Chapter 174: A Peculiar Encounter There were two theories at the court of Vienna, one was that Austria had waged war against Russia in order to gain de facto dominance over Moravia and the return of Austrian Poland.
The other is Austria's war against Prussia, which last year disgraced the Habsburgs in front of all the royal families of Europe, and more importantly, the jewel in Teresa's crown in Bohemia was forcibly taken away by the Prussians.
Both of these arguments are not unreasonable, but there are also many sober people who understand that now is definitely not the time for Austria to enter the war.
The wounds inflicted on Austria by the Austro-Prussian War have not yet recovered, and at home because of the defeat in the Austro-Prussian War, Joseph II's opponents are stupid at home.
If Austria entered the war at this time, it would not only destroy the previous post-war reconstruction work, but also increase the pressure on domestic finances, and increase the domestic anti-war sentiment.
Three voices kept surrounding Joseph II's ears, and now Joseph II did not have the excitement of learning about the war between Prussia and Russia at the beginning, after the death of Empress Teresa, although the Austrian court has blocked the news, but as time goes by, many people still find out that something is wrong, Teresa has not appeared for about a year, which reminds many people of the news that Teresa was seriously ill when she last appeared.
Austria does not only rule Austria, but there is also a land called Hungary under the name of Habsburg, and Teresa can rule Hungary stably by virtue of her prestige when she is alive, and only Teresa's orders can be unhindered in Hungary.
Joseph II believed that if the Hungarian nobles learned of Teresa's death, they would disobey their orders.
Joseph II, who was anxious to restore Habsburg prestige, began to struggle after calming down, and at such a moment, the opinion of Austrian Chancellor Kaunitz became crucial, and Teresa had invited Kaunitz to the palace for secret talks before her death, of course, no one knew what their conversation was, not even Joseph II knew what Teresa and Kaunitz had said.
After Teresa's death, the only one who was not a royal family and learned of the death was Kaunitz, the prime minister did not be as shocked as ordinary people but as if he had expected it a long time ago, and then Kaunitz not only kept the secret, but also assisted Joseph II in establishing the majesty of the emperor on various occasions.
At such times, Joseph II felt the need to discuss the Russo-Prussian War with Kaunitz in depth, and after making up his mind, Joseph II ordered Kaunitz to be summoned to the palace.
"Respectfully, my majesty," Kaunitz said to Joseph II respectfully as he entered the palace.
"Your Excellency Kaunitz, I'm sorry to summon you to the palace in such a hurry," said Joseph II, who was sitting on the throne, hurriedly walked down and grabbed Kaunitz's shoulders and said apologetically.
After holding Kaunitz, Joseph II gestured with his gaze, and then the rest of the palace quickly walked out.
"Your Majesty, I don't know what you are looking for?"
Kaunitz looked at Joseph II and said, his gaze was very deep.
"My Prime Minister, you must already know the news of the war between Prussia and Russia, do you think that if Prussia goes to war, will we Austria have a chance to gain benefits?"
Joseph II asked directly.
Joseph II's question was expected by Kaenitz, after learning that Joseph II had suddenly summoned him, Kaunitz's mind carefully reviewed the events of this time, except for the war between Prussia and Russia, there was really nothing that could make Joseph II very concerned about it in recent times.
Kaunitz asked tentatively "Your Majesty, do you mean, we Austria are going to have a kick in the foot?"
Joseph II nodded.
"Your Majesty, the minister believes that now is not the time for us to enter the Russo-Russian War" Joseph II was somewhat surprised by Kaunitz's objection, but he did not think much of it, but motioned for Kaunitz to give the reason.
"Your Majesty, Prussia seems to be in a state of war now, but according to the intelligence agencies below, except for the mobilization of Russian troops in Poland, there is no sign of Russian mobilization in other regions, which proves that if the empress is not interested in controlling the scale of the war, it is the following generals who conceal the empress's own opinions, but in the face of a big country like Prussia, Catherine II, who has always been unwilling, will not understand that controlling the scale of the war is completely unworkable for fighting a country like Prussia."
