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

Napoleon III believed that his strategy was perfect. As long as Prussia could fulfill the terms of the treaty, he could regain Belgium, Luxembourg, and the Rhine Region in one fell swoop. He even had the idea of ​​annexing Baden after Austria's defeat.

Baden is close to France and relatively weak. The reason why Napoleon III did not annex it was just because of the pressure from Austria and the United Kingdom. Prussia was willing to give the Rhineland, Belgium, and Luxembourg to France. It can be said that Napoleon III recovered completely by talking. Half of Napoleon's empire.

With the help of Italy, the endorsement of Britain, the acquiescence of Tsarist Russia, and even the secret support of Ottoman, it can be said that it is difficult for Prussia to lose. Napoleon III knew that Prussia would win, and put some chips on Prussia. After the war, you can make a lot of money. It is best if these two guys fight and lose both sides, which can make the British look at the German region from their own side.

Although in Tina's eyes, Napoleon III is indeed an opponent, he is not so powerful that he cannot be defeated. As long as he uses a little trick, he can be overwhelmed. And although France looks very glamorous, in fact, his hidden dangers are also gradually expanding. , Napoleon III's policies favored liberal economics, and this did bear fruit.

But just like Coolidge's prosperity, the middle class lived very well, but the proletariat could only survive. In the Palace of Versailles, the rich and nobles were living and drinking, and they would not have thought that countless people still lived in simple common people. In the cave, the daily salary can only buy one loaf of bread. Napoleon III is similar to the monarchs of other countries. They will improve people's lives to a greater or lesser extent, as long as they do not threaten the interests of the nobility and capitalists, like Auguste. Large-scale nationalization, a monarch who uses capitalists as fuel, is nowhere to be seen in Europe.

And now there is only the last step left before declaring war. Just as August imagined, he must find a way to lure Austria into becoming the evil one who strikes first, without allowing Prussia to pay too high a price.

When Tina formally submitted the declaration of war bill to Congress, the people in the Congress were still a little hesitant. Even the leader of the liberal faction, Russell, who has always kept a low profile and collected money in a high-profile manner, said, "I think Her Majesty the Regent should think more about it." For a moment, is it not the right time to declare war? Prussia is not yet ready to go all out."

Tina immediately refuted him, "Only cowards will stagnate on the way forward. At this moment, Prussia is the most prosperous and powerful since the founding of the country. We have even won the best diplomatic environment. The arrow is on the string. At this time, we are already at full strength. It’s time to get there.”

The final declaration of war was approved with [-]% of the votes. Many of them had witnessed the country's low point and its current prosperity. Although they were afraid of August, they also trusted August. Special, August led Prussia to fight many wars, and this time they had to face Austria, a powerful opponent. August had never lost. This time they once again chose to believe in August. She was able to take the victory back to Berlin.

In society, people in Prussia generally support the Austro-Prussian War. You want to say why, because we have Auguste. As long as she talks about war, everyone is willing to fight this war with her, not only the working class, but also the middle class. The class and bourgeoisie also hold the same view.

At the end of March, August gave a pre-war mobilization speech, and she wrote a sentence in Prussia's official press, "One Germany, one empire, one monarch."

August wrote her intention in the newspaper. Prussia wanted to unify the entire Germany by force. A unified Germany does not need any messy kings, grand dukes, and dukes. The parliaments of all German states must be dissolved, and all the privileges of the nobility must be dissolved. If all are cancelled, the Prussian constitution must be used and Prussian laws must be followed.

Unify the official language, just as August once said, the German Empire can only have one speaker, and that is herself. She believes that all ethnic minorities in the German Empire will be Germans after they are merged into Germany. Germans enjoy the same rights and can retain local customs and freedom of belief, but they cannot give you autonomy or independence. As long as the territory is merged with Prussia, it is indivisible in a legal sense.

This is an olive branch to the Czechs. The Bohemian region has been Prussia's export target from the very beginning. They have been exploited by the Austrians for a long time. The Prussians also say that they are free and democratic there. This is still a problem for the Czechs here. Very attractive.

August's speech gave the ethnic minorities in Prussia the same rights as the Germans at the legal level.

However, August's speech also successfully pushed all the German states into opposing Prussia. In the end, only Mecklenburg and Oldenburg were the only ones to accept Prussia's demands. Their kings were no different from An Le Gong. , economically controlled by Prussia for a long time, August ensured that their king's private wealth could be retained, but it would be unified into Prussian currency.

They are quite happy to give the country to Prussia and then become a rich man. Not everyone wants to be a tycoon, they just want to live and drink, so it is not difficult for August to do it for them. Give your ancestors more than three generations of wealth to spend, and then You can do whatever you want, as long as you don’t jump, I won’t do it to you.

But the other states disagreed. Of course, they would definitely not be able to defeat Prussia and could only rely on the Austrian big brother. Austria was also panicked. They really couldn't afford to fight. This war in Germany was obviously a thankless task.

When Austrian Prime Minister Richard personally went to France and Tsarist Russia, he was rejected. Tsar Alexander II even drove him away without giving him a chance to say anything.

This put Richard, who had been advocating war, in trouble. He did not expect that none of the surrounding powers wanted to help Austria. In the end, he had no choice but to shamelessly go to Britain. However, after two seconds of thinking, British Foreign Minister Lilian Laughing at him, he said, "The British government can't do anything about it."

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In order to find out whether Prussia wanted to go to war, Richard sent some envoys into Prussia's country to explore the situation. Some of them knew officials in the Prussian government, and they might be able to get them to spit out information for a little money.

According to public opinion surveys, "not a single person in Prussia felt that this war was wrong."

Austria, after bribing some of the Prussian government officials, concluded that "Prussia has begun mobilization for war."

Richard could only ask the Austrian Emperor Franz for instructions, and he had to start preparing for war. The Prussians were serious about it.

Franz hadn't slept well in the past two days. He was in a hurry. He was much more anxious than Richard. When he received Richard's request, he collapsed. He preferred to resolve the matter peacefully.

Richard could only ask for orders again and threatened to resign. The Austrian emperor relented and ordered Austria to enter a state of war and all soldiers to mobilize.