Holy Roman Empire

The re-establishment of the Holy Roman Empire, a lot of messy things, the reorganization of government administrative agencies, and the division of rights and obligations of the state government and the central government all require Franz ’s personal participation.

The reorganization of government administrative agencies actually turned the Austrian central government into the central government of the New Holy Roman Empire, which directly governed the Austrian Empire and the Kingdom of Bavaria.

Taking into account domestic stability issues, Franz is still very restrained in the distribution of rights. He has not exercised any other rights except the command of the army and diplomatic power.

Of course, this does not mean that the central government will not be able to interfere with the localities, but under normal circumstances, the central government will not interfere in the internal affairs of the state.

If there is a problem in the state, for example: a local rebellion, or a major coup, such as a coup, the central government can naturally intervene.

In addition to these problems, the most troublesome thing is the distribution of fiscal revenue.The local government is definitely going to hand over part of the fiscal revenue to the central government, and this specific ratio has become the focus of competition.

The state government naturally hopes that it is sufficient to hand over a few points for the central government's financial expenditure, and the remaining funds are completely freely distributed; while the central government hopes to obtain a larger proportion and then allocate it to local governments according to actual needs.

Behind the financial competition, more is the competition for rights, which complicates the issue and makes it difficult to clarify in a short time.

The specific situation still needs to be finalized after the Constitution is drawn up.Franz advocates ruling the country by law, and he will not act rashly until there is no legal basis.

Even if the central government and state governments seize power, they must be legal.Franz never allowed anything to break the rules.

Schonbrunn Palace

Prime Minister Felix reported: "Your Majesty, the reserve forces have all been demobilized, the wartime economic system has been lifted, and the domestic economy is returning to normal operations.

Overall, this strategy of westward advancement is successfully concluded.However, there are not a few exposed problems. Fortunately, no war broke out, otherwise our troubles will be greater.

Mainly reflected in the lack of organizational experience, the coordination ability of various departments is too weak.

As of the end of the Paris Conference, we mobilized a total of 1.247 million reserve forces, and a total of 542,000 active forces, a total of 1.789 million.

With this scale of mobilization, the logistics supply is far more difficult than the estimates of various departments. Fortunately, the war was not fought. Otherwise, with so many troops fighting, our preparations will last for three or four months at most.

This is the final statistical report, please review."

Having said that, Prime Minister Felix was still somewhat distracted.Obviously, the sudden outbreak of the Austrian Empire, showing its strength to various countries, is not as glorious as it seems.

So many troops, according to 15,000 bullets per ton, each person hit a bullet, that is 119 tons of ammunition.

Not to mention fighting, just daily training in the past few months, on average, consumes thousands of tons of ammunition every month, which has not yet counted artillery.

In fact, when Austria has mobilized so many troops, there is a serious shortage of artillery, infantry reserve is easy to establish, and artillery of this type is not so easy to reserve.

It's not that if you can fire a gun, you can be an artillery, and if you can't hit the target, it's worthless.Qualified artillery, in addition to having certain knowledge, must also be fed by ammunition.

Franz nodded and said: The current consumption is still relatively small. If the consumption of weapons and ammunition doubles after a few years and the weapons are updated, it will be a big problem.

After taking over the watch and reading it briefly, Franz understood the reason that Prime Minister Felix felt, and the cost was too great.

After an armed parade + demonstration, the military expenditure is as high as 137 million rupiah. If the domestic reserve mobilization and the consumption of various materials are included, the total expenditure is as high as 211 million rupiah.

Seeing this data, Franz suddenly understood why after the Crimean War, all European countries were trying to avoid the war as much as possible.

It still didn't fight. If it did, it wouldn't even know where it went.

Of course, not all of the 211 million rupiahs on the table are expressed as cash expenditures. Most of them are spent on materials, but they are directly discounted for calculation convenience.

Franz asked with concern: "The Cabinet is going to seal up a batch of heroes to the Balkan Peninsula, have you considered the actual situation?"

Failure to fight does not mean that there will be no heroes.No matter how this kind of military mobilization can make achievements, it's just that there are not many heroes directly generated by the outbreak of war.

