I am rich in martial arts, but choose culture to win

Even, the Austrian army didn't take advantage of the Italians and Ottomans when they faced the Italians and the Ottomans.

After repeated defeats and repeated defeats, after seven years of hard work, Franz finally saw a glimmer of light.

First the Ottoman Empire collapsed, and then Italy got cold feet.

Franz felt that the victory was sealed.

The sky cleared, the rain stopped, and Franz felt he was doing well again.

He couldn't wait to operate another wave in the financial market.

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Elizabeth was, after all, Franz's legal wife.

The other party lived in Budapest for a long time, refused to return to Vienna, and fooled around with an Asian man all day long, and Franz was of course angry.

Isn't she hailed as the financial queen of Budapest by the ignorant nobles? I'm going to beat her and ravage her from what she does best!

Franz thought he had better eyes than this damned slut.

Therefore, through personal relationships, Franz once again increased leverage and bought a new round of national debt issued by the British Empire.

Although in order to please London, Franz's implementation of the soft peg between the Austrian currency and the British pound had caused Austria to be crazily sucked blood and suffered huge losses, but this time, Franz felt that his operation was absolutely fine.

The Ottomans are finished, the Italians are on their knees, the Prussians are dead, everything is under control.

He felt that he had copied the [-]-year bottom of the British national debt, and he just had to wait for the bonds in his hand to appreciate slowly.

However, Franz wanted to copy the bottom of the British, but the British wanted to copy the home of the Habsburgs!

As soon as the new Chancellor of the Exchequer Aliguo's "shock therapy" came out, the British national debt plunged instantly, and all the bonds in the Habsburg royal safe became toilet paper in the latrine!

The thousand-year-old family was impoverished overnight!

What's more terrible is that the forces infiltrated into the Balkan region, and the Tsarist Russian government, which posed a faint threat to the Austro-Hungarian Empire, began to have an ambiguous attitude towards the war.

Intelligence indicated that they had stopped fighting against Ming and were ambiguous with Berlin.

The goals of the Russians have obviously been completely transferred to the Balkans and Greece!

This is what the Austro-Hungarian Empire does not want to see anyway.

Franz, who was trapped at home and abroad, had nowhere to go.

He realized that maybe it was time to stop this goddamn, stupid war.

When you think about it, Austria has no reason to go to war at all.

As long as you put your face down and agree with the unity of the North German region, Austria will be able to withdraw from the war in an instant.

Even because of the similar cultural background, they can form allies with the Germans.

Franz began to examine his position and was determined to recognize the unity of the German Empire.

As he historically did in 1879, he invited Wilhelm I to Vienna for a secret visit.

As a direct descendant of the Habsburg family, Franz's diplomatic style advocated personal exchanges between monarchs, rather than sending foreign ministers or special representatives for talks.

Undoubtedly, accepting such an invitation will require extraordinary courage, as well as great political wisdom.

But William I, as the founding emperor of the German Empire, did have something extraordinary.

He ordered the 20-year-old emperor's grandson to stay in Berlin to supervise the country, and left for Vienna to attend the appointment.

Franz attached great importance to this alliance between the German monarchs, and specially sent someone to Budapest to invite his queen back.

To this end, he did not hesitate to agree to treaties that further gave Hungary autonomy.

Of course, to invite Elizabeth back to Vienna, Franz also has another purpose, which is to lend her a sum of money to help the Habsburg family tide over the difficulties.

Now the aristocrats all over Europe knew that they could get a loan from the Budapest Finance Queen with a small amount of collateral, whether it was in pounds or francs.

This is also the last straw that can save the Habsburg family.

It's just clear that Elizabeth has no interest in helping her husband through the storm.

After she proposed divorce again and was rejected by Franz, she locked herself in the house in a rage and did not leave the room.

This cold war lasted for three days, and Franz finally began to compromise. He said that he could send a royal legal adviser to Budapest to participate in the inquiry.

But he insisted that his marriage with Elizabeth was not in crisis.

The status quo between them is just the normal state of European royal marriages.

Putting disputes aside and maintaining the status quo is beneficial to both parties.

But Elizabeth was very firm, and she replied with a famous quote from her best friend: "I would rather have the sincerity of the Orientals (referring to concubines) than the hypocrisy of the West!"

Although the differences between the two parties were difficult to bridge, Franz made a concession after all, and Elizabeth reluctantly agreed to accompany him to welcome the Kaiser.

Wilhelm I traveled secretly to Vienna by train.

One of the oldest train stations in continental Europe, the Vienna North Terminus, has always been legendary.

Historically, in January 1913, a bearded man named Papado Pross on his passport got off the train from here and embarked on his own legendary journey.

His real name was Joseph Stalin.

But in this time and space, in May 1877, a bearded man also stepped off the train from here, and embarked on the last journey of his life...

William I stepped off the train in a low-key manner, not acting as quickly as an 80-year-old man.

He hid his whole body in the windbreaker.

When he went to Fengdu to make an alliance with Zhu Fugui and Abdul, he was dressed like this.

That meeting went very well, and it can even be said to be full of pleasant memories.

Wilhelm I hoped that this trip to Vienna would be the same.

He stepped off the platform, stepping quickly past his plainclothes guards.

There is certainly no danger here, heavily guarded by the Austrian army.

If the killing intent came from Franz, then these plainclothes guards would be useless.

Therefore, it is better to be frank and show your trust in Franz.

Well, the meeting with Zhu Fugui was also like this. William I felt that he was not in any danger.

