Holy Roman Empire

The old-fashioned empire of the original time and space was sitting on rich resources, but fell behind in the second industrial revolution, that is, lost in the number of basic talents.

By the time they reacted, it was too late.Competitors cannot stand still and give you decades to develop talent.

The Kingdom of Prussia has always maintained a high investment in military spending, and the domestic economy has not collapsed. In addition to the strong political skills of the Berlin government, the advantage of population quality is also an important factor.

In theory, anyone who has completed compulsory education has the potential to become an ordinary skilled worker.It's not impossible to become an engineer if you work hard.

Most low-end engineers grew up as skilled workers, and basic cultural knowledge is a necessary condition.

If someone does statistics, it will be found that although the population of the Kingdom of Prussia is far lower than that of Britain and France, the number of basic engineers is not much lower than that of Britain and France.

If it is only to develop the Kingdom of Prussia, there will definitely be enough talents, and William I will not pay so much attention to immigration work. The key is that there is still the Kingdom of Poland to be developed.

In the era of the tsarist government, serfdom was implemented in Poland, education was only the patent of a few people, and ordinary people were purely illiterate.

After Poland became independent, although Slavery was abolished, and efforts were made to develop education, the results were not optimistic.

The idealistic government formulates policies, and always only looks at the surface, whatever is good, and does not consider the actual situation at all.

The Polish government ignores the fact that there is a shortage of teachers and finances, blindly follows the trend of compulsory education, and even goes further than Pu'ao.

The ideas are all good, but the reality does not allow it, and the final plan can only stay on paper.Except for the establishment of a few schools that serve the face of the powerful children, the actual significance to the country is equal to zero.

Now that the Commonwealth of Population and Poland has been established, and the task of developing Poland has fallen to the Berlin government, the demand for talents has naturally increased greatly.

William I: "No matter what we think of, we must immigrate as much as possible. Domestic industrial development needs talents, and assimilation work in Poland also needs immigrants.

The former Polish Revolutionaries headed by Dombrowski have been restless recently. They have been resisting the work of national integration. The government has a very heavy task ahead. "

For the Kingdom of Prussia, Poland is still too big to swallow in one breath.In order to stabilize the situation in Poland, the Berlin government had to compromise with the local power factions in Poland.

However, the compromise is also divided into objects. The former Polish government headed by Dombrowski is the biggest loser of the interests of the merger of Po-Po, and there is absolutely no possibility of compromise between the two sides.

When I first arrived, in order to maintain local stability, even knowing that the former Polish government was making small moves in secret, William I could not do anything to them.

You can't move on the bright side, but wearing small shoes within the rules is still indispensable.

Mao Qi persuaded: "Your Majesty, please rest assured. Next, the focus of the government's work will still be on resettlement.

The biggest problem now is the corruption of the Polish government. The federal government has just been established. In order to maintain local stability, it is inconvenient for us to make a ruthless attack.

When the situation stabilizes, the government will conduct an assessment of public officials, kick out dereliction of duty and corrupt people, and clean up the administration of officials in Poland. "

There must be reckoning after the autumn, but it cannot be now.Although the previous Polish government was ousted from power, the strength of the revolutionary party should not be underestimated.

In particular, the armed forces formed by the Polish government in the later period were all cronies cultivated by the revolutionary party.The combat effectiveness of these units is not good though.But there are tens of thousands more.If you are really in a hurry, it will be bad if the fish die and the net breaks.

Originally, Prussia's annexation of the Kingdom of Poland was a bit far-fetched, if another civil war broke out.That hurt the morale of the people in the country too much.

The method adopted by the Berlin government was to boil frogs in warm water. The Polish army's defeat in the Russian-Polish war gave the Berlin government an opportunity to intervene in the army.

Under the pretext of war losses, William I took the opportunity to abolish the designations of the four infantry divisions of the Kingdom of Poland, and the remaining troops were also compressed to varying degrees.

Of course, while compressing the establishment, William I was also expanding his armament.This is not contradictory. The troops whose numbers were abolished were all lost on the battlefield.

If it is a heroic force that has won a battle, it is naturally impossible to abolish it.The problem is that the Polish army lost, and lost so badly, that it made sense to abolish the designation.

Rebuilding the new designation, the officers who remained in the original army were doomed to be marginalized.As defeated generals, even if they were to retire, no one could say anything.

William I did not do such a great job. Some of these people were transferred to the reserve force, and some of them stayed in the active duty force. It depends on the team.

The Polish army was trained by the Prussians, and the pro-Prussians were naturally indispensable.When forming a new army, it is natural to give priority to one's own people.

After some operations, the revolutionary party's armed forces have been compressed by half, and this is the confidence that William I wanted to move the revolutionary party.

Now that he was opposed by the Prime Minister, William I was very upset.However, his city is deep, and even a powerful official like Bismarck can endure the original time and space, and naturally he can accept Mao Qi's uprightness.

