18th century total war

Chapter 344 Internal Reform
Naturally, this kind of reform of the Kingdom of Prussia put them under great financial pressure. Even if most of the wartime army was abolished, the burden on the people was still very heavy, and it would definitely not be able to bear it for a long time.

The Kingdom of Prussia is ready for an all-out war with the Roman Empire under the control of Li Wei, and there is no room for it!

Compared with the Kingdom of Prussia, the degree of reform in other countries is not so drastic, mainly because there is no such condition.

But it also increased the military budget more or less.

Among them, only the Russian Empire has not increased its military budget, because there really is not much money to spend on military expenses...

The impoverished Russian Empire even played banditism and began to extort money from neighboring countries to the east. If they didn't give money, they would directly exclude the Cossacks to rob.

Occupation was out of the question, the Russian Empire did not have enough military spending to pay the cost of conquest.

Only robbing and forcing those weak countries to pay tribute can make the Russian Empire profitable.

The international prestige of the Russian Empire is still very high at this time, and Central Asia still maintains independent nomadic countries. The fear of the Russian Empire has been engraved in the bones, and they have long been defeated by the Russians!

Therefore, there are not many sovereign countries in Central Asia that really rose up to resist the Russian Empire. The Russian Empire did not even send Cossacks to complete the rough tribute system.

Of course, it is unknown how much this will help the huge Russian Empire. Anyway, according to the information fed back by the General Administration of Military Intelligence, the Russian Empire has not become stronger, and it is still the same as before.

Without the radical reform of Paul I, the Russian Empire once again entered a period of stable development under the rule of Alexander I. The military did not change much, but the domestic economy was gradually recovering from the losses of the war.

For the Russian Empire, as long as the government has money, the war can go on forever!
There are a lot of reasons why the neighbors are working hard to improve themselves. The first is the stimulation of Li Wei’s establishment of the Roman Empire, and the second is the expansion of hundreds of thousands of systematic brainwashing troops.

The third point is the instigation of the London government.

Because the way the Roman Empire exploded the navy stimulated the London government!

So many shipyards have been restored at once, and wooden-hulled warships have been built almost at the same time to play dumpling games. Can the London government not feel threatened?
Even if the Roman Empire declared to the outside world that it was to land in Asia Minor and destroy the Ottoman Empire.

This is pure nonsense. If it were just to destroy the Ottoman Empire's navy, it would be enough to rely on France's old foundation.

However, after the establishment of the Roman Empire, the original hundreds of thousands of vassal troops were sent home and transferred to local police and militia.

This makes the military strength on the books of Li Wei's government seem to be reduced a lot, even though there are many systems to brainwash the army to increase the army numbers.

This is of course to save financial expenditure.

From then on, Li Wei will only use systematically brainwashed troops as field regular troops.

The use of cannon fodder needs to be determined according to the battle situation.

Because as the hundreds of thousands of vassal servants were dismissed and resettled, the tragic ending of the destruction of the Greek Legion also spread.

There is no way, so many soldiers of the vassal servant army saw it at that time, so they couldn't silence it together.

Although they didn't see the last surviving Greek soldiers being dealt with, they saw how the Greek soldiers were used as cannon fodder at the front, and how they died in groups under the guns of the supervising team!

Don't look at these vassals and servants on the battlefield who are glad that they can still stand against the Greeks in front of them, but when these people go home and become laborers receiving death wages, they immediately become a person of high morals and start telling their neighbors what I have seen and heard.

This is human nature.

It's not that everyone is a Madonna, but that everyone has a "Mary Heart" that stands on the moral high ground and condemns others.

The reason is 'for justice'.

If it weren't for the strict control of public opinion in the Roman Empire, this kind of speech would become even more rampant, until it rose to attack the government in power.

In fact, the use of the Greek cannon fodder corps is indeed too inhumane. Even the soldiers of the vassal servant army who are responsible for the task of supervising the battle team and executing the execution themselves will feel uneasy conscience.

I felt uneasy after returning home!
The Propaganda Department of the Roman Empire contacted many departments to solve this problem, and finally suppressed the bad remarks against the government to an acceptable range.