William I warmly opened his arms and hugged Emperor Franz.

"My dear Franz, I am very glad that you can invite me. Our hug is not only a hug between Germany and Austria, but also a hug between German brothers..."

boom!

Before the conversation was over, gunshots rang out in the train station.

William I looked over Franz's shoulder in disbelief and looked behind him. On the platform, a trembling young man stood abruptly under the eyes of the Austrian guards.

Holding two guns in his hand, he stared fixedly at the two embracing emperors.

boom! boom! boom!

The young hotshot fired three more shots.

The bullet passed through Franz I's back and William I's chest.

"Zhu is right..."

William I looked at the Austrian guards who had just reacted and were in a mess, his vision became more and more blurred.

When he was dying, for some reason, he remembered the young emperor in high spirits and what he had said...

"I'm not afraid of opponents who are like gods, but teammates who are like pigs...Zhu told me not to get too close to Italians and Austrians...It seems that what he said...is...really..."

It all happened so suddenly.

In fact, the Two-Gun Killer didn't even know who the old man who was hiding himself in the windbreaker was, and his goal was always Franz I.

Laxey didn't have any detailed plans either. He just heard from the guards at the Vienna North Terminal that the Dog Emperor, who had owed more than half a year's wages, was going to welcome some distinguished guests here again.

Then, he hid in the toilet.

For two whole days, no one found him at all.

"For Hungary! For China!"

Laksi shouted slogans, and before the guards surrounded him, he raised the gun to his chin and pulled the trigger suddenly.

boom!

There was another gunshot, and three dead bodies were left at the old Vienna North Terminal.

Laxey's head burst, and the bullet pierced through his jaw, tearing his face apart, but judging from the remaining parts, he was smiling when he died.

Franz was probably the first to die.

From the beginning to the end, he only uttered screams of unknown meaning, his face was contorted, and his whole body was convulsed.

As for William I, his face was full of unwillingness and anger.

At the wrong time, in the wrong place, a generation of German emperors died with the wrong bullet.

Soon, news that the Hungarian separatists killed two birds with one stone in Vienna, killing the German emperor and the Austrian emperor, spread throughout Europe like a bolt from the blue.

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The Times: 【Instigated by Ming imperialists, Hungarian separatists carried out assassination operations. The civilized world unanimously condemned such atrocities. 】

Paris Daily: [Despicable and shameless single husband, criminal who trampled on order, fool who led wolves into the house, greedy gambler, William Frederick Ludwig deserves to die. 】

Deutsche Sun: [William II, the grandson of the emperor of the German Empire, has succeeded to the throne. He claims that he will make the stupid steppe people pay the price. 】

New Roman Empire News: [His Majesty Alexander II announced that he will send senior members of the royal family to attend the Kaiser's funeral. While expressing condolences, he will also devote himself to repairing the rift between Shinra and Dongluo. 】

Daming Times (Overseas Edition): [One of the founders of the Ming Independence Alliance, a great anti-British animal fighter, a close comrade in arms of His Majesty Zhu Fugui, an old friend of the Ming people, and His Majesty William Frederick Ludwig — Immortal! 】

Vienna Daily: [The Habsburg family announced that according to the documents of the Budapest District Court, Princess Sissi had secretly divorced Emperor Franz at the beginning of this year, and she will not receive even a penny of the inheritance left by the emperor. 】

Budapest Huns: [This is the gunshot of justice, this is the roar of the nation, this is the ultimate trial for the Austrian villains! 】

The second edition of the Vienna Daily: [After a comprehensive inspection of the property left by His Majesty Franz, the Habsburg family announced that the so-called secret divorce was just a rumor. A person in charge of the debt, please be aware of all bankers and noble friends. 】

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The death of William I caused a thousand waves with one stone.

In contrast, the death of Franz, the emperor of Austria-Hungary, was limited to a small-scale verbal battle.

Mainly the property dispute between the Habsburg family and Queen Elizabeth.

At present, this complex lawsuit will continue for a long time.

Today in Vienna is Ferdinand Maximilian Joseph von Habsburg Lorraine, brother of Emperor Franz.

This guy is one of the few European nobles who have benefited from the rise of Ming Dynasty.

Because according to the original history, he should have been shot ten years ago.

Historically, Ferdinand Maximilian, at the instigation of Napoleon III, left Europe and went to the New World to act as the spokesperson for the interests of France.

Under the arrangement of Napoleon III, he accepted the Mexican throne and called himself Emperor Maximilian I of Mexico.

But only a few years later, the Civil War ended, and the free Americans certainly could not tolerate their back gardens being controlled by the French and the Habsburgs.

Not even the home country of Louis XVI, the father of the country!

Under the manipulation of the Americans behind the scenes, the former Mexican president led the army to make a comeback.

Maximilian I was overthrown by the Mexicans and taken to Queretaro to be executed on the Croche Heights.

His body decomposed beyond recognition for several months before being transported back to Austria, where a grand state funeral was held under the auspices of Franz.

And in this time and space, because of Daming's butterfly wings, Napoleon III used his shame to capture Zhu Fugui's idea alive, and his imperial driver personally conquered Mexico. Naturally, there was nothing wrong with Maximilian I.

If one survives, there will be future fortunes.

This guy not only escaped the shooting, but also turned around, counterattacked his brother, and became the new head of Habsburg and the master of the Austro-Hungarian Empire.

Maximilian I tried his best to control his expression three days ago, helped the coffin himself, and sent his brother away.

Of course, the so-called Austro-Hungarian Empire was about to fall apart.