August 8, 1848.

Franz, in the presence of 100,000 troops and 1.2 million citizens of Vienna, entered the city from the docks along the Danube to the cheers and worship of the people.

Franz sat in the carriage and looked at the crowds on both sides of the road, and couldn't help but let out a wry smile in his heart.

Although there are three layers of protection around him, and three layers of protection; The crowds on both sides of the road have also been carefully scrutinized; Even in order to make sure that there were no explosives underground, the army rebuilt the entire street.

But Franz still didn't like this kind of ostentatious practice, because sabotage of the ceremony did not necessarily require a successful assassination, or even an assassination.

It is enough to detonate something, create some incidents, and make people panic.

Fortunately, what Franz feared did not happen, and his first stop was St. Stephen's Cathedral, where he would receive the blessing of the Pope, as well as all 47 cardinals, and complete his baptism.

After that, Franz will complete the handover with Ferdinand I at the Hofburg Palace, after all, for a multi-ethnic empire, legitimacy and legitimacy come first.

Overemphasizing religion and ethnicity is not conducive to national unity and stability.

It just went well, but the baptism was a bit of a surprise. The old gods had built a one-man deep pool, forcing Franz to dive over.

At this time, Frederick VII hoped that the new emperor of the Austrian Empire, Franz, would stand up and solve the chaos in front of him.

Among them was King Wilhelm IV of Prussia, who, personally, did not want to come to Vienna to wade into troubled waters.

King Oscar I of Sweden was influenced by his parents to look down on the Austrian Empire, but he had a different view of the Schleswig question, and he hoped that the powerful influence of the Kingdom of Sweden could be used to make the Austrians see reality.

Frederick VII's idea was for Holstein to join the German Confederation and Denmark to merge Schleswig.

But it is a pity that William IV was never a strong-willed man, and he was afraid of the consequences of not attending.

The situation in Denmark was similar to that of Prussia, and Frederick VII was roasted on fire by his ministers and nationalists at home as soon as he succeeded to the throne.

The character of Wilhelm IV determined that Prussia did not dare to solve the Schleswig problem alone, and was not able to solve the problem alone.

In fact, in terms of kinship, Wilhelm IV should have been Franz's great brother-in-law. William IV's wife was the eldest sister of Madame Sophie.

But fortunately, the V-shaped route design is visually okay.

The royal families and their representatives of Europe had been waiting for a long time in the Hall of Mirrors of the Hofburg Palace, and the Germans, Italian states and Russians were the most active, and almost all the heads of the families except the Tsar were present.

His intention was to find a compromise that would not offend both sides, but the reality was that it angered both German and Danish nationalists, and eventually led to the First Prussian-Danish War.

Of course, Wilhelm IV did not simply come to congratulate Franz on his accession to the throne, after all, the French have surrendered, so as the big brother of the German brothers, should he help solve the Schleswig problem?

Oscar I's parents were both closely related to Napoleon, and Austria was considered by some experts to be like a clown during the war against France, and it just so happened that Oscar I was such a person.

The other heads of state of the German states also had various kinds of thoughts, some wanted Austria to send troops to settle the rebellion at home, and others came to worship Austria as a symbol of German nationalism.

The states of Central Italy had already submitted, and there was no reason why they should not attend Franz's enthronement. As for the Papal States and the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies, they decided to be highly bound to the Austrian Empire after recognizing the reality.

Pope Pius IX even sent an invitation to Franz to be crowned in Rome, but Franz prevaricated.

Ferdinando II of the Two Sicilies witnessed Austria's victory over the invincible British navy twice on his doorstep, causing the Italian coalition to lose its armor.

These were things that Ferdinando II could not have imagined, and the establishment of the Second French Republic was even more desperate for him to join forces with France.

The Orleans dynasty was divided into three factions, the Count of Paris and his biological mother, the Duke of Omar, Louis Philippe and his other sons.

The Count of Paris wants to retake France, the Duke of Omar wants to gain a foothold in Algeria, and the other sons of Louis Philippe want to inherit their father's legacy.

Although Louis Philippe had already announced that the Count of Paris would succeed the Duchy of Orleans, he would be the regent of the realm.

But with the Treaty of Strasbourg, the German Confederation forcibly separated the Duchy of Orleans from France.

Coupled with the bad example of Duke Omar in Algeria, there was a stir in someone's heart.

In fact, the only people who wanted to fight for the inheritance were François de Orleans, Prince of Ruanville, the third son, and Antoine de Orléans, Duke of Montpensier, the fifth.

Prince Joinville was supposed to be in Algeria with Duke Omar, but the brothers apparently did not want to share power.

Defeated in the infighting, Prince Juanville felt fully qualified to inherit the Duchy of Orleans, and Antoine, Duke of Montpensier, would have married Isabel II when he turned eighteen and took charge of Spain.

However, the woman unilaterally withdrew from the marriage, which is a great shame for any family.

If it weren't for the fact that the Orleans dynasty had already fallen, it might even trigger a war between the two countries.

Originally, Antoine, Duke of Montpensier, could only swallow his anger, but there was no endless road, and the luck of the Orleans dynasty was not broken.

Although the Dukedom of Orleans was only two states, France was surrounded by strong enemies outside the country, rebellions were endless, and the so-called Second French Republic was unpopular, so it was difficult to say that there would be no chance.

"Thirty years in Hedong, thirty years in Hexi, don't bully young people into poverty."

The Duke of Antoine had already made up his mind to enter Madrid sooner or later, and the succession to the Duchess of Orleans was the first step in his plan.

Naturally, the Count of Chambord was indispensable on this occasion, and his fief at this time was even obtained for him by Franz.

Of course, it was for this reason that the Count of Chambol felt that Franz could help him again, and in fact the French possessions in Switzerland, the cantons of Vaud and Geneva were still under the control of Prussia, Luxembourg and Fribourg.

The Canton of Vaud and Geneva were predominantly French-speaking and therefore of little interest in the Luxembourgers, and the Prince of Shotgun of Prussia was keen to expand his territory, but King William IV of Prussia was reluctant to provoke France too much.

The inhabitants of the cantons of Vaud and Geneva did not have any sense of belonging to the Second French Republic, and the ease with which the German Confederation troops were able to occupy both states was largely due to the cooperation of the local population.

So the Count of Chambord felt that he alone was the true master of the land.

Of course, the Count of Chambord did not faint, and without the nod of the Austrian Empire, he could not eat these two states in any case.