Holy Roman Empire

The opening of the Vienna-Salzburg Railway on December 4, 1852, did not cause a sensation except for the news published in the newspaper.

Recently, there have been many railways opened to traffic in Austria. In addition to the surprise at the beginning, the Austrian people are used to it.

The railway company was the most affected. After investing so much money, it was finally able to see the money back, which was directly reflected in the stock market. The hot railway operation stimulated the stock to rise again.

As for the strategic value of this railway, not many people really pay attention to it. Even if the railway transportation is more convenient, can it be compared with the Danube?

Franz naturally enjoys this, and the German unified thinking has been heated up. Now it is time to start the next step.

Franz joked: "Prime Minister, your visit to the German states this time, but the task is great. If you can persuade everyone to rebuild the Holy Roman Empire, then we will make a lot of money."

Convince everyone to agree to rebuild the Holy Roman Empire. Unless Austria puts the bayonet around their necks, otherwise everyone will have a good life as a child. Why should they find a boss for themselves?

Different from the past, nationalism in the German region has been awakened. Even if the freedom of the state government is even higher, the emergence of the central government has also damaged their interests.

In this period of empire, the constitution is indispensable, and it is inevitable that the autonomy of governments of all countries will be greatly weakened.

Don't think about independent diplomatic power, currency unification is inevitable, and tariffs will definitely be abolished. These three items alone mean that the central government is no longer an empty shell.

With these things, Franz can say responsibly that he can control most small states with political means.

If you are a little more shameless and provoke a foreign war, you can also use the pretext of the war to get the command of the army of each state.

This is how the Americans did it, relying on the command of the army in the states during the war, increasing the authority of the central government, and finally turning the loose federation into a unified country.

Prime Minister Felix laughed: "Your Majesty, this joke is not funny at all. If I could persuade them, what would the army do?"

Franz ’s butterfly effect came into play again. Felix Schwarzenberg, who had died in an accident on April 5 this year, is still alive and kicking.

Naturally, there is no change of prime minister. Felix ’s political ability is still very good. It is also easy to preside over the work of the cabinet. Franz is not Chongzhen Emperor.

Felix knew very well what he wanted to do during this visit, and it was basically a guise to convince the states to rebuild the Holy Roman Empire. The real purpose was to create an excuse for war.

Only after the failure of peaceful reunification efforts can the Austrian government launch a war of reunification to gain the support of the people.

No, it should be the unification of the southern German region by force. At most, the central German region will choke on it. The Kingdom of Prussia is not so easy to handle.

Of course, the slogan is to unify the German region, otherwise the nationalists will not buy it, and without their support, this war will not be easy to fight.

Franz said seriously: "It doesn't matter, there are so many German states, and you can count them one by one. I don't believe that there are so many small states.

This is not Franz's nonsense. In the history, the Prussians successfully fooled several small states to help them wave their flags and shouted. After the incident, they swallowed these states.

On the contrary, the fiercely resisting southern German state reserved great rights. Due to fear of the intervention of the powers, the Prussians did not dare to continue the civil war after the Franco-Prussian War and had to compromise with the states of the southern German region.

"Your Majesty, I am going to start with the most difficult Prussia. Anyway, Germany is the most powerful kingdom of Prussia except for us. As long as they oppose it, it will be created.

Only in this way, the diplomatic pressure is likely to increase greatly, and all European countries do not want to see the unification of the German region."Prime Felix said

Metternich said: "Prime Minister, diplomatic problems are easy to solve. We use negotiation to solve the problem of German reunification. It is estimated that many people will treat it as a joke. Now all we have to do is make this plan-more like a joke.

As long as they can see that the German states are opposed to our proposal, the pressure we are facing is actually not much worse."

Everyone laughed, and all countries were right to oppose the reunification of the German region.But if Austria just shouted slogans and did not take actual action, they did not have any interest in interfering.

Never let the Austrians shut up. Everyone is playing politics. They all know the slogans of politicians. Just listen.

Even for this scene to be more realistic, the Austrian cabinet began role-playing as early as a few years ago, and the political positions of these cabinet ministers are known throughout Europe.

Prime Minister Felix played the role of peaceful reunification, or reconstruction of the Shinra faction.The supporter in the cabinet is the Chancellor of the Exchequer Karl, and the two of them constitute the leader of the Austrian "Shenren".

At the same time, they are also leaders of the "Shen Luo School" in the German region. At least 35 percent of Germans currently support or agree with their political ideas.

Metternich played the opposition. This is his consistent political stance, which is known throughout Europe.

Otherwise, when the Vienna system was established, Austria should choose the Kingdom of Bavaria instead of the economically prosperous Lombardy region.

Grand Duke Louis in the cabinet is a supporter of Metternich.Their flag clearly stated that the German region cannot be unified, on the grounds that the states have long been independent and European countries will not tolerate German reunification.

For this reason, the two were often scolded by German nationalists.

Because of the support of public opinion, the "Shenra faction" led by Prime Minister Felix currently has an advantage in the Austrian government.

At this time, Felix stood up and preached "rebuilding the Holy Roman Empire" without any problems.

After Christmas, Felix embarked on a journey with the farewell of the people.

In the view of the German nationalists, this is a key step towards unification.

As the leader of the German Confederation, the Austrian government has begun to work for reunification, which is a turning point in history.

Regardless of the outcome of the negotiations, in short Felix walked all the way, and there were crowds welcoming him everywhere.

It is not the "Shenluo" brand that is popular. In fact, many people have no sense of the disbanded Shenluo Empire.

However, they want the unification of the German region, and they do not want war to break out, so "rebuilding the Holy Roman Empire" is the best option.

"Shen Luo School" can become the mainstream thought in German nationalism, only because the people hope that the German region can be peacefully reunified, and it has become a "peaceful reunification school".

