Chapter 347 Mexican Emperor

Schönbrunn Palace

The intelligence chief Terenhui reported: "Your Majesty, the couple left Vienna yesterday, and their destination is France."

Franz took a sip of tea, suppressed his dissatisfaction, and said, "Forget it, let him go!"

Going to France at this time, it is obvious that Massimiliano is ready to rely on the support of the French to become the emperor of Mexico.

It is estimated that there is also the handwriting of Napoleon III. What the French need is a puppet monarch of noble birth, so that they can secretly control Mexico.

Massimiliano was able to stand out because the French didn't have a better option. Not what kind of people, Mexican constitutionalists will accept, at least not the Napoleon family.

In fact, only the Habsburgs and the Bourbons were the candidates at the beginning. There is no doubt that Napoleon III could not support a Mexican emperor of the Bourbon family, which was making himself uncomfortable.

If the Bourbon dynasty is revived in Mexico, some people think that the Bourbon dynasty is doing a good job, and it would be miserable to change the monarch for France.

After all, the Bourbon dynasty is recognized as orthodox, with much higher legitimacy than the Napoleonic family, and the possibility of restoration is very high.

The Habsburg family has almost become the only choice. Napoleon III supported Maximilian not because of his outstanding ability, but precisely because of his secondary political ideology.

If they were really capable, neither the Mexican constitutionalists nor Napoleon III would let them become the emperors of Mexico.

What everyone needs is a puppet, not a hero. The strength of the Habsburg dynasty is not weak. If Massimiliano is really capable, he may turn against the guests at any time.

Now the family is reluctant to invest, that is Massimiliano's lack of ability and the possibility of success is too low. If he was really capable, Franz wouldn't mind giving him a hand.

Facts have proved that the second-year junior can not afford to offend, although Massimiliano is not small.

What an amazing brain to refuse to go to Mexico on an Austrian warship to protest the family's lack of support for him?

You know, this escort also has political implications, showing that the Habsburgs are still standing behind him.

With this alone, he can easily win over the support of Germans in Mexico, and he can also gain the support of the Central American colonies, and by the way, he can fool a bunch of old and young.

At this time, Massimiliano went to France, although he beat his brother in the face, but also rejected the family's political resources in the Americas.

Without these resources, he can only rely on the support of the French, and it will not be so easy to get rid of the French's control in the future.

For Franz, this is also a good thing, and there is no need to bite the bullet and smash resources into it for the glory of the family.

The three countries of Britain, France and Spain are all eyeing Mexico, and it is very easy for Austria to intervene to arouse everyone's hostility. What happened now, Austria just got out.

Instead of so many people fighting for Mexico, it's better to run the Central America region. At least this area is integrated, and when the Panama Canal opens, Austria has the final say.

Franz would delay digging the canal as long as possible. Without this canal, the east and west of the United States are divided between the two oceans. If you want to take the sea route, you have to go around a big circle, and you can't care for each other.

Both commercial trade and national defense will be greatly affected.

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Paris

Napoleon III held a grand welcome ceremony for Massimiliano's arrival.

It can be seen that he is very happy, leaving the Mexican emperor supported by the Habsburg family is the Mexican emperor he needs.

It was too easy for Napoleon III to deal with an idealist.

He was not born in a high position. Napoleon III also struggled and rolled all the way, and became the emperor of France by his own struggle.

For this alone, he surpassed all the monarchs of his time. If he hadn't gradually lost himself in a series of victories, he might have become one of the greatest emperors of France.

The day after the banquet, Napoleon III and his cronies gathered to exchange views.

Don't look at these people who don't have much sense of existence in history. It was this group of people who together with Napoleon III created France's glory in the mid-19th century.

Historically, the second French colonial empire was created during this period, and the French Industrial Revolution was completed in their hands. This period was also the period in which the French economy developed the fastest and people's living standards improved the fastest.

Napoleon III asked: "What do you think of Massimiliano, does he have any supporting value?"

