Holy Roman Empire

The international situation was changing, and Franz could no longer take care of it.The Holy Roman Empire has just been restored, and there are still a lot of problems waiting for him to deal with.

The German states are easy to solve. Anyway, they all have a high degree of autonomy. There is no need for the central government to intervene in local government affairs. After the rights and obligations of both parties are agreed, the matter is almost completed.

The Rhineland region was in ruins, and there was nothing but a bunch of refugees.Post-war reconstruction became the main task of the Vienna government in 1892.

The situation in the Duchy of Lorraine, Alsace, and the Kingdom of Burgundy just obtained is even worse.Although these areas were the territory of the Holy Roman Empire in history, the French have ruled there for hundreds of years and have long been deeply entrenched.

It is not uncommon to welcome the Holy Roman Empire, but that has become a very small minority, and most of the people are on the side of France.

Needless to say, the Vienna government will not take over such troubles.Since the Austrian army occupied the above-mentioned areas, the French people have been repatriated continuously.

It was clear that things were not going to go that smoothly.The French can be repatriated, but the people of the Holy Roman Empire cannot be deported.

This is a bad debt, and many people's ancestors were once members of the Holy Roman Empire.As long as you know a few words of Austrian language, and then insist that you are a remnant of the Holy Roman Empire, there is no way to identify it.

It is hard to leave the homeland, in order not to be deported, all those who can get in get in.Among them were some anti-Austrian elements who took the opportunity to lurk.

Fortunately, the territory acquired this time is not large, and there are not many deep mountains and old forests, which are not suitable for guerrillas to survive.Otherwise, with the cooperation of the locals, it would not be easy for the Austrian army to wipe out the guerrillas.

The absence of guerrillas does not mean that the locality is stable.Perhaps inheriting the tradition of France, Vienna just announced the appointment of the head of the local government, and demonstrations broke out there.

"How many people participated in the parade?"

Franz asked indifferently.

It was obvious that he was really pissed off.I've seen people who don't give face, but I've never seen someone who doesn't give face so much.

If the officials appointed by the central government do not do a good job and the local people want to resist, Franz can accept it.He jumped out to make trouble just after the appointment of personnel was announced, which was far beyond his bottom line.

Compromise and concessions are impossible. If they do, the authority of the central government will be over.At that time, I don't know how many places will follow suit.

Prime Minister Karl: "About 20 people participated in the march, especially in Burgundy, and mobs stormed government buildings.

According to the collected intelligence, several small local factions planned the operation.Through demonstrations, they want to threaten the central government to abolish the press law and open the right to vote in order to achieve regional autonomy.

After the incident escalated, the garrison immediately took over the place.Many political party members are currently being arrested, but unfortunately their leaders left the country before the incident. "

"Autonomous" is not a new term. The Holy Roman Empire has a lot of states, so there is no shortage of autonomous regions.

However, these areas are either historical relics or special circumstances that are not suitable for the central government to directly rule.

Obviously, the third border province of Lorraine, Alsace, and Burgundy is not suitable for self-government.Although the locals now claim to be citizens of the Holy Roman Empire, it is based on the premise of expulsing the French, and many people do not want to run away before accepting it.

Time is a butcher's knife.Hundreds of years have passed, and no one can guarantee how high the local people's sense of belonging to the Holy Roman Empire is.

If they are allowed to be autonomous, maybe someday these guys will hook up with the French again.

Franz rubbed his forehead, and said slowly: "Issuing the most wanted warrants to arrest these fugitives, regardless of life or death.

The Foreign Office is ready to propose a treaty to fight transnational crime at the next Continental Union meeting.We cannot let overseas become a place outside the law.

As for the people who participated in the parade..."

Well, Franz still hesitated.There are too many people involved, and whoever handles it will feel a headache.

"Re-examine the identities of the local people, find out the lurking French spies, execute the serious ones on the spot, and deport the rest!

