18th century total war

Chapter 303 Expansion of the Fourth Anti-French Coalition

The Prime Minister's Office in London, the capital of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.

"The Hungarians and Transylvanians are simply a bunch of idiots. With their absolutely superior strength, they couldn't even defeat the army of the newly born Austrian Republic!

Our diplomatic efforts are being sabotaged by these idiots! "

It is rare for Prime Minister Pete to roar angrily in the office, which is very rare for him who pays attention to the cultivation of a gentleman.

However, when the 'bad news' came from the Balkans, Prime Minister Pete could no longer remain calm.

Instigating rebellion against the Republic of Hungary and the Republic of Transylvania was proclaimed a moment ago by the cabinet headed by Prime Minister Peter as a miracle in the history of British diplomacy, but it didn't take long for this miracle to become a disgrace!

It’s not that the instigation of the rebellion was unsuccessful. The defeat was the fault of the Hungarian and Transylvanian armies, and it was not the fault of the cabinet government run by Prime Minister Peter...

However, there is a term in this world called 'opposition party'.

No matter what party it is, as long as it has political ambitions, in a relatively loose national system, it will instinctively look for any loopholes and opportunities to attack the ruling party. If the ruling party does not step down, how can the opposition parties gain power?

The national government will not pay salaries to members of the opposition parties. If the opposition parties cannot be in power for a long time, they need a lot of financial resources to support them!

This is why in a two-party system or even a multi-party system, the top leaders of the parties are rich or the agents of the rich. If there is not enough money to support them, the opposition party will sooner or later disband.

Therefore, this defeat, which was not a mistake, was cleverly changed by the opposition party and widely publicized in the news newspapers they controlled. This was the reason for Prime Minister Pitt's anger.

The opposition claim PM Pitt's government chose the wrong ally at the wrong time and is wasting taxpayers' money!
Diplomatic efforts are not just lip service. The British paid a lot to make the Hungarian and Transylvanian governments turn against each other.

As a result, with a hearty defeat, all these costs were in vain. Now both the Hungarian government and the Transylvanian government have lost their determination to confront the French Empire and the Austrian Republic. Especially when Karl detached an army of troops and aimed his spearhead at Budapest!
Before the French army arrived in Budapest, the envoys of the Hungarian government and the Transylvanian government had already arrived in Vienna.

It's just that the Li Wei government is as greedy as ever, and the lion opened its mouth to merge Hungary and Transylvania into the French Empire's vassal state system.

Moreover, the Republic of Hungary and the Republic of Transylvania were restructured into kingdoms and principalities, called the Kingdom of Hungary and the Grand Duchy of Transylvania respectively.

And Li Wei personally concurrently served as King of Hungary and Grand Duke of Transylvania!

Isn't this a blatant annexation?

Just like the French Empire annexed the Vienna area, the way Li Wei annexed was to establish a Principality of Vienna, and then he also served as the Grand Duke of Vienna...

Don't think that this title just sounds awesome. Once Li Wei has this legal title, he can send his own ruling cabinet to Hungary and Transylvania, and completely take the power of the two countries into his own hands. For Li Wei, it is nothing more than consuming a batch of administrative enlightenment quotas.

At that time, whether the current Hungarian nobles and Transylvanian nobles can keep their positions and even private property will depend entirely on Li Wei's "kindness".

Politicians all over Europe now know that Levi has no link to the word 'mercy'!

This method of annexation is more thorough than the previous support for the Rhine League, the Kingdom of Italy, the Kingdom of Belgium, and the Kingdom of the Netherlands. At least the kings and cabinets of these vassal states were promoted by their own people and retained a certain degree of autonomy.

Even if the king and cabinet ministers are enlightened by the administration, in order not to intensify domestic conflicts, it is impossible to completely obey any orders of Li Wei, such as the personnel arrangements for local officials.

But if the positions of the leaders of these countries are concurrently held by Li Wei, Li Wei is the legal ruler of the country, no matter what decree is issued, it is reasonable and reasonable, even if Li Wei promulgates a decree that violates human ethics such as the right of the first night, at the legal level Also correct!
To put it bluntly, once Hungary became the Kingdom of Hungary and Transylvania became the Principality of Transylvania, these two countries became Livi's private domain.

