Holy Roman Empire
Chapter 994 - Lay Winning Tactics
Vienna Palace, listening to the news brought by his brother, Franz said with a grimace, "All right, the Belgian problem will be taken care of by the cabinet, so don't keep meddling.
Now that the franc has hit rock bottom, let your government-in-exile pay off the French debt first, and take advantage of the opportunity to brush up its existence."
No expectations, no disappointment. Having never had faith in Massimiliano from the start, Franz was naturally not disappointed.
In a sense, Massimiliano performed much better than Franz expected. Apart from being rather idealistic, he performed well in all other respects.
After all these years.
The Mexican Zionist Organization, led by Massimiliano, also gradually grew, especially among European students, who were the most influential.
These days, the European continent is already the stronghold of the monarchy, the governments of all countries have always instilled the idea of loyalty and patriotism, Massimiliano is involved in this, and the governments of all countries are also happy to see this.
The ability to put aside, in personal morality Massimiliano is still beyond reproach. Compared to the Mexican domestic warlords, he, the exiled emperor, left a better impression on everyone.
In this regard, Franz can not be a little help, public and private use of more than once, before the exiled emperor Maximiliano was washed.
The Mexican students who were able to study in Europe were not ordinary families, and with the return of these people from their studies, the tentacles of the Restoration Organization also returned to Mexico.
As the current situation continued, and with the support of the Vienna government, it was possible that one day Massimiliano might actually be restored.
Of course, this is just a possibility. Neither the British, nor the Americans, wanted to see the Habsburg dynasty's banner appear in Mexico again.
The most important thing is that Massimiliano is not capable enough, and there is no great talent in the Restoration organization to deal with the complex situation in Mexico, and the Restoration is to push him to hell.
Let's not forget that not even finding such a good opportunity as the devaluation of the franc, and having to be reminded by Franz himself, you know what kind of goods Massimiliano's Restoration organization is.
"Devaluation of the franc - payment of debts - brushing up on existence!"
Maximiliano, who was awakened, looked at Franz in disbelief, this kind of operation was beyond his knowledge.
Without a doubt, this was open and above board hooliganism. Biased French people can not say anything yet, the franc devaluation this is their own toss out, and Massimiliano does not exist a franc of relations.
According to the franc's amazing currency value nowadays, one only needs to throw a pantheon to a bank, and then they can be generous and say, "Convert it to francs to pay off your debts, and don't even bother looking for the rest."
One pantheon per bank, up to a hundred pantheons, and the Mexican Empire's debt to the French would be paid off.
Of course, if the loan contract had a condition attached to it: settlement in gold, it wouldn't play out that way.
But it's almost impossible for that to happen. Thirty years ago, who knew that France would end up where it is today?
Normally, even if the franc were to devalue, it would only be a short-term fluctuation, and the devaluation would not be too large. With the loan's extremely high interest rate, even if the currency fluctuates, it is a blood profit.
But all the confidence in their own country, the issuance of international loans will not mention the problem of currency changes. This point in the world are common, including the Holy Roman Empire issued loans, are in the divine shield for settlement, few people mention the problem of currency value.
Whether the franc was devalued or not, the government in exile took the initiative to pay its debts, and this observance of the contract was worthy of a great book. If the franc is devalued, that's only bad luck for the French.
The European media would certainly not miss this opportunity to gain attention and increase newspaper sales. A hundred divine shields were not even needed to be able to hot search, and there was no reason to give up on such a good thing.
"Okay, I'll go arrange it right away!"
A soft ear was Maximiliano's most obvious weakness, but obedience was again his greatest strength. Basically, whatever Franz commanded, he would do it seriously.
If it wasn't for this advantage, Franz would have left it alone long ago, not to mention sponsoring a sum of money every year for the restoration of the country.
In fact, the reinstatement funds weren't there from the beginning. In the beginning, it all depended on Massimiliano himself to go around to do chemistry, as well as the financial support from his parents; it wasn't until the late 19th century, when Franz's pockets began to bulge, that this "huge" sponsorship came into being.
"Well!"
"There's no rush on the restoration, right now what you need most is to find talent. It's never the emperor's job to run a country alone, you need a team to help.
