Holy Roman Empire

On October 23, 1850, the German Federal Parliament was held in Frankfurt.After Austria proposed the common cabinet of all the states, it quickly gained everyone's support at the conference.

The only role of the support of the small states is probably to give Austria a strong momentum. In fact, the final decision is still in the hands of the big states.

Prussia and Bavaria naturally resolutely opposed. Everyone formed a cabinet together, and each country sent a representative. With such a bad idea, it is strange that they can promise.

Austria is the boss of the German state. Once this cabinet is formed, the prime minister is naturally the representative of Austria. There is no doubt at all.

As long as you think about it, you know that there are naturally quarrels in the cabinet of more than 30 people, and it is naturally the prime minister who finally makes the ruling.

Under such a system, the voice of Bavaria and Prussia will naturally be suppressed to the lowest point, which is not much different from other small states.

In a short period of time, they still have influence in other states. After a long time, the small states will not buy it. Anyway, under the federal system, everyone has the same rights. Is he capable of biting me?

After bringing together small states, Austria can naturally start the pace of unification, such as unifying the federal currency, unifying the federal army, unifying the federal finances ...

Don't worry, slowly boil the frog in warm water.After 180 years, the German Federation was truly unified.

This is an ideal. The reality is that after Prussia and Bavaria opposed, Britain, France, and Russia also came out to oppose it.

To sum up, it is a sentence that German regions cannot be unified, even if they are nominally unified.

The British even proposed to dissolve the German Federal Parliament and allow Bavaria and the German states to merge to form a new country, and Austria and Prussia will naturally get rid of.

This proposal is supported by the Kingdom of Bavaria, and France and Russia have no opinions.However, it was met with fierce opposition from the representatives of Prussia and Austria.

Just as the enemy, under the suggestion of John Bull, Pu'ao immediately united.Once again, it proves that there are only eternal interests and no eternal enemies between countries.

Seeing that the field was swept away by the British, the goal has been achieved, and the Austrian representative will naturally not propose an election to stimulate the Prussians.

The purpose of the British was also achieved, and the seeds of division were successfully planted.Contradictions have appeared in all three Oppa countries. The support of the powers has undoubtedly stimulated Bavarian ambitions, only waiting to take root.

If the strength of the Kingdom of Bavaria is increased by a factor of two or three, with the support of the great powers, it may not be true that Germany can be three-pointed.

After all, the law of the triangle is the most stable. As long as we are weak and strong, under the intervention of other European countries, neither Prussia nor Austria will lose the opportunity to unify Germany.

Unfortunately, in addition to having ambitions, Maximi I was not a bit worse than Bavarian power or the political skills of the rulers.

In the case of the Bavarian kingdom's poor strength, if you want to compete with Pu'ao, you must win other small states.

Theoretically, all the small states in the German region add up to a population of nearly 17 million, and their overall strength is almost the same as that of the Kingdom of Prussia.

This time Bavaria ran over and joined forces with the Kingdom of Prussia to propose the establishment of the "Three Cabinets", which undoubtedly harmed the interests of these small states.

Under these circumstances, Bavaria ’s leadership among the small states was shaken.For the sake of illusory interests, losing his foundation, Franz involuntarily lowered the Bavarian threat by two grades.

Schönbrunn Palace in Vienna

The Ministry of the Army made a proposal to the Austrian government to expand the reserve. At present, the Austrian Empire has more than 500,000 reserves in addition to more than 300,000 active troops.

Theoretically, after the outbreak of the war, the Austrian government can mobilize another half a million troops within a month.

In fact, the mobilization mechanism of the Austrian government was proved to be unqualified in 1848, and it took the same time to mobilize more than 200,000 troops.

Of course, this is also related to the inefficiency of the Austrian government at the time, and now this speed should be greatly improved.

Mobilizing the reserve is not only about bringing people together, but also requires some training before it can restore its combat effectiveness.Weapons and equipment and ammunition reserves are also an essential part.

Prince Wendisch Gretz analyzed: "In order to ensure the defense security of the Austrian Empire, the mobilization mechanism is no longer able to meet the practical needs.

Since the February Revolution in Paris, the French have been freed from the constraints of the Vienna system, and military power is rapidly recovering in the past two years.

Once the French government's internal struggles are divided, will it provoke a new round of external expansion?Where is the direction of expansion?

No one knows this issue, we must be prepared to meet the challenges ahead.

The kingdom of Prussia next door has not been divided in recent years. Has their military expenditure exceeded 40%?

Such high military expenditure cannot be without purpose.In recent decades, the territory of the Kingdom of Prussia has expanded several times, and now they still want to unify the German region.

Whether it is delusion or not, we must dispel their attempts.

And our ally, the Russian Empire. I know here that it is unethical to suspect that the ally is unethical, but the Russians are indeed too powerful.

If one day we had a conflict of interest, the Austrian Empire could not even have the power of World War I, right?

In the future international change, in order to guarantee the defense security of the Austrian Empire, our military strength must be improved.

Considering the financial affordability, it is too difficult to continue to expand the number of active forces. We believe that while reorganizing the mobilization mechanism, it is a reasonable number to increase the number of reserves to two million."

The "French threat theory", "Prussian threat theory", and "Russian threat theory" have thrown three major threats in succession. Obviously, Prince Wendisch Gretz has done enough homework.

