Holy Roman Empire

Once let their plan be completed, except for the lack of Constantinople, it is an Eastern Roman Empire.It has a huge impact on us. "

The impact is indeed very large. If Austria were to annex the Ottoman Empire, the impact would be even more terrifying than the revival of the "Eastern Roman Empire".

At least the Eastern Roman Empire in history did not extend to Central Europe, nor did it have a colonial empire all over the world.

Napoleon IV smiled wryly and shook his head: "Even so, so what. With our current situation, do you think we still have the ability to interfere?

Otherwise, go out and tell the people: In order to keep the Ottoman Empire, you must send troops to fight Austria and see what they will do.

As for the problem that Austria may become bigger, let the damn British have a headache! "

Terrence Bulkin hesitated to speak, he hadn't lived enough to go out for excitement.

In Paris, where anti-war and revolutionary thoughts are strong, the government dares to send troops to help Ottomans fight, isn't that forcing everyone to revolution?

Since there is nothing you can do, just let it go.After a series of social beatings, Napoleon IV has matured and learned to be pragmatic.

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Time passed day by day, and the time for the Paris International Conference was getting closer, and the situation in Paris became more and more tense.

In the evening, dozens of people gathered in an ordinary farmhouse in the suburbs.

A middle-aged man with beards spoke first: "Judging from the current situation, the Bonaparte government probably won't compromise.

If the International Conference in Paris is allowed to be held smoothly and these European monarchs are allowed to collude, the success rate of our revolution will be even lower. "

A bookish young man slammed the table: "I can't wait any longer. Now that revolutionary ideas have taken root in the hearts of the people, the people have suffered from the Bonaparte dynasty for a long time, and the time for revolution is ripe."

Seemingly sensing that the atmosphere was not right, the organizer of the meeting hastily comforted him: "Xiao Luofu, if you have something to say, don't be so excited.

We were not prepared enough to infiltrate any force other than some influence in the National Guard.

Without the support of the army, it is almost impossible to complete the revolution. "

It's cruel, but it's the truth.Political power grows out of the barrel of a gun, and without the support of the army, it is a fantasy in itself to seize power by armed revolution.

Xiao Nuofu retorted: "Mr. Fei Junning, this is not the case.

The wave of revolution did not come easily. The last time a wave of revolution swept Europe was in 1848.

If this opportunity is missed, no one knows when the next revolutionary wave will appear.

Without the support of the general environment, relying on our own strength, no matter how well prepared we are, we cannot resist the counterattack from the Monarch Group.

At this moment, we have reached the point where we have to fight. When the Paris International Conference is over and the Monarch Group is united, it will be too late to act. "

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Chapter 7 The Paris Commune

On April 1882, 4, the same day that the International Conference was held, several French revolutionary organizations jointly launched an uprising, and the socialist Blanqui was publicly elected as the leader.

The rebel army captured the police station, seized the arsenal of the city defense army, controlled the embassy district, and swept across most of Paris.

The flames of war reached the Palace of Versailles. Napoleon IV fled Paris overnight with the palace guards, and commanded the army still loyal to the emperor by remote control to suppress the rebellion.

Upon receiving this news, Franz was stunned.The first reaction after waking up was: When did the revolutionary party become so powerful?Is the French government a piece of paper?

No one can answer this question.Like previous Paris revolutions, as long as the first shot is successful, it can quickly sweep the city.

The revolutionary army occupied Paris, and this international meeting became a joke.

During the day, they were still discussing how to curb the spread of revolutionary ideas, but at night they fell into the hands of the Revolutionary Party. It is estimated that the representatives attending the meeting are very confused now.

After experiencing the storm, Franz quickly recovered, and asked with concern: "How many troops can Napoleon IV control? Does he have the ability to suppress the rebellion?"

"Not sure!" Foreign Minister Weisenberg shook his head and gave a negative answer.Then he explained: "Except for the first division, the second division, the third division, and the seventh division, which can be confirmed to support the emperor, the position of the other units is temporarily unknown.

The Paris revolution has just happened, and everyone is not well prepared. It is estimated that many people will wait and see the situation first, and will not express their position for the time being.

Ignoring the army that did not take a stand, the army controlled by Napoleon IV still has the advantage, and the Paris Revolution was able to succeed because the army loyal to the emperor was not in Paris.

The [-]th Division was suppressing the rebellion in Lyon, the [-]st and [-]nd Divisions were suppressing the Italian independence movement, and the [-]rd Division was stationed outside Paris.

On the same day that the revolution broke out in Paris, a rebellion broke out in Gonesse on the outskirts. The time was only five hours earlier, and the main force of the Third Division was sent out to suppress it.

Most of the city defense troops who stayed in Paris were composed of Paris natives, who themselves sympathized with the revolution. After the rebellion broke out, the city defense troops did not send troops to suppress it in time, which was also an important reason for the expansion of the rebellion.

