Holy Roman Empire

Secretary of State Safar thought for a while and said: "It depends on how to calculate. If we take into account the reduction of immigrants and the departure of immigrants due to the civil war, then this loss may be increased by another 100 million.

No, it cannot be said to be an immigrant.In fact our total immigration has not decreased much.It's just that white immigration has decreased, while Asian and black immigration have continued to increase. "

The increase in black immigration was actually forced.A large number of young and strong people entered the army, resulting in a shortage of labor in all walks of life.

Now it is a time of war, and immigrants from European countries simply do not come.In desperation, everyone can only import labor from outside, and the increase of colored immigrants has become inevitable.

Lincoln nodded and said, "No wonder there are more and more black soldiers in the army. It seems that many people use them to replace military service."

Not everyone is willing to go to the battlefield, especially the wealthy capitalists are even more repelled to go to the battlefield.In this country of capitalists, it is naturally impossible for the federal government to force capitalists to serve.

Hiring people for military service perfectly solves this problem. The federal government gets soldiers and capitalists complete their military service.

Secretary of State Safar said with a sad face: "Your Excellency, I don't think you need to care about these trivial matters.

Our big trouble is coming soon, next week's parliamentary inquiry, have you figured out how to deal with it? "

From a strategic point of view, the federal government blocked the offensive of the southern government, defended the core area of ​​the Great Lakes, and kept Washington, which has achieved a staged victory.

Although Kansas is located in the center of the United States, it is geographically: the Flint Hills in the east, the Smokey Hills and Red Hills in the west, and the Sunflower Mountains near the Colorado border.

The southern government has mastered here, and there is no way to march west. Missouri in the east has already joined the southern government, so there is no need to worry about it.

A tactical failure has little impact on the overall battle situation.President Lincoln was able to sit still and think about future issues.

If Pennsylvania fell, he would have been unable to do so.

Lincoln said indifferently: "The matter has come to this, there is nothing to be afraid of. Even if I am willing to step down immediately, someone must be willing to take over this mess.

There's no way Congress can get us out of office before the war is over.In case the federal government loses the war and is charged with splitting the federation, we still need to bear it. "

This is not a broken can, but that he really understands American politics.The current situation is still very unfavorable to the federal government. The possibility of a split of the federal government is very high, and no one is willing to bear the charge of splitting the federal government.

Judging from the current situation, even if this war is won, dealing with the southern states after the war will still be a big trouble.No matter who sits in this position, the ending will not be happy.

Chapter 27 The Uneasy Brother

Originally, Franz only intervened in the military preparations for the American Civil War by opening up colonies as a cover. As a result, the American Civil War did not interfere, and a new round of Austrian colonial expansion broke out first.

First of all, the African continent. Don't look at the three infantry divisions as if they don't have many troops, but if they are invested in overseas colonization, they can sweep away a dozen indigenous tribes.

Open the map and you will know that the colonies from West Africa to the Congo region have been connected together.

The Austrian colonial forces in the south have pushed their sphere of influence to Zambia along the river; they have penetrated into Uganda and Kenya in the east.

In the Middle East, Austria used the Sinai Peninsula as a springboard to extend its tentacles deep into the Arabian Peninsula. It has fooled many tribes into signing land purchase treaties, and Austrian colonial strongholds have appeared in the Persian Gulf.

Just waiting for the opening of the Suez Canal, these areas will fall into the hands of Austria.

In Central America, Austria mainly infiltrates, and does not play a war of annihilation as soon as it comes up.To resettle a group of immigrants fooled from the United States, countries will not be able to avoid the control of Austria.

Taking Nicaragua as an example, the number of Germans occupies four layers of whites, becoming the largest ethnic group in the area.There are also Austrian troops stationed there, and the government has no choice but to be pro-Austrian.

An autonomous province of Lanfang has been added to the new Holy Roman Empire, and Franz doesn't mind adding a few more. Peaceful evolution is also a good way to expand.

Of course, this is only effective for sparsely populated places like Central America. After all, the number of white people in the area is only a few hundred thousand, and they are divided into five or six countries.

Even if it is not included in the imperial system, it can become a pro-Austrian country.It is not necessarily a good thing to annex directly away from areas that are difficult to rule, and loose alliances are not unacceptable.

In Southeast Asia, Franz didn't know how many islands the Austrian colonial government occupied. Anyway, it was four digits, and the multi-island country was really not built.

The expansion of Nanyang has stopped, and now we can watch the performances of Prussia and the German Confederation.

The unscrupulous Malaysian region of the German Federation is staking land, and it seems that George I has settled the London government.

The Kingdom of Prussia chose to die on the Indochina Peninsula for a very simple reason: the Indochina Peninsula is fertile enough and has a lot of room for expansion.

Although Sumatra is also good, it is still too small compared to the Indochina Peninsula, and the Dutch have already occupied a lot of territory.

