Holy Roman Empire

Only when the interest chain is clarified and the problem is fundamentally solved, other conflicts will be easy to handle.If you can't solve the problem, then solve the person who created the problem.

This is just the basic condition for securing the throne. In the end, it still depends on the development of the country. At least you have to feed the people.

Having said so much, do you still think what I asked is not important? "

This is a political lesson, blackened imperial power.Before that, Franz had never taught Maximiliano, and no one in the Habsburg dynasty could teach him.

After hearing Franz's words, Massimiliano was stunned.He never expected Franz to say such a thing, which overturned his three views.

According to Franz, to secure the Mexican throne, the first thing to do is not to ease the contradictions, but to stimulate the contradictions and use a civil war to solve the problem-makers.

Even thinking of the rebellion in 1848, the Vienna government used this opportunity to solve the Hungarian problem once and for all. Incidentally, it also solved domestic social conflicts, introduced labor protection laws, and abolished serfdom.

Massimiliano understood a lot in an instant, and the more he understood, the harder it was for him to accept.The elder brother, known as the greatest king of the Habsburg dynasty for a century, actually did so many things secretly.

What made him unable to refute was that Franz had succeeded, and the successful should not be blamed.From 1848 to the present, Austria's comprehensive national strength has more than doubled.

The country has become stronger, the lives of the people have improved, and all walks of life have achieved remarkable development.

Massimiliano, who was hit, didn't know how he left. His mind was full of echoes of Franz's words, wandering between affirmation and negation.

Looking at her distraught husband, Princess Charlotte asked with concern: "Why is Maximiliano uncomfortable?"

The awakened Maximilian said listlessly: "Charlotte, do you think I am not suitable to be an emperor?"

Princess Charlotte was taken aback, she still wants to be queen!In order to encourage Maximiliano to agree to be the emperor of Mexico, she spent a lot of effort.How long did it take before it became like this.

Princess Charlotte doesn't think it is difficult to be an emperor, just look at Franz.On average, I work three to four hours a day, and spend most of my time reading, reading newspapers, drinking tea, and taking care of my children. Austria is still developing very well.

"Why? You have to believe in yourself, you are the best!"

Maximilian shook his head and said, "No, I may not be really suitable to be an emperor, and I don't even know the basics of being an emperor."

Princess Charlotte persuaded: "What happened that hit you hard? I don't know you like this. Did a little setback hit you?"

Massimiliano calmed down and said, "Just now I went to see my brother with the future development plan for Mexico, hoping to get his support."

Charlotte asked uncertainly: "He doesn't agree with you going to Mexico to be emperor?"

You must know that the relationship between the Franz brothers is very good.Under normal circumstances, if Maximiliano was to be emperor, Franz would definitely support him.

This is one of the reasons why they dare to take over the mess in Mexico.After all, Austria's tentacles have reached deep into Central America. All it takes is a telegram, and the Austrian army can come to provide them with military support.

Massimiliano shook his head and said, "No. He just told me some basic common sense about being an emperor, which had a great impact on me."

The specific situation, Maximiliano will not talk about it.He also wants to save face, but he doesn't want his wife to know about these bad things.

Upon hearing the news, Princess Charlotte breathed a sigh of relief.As long as the Emperor Franz does not object, it does not matter if the rest of the Habsburg family object.

The only thing that can support them in Mexico is the Austrian army in Central America, and this only needs the consent of Franz.

"Don't worry, there are so many successful emperors in history, and everyone's method of success is different. Cousin Franz's experience, it's normal that some things don't suit you.

As long as I am diligent and caring for the people, I believe I will be fine! "Princess Charlotte continued to encourage

Massimiliano said with a wry smile: "But the facts are in front of us, he did succeed. Austria was reborn in his hands, and the glory of the Habsburg Dynasty was restored in his hands.

And all this only took more than ten years, and everyone gave him a very high evaluation. When he walked in the streets and alleys, there would be people shouting 'Franz the Great'. "

"Diligent government and loving the people", the last two words may have something to do with Franz, but the first two words are really hard to connect.

If you want to choose the most industrious monarchs in Europe, then Franz will definitely be in the top three, and one of them may be Queen Victoria.

This is very embarrassing. The United Kingdom is under the constitutional monarchy model, and the monarchy's rights are restricted.Queen Victoria wasn't very involved in politics, which is justifiable.

Franz is different. Both the Austrian emperor and the new Holy Roman Emperor are monarchy countries.Despite the cloak of a constitutional monarchy, the emperor's power is still supreme.

Because the power of the political party is too weak, this kind of constitutional monarchy is even stronger than the imperial power of most monarchy countries.

In any case, Franz succeeded.The influence of Austria has spread to all the places where civilization exists in the world, and the flag of the Habsburg dynasty has been planted all over the four oceans and seven continents.

From then on, the word "diligence" will probably be kicked out from the evaluation of the king's merits.At least in the Habsburg dynasty, everyone just needs to succeed, who cares if the emperor is diligent?

