Holy Roman Empire

With the death of President Juarez, Austria had to make a gesture to the outside world, and the withdrawal of troops from Mexico became inevitable, but how to withdraw would be a test of technology.

It is impossible to work in vain if you work hard, at least you must recover the cost of sending troops.Hold out for a moment, waiting for the Mexican Civil War to break out, resulting in the established fact of occupying the southern territories.

Anyway, as long as Mexico does not elect a government recognized by Austria, it can continue to occupy it.It didn't take long, it only took three to five years, and it was swallowed.

This is a realistic need. Planters in Austrian Central America have long wanted to expand, and now they need to appease their emotions.

The Vienna government needs them to maintain a certain strength and be able to prevent the Americans from reaching out to Central America.As long as Austria still occupies Central America for a day, the Panama Canal should not even think about starting construction.

After a little thought, Franz made a decision: "Don't occupy under the banner of the government, Austria has never invaded Mexico.

Those in southern Mexico are just a bunch of civilians who are unwilling to accept the rule of the Mexican government. The Mexican government is incompetent and cannot even control its own people. We can only express regret. "

Once he let go of the bottom line, Franz was not afraid to pretend to be stupid.Anyway, as long as Austria does not occupy Mexican territory on the surface, the international community can't say anything.

If the Mexican government has the ability, it can also send troops to take back these areas.Of course, it must be successful once, and if it fails, the mob will expand.If they fail once and lose a few more states, they can only be blamed for their incompetence.

After three to five years, the turmoil of this incident has passed, and these areas will join the Austrian Central American colonies.

The rules of the game are like this, when it is time to be hypocritical, you must be hypocritical.As long as the substantial benefits are obtained, it doesn't matter if there is a little more cutscenes.

Most of the profits from this expansion went to plantation owners in Austrian Central America.Now that they have taken the benefits, they must pay the price, and the responsibility of ruling the local area falls on their shoulders.

Mexico is not easy to rule, the French did not swallow them, and Franz didn't think Austria could swallow them in one gulp.

Now Franz has decided to delegate power, and the colonists in Austrian Central America can take as much land as they have.How far they can expand depends entirely on their own strength, and the consequences of expansion failure are also borne by themselves.

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In Mexico City, the death of President Juarez has caused a lot of trouble in the city.Under the organization of people with good intentions, the crowd of demonstrations has surrounded the Austrian embassy.

The tolerance for the dead is higher than that of the living. President Juarez was criticized before he died. Now that he is so dead, his image has suddenly grown, as if he has become a saint overnight.

Minister Compton in the embassy had long been fidgeting, and the demonstrators outside were bombarded 24 hours a day.The slogans were so loud that even a dog in the embassy area was trembling.

In order to prevent the demonstrators from attacking the embassy area, Minister Compton has already transferred a battalion of troops from outside the city, cordoned off the outside, and set up Gatling at the gate.

This is not a trivial matter. In just a few days, there have been many impact incidents, and the dozens of corpses parked outside are the evidence.

In this respect Franz was wise in ordering the evacuation of the embassy.Otherwise, the personal safety of the staff of the embassy may be difficult to guarantee.

When Minister Compton was at a loss, a young military officer held a telegram and whispered in his ear: "Minister Minister, this is the latest order from the Vienna government."

He snatched the telegram, the date on it was already five days ago.Compton didn't care about the time, and he was speechless for a moment when he saw the news of the order to evacuate Mexico.

Even the embassy is not retained, which is obviously a complete abandonment of Mexico.The embassy area, which he has worked hard for several years, is about to be abandoned like this. Minister Compton has all kinds of tastes in his heart.

After a short pause, Minister Compton said sharply: "Notify the Mexican government that we are going to evacuate and order them to disperse the crowd within three hours, or you will bear the consequences."

They are about to leave, so naturally they don't have to worry about anything.The great powers have never lacked tough measures. If the Mexican government continues to be desperate, it is not a bad idea to wash Mexico City before leaving.

The failure to annex Mexico does not mean that Austria fears their strength.The main reason is that it is easy to defeat the government army, but it is difficult to rule Mexico.

Mexico's territory has shrunk again and again, and it still covers nearly 200 million square kilometers.Such a large land, and most of it is mountainous, if you want to clean it up, you can't do it without hundreds of thousands of troops.

This cost has far exceeded the benefits. The French gave up on Mexico because they saw this clearly and were unwilling to continue to fill in this hole.

It's different now, Austria is leaving anyway.Even if it caused anger and resentment, Minister Compton felt no pressure.

He knew exactly how the crowd of protesters came from outside.The Mexican government didn't dare to directly trouble Austria, so it pushed the people forward and hid behind to watch the excitement.

There has been no attack, not because Minister Compton was afraid, but mainly because it was unnecessary.On the surface, it seems that this is causing trouble for Austria, but in fact the biggest trouble will still be left to the Mexican government.

If there is experience in governing, the Mexican government would never do this.Public opinion is a double-edged sword. When Austria withdrew, the overwhelming public opinion was the sharp edge to kill the republican government.

To put it bluntly, from the moment President Juarez's autopsy report was released, it was determined that Austria's political blackmail failed.