The assessment criteria are not limited to language, any anti-government and anti-society speeches and behaviors, any criminal records, failure to report the knowledge, intentional concealment and cover-up of enemy agents, all must be carefully reviewed. "

"Censorship" is naturally impossible.There are millions of people left behind, and if we check them one by one, it is estimated that it may not be completed in this century.

In this context, it is natural to take extraordinary measures.In short, in a word, all the people of the Holy Roman Empire supported the empire and the emperor, resolutely fought against the enemy, and possessed various fine traditional virtues.

This kind of behavior that attempts to split the country and endanger the country is definitely not what the people of the empire would do, and the participants must be spies of the French.

There is no connection or not. In this age of blood, one is French, and naturally the whole family is French, including all immediate and collateral relatives. Those who do not take the initiative to expose are French spies.

Expansion was not Franz's original intention, but there was no other way.If these people are not deported now, it will be difficult to clean up these hidden dangers in the future.

With the banner of the Holy Roman Empire alone, millions of French people can take refuge, which is clearly the treatment of the Son of Destiny.If it really had such a strong appeal, the Habsburg dynasty would not be beaten to the ground by Napoleon.

After the failure of political means, Franz decisively chose to start a backup plan.Anyway, from the very beginning, the Vienna government was not prepared to obtain population from France.

The seeds of hatred have been planted long ago, and now it is nothing more than deepening the conflict between the two countries.If you want to resolve hatred and ease conflicts, you don't have to think about it until this generation dies.

Deep down in his heart, Franz was also terrified.If these people were not impatient and exposed in advance, maybe they would really become a hidden danger for Austria.

Among other things, as long as the input of messy thoughts is more terrifying than any weapon.

Of course, this is impossible.If France is still strong, their ideas are still attractive to intellectuals, and now everyone can only learn from them.

Everyone is very realistic in this regard.If you want to learn, you must also learn from successful experiences, and you can only learn from failures.

Not only the outside world is reflecting, but even the French themselves are reflecting.Then the French intellectual world became even more confused.

Some scolded the revolutionary government in Paris, some denounced the monarchy, some criticized the bourgeois consortium, some blamed the British, and some despised the anti-French alliance for its large number of people. fire"……

All kinds of thoughts are blooming in Paris at the moment, and it is uncertain what kind of thoughts can save France.

If the Anti-French Coalition hadn't just begun to withdraw its troops, maybe there would be an all-out military action in Paris.The government of Vienna could provoke a French civil war at any time if it wanted to.

The interior is in such a mess, who has the time to cause trouble for the Holy Roman Empire.Even if you really want to do it, it is more than enough.

Prime Minister Karl: "Your Majesty, the situation in France is very bad. If we adopt a backup plan, the Paris government may not be able to sustain it.

According to the collected information, the unemployment rate in France has exceeded 50.00%, and the number of refugees has exceeded 500 million, most of whom are people repatriated from various countries.

If we repatriate the remaining millions of people, the number of refugees in France will probably exceed the 700 million mark.

The war drained the blood of France, and what the revolutionary government in Paris took over was a mess, and they simply had no ability to clean up the mess. "

The real situation is even more serious than what Carl said. The Paris Revolutionary Government is not only short of money and food, but also has little binding force on the local government. It is simply an empty shelf.

Including the current refugee relief, it is all hosted by local governments and nobles, and the finances of many local governments are also on the verge of collapse.

Once the limit is exceeded and the local government stops providing relief to refugees, this ticking time bomb will be detonated.

Franz is well aware of the horrific consequences of refugees turning into bandits, it is simply a black hole.Throughout the ages, countless dynasties have been swallowed by this black hole.

"The population of France should have dropped to less than 3000 million, right?"

Prime Minister Karl replied affirmatively: "It's already here! After the war broke out, France lost more than one million immigrants alone, and millions died in battle, and even more died of starvation.

The revolutionary government in Paris lacked sufficient governance capacity, failed to take timely countermeasures, and was still sitting back and watching the crisis magnify.

