Through a series of personnel transfers, Franz had actually taken control of the Royal Guard. Grand Duke Louis didn't know if he really didn't understand, or if he was pretending to be confused. Anyway, there was no reaction.
Franz felt that he was more likely to pretend to be confused. The number of the Royal Guard was small, only one regiment of troops, but it shouldered the role of defending the royal family.
The actual control of this force has always been in the hands of the Vienna court, and Grand Duke Louis, the nominal commander in chief, did not dare to make big moves in it.
Franz's training of the Royal Guard actually obtained the acquiescence of the Vienna court. Before the action, he also received a warrant from his uncle Ferdinand I.
The Habsburg family is already preparing for his regency. If there is no accident, he will become a member of the Regency Council in three years. After a few years of tempering, the Regency Council will be dissolved and enter the era of the Crown Prince Regency. .
Ferdinand I was reluctant to be left in power, but unfortunately he suffered from epilepsy. On average, he had more than 20 seizures a day, and he could not handle government affairs at all. Supporting the regency of Franz was one of his measures.
Well, Franz admitted that he was cheating. The uncle's sanity was often off-line, and some ridiculous things often happened, but he attached great importance to the foundation of the Habsburg family, and occasionally suffered from persecution paranoia.
This created an opportunity for Franz, Ferdinand I often had amazing remarks, and whatever he thought was useful, became a written document.
In other words, Franz now has a lot of imperial edicts, and whether it has legal effect or not depends on the actual situation.
If it is taken out now, the Regency Committee will probably veto it, but when necessary, he can directly issue these orders without going through the Regency Committee and become an established fact.
Although the Austrian government was actually controlled by the Council of Regency, no one declared that Ferdinand I had lost the ability to govern, and the emperor's order was still valid.
News of the January Revolution spread quickly across the Continent, and when it reached Vienna, people were only surprised and assumed that nothing had happened.
But when the news reached Paris, something changed.
After the Conservative Party leader Gizo was elected prime minister from 1840 to 1848, capitalists entered the government sector and abused their power to approve commercial contracts in order to curry favor with financial groups.
Corruption and bribery in the government have become the norm, and various scandals have emerged one after another, and the people have gradually lost confidence in the government.
To the current supporters of the July Dynasty, there are only bankers, exchange brokers, railway kings, big mine owners, big forest owners, and big landowners.
Since the economic crisis spread to France in 1847, there have been starvation riots all over the country, and the "Labor Protection Law" issued by Austria has ignited the workers' strike movement.
In this context, the news of the January Revolution came, and the people of Paris, who were already full of revolutionary spirit, were naturally affected. The foundation for the revolution was already in place, and now there is only one spark left.
However, the decadent July Dynasty turned a deaf ear to all this, and the banquet movement launched by the bourgeoisie was stopped by the government. The event originally scheduled for January 19, 1848 was postponed to February 22.
Looking at the information in his hand, Franz breathed a sigh of relief. History has not changed because of his butterfly effect, and the advantage of foresight can still be used.
However, he and the generals of the military moved more frequently, including the governor on the side, and Franz also kept correspondence with them.
Inadvertently, Franz also expressed concern about the situation at home, mentioned the January Revolution in Sicily by the way, and made bold predictions that the European continent would cause a chain reaction.
Whether it can attract their attention, Franz can only obey the destiny and do his best. He can't say directly that there will be a revolution in Austria too, right
If this is said, it will be regarded as a lunatic instead of being shocked as a god.
Taking into account the current state of the Habsburg family, Franz felt that the latter situation was greater.
Now Franz has given full play to his nature as a military enthusiast, inspecting the training situation of the army around Vienna, the more he sees, the more disappointed he becomes.
"Albrecht, what can you do to improve the combat effectiveness of the soldiers in the short term, I'm talking about the city defense army!" Franz asked cautiously
"Franz, this is very simple. As long as you can get the aristocratic officers who are messing around here to get out of the way, and promote a capable person to serve as an officer, the combat effectiveness of the city defense army can be improved immediately!" Albrecht Friedrich Shi Rudolph thought about it
Franz said helplessly: "Albrecht, this joke is not funny at all, if I can let them get out, I don't have to talk nonsense with you here!
I mean, is it possible to get them together to train and play a little bit when it matters? "
Yes, Franz did have high hopes for the city defense army. In normal times, these nobles seemed to be cancers that affected the combat effectiveness of the army, but in extraordinary times it was different.
If nothing else, at least in terms of loyalty, they are reassuring. Once the Vienna Revolution broke out, it was more reliable to use them to suppress rebellions than to use civilian officers.
The only pity is that their ability does not seem to be reassuring, even if it is to suppress a group of rabble, Franz is skeptical.
"Why don't you come? I'll give you the position of the commander of the city defense army. Anyway, I can't do anything about them!" Albrecht said indifferently.
Franz thought for a while and said, "I'm here, I'm here, anyway, they're a bunch of trash, even if they can't train, the situation won't get worse. However, the commander of the city defense army, you should keep it yourself, the latter Do I still need your support?"
"Franz, what are you going to do? There are a lot of noble officers in the city defense army, and they are very involved. You can't mess around!" Albrecht said worriedly.
"Albrecht, do you think I'm a mess?" Franz asked rhetorically.
Albrecht shook his head, Franz left a good impression on everyone.
Franz continued: "It's time for me to serve in the army, and I'll apply later. In the next three months, I will serve in the city defense army.
You can throw those officers who are messing around and go through military training with me, of course, those over 28, and those who are in the military. "
He finally remembered that he was 13 years old and was already a colonel in the Austrian army. If these people are not removed, the nobles who join in the fun will give him a whole "children's group". In the Austrian army, there are mythical "young officers" who have not been weaned.