Holy Roman Empire

It is not just the French who want to be fishermen. After the outbreak of the British-British War, Prussia was also eager to move.

It's just that William I was more cautious and didn't hurry.Although Britain and Austria worked in South Africa, they were all secretly, and on the bright side, both sides were "friendly countries."

No tearing of the face means that both sides can compromise at any time.William I did not think that the South African problem was the knot of the two countries.

However, his point of view is not the same as that of the Berlin government. The long-awaited Junker nobles have already begun to move.

Prime Minister Mao Qi said in surprise: "Your Majesty, this is an excellent opportunity. The conflict between the UK and Austria broke out, and the French focused their attention on the Italian region.

At this time, no one could limit our chances of starting the German Federal Empire and unifying the North German region."

The reunification of the North German region is crucial for Prussia. Once the German Federal Empire is annexed, it is not the three major powers that dominate the European continent, but the four major powers.

Although Prussia has now defeated the Russian Empire, they still rank behind the Russian Empire in everyone's minds.

Recognized as a member of the power club, but only a second-rate power, with a certain right to speak, but no influence over the situation in Europe.

This is not a problem of fictitious name, but caused by strength.Whether it is economic strength or military strength, the Kingdom of Prussia is still unable to match the British and French.

After defeating the Russians, the self-confidence of the Junker nobles exploded.If it was n’t for the great losses in the war and they have n’t recovered their vitality so far, they wo n’t be so calm.

To change this situation, unifying the North German region is the best choice.Of course, it would be more perfect to be able to annex Poland.

Prime Minister Mao Qi is still IQ online, and there are no silly people who want to go both ways.Prussia's strength is limited, and the result of taking into account the two must be a joke.

William I asked directly: "My Prime Minister, do you think the South Africa region is important to Austria, or the German region is important to Austria?"

Do not think about this issue. Obviously, the German region is more important.Even if gold mines in South Africa have been discovered, they are still not as important to Austria as Germany.

It is politically determined that Franz cannot give up the German region. Even if the German region cannot be unified, the slogan of unification must still be shouted.

This is related to the legitimacy of the Shinra Empire. The Vienna government cannot easily let go, otherwise it will not be able to explain to the people in the country.

Mao Qi replied: "Nature is important in the German region, but from the performance of the Vienna government, their interest in the German Federation is not too strong.

If they really wanted to annex the German Federal Empire, they would n’t have to wait until now. As early as when we had a hard fight with the Russians a few years ago, we could do it."

This is a fact. At that time, Prussia contained the Russians. Austria started the German Federal Empire, and the French were able to intervene.

While the French are eyeing the Italian region, the interest exchange between France and Austria, and the success rate of annexation of the German Federation is very high.

William I picked up the baton and pointed to the map of Europe on the wall. "The Vienna government does not do anything, it does not mean that we will let it go."

Marshal, you are also a military.The strategic situation that Austria will face when annexing the German Confederation is also clear to you.

From a purely national defense perspective, the current situation is most advantageous to Austria.The Russians in the east are licking wounds, the Ottoman Empire in the south is dying, and we in the north cannot threaten them.

With the Albis Mountains blocking it, the French on the west are hard to beat.The French attack Austria in addition to attacking from the Italian region, only borrowed from Belgium and the Rhineland region.

The French are also busy annexing the Italian region. It can be said that the local situation will not be stable in the next two decades.Attacking Austria from the Italian region, the French wanted to consider the guerrillas in their territory.

As for borrowing, it is even more impossible.At least we have no courage to let the French in. The French cannot believe us. They would rather fight all the way.

The possibility of a war between France and Austria has been reduced to a minimum, which is lower than the chance of war between us and the French.

Once the German Federal Empire was occupied, this strategic advantage ceased to exist for an instant.Not only the threat from the French, but also the maritime threat from the British.

Leaving aside military threats, do the Austrians really need the German Federation?

The German Federal Empire has more than 20 large and small states, annexing them. Isn't the Vienna government afraid that the Imperial Parliament is too busy?"

The final reason is the key to the problem.With so many states joining the Shinra Empire, the number of votes in the Imperial Parliament exceeds that of Austria, which would weaken the central government's control over the states.

Not to mention that it is not allowed strategically, even if there is no strategic problem, no one will dare to do anything just because of the political impact.

When Franz reorganized Shinra, there was no way.Austria has insufficient power, and the number of main nationalities in the country is seriously inadequate, so it can only choose to compromise.

After so many years, after a series of measures such as compulsory education, planned cross immigration, and assimilation, the internal ethnic conflicts have now been resolved.

At this time, the Vienna government was naturally reluctant to add a bunch of more states.Otherwise, there is no need to use force at all, and the German Federation will take the initiative to come over.

According to the principle of at least one vote for a state, so many small states in the German Federal Empire can directly become the master of the empire by virtue of the advantage in the number of votes.

How is such a good thing possible?Not only does Austria not agree, even several states in the country will not agree.

The empire can develop to this stage, everyone is credited.Willing to share these benefits is already very difficult.It is also necessary to give up power, no matter who it is, it is impossible to agree!