In order to stabilize the place, the Allied forces stationed in France have made several attacks to wipe out the rebels. "

Franz nodded, and after contemplating for a moment, he said slowly: "Since the mud of the Paris Revolutionary Government can't support the wall, let's simply postpone it until it is rebuilt.

Implement a backup plan, and support the restoration of a royal family after the revolutionary government in Paris is over.To save them from pushing three obstacles and four obstacles, they have not been able to elect a king for such a long time. "

The ass determines the head, and as a vested interest in the monarchy system, Franz naturally wants to maintain this system.

It just so happens that there are many royal families in France, and the Bonaparte dynasty is over, and there are Bourbon and Orleans as substitutes.

After the formation of the Continental Union, the first resolution was to order the restoration of France.As a defeated country, the French naturally did not have the confidence to refuse.

However, when it was actually implemented, this resolution that seriously damaged the interests of the revolutionary government in Paris was resisted.

Clearly refusing to do so, the Parisian government launched a congress top cylinder.Anyway, the efficiency of the parliament is like that, and it is normal that there will be no results in three to five years.

As a well-behaved boss, the Vienna government naturally cannot forcibly interfere in their internal affairs just because the French are slow.Then things just dragged on.

The matter failed, and the European Union's humanitarian aid plan to France was naturally put on hold.Originally, Franz was going to consume it, using food to force the Paris Revolutionary Government to make concessions.

However, the revolutionary government in Paris was determined not to go on the road, as if they hadn't seen the crisis, they held on to power tightly and didn't let go.

It seems that as long as they are willing to insist, in order for the compensation to be paid normally, the Vienna government will compromise with them.

Naturally, such a threat could not scare Franz.The French have to pay a lot of indemnities, but right now they only have to pay more than 1000 million Aegis, and only a few million are allocated to the Vienna government.

Such a small amount of money may be a big number for other countries, but it is nothing more than a day's financial revenue for the Holy Roman Empire.

When it's gone, it's gone.Even if one day's income is lost, the Vienna government can still live in the same way, and there will be no famine.

To make himself feel better, Franz decided to kick out the disobedient and incompetent Paris Revolutionary Government and replace him with an obedient one.

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Chapter 239 The Great Power's Style

As the sun set, a large fleet slowly sailed towards New Frankfurt Port, which quickly caused a sensation among the workers on the docks.

As one of the most important military ports of the Holy Roman Empire in the Nanyang region, it is normal for fleets to come and go.It's just that this time it's different, the flags hoisted by the fleet entering the port are wrong.

A young man pointed forward with trembling hands, and exclaimed: "What's going on? Which bastard is so careless, he got the military flag wrong!"

The Port of New Frankfurt is one of the stations of the Austrian South Sea Fleet, and it is regarded as an important military base.Even if foreign warships occasionally pass by and need supplies, they are sent by small boats, and there is never a mention of docking.

This is also a tacit understanding between colonial empires.For the safety of the port, unless the invitation is accepted, or the warship is damaged on the way and must be repaired, under normal circumstances, warships from other countries are not allowed to enter.

Especially after Japan successfully attacked the Philippines, the major colonial empires have increased their vigilance.Not to mention that such a huge fleet has landed, even if they want to get supplies, they have to stay a few miles away.

The middle-aged foreman next to him sneered: "Don't talk nonsense, who would hang the military flag wrong. Just look at the shape of the warship and you will know that it is obviously not ours.

That was the flag of the Spaniards. They were fighting the Japanese. I heard that they suffered a big loss a few days ago. It seems that this fleet should be the reinforcements they sent over.

Just don't know how, they came to us. "

After a pause, the middle-aged man seemed to have thought of something, and immediately reprimanded him after realizing it: "Hurry up and work, don't try to be lazy on me, it's your turn to worry about the big shots!

Do you still want to get paid?Let me tell you, if you can't finish today's work, no one will even think about going home. "

Suddenly, a small man hugged his stomach with both hands, showing a painful expression, which quickly attracted the attention of the middle-aged foreman.

