Holy Roman Empire

After entering the late 19th century, the colonial wave also came to an end.The land suitable for the world as a colony has been completely depleted, and all that is left is some scraps and hard bones.

With the continuous deepening of colonial expansion, the buffer between countries no longer exists, and international conflicts are increasing.

In particular, the competition for the remaining land has become fierce.This situation continued until the "British-British War". After the British and Austrian countries had a serious pk in South Africa, everyone realized the horror of the war and gradually calmed down.

The essence of European colonization is to make money, not to expand territory.While conducting colonial competition, everyone must first consider the issue of investment and return.

The three countries of Britain, France and Austria are all big winners in the colonial era. Even the French Empire with the fewest colonies started with ten million square kilometers.

As vested interests, the three countries of Britain, France and Austria are full.The chase of the colony is no longer so fanatical, the most fertile area has been divided up, and the remaining scrap area is no longer worth the confrontation between the three countries.

The British proactively proposed that the alliance of the three countries, in addition to the division of the French-Austrian alliance, should also alleviate the contradiction with the French.

Opening the map shows that the three countries of Britain, France and Austria have occupied half of the earth. As long as there are no problems within the three countries, this hegemony cannot be shaken at all.

For those with vested interests, stability is the best option.Everyone wears shoes now, and can't be as dead as in the barefoot period.

The three-legged stand is the most stable structure. Before the balance is broken, the world situation is difficult.Including the contradictions between Russia and Russia, in fact, the three countries deliberately let them go.

The three countries divide the world together, and the total benefits are greater than that of four or five countries sharing the world.

Prussia and Russia are not weak. If they do not fight each other, they also have the strength to participate in the division of the world, which is not what all the old empires want to see.

Under the common will of the three countries, the contradictions between Russia and Russia will not be resolved.Just like the contradiction between France and Germany in the original time and space, there is no possibility of easing without distinguishing a victory.

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At the Vienna Palace, Franz also had high expectations for this three-nation meeting.Don't look at the confrontation between the three countries of Britain, France and Austria, but everyone's position on the core issue is still the same.

For example: Maintaining European stability, fighting the challengers of the new empire, and consolidating the world hegemony of the three countries.

If you want to look at the proportion of hegemony distribution, the three countries of Britain, France and Austria are basically 4.2: 3.0: 2.8.From a purely statistical point of view, Austria seems to have suffered a loss, which is completely inconsistent with its national strength.

But the account can't be calculated like this, the so-called hegemony is essentially the right to speak internationally.Austria joined colonial expansion much later than Britain and France, and its influence overseas was naturally not as good as that of Britain and France.

This cannot be changed overnight, anyway, as long as the substantial benefits are taken, the international influence Franz is not in a hurry.

Foreign Minister Weisenberg submitted a document: "Your Majesty, this is the draft for the first day of negotiations. The main content has two parts:

First, use the treaty situation to clarify the sphere of influence of each country, reduce international conflicts, and may invite other colonial countries to participate in the later stage;

Second, the joint suppression of potential competitors, the British also divided into groups according to the size of the threat.

In the first echelon are: the Russian Empire and the United States of America;

The second echelon is: Pupo Federation, the United States of America, Spain;

There are more third echelons, including: Nordic Federation, German Federal Empire, Brazil, Argentina ...

In general, except for the countries of the first echelon and the second echelon, the rest is not a concern.These countries may have potential for development, but in the short term no one will see signs of rise."

There is no doubt that this threat report is simply a piece of cake.Now the British are really worried that only France and Austria are threatened, and other countries are too far away from them.

If you really want the three countries of Britain, France and Austria to cooperate sincerely, unless the Russian empire opens up and swallows the Commonwealth of Popper, it may trigger panic among the three countries and jointly attack.

Otherwise, everyone will talk about it, or make things difficult for diplomacy.It is usually impossible to directly target, and the relationship between the three countries is not so good. It is too difficult to let everyone put down their alert cooperation completely.

Franz took over the document: "Let's talk about the sphere of influence first! What can we do to get those areas?

To suppress the new powers, this is not a problem overnight, as long as we do not allow the United States to unify, and not allow Russia and Russia to win or lose."

It's not that Franz doesn't know the importance of suppressing competitors. The problem is that these countries are not yet limited in their strength, and everyone simply doesn't realize the threat.

The British can put forward this early, it is already a strategic vision.It's just that these threats only exist in the future and are full of uncertainty, but the benefits of dividing the sphere of influence are in sight.

Politics cannot be taken for granted, and no one can ignore the immediate interests in order to combat possible future enemies.

Rather than worry about potential competitors, consider the competitors in front of you.The vision is excellent and the problem is far from being good, but the prerequisite for all this is that Austria is still strong.

If you have insufficient strength and are not qualified to share world hegemony, then even if you have eliminated these potential competitors, it is to make wedding dresses for others.

Weissenberg replied: "This time the scope is very wide, covering almost the entire world. It includes the Mediterranean, West Asia, South Ocean, Far East, Africa, South America and other regions.

Our interests are mainly concentrated in the Mediterranean, Africa, South Ocean, South America, and West Asia and the Arabian Peninsula."

Franz was shocked that if this plan became a reality, then the international situation would change dramatically.

The colonial empires divide the sphere of influence through the treaty situation, which seems to have little effect. In fact, as long as an agreement is reached, the conflict between countries will be reduced by more than half.

Even if a conflict occurs, everyone can allow the three major powers to intervene, greatly reducing the possibility of war.

From this point of view, it doesn't look like John Bull's style at all.When did British people love peace so much?

Well, Franz admits that he has a prejudice against the British, but this is the conclusion that countless cases have piled up.

In the past few hundred years, more than half of the wars in Europe have been related to the British, and it really has nothing to do with loving peace.

"Do you know why? Why did the British suddenly want to reduce international conflict?"