Capable people are usually temperamental, which made William I very helpless.

After thinking about it rationally for a while, William I nodded: "Then just wait! Collect evidence now, and settle accounts together in the future."

William I had long passed his youthful and vigorous age. He liked to think twice about everything he did. After realizing the possible risks, he resolutely chose to take a step back.

Foreign Secretary Jeffrey Friedman reminded: "Your Majesty, the International Conference on the Holocaust in Western Asia is about to take place in Jerusalem, and we need to make a choice.

The current national situation is still unclear. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs recommends to remain neutral and avoid participating in the diplomatic game between Britain, France and Austria. "

The international situation is not uncertain, it is a complete mess.The three countries of Britain, France and Austria have cooperated and confronted each other, which made the diplomats of European countries almost have a nervous breakdown.

Blindly "standing in line" in this context is very easy to suffer.What if the boss at the top suddenly reconciled when he just stood in line and offended someone?

There is nothing that cannot be discussed in the face of interests. Britain, France, and Austria cooperate because of interests, and mutual confrontation is also because of interests.

Fortunately, the three parties are very rational now. Even if there is a confrontation, they have not pulled everyone into the water and limited the confrontation to the scope of the rules.

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In Vienna, when the Prussians were hesitating, negotiations on the division of interests between Britain, France, and Austria began in secret.

One of the most important reasons why foreign powers are foreign powers is their thick skin.

It seems that the three countries of Britain, France and Austria are checking and balancing each other, but this is only an obvious effort for the outside world to see.Secretly, everyone has been sitting at the negotiating table for a long time, wrangling around the division of interests.

The West Asian issue is just a shadow. The conflict between the Ottomans and Persia, from the standpoint of Britain, France and Austria, is actually a child playing a family.

The refugees are almost dead, and there is no need to talk about this issue any more.In this era of the law of the jungle, "right and wrong" is the least worthy of debate.

The international community will not sanction the Ottomans because the Ottoman Empire expelled refugees into Persia and caused heavy losses to Persia.

Likewise, the international community will not hold the Persian government accountable for slaughtering refugees.

In addition to verbal condemnation, it is more about the division of interests between Britain, France and Austria, which is the focus of the current debate.

Chapter 1 Seventy

After entering the late 19th century, the colonial wave also came to an end.All the land in the world suitable for colonies has been divided up, and all that remains are scraps and hard bones.

With the continuous deepening of colonial expansion, the buffers between countries no longer exist, and international conflicts are increasing day by day.

In particular, the competition for the remaining land is even more intense.This situation continued until the "British-Boer war", when Britain and Austria 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 the territory.While fighting for colonization, everyone must first consider the issue of investment and return.

Britain, France and Austria were all big winners in the colonial era. Even the French Empire, which had the fewest colonies, started with tens of millions of square kilometers.

As vested interests, the three countries of Britain, France and Austria are all fed up.The pursuit of colonies is no longer so frenetic, the most fertile areas have been carved up, and the remaining leftover areas are no longer worthy of the Three Kingdoms confrontation.

The British took the initiative to propose a three-nation alliance. In addition to dividing the Fa-Austrian alliance, they also wanted to ease the conflict with Fa-ao.

When you open the map, you can see that the three kingdoms of Britain, France and Austria have occupied half of the earth. As long as there are no internal problems in 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 they can't play as much as they did when they were barefoot.

The tripartite confrontation is the most stable structure. Before the balance is broken, the world situation will be difficult to think about.Including the Prussian-Russian conflict, in fact, the three countries deliberately let it go.

It is better for three countries to divide the world together than for four or five countries to divide the world together.

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

Under the common will of the three countries, the contradiction between Prussia and Russia cannot be resolved.Just like the contradiction between France and Germany in the original time and space, there is no possibility of easing without a winner or loser.

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In Vienna Palace, Franz also has high expectations for this three-nation meeting.Don't look at Britain, France and Austria against each other, but we still have the same position on core issues.

For example: maintaining stability in Europe, combating new imperial challengers, and consolidating the world hegemony of the three countries.

If you want to look at the distribution ratio of hegemony, the three countries of Britain, France and Austria are basically 4.2:3.0:2.8.Judging from the data alone, Austria seems to be at a disadvantage, which is completely inconsistent with its national strength.

But the account cannot be calculated like this. The so-called hegemony is essentially the right to speak internationally.Austria joined the colonial expansion much later than Britain and France, and its influence overseas is naturally less than that of Britain and France.

This is not something that can be changed overnight. Anyway, as long as the substantial interests are obtained, Franz with international influence is not in a hurry.

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

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

Second, to jointly suppress potential competitors, the British also classified them according to the size of the threat.

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

The second echelon are: Commonwealth of Pubo, Confederate States of America, Spain;

There are more in the third echelon, including: Nordic Federation, German Federal Empire, Brazil, Argentina...

