Vienna, Schönbrunn Palace.

Franz was in a bad mood and had just left Madame Sophie's bedchamber. The former had just learned from the latter that the so-called competitors were not his two brothers, but his father, Archduke Franz Karl.

In fact, because the old Archduke Salik Faff-Karl was the first heir to the Austrian imperial throne, very few people knew about the edict of the previous emperor.

In addition, it is not known how useful a dead man's edict is, and those who knew about the edict of the emperor and had the ability to carry out its contents were all older, with the Grand Dukes Karl and Louis, and the Prince of Metternich all reaching the age of the last days.

At this time, the vast majority of people in Vienna did not think that Franz would succeed to the throne quickly, because although Ferdinand I was riddled with many diseases, he did not have such a fatal disease, so it would not be a problem to survive another decade or two.

Historically, Ferdinand I lived for another 27 years after his abdication, not dying until June 29, 1875.

Franz's father, Archduke Franz Karl, is in good health, loves nature, is good at hunting, can climb stairs with a seal weighing 60-70 kilograms, and is physically fit to beat his peers.

It will be nearly thirty years after these two people died, and it is not certain whether Franz Joseph is still alive by that time, after all, there is no shortage of accidents in this era.

Moreover, the old guys in Vienna knew that people can change, and even the most inflexible Emperor Joseph II ended up ruining his own reforms with his own hands.

Thirty years is enough time to corrupt anyone, even a "born saint" in the mouth of Archbishop Rauscher.

In fact, if he had been born in a peaceful and prosperous world, Franz might have really chosen to go along with it, after all, any change would be a challenge for vested interests.

And even if you spend all day drinking and getting drunk, the lucky lottery of this reincarnation is enough to deal with it. Even if you play a little bit and go too far, someone will wash the floor for you. No one can do anything to himself unless he dies.

It's just that the reality is that in 1848 the entire Austrian Empire will fall into a great crisis, and if you make a mistake, you will be guillotined like Louis XVI, and you will be nailed to the pillar of shame forever.

So Franz would become Emperor of the Austrian Empire in 1848, and at the same time declare war on the old era, and everyone who stood in his way would be swept into the dustbin of history.

In fact, in addition to Archduke Franz Karl, those people also faintly revealed to Mrs. Sophie.

"We don't want to see what happened in Russia happen in Austria."

What those people meant was that they could also choose to help Empress Anna ascend to the throne, and the Habsburgs were not the only choice.

Fortunately, Mrs. Sophie was not a person who could be easily threatened, and the gentleman who said this had already been punished at the bottom of the Danube.

Subsequent investigations revealed that only 252 of the 261 people on the list had been punished, and nine were unaccounted for, or had inexplicably committed suicide and their bodies were unrecognizable.

It just so happens that Franz is not a person who likes to be threatened, let alone a person who likes to be deceived.

As a result, several gangs of thugs broke into the homes of several officials at night and committed murder, and even a family that had been in business for hundreds of years was bombed into the sky along with the mansion.

In addition, there were several "accidents" in the Austrian Empire, some people were hit by horse-drawn carriages, some were unfortunately caught in pigsty and drowned alive by pig feces, and some people poked their heads out of the window while riding on a train, unfortunately being ground to pieces by another oncoming train.

Another was caught in the water on a ship bound for the United States and was swept into the stern propeller and killed.

And the people who happened to be those on the list who were missing or dead, and even the police and judges could only sigh that "the world is so big" (God has eyes).

Although Vienna has not been peaceful lately, there have been no civilian casualties. In any case, however, Vienna's police chief was to blame, and the old chief had to retire early.

However, as the old chief was about to leave the city in a carriage, he collided with a carriage full of logs, and a large number of logs buried the former in it.

The bizarre incident did not subside until a month later, and on that day the six perpetrators of the horrific events in Vienna were brought to justice.

Strange as it may seem, Vienna has returned to its former calm since that day.

In Schönbrunn Palace, the seals bare in the sun boredly, occasionally patting their round bellies, and the puffins make unpleasant calls.

As for Empress Anna, who was trembling in the Hofburg palace at this time, she did not know why those people had come to her, but she knew that if she had any transgressive behavior, she might be blown apart or die in some kind of accident.

In addition, about 150 police officers, 50 gendarmes, and 150 central bank guards were assigned to serve in California's mines for malfeasance.

Franz sympathized with these people, but would not let them go. When the soldiers and police aided the abuse, they were no different from the murderers.

The German region was sensitive to the winds in Vienna, and they were well aware that in the future Austria would have a strong monarch.

But that will have to wait until twenty years from now, so their generation has no need to worry about it.

Due to its direct border with the Austrian Empire, the German Customs Union played a major role in the economic development of Saxony.

Although they were well aware that it was impossible for them to defeat the mighty Austria and Prussia, this did not prevent these man-made wonders.

The Saxons, who had the money, planned to renovate the Dresden Imperial Palace, in addition to building a new cathedral with a steeple.

In addition to this, King Frederick August II discovered another way to immortalize himself, and that was to create great music.

However, he soon discovered that Dresden's attractiveness was not comparable to that of Vienna, and it was impossible to overpower Austria in this regard.

As for the kind of artistic desert in Berlin, there was no need to press it at all, and then Frederick August II found a new goal.

It was to create the best instruments in the world, and he believed that the piano was the most important of them.

However, there are many people in Germany who have similar ideas as Frederick August II, and in fact, because the German Customs Union has led to the economic development of the German region, people have begun to pursue spiritual pleasures more and more.

Historically, around 1850, a large number of piano factories appeared in Germany, and in one fell swoop established the position of the world's largest high-end piano producer.

It's just that in the face of the vigorous violin-making movement in Germany, Franz seems to be a little at a loss, after all, he has only touched the piano in school, and he doesn't know anything about its structure and knots.

However, Austria is quite rich in pianists.

(End of chapter)