It is a pity that these people cannot dominate the German region. The first thing that the masters of the states should consider is their own interests.

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Berlin

Although Friedrich-William IV supported the reunification movement, it was only a political need, and it did not mean that he was willing to sacrifice his own interests for the reunification of Germany.

The reunification of Germany that the Kingdom of Prussia has been pursuing all excluded Austria, and this goal could not be achieved. This reunification was of no value to them.

In history, Friedrich-William IV took the "Three Kings Alliance" as the core and tried to use the Erfurt Union Parliament to exclude Austria.

This is also the political proposition of the little German thought. The reason for excluding Austria is very simple: the German empire that united Austria is too large to be tolerated by European countries.

Of course, this is only one of the reasons, there are many reasons, for example: too many other nationalities in Austria, will destroy the purity of the German nation ...

Prime Minister Joseph von Ravidovic said seriously: "The Austrians' ambitions have been exposed, and combined with the current international situation, they are likely to have the support of the Russians.

The Russian-Arabic covenant that we have been speculating about is probably that Austria supported the Russians to annex the Ottoman Empire in exchange for the Russians to support them in rebuilding the Holy Roman Empire.

It must be said that the Austrians are ruthless enough to dare to do things with the tiger.Now that they have chosen a good time, the British, French and Russians have declared war, and they have been restrained by a lot of energy.

If you want to interfere in the German region, you must let the Russians annex the Ottoman Empire. Napoleon III may give priority to interfering in Central Europe, but the London government will certainly hesitate.

If the Austrian government can reunify the German region by diplomatic means, even if it is only a nominal reunification, the French will not dare to act rashly."

The Russians annexed the Ottoman Empire. The French lost only the interests in the Near East and Egypt. In the Mediterranean, the French navy can still suppress the Russians.

The British are different. They don't just lose the benefits of the Mediterranean.In Palmerston's words: If the Russians cannot be blocked in the Balkans, then we have to block them in the Indus Valley.

Once the Russians annexed the Ottoman Empire, Persia could not stop the Russians, which meant that India was in danger.

In this era, Britain only controlled India, and had not had time to swallow it. If the Russians were allowed to run out of trouble, their most important colony would have to fly.

When faced with a dilemma, hesitation is inevitable.

After all, the reconstruction of the Holy Roman Empire is still only a loose empire. It cannot expand outwards without completing internal integration, and the French are in front, and the British will not be threatened in the short term.

Frederick-William IV sneered: "The Austrian thinks so well. The little boy Franz is probably stupid!

As long as we do not agree, the German regions cannot be unified.Did he really think that the German states would be unified by the Austrians?

If the Holy Roman Empire cannot be rebuilt by political means, what will the Austrians do? Is it possible to use military power to unify the German region?"

Joseph von Ravidovic shook his head and said, "Your Majesty, this is impossible. Although Austria's military strength is strong, it is not possible to unify the German region with the intervention of powers.

Once Austria uses force, we form alliances with the German states to resist their attacks.

Even we can deliberately allow the Austrians to eliminate the military power of these small states. As long as we do n’t risk a decisive battle with them and delay the intervention of the French to send troops, Austria will lose.

As long as the operation is good, the strength of these small states will be greatly damaged after the war, and our chance of reunifying the German region will instead appear.

The old fox of Metternich cannot be seen. Felix is ​​dedicated to promoting peaceful reunification, and it is for this reason that it is impossible for them to take risks in the Austrian government."

The judgment of Prime Minister Joseph von Ravidovich is correct, which is one of the reasons why Franz did not dare to take risks.

As long as the Prussian army does not come out to fight against Austria, whether it is guarding the city or retreating all the way, it is impossible to eliminate their main force in a short time.

After a month or two of delay, the French intervention army came, and Franco-Prussian teamed up with Austria was unable to resist.

If it were to be delayed for a few more days, the British, the Spaniards, and the intervention forces of a small group of European countries came.

In this case, Austria simply cannot see the hope of victory.Bet on all the net worth, if it fails, it will be over.

Could it be expected that the Austrian army broke out and killed Prussia and France before the intervention forces of various countries arrived?

Large countries maintain stability and small countries take risks.

Franz, who is familiar with history, knows that only the victor who survives to the end is the real winner. A country that relies on a wave of victory will end in tragedy.

Japan and Germany are typical of them. They are all the main players in combat effectiveness. When the eruption occurred, the air was day by day, and then he was beaten by everyone who was beaten together. He spit out all the previous harvest.

On the contrary, Italy has been living for a long time, and the two world wars have become a victorious country, which has taken a lot of advantage.

Even the French, who are so coquettish, know that they can lie and win after a loss, so they must not wave.

With so many cases of predecessors, how dare Franz wave?Don't look at the combat strength of the Austrian army after training. The problem is that it can only erupt!

Once the quick decision cannot be made quickly, the weakness of the Austrian multi-ethnic country will be exposed for a long time.

According to the current plan, it is much safer, and it is only for hands-on areas where people have a good foundation.The stalls are small and the risks are naturally small.

After completion, internal integration can be completed in the shortest time.The French dare to take the lead, and that is the aggressor, who can enjoy the morale bonus of the local army.

Frederick-William IV sighed and said: "Unfortunately, if these old foxes are not available, we can send someone to try it out.

Now, still trying to destroy the plan of the Austrians, it is best not to arouse the resentment of the people, our reputation can not be tossed."

The reputation is stinky and it is difficult to do anything. After being pitted by the German state, the reputation of the Prussian government is still bad.

Not only in the German region, but also in the country, the Prussian people do not have a cold for the government.

No matter how they explained it, the government promised to fail to deliver, and the people always felt that the government had cheated their money.Especially nationalists are very dissatisfied with the compromise between the government and the Russians.