Ernst's coronation was brief, with a meeting with tens of thousands of selected citizens from Prague Castle and then back to the castle, where he received the crown and scepter of the Grand Duke of the Czech Duchy in the presence of emissaries from all over the world, all of which were of course presided over by Pope Pius X of the Vatican.

The coronation ceremony was lively, but behind the excitement was more or less fake, after all, Ernst was not crowned Grand Duke of the Czech Duchy from a reasonable point of view.

Ernst didn't have a lot of smiles on his face, and so did the Moravian officials, and even the tiredness on their faces was more than a smile, and if we could find out what was in their hearts, it would be clear that most of them wanted the coronation ceremony to be over as soon as possible so that they could go back and rest well.

At this time, there are more than 5,000 soldiers patrolling Prague, and they are looking around with a resolute expression, and anyone who may affect today's coronation will be taken to the barracks of temporary detention, and they will be interrogated in detail after the coronation ceremony, and their belonging will be finally decided.

It's an obvious coronation of force, and often it's a sign of less legitimacy, but who cares about that at this moment?

"God bless you, Your Excellency Archduke Ernst Franz of the Czech Duchy."

With the end of Pius X's words, the coronation ceremony was almost over, and not only Massena and other officials were relieved, but also Ernst.

The coronation ceremony is over and the banquet begins......

Ordinary officials have begun to go back to rest, and interim prime ministers such as Massena need to stay here to take care of the emissaries of various countries, even if he is exhausted to the core.

With a tired smile, Ernst also conversed with these familiar and unfamiliar nobles, including the Duke from Germany, Pius X, and some nobles and officials from England and France.

"The geographical location of the Czech Republic is very important, His Majesty King William will agree to any of your needs, don't miss this opportunity, there are not many times when Cousin William is so generous."

The Duke of Waldemar, from the German Empire, was half-jokingly conversing with Ernst, while the nobles and officials from France and England on one side were more or less ugly.

Although he was absolutely on the side of the Allies, he did not want to make relations with England and France too stiff, so Ernst only smiled at the words of the Duke of Waldemar and did not express it clearly.

"Long time no see, His Majesty Astous X! If I'm not mistaken, it should have been 14 years! ”

Although Pius X had been in Prague for a few days, they only had time to talk about some everyday topics today because of their busy schedules, and Pius X was obviously a little lamented.

"That's right, you were only so tall at that time, 14 years have passed since you became the Grand Duke of a country, and if Pope Leo XIII is still alive, I believe he will be very happy."

Ernst naturally disagreed with Pius X's words, and laughed and joked: "His Majesty Leo XIII will not be happy, you must know that I can take away a lot of his savings back then." ”

Those things were widely circulated in the upper echelons of the Holy See, so there was no need for Ernst to hide anything, and Pius X had no intention of paying for his predecessor, so he smiled lightly and did not argue, after all, the matter had little to do with him, and at this time the Vatican was no longer the Vatican that was the king of the year.

He was glad that Ernst could invite him to be crowned, and if Ernst did not invite them, there was nothing he could do, after all, it was the 20th century of the imperial system and not the Middle Ages of divine monarchy.

The banquet was not long, it was over in a few hours, and the tired Massena and Andrei were finally able to rest, as was Ernst.

Ernst was still a little uncomfortable lying on the bed in his bedroom in Prague Castle, but the exhaustion made him forget everything, and when he woke up at 9 o'clock the next morning, Bert and Cosimo, who understood how tired Ernst was, did not wake him up early in the morning for breakfast.

A few minutes after waking up, Cosimo appeared in front of him, looking at Ernst, who was no different from before, but with a completely different identity, Cosimo couldn't help but chuckle.

The smile is easily contagious, and Ernst, who laughed along, asked, "What is there that deserves to be so happy with you?" Did Massena promise you something? ”

The Provisional Cabinet of the Czech Principality has been in place for some time, but the lack of officials is a headache for Massena, especially high-ranking officials who can be trusted and have sufficient ability, which reminds Massena of Cosimo, who studied beside him. For this reason, Massena has applied to Ernst many times, but Ernst has nothing to do with Cosimo not being able to let go of Ernst here, after all, a suitable valet is not so easy to find.

Shaking his head, Cosimo made a rare joke with Ernst: "I just think that there will be a lot of people who are a little unaccustomed to the title today, and Butler Bert said that he missed many times this morning." ”

It's just a reason, in fact, why is Cosimo so happy, how could Ernst not know? It is nothing more than the change from a lord of a land to a king of a country, and such a change is something that any servant and guard who follows Ernst wants to see, because it means that their status will be improved and there will be more opportunities in the future.

Cosimo, for example, has served Ernst for more than ten years, not to mention that a title should be inevitable in the future, which is the glory of their entire family. I believe that if the old Bazali were still alive, he would be excited and unable to sleep for several nights, because their ancestors had always been ordinary citizens.

As they walked out of the room, the servants had smiles on their faces, even though they looked more or less tired. André was downstairs in the hall, and before he could go downstairs, Ernst could see his increasingly cold face. Going downstairs without waiting for André to salute, he stretched out his hand to interrupt his movements, motioning for Bert to arrange an extra breakfast, and Ernst invited him into the dining room.

"How's the reform of the army going?"

As soon as he sat down, Ernst asked him what he was most concerned about, the establishment of the Czech Duchy was an accident, and the real need to pay attention to the military was the military, after all, it was related to whether Ernst could sit firmly in this position in the future.

"The Czech army is mainly the Moravian Army Regiment, which has a total of 25,000 soldiers, plus 30,000 reservists with simple training."

The entire Czech Republic has a population of about 5 million, of which about 1/5 are young people, and it seems that the entire Czech region has a mobilization capacity of 1 million soldiers, but in the end, 200,000 of them can go to war.

"Not enough, far from enough, we need more soldiers, otherwise we will not be able to withstand the Russian attack at all, how many soldiers can we arm at most?"

By this time the number of Austro-Hungarian soldiers had reached 800,000, which was more than three times more than a few years earlier, but this was not the craziest of all, the German and Russian Empires...... By this time, the number of German troops had reached 870,000, compared with 2.3 million in Russia.

2.3 million standing troops, what a terrifying number! Thinking about it, Ernst felt a little frightened, if it weren't for the combat effectiveness of the German Army, it is estimated that Ernst would not have the confidence to fight at all, even if he knew that the combat effectiveness of the Russian army was a scum. But no matter how bad they were, they were on the same level as the Austro-Hungarian army, 800,000 against 2.3 million, which was an absolute joke, and Ernst even suspected that they could not stop the Russian Empire for a month.

"Our weapons can equip 100,000 soldiers, but ......"

"No, I need to arm them and train them as soon as possible, Germany is ready for war, we don't have much time."

News had already arrived in Vienna that Archduke Ferdinand was about to visit Sarajevo, something very familiar to Ernst the traverser, so he understood that war was at hand. The Czech Duchy had just been established, and at this time Ernst suddenly placed all the young people in the barracks, which naturally caused social discontent and turmoil, but where did Ernst take care of all this?

As for the Germans, Ernst had already listed everything he needed and brought it back by the Duke of Waldemar, believing that at this time King Wilhelm II was not giving himself a discounted aid.

From a Moravian count to a Czech archduke, Ernst found that his biggest change was from a chess piece to a chess player, and he began to look forward to war, if he could change history, then ......