Sure enough, the situation was just as Chancellor Heinlein had predicted, after Karl accepted President Wilson's fourteen recommendations.

The political forces behind it immediately declared that this was a helpless move by the Habsburgs to ensure their position and to evade responsibility for the war. More importantly, the fact that the Entente did not take a position on the words of Karl I worried many people.

It was just three days after Carl announced his acceptance of Wilson's Fourteen Recommendations. Also in the parliament building, a new proposal is being debated before the final vote.

"I am against changing Austria to a republic."

A member of parliament spoke loudly and loudly.

And the MP's words immediately drew a backlash.

"Do you want to remain in the kingdom, and you can guarantee that the Habsburgs will not regain power? Or you can leave room for the Habsburgs to operate for your own selfish desires. ”

The royalist congressman, seeing that it was a Republican congressman who refuted him, immediately defended: "This is not to leave space, my opinion already includes restrictions on imperial power." The Habsburgs will relinquish their allegiance to the government and the army, and will give it to our parliament, and will retain only the nominal leader of the state. How can this leave room for manipulation?"

The words of the royalist congressman won the approval of some neutral parliamentarians.

In this proposal for a political structure, the royalists made significant concessions in order to keep the Habsburgs from punishment. First, they divided the rights of the current Habsburgs on the basis of the political structure of the Kingdom of Sweden. They gave military power to the government, and they gave the leadership and oversight of the government to the parliament. He only retains the right to honor, and he also gives much of the Habsburg family's property to the government in the name of relief for the suffering people.

However, the royalist proposal was refuted by the Republicans. Their reason is that the Habsburgs have taken a lot of property from the government over the years, and this belongs to the people, so it is necessary to transfer all the property of the Habsburgs to the government. In addition, as for the rights of the Habsburgs, these people were not willing to give even the nominal monarch. On the grounds that the republican system was suitable for the present Austria, it was directly vetoed. Therefore, the royalists could only deny the republic first, otherwise the Habsburgs would not even have a place to stay.

"But how can you guarantee that the Entente will not hold the Habsburgs responsible. If they were still monarchs, wouldn't these responsibilities be borne by the government? ”

In the face of the language of the republicans' persecutive questioning, the parliamentarian also retorted: "Then how do you know that the Entente will hold Habsburg accountable." ”

"I'm here for the sake of the people."

"You're messing around."

"You're the one who messes around."

"What did you say?"

"It's You"

"Look for death."

"Oops."

What started as a debate turned into a boxing match, which made the council hall even more lively.

"Pull them away."

The president of the Beric parliament looked at the two councillors who had quarreled because of political differences, and then had physical contact, and hurriedly asked the guards to pull them away.

The two members who were pulled away were disheveled, one had some bruises in his left eye and some blood from the corners of his mouth.

Looking at the actions of the two, the head of the council, Berlik, himself had some impetuous emotions welling up in his heart. I saw him walk up to the podium and say to the parliamentarians present: "This proposal is very important, and it has a bearing on our future institutional issues. And it's rare for us to make such an important decision once in a lifetime, so I beg you all to discuss it calmly and not let this holy council be as noisy as a marketplace anymore. ”

Burlick's words did not make the two sides let go of the scene of the dispute, but only minimized physical contact. The President of the Buric Council was powerless to deal with the scene, and there has been no peace in the deliberations of the Council for a year. But I haven't been the president of the council for a few days, so let them go.

Thinking of this, the President of the Buric Council felt that he was also disheartened.

There will be an end to debates and disputes. When the time for the debate is up, the President of the Buric Assembly announces the opening of the vote. These lawmakers can only wait quietly for the results to come after voting. At this moment, it was as if the parliament had finally returned to its original form, and only the tellers were left to report the votes.

"One vote for a republic."

"One vote for the kingdom."

"Two votes for the kingdom."

"Two votes in a republic."

"Three votes in a republic."

……

A total of 263 people participated in this vote. After the counting of votes, 167 votes were in favor of a republic and 96 votes in favor of a kingdom. ”

After counting the votes, the tellers said the results of the vote. Naturally, the republicans cheered and the royalists hung their heads.

After the tellers finished speaking, the president of the council, Perrique, came to the stage and said in a calm tone. "The results are known to everyone. I hope that all of you here will respect the results of this sacred vote, and I have finished my remarks. ”

After the head of the council, Perick, finished speaking, the royalist leader called a young man and said: "Tell your majesty the result, this time we really have no choice." ”

The young man nodded, and immediately rushed to the Hofburg. Today, the Habsburgs are anxiously waiting for the results of the parliamentary vote.

When the results were delivered to the Hofburgs, the Habsburgs who were waiting for the news all looked frightened and uneasy, as if the end was coming.

Someone cried on the spot. "What can I do?"

Thinking that he who has always been pampered will have to run for life in the future, this caused many people present to shed tears.

The cries of the Habsburgs present annoyed Karl I for their actions.

"Okay, stop crying. Let's think about what we're going to do next. ”

Karl's words stopped the crying clansmen and looked up at the young patriarch.

An older clansman proposed, "Why don't we lobby again and get the parliament to vote again?"

This unreliable proposal was refuted by a young man of the clan before Carl could reply. "It can't be. What are you doing in parliament, those republicans can still make us vote again. If I were to say that the army, which is still loyal to us, should take control of the parliament and overturn this result directly. When the time comes, I believe that they will agree to compensate Britain and France for more losses. ”

Carl almost fell headlong when he heard this, and this proposal was even more unreliable than the previous one. When has this been, and my own people are still reluctant to give up these powers. For this he had no choice but to speak. "It seems that we can't continue to live in Austria, so let's think about where to move for the time being."

And Karl's acknowledgment of the Parliament's decision left the Habsburgs present with no other idea. At this time, someone suggested going to Germany to avoid it, and someone retorted that it was better to go to Germany than to go to Spain. For a while, there was a lot of debate about going there, and some even suggested going to Romania on the grounds that Carl's sister Sophie Marie was the queen of Romania.

Karl was overwhelmed by these people's proposals, and even more reprimanded the people who proposed to go to Romania. Romania was currently at war with Austria-Hungary, and the pride of the Habsburgs made it impossible for him to accept the offer.

After everyone was reprimanded by Karl, only then did one of them understand: "Let's see which country is willing to accept us." ”

And at this time, everyone realized that it was not just a question of who they were willing to go, but who was willing to accept their hot potato.

Carl then made a decision. "Let's just decide, first ask which country is willing to let us take shelter for a while."

The Habsburgs then applied for asylum in the current neutral countries, but many of them did not reply, and only a few agreed to their requests.

And Karl, after considering it, took out a receipt agreeing to their evacuation. "That's it."

Everyone saw that this was a Swiss receipt. As a well-known neutral country in Europe, this is also the best choice for the Habsburgs.

And Carl didn't say a word in his heart. "Switzerland is the closest to Austria, and the Habsburgs will be able to return to Vienna as soon as they have the opportunity."

It seems that Karl was also quite unwilling to hand over power to the Habsburgs.