In fact, this is just Franz's self-knowledge.If you really take care of everything, you will be exhausted, and you will end up with a mess.

Instead of this, it is better to just take good care of the top 80 NO.[-] people in the government, and then they will manage the country.

This principle is easier said than done.In order to build this bureaucratic team, Franz also spent several years running in, and finally found a balance point.

Princess Charlotte said seriously: "Maximiliano, you are jealous. This is not a good quality. Jealousy will make people lost."

Massimiliano roared in a venting style: "Yes, I admit that there are factors in this aspect. I have lived in the shadow of Franz since I was a child, and he is really excellent.

My grades in all subjects disappointed me, with the exception of marksmanship.After finally waiting for his grades to drop, before I could breathe a sigh of relief, he began to regent again and became emperor.

We all know later that Austria before he succeeded to the throne was just a big European country, and now Austria is a world power.

If he chooses, he can also imitate the British declaration: the sun never sets on the land of Austria.

You don't know how much pressure I have to have such an excellent brother.From childhood to adulthood, we must imitate him and learn from him.

But now, I find that the gap between the two sides has not narrowed, but has been pulled further.

I really hope that he can be a little mediocre in a certain aspect, so that I can regain a little confidence! "

Princess Charlotte, who knew her husband very well, knew that Maximilian Nuoken said these words, which meant that he was fine, and then said: "At least your marksmanship is better than him."

"It seems that this is the only confidence I have left." Massimiliano said helplessly.

Princess Charlotte showed a bright smile and asked, "So, do you want to have some common sense and challenge yourself?"

Massimiliano replied without hesitation: "Of course, I will prove myself in my own way, not worse than him!"

Princess Charlotte joked: "Really? Massimiliano, are you so confident?"

Massimiliano replied confidently: "Of course! Oh, there may be a little gap, but there is absolutely not much, please believe me!"

Clearly, the royal education was not in vain.At least in terms of cultivating self-confidence, he has definitely worked hard.Let people regain their self-confidence in the shortest possible time

This is also a relationship with cultural traditions. Most Europeans have the problem of overconfidence.In this case, the potential that can indeed be stimulated is also easy to do stupid things.

So all Franz's efforts were in vain, and Massimiliano still insisted on jumping into the huge pit in Mexico, and he couldn't stop him.

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After receiving this news, Franz didn't know what to do.

Forcibly stopping him, I guess brothers can't do it.Watching him go to die, Franz still can't do it.

For his aftermath, Franz said he was not a nanny.Besides, he couldn't manage it even if he wanted to in Mexico.

Franz finally tried his best: "Think about it, Massimiliano. Mexico is not a good place. If the emperor can do it so easily, it won't be your turn.

As far as I know, many people in the Napoleon family are jealous, but they are blocked by Napoleon III, and he is not sure about helping his brother to the throne.

Now I can tell you clearly that it is impossible for the Vienna government to support you at a high price, because the cost cannot be recovered. "

Massimiliano replied confidently: "The Napoleon family is indeed very tempted by the Mexican throne, but they lack legal support, and the Mexican constitutionalists do not support them at all.

Brother, please believe me, your investment will not be in vain, and I will become a great emperor like you. "

Franz said solemnly: "Stop, as a brother, I will give you one last piece of advice: There are only interests between countries, and no personal feelings are involved.

So don't expect much help from me, Austria will not support Mexico, it is not in our interest.

As for the support you want, sorry, I can only give you spiritual encouragement, at most verbal support. "

He has no confidence in Maximiliano, and Franz is not prepared to use resources to fill that bottomless pit. The chances of recovering the cost are too low.

Anyway, Austria has troops stationed in Central America. Presumably the Mexicans should not dare to kill this hapless brother this time.

Even though he didn't know what Franz was thinking, Maximilian's heart was still chilling.He knew that this was completely against him, so he made such a decision.

The family members collectively opposed it, and the emperor's elder brother also opposed it, which meant that it was difficult for him to gain the support of any family power except for the banner of the Habsburg dynasty.

An emperor with family support and an emperor without support are completely different concepts.

With the strength of the Habsburg family, if you fully support him.Maximiliano could be emperor with an army and get the support of Austrian power in America.

With these resources, he can easily overwhelm domestic opposition forces without being subject to the French.It's a pity that none of these, he can only rely on the French first.

It's useless to say anything now, the Habsburg family has determined that he will fail, and it is impossible to spend money on him.Even his mother, who loved him the most, didn't support him this time.

Chapter 29 Secretly Crossing Chencang

Unable to convince Maximiliano, Franz directly threw the other two younger brothers into the military camp for closed education.Perhaps because of the lessons learned, Empress Dowager Sophie did not intervene.

Until Franz came to the throne, the Austrian army had always been a place where noble dudes were gilded.Now the Austrian army is also a place for dudes, but instead of being gilded, they live like years.