In general, except for the countries in the first and second tiers, the rest are nothing to worry about.These countries may have development potential, but there is no sign of anyone rising in the short term. "

There is no doubt that this threat report is made up.Now the only real fears in the hearts of the British are France and Austria, and other countries are too far from them.

If you really want to make the three countries of Britain, France and Austria cooperate sincerely, unless the Russian Empire opens up and swallows the Commonwealth in one bite, then it may cause panic among the three countries and join forces to attack.

Otherwise, everyone will just talk about it, or make things difficult for it diplomatically.It is usually impossible to directly target the three countries. The relationship between the three countries is not so good, and it is too difficult for everyone to completely let go of their guards and cooperate.

Franz took the document: "Let's talk about the division of spheres of influence first! What do we need to pay to get those areas?

It is not an overnight problem to suppress the new powers. It is enough that we do not allow the United States to unify and Prussia to decide the winner. "

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

It is already a strategic vision for the British to come up with it so early.It's just that these threats only exist in the future, full of uncertainty, while the interests of dividing the sphere of influence are in sight.

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

Rather than worrying about potential competitors, consider your immediate competitors first.It is good to have a good vision and see the problem far, but the premise of all this is that Austria is still strong.

If your own strength is insufficient and you are not qualified to share world hegemony, then even if you kill all these potential competitors, that is to make wedding dresses for others.

Wesenberg replied: "This time the scope is very wide, covering almost the whole world. Including the Mediterranean, West Asia, Southeast Asia, Far East, Africa, South America and other regions.

Involving our interests are mainly concentrated in the Mediterranean, Africa, Southeast Asia, South America, and West Asia and the Arabian Peninsula and other regions. "

Franz was shocked. If this plan becomes a reality, then the international situation will undergo earth-shaking changes.

The major colonial empires divide their spheres of influence through treaties, which seem to have little effect. In fact, as long as an agreement is reached, conflicts between countries will be reduced by more than half.

Even if there is a conflict, everyone can let the three major countries intervene in mediation, which greatly reduces the possibility of war breaking out.

From this point of view, it doesn't look like John Bull's style at all.When did the British become so peaceful?

Well, Franz admits he is biased against the British, but this is the conclusion of countless cases 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 peace-loving.

"Do you know the reason, why did the British suddenly want to reduce international conflicts?"

Chapter 171 No Longer the Protagonist

After some research and discussion, Franz finally came up with an unexpected answer - the British couldn't hold on.

This "unstoppable" does not mean that the British are about to die. In fact, the British Empire is at its peak, and no one can threaten their world empire.

It’s just that colonial empires are essentially for making money. There are too many international conflicts now, and countries stab and dig holes at each other, which greatly increases the cost of colony maintenance.

Investments are getting bigger and bigger, but the benefits are not growing at the same time, and sometimes because of the turmoil.In this context, it is not surprising that the London government wants to stop this unnecessary fighting and reduce the cost of colonization.

There was also a colonial conference (Berlin Conference) in the original time and space, but it was created by the Belgians. Leopold II took advantage of the contradiction between the powers and successfully won the Congo area.

Now that the Congo region has fallen into the hands of Austria early, and the African continent is almost divided up, Leopold II will naturally not be useless.

There will be no Berlin Conference now, and the major colonial empires still lack an opportunity for in-depth communication and mediation of conflicts.

Although the three countries of Britain, France and Austria have formed an alliance, they have only reached an agreement on the core issues. As for the details of each colony, it is too late for everyone to discuss.

Don't look at the advantages of the three major powers in the division of colonies and think that they can do whatever they want. In fact, the major colonial empires are not easy to mess with.

Perhaps their military strength is not as good as that of the Three Kingdoms, but they can still do it by stabbing a knife in secret, for example: spreading nationalism and supporting colonial independence movements.

In recent years, the colony has been surging. The best proof is that.If one counts, it will be found that the number of uprisings in the colonies is increasing year by year.

If this situation continues, everyone should not think about making money happily.In particular, the British, who had the most colonies, also had to pay the highest cost of rule.

The Vienna government did not feel obvious, which was caused by Austria's colonial policy and special geographical environment.

Although the colony area of ​​Austria is not small, the indigenous population is not large.There are not many people, so where can the chaos go?

A rebellion that can be suppressed by the police is not worth mentioning at all.In contrast, the British are tragic, not only the largest territory, but also the largest population.

Nearly half of the colonial uprisings that broke out in recent years occurred in the British colonies. If the London government was not in a hurry, there would be a problem.

This is the result of the hatred of the British everywhere. No one dares to do anything to them in the open, but there is no pressure to stab them in secret.

If nothing else, Austria alone invests millions of Aegis every year to export various doctrines and ideas, most of which are aimed at the British.

It's not that the London government didn't fight back. The problem is that they couldn't find suitable pawns, otherwise the British would not make great efforts to keep the Ottoman Empire.