Holy Roman Empire

The shipbuilding plan of the Kingdom of Prussia surprised Franz.He couldn't think of Prussia who fell on the army, and suddenly ran to develop the navy.

But looking at the development of the Kingdom of Prussia in recent years, Franz understands their approach.

Domestic industry and commerce require cheap raw materials and markets. The European continent has stabilized, and the Kingdom of Prussia has no hope of growing.

According to the current situation, if we continue to procrastinate, even if the German regions are unified, they will also be the object of being unified.

No one is willing to wait for death and take advantage of a wave of navy that broke out in peacetime, and it is possible to survive in Jedi.

In order to allow Junker nobles to accept this cruel reality, William I also personally acted as a lobbyist and promised benefits.

Whether an overseas colonial expansion government can make a profit is unknown, but domestic capitalists must be able to make a profit.

If the nobles are willing to act as the main force of colonization, they will naturally have a part of them.

This is also the reason why many colonial empires suffer financial losses.Those with vested interests have taken too much, are unwilling to pay taxes to the government, and have thrown administrative expenses to the government.

This situation is more obvious in the old empire, the government is unable to suppress these interest groups, and can not receive taxes.Coupled with the corruption of the bureaucracy, it swallowed up wealth and eventually suffered losses.

Losses are acceptable in the short term, and the time exceeds the limit of the government ’s financial tolerance. Domestic interest groups are reluctant to continue to pay for this and simply let the colony stand alone.

The most typical representative is the British who came out of the dominion. Who can expect that the local colonial governments in South Africa, Australia and India will lose money?

The Americans also suffered from this loss initially. In the hands of the Spaniards, the Philippines and Cuba can still make tens of millions of profits every year.

In the end, I lost more than one billion yuan, and I couldn't bear to let go.It is the result of the joint action of capitalists and bureaucratic groups.

After this lesson, the US government clearly recognized its own shortcomings, and even domestic capitalists could not suppress it, let alone overseas colonies.

This is why Franz defined the African colony as the second home of Germany in the beginning.

Since it is the second homeland, it cannot be pure colonial rule. When immigrants reach a certain number, they will be localized.

It was a good time to catch up, and the telegraph technology had made a breakthrough, and the submarine cable to the African continent was almost laid.

Convenient communication is a necessary factor for localized management.This is only effective for new colonies. The establishment time is too short. Local interest groups are too late to establish and grow, and the bureaucracy has not fallen.

If an old colony that has formed an interest group, it can only be forced by force, or a major cleansing.

To do this, you must have a strong government and the strength to suppress the rebellion.

...

The head of intelligence, Tylen, submitted a document to Franz and whispered: "Your Majesty, the French clamored in the Balkans, and they cleaned up many people who opposed them. This is detailed information, please review."

Flipping through the information, Franz looked aggrieved.I do n’t know which genius gave Napoleon III a good idea, but I wanted to use Balkan immigrants to develop overseas colonies.

This is really a good idea.The folk customs in the Balkans are tough, and it is not easy for these people to rule if they stay in place.Once you have gone to the colony, it will be different. If you are unfamiliar, you have no choice but to depend on the French.

Anyway, there are many French colonies. Breaking up these people and setting them up will not become mainstream in any place.

Franz knows this very well. Not many other Balkans are more ethnic groups, which also means that the population of each ethnic group is not large.

There are one million people who are considered big nations. At present, there are only Bulgarian and Romanian peoples, and the Greeks are almost one million.

In addition to the most influential factors of war, this is also related to the immigration policy of the Vienna government, which directly made Bulgarians the largest people in the Balkans.

The French Balkan Peninsula has no main ethnic groups. There are more than 20 ethnic groups of all sizes, less than 4 million people combined, and there are many internal contradictions. It is known that these people cannot hold the group.

Franz hesitated. He didn't know if he wanted to do something now, adding some chaos to the French.

After all, the French immigration methods are a bit rubbish. Relying on the poll tax to increase immigration can easily cause a rebound.As long as you push behind, an armed riot will happen.

"Continue to pay attention to the actions of the French. If there is a chance, the conflict between the Principality of Montenegro and them can be provoked."

Franz is not something that John Bull did not harm others.French immigration from the Balkans is also good for Austria, and when did this source of unrest in the province erupt and spread to Austria.

However, the instincts of the great powers are still there. If they do not destroy the French immigrants, it does not mean that they cannot be stabbed.

