Holy Roman Empire

"Baden!"

"The British royal family seems to be outstanding, but in fact, Frederick's help is very limited, and at most it looks good.

The Principality of Baden seems inconspicuous, but its influence in the German Federal Empire is not small.Austria wants to unify the German region, the Principality of Baden is an important part."Franz explained

The deep love of the parents is a far-reaching solution.

The marriage of the crown prince has contributed to the cause of the unification of the empire and is bound to be supported by German nationalists, which will greatly increase Frederick's popularity among the people.

After thinking for a while, Queen Helen said: "Then give priority to Sophie Mary Victoria, her age is just right, we can also hug our grandson earlier."

Sure enough, the thinking of men and women is not on the same channel.Franz gave priority to political influence, but Queen Helen paid more attention to holding her grandson.

Of course, giving birth to the next generation earlier can also help Frederick.

The Habsburg dynasty is deeply rooted, and marriage is just the icing on the cake.As long as he does n’t toss about, Frederick ’s heir position will not be shaken.

For this marriage, Franz is still at ease.The Baden royal family has no reason to refuse. Hanover wants to integrate the German Federal Empire. Baden cannot do without the support of Austria.

Limited by the size problem, the Kingdom of Hanover has no absolute advantage over the domestic states, and the number of domestic states is too much, which means that they cannot learn the Austrian model.

Otherwise, just like now, the small states in the imperial parliament occupy most of the seats, and the power of the central government is limited by the parliament to the cage, and it is impossible to exert the advantage of justice.

From the standpoint of the central government, it is possible to consolidate this country only through centralization, which many small states cannot tolerate.

In the reunification of Austria in Southern Germany, everyone lost its powers of diplomacy, currency issuance, and shared the powers of legislation and military command. All other powers were preserved.

(Remarks: The legislature is the Imperial Parliament, and all state governments have representatives to participate; the military command, as mentioned above, the state army accepts the dual command of the central government and the state monarch)

For most of the small states, diplomatic power and military command are both ridiculous. They simply do not have the ability to conduct international diplomacy, let alone raise the army.

The currency issuance right seems to be lucrative, but for small countries, because the demand for currency is too small, the cost of issuing notes is likely to exceed the revenue from the mint tax.

At the beginning, everyone was afraid that the Vienna government would not recognize people and would annex themselves, so they united under the British command to form the German Federal Empire.

The situation is quite the opposite now. Austria is not going to annex everyone. Instead, the central government dominated by Hanover wants to annex them.

The Principality of Baden, as the state after the Hanover in the German Federal Empire, was naturally suppressed by the central government. If Austria was not behind it, they would have been unable to withstand it.

From this perspective, the Baden royal family needs this marriage more than the Habsburg family, which is related to their own survival problems.

After a pause, Franz added: "Simply consider Peter, William, and George. After Frederick's marriage is settled, they will also get married."

The marriage of the second son is much easier. Although it is also a political marriage, the demand is undoubtedly lower.

Queen Helen smiled slightly: "Okay, I think it would be better to contact the British royal family, the Montenegrin royal family and the Belgian royal family first.

I was originally optimistic about the Hessian royal family and the Oldenburg family princess, but unfortunately, the royal disease was terrible."

After a pause, Queen Helen said uncertainly: "Franz, if we secretly poke the news out, or we will toss it like this, and our future generations will be in trouble."

Franz's face changed, not a possibility but an inevitable result.He thought more about it, allowing hemophilia to continue to spread in the European royal family, and the European monarchy would probably enter the footsteps of the original time and space.

It seems that the royal family is a heir, and you can also find a distant king, which seems to have little effect.The actual damage to the royal power is fatal.

How easy is it for foreign households to control power?The original space-time bourgeoisie was able to seize power, mostly during the throne replacement process.

If there are no heirs, the kings are all old families who have been operating there for hundreds of years. They have a strong foundation of group heroes. The government wants to overthrow the king.

The decline of European monarchy is not a good thing for the Habsburgs.

Franz nodded: "Well, I will arrange people to do it, you don't have to worry."

After weighing the pros and cons, Franz can only choose to be sorry for the princesses.Once the news came out, they would be worried about marrying, and few families dared to risk their heirs and marry them.

However, this must wait for the marriage of several sons to settle.Otherwise, the situation of more monks and less congees will be more serious, and suddenly a bunch of competitors will come out, who knows whether it will happen or not.

Political marriage is not only a matter for the royal family, but also a matter for the country.Franz, the son ’s marriage, can decide for himself, but he must also inform the government.

If the marriage partner cannot obtain government approval, it is also a problem.This kind of thing is not without precedent. Almost every few decades, the European royal family will make a joke.

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As Franz worried about the marriage of his sons, the African battlefield also changed, and the French successfully occupied the Sudanese region.

