For Franz, there were always problems that could never be dealt with completely. As long as you ignored them, they were no longer problems.
France was in turmoil. For the media, that was indeed major news, but to the Holy Roman Empire, it did not even amount to a minor cold.
Since it was the Russians who had caused this mess, let the Tsarist Government settle it themselves. After all, the Holy Roman Empire had no troops stationed on French soil. Even if the fighting left rivers of blood, the Vienna Government would not be in a hurry.
The only trouble was that international public opinion would probably be highly unfavorable. But times had changed. As the leader of the Continental Alliance, the Vienna Government had become much more resistant to criticism.
The ones stirring up trouble now were not Holy Roman troops. Even if it came under public condemnation, at most the Vienna Government would be accused of "doing nothing."
"Doing nothing" was not a crime. A glance through modern history showed that the Vienna Government's policy of doing nothing had continued for many years.
For the governments of Europe, a boss above their heads who "did something" was far more frightening than one who "did nothing." If the Vienna Government had to meddle in everything, the Continental Alliance probably would not have been as stable as it was now.
Much like in later generations, if the United States Government suddenly stopped stirring things up and stopped meddling, countries around the world would only celebrate by flicking the dust from their hats, rather than jumping out to accuse the Americans of doing nothing.
There was only one main reason people were criticized for doing nothing: when you insisted on involving yourself in every trivial chicken-feather-and-garlic-skin matter, only to shrink