Holy Roman Empire

Holy Roman Empire Author: Xin Haiyue 1

brief introduction:

A road to Austria's revival, a history of the struggle of the Habsburg family! ! !

Neither Holy, nor Roman, nor Imperial, the Holy Roman Empire is revived! ! !

(This story is purely fictional and exposes the dark history of imperialism)

The Road to the King Volume [-]

Chapter 1 Crossing

Late night

Li Mu looked at the classic yet luxurious room, and then at his own cold iron bed, he felt awkward no matter how he looked at it.

Li Mu sighed helplessly, two years!

That's right, Li Mu has traveled through time. He is now named Franz Joseph, the old emperor of the Austro-Hungarian Empire in history, and the protagonist in the love story of Princess Sissi.

Grandson of Holy Roman Emperor Franz II and eldest son of Archduke Franz Karl, his mother was Princess Sophie Friederica, daughter of King Maximilian I of Bavaria.

(Franz Joseph I, the founder of the Austro-Hungarian Empire and the last emperor of the Habsburg dynasty, was born on August 1830, 8, ascended the throne on December 18, 1848, and died on November 12, 2. )

God seems to have made a joke with Franz. In his early years, he lived a life like a fairy tale. He had an unusually beautiful queen and lovely children, and controlled a powerful empire.

In the early years, Franz was worthy of the title of emperor. He made his people, his country, his nation and his beloved woman safe and proud because of him.

It's a pity that this is like a dream in Nanke, and it will take a sharp turn for the worse in his later years.

His brother was shot in Mexico, his wife was stabbed to death by an Italian anarchist in Geneva, and his son committed suicide at a young age.

The chosen heir was stabbed to death by the Serbian mafia. The retaliatory war he launched for this caused tens of millions of people to fall in a sea of ​​blood, and also caused the empire he had fought for all his life to collapse in the war.

Franz's uncle, the current Emperor Ferdinand I of Austria, was unable to have children due to a congenital defect, and Franz was raised as the heir of the empire early on.

As the heir to the empire, he bid farewell to the happy life of his childhood, not to mention the happy life of the nobles, which had nothing to do with Franz.

Study, study, study, from the moment of birth, Franz received the most rigorous training.

Sleeping on a cold camp bed, I have to get up at four o'clock every morning. After washing with cold water, I start a devout Catholic morning prayer in front of the prayer table next to the bed, and then start studying for twelve hours.

Whether it's the cold winter months or the three volts of summer, nothing has changed.

Just after crossing, Vienna was covered with snow and ice. It was the first time that Li Mu took a cold shower in the cold winter. Li Mu thought he was going to die. Unexpectedly, his health was surprisingly good, and he didn't even catch a cold.

More than 700 days and nights are enough to change a lot of things. Now Li Mu is Franz. He doesn't know that his willpower is so strong. Sure enough, people are forced out.

In the past two years, Li Mu, no, it's Franz now.He retained most of the living habits of the original owner.

Many times he wondered whether the memory of his previous life was a dream.

After carefully comparing the historical development, Franz found helplessly that this world is exactly the same as the world he experienced in his previous life, and even the potato crop failure in Germany has not changed.

As a history buff, he did a lot of research on Austrian history in his previous life. He knew that the Austrian Empire, which looked like a blooming flower, was actually a strong one. It only needed a slight push, and it would collapse.

On the surface, the current Austrian Empire is still in full swing. As the leader of the Vienna Conference and the maker of the European order after the Anti-French War, it is currently playing the role of a European gendarme.

No one knows that this old empire will collapse in the Great Revolution two years later. If the great powers did not need him to exist, the Austrian Empire would have become history in 1849.

Even if it barely survived, the Austrian Empire has since turned from prosperity to decline.

Because of the failure of diplomacy, it led to a series of military failures, first the failure of the Austrian-French War, and then the failure of the Prussian-Prussian War. Even the Italians bit off a piece of meat from Austria.

A series of failures hit the authority of the central government, and finally it was forced to make a compromise, transforming from the Austrian Empire to the dual system of the Austro-Hungarian Empire.

The establishment of the Austro-Hungarian Empire in history was full of accidents, and Franz did not dare to bet that he could do better than the original owner.Now saving the Austrian Empire is his medium-term goal.

Of course, he can also choose to escape, give up the right to inherit the throne, become an ordinary person, and find a safe place to be a happy capitalist.