In mainland Europe, Prussia can beat the Dutch, but in the Southeast Asia region, this situation is just reversed. The nascent Prussian navy has no confidence.

After opening the world map and looking it over carefully, Franz was surprised to find that the world was about to be divided up.

This is not a good thing, which means that conflicts between countries will occur from time to time in the future.Especially emerging empires are bound to challenge the world order and seize living space.

Then Franz dismissed this idea. Under the current situation, it is too difficult for the European continent to have a new empire.

Russia, France and Austria stand side by side, and the rise of the fourth pole cannot be tolerated at all.Spain at the next level is still deeply involved in internal conflicts. Besides, they are an old empire, and they still have a lot of legacy left behind.

Not to mention Prussia, in order to solve industrial raw materials and markets, it was forced to take the road of overseas colonization.Establish a German Second Reich, unless someone cheats on them.

Another potential stock, the Kingdom of Sardinia, died this time before it could succeed.Not to mention the unification of the Italian region, they themselves have become the nourishment of the French.

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Schönbrunn Palace

Franz is raising the children, and today he is the father of three.

Although he was only seven years old, as the crown prince, Frederick had no chance of being a rice eater.There is endless homework and endless knowledge every day.

As if he had been hit, the dejected Frederick walked up to Franz and asked, "Father, why do I have to go to school and you don't?"

Franz explained patiently: "It's very simple, because I have already learned these lessons, so I don't need to read them now.

Your younger brothers are still too young, you can see that William can't speak clearly, how do you study?When they are a little older, they will go to school with you. "

Frederick complained: "But I also have too much homework. I have been outside, and many children only have three homework."

That's right, there are only three subjects in compulsory education in Austria: German, mathematics, and history, and all other subjects are optional.

German and history are added, and patriotic education is included in German.History is naturally the version of Greater Germany, which proves from the source that all ethnic groups in Austria are branches of Germanic ethnic groups.

Whether ordinary people believe it or not, the nobles believe it anyway.Their ancestors basically came from the German region, and then they represent all the nationalities of Austria.

History cannot be tested, and cultural circles are still arguing endlessly.Franz did not intervene. Anyway, as long as two generations are assimilated and educated, it will be impossible to repeat it later.

If it proves that the teaching materials are wrong, it doesn't matter. It is understandable that the materials handed down are wrong after too much time has passed.

The government neither confirms nor denies it. Let the historians quarrel slowly about professional issues. In short, they are all academic issues.

Discuss casually behind closed doors, anyway, the people don't care about these.Before a unified answer is formed, it is impossible to revise the textbook.

Franz explained: "That is just the basic education provided by the state, and those who have the conditions have to learn more homework.

The world is cruel, Frederick.The amount of knowledge you learn also means your status in society.

As the crown prince of the empire, you were born to stand at the top of the world, and you must be the best, so naturally you have a lot to learn.This is the ability you must have, and I have also come here. "

Happy education?Born in the royal family, you are naturally insulated from happiness.

Cultivate interests and hobbies?It's better not to dream, as the crown prince's career is the emperor, there is no need to consider employment issues at all.

This is one of the most enviable and embarrassing professions.

As long as the emperor is cultivated in strict accordance with the process, geniuses may not be produced, nor will fools be cultivated.

Franz did not need a genius heir, because geniuses usually have eccentricities and are not suitable for the career of emperor.

As the heir of the empire, as long as he can maintain the operation of the empire step by step, have a certain basic knowledge, and not be fooled by others, it is enough.

As for governing the country, isn't there a cabinet?

The fault tolerance rate of a large empire is very high. As long as the emperor does not mess around, cabinet officials who climb up step by step based on their achievements will not cause anger and resentment no matter how poor their ability to govern the country is.

Besides, if the cabinet fails, it can be replaced.As the emperor, he only needs to throw the guy who messed up the blame at the critical moment.

In short, if the emperor does not intervene indiscriminately, things will not be so bad.At the same time, he is putting a curse on the bureaucrats, and occasionally catching a few corrupt officials who are not good-looking and killing them as an example, that is a good emperor.

Looking at Frederick with a depressed face, Franz just smiled and didn't say much.

A maid hurriedly said, "Your Majesty, the Empress Dowager invites you to come over."

Franz also knew the person who came, and she was the most favored maid beside the Empress Dowager Sophie.

"Eileen, what happened, are you in such a hurry?"

Elena ran a little anxiously, a little out of breath, and said hesitantly: "The Grand Duke Massimiliano was planning to go to Mexico to become emperor, but was opposed by the empress dowager, and there was a fierce quarrel. Go over and have a look." !"

Franz suddenly had a headache, and he also had a headache for this restless younger brother.

Franz had asked someone to hand over the information about Mexico to him, the purpose was to make him retreat in spite of the difficulties, but he did not expect that he would still make the same choice in history.