"Little monkey, what are you doing?"

It can be seen that the middle-aged foreman is still very worried.It's just that he is worried about the little monkey's body, or today's work, so no one knows.

"Boss, I have a stomachache. Can you pay me some money and let me go to the hospital."

While speaking, the young man of the little monkey squatted down, as if in unbearable pain.

The middle-aged foreman frowned, and his illnesses came like a mountain, especially those who were engaged in heavy physical work on the wharf, but when they fell ill, few could get up.

It's not that it can't be cured, but that there is no money to treat it.Although the income of dock workers is relatively good, after deducting the expenses of the whole family, there is still not much left.

If you don't seek medical treatment, one will die. If you really go to the hospital, you don't know whether the person can be saved. Anyway, the family will definitely be gone.

"Okay! But don't go to the hospital, kid. That's not the place for us people to go. Just go to Old Liu and prescribe some medicine."

The poor have a way of life for the poor. In addition to expensive hospitals, there are also barefoot doctors who live outside.

Regardless of how the medical skills are, but the price is cheap.

Generally speaking, these barefoot doctors go out to collect the medicinal materials themselves, and only buy the medicines that are not available on the island, and the cost is much lower than that of the hospital.

But you get what you pay for, and there are not many barefoot doctors in the Nanyang area who are good at medical skills.If he really had the ability, he would have been recruited by the hospital long ago.

They are all private hospitals, and everything is based on money.As long as they can make money, capitalists don't care about Chinese and Western medicine.

Driven by interests, the earliest integrated traditional Chinese and Western medicine hospital appeared quietly.

The young monkey kept nodding, indicating that he already knew.After receiving the money from the middle-aged foreman, he left tremblingly.

Everyone cleans the door by themselves. In this precarious age, unless they are relatives and friends, otherwise everyone will not mind their own business.

The little monkey joined in later, and he has neither relatives nor acquaintances with everyone, and he is not even considered a fellow townsman.Except for a few exclamations, the rest continued to work.

After getting rid of everyone's sight, the dying little monkey regained his vitality in an instant, and ran towards the telegraph company at the fastest speed.

……

In the early hours of the morning, the Emperor's Palace was still brightly lit.Emperor Meiji, who was supposed to rest, was awakened by a sudden telegram and hurriedly held an imperial meeting.

"The enemy's speed is much faster than we expected, and it has reached Sulawesi Island, and it is now stopping at New Frankfurt Port, only one step away from the Philippines.

Seeing that the enemy is about to launch an attack, and the warship promised by the British has not yet been obtained, we must come up with a plan for how to deal with it next. "

Emperor Meiji said without a doubt.

The situation was so bad that it was completely beyond his expectation.According to international practice, the Holy Roman Empire, as a neutral country, cannot provide help to Spain during the war.

Generally speaking, for the sake of the country's reputation, even if it provides support to the warring countries, it is carried out secretly. Such blatant support like the Holy Roman Empire rarely occurs in the European world.

However, the routine suddenly failed.The Holy Roman Empire didn't seem to care about its international reputation this time. It not only allowed Spanish warships to pass through the Suez Canal, but also provided port calls for the Spanish Navy.

If nothing else, it is not surprising to provide maintenance for the Spanish warships next.

It seems that these supports are inconspicuous, but in fact these are factors that directly affect the combat effectiveness of the navy.

In the original time and space, the Russian Pacific Fleet was simply and neatly killed by the Japanese because they did not have these logistical support, and their combat effectiveness was not even brought into play by five points.Otherwise, who will win and who will lose is still unknown.

Admiral Ito Youheng asked: "What is the Ministry of Foreign Affairs doing? Didn't the Austrians say they were neutral? Why did they suddenly support Spain?"

Why didn't we receive any news before, you guys are dereliction of duty.Do you know how much loss this kind of accident will bring to the empire? "