Peliss replied: "Your Majesty, Massimiliano is like a spoiled child. He went to Paris like this, I guess the one from Vienna must be pissed off."

Napoleon III smiled and said, "It's better if you're angry, otherwise, we might have to suffer a big loss by using the Habsburg family to play politics."

Under the butterfly effect of Franz, Austria was reborn from the ashes and naturally became a compulsory course for monarchs of various countries.

Combined with the development history of the Habsburg family, a book "Habsburg Family Politics" was compiled.

A lower body empire can not only be achieved by marriage, but also requires political means.

Otherwise, Europe would not have only a lower-body empire of the Habsburgs.

The marriages between the great nobles are intricate, the same stallion family is not only the Habsburg family, but only the Habsburg family can

To integrate an empire, the gap lies in political skills.

Of course, powerful political means does not mean that military means are also powerful. These two abilities seem to be inversely proportional.

The Habsburg family at its peak occupied a small half of the European continent, including: Spain, most of Italy, Belgium, the Netherlands, the Holy Roman Empire, Hungary...

The Habsburg colonial empire spanned from North Africa to Mexico.

This title is not an exaggeration. At its peak, half of the earth was within the sphere of influence of the Habsburg dynasty, but there was no way to directly rule it because of the times.

However, such a behemoth was still beaten by the French. In the later period, the Habsburg dynasty was forced to split to maintain its own rule.

Being able to play a good hand to a pulp is enough to prove that political strength does not equal military strength.

At that time, the French were all surrounded, and as long as they didn't make super mistakes and pressed them with strength, they could win.

It's a pity that Charles V made frequent tricks. Although he won and lost by virtue of his strong strength, he was a complete loser in terms of strategy.

Of course, the powerful Habsburgs lost, but Charles V consumed too much wealth, and the life of the later heirs was not easy, and he gradually lost his hegemony.

Staff Patty analyzed: "Your Majesty, even if the Vienna Palace is willing to contribute, I am afraid that Massimiliano may not appreciate it.

Having a good older brother may be a good thing for ordinary people, but not necessarily for a spoiled child.

Living in the shadow of his brother since childhood, what Massimiliano wants to do most now is to do a big thing and prove his ability.

And staying in Austria will never have this opportunity. It is impossible for Franz to not know his younger brother, so all of Massimiliano's positions over the years are empty titles. "

Napoleon III frowned and said: "This does not seem to be a good thing for us. If Massimiliano is too incompetent, even with our support, it will be very difficult to be the emperor of Mexico.

Mexico is a mess right now, and ordinary people simply can't clean up the mess.

I hope that Massimiliano can inherit some of the Habsburg family's talent, otherwise we will be in big trouble later. "

This is where the paradox is. On the one hand, the French need a puppet emperor, who can facilitate them to manipulate Mexican politics and obtain the greatest benefit from it;

On the other hand, the French hoped that the emperor had some ability to stabilize the situation in Mexico, otherwise they would fight civil wars every day, how would they make money?

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After some discussion and a combination of various factors, the French still came to the conclusion that Massimiliano is worthy of support.

As for the risk of failure is relatively high, there is no way to do it, and high investment leads to high returns.

Even if Mexico changed rulers, they would not dare to rely on them. If you support a hero to come out, then maybe you will lose everything.

At the end of 1863, the Massimilianos went to the Mexican Empire on a French warship.

Franz, who was far away in Vienna, directly ignored all this. Except for a telegram sent by the Empress Dowager Sophie, who scolded Massimiliano, the rest of the Habsburg members chose to sit on the sidelines.

From the moment he left Vienna, the descendants of Massimiliano were directly acquiesced in giving up the inheritance of the Habsburg family.

However, Massimiliano, who was writing court etiquette guidelines on the warship, did not appear to be affected. It seems that leaving the support of the Habsburg family is just an insignificant thing.

Princess Charlotte felt a little uneasy in her heart, but Shen Qin didn't tell her husband about her worries in her beautiful life as a queen.