Despite his preparations, Alexander was shocked by Leopold II's words, and he did not expect that Leopold II's previous optimism about him seemed to be all pretending, and how ridiculous it seemed to him to be able to compete with Franz with his excellent performance.
"But I didn't expect you to start so quickly, and Franz would be so unbearable, it seems that this is really God's will!"
Saying that, Leopold II sighed leisurely, looking at the obviously decadent Leopold II, although Alexander felt that there seemed to be a flame burning in his chest at this moment, but this flame could not be vented.
"Well, now Vienna is yours, and you will be the next generation of Habsburg monarchs, but I will tell you that Franz took my coat of arms ring before leaving, which is bound to cause you trouble!
But now I don't have the energy to worry about it, and the empire will be handed over to you!
” This seemed to exhaust Leopold II's energy, and then the old man struggled to get up from his chair and walked out tremblingly.
Seeing the figure of Leopold II appear at the door, Daniel hurriedly signaled a few guards to follow behind Leopold II, after all, Vienna has just been conquered, and the city is not at peace, if Leopold II has an accident at this moment, then it will undoubtedly be a big blow to Alexander's legitimacy.
Daniel then hurriedly walked to Alexander's side, and when Daniel walked to Alexander's side.
The new ruler of Vienna had just broken free from the chaos in his mind.
"Daniel, immediately send orders to the army and let them do whatever it takes.
Be sure to find Franz!
By the way, be sure to find the whereabouts of the clan emblem ring!
” Alexander, who came to his senses, immediately ordered Daniel, and Daniel was visibly stunned when he heard Alexander mention the clan emblem ring "Your Highness, you mean that Franz took the family coat of arms ring?"
Daniel looked at Alexander's face and said cautiously, and after Daniel finished speaking, Alexander's face became obviously hideous "Yes.
That damn guy, he really dared to snatch the clan emblem ring, I must not spare him.
Go and order!
” Daniel's body shook and then he didn't bother to ask, and hurriedly ran out.
The importance of the family coat of arms ring does not need to be said by Alexander, and Daniel understands.
As an important token of the aristocratic ruling family, the family emblem ring is missing.
The prestige of Alexander's rule over the empire was naturally greatly diminished.
February 5, 1793.
Alexander led the Hungarian army to conquer Vienna, and on 6 February, in the Imperial Palace of Vienna, Leopold II proclaimed the Crown Prince abolishing the Edict and appointing Alexander as Grand Duke of Austria and Crown Prince and Regent of the Holy Roman Empire in the Imperial Palace of Vienna.
On 8 February, in Graz, an important town in southern Austria, Franz convened a meeting of nobles and declared the abolition edict declared by Leopold II illegal, because the emperor had to depose the crown prince because Alexander threatened the emperor with heavy troops.
Franz stood in front of the Graz City Hall, holding the family coat of arms and rings in his hand and announcing loudly.
He was the sole heir to the Habsburgs, and Alexander's troops were rebels.
Subsequently in Graz.
Franz officially proclaimed himself Archduke of Austria and called on all nobles to immediately rally troops in Graz to quell Alexander's rebellion.
On the contrary, at the same time that Franz announced his succession to the throne of Austria, Alexander declared Franz a rebel, officially announcing to the Empire that he would personally lead the army to fight the rebellion.
Because of the hostility between Franz and Alexander, the whole of Austria quickly split into two parts, and most of the nobles in southern Austria gathered under Franz's command, and Alexander's command, in addition to his own 30,000 Hungarian troops, there was also a part of the northern Austrian nobles who responded to Alexander's order to defeat Franz.
The first thing Alexander did when he became regent of the empire was to send people to the Bohemian front in the hope of reaching a peace agreement with Prussia.
Despite the fact that the Grand Duke Tuha led his army to fend off the Prussian army on the Bohemian front, Alexander was still quite uneasy.
Now that Franz had gathered his army and was ready to fight him, in this case, Alexander was unable to control the entire Austrian territory, and Alexander, who was unable to control the Austrian territory, had nothing to do to support the nearly 100,000 troops under the command of the Grand Duke Tuha on the front line.
Moreover, Alexander also wanted to draw Tuha's army south to deal with Franz's army.
