Franz was not going to let that happen, and he was not escaping reality by staying in Rome, but waiting for his moment.

Because Franz knew that there must be someone in the world who was more anxious than him.

For example, the British and French at this time, and Pius IX.

Prestige, which was Pius IX's greatest concern at this time.

At first, Pius IX did not take Franz, a child who had not yet completed his rite of passage, to heart, after all, young people were always frivolous, and the former felt that he must use his years of experience to his advantage.

Pius IX could be sure that 99% of the aristocratic youth would be absolutely ecstatic about this, but in Franz Joseph's face he did not see any change in emotion, as if it had been in his pocket for a long time, and as if the crown did not exist at all.

It is important to remember that the title of Roman King to Franz was the intention of the Pope, who did not actually seek the consent of the College of Cardinals.

After all, the title was so ambiguous that they feared that it would arouse the wrath of other powers, and even more so that the Austrians would take the opportunity to annex Rome and even the entire Papal States.

However, at this time, Pius IX really had nothing to do with it to win over the future emperor of the Austrian Empire.

Back at this time, the Vatican Palace didn't know much about the law, but the previous constitution did make him a lot of trouble.

"I'll think about it."

Pius IX was deliberately indifferent to Franz's "Provisional Administration", and the acolyte walked up to Franz with a silver tray.

Franz looked at Bordeaux, who had gone out and brought back a very heavy box, which he placed lightly on the tray, but still smashed the two acolytes one by one.

In fact, this is normal, after all, it is a whole law, so there are more detailed rules.

Of course, these are not all done by Franz himself, and he still has a lot of legal talents under him.

There was no shortage of legal talents in Vienna, after all, all the alternate officials of the Austrian Empire were appointed in Vienna.

As for these relevant provisions, of course, they were not written recently, and Franz had known that such a day would come, after all, that Pius IX was too strange.

Franz's attitude did not really matter in Franz's eyes, because by this time the provisions of the law were already being implemented in practice.

So Pius IX didn't get the effect he expected, and Franz didn't show signs of genuine fear.

Of course, Pius IX did not know that Franz had been planning for a long time, and he only strengthened his brother's claim that he was a "born saint".

After all, Franz's behavior was so far from that of a young man, that he was like an old fox like Metternich.

After that, Franz did not hold on to the provisional administration, but only discussed some biblical stories and understandings with Pius IX.

In fact, this was also the place where Pius IX wanted to embarrass Franz, but Franz's one-day-a-week theological class was not in vain.

What's more, it was Archbishop Rauscher, the number one god of the Austrian Empire, who taught Franz, so his attainments in theology may not be very high, but his common sense of theology is completely true.

Coupled with the understanding of Franz's later generations, Pius IX was soon said to be unstable in his mind.

At this point, Pius IX decided to change the subject, and he changed his words.

"Recently I heard a very heroic story. In the reconstruction of St. Paul's Cathedral, a large number of stone columns were required.

However, the workers of Rome were unfamiliar with the new machinery of the Austrian Empire, and a careless manipulation caused a huge stone pillar to suddenly fall from the sky and smash down below.

The workers scattered and fled, and a woman who had come with a child to bring food to her husband happened to fall to her feet.

Seeing that a human tragedy was about to be staged, suddenly a figure flashed, and a man in an Austrian military uniform stepped forward and rushed to the stone pillar that was about to fall without hesitation.

I saw him leap hard, and firmly caught the stone pillar that was about to fall, preventing a catastrophe from happening."

In fact, the story told by Pius IX at this time embarrassed Franz a little, and he did hire a group of reporters and third-rate people to write some stories about the Austrian army and the citizens of Rome.

It's just that the level of these people is limited, but their imagination is really exaggerated.

And the most embarrassing thing is not that these deeds are too outrageous, but that they actually put all these things on Franz himself.

From helping an old grandmother cross the street and carrying water for a widow, to destroying a plot to destroy the Fourth Roman Republic and stopping a volcanic eruption, he has done almost everything.

The most terrifying thing is that with the fermentation of this trend, it will soon develop in an even more outrageous direction.

But the most outrageous thing is that it can still reach Pius IX, and it seems that he really believes it.

Franz thought for a long time, and finally spoke.

"That's right, that's me."

The Provisional Administration, or rather the laws of the Austrian Empire, was soon endorsed by Pius IX and the cardinals.

After all, the customary law practiced in the Papal States was so backward that even calling it a bad custom is a bit exaggerated, and it is simply anti-human.

However, some customary law was still preserved, and it was not the territory of the Austrian Empire after all.

If Franz really overthrows these things completely, although it is progress from a grand historical point of view, it is self-defeating at this time.

If you want to move the concept of the people at the bottom, you must have great wisdom, courage, and opportunity.

Franz didn't have the courage to challenge them at this time, all he wanted was a safe Roman city.

After all these events, Pius IX also became more and more eager to evade responsibility.

Pius IX and his cardinals threw the pot directly to Franz, declaring it a law made for Rome by the king of Rome.

Thus this provisional law became the preserve of Franz, the Roman king, which may seem to others to be a supreme honor, but to Franz it was a talisman.

Originally, the Austrian army had been staying in Rome and the title of Franz, the king of Rome, had already made many powers unable to sit still, and now that the king of Rome could promulgate laws in the city of Rome, those people could not sit still.

In desperation, Franz could only lead the main force to pull out, leaving only some people to continue to rebuild Rome and help maintain order.

This group of people was naturally carefully selected by Franz, as for how these people were selected. Naturally, whoever wants to stay will stay

In fact, whether it was giving double rings to the soldiers or courting the women of Rome in terms of wages, Franz was playing a big game of chess, and they were pawns with them.

(In order to prevent some people from not being able to understand it, I will say it later, and if there is one who understands, it can also be popularized.) ）

(End of chapter)