This is the absolute monarchy!
Obviously, the Hungarian nobles and the Transylvanian nobles still don't want to give up, and they still have to struggle. After all, if they agree to the conditions of the Li Wei government, their fate will be completely handed over to Li Wei.

Looking at Li Wei’s previous actions, we can see that the elimination of dissidents by the Li Wei government is completely routine, let alone on the political level, even on the commercial level. Basically, wherever the French army goes, the Wallace business alliance will expand and monopolize it. where!
The Jewish financial industry in Europe suffered heavy losses due to the expansion of the Wallace Business Alliance!
Because the Wallace business alliance holds the administrative sledgehammer in its hands, as the leader of the business alliance, Wallace himself is the Minister of Commerce, regardless of whether it is ordinary commodity trade or the financial industry, it is all up to Wallace.

Therefore, as long as Jewish financial groups cannot buy Wallace, they will inevitably lose in the asymmetric business competition with Wallace's business alliance. Wallace does not compete with these Jewish financiers within the rule system at all. What I like most is using an administrative sledgehammer to smash competitors to the ground, kneel down and call daddy...

It is not difficult to understand why Jewish businessmen are so hostile to the French Empire, and when the French Empire expands to a certain place, Jewish businessmen will inevitably flee in advance.

Nowadays, Jewish businessmen dare not even place their main industries in the Kingdom of Prussia and the Russian Empire.

The strategic depth of the Kingdom of Prussia is too small, not as good as the former Austrian Empire. Once it fails to withstand the invasion of the French army, the country will be destroyed within a few months!
As for the Russian Empire, the strategic depth seems to be quite safe, but the Russian Empire is as barbaric as the French Empire. Those Duma nobles treat the Jews as fat sheep. The Russians have no good impression of the Jews.

Therefore, with the expansion of the power of the Levy government, the British were making a lot of money, and a large number of funds from wealthy Jewish businessmen poured in, which made the British Isles show unusual prosperity.

It can be said that in the territory controlled by the French Empire, most of the financial capital originally flowed into the United Kingdom and the United States across the Atlantic.

Not only did these two countries not lose their strength due to the expansion of the Li Wei government, but they became richer.

The British Isles, which are already very wealthy, may not see too many changes, but with the influx of capital in the United States of America, the industrial process has surpassed the history of Levi's previous life for more than ten years, and this rapid development is still continuing. !
The United States has a weak foundation, so the influx of capital has allowed their industrial development to easily enter the fast lane of full capacity.

The London government's energy is focused on Europe and the Indian subcontinent, and the suppression of the United States of America is long gone.

Compared with the core European continent and the Indian subcontinent with endless wealth, the status of the American continent in the eyes of the London government is naturally much worse than before.

It's a pity that military failures are flawed. No matter how good the London government has done in other areas, a series of political failures will still be inevitable.

The political points that Prime Minister Pitt has just brought back from his smooth expansion in the Indian subcontinent have declined at a speed visible to the naked eye under the momentum of the opposition party this time.

Even if the public opinion controlled by Prime Minister Pete's government is in a war of words with the newspapers of the opposition parties in the newspapers, no matter how the ruling party avoids it, it will take the blame.

Once the situation in the Balkans is completely annexed by the French Empire, it will be a huge bad news for the British!
The sphere of influence of the Li Wei government is too large, and they cannot be allowed to expand any longer. Every expansion of the Li Wei government will cause the public support rate of Prime Minister Pete's government to decline.

Of course, the public opinion support rate in Britain at this time is actually the support rate of capitalists and nobles.

Ordinary migrant workers work hard all day for food, work more than ten hours a day, and there are no holidays, so they have time to care about politics!
The so-called public opinion, to put it bluntly, is just a coat put on by capitalists and nobles.

Opposing a policy in public, if it is said that capitalists and aristocrats are opposing it, I always feel that it is not imposing enough, but if the entire British people are opposing it, it will immediately rise to a new height!

The irony is that most of the time the people represented here have no idea what is going on!
In this era of universal illiteracy, many beaters can't even read newspapers, they know shit politics.