The success of the Paris revolution this time was full of too many coincidences, as if someone was manipulating behind the scenes, deliberately creating opportunities for the rebels.

It is said that the flames of war burned to the Palace of Versailles, and Napoleon IV received the news of the rebellion.

The ability to mobilize the army and intercept news must have considerable strength in the government and the army.

The French Revolutionary Party has not yet been able to penetrate to this point. Those who have the strength and motivation to do so are mostly the restoration forces of the Orleans and Bourbon dynasties. "

Franz rubbed his forehead, walked to the window and looked into the distance, now he had to sweat for Napoleon IV.

There are revolutionaries plundering outside, and inside the government there are former royal restoration forces holding back, as well as consortium forces that may make trouble at any time.

In such a complicated situation, it is not easy to secure the throne.It can be said that this is the hottest throne in the world, bar none.

Prime Minister Felix: "It's not that serious. There are also many contradictions within the Revolutionary Party, and there are at least ten factions controlling Paris.

There are also a lot of royalist restoration forces mixed in here. On the issue of overthrowing the rule of the Bonaparte dynasty, they only reluctantly united after reaching an agreement.

Next, when it comes to the political system and the distribution of benefits, the original allies become enemies.

Perhaps due to the pressure of the government forces, they will not turn their faces for the time being, but they cannot be expected to cooperate closely.

Napoleon IV has now left Paris. With the prestige of his father Napoleon III and the gold dollars in his hands, it is not difficult to obtain the support of the military.

Barring accidents, I think the revolution in Paris will be over in less than a month. "

"Optimists VS Pessimists", standing on Franz's personal standpoint, naturally hoped that Napoleon IV could suppress the rebellion as soon as possible.

As for "secret manipulation, let the revolutionary party and the government continue to kill and disrupt France." Just think about it, it is not feasible at all.

This is determined by the special national conditions of France. The three royal families split the most powerful royalist faction, which caused the government to lose the ability to fight for a long time.

In other words: as long as Napoleon IV does not suppress the rebellion in a short period of time, the Bonaparte dynasty will be over.

It doesn't matter if you change the dynasty. Franz doesn't care which dynasty is in power in France, but if the French regime falls into the hands of the revolutionary party, it will not work.

With such a successful precedent, the wave of European revolution has yet to reach a new height, and there is no need to attack Ottomans at that time, and it will be too late to rush to put out the fire.

After contemplating for a moment, Franz made a decision: "It's best, but we still have to prepare for the worst.

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs communicated with Britain and Russia, presumably they do not want to see the situation in France get out of control, and they can organize to interfere with the coalition forces when necessary. "

"Europe is fundamental", Franz had never recognized it before, but now he has to admit that this sentence is very reasonable.

As a European country, no matter what the core of its strategy is, it has to be affected by the situation in Europe.

On the surface, civil strife broke out in France, and now it is the best choice for Austria to send troops to unify the German region.

However, so many politicians in the Vienna government did not propose this plan.

Obviously, things are not that simple.Now the German region is also surging, with waves of revolution one after another.

Sending troops to unify the German region at this time is equivalent to introducing the revolutionary wave to Austria. For a long time to come, the Vienna government will have to sort out internal conflicts.

When you open the map, you will know that Austria's strategic situation is not good at all, and it can be said that a strong enemy looks around.

To the east is the greedy bear, to the west is the majestic France, and to the south is the feuding Ottoman Empire. If the German region is unified, the north will face the Nordic Federation and Britain directly.

On the surface, it seems that France is in civil strife, and the Russians are still licking their wounds. Austria still has the ability to act first and can solve the threat in advance.

However, France and Russia are both big countries, and they can't be killed at all once, and they will recover one day if they don't die.Under the power trend of hatred, everyone will still be caught in a long-term confrontation.

Politics is not a simple game of distinguishing between friends and foes. There is no permanent friend or foe between countries. In the face of interests, the relationship between "friends and foes" may reverse at any time.

If a country blindly wages war against its neighbors because of their potential threats, then the day when the world is an enemy is not far away.

The Vienna government chose the Ottoman Empire as a breakthrough. Apart from strategic needs, the big reason is that they are relatively weak and can be slapped to death, which can solve the problem once and for all.

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Tours, the ancient city, became the political center of France again after the Renaissance.

After fleeing Paris, Napoleon IV ran to Tours in one breath, which became the temporary office of the French imperial government.

Frankly speaking, the Bonaparte dynasty is quite popular.The distant Napoleon is the pride of France, and the nearby Napoleon III is also the hero of France.

Although Napoleon IV didn't have any great achievements, he didn't have any bad deeds either, and ordinary people didn't have much dislike for him as an emperor.

The endless rebellions in the country do not mean that everyone wants to rebel. Many rebellions are caused by capitalists.