If you have merit, you will be rewarded. Franz will not be banned, but the knight of the small farmer level will not be stingy. These are the goals of most people joining the army.

Prime Minister Felix replied: "Your Majesty, in this westward strategy, the war has not been able to fight, so everyone's military power is very limited.

It is basically impossible to obtain a knighthood and land in the country.The cabinet suggested placing the fiefs on the Balkan peninsula to ease the relaxation of conditions.

At the same time, we are also preparing to encourage nobles in the country to replace the land and go to the Balkan Peninsula in order to strengthen control over the local area."

Are there nobles willing to change?the answer is negative!

Everyone is not a fool. Who wants to give up the developed land and run out to start a new business?

However, there is a kind of people who are willing to go, that is, the military merit card is under the threshold of the nobility, and the new quasi-military aristocracy who has been unable to cross this threshold has been unable to cross this threshold.

In this era, it is very difficult to become a noble. For example, in this war, the number of officers and soldiers who can cross the threshold of nobility will not exceed double digits, and there will not necessarily be one division in so many armies.

Since the reform of Franz ’s military system, there have been many such stuck people. Even if some people have entered the threshold of generals by virtue of war, they still have not won the noble title.

The title means social status, and the Balkan Peninsula is next to Austria.Both the Principalities of the Danube Basin and Serbia are fertile plains, but they lack effective development.

People with vision and ambitions will naturally not give up this opportunity.Once these people passed, the foundation of Austria's local rule was established.

For their own benefit, these people will spontaneously maintain Austrian rule and suppress Ottoman remnants.

As for whether Austria can claim the sovereignty of these lands, this question can be ignored.Even if sovereignty is not obtained, it will not affect everyone's actual status, and the Ottoman Empire has no ability to regain lost ground.

Want to make the local independent and support the puppet regime, but also someone who can support it?The Austrian army did not do anything on the ground. The first ruling class was the original ruling class.

The nobles of the Ottoman Empire have arrested, the officials of the Ottoman Empire have arrested, the merchants of the Ottoman Empire have arrested, and those who support the Ottoman Empire still have to arrest ...

In short, as long as it is related to the Ottoman Empire, all who threaten or may threaten the rule of Austria are in prison.

In other words, the local upper-class society was swept away, and the rest were either serfs or civilians. Those who could write their own names were counted as intellectuals.

To encourage them to be independent, first let them know what the word "independence" is. This cannot be done in a short time.

Franz can be sure that if Austria now ends its military control of the local area, the social order will collapse immediately.

As a liberator, the old system has been pushed forward, and the new system will naturally be established. Establishing with one's own people is always more loyal than using outsiders.

Franz thought for a while and said: "Then do it, and establish the foundation of rule as soon as possible.

If the British and French lose in the Near East War, it is enough. If they win, perhaps they are tied, then our troubles will come.

They will not watch us swallow such a large profit. If the Russians can't get Constantinople, they will also be eyeing our gains.

In the face of interests, the relationship of allies is not necessarily reliable. If the British encourage the British, the tsarist government will do stupid things."

This is not the heart of Franz ’s villain. The bear ’s bad reputation is not groundless, but it is piled up with countless facts, and it is impossible to be vigilant.

The British pit teammates, the French pit teammates, everyone has a little bit of eating, not too much, at least barely passable in the face, when Mao Xiongkeng teammates are shocking.

"Yes, Your Majesty!" Prime Minister Felix replied

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Balkan Peninsula

Since the end of the Paris conference, the British have had the energy to teach Greece this disobedient young man.

Do you think you can escape the punishment without the flag of the government under the banner of civilian armed forces?Dream!Do not look at who is fooling, want to play tricks, do you know who is the ancestor in this regard?

Since the Greeks were playing tricks, the British decided to explain the truth to them. Of course, this time they used fists to reason with them.

By October, the British reinforcements were in place. The three infantry divisions plus one division that would be reorganized by the remnants of the Balkan Peninsula, totaled 51,000 British troops.

Together with the 16,000 Sardinian army and the 12,000 Ottoman army, they formed a coalition of three nations and went to seek the grudges of the Greeks.