The Principality of Montenegro is also not the chief of peace, but the two neighbors around it are too terrifying, and temporarily converged their ambitions.

For the stability of the Austrian Balkan Peninsula, Franz decided not to hesitate.

This is just a little trouble, and it did not affect the French plan. Even if there is a conflict, I believe that Napoleon III can take it.

Perhaps they do not need to provoke, they themselves have contradictions.The arrival of the French made the Principality of Montenegro lose the opportunity to annex Albania, and the relationship between the two sides has always been bad.

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On the island of Kalimantan, there is an event that shocked the Nanyang region. On September 12, 1861, the flag of the two-headed eagle flew over the Lanfang Republic.

Anyone who knows a little bit of international common sense knows what this flag means.

The Lanfang Republic was also relegated to become the Lanfang Autonomous Province under the banner of the New Holy Roman Empire. The name of the Republic was thrown into the long history.

No, the name Lanfang Republic was given by Europeans, and the title in the Chinese circle has always been Lanfang Company.

From its own private company to an autonomous province, it can only be regarded as being incorporated.Lan Fang, General Manager of Lan Fang, was appointed as the first Governor.

At the grand celebration banquet outside, Governor Liu was absent.He is still studying the state bill of the New Holy Rome, don't look at it has been added, in fact, he still has no idea.

Eastern and Western cultures are different. For Europeans, things that are very normal are seen by Orientals as shocked.

In the eyes of many Orientals, aren't these states the vassals?Even the power of the state government is greater than that of the princes, and it is almost approaching the princes of Zhou Tianzi.

A year young man smiled and said: "Father, you are studying these codes again."

Governor Liu nodded and said, "Chun'er, these codes are more and more frightening. Doesn't the emperor cut the vassals?"

The young man said confidently: "Father rest assured that Europe attaches great importance to jurisprudence. I learned about the history of the Holy Roman Empire when I was studying in England. This system has continued for hundreds of years.

Even in the unification war that broke out a few years ago, the Bavarian king stood on the opposite side of the emperor, but only subclassed Lombardy.

If the emperor wanted to cut the clan, he didn't need to do that at all.Austria is much stronger than these countries, but His Majesty Franz still strictly abides by the code.

Let's not worry about it anymore. This is still the case in the local area. How could the emperor violate the code he made for an overseas dominion?"

Everyone is profit-seeking. If there is not enough interest, the senior officials of Lanfang Company will not join the new Holy Roman Empire.

In addition to being able to obtain security protection, the most important thing is that everyone's interests are guaranteed.Apart from sharing military expenses and paying royal pensions, their substantial interests have not been damaged.

On the other hand, the flag of Shenluo can be displayed instead of prying eyes of other colonial empires.

At least the Dutch, who are pressing them step by step, have now stopped.The representative of Vienna also made a commitment that the privileges of all countries in Lanfang will be assigned by the Imperial Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

Governor Liu said: "It's better to be so, otherwise we will pay this protection fee in vain."

The concept of consciousness is not so easy to change. In the minds of the older generation, this is to spend money to buy peace and use Austria's strength to protect itself.

Anyway, all affairs are handled on their own, they also have their own army, and all autonomy is retained.

Diplomatic matters are just thrown out, and they are too lazy to deal with foreigners. It is them who suffers almost every contact.

The younger generation received Western-style education and knew how to use rules to protect their own interests. They are the ones who most support joining the New Holy Roman Empire.

Originally, everyone wanted to join the Manchus, and even the attachments were acceptable. Unfortunately, the Qing government was too troublesome to accept them.

At this time, the Chinese in Nanyang all had a sense of crisis, and they were afraid that they would provoke the disaster by accident.

Without strength, wealth is the source of disasters.

As the first to open their eyes to the world, they knew that Lanfang Company was already at stake.Without a strong background, they cannot survive with their own strength.

So after signing an agreement with the Vienna government, there will be a big celebration outside.

Not that everyone really likes to join the new Shinra Empire.In essence, it's for the purpose of pulling the tiger's skin. The greater the momentum, the greater the benefits.

This time, the Lanfang government sent invitations to the representatives of all countries in Nanyang, just to tell everyone that the Lanfang Republic is now the Lanfang Autonomous Province of the new Shinra Empire. If you want to take advantage of it, go to the Vienna government to speak.

Governor Liu does not attend the banquet and has a political purpose.In this way, representatives of various countries are told that as senior officials of the new Shinra Empire, they are eligible to say no to them.