Holy Roman Empire

After entering the 19th century, the world's polarization has become more and more serious."The stronger the stronger, the weaker the weaker." The international landscape has undergone earth-shaking changes.

The veteran empire seized the opportunity of the industrial revolution and preempted to occupy a large amount of resources. For their own benefit, they had begun to suppress the latecomers.

The British-Austrian shot this time seems to be aimed at curbing the expansion of France, and is actually a collision between the old and the new imperialist countries.

Not every country is the United States, and the country has abundant resources and markets.If a new country wants to rise, it must acquire sufficient resources and markets. This is the contradiction between the old and new empire.

The Kingdom of Prussia is not weak, and it will be stronger if it annexes the Kingdom of Poland.With enough strength but without matching resources, the future Kingdom of Prussia must be a challenger to order.

This has nothing to do with whether the government loves peace.If it is not to develop industry, once the industry develops, the raw materials and the market are the driving forces for them to challenge the world order.

The speed of the rise of the Second German Empire in time and space was too fast. The British overestimated the strength of the French. When they reacted, it was too late. They could only personally end the world war.

In contrast, Americans who have risen on the other side of the ocean are more fortunate. They are rich in resources themselves, dressing themselves up as "Uncle Sam" without threats, and successfully avoiding the suppression of the old empire.

After a long silence, Foreign Secretary Jeffrey Friedman said: "The situation is a bit wrong. The British and Austrian conspiracy should be highly confidential. How could we find it so easily?

You know, this involves us not only, but also the French.Even if the Paris government is internally unstable, it will not let the British and Austrian countries calculate them."

The intelligence comes too easily, it is the biggest loophole.Such a conspiracy does not necessarily mean that there are more than ten people, and all of them are high-level national officials. Under normal circumstances, there is no possibility of leaks.

William I shined, looking forward to asking: "You mean that one of the British and Austrian parties deliberately leaked. This alliance is not reliable, but only because of the temporary union of interests?"

Jeffrey Friedman shook his head: "No, both Britain and Austria really want to take the Rhineland region from us, but there may be differences on how to hand it over to the German Federal Empire.

The German Federal Empire was scattered, and that was the limited strength of the Hanover Kingdom, which dominated the central government, and did not integrate the strength of the country.

Hanover ’s territory is only 40% of this country, and its population and economic aggregate are less than one-third of this country.

Under the influence of the acceptor system, the Imperial Parliament, the highest authority of the German Federal Empire, still retains the traditional one-state vote.No matter what the central government wants to do, the Imperial Parliament can easily veto it.

After so many years, the German Confederation remains the same.Hanover ’s attempts to integrate the country on several occasions were rejected by the Imperial Parliament.

The German region has been divided for hundreds of years, and everyone has become accustomed to state politics, and it is almost impossible to change this situation.

However, the addition of the Rhineland region is different. If the Rhineland region is under the direct control of the central government, the comparison of power will change.

A single Kingdom of Hanover, even if it wants to overturn the table, is not an opponent of a group of states, but the central government of the Rhineland region has an absolute advantage.

From the standpoint of the Vienna government, there is no problem in giving the Rhineland region to the German Federal Empire, but it must be joined as a state.

Enlarging the Kingdom of Hanover is not conducive to Austria's implementation of the German reunification strategy.This is precisely what the British want to do the most. There were serious differences between the two countries since the beginning.

Perhaps the talks between the two countries collapsed, and the Vienna government decided to undermine the British plan and simply poke the news out."

This is close to the truth. Now that the news has leaked, it is impossible to complete the original plan.

Not only the outside world, the German Federal Empire did not agree.The central government wants to directly govern the Rhineland. The following pile of small states will not only not pay, but will also use the Imperial Parliament to veto this territorial transaction legally.

Unless it is done in secret to establish the established facts, the German Federal Government will not be able to handle it internally.

It was originally a loose federation, not much different from medieval Germany. The following princely states did not buy it. What can the emperor do?

With the strength of the Kingdom of Hanover, even if they wanted to unify the German Federation by force, they did not have that strength.What's more, there are Austrian tigers watching outside, and it's not easy to take them all in.

William I rubbed his forehead. After he was in his 70s, he was no longer so energetic. This complicated international situation was too wasteful.

