Holy Roman Empire

If it weren't for the colony to release the flood, Franz would not be able to sleep.Just thinking about the horrible wave of unemployment made him shudder.

After much hesitation, Franz decided to take the initiative to intervene in the market.When the government intervenes in the market, techniques must be considered, and it is definitely not possible to intervene directly.

Putting down the newspaper in his hand, Franz told the maid: "Notify the heads of the Ministry of Finance, the Banking Regulatory Department, and the National Bank to come over for a meeting tomorrow afternoon."

"Yes, Your Majesty."

After finishing speaking, the sound of "jingling bell" sounded, and the maid picked up the phone not far away and started dialing.

It has to be admitted that the telephone is one of the greatest inventions of mankind in the 19th century.To inform the meeting before that, someone must be sent to pass the letter, and it is impossible to do it without half a day's work.

Now it only takes a moment to transfer the phone call.Of course, this is the emperor's privilege. The special line opened by the telephone company has a dedicated person waiting 24 hours a day to ensure that the connection is completed as soon as possible.

In this era of manual wiring, ordinary people still have to wait in line obediently if they want to make a phone call. It is not too late to wait for half an hour. It is normal operation to delay for two or three hours during peak hours.

Since it is a purely manual operation, some accidents are unavoidable, for example: the most common operator error leads to phone line diversion.

The monthly subscription system is popular now, and the telephone company will not be responsible for the delay of the call time due to the operator's mistakes of the telephone company.

No way, it's overlord service.These days, telephones are high-tech products, and telephone companies monopolize their operations, and they are used as often as they are used.

No matter how hard it is, the telephone is much better than the telegram.You can talk directly at home, which is far more convenient than going to the telegraph company to send a telegram.

If you want better service, upgrade to VIP.This is Franz's idea, copied from the Big Penguin Empire, if you want to improve the call quality, then go to krypton gold.

As long as krypton gold can become smooth, even customized 24-hour dedicated dedicated line service is fine.Privately ordered high-end luxury packages, unless it is a special case, or 5 minutes or so to ensure connection.

As for ordinary users complaining about poor service quality, I can only apologize.In the era of manual wiring, there is no way to talk about service quality.

You can't blame the phone company for treating them differently, it's just life.A high-end product like a telephone is simply not affordable for ordinary people, not even for the vast majority of the middle class.

As the newspaper said: "To judge whether the other party has money, you can know if he has a phone at home."

The richest people are VIP users of the telephone company, and as long as they have a telephone installed, they are all middle class.

The Internet connection fee of up to [-] Aegis, and the minimum monthly telephone fee of [-] Aegis directly eliminated all ordinary people.

Don't think it's too expensive, because the telephone company is actually still making money and making money due to the establishment of outlets across the country.

If it is not for the purpose of seizing the market, it is estimated that like many European countries, telephones are only exclusive to big cities.

The high cost is actually paying for the research and development and promotion of new technologies.Monopoly management is not only a compliment to developers, but also a helpless reality.

There is no core technology, patent fees have to be paid, the cost of infrastructure investment is too high, and the profit prospect is not optimistic. The combination of so many unfavorable factors is simply not affordable for ordinary enterprises.

In the context of continuous loss of money and no profit in sight, talking about anti-monopoly is actually nonsense.

It is easy to speak up from the moral high ground, but the problem is to solve the problem?Breaking the monopoly is easy, so what?

Enterprises do not see profit prospects, have no motivation, and do not develop and promote new technologies. The consequences are much more serious than monopoly.

Each era has its own characteristics, and the most suitable is the best.The so-called monopoly hinders scientific and technological progress, but it is actually relative. Before that, monopoly also promoted scientific and technological progress.

Of course, this is limited to technology.The premise is based on scientific and technological innovation, relying on more advanced technology to occupy the market and obtain a monopoly position.

Even in later generations, there are still many monopoly groups, relying on technological advantages.There is no way, the peers are not strong enough, and they have failed in the market competition.

We can't just stop people's technological progress for the sake of anti-monopoly, and just stand still and wait for competitors to catch up.

The issue of side effects is temporarily out of Franz's consideration.Don't stop eating because you might choke to death.

These problems are still left to future generations to solve, and now we are still working hard to climb the technological tree and stand out in this cruelest era.

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Chancellor of the Exchequer Carle: "Your Majesty, we are now in a period of rapid economic development, and a sudden reduction in money can easily cause market turmoil."

Karl couldn't help worrying that the government rarely intervened in the market in the era of free economy, and he didn't know how to intervene in the market.

Doing something that has never been done before and involves a lot of things, normal people will have doubts in their hearts.

Franz shook his head: "There is no need to directly shrink money, we just need to regulate the approval and issuance of loans to ensure the safety of depositors' funds."

The same thing, put another way, produces different results.

The government's direct and brutal intervention, or forcing banks to shrink their money, will definitely meet with strong backlash.If it intervenes in the name of standardizing loan issuance, the situation will be different.

The latter itself is one of the government's functions, and protecting the depositors' funds is another high-level reason that no one can object to.

While standardizing loan issuance, there will naturally be some loans with incomplete procedures and falsified information that cannot be approved.

