Holy Roman Empire

It's not Franz's intention to show up so early. If he can, he doesn't mind keeping the remote control behind the scenes.

Unfortunately, this is impossible. As the Crown Prince of the Austrian Empire, his every move is within the line of sight of the caring person.

Recently, Franz has been in frequent contact with the military. If he was still young, he did not have the right to control, and I do not know how much trouble has occurred.

It doesn't matter if you interfere with your sight, or if public opinion creates momentum, Franz must stand at the front desk.The difference between this is whether it is pushed to the front desk, or whether it is actively taken to the front desk.

Franz did not want to be a chess piece, he chose to take the initiative at this time.If history does not change, a revolution will erupt in Vienna in March 1848, and he will also take the throne in December.

In order not to be scammed by the rebels, and succeeded by the charge of the hand of the slave, Franz had to start his momentum first.

Everyone has a preconceived notion that as long as a benevolent image is created, any attack or slandering will be in vain. At this time, the Austrian royal family's reputation in the people has not collapsed.

"Raul, how did I let you secretly recruit people?" Franz asked with concern.

"Dear Grand Duke, the progress is not very smooth, there are too few people who can meet your requirements. So far I have only dug two people in the secret police, and their ability has only reached your minimum requirements!" Raul was embarrassed Replied

Franz froze for a moment. He did not expect that recruiting intelligence personnel was so difficult. Is the standard he set really high?

He only put forward the most basic requirements: being loyal to the royal family, having no political inclination, possessing certain wisdom, courage, vigilance and patience, but also having keen judgment, it is best to have a certain professional ability.

Even the personal temperament, knowledgeable knowledge, keen political sense of smell, and strong analytical ability, he did not put forward the standard configuration of these intelligence personnel.

"What is the main place that can't meet the requirements?" Franz asked with concern.

"Duke, there are a lot of people who meet a single item or a few items, but when combined together, few people can meet your requirements!" Lauer thought and said

Franz was dumbfounded, and indeed it is true. There are very few professional intelligence personnel in this era, most of them are amateurs.

It is very difficult to establish an intelligence organization. Even if his imperial prince can dig the corner of the government, can the loyalty of these people be guaranteed?

What if the spy sent by someone else?

Do not doubt, not to mention that in this era, even if the professional intelligence personnel of later generations are the masters, Franz wants to establish an intelligence organization, either to train himself or to dig the corner of the government.

"What advice do you have, don't hide it!"

Looking at Raul, who had stopped talking, Franz asked, frowning.

"Dagong, in fact, you don't need to form an intelligence organization alone, there is an intelligence organization in the hands of the royal family, only these years ..."

Raul said halfway, and then stopped abruptly.

Franz nodded, and he also knew the royal intelligence organization.Under normal circumstances, this organization is only responsible to the emperor.

This intelligence organization is small in scale, and its business scope is relatively simple, that is, to monitor the domestic situation, and there are a few neighbors.

After his uncle came to power, the organization was almost deserted, and many intelligence personnel were dug into the corner by Prime Minister Metternich.

How much loyalty is left for the remaining staff is also a question worth considering.

When the emperor was timid, he did not take the opportunity to reach out to these departments. Franz would despise these nobles.

This also means that the intelligence organization under the royal family is actually a sieve that does not know how many forces it has.

Franz wanted to start afresh from the beginning, for this reason, he wanted to build an intelligence organization that was completely loyal to himself.

Now it seems that time is running out, and the Vienna Revolution is about to erupt in a year. When he trains the intelligence personnel, he can't even touch the roots.

"Well, Raul sent people to check first, there are those big forces infiltrating into this organization, go on in secret, I believe there must be people who are loyal to the royal family!" Franz said firmly

If all the staff were bought, then the Habsburg family should not be confused.Can be inherited from the 11th century to the present, has always stood at the peak of Europe, the Habsburg family is definitely not as simple as it seems.

From this point of view, the situation in Austria, Franz can speculate one or two.Now Uncle Ferdinand I was unable to handle government affairs, and power fell to Prime Minister Metternich.

However, this minister of power was not as plausible as a ruler, let alone bullying the royal family, even in many cases, his policies were still influenced by the court of Vienna.

It is important to know that the most important representative of the royal family of this generation, Grand Duke Franz-Karl, is also born with defects, and his political IQ is infinitely zero.

Franz can easily obtain military support, the greatest reliance is still on the background, the heir of the Habsburg family, the crown prince of the Austrian Empire.

Otherwise, no matter how hard he tried, there was no use. After the outbreak of the Vienna Revolution in the history, Prime Minister Metternich did not have the support of the military and was forced to step down?

Then the situation is not as bad as imagined, maybe the noble forces reached out to the intelligence organizations, but this does not mean that they have betrayed the royal family.As long as their interests are not involved, this intelligence organization can still be used normally.

Thinking of this, Franz breathed a sigh of relief. Everyone may have conflicts of interest on other issues, but on the issue of suppressing the rebellion, the great aristocrats of Vienna absolutely stood with the emperor.

As for the bourgeoisie, it's not Franz who underestimated them. In this era, they were not qualified to penetrate into it. You know that most of the members of intelligence organizations are nobles.

Otherwise, if there is no appropriation for more than ten years, they will be disbanded long ago.

These nobles are scattered all over the country, and they can easily collect domestic intelligence through their royal family, and even most of them do not have to pay.

The intelligence organization of the Habsburg family is not Jinyiwei. In addition to collecting ordinary intelligence, it has no law enforcement power at all.

The European nobility is divided, and the emperor has no right to intervene in the matters within the fief. Moreover, these materials are still provided by themselves. If they do not want the emperor to know, they will be hidden.

After hesitating again and again, Franz decided to get the organization first, and then the worse intelligence organization was better than nothing. At least local rebellion broke out, and he could receive the news as soon as possible.

Moreover, poor people like him can only afford such an intelligence organization.