Chapter Five Hundred and Seventieth Contradictory Franz Joseph
After a brief exchange of notes between Jerome Bonaparte and Franz Joseph on the platform, Jerome Bonaparte asked Franz Joseph whether he would rather ride a horse or take a carriage.
Faced with Jerome Bonaparte's "provocation", Franz Joseph decisively chose to ride a horse.
"Princess Elisabeth, what about you?" Jérôme Bonaparte turned to Princess Sissi and asked.
"Then I'll ride..." Before Elizabeth could finish speaking, Franz Joseph glanced at Elizabeth with his slightly melancholy eyes. Elizabeth immediately remembered what her mother said to him before he left Vienna.
What he said, he immediately changed his words and said: "Let's take a carriage!"
Naturally, Elizabeth and Franz Joseph's little actions could not be hidden from Jérôme Bonaparte. Looking at the couple in front of him who started to have minor conflicts before they got married, Jérôme Bonaparte couldn't help but feel sorry for Elizabeth.
Regret for what will happen in the future.
Alas! Poor Elizabeth, she probably doesn’t know what kind of situation she will face in the future!
It's a pity, it's a pity, Jérôme Bonaparte can never tell them: your future marriage will not be happy, so dissolve the marriage as soon as possible.
If he dared to say this, the relationship between the French Empire and the Austrian Empire would probably face twists and turns.
Besides, that's someone else's family matter and it has nothing to do with him at all!
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After asking Franz Joseph and Elizabeth about their choice of means of transportation, Jérôme Bonaparte introduced Franz Joseph and others to Niel, Vaillant and others who were following him.
Franz Joseph nodded, and then gave verbal encouragement to the generals present.
Praise them as the best military commanders in France.
"You are exaggerating!" Jérôme Bonaparte humbly responded to Franz Joseph on behalf of Generals Niel and Vaillant, and then continued to Franz Joseph: "It's getting late! We
It’s time to set off!”
"Okay! Let's go!" Franz Joseph nodded and responded to Jerome Bonaparte.
The two monarchs walked side by side and soon arrived at the carriage.
"Princess Elizabeth, please get in the car first!" Jérôme Bonaparte said to Elizabeth.
After Elizabeth responded, she sat in the gilt open carriage.
Jerome Bonaparte and Franz Joseph both got on their horses at the same time, and followed the envoy behind Franz Joseph.
Except for those who really couldn't get on the horse (Prince Metternich), the rest of the people mounted the horses specially prepared for them.
After everyone mounted their horses, Jerome Bonaparte said: "Let's go! Paris City Hall!"
Franz Joseph, who was riding beside Jerome Bonaparte, had a look of panic on his face after hearing what Jerome Bonaparte said about the Paris City Hall.
He didn't understand why Jerome Bonaparte took him to the Paris Hôtel de Ville.
Logically speaking, we should not go to the Tuileries Palace immediately.
The Austrian delegation, which was one or two positions behind Jerome Bonaparte and Franz Joseph, also showed a hint of surprise after hearing "Paris Hôtel de Ville".
So, Foreign Minister Boer, who was riding a horse, cautiously approached Richard Metternich and asked Richard Metternich in a low voice what was going on!
Richard Metternich also lowered his voice and told Bao Er that he didn’t know what was going on!
Perhaps this was a scene added temporarily by the French Emperor.
However, now that the matter has come to this, they can only follow Jérôme Bonaparte to the Paris City Hall first.
After Jerome Bonaparte and Franz Joseph left the Paris train station, the soldiers stationed at the Paris train station began an orderly retreat.
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Starting from the Paris temporary train station (located in the 10th arrondissement of the Seine department, which is currently an undeveloped area), the team headed south and soon arrived at Rivoli Street.
Then set off west along Rivoli Street, and you will be within easy reach of Paris City Hall.
As Jérôme Bonaparte and Franz Joseph gradually approached the Paris Town Hall Square, more and more residents lined up on both sides of the road, and people looked at Franz Joseph on horseback with curiosity.
This is the "first" monarch from a large country to visit Paris since the establishment of the empire! (In fact, some monarchs from small states have already arrived, but they are relatively low-key.)
Moreover, the last time the Habsburg Emperor visited France was a century and a half ago, which means that only a few people in Paris knew him. For the vast majority of Paris citizens, Franz Joseph was an extremely mysterious person.
monarch.
Therefore, many people were full of curiosity about Franz Joseph. They looked around and refused to let go of any details, as if they were watching a grand drama.
