Holy Roman Empire

This is useless, and now the entire Lombardy Kingdom is de-Italianizing and has returned to the German cultural family.

After thinking for a while, Cavour said solemnly: "This information is very important, we must inform the British immediately. Tonight, I will go to the British Embassy to discuss countermeasures in person."

A Frenchman is about to die, and if another Austrian comes, there is really nothing he can do.Apart from looking for the British boss, there is nothing Cavour can do now.

It's not that his personal ability is not strong, it's that the enemy is too strong, and the Kingdom of Sardinia is too weak, and he doesn't even have the qualifications for equal dialogue.

Now that the British want to protect the Kingdom of Sardinia to death, it is not only a strategic need, but also kidnapped by debt.

After the Ossa War, the economy of the Kingdom of Sardinia collapsed, relying entirely on British capital to survive.The Sardinian government naturally borrowed money, and the current Kingdom of Sardinia can almost be said to be a semi-colony of the British.

Tariffs, salt taxes, tobacco and alcohol taxes, railways, and ports were all mortgaged to the British. Once the Kingdom of Sardinia was over, all the tens of millions of pounds lent by the British would be in vain.

Unless the London government is confident that France and Austria can pay back the money, the British consortium will not tolerate the end of the Kingdom of Sardinia.

There is no doubt that neither Napoleon III nor Franz can be taken advantage of.

This is aggression, not inheritance.Only heirs have always inherited debts, and no one has ever heard of aggressors who have to bear debts.

A huge sum of tens of millions of pounds was involved, and the face of the British was not good.To be precise, as long as interests are involved, the British will not save face.

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On the other side, Martic and French Foreign Minister Auvergne had a good talk.Under the premise that the Vienna government supports the French government's annexation of the Kingdom of Sardinia, it is difficult for the two to disagree.

In return, the French government promised to open several overseas colonial ports to provide supplies to the Austrian Navy.

Previously, the Vienna government had reached an agreement with Spain, Portugal, and the Netherlands. With this agreement with the French, the Austrian navy has the ability to enter any ocean in the world.

Strategically, this means that the Austrian Navy's globalization strategy has taken another step forward.

Of course, the French will gain even more.Now as long as Napoleon III can withstand the pressure of European countries, he can eat the Kingdom of Sardinia.

Then, the rebellion was slowly suppressed.Anyway, the French have rich experience in rebellion, and communicating with the Italians may spark new sparks.

It doesn't matter if you can't stand the pressure, at least the road to the Anglo-French alliance is broken.It is impossible for the arrogant French to always be the younger brother of the British.

Especially after damaging their core interests, no matter how pro-British Napoleon III is, the two countries will still confront each other politically and diplomatically.

In the British embassy in France, the current atmosphere is very strange.

In order to give the Kingdom of Sardinia a platform, British Foreign Secretary Thomas came to the Paris meeting in person, and he came in advance.

Thomas asked seriously: "Prime Minister Cavour, are you sure what you just said is true?"

He couldn't help but be careless, if France and Austria reached an agreement to carve up the Kingdom of Sardinia, they would be passive.There is nothing the London government can do other than shout a few times.

The only way is to act in advance to destroy the French-Austrian alliance, or to unite European countries to exert pressure and force the two countries to make concessions.

No matter what kind of result, it is not what the London government wants to see.As for the Kingdom of Sardinia, their ending is very obvious, it is nothing more than a question of how much they will lose.

If diplomacy fails, you will lose your entire fortune; if diplomacy succeeds, you will end up bleeding.It is impossible to assassinate the emperor without paying a price, and the French still have to give them face.

Cavour said with a sad face: "Mr. Thomas, how can I be joking about this kind of thing?"

This is the worst situation, and he doesn't want to see it, how could it be fabricated out of thin air?They didn't know the news that Vienna had captured the Carbonaran assassins, otherwise the two would not have been puzzled by the Vienna government's approach.

Without this excuse, even if Franz wanted to plot against the French, it would be impossible for him to do so smoothly.

There are many voices against conniving France in the Vienna government, and even Franz can't ignore everyone's voices.

After the assassin was captured, the situation was different.For the sake of political correctness, everyone is on the opposite side of the Kingdom of Sardinia.

Thomas lingered for a few steps, and then said: "Something must have happened to the Austrian government. Not long ago, our ambassador in Vienna sent news that the voices in the Austrian government that advocated restricting French expansion are still dominant.

With Metternich, the old fox, it is impossible for him not to know the threat of letting go of French expansion.

In the last Ossa War, Austria had the opportunity to annex the Kingdom of Sardinia, but they all gave up.It is enough to prove that the Austrian government has no ambitions for you.

Now the Austrian government has never changed at all, and none of the cabinet members has changed. It is impossible for the political position to change so quickly. "

Thomas's analysis is very thorough. It is impossible to change the political position at will, which is also accompanied by the concept of governance.Under the stable structure of the Austrian government, it is even more impossible for things to change overnight.

Chapter 48 Hell copy

Although it is not clear why the Vienna government's position changed, Thomas took action immediately.