In the midst of the economic crisis, they made trouble, hoarded goods, and drove up prices, forcing the people at the bottom to be unable to survive, so they jumped out to rebel.

Among the many rebellions in France, a large part of them were people swarming up to grab food, and then dispersed after the looting.

Only Paris and small and medium-sized cities like Tours are full of revolutionary ideas, and the revolutionary enthusiasm of the people is not very high.

The best evidence is that Napoleon IV was warmly welcomed by the residents of Tours.Of course, this has something to do with the fact that the news of the Paris Revolution did not come through.

"Have the Fifth and Sixth Divisions set off yet?" asked Napoleon IV

Luskinia Hafiz, Minister of War, replied: "The Fifth Division set off yesterday morning, and the Sixth Division also set off this morning. They will arrive in Paris to suppress the rebellion in at most three days."

Hearing this news, Napoleon IV breathed a sigh of relief.If the army is willing to accept orders, it means that the situation has not yet reached the point where it cannot be dealt with.

Chapter 8 Debt deferment

In the Berlin Palace, Frederick III only felt the pressure.Affected by the war, after the outbreak of the economic crisis, the Kingdom of Prussia fell into the Great Depression early.

The Berlin government has been able to support it until now, it is all by overturning the table and ransacking the house to obtain a sum of money.

Overturning the table is also costly. Although Frederick III took decisive measures to resume production in time, the government's fiscal revenue was still greatly affected.

If it's just that, then it's okay, it will always recover in a few days.

However, the house leaked and rained overnight, and the factory had just been allocated, and when everyone was preparing to roll up their sleeves, the economic crisis sweeping the world came.

A large number of products are piled up like a mountain, but they cannot be sold.The officers and soldiers who got the factory, of course, have to go to the government to solve the problem.

Without enough market, Frederick III could not change the market.All of Europe has overcapacity, and the two big hooligans, England and Austria, are playing dumping unscrupulously.

As a result, the prices of industrial and commercial products in the world are now lower than the production costs of Prussian enterprises.Not only is the price incomparable, but the quality of Prussian products is far worse.

The Berlin government has an agreement with the British creditors. In theory, they can use industrial and commercial products to repay the debt. Unfortunately, the pricing power is in the hands of the British.

For example, now, the British refer to the wholesale price in the international market for a [-]% discount, and after comprehensive quality assessment deductions, it is the final price.

According to British pricing, the price of most commodities is less than half of the production cost.

"Selling" is a blood loss, and this loss cannot be borne by the producers, otherwise every factory in the country will count as one, and all of them will go bankrupt.

This is absolutely unacceptable to the Berlin government. Now these factory owners are the cornerstone of the Kingdom of Prussia.

It was hard to buy them with economic benefits, so that the Junker nobles accepted the disarmament, and now they immediately smashed their jobs, which is the death of the government.

The wave of revolution in Europe was so turbulent, and the Kingdom of Prussia was able to maintain stability because it kept employment.

The factories are owned by the workers themselves, so there is naturally no unemployment.In order to reassure people, the Berlin government assures everyone that the cost price is fully covered.

When the economy is functioning normally, this promise is naturally no problem.Enterprises want to make money, and no one will deliberately produce a bunch of unsalable products and throw them into trouble for the government.

It's different now, the economic crisis broke out, the market is in a mess, and companies can't make money at all.

According to the agreement, now that our products cannot be sold, the Berlin government is obliged to help them dispose of them at cost price.

Prussia has no colonies, and if it wants to dump goods, it must compete with European countries.

From a purely economic point of view, the British pricing is reasonable.Prussian industrial and commercial products are indeed not competitive, and can only play price wars.

Don't count on continental Europe. Affected by the economic crisis, most Europeans are poor. Unless it is just-needed goods, it is difficult to find a market.

For many people, the commodity that is just needed at this time is food. It is a pity that Prussia does not have enough food for itself, and exports do not exist.

These industrial and commercial products of poor quality can only be dumped overseas.There is no doubt that Prussia does not have the ability to conduct global dumping, and they cannot enter most overseas markets.

There are only a few countries with a relatively complete business network and the ability to dump in most parts of the world.

They are Britain, Austria, France, Spain, Holland, and Portugal. These six countries have a common feature-colonial empires.

Among them, Spain, the Netherlands, and Portugal have all declined, and the commercial network is still there, but there are not many colonies, unable to absorb the industrial production capacity of Prussia.

France has a lot of colonies, but the market is not big, and domestic capitalists are not enough to carve up, so it is naturally impossible to let Prussian goods enter.

Austria's colonies are well developed and the market is relatively complete. Unfortunately, Austria's own industrial production capacity is huge and there is no redundant market.

Moreover, even if they put Prussian goods in, they would not be able to sell them in the face of competition from Austrian goods.