It was during the storm of 1848 that the merchants were able to see Austria's financial prowess and foresight.

In particular, the anti-purchase of small banknotes before the war was a stroke of genius, otherwise it is difficult to say that the Austrian Empire would not have followed in the footsteps of Britain and France and fell into an economic crisis.

Some astute businessmen and economists had already noticed that the Austrian Empire's economic power and holdings of precious metals far exceeded their estimates.

In fact, there was another reason why Franz stopped the circulation of small anticipatory banknotes, and that was the appearance of counterfeit money.

Strictly speaking, the difficulty and risk of counterfeiting banknotes is very large, because there are stubs and special anti-counterfeiting measures in banks.

However, with the economic development of the Austrian Empire, people were reluctant to go to the bank when using some small banknotes.

This gives counterfeiters a loophole to exploit, after all, most people in this era are still very poor in the ability to distinguish banknotes, they cannot have the vision of professional tellers, if you do not pay attention to the order is inevitable.

The Austrian Empire's banknotes started late, but they have introduced a lot of technology from Sweden and France, and the country has never stopped the research and development of banknote anti-counterfeiting technology.

However, since 1844, counterfeit money has been an obstacle for the financial system. The Austrian Empire has always been very strong against counterfeit money, but there are more and more counterfeit money, and the technology is getting better and better.

These counterfeit coins have pushed the limits of an individual's abilities and look more like they were made by some professional using specialized machines.

Behind the scenes, government officials and financial bigwigs are behind them, so these counterfeiting syndicates can be updated in real time to the extent that they are almost fake.

In fact, after Franz ascends to the throne, a new type of anti-counterfeiting currency will be introduced, which will definitely deal a heavy blow to those who think they are hiding in the shadows.

But Fanny Curt had a glimmer of hope before she came, hoping that Franz would announce something at the coronation.

After investigating the counterfeit coins from Bavaria, Austrian agents soon discovered the true source of the counterfeit coins - France.

All Franz can think of is special inks and anti-counterfeiting threads, these two technologies are not difficult to develop, but difficult is practical application.

Soon after, the British joined in, targeting areas that were more difficult to control in the colonies.

The whole meeting was just a bargain between Austria and France, and the others were at best spectators.

Of course, there were also people like Fanny Curt and Talia who came to watch the ceremony with mixed feelings, the former of whom had thoroughly recognized the gap between the two sides at the negotiating table in Strasbourg, and as the representative of the Dukedom of Orleans, she was not even qualified to speak.

In order to prevent anyone from fishing in troubled waters in times of war, Franz chose to return the small amount of money to the state treasury and replace it with a large amount of metal money and large amount of money.

For the Catholic Church, this ceremony is also a good opportunity to restore the influence of the Church, after all, it has been a long time since such a pious and powerful monarch.

In the face of such a state-level counterfeiting syndicate, conventional methods are clearly useless. Because choking on food is also not a long-term solution, new anti-counterfeiting technology is the first choice.

However, she obviously thought too much, fairy tales are really deceitful, after all, in reality, Franz can't even decide his own marriage, and Fanny Curt doesn't have the courage to speak in this Hall of Mirrors full of big people.

From now on, the gap between her and Franz would widen, and Fanny Curt finally understood what the French writer Michel de Montaigne wrote in his "Essays".

"The gap between man and man is greater than the gap between man and beast."

(Later generations often extended that the gap between humans and humans was greater than the gap between humans and dogs.) ）

Franz could only express his helplessness in this regard, the title of saint was too heavy for a woman with only one passion. Franz didn't help her, and sooner or later Fanny Curt would be crushed to death by the title.

"His hero, my enemy." There is nothing wrong with this statement, Franz does not like to kill innocents, but that does not mean that he will let it go.

In Franz's plan, Fanny Curt could call himself a patriot, and Franz could quietly complete the support and layout of the Germans in the Duchy of Orleans.

Franz's annuity for the duchess was enough for her to maintain a decent life, and in fact without the money provided by Franz, the duchess would have to borrow money from everywhere at this time.

After Thiers had finished using Fanny Curt, he had no intention of actually letting a woman into the government or the military.

Naturally, it is even more impossible to have a pension, after all, the Orleans dynasty is in ruins, and there are still more places to use money.

As for the duchess's donation, since it is a donation, there is absolutely no reason to return it.

Thiers did not feel guilty about this, and Fanny Curt could be regarded as seeing the warmth and coldness of Franz's mouth.

Talia looked at Franz with an indescribable feeling, both a sense of relief that her stupid son had finally grown up, and a kind of chagrin that she had been abandoned by a scumbag.

But Talia is not the kind of person who is obsessed with the past, she has her own career, after all, she is a principal, and there are a group of children in the family who need to educate herself.

Franz's father, Archduke Franz Karl, wept bitterly while drinking, and no one knew whether he was sad because he drank or because he was sad.

(In fact, he is the first in line to the throne, but no one has ever named him a candidate.) ）

Madame Sophie was much more determined, believing that her children were born extraordinary and would be able to revitalize the family, for which she had nothing but pride and pride.

In the Hall of Mirrors, Franz walked up the steps to Ferdinand I and knelt down slowly, who drew a cross on his chest and said in a voice that could be heard.

"May God bless you."

As if his strength had been drained, Ferdinand I took off his crown and placed it on a tray in the hands of Archbishop Rauscher.

It was not that Ferdinand I refused to give up the throne, but that his illness was getting worse and worse, and he was exhausted just by not making mistakes.

"In the name of God, we will witness the coronation of a great man, Franz Joseph Karl Ludwig Anton von Habsburg.

God-blessed Emperor of Austria, King of Hungary and Bohemia; kings of Dalmatia, Croatia, Slovenia, Galicia and Lodomeria; kings of Illyria, Lombardy and Venice;

King of Jerusalem; Duke of Austria; Grand Dukes of Tuscany and Krakow; the Dukes of Lorraine, Salzburg, Styria, Carinthia, Carniola and Bukovina; Grand Marquis of the Nibelungen;

Count of Moravia; Upper and Lower Silesia, Modena, Parma, Piacenza, Guastara, Auschwitz and Zator, Duke of Ragusa;

Grand Master of the Teutonic Order, Archbishop of Montenegro, Protector of Western Bosnia and Albania, Liberator of Allgäu, Apologean, King of the Romans."

Rauscher read Franz's lengthy title, but his words were abruptly interrupted, and someone could only hear someone shouting in unison.

"The savior of the German nation, and the Emperor of the German Empire!"

"Long live the Greater German Reich!"