Unfortunately, after two years of noble career, Franz's ambition has already grown.

Life is short, decades in a hurry.Since you can stand on the pinnacle of the world and be a waver of the times after traveling through it once, why should you shrink back?

It was already late at night, and Franz continued to perfect his national salvation plan, which had been revised countless times.

……

"Grand Duke, it's time to go to class!" The maid reminded softly.

The maid's voice woke Franz from his sleep.

"Understood!" Franz said helplessly.

Now he is a good student, politics, history, philosophy, language, religion... Dozens of homework, that is all of them can ~ average pass.

That's right, just add up the grades of all subjects and calculate the average so that he can barely pass. If he fails, then he should round up.

This is definitely a good student. Compared with the two younger brothers who study together, Franz is also a top student.

Of course, this is the result of different standards. His mother, Mrs. Sophie, requires him to be the best, while the standards of the two younger brothers are just make do.

In Franz's view, this kind of education is essentially a failure.Too much course content needs to be memorized by rote, leaving no time for thinking at all.

There was no other way. At this time, something happened to the Habsburg family. Both his father and uncle were born with arrears of IQ. The family's inheritance and education appeared to be interrupted.

These courses were arranged by mother Sophie. She is a loyal Catholic. She believes that as the emperor's heir, he must be strong.

In addition to learning his mother tongue, Franz could write letters in French at the age of 8, learned Magyar, Czech, and Italian at the age of 11, and dabbled in Latin and Greek at the age of 13...

It's a pity that he failed to inherit the genes of the original master's academic master. After eating up the old money left by the original master, Franz's academic performance went from bad to worse.

In history, Franz, who was proficient in eight languages ​​and could speak almost all the national languages ​​of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, has gone, and now there is only one scumbag who is working hard to pass the exam—Frantz.

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Chapter 2 Fight

"Frantz, what's going on with you recently, why are you missing so much homework?"

Before Franz could speak, his mother, Princess Sophie of Bavaria, had already started to explode.

This is the sequelae. As time goes by, Franz's character as a good boy begins to collapse, and the decline in grades is one of them.

"Unfortunately, Madam Sophie, the courses you arranged for me are beyond my capacity. There are so many nobles in Europe, who has as much homework as me?" Franz questioned.

"Frantz, are you accusing me of mistreating you?" Madam Sophie said with a gloomy face.

"Dear Mrs. Sophie, I don't mean to accuse you, but you also know how heavy my lessons are.

Human energy is limited. With so many subjects, I don't have enough time to study. Now I have to participate in military training, and my grades will inevitably decline!

The best way is to cut some unnecessary courses so that my grades can get better! "Frantz said plausibly.

"Really, Franz, do you think that you have grown up and your wings are hardened, so you can disobey your mother?" Princess Sophie said with a sneer

Franz knew it was bad, it seemed that he still underestimated a mother's desire to control.

Often as long as you think it is good for your children, you will persist in it regardless. At this time, it is not easy to convince her.

However, he can't be cowardly now, otherwise the commander will be even more sad in the future.

Franz said solemnly: "Dear Madam Sophie, as the heir to the Austrian Empire, what I need to learn is different from ordinary people.

What you want to train now is an imperial emperor, not a knowledgeable scholar. Are so many complicated courses useful for governing this country?

If you think I'm being lazy, then you can try it yourself, I now have a total of 28 homework, and I still have two hours a day, and I am receiving military training! "

Princess Sophie fell into deep thought. This is the difference in European education. It is very common to contradict parents, as long as it makes sense, parents will usually accept it.

Although this era is not very enlightened, the mainstream education model is still cultivating obedient workers, which is the need of the ruling class, but Franz is the crown prince, and no one dares to ask for the confinement of ideas.

The longevity of the European aristocrats is actually inseparable from their education. Regardless of their political conservativeness, it is the need for interests. In terms of children's education, European aristocrats have always been very advanced.

After a while, Mrs. Sophie agreed with Franz's statement, but the doubts in his heart were not dispelled, and he asked, "What are you going to do?"

Franz said solemnly: "Dear Mrs. Sophie, I am already 16 years old, and I am no longer a child. I am very clear about what I am doing now, and I also understand what I need to do!

Theoretical knowledge is not equal to the real world. I have lived in the palace since I was a child. What I have seen and learned is what you think I should see.

But there are too many questions and loopholes in it. You should know that my teacher is often left speechless by my questions.

