Holy Roman Empire

On April 21, 1874, Napoleon III died at the Palace of Versailles.This news quickly seized the popularity of the Near East War, and everyone's eyes gathered in Paris.

At the Vienna Palace, Franz sighed deeply.A competitor just left.

Adjusting his emotions, Franz quickly recovered.

"Napoleon III is gone, and the transfer of power in France will be in full swing. We should not worry about the threat from the west in a short period of time.

Both of us in Berlin and London can start to act.This change in the situation in Europe has a bearing on the international landscape for the next few decades. The situation must not be allowed to get out of control."

It has to be said that the strategic layout is trouble.Mistakes in any place may trigger a chain reaction.

Including the death of Napoleon III is within the scope of calculation, if he persisted for a few more years, Franz ’s European strategy had to be overwhelmed.

Foreign Minister Weisenberg: "Your Majesty, the situation in France is even more chaotic than we had estimated in advance. Napoleon III had just died and the French government was caught in a struggle for power.

Napoleon IV, who is about to ascend the throne, has insufficient prestige and can't overwhelm the gang of elders in the government. Several major factions are currently fighting very hard.

If the internal struggle does not end, I am afraid that the French will not have the energy to intervene in international affairs in the short term, and our enticement plan may not work."

The infighting of the French government was deliberately created by Napoleon III, and the rights of the emperor can only be guaranteed if the ministers fight.

Napoleon III died too early, paving the way for the Crown Prince Eugen was too short, did not have time to establish prestige, unable to overwhelm everyone.

In this case, let the following ministers pinch each other, and the little emperor appears as an arbiter.After a few years, the emperor ’s status had stabilized, and it was enough to replace the ministers below.

This is a very clever trick, and it can achieve a smooth transition of imperial power.It's just that the sequelae are also great. An internal government will waste a lot of energy and affect the development of the country.

The French family has a great cause, and the slow development is not a problem.There are almost no external threats, and no country can think of it and run to invade France.

France, which is constantly fighting, obviously will not jump out and do things.Even if you are coveting the resources of Belgium and the Rhineland, there are many teammates who are behind, it is difficult to become a reality.

As long as the main force of the French army does not come out, Austria cannot help the French.According to the plan, it was tempting France to send troops to the Rhineland region, and Austria led all European countries to form an anti-French alliance.

Don't think that the Lanxi soldiers are strong, but now they really can't fight in the Napoleonic era. Once again, the anti-French war, they simply can't sustain it.

Franz nodded: "It doesn't matter, the possibility of this plan is already very low, and it has become the natural best. It doesn't matter if it fails.

France is not our real enemy. Neither of the European countries is our real enemy. Our real enemy will always be ourselves."

Franz couldn't help being excited when he said the last sentence.After so many years of development, Austria has finally developed to the point of ignoring external threats.

The situation on the European continent has been disturbed beyond recognition.In the situation of Russia-Russia confrontation, there is only one France left, which no longer threatens the security of Austria.

From the beginning, the Vienna government had two plans: to balance the strength of Russia and Russia, or to defeat France.

Whichever is achieved, Austria will be free from the crisis of multi-line operations.It is not easy to defeat France, then continue to implement the strategy of balancing Russia and Russia.

This is to learn from the British. While implementing the European balance policy, John Bull also maximized the benefits. Franz naturally had to follow suit.

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In Berlin, after receiving the news of the death of Napoleon III, William I was almost mad, which was simply "to encounter a pillow when I wanted to sleep."

Russia and Austria are beating the Ottoman Empire, and the French have died the emperor. It can be said that the biggest stumbling block for William I's ascension to the Polish throne is gone.

Foreign Minister Jeffrey Friedman reminded: "Your Majesty, things are not so optimistic. The death of Napoleon III only means that the probability of French intervention is reduced, which does not mean that it will not interfere at all.

Although the Near East War contained some of Austria's energy, they still had the power to intervene.We also have to consider the reaction of the British. The London government does not want to see our real rise.

If we want to annex Poland, we'd better get the support of two of the three countries of Britain, France, and Austria, at least for their acquiescence."

The excited William I woke up instantly, and it was too happy now.The annexation of Poland is a mirror moon before the three great powers are settled.

"This is indeed a question. If we deal with France and Austria, how much will it cost?"

Interest is always the best outbreak of solving problems. If it cannot be solved, it must be that the interest is not big enough.Do n’t look at European countries ’opposition to Prussia ’s annexation of Poland. As long as the interests are in place, opposition can also turn into support.

Choosing to buy France and Austria is also a practical need.The Russian Empire is a dead enemy, and the Berlin government cannot possibly buy it; the British are at sea, and the possibility of sending troops to interfere is very small.