Not to mention the closed management, once you enter the military camp, you will bid farewell to the life of feasting and feasting in the city, and train in the Alps every day.

Because of the strict management system, many families regard the army as a school for educating the next generation, and the number of playboys active in Vienna has dropped to a historical low.

The statutory period of military service is only two years. Due to population growth, ordinary soldiers can usually retire and go home and transfer to the reserve service after serving for one year.

Noble children are an exception, and their service period starts at 3 years.It takes more time to train officers than to train ordinary soldiers, and the service time is naturally longer.

The training of noble officers is more stringent than that of ordinary soldiers, and there are many more training subjects.Usually the first year is spent in the Alps, or in the Balkans.

I am exhausted from training every day, so I naturally have no energy to think about it.After a long time, many bad habits will be corrected in the army.

Originally, Massimiliano and Franz were only more than one year apart. During the military system reform, he had already completed the gold plating and became a naval officer, so he missed this opportunity to polish.

Because the training is too hard, I can't go home once a year.Empress Dowager Sophie, who is eager to love her son, asked Franz to open the back door but failed, so she dragged it down.

Fortunately, the nobles in Germany have a tradition of military service. Nobles who have not served in the army cannot gain a foothold in society at all.

So Empress Dowager Sophie can only delay the time at most, and dare not really let the two little guys hide from military service.

You can refer to the specific situation. Every year, several playboys are tied up by their families and sent to the military camp, and occasionally there will be scenes of crying and crying as if they are parting from life and death.

Of course, such scenes mostly appeared among emerging nobles.This is also the reason why they are despised by veteran nobles, and are considered to be a manifestation of lack of education.

To some extent, Franz's military reform also relied on traditional forces.

Although Austria has not reached the point where the army owns the country like Prussia, most of the top government officials have come out of the army.

If a certain place needs extreme mobilization, government officials can also change into military officers in seconds and form an army in the shortest time.

Because of the glory of the nobility, none of the nobles complained in front of Franz that the training was too hard, which made him very satisfied.

Rights and obligations are equal, and if one refuses to fulfill one's own obligations, then this class will really degenerate.

According to the statistics of the Ministry of National Defense, the proportion of children of Austrian aristocrats serving in the military exceeds 90.00%.

Before the reform of the military system, this data was [-]%. The cultural tradition in the German region is to honor serving as a soldier. Now this fine tradition has naturally been preserved.

Starting from the compulsory education stage, there are basic military training courses.Areas without conditions are just queue training and long-distance running, and the noble school is a replica of the juvenile military school.

St petersburg

After several years of struggle, the reformists finally overwhelmed the conservatives and gained the upper hand. On March 1863, 3, Alexander II issued the General Decree of the Peasants on Emancipation from Serfdom.

Provisions: Serfdom was abolished, and serfs were granted the status of freedmen, with personal freedom and general citizenship rights, including the right to own property, hold public office, conduct litigation, and engage in industry and commerce.

On the premise that all the land is owned by the landlord, farmers can use a certain amount of land, but must pay a ransom to the landlord.

Before signing the redemption contract, the peasants had to perform labor service or pay service rent for the landlord.

Obviously, this reform of the Russians was not perfect. The land ransom was determined by the landlord, which far exceeded the market price of the land, and in some places it was even several times higher than the market price.

The high price of land redemption has planted hidden dangers for future social conflicts.In fact, after the redemption price was determined, conflicts occurred in many places.

Alexander II was also very troubled. On the one hand, he wanted to carry out more thorough social reforms so that the Russian Empire could quickly enter a capitalist society; on the other hand, he was unwilling to break with the land-owning nobles.

There is also a difference between "landlord" and "landlord". Landlords in the Russian Empire are nobles, and ordinary free people rarely own land.

Carrying out social reform now will obviously harm the interests of the aristocracy.The nobles who ruled this country were naturally unwilling, and they wanted to pass on the loss.

This is not only the will of the conservatives, but many reformers are also prepared to sacrifice the interests of farmers in exchange for the success of this social reform.

As for the social conflicts that may be brought about after doing this, they have already ignored them. They can't really cut their own flesh, can they?

The Minister of Police, Janovweiss, said in a low voice: "Your Majesty, there were 38 serf riots in the country last month, and all of them have been suppressed."

Serf uprisings were not news in the Russian Empire, if not a few times that year they would have been news.

However, there were dozens of outbreaks in a month, and Alexander II still felt the pressure.The Abolition of Slavery Act was issued, but this reform did not satisfy the serfs.

The revolutionaries were not idle either. They encouraged the serfs to revolutionize, claiming that as long as the tsarist government was overthrown, everyone could own the land for free.

The liberals were less radical, at least they weren't prepared to push the tsar.Liberals believe that the government should issue laws to price land, and the aristocracy should not be allowed to exploit farmers.

Most of the current domestic serf riots are caused by these two factions.

Alexander II said: "Continue to be on strict alert. At this critical moment, they cannot be allowed to cause trouble and undermine this reform."