Chapter 677 Funeral

Vienna, northern suburbs.

There is a small tombstone on the Karen Hill in the Vienna Royal College for Women. Not many people attended the funeral.

But if someone knew the true identities of these people, they would be surprised at the high standards of this funeral.

"Lord God, we are here today to commemorate Sister Perrine Schaffer. Her departure reflects the common situation of our human beings and the brevity of the world.

But you revealed to us through Christ that death is not the end, and it will not take away your grace on people.

Father, since we are your children, we share the salvation of your Son and have the hope of eternal life. Please accept Sister Perrine Schaffer and enter the heaven promised by your Son.

Because our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son, he, you and the Holy Spirit are the only God, eternal and everlasting."

Archbishop Rauscher closed the scriptures and made a cross on his chest.

Everyone also made the sign of the cross: "Amen!"

The atmosphere was a little depressing because everything happened too suddenly. A young man who had just emerged from the limelight left the world in such a fierce and hasty manner.

Franz thought that everything was just the beginning, but he didn't expect it to end so soon.

In addition to the suddenness, there was also an infuriating despair. The murderer of Perrine Schaffer was her brother, and Henry Schaffer committed suicide as soon as he was imprisoned.

As for whether he committed suicide out of fear of crime or was murdered to silence him, it is unknown.

The Schaffer family is actually a loyalist, and the family is mediocre and does not hold important positions in the royal company and the imperial government, let alone being affected by the "Christmas Eve Operation".

Although the Schaffer family does not attach importance to Perrine, it is definitely not up to the level of "honor execution".

As for the murderer, Henry Schaeffer, he was a complete playboy, who was addicted to alcohol, drugs, gambling, arson, kidnapping, torture, and cruelly killed innocent citizens.

In his short 21-year career, he violated the imperial law more than 2,000 times. If such a person has any sense of noble honor, Franz does not believe it.

This kind of person is not only alive and can walk around, but also does some "honor killing". Franz feels that it is necessary to deal with the corruption problem properly.

The cause of this incident was the purge requested by Perrine Schaeffer. Although Franz made the decision, the identity of a member of the royal family made ordinary people stay away.

The strict protection measures made it impossible for people to take risks even if they wanted to.

So there was the death of Perrine Schaeffer.

However, those "big guys" learned to be smarter than last time. They did not leave any handles, but threw out Henry Schaeffer, or the Schaeffer family, as a scapegoat.

Because the matter is complicated and the Schaffer family is "innocent", the final result is likely to be nothing.

Those "big guys" wanted nothing else but to dampen Franz's spirit and teach him some principles of dealing with people.

Those people expected that the matter would end with the death of Henry Schaffer. After all, if the loyalist Schaffer family was punished, wouldn't it be the other party's wish? And it would also make the loyalists feel disappointed.

From the perspective of political struggle, it is indeed not wrong to do so, but Franz now wants to deal with other issues.

For example, how did this Henry Schaffer escape legal sanctions, and who was so powerful that he could cover the sky with one hand in Vienna.

If the previous Winster family was able to dominate Bohemia because of the emperor, then what was this Henry Schaffer in front of him.

How could a small person and a small family that Franz had never even heard of do whatever they wanted in Vienna. Could it be that this guy is from some hidden family, or a mysterious power like the Owl Council?

Of course it is impossible. The result of the investigation is just because the cost of crime is too low at that time. Some things that seem to be very big now were considered to be nothing more than insignificant things at that time.

Many of them involve some higher-level things, even Franz is powerless, but the easy thing is that almost all officials at that time had problems of dereliction of duty, abuse of power, and bribery.

So Franz can still conduct a wave of liquidation for those officials who released Henry Schaffer and provided him with help.

As for the support of this family, it is better not to have it. As mentioned before, although the Schaffer family is a famous family, if it were not for Pelleni, an outstanding graduate of the Vienna Royal Women's College, Franz would not even have heard of the name of this family.

However, the specific liquidation still needs to be studied before a decision can be made, and Franz still needs to minimize the possibility of accidents.

At this time, Franz turned to Baron Brook and said.

"I'm sorry to let you meet in this way."

The latter also said with some regret.

"Archduke Franz, we have actually met before. I was invited by Miss Talia to give lectures at the Royal College for Girls.

Miss Perrine is a very remarkable person, ambitious and talented.

But I reminded her that as a reformer, the first thing she should do is to cut off ties with her family."

Baron Brooke was right. Cutting off ties with the family may seem ruthless, but it is protecting both oneself and one's family.

In fact, compared with the experience of being hated and assassinated, as the president of the Imperial Central Bank, Baron Brooke dared to claim to be the first in Austria, and no one dared to claim to be the second.

"Mr. Brooke, after all, there are only a few people who can do what you do. Although Miss Perrine has left us, the reform will not end like this."

After listening to Franz's words, Baron Brooke's expression became even more gloomy.

"Archduke Franz, please forgive me. I suggest you take back that naive idea. The problems the empire is facing now cannot be solved by one or two people.

If reforms are rushed too quickly, even you may be at risk. If something goes wrong, or if it proves impossible to become emperor, then this will be a great loss to the empire. "

In fact, Baron Brooke still has some words that he has not said. Even if he becomes the emperor, without a suitable opportunity, the so-called reforms will most likely become empty talk or just minor repairs to the original structure.

But the so-called suitable opportunity is difficult to find, unless there is another Napoleonic War, or a purge like the Thirty Years War.

But that was not just an opportunity, it might also lay the groundwork for the collapse of the empire.

"Thank you, your words have benefited me a lot. I will do my best, and I hope you can take care of yourself. After all, there are too many moths in this country, and maybe one day a disgusting one will fall out."

Baron Brooke nodded, feeling a little regretful in his heart. After all, how many people in the huge Austrian Empire government dare to show their swords and are not resistant to corruption?