The street sneakers of the 21st century know more than the workers of this era!
"Your Excellency, the information received from the Balkan region shows that the Hungarian and Transylvanian armies have suffered such disastrous defeats, mainly because of the general fear of the law in the Hungarian and Transylvanian armies. .

They followed the French Defense Forces to capture the territory of the Ottoman Empire with overwhelming force, and were very afraid of the combat effectiveness of the French Defense Forces.

In this battle, Elaine's presidential guard used the same self-destruct tactics as the French Defense Forces, which caused the Hungarian and Transylvanian troops to think that they had encountered the French army disguised as the Austrian army, which triggered A great defeat on the battlefield..."

"Does that make any sense now?

What I want is to restore the situation in the Balkans, so that the holy alliance established by Li Wei cannot completely annex the Balkans!
Look at the conditions that Li Wei's government put forward to Hungary and Transylvania. Li Wei's ambition is no longer satisfied with the establishment of a vassal state system, he wants to wear all the crowns himself! "

"Master Prime Minister, the Athens government has established the fourth anti-French alliance, we may be able to participate and help the Greeks establish a united front, so that the French army will fall into the quagmire of the Greek battlefield.

The Greek region is mountainous and forested, and is surrounded by sea on three sides, making it convenient for the Royal Navy to transport supplies and is very suitable for long-term guerrilla warfare. "

After hearing the proposal of the Secretary of War, Prime Minister Pitt finally calmed down and came to the map of Europe. After looking at it for a while, he suddenly said: "The failure of the third anti-French war has caused the government to suffer too much losses on loans guaranteed by its credit." We can no longer let the government pay for the Greeks' wars.

Didn’t many Jewish financial capitalists pour in from the European continent some time ago?

They have plenty of money, and what they hold is real gold and silver. It doesn’t matter if they are given a certain political status, or even a few knights. They mobilize those Jewish financial capitalists to go to Greece, and use money to make the Greeks fight against Levi’s army!

Greece has a strong tendency towards independence. The country has been influenced by the thoughts of the French Revolution, and nationalism has risen. As long as there are enough loans to support it, I believe that countless guerrillas will appear in Greece.

On the European continent, except for the Russian Empire, there is no country that can defeat the Levy government on the frontal battlefield. Let the Greek peninsula consume the financial and human resources of the Levy government.

Next, put the establishment and expansion of the Fourth Anti-French Coalition first. I believe the parliament will agree. "

In late 1801, the British Parliament voted to join the Fourth Anti-French Coalition with a majority vote.

As the London government joined the Fourth Anti-French Coalition, the leadership of the Athens government fell into the hands of the London government in an instant.

Of course, the Athens government didn't hold any resentment at all, and even the top Greek leaders celebrated with each other. The fiasco of the Hungarians and Transylvanians made the top Greek leaders feel endless pressure.

At this time, there was no bad news from the front line, but it was because the main targets of the French army had entered the territory of Hungary and Transylvania. After taking care of these two children, the next target would be Greece and the support of Greece. A bunch of small country military governments rose up.

The time for Greece's liberation was too short. The liberated areas only established national armies one by one, and no new government was established.

The London government joined the Fourth Coalition Against France and immediately launched their high-handed diplomatic offensive.

Except for the Ottoman Empire, which had just suffered heavy losses and was unable to fight anymore, and the Kingdom of Spain, which was still in political infighting, other continental European countries were interested in the fourth anti-French alliance.

Of course, without the participation of big countries, small countries will not end up easily.

And the Kingdom of Prussia has not recovered from the last war. After all, it has only been a year since the end of the third anti-French war!

On the contrary, Paul I of the St. Petersburg government was very dissatisfied with the Li Wei government's robbing of the Balkans. After being hooked up by the British, he embarked on the chariot of the fourth anti-French alliance.

After the Russians joined the Fourth Anti-French Coalition, it immediately caused a chain reaction. The Kingdom of Sweden joined the Fourth Anti-French Coalition, followed by the Kingdom of Denmark and the Kingdom of Portugal!

(End of this chapter)