Fortunately, there is no Internet communication in this era!

Of course, this is also related to the fact that the Roman Empire now has a small population and a large amount of free labor. The phenomenon of starvation has been effectively reduced. Those common people will not starve to death, and naturally they will not raise their heads to rebel.

No matter how cruel and overbearing the government that rules them.

The Greeks who really empathize have become a very small minority, and most of them are ruthless people who have been trained by Aristotle, let alone any moths.

However, after Li Wei heard the news, he felt that he could no longer continue to use the local residents as cannon fodder on a large scale in the future, letting the enemy kill while letting his own people continue to slaughter.

Otherwise, it is easy to cause a large area of ​​ethnic hatred!

At that time, the Revolutionary Party will benefit!
In fact, the tragedy of the Greek Cannon Fodder Corps also benefited the revolutionary parties everywhere. The lower the support for the Roman Empire government, the better the development of the revolutionary party.

Foreign forces have never stopped supporting the revolutionary forces under the Li Wei government.

Even if these revolutionary forces have never launched a decent uprising...

This is the advantage that nationalism has not spread. It is difficult to incite too many people to rebel with their heads raised only by sympathy and people's dislike of the government.

The French Revolution was so violent because of the awakening of nationalist ideas!
Of course, it is impossible to kill the nationalist ideology, it can only be suppressed.

This requires a strong government and the guarantee that most people will not go hungry. Hunger is the best breeding ground for the spread of revolutionary ideas.

Fortunately, by 1807, many forgetful people had forgotten what happened to the Greek regiments in their busy lives.

As long as the Roman Empire government no longer uses that terrible method of supervising wars in future wars, the deeds of the Greek Cannon Fodder Corps will be completely buried in the dust of history with the passing of a generation.

Why do civilians have to run around for food, clothing, housing and transportation in their daily lives?
Perhaps those philosophers who are full of food and like to think will record this matter, but in the strict control of public opinion, if anyone dares to write a book that promotes revolutionary ideas, it is not as simple as sealing the book, the whole family They all had to be arrested and hung from a street lamp to warn everyone!

In addition, during the two years of peace, the Roman Empire also divided language and cultural regions in detail.

At the beginning, Li Wei was inclined to unify the language and culture, but under the proposal of the cabinet, he found that the resistance to doing so was too great, and it was easy to arouse popular resistance, giving the revolutionary forces an opportunity to take advantage of it.

Therefore, Livy had no choice but to adopt a more moderate unification.

In terms of the most sensitive language and cultural areas, three major areas are roughly divided - the French area, the German area, and the Italian area.

Obviously, the backward Balkan region is not qualified to have its own language and culture, and this is also the place where Li Wei is least worried about a revolution.

The population and industrial base there are so great that even if a revolution breaks out, it will still be a disaster.

The French area is the place where Levi made his fortune, and the French language cannot be wiped out.

That is equivalent to giving up the area that supports you the most!
Nowadays, the life of the French people has not improved much, but the approval rate for Li Wei has skyrocketed, coupled with the media's constant exaggeration, Li Wei has become a veritable hero of the French nation.

This is also the reason why the revolutionary party has been very weak from the beginning to the end in the French region where nationalism has awakened. Li Wei's personal reputation is really too high!
Military victories are the quickest way to increase political prestige.

German is the main language of the relatively developed and densely populated Central European nations. Li Wei did not deliberately distinguish between various languages ​​such as Austrian and Bavarian, but unified them into German, which was taken from the most populous dialect as the standard language version.

Levi wants to make Central Europe his base, so naturally he cannot deprive them of their own language. Phonetic culture is what people are most sensitive to. After all, illiterate people also need to speak and communicate, and culture represents their traditional customs!
The change of these things must naturally conform to the interests of the majority population, and it does not matter if the minority population is weakened. This is the principle that the minority obeys the majority.

The northern part of Italy is one of the most prosperous places in the Roman Empire. Italians are naturally regarded by Li Wei as the basic base of the future. Li Wei does not need war-weary Italians to fight, as long as they can produce steadily and provide national strength.