The Chancellor of the Exchequer said with a smile: "The Army Department wants to increase the reserve by two million. I fully support it, as long as it does not increase military expenditure."

How can this be possible without increasing military spending?Even if the reserve service is much cheaper than the active service, must simple military training be performed every year?

Austria ’s reserve, like most countries, consists of retired officers and soldiers.To increase this number is also simple, either expand the years of reserve service, or shorten the service time of active soldiers.

It is theoretically not difficult to increase the number of reserves to two million, except for the money.

Now God of Wealth doesn't give money, so isn't this plan nonsense?This shortfall of funds is not a few million, and the Ministry of the Army can make up for it, but it is tens of millions.

Prince Wendy Schgratz said helplessly: "Mr. Karl, don't be kidding. Two million reserve, so many people have regular training every year. If you don't give money to the Ministry of Finance, do you want me to go out and have meals?"

There is no doubt that at this time, the military threw out proposals to expand the number of reserves, the main purpose of which was to compete for the next fiscal year budget.

A large amount of foreign capital has flowed in. In 1850, Austria has already appeared a bit prosperous. One factory has risen from the ground. Even if many companies are tax-free, it also brings a lot of tax to the government.

This is not a contradiction. The exemption of some enterprises does not mean that their upstream raw material supply is also exempt from downstream sales channels.

Although the concept of the industrial chain has not penetrated into the hearts of the people, it has indeed appeared.The benefits created by a factory are definitely not limited to the factory itself.

In addition to driving the upstream and downstream direct industrial chains, it also drove the development of supporting industries such as catering, clothing, and non-staple food.

Regardless of whether the capitalists ’investments are rational or not, it is an indisputable fact that they have driven the rapid growth of the Austrian economy.

The rapid economic growth means the rapid growth of fiscal revenue. Only when the government has money can everyone come out to grab the budget. The Ministry of the Army only has a big appetite.

The Chancellor of the Exchequer, Karl, was unimpressed: "It is impossible to expand the reserve to two million in one step?

According to the current situation, even if the increase of 200,000 reserves per year and the reduction of over-age personnel, the final completion is also a matter of ten years later.

Your "Big Reserve Strategy" budget can actually cut off the next zero, and millions of shields will come out when you squeeze yourself."

Sure enough, it is not a fuel-efficient lamp, no matter how Prince Wendishgratz conceals, this weakness is still exposed.

Prince Wendishgretz explained: "It can't be said that the international situation is complicated. Once the Russians break the situation, we must take action to increase our military strength as much as possible to ensure the security of the Austrian Empire. s method.

There are many ways to expand the number of reserves, and we do n’t have to wait for the soldiers to retire after being retired. We can organize the young and strong to carry out some simple military training.

After the outbreak of war, it only takes a month or two before they can become qualified soldiers, much faster than simply recruiting new recruits and training from scratch."

Karl thought about it and said, "This method is good, but it is too costly. Even if the Russians do it, the war will not end in a short time, and the Ottoman Empire is not a paper.

According to past experience, the shortest period is two or three years. If it takes a long time, it will not be impossible to play for ten or eight years.

It will be used again at that time, and rest assured that once the international situation changes, the government ’s focus will shift to the army, and there is no problem with how you want to expand."

Franz has encountered more of these kinds of things, basically appearing before the budget every year, almost every time Karl is a tongue-in-cheek.

"Okay, there is still time for the annual budget of the financial issue. You go down and discuss slowly. First discuss the feasibility of the reserve plan proposed by the Army Department."

Prime Minister Felix replied: "Your Majesty, the establishment of a large base reserve is indeed very important to our national defense security.

Especially in our next strategy, we can mobilize a large army in the shortest possible time, which can reduce the risk to a minimum."

Franz knows that everyone is ready to learn the tactics of the Russians. Now it is the era of volleyball, and the fact that there are many people on the battlefield does have an advantage.

In terms of population, Austria and France are almost the same. Apart from the pervert of the bear, there are many people on the European continent, and the Austrian empire does not counsel.

"stand by!"

"stand by!"

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Everyone quickly reached an agreement on this issue, and the truth of the strength of many people was once again proved to be feasible by practice.

Franz asked seriously: "Then my army minister, such a large army, how can I guarantee their combat effectiveness?"

It cannot be used as a cannon fodder because of the large number of soldiers. Austria is not a bear, and soldiers who die in battle should also be given a pension.

Franz didn't think it was useful to talk about patriotic enthusiasm with soldiers, rather than talking about so many high-level theories.

It's better to tell them that you can get land, money, loot, knighthood ... what you can see is more reliable.

Prince Wendy Schgratz replied: "Your Majesty, the most important part of guaranteeing the combat effectiveness of the army is officers. Our Army Department is planning to expand the number of officers and assign two deputies to the officers of the frontline troops.

During the war, the troops can be expanded to one million in the shortest time, so as to take advantage at the beginning of the war."

Franz nodded. From the current international situation, as long as the first wave of war is successful, the war will be over.

The Kingdom of Prussia has limited national power and can only engage in a wave. If it fails after a short period of time, it will simply be unable to do it again; as long as the French have a big defeat on the battlefield, the French people will help kill the government.

As long as they are not brain-damaged to attack the French mainland, the new French government will fall into a continuous infighting. When their infighting ends, the daylily will be cold.