Franz Joseph, who had received a lot of attention, still maintained a dull and melancholy expression on his face, as if countless troubles surrounded him and shrouded the sunshine in his heart.
Jerome Bonaparte, who was walking side by side with Franz Joseph, showed the completely opposite side to Franz Joseph. He was high-spirited and flamboyant, as if everything was under his control.
Similarly, the Napoleon hat on his head was taken off his head from time to time and waved in the air.
Every wave will inevitably cause cheers from Parisian citizens on both sides of the road.
Under the gaze of Parisian citizens on both sides of the road, Jérôme Bonaparte and Franz Joseph arrived at the square of the Paris City Hall and stopped in front of the city hall government officials headed by Haussmann.
"His Majesty Jérôme Bonaparte and His Majesty Franz Joseph! On behalf of all my colleagues at the Paris City Hall, I welcome the arrival of these two majesties!!" Osman, a senior official of the Seine Province, said sonorously to Jérôme who was riding a horse.
Bonaparte and Franz Joseph said.
"Salute!" the officers in the square shouted loudly. The soldiers responsible for maintaining security in the square raised their bayonets to salute the two monarchs on horseback almost at the same time. The bayonets reflected a dazzling cold light under the sunlight.
His Majesty Jerome Bonaparte waved to Ottoman and the surrounding soldiers with a serious face, and his brows could not help but reveal a sense of contentment! And Franz Joseph, who was standing side by side with Jerome Bonaparte,
There was also a smile on his face, but his smile looked very forced.
This smile was like an expression forced by someone, but his reluctance was understandable.
Franz Joseph himself was not a monarch who liked to distance himself from the people like Jerome Bonaparte. Living in the hierarchical Habsburg court, he was instilled with the concept of blood system from an early age.
Therefore, in his opinion, there should be a fence made by nobles in front of the monarch and his subjects, so as to protect the monarch himself.
In addition, the massive revolution a few years ago made Franz Joseph see the "mob" more clearly, so he relied even more on the aristocracy.
Then again, if the Austrian Empire under the leadership of Franz Joseph had other options, he would not agree to the minister's persuasion and come to Paris to show his kindness to the Bonaparte family (Franz Joseph himself
I think my posture is already very low).
It was like this back then (referring to Holy Roman Emperor Franz marrying his daughter to Emperor Napoleon), and it is still like this now. Even if you have the most respected bloodline in the world, you still have to make some sacrifices and concessions for real interests. This kind of necessity
Sacrifice always creates a feeling of resentment in the heart of the victim.
No matter how much Franz Joseph resented Jerome Bonaparte and the empire he established, he still had to bow to Jerome Bonaparte and agree to his arrangements for him.
Who knows that the current strength of Habsburg has gradually failed to keep up with his status, and his "neighbors" to the north, west, and east are always casting unkind glances at them.
If the Austrian Empire did not choose a powerful country to rely on, I am afraid that these three countries would directly tear the Austrian Empire into pieces.
After excluding the incompatible Kingdom of Prussia in the north (Franz Joseph and others believed that once they compromised with the Kingdom of Prussia, they would be gradually excluded from the German sphere of influence by the Kingdom of Prussia), only the east and west could be chosen for them.
Compared with the poor and greedy Russian Empire, the French Empire looks particularly "fine and beautiful". At least at this stage, the French Empire does not want and want the Austrian Empire like the original Russian Empire. In order to win over them,
The French Empire also specifically endorsed their occupation of the Danube Principality.
It's not like the Russian Empire, which just helped the Austrian Empire when it was in danger and wanted the Austrian Empire to jump into the fire pit with them.
In a sense, they would rather bow to the French Empire, which has insufficient blood, than to kneel down to the barbaric and endlessly greedy Russian Empire.
The former just wants to make the Austrian Empire act as his younger brother, while the latter wants to make the Austrian Empire directly act as his son.
Faced with the two choices of son and younger brother, any normal person would know which choice to make.
As for the Habsburgs, they do not rely on others and rely on themselves!
Don't be kidding, if the Habsburgs could rely on their own efforts to rise, they wouldn't be here.
The internal conflicts within the empire and the external diplomatic environment of the empire have completely blocked the bridge for Habsburg's self-struggle.
Under the gaze of Parisian citizens in the square, Jerome Bonaparte and Franz Joseph dismounted from their horses. Countess Elisabeth in the carriage also opened the curtains to reveal her delicate face, which attracted the attention of the Parisian citizens present.