Jeffrey Friedman thought about it and said, "In the current situation, we can promise France and Austria to support Austria's annexation of the Ottoman Empire and the German Federation and France's annexation of Belgium as a transaction.

If necessary, the French can also be promised to sell the Rhineland region and Austria to sell part of the southern part of the Kingdom of Poland."

Promises come back to promises. Whether they can be fulfilled depends on the actual situation.Just like the partition of the Ottoman Empire, Franz promised the Russians more than half of the Balkan peninsula. As a result, most of the area fell into the hands of Austria.

The Vienna government also did not violate the agreement. The extra territory was bought by Austria from the French, not captured from the Ottoman Empire.

It was only Prussia ’s turn that the situation changed. The two countries were too strong and the possibility of a change was small. The current promise is likely to become a reality in the future.

The room fell silent, and everyone was weighing the pros and cons.In this respect, Bismarck was so courageous that he directly wrote a blank cheque to Napoleon III, turned his head and turned away.

After hesitating for a while, Prime Minister Mao Qi broke the silence: "You can try to fight for it. As long as we can annex Poland, the gap between our strength and that of France and Austria will be greatly reduced, and the situation will be different at that time.

In the future, we can also draw the eyes of the French to low-lying countries and Austria to the Ottoman Empire.

Do n’t forget the reactions of other European countries. Perhaps the current promises do not need to be fulfilled."

This is not the first time this has happened on the European continent. If other European countries interfere and the transaction cannot proceed smoothly, France and Austria have no way to accuse Prussia of breach of contract.

This is similar to William I's plan, he has long prepared to let the British finally come out and make trouble, to prevent the expansion of France and Austria to the Central European region.

After a pause, William I made a decision: "Then act, first create the established facts, and then negotiate later, the result will be more beneficial to us."

If possible, William I wanted to annex the German Federal Empire.It is a pity that the difficulty is too great, and the three countries of Britain, France, Austria and Austria cannot agree.

Everyone knows Austria ’s German reunification strategy, even if it is for political propaganda, the Vienna government will fully interfere.

The French also wanted to annex the territory west of the Rhine, with the German Federation in the middle, and the Rheinland region is an enclave.If Prussia annexed the German Confederation and the territory was connected, it would not be easy to pay attention.

Unlike the original time and space, in order to prevent Austria from annexing the German Confederation, John Bull invested a lot of resources in the German Confederation, which was completely treated as a pro-son.

The relationship between the two sides is close and still on top of Belgium and the Netherlands.The German Confederation is also playing balance, the navy is full of British equipment, and the Army is basically Austrian equipment.

Relying on good diplomatic relations, the Vienna government has no way to use force against the German Federation.If you want to unify the German region, the negotiation is over.As long as Austria can settle European countries, they will not object.

The seemingly coordinated action is actually a very clever political means, and it has pushed the responsibility for undermining the unity of the German region to the international forces.

Whatever the final result, the interests of the ruling class will not be damaged.Don't even worry about national defense security, if you are in trouble, you can just ask Austria for help.

The Vienna government has abandoned the national policy of the German unified plan, and there are also factors in this regard.

The seemingly coordinated reunification actually hides a lot of mysteries. Through negotiations to complete peaceful reunification, the government can only get a nominal reunification, and it will also lay hidden dangers for the imperial division.

Franz is not a prestigious, just a nominal ruler, it is not worth Austria to bet on the entire empire.

Then everyone will act together. The more the German Federation cooperates, the more European countries are worried that Austria will unify the German region and it will complete the integration power surge in a short period of time.

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In Warsaw, it seems that everyone is paying attention to the succession of the Polish throne overnight. Experts and scholars have commented in the newspapers to attribute all the problems encountered in Poland to the absence of the king.

This is not nonsense, they still have evidence.All powerful nations in Europe have monarchs, either kings or emperors.

Even a representative of a republican country cannot be elected. The split of the American Civil War has been promoted as a negative teaching material in Europe."The emperor took turns" was regarded as one of the main causes of the American Civil War.

Who knows the truth?Anyway, monarchy countries are so propaganda, so much, everyone will believe it.

Radical newspapers have begun to publicly accuse the government of deliberately preventing the king from generating power in his hands.

This argument cannot be miscalculated.The Polish government does not want the king to appear and affect their rights.

But this lid was lifted, then you can never admit it.Now in the age of monarchy, the constitutional monarchy was established when Poland gained independence.

The Constitution is clearly written, and the Polish Provisional Government cannot afford this charge.Looking at the crowd outside the demonstration, Prime Minister Dongbrowsky knew that he could not drag on.