The government of Vienna was wary of eating, and it was impossible to openly violate the promises of the year, and things dragged on.But if they don't do it, they won't let others do it.

William I estimated that their forefoot had just started, and then Austria jumped out to pick peaches.It happened that they killed these state governments, and Austria could directly turn these regions into provinces and municipalities directly under the Central Government.

The current Kingdom of Prussia does not have the power of World War I. Even if it is the courage to challenge Austria, we must first consider whether the Russians behind will stab them, and will worry whether France in the west will fall.

In the era without Bismarck, these troubles made William I have a headache, and had to fight in person.

The struggle for power is cruel, the military is too powerful, and now even the king, William I can't say a word.

The Kingdom of Prussia is not without talents, but these people are very difficult to promote, many people have become the king's staff.

Not long ago, William I wanted to promote a foreign minister of civilian origin, but he was opposed by the Junker nobility. The reason is very simple: no credit for the country.

This reason, William I can not refute.The system of appointing officials with credit, which the Junker nobles copied from Austria, then changed.

Austria's assessment is the official achievements, Prussia looks directly at the merits, the achievements are the merits, and the military merits are also the merits.Under this game rule, a large number of Juncker nobles occupy high positions.

Having just won the Russians, the Junker nobles do n’t have much military merit, and most of the government ’s rights fall into their hands.

The prime minister and the ministers of the Junker nobility were all born, and the rights of William I were inevitably weakened.

If it were n’t William I who took the lead, disintegrated Junker ’s nobility, and split the group into several waves, he would now become a rubber stamp.

They are all elites of this era. Although the political sense of smell is not good, once the problem is put on the bright side, Marshal Mao Qi quickly responded.

Seeing Mao Qi whose face changed greatly, William I was very satisfied.It was precisely because Mao Qi's talents were limited in military and political capacity that he made Mao Qi prime minister.

How else to differentiate Junker nobles?Now there is a strange circle in Prussia, and many people with military capabilities are in the government.

Of course, people with political abilities did not enter the army, and William I would not do the self-destruction of the Great Wall.

After being silent for a while, William I added: "Now the focus of the government's work is to develop the economy. Prussia has just stepped out of the war. The country's Baidu is still on the rise, and the people need to rest.

In recent years, the Russians have also carried out social reforms.In order to raise funds, Alexander II even spared no effort.

This enemy is terrible, and we cannot relax our vigilance for a moment.For up to two decades, there will be a battle between Russia and Russia."

The topic shift was very successful. The Russians made outstanding contributions to the unity and stability of the Kingdom of Prussia.Only in the face of this great enemy can all sectors of Prussian society be united as never before.

The contradictions between Russia and Russia have already been solved, and William I was not prepared to reconcile with the Russians.

For this reason, everyone in the cabinet has no opinion.When enemies with Russia, to provoke Austria and offend England, it is simply to find death.

That's right, now the British are also against Prussia's annexation of the German Federal Empire.The two countries of France and Austria are enough for the London government to work hard, and the British will not be able to bear another strong Prussia.

Moreover, the British still have a lot of interest in the German Commonwealth, and there is no interest in hands-on situations in Austria. They are happy to keep this younger brother.

In fact, any merger in continental Europe is a threat to the British.Limited by the local area, the London government had to prevent any possible European unification.

In order to ease the atmosphere, Finance Minister Ron suggested: "Your Majesty is right, our finances are very optimistic, and it is only a step away from bankruptcy.

Not only did the Russians lose their international credibility this time, they also lost nearly all of the international market.

This price is not something we can afford. It is now vital to develop the economy, and it is necessary for the government to formulate a more proactive economic policy."

Do n’t look at the fact that they are all from the military, and their political business is not very familiar. In fact, the situation in the Kingdom of Prussia is still very stable.

They directly brought the model of managing the army to the country of management, and the consequences are still unknown, at least in a short period of time, they have achieved positive results.

After the end of the war, the Kingdom of Prussia came out of the predicament in less than three years.Of course, loot is also an important stimulus, otherwise they will not recover so fast.

Up to now, the Kingdom of Prussia has not only escaped the food crisis, but also changed from a food importer to an exporter.

Significant achievements have also been achieved in industry, especially in the military industry. Under the stimulation of war, the Prussian military industrial system has been upgraded and is among the top in the world.

Economically, during the post-war recovery period, the Kingdom of Prussia also maintained rapid growth.However, with the passage of time, the rate of economic growth is now slowing down.

The huge debt has become an important factor restricting the continued development of the Kingdom of Prussia.The Berlin government has more than half of its fiscal revenue every year and is used to repay foreign debts.

Although this ratio is continuously decreasing, it still puts the Prussian finances on the verge of bankruptcy.If it were not for the consequences of failing to pay, they would have emulated the Russians.

Of course, behind this, the Poles also made great contributions.Selflessly contributed industrial raw materials, as well as product sales market.

Otherwise, the Prussian economy has not recovered so quickly.