At this point, if you don't go to battle in person, it is estimated that there will be a one-sided situation as soon as the meeting starts.

Don't think that everyone doesn't want to see the French expand, and just take it for granted that countries will stand on the opposite side of the French.

This assassination case has put the Kingdom of Sardinia at a disadvantage.What's more, the Sardinian government has not taken any action yet to punish the murderer that countries want to see.

Perhaps in the view of the Sardinian government, the Carbonaran Party has a lot of influence and involvement. This assassination was done by a few middle school teenagers, and there was no mastermind behind it.

However, in the eyes of the governments of various countries, no matter whether it was premeditated or not, the top leaders of the Carbon Burning Party cannot absolve themselves of the responsibility for this kind of thing to happen.

The best thing for the Sardinian government to do is to arrest the top leaders of the Carbonari Party first, so that everyone can see their determination to fight against the evil organization.

How could Cavour not see this situation?But as a member of the Charcoal Burning Party, it was impossible for him to cut this knife on himself.

The end result is that the Sardinian government randomly arrested a few people in order to get away with it.In the eyes of the outside world, this is an expression of insincerity.

Originally, Thomas was advocating that the Sardinian government should wipe out the Carbonari and give the French an explanation, and then make the big and small things smaller.

After understanding the political structure of the Kingdom of Sardinia, he dispelled this unrealistic idea.This is already beyond the capacity of the Sardinian government. If you don't move, you will stop, and if you move, the world will be turned upside down.

In a hurry, people became the leading party, and the Kingdom of Sardinia would be over in a matter of minutes.

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In Schönbrunn Palace, Franz no longer cared about the diplomatic war in Paris.After his unremitting efforts, Queen Helen's belly grew bigger again.

Compared with the next generation of the Habsburg family, the life and death of the Kingdom of Sardinia is obviously in a secondary position.No matter how eloquent Cavour, he could not bid more than Austria.

The original value of the Kingdom of Sardinia was to act as a buffer between France and Austria.Later, the British felt that they had the spirit of struggle, so they decided to support them to unify the Italian region, contain France and Austria, and balance the strength of the countries in the Mediterranean.

It's just that the Kingdom of Sardinia was unlucky to meet Franz, who was disabled in the last Ossa War.Otherwise, the Sardinian Kingdom, which still has strength, cannot be annexed by the French if they want to.

Franz said lovingly: "Frederick, slow down!"

Since learning to walk, the little guy has been restless.He is full of endless curiosity about the world and keeps making troubles.

Of course, Franz wasn't worried about these troubles, a child under two years old, even if he made trouble, he looked cute.

Just considering the level of medicine in this era, he had to be careful.According to the rules of the Habsburg family, there are still four years left in the little guy's free childhood, and then the dungeon of hell will start.

This is the responsibility and obligation of being born in the royal family. As long as you are not a fool, after this set of training mode is over, the ones you will cultivate will not be waste.

Reality is not fiction, and most of the playboys come from nouveau riche.In a family with real heritage, the success rate of its children is much higher than that of ordinary people.

Perhaps this kind of education cannot produce geniuses, but ordinary talents can still be mass-produced.For example, the younger brothers of Franz may not be very prominent in the royal family, but if they were really put outside, they would be outstanding young people.

Franz is still having a headache about the placement of his younger brothers. According to his thinking, it is best for these younger brothers to go down and hone their skills.

Unfortunately, because of his status, if he really did this, it would easily lead to bad speculation from the outside world.

Living together for a long time, he knows very well that these younger brothers are not cheap.Although he has not yet reached the level of God's boss, his second child, his arrogance has been fully revealed.

Last year, his second brother, Massimiliano, got married and is still working as a rice eater at home. The young couple just returned from a trip to Europe not long ago.

If it's really a waste of food waiting to die, like his father, who eats, drinks and has fun every day, and then invites a few friends to hunt and race horses, then that's easy to handle.

But Massimiliano is still an idealist and wants to make a career out of it.

As early as a few years ago, Franz threw him into the Royal Academy of Sciences based on Massimiliano's hobbies, allowing him and several plant experts to study plants.

Obviously, this is only a temporary measure.Now someone within the Habsburg family proposed that Maximiliano be the regent of the Kingdom of Bavaria, but the cabinet was strongly blocked by Franz's suggestion.

Taylor said in a low voice: "Your Majesty, the Mexican constitutionalists entered Vienna and preliminarily judged that they wanted to find a prince of the Catholic faith to assume the throne of Mexico."

Franz said lightly: "Send someone to watch them, to see if they have had contact with those people."

"Yes, Your Majesty!" Tyron replied

Under the European cultural system, emperors and kings depend on bloodlines.So many times the royal family died out, or was expelled, so they ran to the king to find a king to come back.

Mexican emperors have always been tragedies, and the first Mexican emperor, Agustin I, went to the guillotine.There is no way, who asked him to learn from Napoleon's coronation and proclaim himself emperor?

Although he led the Mexican independence movement and is highly respected in the country, it is a pity that he has no royal blood, and everyone does not recognize him as an emperor at all.