Usually these loans are also high-risk loans. Preventing these loans from being issued not only shrinks money in essence, but also protects the safety of depositors' funds.

It is not obvious yet, after the crisis breaks out, every additional Aegis cash may be the bank's life-saving straw.

Franz doesn't want to see domestic banks go bankrupt on a large scale, and then the government is forced to pick up the mess and make the finances pile up with debt.

Banking Supervision Minister Alex: "Your Majesty, we still lack legal basis for this, and the government has not clearly stipulated the scope of supervision on commercial loans.

If blindly intervening without detailed standards, it is easy to abuse power and cause bad consequences. "

Since the suppression of the March Revolution, the Austrian government has embarked on the road of legal reform. The Islamic church has been busy for 30 years, but it still has not been able to fully refine it.

Many problems are discovered and then patched.Franz is used to tinkering. The construction of the legal system itself is perfected through continuous exploration, and it is simply unrealistic to complete it in one step.

"I will greet the Legislative Committee on this issue. You are responsible for cooperating, collecting more cases, and coming up with detailed implementation rules as soon as possible.

The imperfect parts will be filled in later.If some loopholes are plugged, there will be fewer. This is a long-term work. "

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Chapter 244

Christmas in 1879 was extremely lively. Except for the warring Prussia and Russia, the people of Europe had a fat year.

According to the usual practice, the Vienna government assigned annual tasks to various departments after the New Year.

The only exception is the Immigration Department. Everyone knows that it is impossible to complete the grand immigration strategy when the domestic economy is booming.

Therefore, the task of the Immigration Department in 1880 is still to continue the unfinished tasks of the previous year, and there is no punishment yet.

In this regard, the Austrian government is still very pragmatic. The tasks of each department are formulated after research and based on the actual situation, and they will not act blindly in order to achieve "political achievements".

Entering the new year, what Franz feels most deeply is "one year older". When he reaches the age of knowing his destiny, he can't accept his old age.

Judging from the average life expectancy of this era, this age can be called a long life.In folk terms, this age can already retire.

The countryside is better. In the cities, people at this age are basically unemployed, and no factory will hire people of such an old age.

The decline in physical strength and inflexibility of hands and feet cannot be changed by personal will.Those engaged in mental work are fine, but purely manual workers, except for a few positions, most of the jobs are insulated from them.

There is no need to worry about the issue of old age. Heavy physical labor + expensive medical system will help everyone get through the "elderly crisis".

"Frantz, when do you think Frederick's marriage will take place?"

Queen Helen's voice pulled Franz back from deep thought.

"It's so early, isn't it too urgent?" Franz replied without thinking

"How early!" Seemingly aware that Franz was not interested in her son's marriage, Helen said dissatisfiedly, "Frederick is 24 years old, and Victoria is 18 years old. The royal family of Baden sent a telegram to Cui, so you can't Be more careful!"

Franz was taken aback for a moment, and he just said it casually!He had never seen Helen get so angry after so many years of marriage, and he never thought that the first thing was because of this matter.

Whether it is a woman's menopause, or being a mother is better, Franz has no time to delve into it.

"What are you thinking, I mean it's just after Christmas, it's too urgent to talk about marriage.

Moreover, Prussia and Russia are at war, and the European continent is bleeding into rivers. At this juncture, it is really unlucky for Frederick to get married. "

Having been an emperor for so many years, Franz discovered how powerful his ability to make excuses is today, as if he had returned to the time when he coaxed his girlfriend in his previous life.

Women's inexplicable anger comes and goes quickly.

After hearing Franz's justification, Queen Helen extinguished her anger, and still complained: "This damn war is really tiresome."

Then he pointed his head at Franz: "Why do you men always like to fight and kill, why can't you sit down and have a good talk?"

Franz, who was a little guilty, rolled his eyes and replied without changing his face: "Because we want to support you!"

"The world is so big, and the gifts of nature cannot meet the needs of all human beings. In order to survive, everyone can only fight and win.

The Russo-Prussian War was the result of the sublimation of contradictions. No one could make concessions, and concessions would mean disaster. "

This is not nonsense, but has sufficient theoretical basis.According to the analysis of data collected by the Austrian government, sociologists generally believe that 70% of the world's people are currently hungry, which means that more than one billion people in the world do not have enough to eat.

Accurate or not, there is no need to dispute this issue.It is a social reality that most people are in poverty and have difficulty even earning a living.

Not to mention areas where industry has not been developed, even continental Europe, which claims to be a civilized world, has more than 3.2 million poor people out of a total population of 2 million.

Of course, compared to other regions, the life of the European people is still much better due to the influence of the colonial dividend. Most people can barely fill their stomachs as long as they work hard.

The causes of hunger are multiple, including: exploitation by the ruling class, insufficient regional food production capacity, colonial rule…

The hunger problem of all mankind has not been solved in the 21st century, and it is even more impossible to solve it in this era.

What can be done is to sweep the snow in front of the door. While developing the country, go out to plunder, and basically fill the stomachs of the people.

