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

Chapter 1330 The Spanish Throne (Part )
Ferdinando II's son, the future Francesco II, seemed to have misunderstood something.

Francesco II was born in 1836 and Franz's sister was born in 1835.
This beast! Franz finally understood why Guan Yu scolded Sun Quan.

But from the perspective of Ferdinand II, the Habsburgs were very fond of this kind of marriage, and his own son was about the same age as the princess of the Habsburg family. He naturally thought that Franz wanted to use this method to control his country.

This was in line with Austria's strategic layout and the consistent tradition of the Habsburg family. However, Franz did not think it was a good idea.

Both Ferdinando II and Francesco II had very problematic governing abilities, but were both very ambitious.

However, Spain in the 19th century was really not suitable for the industrial age. The distribution of resources in Spain was quite unreasonable, and its infrastructure was a mess. Ferdinando II and Francesco II would most likely cause public outrage in Spain.

Franz doesn't want to end up losing more than he gains.
This is the reason why Franz was so confident in handing Spain over to Ferdinand II. In addition to winning over the hearts and minds of the people and attacking opponents, showing goodwill to the Spanish people in Spain is also preparing for the future return of the Habsburgs to Spain.

Moreover, after obtaining the Two Sicilies, Franz no longer had to worry about a fire in the backyard, and Italy could only be Habsburg's Italy.

The northern Italian region at this time was much more prosperous and important than in history. After all, it was the only seaport of the Austrian Empire.

For Ferdinando II, once the freest king on the Italian peninsula, exchanging the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies for Spain was definitely a good deal. After all, the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies was also a famous bad place.

Although old people often say that a nest of gold or silver is not as good as one's own doghouse, for Ferdinand II, the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies is a cage, a hell, and he has long wanted to escape from it.

Ferdinand II suffered the backlash of liberalism and over the years he suffered hundreds of assassination attempts and countless uprisings and rebellions.

In 1848, Ferdinand II almost lost his life. He had had enough of this, so when Franz proposed a deal, he agreed without hesitation.

Although Spain is also a chaotic place, with barren land, declining people's livelihood, constant uprisings, barbarity and bellicosity, and even revolution.

But Ferdinand II felt that he had reached the bottom, so any move forward would be upward.

The Two Sicilies may be a bad place for other countries, but for the Austrian Empire it has an extremely long coastline and a large number of ports.

The narrow coastline is definitely an advantage for defense, but it is a huge disadvantage for developing economic and trade, and it is not conducive to offense, which is also a huge disadvantage in naval battles that increasingly emphasize active offense.

"Have you considered?"

Franz looked into Ferdinand II's eyes. The latter's eyes were wandering for a long time before he spoke as if he had made up his mind.

"I have thought it through, Your Majesty."

"Well, let the kid go play. I don't need any hostages. You just need to keep your promise."

"Don't worry, Your Majesty. I will never side with the British, and I will never give up the rights given to me by God."

Ferdinand II placed his left hand on his chest as if taking an oath.
"Remember what you said today. It's getting late. Let's eat first."

Invitations to the Conference of Vienna were sent to every monarchy, but not France.

Albert de Lafleur felt greatly humiliated and was full of hatred towards Lamartine. After all, the British had not taken any action until now.

Louis Napoleon did not react at all. Albert de Lafleur also hated Napoleon because he thought that Louis Napoleon would steal the fruits of the revolution like his uncle, so he was always on guard. But now, in Albert de Lafleur's view, Louis Napoleon was just a young man with no opinion, and he overestimated this successor of Napoleon.

"What should we do, Mr. Raffl? If the Austrians and other European countries have reached an agreement, should we continue the attack?"

At this time, Laffer's men were a little at a loss. After all, most of them had little political experience, and were not from the elite class. They had no idea how to deal with the current situation.

In fact, Lafleur's own situation was not much better. After all, he was just a critic and was at a loss when it came to specific work.

But Laffer knew very well how he got to the top, and he had also read many novels and stories and was familiar with the deeds of heroes. If you want to be a hero, you have to dare to break the rules.

"Why not? We haven't received an invitation. We just want to catch the Austrians off guard! Not only will we fight, we will also directly attack the Austrian mainland!"

The Republican generals, however, raised a question.

"Mr. Laffer, where should we attack from? Bellevue used the strategy of attacking from five directions before, but each direction was badly beaten by the Austrians."

Raffl burst into laughter.

"Belvie is only good at talking on paper. He divides his troops into five groups, just like a person opens his palm and divides into five fingers. The power of each finger is very limited, so they will be defeated one by one.

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But I won't make the same mistake as him, we're going all the way to Vienna!"

Lafleur's words sounded inspiring, but the reality was that the French Navy was no match for the Austrian Navy. Once a war broke out, it would be easy for the Austrians to cut off their sea supply lines.

"What if the Austrians cut off our sea supply lines?"

Raffl said without any panic.

"It's simple, just like what Napoleon did back then, we just need to rely on the Italians to provide us with supplies."

At this time, the Republican general said with some embarrassment.

"Mr. Lafleur, that's what Bellevue did at the time, but you know the result."

Raffl snorted.

"Humph, Bellevue was caught by the Austrians because he didn't make progress. I won't be tempted by money and beauty.

Tell the soldiers that all the looted property belongs to them, and then they can fight to Vienna and capture those kings. Then whether they want land or princesses, they can decide for themselves, right? "

Honestly speaking, Laffer's promise was big enough that the Republican general himself was tempted, but he was not good at commanding operations, and having been in the upper echelons for many years, he knew very well that such talk was just to deceive those at the lower levels.

"Go! My general! Give the Austrians a great gift and tell them not to get carried away! We French are invincible!"

"For the Second French Republic! Long live!"