From this perspective, Washington is smart and did not step on this mine.

After learning from the past, no one in Mexico would dare to call himself emperor again.But for the constitutionalists, did the emperor return the constitution to Mao?

According to the usual practice, he went to the German region to find the king again.Anyway, almost all the kings in Europe came from the German region.

Now the prestigious Habsburg family happened to be a supporter of Catholicism, so they were naturally targeted by the Mexican constitutionalists.

Historically, it was against this background that Franz's hapless younger brother, Massimiliano, was tricked into becoming emperor in Mexico.

Franz ordered: "Jenny, ask someone to send me the information about Mexico."

"Yes, Your Majesty!" the maid replied softly.

……

No investigation, no right to speak.Without knowing the specific situation in Mexico, Franz did not dare to visit this mine.

Frankly speaking, Mexico's foundation in this era is still good, and its strength on the American continent is second only to that of the Americans.

The total population has approached 800 million, of which mixed races account for more than half, whites account for 30.00% and Indians account for [-]%.

However, the racial contradictions in Mexico are not serious. Mixed-race people habitually divide themselves among white people.

Mexico has the right time and fertile land. Although it is not as good as the United States next door, it is still easy to feed tens of millions of people.

Mineral resources are particularly rich, suitable for the development of industry.Before the big depreciation of silver, this silver empire was still very rich, and there was no shortage of funds.

Logically speaking, with such superior conditions, even if Mexico is not as developed as the United States, the gap will not be too far.

The reality is very cruel, it is a contrast between heaven and hell.

Mexico, which was supposed to develop, is now completely an agricultural country, with no signs of industrialization in sight.

Everyone is busy fighting internally, who cares about the development of the country?If you want to bring this country into a normal state, then it is necessary to carry out a major cleansing, to kill the interest groups before talking about development.

Franz somewhat understood why the Habsburg family objected to making Maximiliano the emperor of Mexico.

Everyone is really looking out for him. With the Habsburg dynasty unable to provide assistance, an idealist really can't handle such a mess.

The opening of the hell dungeon is only suitable for heroes to play.If it were Franz himself, he would rather go to the African continent to start a colony than clean up this mess.

Chapter 49 Peacekeepers

On November 1858, 11, the Franco-Saharan conflict triggered by the assassination officially started negotiations.

As a part-time victim of the host, the French representative Auvergne said angrily: "Everyone must know what happened, the great Napoleon III was assassinated by an evil organization.

The murderer is still at large, and the peace-loving France immediately sent a note to the Kingdom of Sardinia after the incident.

As a result, the relationship between the Sardinian government and the evil organization is much deeper than we expected.Instead of arresting the murderers, he gave them asylum, ignoring the good advice of France.

Now we are here to declare that if the Sardinian government is unable to catch the murderer and bring him to justice, we do not rule out the possibility of taking strong measures. "

Auvergne is obviously not a simple person, she never mentions the matter of compensation, she never lets go of the murderer, and wins everyone's sympathy and support.

The threat of force only showed their tough attitude, and never mentioned the matter of the Kingdom of Sardinia's cession of land and compensation. This is completely different from the previous private communication between the two countries.

Prime Minister Cavour has a headache. The opponent is obviously a professional. On the issue of punishing the murderer, the positions of governments of all countries are basically the same.

Cavour replied bravely, "Your Excellency, the murderer has been arrested, and everyone has found out his identity. This matter has nothing to do with the Kingdom of Sardinia."

This was discussed with the British in advance, and the Sardinian government absolutely cannot admit that it had anything to do with the assassination.Only by refusing to admit it to death will there be a chance to pass the current hurdle.

Auvergne sneered and said: "Enough, at this point, you still have to quibble, do you really think France is easy to bully?

These four murderers are all members of radical organizations in your country.The goal of this organization is to annex the entire Italian region, and the funds for the activities are still supported by your government. It doesn't matter if you tell me! "

Looking at Auvergne's murderous eyes, Cavour knew that the French were really angry this time.At this time, he couldn't admit that he had anything to do with this matter.

Cavour explained: "Your Excellency, calm down. These four murderers only once joined the Carbonari Party, but they were expelled a long time ago because of their inappropriate behavior, and they even immigrated.

It cannot be said that once a member of the Charcoal Burning Party, it is considered an evil organization.As far as I know His Majesty Napoleon III also joined this organization, do you think His Majesty is also an evil element? "

Auvergne sneered: "Nonsense, when did His Majesty join this evil organization, he just heard that the organization is engaged in slave trade and drug trafficking.

I just went deep into it and investigated this organization. It is a pity that the evidence collected so hard by Your Majesty was finally taken away by your government. "

When it comes to playing rogue, who is afraid of whom?Engaged in the slave trade and drug trafficking, these are not Auvergne's nonsense.

The forest is big and there are all kinds of birds. There are several slave dealers and drug dealers in the Charcoal Burning Party.

Others dare not lift the lid, but Auvergne is not afraid of offending people.No matter how powerful the capitalists in the Kingdom of Sardinia are, they are incapable of doing things in France.