Welcome to 19th-century Europe, where strength reigns supreme

Everyone is familiar with Paris, the capital of France, known as the European Art Capital, with a long history and diverse culture, and is even more famous than France.

But why did August go to Paris? As a Prussian, it is impossible to have a high favorability towards France. Almost half a century ago, the Prussians were very confident in their country. At that time, it was just a principality, but the war He carried out many provocations against France, claiming that he was an anti-French ally.

Perhaps it was Frederick the Great's proud record in the Seven Years' War that gave Prussia a wrong self-perception. Prussia defeated the French, Russian, and Austrian armies one after another. What a clown in the French Empire. We even did it in public later. mocking Napoleon.

Napoleon was also very interested. He wanted to come to Berlin and see why the Principality of Prussia was so powerful. It was just a principality and not an empire. Did you make a mistake? Come and take a look. Then Prussia will tell you. You can come if you want. , Where are you, the bumpkin emperor?

Of course Napoleon was very humble. Since Prussia always wanted to show off to him, what should we do? Let's have a fight. As a result, tens of thousands of troops were sent out. Napoleon rode in two weeks and less than half a month. The pony sang songs and swaggered to Berlin for the military parade.

It was also used by Napoleon as a buffer with the East, and he created a puppet alliance, the Confederation of the Rhine. Later, Napoleon suffered a major defeat in the war of invasion of Russia, and Prussia only regained its independence after Napoleon abdicated.

In the past few years, European countries have cast a strong shadow on France. Compared with the British Empire, the most powerful empire in the world, Europeans are more afraid and hostile to France. The British are not interested in dominating Europe, but France has always had the desire to dominate Europe. The idea, and it has been trying, is that a unified and powerful French Empire with a single nation and a large population is the imaginary enemy of Prussia, Austria and other countries.

Today's France is not the France with chaotic government, numerous parties, and political violence during World War II. During this period, the French economy was the strongest except for the United Kingdom, and it also had vast colonies. There was only one authoritative government, that is, the government of Napoleon III.

He is naturally a little worse than the legendary Napoleon the Great. The France he ruled cannot sweep across Europe like France once did, but so what? Napoleon's economic policies allowed France to survive its darkest period, achieve domestic political stability, and make some concessions to Britain externally, such as recognizing Britain's possession of Egypt and most of eastern Africa.

Britain also acquiesced in France's occupation of Algeria and other North African regions. The two most powerful empires in the world colluded together and jointly carved up most of the world.

Britain will decide to ease relations with France. On the one hand, it is because Britain has occupied most of the world's territory and has strong naval strength. North Africa is relatively barren and is relatively close to France. It can also rely on France to balance Spain. Britain wants to Let France and Spain have conflicts, let these two pull each other off.

In addition, during the Napoleonic Wars, it was indeed beaten by the French army. It would not benefit much from a direct conflict with France. Although France is strong, it is still a land power country after all. It needs to maintain a strong army for resistance. Land invasion, but Britain is different. Britain is an island country with a natural barrier like the English Channel. Even Napoleon, who is stronger than Napoleon, can't do anything about this strait. It is impossible for bullets to cross this strait of several hundred kilometers. As long as one maintains a A powerful navy can eliminate the possibility of invasion by all European countries, so Britain invested a lot of manpower and material resources in the navy. Hundreds of years of shipbuilding experience created this empire on which the sun never sets.

Now France cannot pose a threat to Britain, and France is willing to make some concessions, so of course Britain has no reason to fight to the death.

Even though there were so many things mentioned above, Tina couldn't figure out why August wanted to go to Paris. Could it be that he was going to see relatives? It's impossible, Parseval is not even distributed in Paris.

"What do you want to do in Paris? It can't be just for sightseeing, right?" Tina felt that with August's character, he must be doing something serious when he went to the capital of another country for no reason.

"You wouldn't believe me if I said I was just going sightseeing, but I really just went sightseeing to visit a friend I have never met. Are you interested in accompanying me?"

August's invitation was very sincere, and it made Tina think about whether she really just wanted to travel to France. If so, it actually didn't matter. After all, August was still a noble lady, and she was the most famous person in Prussia. As a daughter of a powerful family, it is not difficult to understand that she has some yearning for France.

France is the fashion center of the entire Europe, and Paris is a world-renowned art center and the most prosperous city in Europe. It has many ancient buildings, such as Notre Dame, Versailles, the Louvre and other famous palace attractions, not to mention Berlin. , even London is not as prosperous as it.

But since August invited her to go, Tina actually had no objection. She was just a little curious. As a Junker noble, Tina naturally wanted to see France, but she didn't have enough. It’s just a condition. If I could go, I would still be happy to go.

"Anyway, I have quite a lot of free time during the holidays, so it doesn't matter if I accompany you to see it. As a Junker noble, no one will not be interested in Paris."

"You're right. Do you need to tell your uncle and aunt first? Will they be worried?"

"Then they won't leave me alone in Berlin, and my shameful mother will definitely come to join in the fun. She annoys me the most. She likes gorgeous places and always doesn't take others seriously. , it will only ruin our mood.”

"Is that so? Are you afraid that your mother will be jealous of you?"

"I will be proud of this." Tina said sarcastically. This was not a lie. She didn't like her mother because she was a real noble. She looked down on her father and looked down on herself even more, even though she was hers. daughter.

Compared with Bismarck, who was historically conservative, Tina was more radical. She disdained nobles and had an inexplicable admiration for soldiers. August knew that she had both talent and talent.

But the current Tina is not progressive enough. She is a member of the Junker class, so she will safeguard the interests of the feudal Junker aristocratic class. After all, tearing herself down can be said to be stupid. If it hurts the Junkers, If they have interests, then many things will be difficult to do because they are too deeply entrenched.

But Auguste is a radical reformer. She has no interest in playing with the messy Junkers about private land ownership. Of course, the Junker aristocracy must be completely solved. Even if they cannot be eradicated, their influence must be weakened. Make them a token thing like the British aristocracy.

But the person August is looking for is now just an ordinary resident of Paris. He is now humble and unknown, but he will eventually stir up the whole world. This person is Karl Marx.