This problem left the entire Austrian Empire with no time to attend to anything else. The Regency Council deliberated for a long time, even summoning Franz back from Tyrol in the middle of the night.
This time, though, Franz had no solution either. He could only take a step back for now.
After all, he knew perfectly well that the entire Western world would soon be plunged into chaos, and he had an even better plan to win back everything he had lost, all at once.
Although Pius IX was Italy's national leader in name, he wasn't as beloved as he imagined.
And as a relic of the old age, the Pope would sooner or later be brought to account by his "supporters."
By Franz's reckoning, the February Revolution in France was already on the agenda. Count of Chambord's mother was still in Paris, calling for the Bourbons to return as the rightful dynasty.
Count of Chambord himself had completely embraced his role as Grand Duke of Fribourg. He was enjoying both the pleasures and responsibilities of being a monarch.
In less than half a year, Count of Chambord had drawn up over a hundred policies and revised nearly every law in Fribourg.
Without a doubt, to ordinary people he was a diligent, caring king. But given the limitations of the times, most of those policies and laws couldn't actually be implemented.
For a ruler of a great power, personally attending to every matter was a bad habit. For a tiny mountain state, though, it made the people feel a genuine closeness to their monarch.
Although France was in turmoil and Count of Chambord did indeed intend to restore the Bourbons' glory, he didn't believe these "small-time antics" could shake the House of Orleans.
Furthermore, although Louis Philippe was telling