Holy Roman Empire

Time is like an arrow, and the sun and the moon are like a shuttle.After so many years of hard work, Austria has already become the second colonial empire in the world, with footprints on six continents and seven oceans.

I have to be thankful that there is no satellite map in this era, otherwise someone sees Austria's strategic layout, I am afraid that it will cause an uproar immediately.

In the Americas region, Austria occupies China and the United States and divides North and South America in two. The Panama Canal, which was famous in time and space, has become distant.

Unless one day, Austria is strong enough to meet all challenges, or the United States is divided again, it is not a threat, otherwise this canal will not be considered.

The African continent is even more terrifying. If anyone pays attention, Austria will divide the colonies of various countries so that they cannot be connected.

Of course, the French area of ​​North Africa is still very large, but after seeing the desert area, this statement needs to be changed.

A large area is a good thing, but the large desert area has changed.In addition to living in coastal areas, there are only a few oasis in this vast desert that are of value.

Mineral resources may exist, but they are not valuable in the African continent. If they are under the sand, they are even more valuable.

The British South Africa region is actually in jeopardy.Did not capture here, it was just that Franz did not want to meet the British so early.

Egypt, another French colony, also looks good, but is actually in crisis.If the Sudan area cannot be won as soon as possible and the two places will be connected together, it will be surrounded by Britain and Austria.

Simply analyzing from the military, this is simply wanting to monopolize the African continent.

In fact, this is just idealistic fantasy. On the African continent, the powers of the five countries of Anglo-French-Spanish-Portuguese countries are now gathered together. How can it be easily expelled?

Moreover, Austria does not have such a population to fill this huge pit. Franz is still very afraid of the fact that the Emperor becomes a non-chief.

In the original time and space, there were many Africans who claimed to be French, but they only became tanned when they tanned in Africa.

Regardless of whether it is true or not, just this possibility prevents Franz from arguing.

In the context of the localization policy, if the population of the African continent exceeds that of the mainland, they cry and shout to move the capital, which is a headache.

Well, these are small problems, anyway Franz is unlikely to encounter.The main reason is that the strength is not enough, too wave will happen.

Not to mention the European continent. If it were not to create contradictions decisively and push the hands behind the scenes to provoke the Russian-Russian war, Austria ’s national defense pressure is now enough to collapse.

No way, geographical location has made Austria, but also restricted Austria.

If Franz had not adopted flexible diplomatic measures and divided the relations between the powers, Austria had already become a target.

It can be said that the current situation in Europe is Franz.Some of them have changed, but in general, they are still within the scope of the plan.

According to Russia in the east, France in the west, and Prussia in the middle, this seemingly cool strategy, in fact, as long as it is implemented, the custody is more thorough than that of the Second German Empire.

Although the "Austrian threat theory" has not become the mainstream of public opinion, it has appeared in the minds of many politicians.Now there is no outbreak, that is the French are too active.

After all, the ancestors of the Habsburg dynasty used to be more splendid than they are now. As a result, the unification of the German region has not been achieved, and now Franz has not unified the German region, which is still within the acceptance of everyone.

It is estimated that many people are thinking about it, and another outbreak of melee in the German region can pull down the Habsburg dynasty.

Perhaps it was the prestige that came out of the Napoleonic era that created the arrogant French. Since they believed that the world's army was the first, they even refused to accept the Russian Empire during the heyday, and Austria was not taken into consideration.

Although there is much hatred in France, they are lucky!Spain has tossed itself down, and now the civil war is about to break out for the throne.

There was no threat from the rear, and they did not admonish any country alone, and Napoleon III naturally had the confidence to toss.

Of course, this is both an advantage and a disadvantage.That is, the expansion of France is difficult, and the French people's dream of a great power is difficult to satisfy.

Napoleon III is not too young, but his son is still young, and now the pace of expansion is accelerating, that is, Napoleon III is in a hurry.

If he cannot support his son in power, then he must first build a great French empire, or France will be in danger, or the Bonaparte's throne will be in danger.

This is also the reason why France and Austria can form an alliance. Franz ’s promoter is speculating on public opinion, and the spirit of the French people has always been very excited.

The desire of the great powers has already penetrated into the hearts of the people. Napoleon III can still suppress it, and the next generation may not be necessary.

In this case, either achieve this goal; or suppress it and change everyone's mindset.

There is no doubt that the second one cannot be done.Even if Napoleon III wanted to do something, the interests of his reform were damaged, the capitalists would not agree.

If the expansion is successful, the increased market can feed the capitalists; if the expansion fails, it should trigger political changes. If you change to a government of your own, you can also get a lot of benefits.

This is where the conspiracy is more terrible than the conspiracy. Now the internal contradictions in France are also very serious. The best way to alleviate internal contradictions is to expand.

Use the plundered wealth to make up for the losses of those who have lost interest in the reform.Modern reforms that succeeded are basically the same.

After the British Revolution, colonial expansion was carried out and colonies were used to resolve internal contradictions;

When Austria reformed, it also relied on external expansion to resolve internal conflicts;

The same is true of the Kingdom of Prussia. It was not until the end of the Russo-Prussian War that the contradiction between the capitalists and the Junker nobility was alleviated.

Now the stability of France is also based on external expansion.If the government did not open up so many colonies, the capitalists with damaged interests would have rebelled long ago.

Alexander II, who is currently undergoing reform, is now experiencing the same problem.The Russian Empire has no shortage of land, but those who have lost interest in the reform still need to compensate.

Money, Alexander II can't afford it.Many people in the original time and space attacked the incomplete reform of Alexander II, which led to the demise of the Russian Empire. In fact, there was no way. He really tried his best.

As a spokesperson for the interests of the noble class, if you want to make a knife to your own class, if the reform is thorough, you will not need to think about the future. You will change the tsar before the reform is completed.

Even so, the Russians are expanding in Central Asia, the Far East, and the Near East, relying on external plunder to ease internal conflicts.

Now that the Russian empire has lost the opportunity to expand, internal conflicts have become more intense.Without a major cleansing, the reform of Alexander II could not be carried out at all.

In Saint Petersburg, Alexander II changed the senior government again.There is no way. Three ministers have been assassinated, and the rest have become cowards. He can only choose to replace him.

There is always a hot-blooded man in any country. The reformists who are now in power are a group of willing to sprinkle blood for the Russian Empire.

Alexander II knew how to compromise art. His reforms were not radical, and many policies took care of the interests of nobles.

In land allocation, he made concessions again.The nobles who refused to buy the land did not force them, and the government paid to organize the farmers to open up wasteland.

The Russian Empire has land, but it has not been developed.Not to mention that the land in Europe has not been fully developed, and even the Siberian plains can actually house tens of millions of people, and farms have been developed in future Far East regions.

Anyway, the peasants at the bottom do not mind remoteness, as long as the government is willing to pay to help them open up wasteland, everyone does not mind hardship.

With this policy change, the resistance of the nobles suddenly became much weaker.In the era of mechanized agriculture, the demand for labor is not so great.

At the expense of it, the Tsarist government's purse quickly dwindled.Government funding needs real money, at least to provide agricultural tools, seeds, incidentally also responsible for managing the rice.

The peasants who have just been freed are clanging for poverty, and the cost of wasteland development can only be borne by the government.This money is considered an interest-free loan lent to the people by the government. It will be returned in the future, but that is the future.

Now there are tens of millions of people, pointing to the czar government to eat?The financial problem has become the biggest problem for the government of Alexander II.

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