War Palace and Knee Pillow, Austria’s Destiny

Franz is relatively safe because his bloodline is far away from him. Generally speaking, the benefits of marriage are low, at least not as good as they seem, and there is great resistance.

It is difficult to influence the policies of great powers by marriage alone, let alone those whose core interests lie.

Relatively speaking, Russia is the most emotional among the great powers, and the personal will of the Tsar can influence the direction of national policies to a certain extent.

At this time, Nicholas I was the most emotional person in history, and because he had just lost his beloved daughter, he took great care of the only remaining Grand Duchess Olga Nikolayevna in the family.

However, it was also because of the excessive care of the Tsarist couple that Olga Nikolayevna was not married at the age of 24. She was already considered an old girl in the 19th century.

In fact, the Grand Duchess was supposed to marry the Crown Prince of Württemberg in 1846, but Mrs. Sophie was not satisfied. Then Austria had some exchanges with Württemberg, and the latter wisely canceled the engagement.

However, even if the Kingdom of Württemberg insists, as long as Austria shows its intention to marry Grand Duchess Olga Nikolayevna, Russia will regret the marriage.

In fact, anyone in Russia and Austria who is not too stupid understands the importance of this alliance. Russia can scrape a province of land from the Ottoman Empire with just one sheep without spending a single soldier. Austria can do whatever it takes to do so. The ground's heavy blows against France were all based on this.

As long as there is the Holy Alliance, the two countries are invincible on the European continent. As long as there is no civil strife, this organization will be difficult to break by external forces.

At this time, both the Austrian Empire's Italian policy and its German policy relied on Russia as a secure rear area.

Even the Balkan policy is proceeding so smoothly thanks to Russia as an ally.

For Russia, as long as the Holy Alliance still exists, the threat from Britain and France has no practical significance.

Because crossing Austria and attacking Russia directly is tantamount to seeking death. As long as the latter drags on for a while, the former can insert a knife into the heart of the French.

As for using the maritime advantage to sneak attack on Austria or something like that, just listen to it as a joke. There is no maneuverability at all on the narrow coastline.

Even if they try their best to capture Venice, it will never be possible to pass the natural dangers of the Alps. Moreover, if the main forces of Britain and France withdraw their troops, I am afraid that Magid and his Ottoman Empire will surrender immediately.

Then the war itself will lose its meaning. The British will not shed the last drop of blood for the French. The result will be a world where only the Sacrilege Alliance is injured.

Both Nicholas I and his successor Alexander II were very emotional people.

As long as Austria doesn't do any backstabbing, this marriage relationship can continue the Russian alliance for a long time, and in thirty or forty years, Russia can be turned into Austria's economic colony.

The czars after Alexander II were each more stupid and cowardly than the last. Franz doubted whether they still had the courage to draw a clear line with the Austrian Empire.

In Franz's mind, Russian-Austrian relations were the key to the smooth rise of the Austrian Empire, so he had always paid great attention to carefully maintaining them.

Of course, I will also impose slight punishment when necessary. After all, just talking without practicing will be looked down upon.

Franz doesn't need Mrs. Sophie to worry too much, and the latter's business level is really limited. In order not to cause trouble to the former, she can only take her husband or children to travel to various countries.

But by chance, Olga Nikolayevna, who was as docile as a sheep, was attracted by Mrs. Sophie.

So the latter's bad-guy marriage happened. As for age, it didn't matter to Mrs. Sophie at all, because Franz didn't behave like a child at all.

Through the observation of the former, the latter have to accommodate each other when in contact with their peers, otherwise it will be difficult to carry out even the most basic conversations.

Olga Nikolayevna happens to be a highly cognitive woman who likes to read books and attend tea parties. She is very elegant in both conversation and temperament.

Mrs. Sophie believed that Olga Nikolayevna was a woman who could assume the responsibilities of the queen, and the tsarist family was also very happy.

In fact, Nicholas I had long wanted to marry the Habsburg family, but his sons and daughters were all too weird, and he couldn't bear to do so.

Alexander was cynical, and his eldest daughter Maria Nikolaevna insisted on intermarriage between nobles and common people. His younger daughter fell in love with the prince of Hesse-Kassel at first sight, but her beauty was unlucky. He was left with three sons, a bastard, a fool, and a Small animal hunter.

Nicholas I, who was heartbroken, also wanted to drag Olga Nikolayevna into marriage with the Grand Duke Karl's family.

But Albrecht gave a lecture on military theory for three days, while Friedrich invited the Archduchess to go sailing on the sea.

Naturally, the result was nothing. Later, under the persuasion of his wife, Nicholas I also gave up.

However, Mrs. Sophie's visit gave them new hope. After all, she had four sons, but the age gap was slightly larger.

Olga Nikolayevna also visited Vienna, but Franz was not impressed by her.

But that is not important. The most important thing is if the Habsburg family can marry the Romanov family. This is a good thing for both families, and a good thing for Europe as a whole.

Because Europe will usher in a long period of peace, any country has to carefully consider the consequences of going to war with the two empires of Russia and Austria at the same time.

And a peaceful environment is actually the most beneficial to the Austrian Empire, and Franz will have enough time to solve domestic problems.

One generation will be able to solve many problems, including ethnicity, religion and political stance.

As for economic development, whether it is relying on itself and economic alliances, or directly sucking blood from the colonies, it is a very good choice.

After a few decades, no matter what Franz wanted to do, it was already unstoppable.

It's just that the Russian-Austrian marriage will arouse the vigilance of Britain and France, and Europe will split into two camps. At that time, Austria's overseas colonies will be attacked in turn by means including differentiation (inducing independence), persuasion to surrender, and armed conquest.

If Russia and Prussia carry out backstabbing at this time, the Austrian Empire will probably collapse.

However, not participating in the carving up of colonies in the colonial era is just as impossible as not having QR codes in the e-commerce era.

But perhaps it is too early to determine the relationship between Russia and Austria at this time. The Romanov family actually has another princess, Grand Duchess Ekaterina Mikhailovna. She was born in 1827 and was the daughter of Nicholas I’s younger brother. .

However, the so-called marriage is more about the combination of family interests than the love between two people, so usually the two princesses marry the same person.

But considering that Nicholas I was more emotional and Olga Nikolaevna was the sister of the next Tsar Alexander II, she should be considered the ideal choice.