Now he is very contradictory. On the one hand, he does not want to see the German federal empire develop and grow, increasing the defense pressure of the Prussian kingdom; on the other hand, he wants the German federal empire to become stronger and cut off Austria's road to German unification.

At this time, he regretted very much that if he was willing to take risks and was divided into Austria and Germany, the current situation would be very different.

"Ugh!"

With a sigh, William I said: "We have little choice. Now I am afraid that it is not just Britain and Austria that want to take the Rhineland region from us.

It is estimated that the Parisian government has the same idea. After all, whether the Rhineland region is independent, it is in the hands of the German Federal Empire, or it is merged with Belgium, it is easier to get it than it is in our hands.

What do you think is more in our interest now?"

Prime Minister Mao Qi: "First of all rule out the sale to France. If it falls into the hands of the French, the balance will be broken.

I am afraid that Austria will not be able to contain the French by then, and no one knows whether that Napoleon IV is the second Napoleon. It is too dangerous to let France grow.

The rest is nothing more than making the Rhineland region independent, or selling it to Belgium and the German Federal Empire for a sum of money.

The latter also involves the British-Austrian dispute, which is another standing team.From the current situation, we are not suitable for standing in a big country, which is too dangerous.

I think it is more in our current interest to sell to Belgium in exchange for funds. The most important thing now is to annex Poland, then digest it and prepare for the war against the Russians."

Yes, it is "the current interest". From a long-term development perspective, it must be the best to keep the Rhineland region in the interests of Prussia.

However, this is not possible, and the old empire is not stupid, unless they give up annexation of Poland, otherwise they will be good at playing a balanced Britain and Austria, and they will certainly not give up.

In the long run, even if you let the Rhineland region become independent and secretly master the Rhineland, it is more in Prussia's interest than selling it.

In the short term, it will be different. The Berlin government clangs for poverty. Even if it can secretly control the Rhineland region, it is also a matter of the future. It is better to solve the financial crisis first.

Sold to the German Federation, it must be stationed.Now that the Berlin government owes the British a debt, the standing team can only stand on the British side.

Now it's refreshing, but offended Austria, what will happen in the future Russian-Russian war?

According to the plan, the Berlin government was prepared to win over Austria completely.Prussia will never be able to live without resolving the dead enemy of the Russians.

Army Secretary Ron: "It's not that simple, don't forget the French. If the Parisian government ventures to occupy the Rhineland, what should we do?

I don't think Austria will fight against the French for the Rhineland region. If they want to take action, France will do it when they annex Italy.

I think the strategy of the Vienna government is not to unify the German region. Austria ’s territory is already large enough and its population is large enough. There is nothing lacking at all.

Judging from the practices of the Vienna government, this is more like a political slogan for them.Austria already occupies most of the Balkans and is now attacking the Ottoman Empire.

If the Asian Asia peninsula is successfully occupied, the eastern coast of the Mediterranean is their territory, which is simply the second Byzantine Empire."

Rebuilding the Byzantine empire, this ambition is no less than the unification of the German region.Austria is not clamoring for the reconstruction of the Byzantine Empire, but the territorial territory must not be dismissed.

William I interrupted: "What Austria wants to do is not something we can stop. If they really have such great ambitions, it is also a good thing for us.

To reproduce the Byzantine Empire, the biggest conflict with their interests is the Russians and French.Judging from the fact that the Vienna government allowed France to annex Italy, the Russians should be targeted first.

Before the fall of the Russian Empire, we can all cooperate.But the Habsburg family is best at diplomacy, not military.

Franz is one of the leaders. After the succession, Austria continued to use diplomatic means to expand. I do n’t think they will suddenly become so radical. This is probably the smoke bomb they deliberately released."

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The Berlin government is struggling, and the Paris government is very lively.The faction in the government is constantly struggling, and the Republicans, Orleans, and Orthodox who have been suppressed by Napoleon III have become active.

Napoleon IV did not have enough prestige and had no ability to suppress the political forces of all parties. He could only play a balance among the factions according to the plan left over by Napoleon III.

The imperial power is guaranteed, but the party struggle has become serious.Unfortunately, the party's differences are brought into the government's work. It is even more common to oppose in order to oppose it.

The French Empire, feared by all parties, was unable to make a decision at this time, which made Napoleon IV a headache.

If it was not his father's account, he would have to act arbitrarily and make the decision directly.Fortunately, he refrained, or he would soon know how low the bureaucrats' lower limit was.