In truth, Friedrich was not entirely accurate when he said Franz wanted to make an enemy of the world. Franz would not truly turn himself into a man alone.
He might not be able to unite the majority against a small minority given his circumstances, but he could at least minimize the number of opponents appearing before him at the same time.
Franz was not a dogmatic man. He could be flexible too.
Yet at this moment, there was another voice around Franz that disgusted him greatly.
"The Prussians can win over Britain and France. Austria can do the same."
In terms of capital alone, Austria had far deeper reserves than Prussia. As long as Britain and France were invited through the gates, the problems created by the Kingdom of Prussia would be effortlessly resolved.
Would it not be wonderful, then, for the three powers to carve up Germany?
These advisers did not treat the German as outsiders, but neither did they treat them as human beings.
Although Franz had always been suppressing nationalism within Austria, he did not truly wish to return to the Middle Ages.
Though these advisers' plan sounded outrageous, it was genuinely feasible. Any bourgeois sentiment had to step aside before tangible interests.
So long as Franz truly extended an olive branch to Britain and France as those poisonous advisers suggested, the British and French would sell the trousers off their backs if necessary to send troops and help Austria suppress the rebellion.
Moreover, the Austrian Empire itself was powerful enough, so the risks were controllable. It would not be like Prussia, where the two armies it had invited in would turn into twin death warrants in the blink of an eye.
But what would Franz be doing it for? If all he wanted was simply