spain.

As expected, a stingy person is still a stingy person even when he is old.
"Congratulations on your great victory, His Majesty Joseph I. I brought my son with me, I just didn't expect there would be so many people, you know."

Ferdinand II said somewhat shyly that as the King of the Two Sicilies he did not often have equal conversations with others. In fact, due to the weak presence of the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies, he did not even have many opportunities to communicate with other royal families.