"In our understanding, the East is probably a rich, backward, and thousand-year-old country, whether the government scandalizes or encourages it! We cannot deny its contribution to the history of mankind. ”

"No one will deny that, teacher."

As soon as Ernst's words fell, Stefan Zweig's smile appeared, and although he didn't understand what he was wrong, he chose to believe that Stefan Zweig thought he was wrong.

"Ernst, you shouldn't just look at things at face value, the Germanic people have a pride that comes from the depths of their bones, they like to put themselves above others, and denying the contribution of the East may be one-sided, but I believe that hawks like Archduke Ferdinand are very reluctant to put the countries of the East on their own equal footing."

Stefan Zweig's words were slow and serious, and Ernst, though he did not want to believe it, did not refute it or was unable to argue it, because he knew Archduke Ferdinand's attitude best. That's what Stefan Zweig aimed, otherwise he wouldn't have taken Archduke Ferdinand as an example.

"Simply because they lost in the first few wars......"

"It's those defeats that give European countries an opportunity, Ernst, that's the reality."

As if sensing Ernst's unwillingness, Stefan Zweig bluntly broke Ernst's illusions, which were still the illusions of a strong country in his heart.

Because of the topic of the East, the conversation between the two was a little lacking, but Ernst was probably the only one who was in a bad mood, and Stefan Zweig seemed to be in a good mood.

This is also normal, in his heart, he has just accepted a very good student, noble but without the vices of other noble children, very young but mentally mature in age, although still a little naïve, compared with others is already quite good.

Ernst's first conversation with the master was over, and on the way back, Ernst was thinking about the East.

A month passed like this, and this month was not much different from the previous one, practicing swordsmanship, talking to Stefan Zweig in the café, and the rest of the time attending various banquets in Vienna.

The Sophie Lord was very envious of Ernst being able to attend all kinds of banquets at such a young age, but at the same time she was envious, how could she understand Ernst's psychology?

Irritability, depression and boredom were the only impressions Ernst had of the banquets, especially since he attended banquets that were similar to royalty, and his status at the banquets was not very popular, even though he had a good face.

On three occasions, Emperor Franz hosted the banquet, and he specifically named Ernst to attend, and in his words, regardless of his age, Ernst should have attended such a banquet regardless of his status or status.

The count, especially the one with the land and the wealth, Ernst was able to rank at the top even in Vienna, where the nobility was gathered, after all, he still had the status of royalty.

Ernst was very dissatisfied with Emperor Franz, he always thought that this was a deliberate humiliation by Emperor Franz to him, if this was not the case, why did he let him attend the banquet by name?

"Cousin Ernst!"

The crisp female voice came from behind, and Ernst didn't have to turn around to know that the person who came must be the little princess of the Habsburg family with a special status.

People with some common sense of history should know that the former Habsburg family was divided into two branches because of its extreme prosperity, the Austrian Habsburg Dynasty and the Spanish Habsburg Dynasty, and then the Spanish Habsburg heirs lost Spain, and the two branches once again had a lot of disputes.

In such a situation, there was a young man who stood up and used his life to settle the grievances between the two sides, and he succeeded, but at the same time he attracted some hatred, and he died unexpectedly before the age of forty.

He had a son, and the son seemed to inherit his will to continue the work that his father had not done, perhaps because he felt guilty about the previous thing, and many of the young man's interests did not choose to do it, even if his interests were violated.

Between 1820 and 1900, Europe was almost at peace, Napoleon had died of illness on the island of St. Helena in 1821, the youth had been far more successful than his father, the Habsburgs had put aside their disputes and stood together again, and the Habsburgs had regained their former unity.

The young man was the grandfather of the little princess in front of Annst, and as a result she enjoyed an extraordinary position and popularity in the Habsburgs, and many of the heirs of the family wanted to marry this beautiful, intelligent little princess, because it would bring great benefits to their future power careers.

Not far away, people were talking with false smiles on their faces, and Ernst decided to stay in this corner, even if the little one next to him was a little annoying.

"Cousin Ernst, why do you like to hide here alone!"

The doll-like Gloria had countless doubts, which Ernst had already understood on the first day they met, which was the main reason why Ernst avoided her.

Helplessly, he replied, "Because those people don't welcome me, just as you don't welcome your friends." ”

"I'm not unpopular, they just don't like to play with me."

Gloria's puffing appearance was very cute, if it wasn't too annoying, Ernst couldn't bear to refuse such a little elf, and inadvertently touched the other party's head, and Ernst no longer answered.

As Ernst was distracted with his wine, he didn't see anything else in Gloria's eyes because of the action he had just made.

Gloria knew the name Ernst when she first met Ernst, after all, Ernst's performance at birth was a sensation in Vienna, and Ernst even became the most famous Habsburg member in Vienna for a time. Except, of course, from Emperor Franz, Princess Sissi and Archduke Ferdinand.

"Rome is not beautiful! Cousin Ernst. ”

"The church is very nice."

"Did you see the Vatican Pope?"

"Every day, a very cunning old fellow."

"Ahh

"It's nothing, I'm just talking about a bishop in the Vatican, the pope is very kind, very benevolent, and has a strong ability to manage and make money."

Ernst's words were full of sarcasm, sarcasm about the Pope's power** and wealth**, but these were clearly not something that Gloria, who was only six years old, could understand.

"The Pope is really selfless, he must be making money for those poor people who put down their status."

What could Ernst say in that case? You can't deliberately break the little girl's beautiful illusions about this world! Therefore, he could only follow her words and praise the Vatican's enthusiasm and generosity.

But it is not clear if Leo XIII had learned of Ernst's praise here, would he have accidentally forgotten to even pray? The likelihood of such a is high, very high.

Leo XIII was a cunning old guy in Ernst's heart, but in Leo XIII's heart, Ernst was not a nasty little slippery head? Even if he is still a little immature, he is still very jerky.

10 pounds, that may be the pain of Leo XIII's life!