The Hungarian nobles were much more martial than the Polish nobles. They first issued a statement directly, accusing the emperor of trampling on the legal rights of the nobles, demanding that the emperor immediately investigate this, punish the officials involved, and immediately apologize to the victims.

Such unreasonable request was of course sternly rejected by His Majesty the Emperor, so the Hungarian nobles, who were full of martial ethics, announced their tax resistance and refused to pay taxes to His Majesty the Emperor's government.

At the same time, the French government suddenly announced that it would hold a joint military exercise with the Northern Italian Republic. As soon as this news was announced, it immediately attracted the attention of the entire Europe.

The Northern Italian Republic borders Austria and is very close to Vienna. Therefore, this area has always been the key point for France and Austria to compete for. Of course, Austria is no longer able to compete with France for this region. Therefore, the border of this region has become the most dangerous border in Austria. Once the French attacks from here, as long as the border is broken, it can directly threaten Vienna, the capital of Austria.

At this time, the so-called "routine military exercises" of the French army were naturally regarded by the whole of Europe. The French were using this method to restrain Austria's power and support the Hungarian nobles and Emperor Franz II to make trouble. Many people even worried whether there would be a war between France and Austria. For a time, the price of the government bonds issued by Austria plummeted.

At this moment, some bankers began to buy Austrian government bonds at a large amount at low prices. In a sense, one of the secrets to successful financial speculation is that a government with powerful violent means is helping you.

At a press conference of the French Ministry of Foreign Affairs, a reporter asked about the French government's views on the situation in Austria. Talleyran made this statement:

"Everyone knows that our country has always adhered to the principle of not interfering in other people's internal affairs. So I should not have made any comments on Austria's internal affairs. However, we French merchants have a lot of investments in Austria, and their legitimate interests should be guaranteed. So we hope that everyone can maintain restraint and solve problems calmly, and not destroy the hard-won peace and tranquility..."

Talleyran's speech was generally interpreted as the French supporting the Hungarians' actions, warning the Austrian government not to act rashly. As a result, the Hungarians became more and more proud and even began to organize the National Self-Defense Forces.

After Talleyran made such a speech, Austria responded quickly. At the press conference of the Austrian Embassy in France, a reporter asked Metternich about his views on Talleyran's conversation, Metternich replied: "As Minister Talleyran said, the tax resistance incident in Hungary is completely the internal affairs of the Holy Roman Empire. Other countries should not and have no right to interfere. As for what Minister Talleyran is concerned about French merchants

The issue of legal rights. I can assure you that we will be committed to protecting the legal rights of anyone who engages in legal causes in the Holy Roman Empire in the past, present and future. Minister Talleyrand does not need to worry about this. As for the hard-won peace and tranquility, it is of course worth cherishing for everyone. But this cherishing must come from both sides. What I can assure you is that our government will maintain the hard-won peace and tranquility as much as possible."

In the eyes of most people, Metternich's speech was against Talleyran. So even the underground casinos began to gamble about whether there would be wars between France and Austria.

On the third day after Metternich made this speech, Pravda published a news report in an inconspicuous position in the second edition: "Yesterday, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs urgently summoned the Austrian ambassador to France."

The whole news is just a simple sentence, without any other description.

However, readers familiar with Pravda know that one characteristic of Pravda: the shorter the news, the bigger the matter. This kind of news that has no cause and effect is often a sign of an upcoming event. So in the underground casino, the odds of the two countries going to start a war this month dropped rapidly, from about 9:3 in one compensation to one compensation and two compensation. Some newspapers have simply written a press release for France to declare war on Austria, but they just left the time blank. In this way, when the war begins, fill in the time and you can get out of the bill.

Some tabloids have begun to conduct war deductions. They spend a lot of time discussing the comparison of troops between the two sides, discussing the possible development of war, and the changes that war will bring to Europe. In short, there is a storm everywhere, like a building that is about to be filled with wind.

Immediately afterwards, the Austrian government announced that the army had entered a state of combat readiness. So within this month, the odds for France and Austria to go to war dropped to one or five. One day after that, France announced that it would suspend the demobilization of the army this year. The odds became one or one or one.

After receiving such "support", the Hungarian nobles and the Polish nobles became more and more courageous, and they simply joined forces to issue an ultimatum to the Austrian government.

In this ultimatum, they made a series of demands, such as asking the Austrian government to respect their traditions, especially their traditional rights, to actually demand the complete restoration of feudal system (referring to the feudal system of my vassals not my vassals), and to reverse history.

In the end, they were quite conscientiously leaving the Austrian government with relatively long time to consider - a reply within 72 hours.

However, in fact, it didn't take so long. The day after the ultimatum was issued, French Foreign Minister Talleyrand held a joint press conference with Austrian Ambassador Metternich.

At the press conference, Talleyran said that what happened in Austria had seriously damaged the peace and stability of Europe, and the absurd and reactionary demands made by the rebels have shown that they must firmly stand on the opposite side of democracy, freedom, and especially free trade. This is a reversal of history and wants to bring Europe back into the darkness. This reactionary practice that goes against the trend of history must be stopped. At the invitation of the Austrian government, France will send military advisers to work with the Austrian army to quell the rebellion, restore European peace and stability, and ensure that the entire Europe can become the home of free trade.
Chapter completed!