Kaunitz, who is known as a genius, although he does not know the inside story, his analysis has come close to the truth in large parts.
"Of course, we do not rule out that Catherine II's move is to confuse those Prussians, if the empress really wants to start a war against Prussia, she must have a back-up move, at present, the best choice for our Austria is to wait, wait for the war in East Prussia to divide a victory, and limited by the current national strength, it is impossible for our Austria to join this war on a large scale" After listening to Kaunitz's words, Joseph II almost rolled his eyes, for him who was anxious, it was undoubtedly an extremely cruel act to ask him to wait, Silesia and Bohemia that fell into the hands of Prussia were tormenting his heart all the time, but Kaunitz's opinion he had to pay attention to, because if Kaunitz said that the national strength was insufficient, then the national strength was really insufficient.
Kaunitz, then Austria's ambassador to France, was urgently recruited by Queen Theresa to return home.
Immediately after that, Kautz was appointed Privy Chancellor, and a new page was opened in Austria – the Kautz era.
Kaunitz, who has been prime minister for nearly 30 years, has a second prestige in Austria second only to Queen Teresa, and more importantly, Kaunitz is in charge of Austria's domestic and foreign affairs.
But this is not Kaunitz's style, Kaenitz, who has been loyal to the royal family since Teresa's time, has no other mind, in his heart Austria's interests have always come first, and his ideas have influenced many people.
Therefore, since Kautz said so, it shows that Austria really did not have the ability to intervene in the Russo-Prussian War on a large scale, which has to be said to be a great pity.
Looking at Joseph II's expectant gaze, Kaunitz was not moved, Joseph II had to reluctantly give up the idea of immediately intervening in the Russo-Russian War, since Kaunitz said to wait, then wait a little longer!
Joseph II of Austria was saddened, and Queen Mary, who was far away in Paris, was now in a ward of a church hospital in Paris.
There was a bed in the ward, and lying on the bed was the little Napoleon whom Queen Mary had seen, and Napoleon was wrapped in a rice dumpling and breathing calmly.
As Mary looked at little Napoleon, she whispered to one of the men standing beside her: "Can you tell me, Count Greel, what is going on here?
Why does a good boy come to you like this?"
"Your Royal Highness, this is really an accident, we didn't expect His Excellency Napoleon to cause someone else's assassination, our academy will definitely find out the truth about this matter and catch the murderer as soon as possible."
Hearing Mary's question, Griele, the dean of the Royal French Army Academy, answered Mary's question respectfully, and secretly wiped the cold sweat on his forehead with his hand.
Speaking of which, Marie had a very strong impression of Napoleon after her visit to Brielle, and soon after, Marie issued an order to promote Napoleon from Briel directly to the Royal Army Academy.
And after that, Marie did not give up her attention to Napoleon, and even occasionally brought snacks to treat Napoleon herself.
Because Napoleon was a student with special care and admission, and because he was the youngest in the Army Academy, coupled with Napoleon's somewhat eccentric, it was difficult for Napoleon to play with others in the academy.
Marie's occasional care made Napoleon, who was alone in Paris, feel a touch of warmth, and on an inadvertent occasion, little Napoleon inadvertently called Marie sister, which made Marie very happy.
Mary and Little Napoleon had a similar experience, both of them went away when they were still young, the same experience made Mary have a trace of sympathy for Little Napoleon, and then Little Napoleon's sister made Mary even more happy, and since then Mary and Little Napoleon have always been called sisters and brothers.
The news that Queen Marie, the de facto ruler of the Kingdom of France, recognized Little Napoleon as her younger brother quickly spread among the upper echelons of Paris, whether it was to get close to Queen Marie or to befriend Little Napoleon.
And what added to the fire was that Queen Marie would occasionally take Napoleon to a banquet in the upper echelons of Paris when Napoleon Jr. had no classes, and this move made Napoleon's popularity resounding throughout Paris.
Far away in Corsica, Napoleon's father, Carlo, was overjoyed to learn that his son was favored by the queen, and he thought he finally saw in him the hope of the family's revival.