In this regard, French, German, and Italian became the three official languages ​​of the Roman Empire, and all other languages ​​were listed as local dialects that did not meet the conditions for promotion.

This is not to say that other ethnic groups are prohibited from speaking their own ethnic languages, but that they will not invest any financial support in education. If private individuals and corporate institutions want to invest in education in local ethnic languages, they will be banned by the Secret Service. People come to your door...

For ethnic minorities, you can spread language and culture in the family way, but you must not spread it in the way of collective schools!
This is actually a kind of unification of culture and language. It only takes one generation for the three official languages ​​of Germany, France and Italy to become similar to the lingua franca of the Roman Empire.

As for cultural customs, this thing has little impact on the unification of the empire. Retaining local characteristics will instead become the focus of future tourism, and there is no need to deliberately attack them.

However, these three official languages ​​still have importance. French, the native language of the emperor, is naturally the first official lingua franca, followed by German, and finally Italian.

This ranking will be highlighted in administrative examinations and civil service selection.

Yes, now the Roman Empire has officially opened the civil service examination and selection system!

Levi wants to select talented people from all control areas. Anyway, he doesn't have to worry about loyalty issues. If he can be promoted to the middle and high levels, he only needs some administrative guidance.

I believe that those who can climb up in the administrative system are somewhat capable. After all, the Roman Empire is a new country, and there is no decadent nepotism in the old countries.

Under Li Wei's warning, those high-level government officials will also curb their desire to promote their cronies, which is the loyalty bonus brought about by administrative enlightenment.

Originally, Li Wei wanted to take advantage of this cabinet reform to popularize education, but was told that there was no extra budget.

Even though the current regular army is systematically brainwashed and does not need to pay military salaries and various subsidies, which saves a lot of expenses, the consumption of the explosive navy is huge. In addition, it will cost money to resume domestic production, so there is no extra funds at all. To popularize education.

Li Wei's government had no choice but to encourage private schools to popularize the language through verbal encouragement.

Although the schools that produced the three official lingua franca have been closed down, the capitalists who have been awarded the official lingua franca still do not mind establishing some schools to promote their own languages. Even if it is only a drop in the bucket, it is at least the beginning of quality education. no?
The most important thing is that the government does not need to pay, it only needs to distribute official documents.

By the 19th century, wealthy and intellectuals in Europe had realized the importance of education.

After two years of peaceful development in Europe, the Li Wei government once again received intelligence from the Far East battlefield.

The London government promoted Colonel Kentucky, an outstanding commander in the Far East battlefield, to major general, and asked the British Indian colonial government to send KFC Major General more than [-] white regiments and more than [-] Indian soldiers!

Of course, this is not a one-time shipment, but is delivered in batches one after another.

Not only that, the London government seems to be very satisfied with the results of Rear Admiral KFC, and has raised his rank to the same level as the Commander-in-Chief of the Navy Fleet, and is no longer under the control of the Commander-in-Chief of the Navy Fleet.

When Li Wei got the news, Major General KFC had become the veritable commander-in-chief of the expeditionary force.

Of course, he did not live up to the expectations of the London government. Major General KFC tricked Jiangning into opening the city gate by bribing the locals and occupying the capital city of Jiangning (later Nanjing), the most important place in the southeast for military administration!
In addition, the intelligence received by Li Wei also emphasized that this KFC major general was a war madman and rejected the Qing court's proposal for armistice and peace talks three times!

Just because the surrender conditions given by the Qing court did not meet the psychological expectations of Major General KFC.

However, the terms of surrender given by the Qing court had met the expectations of the capitalists in London. If it hadn't been for the undefeated major general of KFC, he would have been dismissed for obstructing the truce without permission.

In the intelligence, Li Wei saw the excessive demands made by Major General KFC on the Qing court.

The first is to cede GD Province as a permanent lease of the United Kingdom of Britain and Ireland!

The leased land is just a rhetoric to make the Qing court look good. This is actually the establishment of a colony!
The Qing court could not agree to this alone!

(End of this chapter)