In fact, both Metternich and Nathan Rothschild were actually very practical people. Of course, they all knew that the crown of the "Holy Roman Emperor" actually did not have much practical significance. In theory, relying on this crown, Austria had the power to intervene in the Rhine region. But in fact, the Rhine region was already the French sphere of influence, and the Austrians could not reach out to the ground.

Moreover, considering that the Rhine region is basically a land of heretic Protestants, under the current circumstances, Austria cannot even interfere in the Rhine region. Even if Austria opens its mouth, the heretics in the Rhine region who have carried out land reform with the support of the French will definitely answer in unison: "Shut up, we are discussing the republic system!"

So, at least for now, the significance of this crown has been reduced a lot. But this is the honor of Habsburg after all, and it is really a bit of a loss to give it up like this... Besides, although this thing is no longer easy to use when interfering in European affairs, at least in Austria, this crown still has a certain effect.

It is different from France, even in the Bourbon period. Austria is a country with a particularly large feudal remnants. Bourbon France has at least achieved centralization. Although the Dukes and Marquis of France also have fiefs, these fiefs have been directly controlled by the kingdom government. In fact, the lords are no longer as powerful as before, and they can become kings in fiefs.

However, Austria's centralization is not very good, and domestic lords have very high autonomy. In this case, the hat of "Roman Emperor" certified by the Pope is still very useful. Besides, giving up the crown is a huge sacrifice, so how can you give up just by saying it? Even if you want to give up, you have to add money!

However, Metternich could not make any decision in this kind of thing. He could only write a letter immediately after sending Nathan Rothschild away and then send it to Vienna with a carrier pigeon.

At this time, there was already a wired telegraph between Vienna and Paris. However, because the operator of the wired telegraph was French, although there were secret words, Metternier always felt uneasy. A year ago, Metternier deliberately sent a fictional and misleading document to Vienna through the wired telegraph system, and then carefully observed the French's actions. As a result, he found many suspicious points. So the Austrian Embassy began to use carrier pigeons to convey the most confidential information. Although carrier pigeons were slower than telegraphs, they were much more reliable after all.

After watching the pigeon with a mailbox flying into the sky with his own eyes, Metternier turned around and visited several friends to let them explore the French. Metternier knew that he could not let Napoleon give up his ambitions, but at least he had to explore the Japanese and see if he could make the French pay more.

But at this moment, the sound of wings striking in the sky came. Metternich turned his head and saw a gray carrier pigeon landing, with a small bamboo tube tied to the feet of the carrier pigeon.

Two days ago, when the incident happened, Metternich immediately informed the country of what happened in France via telegram. This was probably because the country sent him a new instruction.

The staff who managed the pigeon took off the pigeon's sealed tube from the legs of the pigeon and handed it to Metternier. Metternier checked some of the pigeon's seals and confirmed that the tube had not been opened halfway. Then he took the tube back to his office, took out the letter, and looked at it in accordance with the secret text.

This letter is indeed about this incident. The letter first informed the investigation in Vienna and its reaction. The Austrian government has seized the nonsense newspaper and arrested the editors of the newspaper on the charge of "insulting the leaders of a friendly country". It is ready to send it to court and severely punish it. This is normal. After all, these guys are talking nonsense, which has made the friendly people inexplicably surprised. If this continues, I am afraid that the country will really be defeated.

The letter suggested that Metternich take immediate measures to inform the French media of the Austrian government's attention to the traditional friendship between Austrian and France, and to resolutely crack down on the use of Austrian territory to conspire against France, and to express Austrian goodwill to them to resolve the trend.

"Why are these guys in China so slow?" Metternier thought, "This matter is obviously the French are trying to make trouble. What's the use of relying on this alone?"

But even so, this move and this posture still have to be done. Metternieri thought about it, so he called his secretary and asked him to arrange a press conference quickly. As for Metternier himself, he immediately went to the French Ministry of Foreign Affairs to express the goodwill of the Austrians to the French government.

Metternich and French Foreign Minister Talleyrand are old friends. Of course, the old friend does not mean that they met a long time ago, but that the two of them have made a fortune together and have many very reliable common interests.

After the two met, Metternich told Talleyrand about the Austrian government's actions, and like Talleyrand conveyed Austria's traditional friendship with France, hoping that this matter would not affect the friendly attitude between the two countries.

Talleyrand also said that France also attaches importance to friendship with Austria and appreciates the Austrian government's move to maintain friendship between the two countries. The two countries are now and in the future will be friendly neighbors.

Talleyran's official words did not satisfy Metternier. He knew that at this time, the more official words, the more troublesome things might be. However, at this time, Metternier had not received authorization to bargain with the French on the issue of the crown, so he could not talk to Talleyran about asking the French to increase money. He could only vaguely tell Talleyran that he hoped the French would not be in a hurry, and that many things could actually be discussed.

The next day, Metternich held a press conference at the Austrian Embassy. At the press conference, Metternich informed the Austrian government's actions to the newspapers that attended the meeting. Finally, he said that because of this incident, many French media had some misunderstandings about Austria. He hoped that the Austrian government's actions will help everyone resolve misunderstandings and further deepen the friendship between the two countries.

After reporting the news, we entered the reporter's questioning session. The first one who stood up to ask the question was the reporter from "Businessman's News".

"Sir Ambassador, we noticed that the newspaper you mentioned, which was just sealed off for illegal activities, has actually been conducting similar illegal activities in your country for several years. Why has your country taken such measures until now?"

"Ah, you know, those guys are very cunning, they have always been using the strategy of playing edge balls. Like France, we also want to protect the freedom of the press, and those fake news media are best at taking advantage of loopholes." Metternier replied.
Chapter completed!