The result is naturally self-evident, and the Greek "civilian armed forces" that even the Ottoman army could not beat, naturally collapsed.

The Greek kingdom was too poor, and ran to the navy to play dead. The army ’s weapons and equipment naturally had no money to replace. After blindly expanding the team, they could not do it with one gun.

At first, the Ottomans were unprepared, and the army was fighting on the front line. The Greeks were naturally in a rush. When the Ottoman Empire reacted, and their troops were drawn from the front line, their offensive was blocked.

Now the British take them to operate, in addition to the lesson 25 or five, it is more important that this is a soft persimmon.

John Bull also wants to face, after fighting for so long, they also know that the bear is not easy to provoke, it is too difficult to fight a beautiful war.Let the French bite the hard bones. The British Army is limited in size and can't put all the family members into it.

In order to restore the reputational damage brought about by the battle of Sofia, the British War Department ordered Major General Oliver to make a contribution to the crime and find face in the Greeks.

The British were cruel, and the Greeks could not bear it. They were first driven out of Thrace, and now they have retreated to Veria, and they will be returned to the country soon after.

Otto I was in a hurry, and these forces could not be returned to the country anyway. This was not just a failure of the war, but more importantly, their "neutral status" was not guaranteed, and the war would burn to the Greek peninsula.

On the chessboard of this game of great powers, the Kingdom of Greece is just an ordinary piece, and it is now about to become an abandoned piece.

Otto I asked with concern: "How is General Menshkov willing to send troops?"

The bear is very vengeful. At the crucial moment of the second Bulgarian battle, the Greeks only wanted to grab their own territory and did not attack the empty Constantinople according to their requirements, otherwise the Near East War would have ended long ago.

No matter how many reasons the Greeks have, it seems to the Russians that this is betrayal, and it is impossible not to remember.

Moreover, the Russians are very busy now, while they want to attack Constantinople and fight the British and French on the Crimean peninsula. Whether they have the energy to rescue Greece is a problem.

The Minister of Foreign Affairs replied: "Your Majesty, the Russians put forward the conditions, unless we declare the flag to join the alliance and declare war against Britain, France and other countries, otherwise they will not send troops to rescue."

Asking for help from an ally, is that an ally first?The Greek Kingdom is only agreed between Austria and the Russians. They have not fully implemented this gentleman's agreement. Are they expecting the Russians to treat it as one thing?

Otto I's face sank and said angrily: "Don't you tell the Russians our difficulties? Greece's geographical location determines that we have no way to be an enemy of Britain and France, otherwise we will soon face the disaster of extinction."

When he said this, Otto I was still lacking.The feng shui rotation, when the Greeks were afraid of offending the British and French, and wanted to grab the ground, did not care about the overall situation, now they need others to take care of the overall situation.

"Your Majesty, the Russians have a very clear attitude. They believe that since we have entered the war, we have stood on the opposite side of Britain and France.

General Menshkov said: If we still treat them as allies, we will join the alliance directly."The Foreign Secretary explained

This is a fact. Greece sent troops to attack the Ottoman Empire, which not only contained the Ottoman army, but also interrupted them to raise materials locally.

These gaps must be filled by Britain and France. Although Greece has not declared war on Britain and France, it has already caused them losses in action.

Otherwise, the British will not come over and beat them personally. Now they are not directly attacking the mainland of Greece. It is not that the British dare not, but political needs.

Attacking a sovereign country in a brash manner is easily attacked by public opinion.The British also have a face, anyway, Greece is so weak, the British Army needs to use them to brush the record, it is not worth them to tear off the camouflage.

Otto I was embarrassed. If you join the alliance, the mainland of Greece will soon be patronized by the British and French navies. I do n’t know how many port cities will be destroyed in the war.

But refused to join the alliance, the Russians would not send troops to rescue them.

According to the current situation, it will not take long for the front-line Greek army to lose all the way back to the homeland, and the enemy can also follow in the way.

At that time, Greece will still be dragged into the war. It is impossible for him to abandon all frontline troops, and not let them return to the country?

If it really happened, it is estimated that the people will soon rebel against him.

Otto I whimsically asked: "If we disarm the troops returning to the country as a neutral country, is it possible for the British to stop?"

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