Needless to say, as a good brother, Franz arrived at the scene as quickly as possible.

The Queen Mother Sophie's roar was heard from a distance, obviously she was very angry at Maximiliano.As a member of the royal family, Queen Sophie still knows the most basic international common sense. Judging by her amateur political vision, this is a huge pit.

Seeing Franz coming in, the Empress Dowager Sophie stopped her rant, calmed down and said, "Frantz, tell your precious brother about the situation in Mexico. This idiot actually wants to go to Mexico and become emperor."

Franz comforted: "Good mother, leave this idiot to me, calm down first."

Looking at the dejected Maximiliano, Franz knew that he was very unconvinced.The smooth sailing Maximilian naturally also developed a sense of arrogance, for example, he wanted to challenge the dungeon of hell now.

"Maximiliano, who made him go to Mexico to be emperor? Don't tell me, you don't even have supporters." Franz asked

Massimiliano replied: "The Mexican constitutionalists, and Napoleon III promised to support my succession."

Obviously, Massimiliano is not really stupid. In theory, with the support of France and Austria, coupled with the strength of the Mexican constitutionalists, it is not difficult for him to secure the throne.

Franz asked sternly: "If you want to wear the crown, you must bear its weight first! Massimiliano, why do you think you can secure the Mexican throne? Come up with your policy to convince me and prove your ability.

The Habsburg dynasty will not put an ignorant idiot on the throne, otherwise one day this idiot will go to the guillotine, and we can't afford to lose that person. "

Massimiliano, who was stimulated, immediately replied: "Just wait, I will prove it to you!"

Franz didn't continue to sarcasm, the hole had already been dug.There has never been a perfect governance plan in the world. No matter what kind of plan Maximiliano proposes, Franz can pick out the thorns.

If even an idealist can't be fooled, how can Franz achieve the revival of Austria?

Chapter 28 Reverse Psychology

Is Massimiliano capable?

The answer is: Yes!

As long as they are not congenitally deficient, people who have been trained by the royal family must be more capable than most ordinary people.

It's just that ability is often accompanied by arrogance, and this kind of arrogance needs to be polished. Only after restraining the edge can it be truly displayed.

Maximiliano just never encountered setbacks. Under the favor of the Empress Dowager Sophie, his first half of life was smooth sailing, and then he developed an idealistic spearhead.

Idealism is the greatest enemy of the monarch. Once it is contaminated, the best ending is to become a rubber stamp. If it is worse, you can refer to Maximilian in history.

Franz sneered and said, "This is the plan you prepared? My stupid brother, have you lost your mind?

Governing the country according to your plan, do you think Mexico is not chaotic enough, add a fire to them, and then kill them to bleed, and send your emperor to the guillotine by the way? "

This is not Franz's spouting. Massimiliano's plan is indeed unreliable, and the core ruling philosophy is actually liberalism.

Can liberalism be played by any country?Franz in Austria did not dare to engage in liberalism, or any monarchy in the world would dare to engage in this kind of liberalism.

Massimiliano said dissatisfiedly: "My brother, why do you say that my plan is not good?"

Franz did not directly answer this question, but instead asked: "Very good, I learned to question and made progress.

Unfortunately, this is not enough.

Now that you plan to govern the country, tell me what is the biggest social contradiction in Mexico?What are the advantages and disadvantages?

And the distribution of resources in Mexico, which places are suitable for the development of which industries? "

It was Maximiliano's turn to be dumbfounded. This country is managed in a rough way, not the bureaucrats in charge, and others are usually ignorant.

It is naturally impossible for Maximiliano, who is far away in Vienna, to have such detailed information. What Franz provided him was only the basic situation in the country, and even the Mexican government did not make detailed statistics.

But in Franz's view, these basic things, as an emperor, must be mastered, otherwise how to formulate a development outline.

For example: to develop heavy industry, to build a steel plant, because they don't know anything, let the bureaucrats choose a location at will, and finally find that the raw materials are thousands of miles away.

After hesitating for a moment, Massimiliano frowned and replied: "The main contradiction in Mexico is the conflict between the reformers and the conservatives, mixed with the conflicts between the republicans and the constitutionalists.

As long as the problems in the political system are properly dealt with, these contradictions can be resolved.The latter question was so tricky that I declined to answer it. "

Franz rubbed his forehead, and said helplessly: "It seems that my stupid brother, you are really fooled by others.

The system exists because of people, and it is always the people who have problems, not the system.As long as the human problem is solved, these problems are not a problem.

There is no right or wrong in front of interests, and as a qualified emperor, you don't need to distinguish so clearly.

You just need to figure out which ones you want, which ones are neutral, and which ones are enemies.

One's own people can be reused, neutral factions can be wooed and used, and the enemy only needs to be killed, the matter is as simple as that.

The fundamental social contradictions in Mexico are interests, conflicts of interests among various classes, and conflicts of interests among different ethnic groups.