What the world is like, what the Austrian Empire is like now, I don't know anything.

If I don't go out for a walk and learn about the real situation of this country, I can only learn from my uncle in the future and be a puppet emperor with peace of mind! "

Princess Sophie's face changed drastically, and Franz was silently accusing her.After all, she was still from the royal family, she quickly suppressed her anger and said:

"Frantz, don't forget that you are only 16 years old. If you want to know this country, you have plenty of time. What you need most now is to study!"

Franz shook his head and said cautiously: "No, my lord! I don't have that much time. When you think I can understand this country, I can no longer see the real situation of this country.

The bureaucrats have a lot of ways to only let me see what they need to show me, but the real social situation is not what I can understand! "

"Frantz, you are too suspicious. The world is not that bad. If you want to understand the world, you can read the newspaper!" Princess Sophie said palely.

"Mother, don't forget that suspicion is the most basic quality of a qualified monarch! As for newspapers, don't you know about Austria's book inspection system?" Franz asked back

Read newspapers to understand the world?Franz instantly thought of Yuan Datou who was tricked by the newspaper and ended up ruined.

Could something like this happen in Austria?Franz didn't dare to draw conclusions yet, but as long as interest groups needed it, printing a newspaper was not a big deal.

The two looked at each other, neither of them would admit defeat, and they became deadlocked.

After going on for a while, Franz took the initiative to ease the atmosphere.

"Dear Mrs. Sophie, have you noticed that the agricultural harvest in the German region is in short supply today?"

"I know a little bit, but what does this have to do with you?" Madam Sophie asked suspiciously

Franz shook his head and said: "It has nothing to do with me now, but it will have something to do with me in the future! The grain harvest in Germany is in short supply, which means that the living standards of the local people will decline. If the government fails to deal with it effectively, it may trigger Civil uprising!

Although these popular uprisings will be suppressed soon, and even the news will not reach Vienna, the contradictions between the people at the bottom and the government are intensifying.

There will be no problems in the short term, but as time goes by, the people affected by the disaster will have to go to the cities to make a living, and the bourgeoisie will have cheaper labor.

Austria will even become more prosperous, but the contradictions have been increasing, and one day in the future will be detonated, think of the French Revolution! "

"Frantz, you are scaremongering!" Madam Sophie said palely.

Franz said seriously: "No, I didn't! Dear Mrs. Sophie, I have studied the French Revolution.

In 1788, a drought occurred in France, resulting in a decline in French food production and difficulties in the lives of ordinary people.And the contradiction between the domestic bourgeoisie and the aristocracy has intensified, just like our current domestic reformers and conservatives.

In the end, the government representing the interests of the aristocracy ignited the spark by raising taxes on the bourgeoisie, and the French Revolution broke out, ruining the Bourbon dynasty! "

"You mean there will be a revolution in Austria? Franz, do you think I will believe it?" Madam Sophie said angrily

Franz shook his head and said: "Dear Mrs. Sophie, this is just my personal preliminary judgment. I have too little information in my hand on whether a revolution will break out in Austria, and I need to know more information before I can judge.

I think this topic is much more important than that pile of homework. As the crown prince of the empire, it is necessary for me to understand the real situation of this ancient empire! "

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Chapter 3 Legend - Archduke Karl

After exhausting his words, Franz reluctantly persuaded his mother and obtained the right to arrange time freely, but the class still had to be attended, but it was cut down a lot.

For example, the religion classes, language classes, and art classes that Franz thought were useless were all compressed. If it wasn't for Sophie's insistence, he would even cut down the political class.

The main reason is that the content here is still stuck a hundred years ago, for example: nobility is supreme, chivalry is sacred...

Franz is most interested in the emperor's academics, only the abridged version is left, and the conspiracy and tricks are all gone, leaving only the arrogance of the king.

For example: When the emperor's tiger's body trembled, all the heroes kowtowed and bowed their heads to proclaim themselves ministers.

……

This is cultivating the emperor, not fooling the people?

If an emperor is really cultivated according to this standard, then with the complicated situation in Austria, another person will be added to the guillotine.

It is now 1846, and if there are no accidents, Franz will inherit this ancient empire two years later, and now there is not much time left for him.

Participate in politics in advance?

This is obviously impossible. Anything that changes the overall situation of history will bring uncertainty to the future. Before succeeding to the throne, Franz will not take risks.