In the Hofburg Palace, after receiving the news, a group of princes of the royal family were anxiously thinking about countermeasures. It's not that they don't want to run, it's that they can't run anymore.
Before the situation got out of control, the Vienna court was holding a secret meeting to consider whether to replace Prime Minister Metternich to calm the anger of the people.
As a result, the sudden chaos broke the deployment of many people. There are rebels everywhere now, and they dare not risk leaving.
The lessons of the French Revolution taught them that the rebels, no matter what aristocratic status was, they killed the nobles.
In fact, as long as the palace guards go out to pacify the rebellion at this time, there is still a high possibility that this rebellion will be smothered in its cradle.
It is a pity that even one of the nobles dared to take responsibility. No one dared to make this decision, and they did not even have the courage to go out and command the city defense army to quell the chaos.
The attitude of Emperor Ferdinand I can already be ignored. He was suddenly so stimulated that epilepsy has occurred again, and he cannot be expected to make a decision.
No one wants to take the blame, and Queen Anna is not stupid. She has never liked to participate in politics, so naturally she will not express her position at this time.
Archduke Franz Karl, whose status was second only to the emperor, was also pale with fright at this time. It was obviously impossible for him to make a decision.
The only able-bodied Grand Duke Louis is also incapable of coping with such a big scene, otherwise he would not have been suppressed by Prime Minister Metternich in the Council of Regents.
"The news has been sent out. In two days at most, the city defense army will come back to suppress the rebellion. Order the troops to stand by and wait for help!"
Archduke Louis, who frowned, finally made a decision that was not a decision.
Abandon Vienna and escape
No one can afford this consequence, and neither can Grand Duke Louis.
Once Vienna is abandoned, the impact will be great. Maybe the Habsburg family will be the company of the Orleans royal family in France and lose the throne together.
At this time, everyone looked at the childlike Ferdinand I, and everyone felt that the future was not "bright".
If Ferdinand I was a normal person, he could also summon the rebel leader to negotiate. After all, most of the rebels in the city revolted in the name of the emperor.
Using political means, it is still possible to win over some of the rebels, and things will be easier to deal with later.
They consider themselves capable of political struggle and will not lose to a bunch of upstarts. As long as it is within the scope of the rules, everyone has a way to deal with it.
This is a good thing for Franz. For their own interests, the nobles now need a promising monarch who can restore the majesty of the monarch to protect their rights and interests.
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The news of the Vienna Rebellion had already reached Franz, just a day later than the government's order.
"Albrecht, something happened in Vienna. On the 7th of March, there was a conflict between the opposing forces of the demonstration and the army that intercepted them, and that night a rebellion broke out in Vienna."
Hearing this news, Albrecht's expression changed and he hurriedly asked, "How is the situation now, has the rebellion been suppressed?"
Franz shook his head and said: "I don't know yet. But the possibility of the rebellion being suppressed is very small. Prime Minister Metternich is already old, and no one in the Vienna government has this responsibility!"
The Austrian Empire was old, and no one wanted to bear the consequences of suppressing a rebellion.
The emperor can't be in charge normally, and whoever makes this decision will mean the end of his political life, or even go to jail.
This is not only from the enemy's blackmail, but also from the internal criticism, and a lot of crimes such as executioners, butchers, etc. will be charged on the top of the head.
In this case, in order to avoid becoming a scapegoat, at the beginning of the rebellion, many people were too timid to order a bloody crackdown.
Basically, it has to wait for things to get bigger and everyone realizes the threat before conservatives can make concerted efforts to suppress it.
This is the commonality of the old European empires. Take the Paris Revolution as an example. The death toll is only a single digit. Where is the revolution, it is clearly a village-scale armed fight.
The March Revolution in Vienna was almost the same. The casualties caused by the exchange of fire between the rebels and the government forces were definitely not as many as those caused by the gangsters taking advantage of the fire.
Many of the so-called armies in the history books are sympathetic to the revolution and remain neutral in the revolution. In fact, no one gave them orders to suppress them.
In this era, "traffic relies on walking, communication relies on shouting", and information transmission is very inconvenient. At first, there was no order to suppress it.
This is European politics. The lower-level officers dare not call the shots. To suppress the rebellion, they must report to each layer, waiting for the cabinet to make a decision. When they make a decision, the day lily is cold.
Albrecht sighed, looked in the direction of Vienna, and said helplessly, "Then let's speed up!"
"No need! According to the current speed, we can reach Vienna in the morning the day after tomorrow, and even if the speed is increased, we cannot launch an attack at night!
Vienna will not fall so quickly. There are still so many police officers and five thousand city defense troops in the city. Even if they are all waste, they should be fine for a while, right
I have already ordered the palace guards to step up their vigilance, a mob can't get in! ' explained Franz
It is impossible to march overnight, the troops must maintain sufficient physical strength, otherwise how can they guarantee their combat effectiveness
Although Franz's military command ability is only average, he still understands the "truth of being overwhelmed".
The main reason Albrecht wants to speed up is political. Originally, the city defense army went out for training, resulting in the Vienna rebellion not being suppressed in time, and he, the commander of the city defense army, would take the blame.
Now that I have the news, and I haven't hurried back as quickly as possible, it's another political stain.
All these responsibilities will be borne by him, the commander of the city defense army. It has nothing to do with Franz. Who made him the coach
Franz also knew about these issues, but now he couldn't take risks, and it was the most important thing to suppress the rebellion steadily.
The question of taking the blame, that subordinate does not carry a few blame for the leader
"However, the chaotic party is still a group of rabble. If it takes a long time, I am afraid it will become a climate, and then it will not be easy to fight!" Albrecht thought for a while and said.
"Albrecht, don't worry about this issue. I can guarantee that the longer the time goes, the more chaos the party will become, and the decision will not be possible to integrate!" Franz said confidently.