In the Hofburg Imperial Palace, after receiving the news, a group of royal princes 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 spiraled out of control, the Vienna court was holding a secret meeting to consider whether to remove Prime Minister Metternich and calm the anger of the people.

As a result, there was a sudden chaos, which broke the deployment of many people. Now that there are rebels everywhere outside, they don't dare to risk leaving.

The lessons of the French Revolution taught them that no matter what nobles the rebels were, they killed the nobles.

In fact, at this time, as long as the palace guards went out to quell the rebellion, there was still a great possibility that the rebellion would be snuffed out in the cradle.

It's a pity that there is even one of these nobles who dares to take responsibility, no one dares to make this decision, and they don't even have the courage to go out and command the city defense army to quell the chaos.

The attitude of Emperor Ferdinand I could already be ignored, and he was suddenly stimulated so much, and now he had epilepsy again, and he could not be expected to make a decision.

No one wants to carry the black pot, 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, and it was obviously impossible for him to make a decision.

Archduke Louis, who had only some ability, was not capable of coping with such a big scene, otherwise he would not have been suppressed by Prime Minister Metternich in the Regency Council.

"The news has been sent, at most two days, the city defense army will come back to quell the rebellion, and order the troops to hold on and wait for help!"

Archduke Louis, who frowned, finally made a decision that was not a decision.

Abandon Vienna and run away?

No one could afford it, not even Archduke Louis.

Once Vienna is abandoned, the impact will be great, and the Habsburgs will lose the throne with the French royal family of Orleans.

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 leaders to negotiate, after all, most of the rebels in the city rebelled under the banner of the emperor.

Using political means, it is still possible to win over some of the rebels, and the rest will be easier to do.

They believe that they are capable of political struggle and will not lose to a gang of nouveau riche. As long as it is within the scope of the rules, everyone has to deal with it.

This was a good thing for Franz, for their own benefit, the nobles now needed a promising monarch who would 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, but it was only a day after the government order.

"Albrecht, something happened in Vienna, and on 7 March there were clashes between the opposing forces and the troops who intercepted them, and a rebellion broke out in Vienna that night."

Hearing this, Albrecht's face changed, and he hurriedly asked: "What is the situation now, has the rebellion been suppressed?" ”

Franz shook his head and said, "I don't know yet." However, the rebellion is very unlikely to be suppressed, 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 the rebellion.

The emperor can't be in charge normally, and whoever makes this decision will mean the end of his political life, and if he doesn't do it, he will have to go to prison.

This is not only from the enemy's investigation, but also from the internal attack, what kind of executioner, butcher and other crimes will be detained on the top of the head.

Under these circumstances, in order to avoid becoming scapegoats, many people were afraid to order a bloody suppression at the beginning of the rebellion.

Basically, it is necessary to wait for the matter to get bigger, everyone realizes the threat, and the conservatives can work together to suppress it.

This is the common feature of the old European empires, taking the Paris Revolution as an example, the death toll is only in the single digits, where is the revolution, it is clearly a village-level fight.

The March Revolution in Vienna was much the same, with no more casualties caused by the exchange of fire between the rebels and government forces than by the ruffians taking advantage of the fire.

In many history books, the so-called army sympathized with the revolution and remained neutral in the revolution, but in fact no one gave them orders to suppress it.

In this era, "traffic depends on walking, communication depends on roaring", information transmission is very inconvenient, there was no order to suppress it at the beginning, and when the rebellion became bigger, even the order could not be passed on if you wanted to suppress it.

This is European politics, the low-level officers do not dare to call the shots, the suppression of the rebellion has to be reported layer by layer, waiting for the cabinet to make a decision, and when they make a decision, the daylily is cold.

Albrecht sighed, looked in the direction of Vienna, and said helplessly: "Then let's speed up!" ”

"No! At the present rate, we will be able to reach Vienna the morning after tomorrow, and even if we speed up, we will not be able to attack at night!

Vienna won't fall so quickly, there are still so many policemen and 5,000 city defense troops in the city, even if they are all waste, there should be no problem to delay time, right?

I have given an order to the palace guards to strengthen their guards, a gang of rabble will not be able to attack! Franz explained

It is impossible to march overnight, and the troops must maintain sufficient physical strength, otherwise how can they ensure combat effectiveness?

Although Franz's military command ability is only average, he still understands the "principle that tired soldiers cannot fight".

Albrecht's desire to speed things up was mainly political. Originally, the city defense army went out for training, and the Vienna rebellion was not suppressed in time, and he, the commander of the city defense army, had to take the blame.

Now that I got the news, I didn't rush back as quickly as possible, and it was another stain on politics.

All these responsibilities will be borne by him, the commander of the city defense army, and he has nothing to do with Franz, who made him the commander?

Franz knew these questions, but now he could not take any risks, and it was the most important thing to put down the rebellion steadily.

The problem of carrying the black pot, how many black pots does that subordinate not carry for the leader?

"However, now the chaotic party is still a group of rabble, if it takes a long time, I am afraid it will become the climate, and it will be difficult to fight at that time!" Albrecht thought for a moment and said

"Albrecht, don't worry about that. I can guarantee that the longer it passes, the more chaotic the party will become, and it will be impossible to integrate! Franz said confidently