Holy Roman Empire

569 The British Plan

At the Austrian Embassy, ​​a staff member in his thirties reported: "My Excellency, this is information we have recently collected.

It is worth noting that at the same time as the visit of Marquis Maclean, Crawley, the Deputy Secretary of the British Foreign Office, also entered the French embassy at the same time.

The two met in the secret room, and no one knew the specific content.Judging from the preliminary content of their conversation, it should be related to the Near East War, and half of it may involve the issue of German reunification."

It is the foreign policy of the British to draw Austria to check and balance France, and to pull France to check and control Austria.

Hu Meier did not feel the slightest surprise when the British contacted the French.The British wanted to save the nail of the Ottoman Empire, and the Vienna government was also prepared to leave this decaying empire to slowly shear the wool.

If the Ottoman Empire was killed at once, Austria would not be able to swallow the meat.By that time, the European countries will share together, which not only undermined the fraud strategy implemented by the Vienna government, but also put the British and French into their own back gardens.

"Unify the German region" just slogans, if it's serious, then lose.As a high-level government, Humer is very clear that the Vienna government is not ready to reunify the German region.

Humel nodded: "Let's put the file here, I will take the time to read it. Now I continue to stare at the British, I always feel that things are not so simple."

Things went so smoothly that Humel did not need to do anything to get the desired result.

If it is something else, you can celebrate in advance.However, in this international diplomacy, the more vigilant it is, the more vigilant it is.

No one can guarantee that this will be a smoke bomb from a competitor.Britain and Austria have only reached an oral agreement, which is not binding at all. It is too easy to repent.

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Inside the Downing Street Prime Minister ’s mansion, high-ranking British cabinets gathered.

Prime Minister Gerston: "How is the plan going, have France and Austria been hooked?"

Foreign Minister McLean: "The progress is very smooth, and both France and Austria are very vigilant to each other. As long as we control the time and proceed step by step according to the plan, without leaving them time for private transactions, the overall situation is set.

Compared to France and Austria, I am more worried about the German Federal Empire.There are too many states in Germany, Austria has too much influence in Germany, and local nationalism has awakened.

I am worried that even if we are behind us, they may not follow our plan.In case they did n’t stick to it, our investment would be in trouble.

You know that so far, Hanover has not really mastered this country.Their imperial parliament still follows the traditional model, with one state and one vote, which is very vexing."

"One country, one vote" is the prerequisite for the establishment of the German Federal Empire. Otherwise, why should many German states follow Hanover?

Behind the voting rights, there is Austrian handwriting.The creation of this model of political structure was to prevent the integration of the German Federation from the beginning.

Now the effect is very good. After so many years, the German Federal Empire is still the "comedy empire", noisy when it comes to things.

It stands to reason that such a political structure will affect the development of the country, but the fact is the contrary, the local economy is developing very well.

These states have a high degree of autonomy and can flexibly formulate economic policies. They do not need the central government led by Hanover to intervene.

The economic foundation determines the political structure. Affected by many factors such as geography, culture, political diplomacy, etc., many states of the German Federation inevitably tied the economy and Austria together.

Not every small country has ambitions. For many small countries, it is sufficient to develop a good economy.Anyway, no matter who is the boss, it is not their turn to be the boss, as long as they are acceptable.

Many states at the village and town level have simply cancelled the army.For them, it is the same whether they support the army.

Duelings have become unpopular this year, and tens of thousands or hundreds of thousands of troops have surpassed their total population. They cannot win even if they are invaded by foreign enemies. It is more reliable to hold their thighs to ensure their safety.

According to the British plan, the German Federal Empire will cut with Austria to completely get rid of the influence of Austria and become a truly independent country.

The highest authority of the German Federal Empire is the Imperial Parliament. Under the basic system of one state and one vote, if these insignificant small states join together, they can veto any decision of the central government.

Maclean's worries are justified. In case the German Federal Parliament stands up to sing a contradiction, it will be a joke.

Prime Minister Gerston frowned: "This is indeed a problem, but it can be dealt with by the German Federal Government.

If these states cannot be persuaded, the emperor will be ordered to close the Imperial Parliament.This may cause little confusion, but I believe they can still be overcome.

After the annexation of the Rhineland by the German Federal Empire, there will be a qualitative breakthrough in their strength, and the total amount of economy and industry can be ranked in the top five in Europe.

If Austria annexed the German Confederation, then the European continent would really be the only one. This is something that European countries do not want to see.

It is now the general trend for the German Federation and Austria to further cut and completely cut off the possibility of German reunification.Even if the Vienna government is regenerative, there is no way to resist the common will of European countries."

The German Federal Empire was originally the most prosperous region of the German region, plus the Rhineland region, it was even more powerful.

Open the map to know that the essence of the original German Empire of Space and Time is here. Simply looking at industry and economy is equivalent to the strength of half of the German Empire in the same time and space.

This volume is not small anymore, the total economic volume exceeds that of Spain, and the per capita income also exceeds the current two countries of France and Austria.

The only shortcoming is that there are a large number of internal states, which disperses the national strength, especially lowers the military strength.Otherwise, the German Federation can join the power clubs.

If we simply calculate the total domestic economy, France and Austria now surpass Britain, and Austria is already the world's largest economy.

The economic structure determines the superstructure, and the volume is so large that it is not impossible to develop sea power and land power.

Once Austria annexed the German Federal Empire, it had the power to develop land and sea power at the same time, which had seriously threatened Britain's supremacy.

Chancellor of the Exchequer, Laluk Royd: "We seem to have overlooked something, just changing the name of the country may not be able to achieve its purpose.

Do n’t forget that the German Federal Empire has long been an independent country. It has nothing to do with the Austrian shrine empire, but the Vienna government still holds the banner of unity in the German region, and the people in the German region buy it.

The nationalism that the French clamored for has now been carried forward in the German region, and it is simply not restricted by the previous rules of the game.

If the folks cannot be cut, the effect of changing the country ’s name is actually very limited, and it may even further stimulate nationalism."

Jurisprudentially, Austria has nothing to do with the German Federation.It stands to reason that people in the German Federal Empire will not buy Austrian accounts.

It is a pity that nationalism has been encountered and the situation has changed.Nationalists insisted that the German region was a whole. They recognized that the new Shinra Empire inherited the demise of the Shinra Empire, but did not recognize the current German Federal Empire.

This complicates matters, and the German Federal Empire is independent, but Austria still has a popular base for unifying the German region.

The British wanted to allow the German Federal Empire to change the country's name. In fact, it was further politically cut to lay the foundation for the weakening of the theory of the great unification of Germany.

Foreign Minister Maclean shook his head: "The cultural traditions of Germany and Austria are in the same line, and it is very difficult to separate the people.

Even if it was an independent country that had previously divorced from the Shinra Empire, in fact, the Netherlands had done a better job and basically completed the de-Germanization.

Both Belgium and Switzerland are deeply influenced by German culture, but they and Austria have been cut apart, and neither of the two governments is included in the German government's strategy of German unification.

The Kingdom of Prussia has also done a good job, and within a few years, it will be able to get rid of the influence of the German unified thought.

Due to internal problems, the German Federal Empire lacked a strong government, so it had no action.

Now we have to push a hand, or maybe one day, if we take a nap, the German regions will be unified."

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