The Mexican Restoration Organization is too loose, and the members in it are even more mixed, almost no one has become a climate, so it can't take on the heavy responsibility of governing a country.
Especially in a country as complex as Mexico, the demands on government officials are even higher. Such things cannot be rushed and can only be discovered slowly by you.
In a sense, discovering and appointing talent is the most important skill for a monarch to acquire. In this regard, you still haven't done enough."
Although there wasn't much hope for Massimiliano's restoration, Franz certainly wouldn't say that in front of his brother himself.
One couldn't have an ideal without a goal to strive for, regardless of whether it was ultimately realized or not. If the truth be told, it is likely that Massimiliano would have been struck depressed and died.
Speaking nonsense is also an art, and Franz is not good at it. On the issue of the restoration, Franz never gave positive comments, only pointing out problems at the right time.
If it weren't for the fact that he was the mastermind behind the scenes who commanded by remote control, and Massimiliano himself was willing to be open-minded to suggestions, according to the original game, it is estimated that the Mexican Restoration Organization would have broken up long ago.
An emperor in exile, if he doesn't have some means, why should he let others work for him?
No matter how much he was instructed, the law of nature that "Birds of a feather flock together, but people are bound together by nature" remained unchanged.
An idealistic leader gathers a group of idealistic henchmen. It's okay for such an organization to engage in propaganda, but it would be bullshit for them to rule the country.
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At the very moment of Leopold II's visit to Vienna, the situation in Paris had changed once again.
The coalition of nobles, led by Carlos, surrounded the city of Paris from all sides, and was forced to change to a long siege in order to reduce casualties, or if someone from within was dragging their feet.
No matter how well the new government of Paris did, but the nature of "man is iron and rice is steel, a meal without hunger" can not be changed.
It was clear that Paris, unable to import food from outside, could not sustain itself for long on its own.
Instead of the revolutionary upsurge that the new government had hoped for, the news of the Bourbon restoration caused the revolution to be underestimated.
It was not that the French people had lost their enthusiasm for revolution, but they were just too hungry to make a revolution.
Out of support for the Bourbons, the European Union made the decision to import all of France's goods and trade only with the Bourbons.
To put it simply, wherever a revolution broke out, there would be an economic blockade. Not to mention the aristocrats who were already against the revolution, even the intellectuals, middle class, workers ...... who were originally inclined to the revolution have now changed their position.
It doesn't matter at all whether it's voluntary or not. No one wants to go anyway, as long as people know that they have to starve if they follow the revolutionary party.
The people outside have a choice, but the people trapped inside Paris have no choice. If you want to get out of the city and surrender, get past the minefields first.
These are all freely sponsored by international caring people, all from stale products left over from the war in Europe. To avoid being wasted when they expired, they were stuffed by the Allies to the noble allies in one go.
Free for nothing, in order to avoid a sneak attack by the city's defenders, the soon-to-be King Carlos decided to take a lay-win tactic and ordered a huge minefield to be set up outside of Paris.
There was no need to worry about security, except that the people inside couldn't get out and the people outside couldn't get in.
But they don't need to go in now either. When the city was cut off, the war would be over. Such a tactic had almost no drawbacks other than dragging it out for a little longer.
As for the deaths and lives of the people in the city, they were defined as mobs, so the nobles naturally didn't care.
Food reserves were low, and in order to sustain them for longer, the new government had to adopt a limited supply system. In the beginning it was fine, there were leaders leading the way and everyone had a uniform standard, no one had a problem with it.
As time went on, things changed. The black sheep existed everywhere, and the new government in Paris was no exception.
An underground black market, driven by profit, emerged quietly, with almost no limits as long as there was money. Of course this money didn't mean francs, all that could be taken out and traded was general hard currency: gold, silver and jewellery, pounds sterling, the phial and so on.
Naturally, the food that flowed into the black market did not appear out of thin air, the new government was still very strict about the management of the granaries, and the bureaucrats wanted to get rich, so they could only withhold rations from the general public.
People's greed is endless, the initial deduction of two or three percent, seeing no major reaction from the public, the share of the deduction increases until it exceeds everyone's limit ......