If we say that the first Russo-Prussian War still had elements of a battle of face and spirits; the second Russo-Prussian War was completely a struggle for living space.

The main factor leading to the outbreak of war is interest, and hatred has long since retreated to a secondary position.

If the tsarist government wants to restore its status as a great power, rush out of the Baltic Sea, and regain lost ground, it must defeat the Pubo Federation.

Vice versa, if the Pubo Federation wants to go further, it can only expand eastward.

It can be said that since the Berlin government decided to abandon the sea and land, the war has been doomed.This is determined by its geographical location. If it does not become a colonial empire, it can only expand to the east.

Although the strength of the German Federal Empire in the west is not good, it has a special geographical location. Moving westward is equivalent to declaring war on Britain and Austria at the same time, or declaring war on Britain, France, Russia and Austria.

To the south is the stronger Austria, and to the north is the Nordic Federation.Geographically speaking, the Berlin government can also be regarded as confronting the Russians on the way north.

Queen Helen is not interested in politics, and she usually doesn't get involved unless she has to.In her opinion, these issues are far less important than having grandchildren as soon as possible.

"You can figure it out. If Frederick complains, I'll tell him what you meant."

After all, she still felt sorry for her son, and Queen Helen didn't want Frederick to be wronged.It's okay for ordinary people to get married when Europe is bleeding, but as the Crown Prince of Austria, it is inevitable that marriage will be affected at this time.

As long as the guests who want to attend the wedding are not here to send blessings, but are busy talking about the Russo-Prussian War, the embarrassing scene, Queen Helen feels alienated.

Franz smiled and made a very confident judgment: "Don't worry, the Russo-Prussian War won't last long. If it goes well, it will end by the end of this year, and it will be delayed until 1882 at the latest."

If Prussia and Russia decide the winner, then the war may end at the end of the year; if there is no winner, the war will be over after two years.

It has not yet entered the 20th century, and if it wants to last for four or five years like a world war, the national strength will not be able to support it!

There are no parents who are not in a hurry to embrace their grandchildren, and Franz was forced to drag his son's marriage.In the royal family, marriage must serve politics.

That being the case, it is natural to maximize the benefits.With such a big sacrifice, Frederick would be at a loss if he didn't make a fortune in political resources.

The end of the Russo-Prussian War and the great changes in the European situation are the best time for Austria to infiltrate the German Federation. Frederick's marriage happened to be an opportunity for all parties to meet in a fair manner.

The things that have been negotiated originally can also be brought to the surface by taking the opportunity, and the political results achieved in the end cannot do without Frederick, the party involved.

He made contributions to the German regional unification movement and accumulated political prestige, which is very important for Frederick's future succession to the throne.

It is not easy to be the second generation emperor, especially the father is particularly awesome.The outside world will compare them, but how can it be so easy to make political achievements?

Franz is in an era of great change. In this special period, the achievements he has made cannot be replicated later.

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While Franz was worrying about his son, the Russian-Prussian battlefield also changed. After all the hardships, the Prussian army finally gained the upper hand in the Ukrainian battlefield.

Moltke, who was good at outside battles, gave full play to the advantages of the Prussian army's fast speed, and adopted a series of tactics such as encircling points to fight for aid, attacking from the east and attacking the west, constantly mobilizing the Russian army, and concentrated superior forces during the movement to fight the Russians decisively.

After a series of show operations that could be included in military textbooks, in the few months from the end of 1879 to the beginning of 1880, the Prussian army successively wiped out more than [-] Russian troops, which was called the "Warren Victory" by the European media.

Tactically, the Prussian army was successful, but strategically it could only be regarded as a slight advantage. The Russians lost most of Warren, but kept the strategically important Brest.

A little regret is nothing, anyway, the south has won, and the other battlefields are much worse.Especially the northern coast was attacked by the Russian navy, and many port cities were reduced to ruins under artillery fire, causing heavy losses.

The central battlefield was not much better. Although there was no loss on the battlefield, the Russian army continued to send Cossack cavalry to wreak havoc, which distressed the Berlin government.

I don't know if it's because of their talent, but the Cossack cavalry's combat effectiveness is not much stronger than that of the Prussian cavalry on the frontal battlefield, but once they turn into bandits, their combat effectiveness will skyrocket like cheating.

Once a Cossack cavalry regiment accidentally fell into the siege of a Prussian cavalry regiment and two infantry regiments after robbing. As a result, they just defeated the Prussian cavalry regiment and broke out with some spoils.

Although this had something to do with the rush of the Prussian army and the lack of time to tighten the encirclement, the combat effectiveness of the Cossack cavalry still shocked the Prussian army.

This is not an isolated case, as long as careful analysis and research will find that the Cossack cavalry can always perform at a super level when protecting their own trophies.

If there is success, there will naturally be failure. In order to combat the arrogance of the Russians, the Prussian army also set up traps many times and successfully ambushed these robbery "robbers".

The benefits are touching, and no amount of risk can stop the Cossack's dream of getting rich.

Moreover, the Tsarist government was very generous this time. Not only did all the loot belong to itself, but it also provided generous rewards. As long as they participated in the robbery, they would be rewarded with 3 rubles.