This made the British in the bitter battle very distressed. The three countries of Britain, France, Austria and Austria simultaneously launched the African Raiders.

No, they have not completed their strategic goals.The Ethiopians continue to resist, but the British army only has the upper hand, far from the end of the war.

Needless to say, in this round of competition, the British are ashamed.

The Austrians took more than three months to occupy the Somalia Peninsula; the French took five months to settle the Sudan area; the British and Ethiopia played for more than half a year, but no result.

Of course, this "occupation" is only to establish a nominal rule.The real occupation is only the city, and the indigenous tribes in the jungle are not within the rule.

The Ethiopian area is larger and the indigenous forces are stronger, which is the main reason for the British action.

Unfortunately, this "powerful" European concept has no concept.Europeans are arrogant in this era. Where can the indigenous people be strong?

Even the London government is embarrassed to advertise how powerful Ethiopia is. They must have won the last Anglo-Egyptian war.

If so publicized, it seems to the public that the government is incompetent, not "Ethiopia is strong".

Downing Street, Prime Minister Benjamin threw the battle report directly on the table and asked, "What kind of battle is this?

The war has been going on for so long, and the front has only advanced two hundred kilometers.According to the current progress, is the military preparing to conduct a hundred-year war on the African continent?"

The Hundred Years' War will not last, and it is still possible to drag on for two or three years.They have encountered the biggest hard bones in Africa. How can they be easily solved?

You know that it is now in the heyday of Ethiopia. The current emperor Menelik II is also recognized by future generations as the greatest and most accomplished ruler in African history.

This is nothing. Anyway, Ethiopia is just a backward agricultural country, and its national strength cannot support the war.As long as it takes some effort, the British can still solve it.

The trouble is that the two countries have stabbed in the back. Without the support of the two countries, Ethiopia may not be unified now, let alone train a quasi-modern army.

Now that the war is going on, Menelik II has mobilized 150,000 troops, all equipped with rifles, and has more than 700 artillery pieces.

Army Secretary Fox: "My Excellency, we have underestimated the determination of France and Austria to make trouble, and no one knows how strong their support for Ethiopia is.

After analyzing the data on the front line, we can be sure that the commanders of the Ethiopian army are the French and Austrian officers."

Fox speaks, as always, full of political art.Originally, he underestimated the strength of Ethiopia. In his mouth, it became an underestimation of the strength of the two countries to support Ethiopia.

Stealing a change of concept, everyone sounds less difficult to accept.As for the Faw officers commanding the Ethiopian army, that is completely nonsense.

In this era, Ethiopia has no trust in all European countries. Who dares to give its army that can survive to a group of untrusted people to command?

The support of France and Austria is indeed one reason that Ethiopia can confront the British army, but it is only a secondary reason.

Since the outbreak of war, France and Austria have converged.Apart from still selling strategic materials to Ethiopia, there are no major moves.

However, this does not affect Fox ’s responsibility to France and Austria. The French military equipment and the Austrian weapon equipment are evidence that the two countries support the Ethiopians.

Prime Minister Benjamin glared at him fiercely: "I don't need any analysis, speculation, if the two countries are supporting Ethiopians, then please come up with specific evidence.

It's just some arms equipment, without any persuasion.At most, it can prove that the Faw arms dealers have strong business capabilities, and it does not mean that the Faw government is supporting Ethiopia."

The three countries of Britain, France, Austria and France are allies, and they belong to the first rank in the diplomacy of the London government. Even if it is a crap pot, there must be solid evidence.

The persuasion of the arms and equipment is obviously insufficient. The Ethiopian army also returns British equipment. If the London government takes this issue into account, would n’t it prove that they are also supporting Ethiopia?

For this reason, the folks can use it to fight against each other, but it is used in diplomacy, which can only attract jokes.

Unless the British government can suppress France and Austria, Paris or Vienna will ignore their protests.

Fox was a little embarrassed and immediately responded: "Okay, Your Excellency. We will find the evidence as soon as possible, but it will take time.

The most important thing now is to cut off the source of arms in Ethiopia, otherwise the war will be very troublesome."

This is a big problem. The arms dealers of this year are all brave and generous.As long as there are sufficient interests, there is no business they dare not do.

"The best arms dealers sell their weapons to their enemies."

Not kidding, the British arms dealers are really doing it.Behind this is the participation of domestic dignitaries. Without sufficient evidence, Fox will naturally not pierce the window paper.

Prime Minister Benjamin also had a headache. It was too difficult to cut off the source of arms in Ethiopia. They were able to block the coastal transportation lines, but they could not block the inland areas.

Both the French and Austrian colonies border Ethiopia, and these two will not listen to their command.This trade cannot stop as long as the Ethiopians still pay.

"For the communication between the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and France and Austria, it is necessary to find a way to cut off the trade routes of Ethiopians, and to exchange interests if necessary."

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