In the opinion of Wilhelm's Dessau, the Austrian civil war had now begun, and the soldiers under the command of Tuha on the front line would definitely be discouraged by the civil war, which was a great opportunity for Prussia.
At present, in the Holy Roman Empire, Bavaria has been occupied by the Prussians, and the Main River valley is in the hands of Prussia, as long as Austria is defeated, then the entire Holy Roman Empire will be prostrate at the feet of William, and William will become one of the few powerful monarchs in the history of the Holy Roman Empire.
However, just as William and Dessau decided not to make peace with Alexander, a small staff officer objected.
This little staff officer believed that if Prussia really decided to fight Austria to the end, Prussia would certainly achieve immortal success, but at the same time it would also lay a large number of enemies for itself.
The Holy Roman Empire included all of Germany, Austria, northern and central Italy, Bohemia, eastern France, the Low Countries, and Switzerland.
Now Prussia controls only half of Germany and the whole of Bohemia, and the rest of the regions are either in the hands of the major princes or occupied by other countries, such as the eastern part of France has been recovered by the French, while the Swiss region has always had its own independent government, and the Low Countries are divided into two regions, the Netherlands and the Austrian Netherlands, as for the northern and central regions of Italy, not only the interests of the French exist, but also the rulers of the various city-states are by no means idle.
In this case, once Prussia defeated Austria, it could not be ruled out that all the princes and states that felt threatened by Prussia would unite against Prussia.
The emperor of the Holy Roman Empire is not so easy to call, in addition to subduing the various princes within the empire, he also has to obtain the approval of the Holy See, and the key problem is that the relationship between Prussia and the Holy See is not very good, it can only be said that it is average, and even the Holy See is hostile to Prussia, after all, the Holy See is Catholic and Prussia is a Protestant country.
In such a situation, even if Prussia defeated Austria, then the Holy See would not necessarily crown William, and William would either be crowned himself, but his own coronation would be contrary to the consistent style of the Empire, and even if the Holy See was angry and colluded with Prussia's neighboring countries to form a crusade against Prussia in the new century.
Such a point of view made William see a different scenery in front of his eyes, and he asked with a little respect, despite the fact that the guy who spoke was just a small staff officer: "So what do you think we should do?"
"Agree to Alexander's request, but we demand that Austria cede all the lands north of Reitz, and at the same time Alexander can only be called the Archduke of Austria, and the imperial emperor can only be crowned with the title of Maximilian of Cologne, of course, as a concession, Alexander will be allowed to become the regent of the empire!"
"But wouldn't we lose a lot in that way?"
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Hearing William's words, the staff officer smiled and said: "Your Majesty, you must know that we now occupy the Main region, the Bavarian region, and the Austrian Polish region, and it can be said that our territory has been expanded by nearly half, and in such a situation, if the pacification of these places is the priority of the moment, it will be very disadvantageous for us to prematurely arouse the hostility of the whole continent!"
After this staff officer finished speaking, William hesitated a little, taking advantage of your illness and asking for your life is simply the supreme truth in William's opinion, but after this staff officer's analysis, it seems to be very reasonable.
After all, the Habsburgs had ruled Austria for hundreds of years, and their roots were firmly planted on Austrian soil, and the war with Prussia in the past year had also caused a lot of losses to all parts of Austria, and these Austrians must have hated Prussia quite much.
Even if Prussia had occupied Austria, there would have been an endless stream of rebellions.
In addition, as the staff officer said, once Prussia defeated Austria, the major powers in the Holy Roman Empire would certainly panic, and even European countries, including France and England, would certainly re-examine Prussia.
After all, after defeating Austria, Prussia no longer had a competent opponent in the empire, so that a single Prussia will inevitably gradually unify the Holy Roman Empire, and this is simply unacceptable to the rest of the European continent, history has proved that all European countries will not want to see a powerful empire erected in Central Europe, which can be seen from the conquest of the Holy Roman Empire emperors.
"What's your name?"
"Your Majesty, my name is Britney!"
"Very well, Britney, from today you will serve in my Guards, Buel, and arrange Britney to be the commander of the 3rd Infantry Regiment of the Guards!"
William's last sentence was said to Bouel, and after William finished speaking, Bouel responded, as for how the commander of the original Third Infantry Regiment was arranged, this point naturally does not need William to care, Buel will deal with it.