The Mexican government has been doing useless work from beginning to end.Even without the protesting crowd, the Vienna government would have given up on Mexico.

After receiving the news of Austria's evacuation, the Mexican government was rarely efficient.This time, all the major factions within the government have unified their opinions and quickly sent this plague god away.

The aftermath broke out, and violent clashes occurred between the demonstrators and the police who came to disperse the crowd.The organizations including the demonstrations were unable to control the people who were in high spirits.

Three hours passed quickly, and the outside of the embassy area was already a mess.Watching the Mexican government suppress the demonstrators by themselves, Compton just sneered.

Even if he wanted to move, it couldn't be done in a few hours, and he still had time to watch the excitement.As for the trouble, Compton is not worried at all. The Mexican government is still worried that they will not leave?

Anyone who dares to prevent the evacuation of the Austrians is the worst enemy of the Mexican government.The Mexican government, which lacks ruling experience, does not know that the withdrawal of Austrian troops is just the beginning of trouble.

One side is withdrawing troops, but the other side is stepping up military operations.The suffocated colonists will not give up this rare opportunity for expansion.

Chapter 87 John Bull

With the withdrawal of the army, Mexican affairs have temporarily come to an end.As for the occupied southern territory, this will have to wait until later.

The colonists these days are not easy to mess with, and they don't spit it out after eating it.Even if the Vienna government ordered them to give up, they might not let go. With the current strength of the Mexican government army, they might not be able to defeat these planters.

This was exemplified in the Civil War, when planters fought for themselves, planters always burst into greater potential.

No matter what Maximilian I thought, Franz immediately had him "escorted" back to Vienna.Knowing from the literal meaning, the process must not be so harmonious.

These are all small problems, and if he can be brought back to Vienna alive, Franz can already turn to the elderly Empress Dowager Sophie.The farce played in the middle is not worth mentioning at all.

Now Franz was stunned by a sudden invitation letter. Monaco became independent, and Charles III invited him to watch the ceremony.

It has to be said that the French just know how to play. In order to reverse the unfavorable image in the world, Napoleon III actually let Monaco become independent.

Monaco is just a small country with a territory of less than 2 square kilometers and a population of less than [-]. It is estimated that Charles III can call every citizen by name when he walks on the street.

On the face of it, the independence of Monaco does not matter to France.But from a political point of view, the situation is completely different, which will stimulate the Italian independence movement.

A small country like Monaco can achieve national independence through the independence movement. Can the Italians bear it?

Of course, the benefits are also very great. Monaco's independence from the European world has given the French a high evaluation, and Napoleon III's image in the newspapers has suddenly improved.

If he can continue his efforts and make Italy follow suit, he will be a saint in the 19th century.Maybe he can also become the founding father of Italy. He brought several Italian states together.

Franz couldn't remember when Monaco became independent in the original time and space, but it was also in the era of Napoleon III anyway.

Now Franz admits that the keyboard man's evaluation of Napoleon III in his previous life is still reasonable: "Smart in small things, confused in big things."

This is in line with the personality of Napoleon III. In Kissinger's words: "Napoleon III didn't like domestic affairs, but made outstanding contributions to France's domestic affairs; he liked diplomacy, but made a mess of diplomacy.

He devoted his whole life to the struggle for colonies, but he had no strategy; he wanted to prevent the unification of Germany, but he helped Prussia complete the unification of Germany and lost his own empire. "

Not only helped Prussia unify Germany, but also helped the Kingdom of Sardinia unify Italy.The life of Napoleon III in the original time and space is a crazy death song.

It's actually the same now. It seems that Napoleon III's great achievements have surpassed the same period in history, so he's starting to mess around again.

If the current Great French Empire wants long-term stability, the first thing is to cut off the possibility of independence together and kill independent organizations.

The Italian independence movement will not be able to stop if there is no ruthless hand to deter the latecomers.The political means of easing are not impossible, but the problem is that it is too troublesome to operate, and there are still great hidden dangers.

Franz thought he couldn't finish it, so Austria has been forcing the national integration policy, even if someone resists, but how old and young children won't.

Compulsory education is a national fusion movement. The new generation, even though there are traces of the original nationality, has already completed Germanization in language and writing.

France now also needs a national integration movement. Although the Italians are not easy to integrate, they must promote it, otherwise France and Italy will part ways sooner or later.

Franz didn't know what Napoleon III thought. In short, this was another political failure.Even if it is to release smoke bombs and confuse the international community, Monaco should not be allowed to become independent at this time.

If it was Franz, he would rather let the Italian region become independent, so as to gain a chance to unify the western part of the Rhineland.

In addition to the people in Italy, the handicraft industry is relatively developed, and it seems that the economic development is not bad.But these people can't integrate and can't increase the national power of France.

On the contrary, Belgium, Luxembourg, and the Rhineland have the coal and iron resources that France needs, which can greatly increase France's overall national strength.

The local population is not as large as the Italian region, and it is relatively easy to integrate.

This is not without chance, in fact France has missed the opportunity to annex these places twice.During the period of Austria's unification of South Germany and the period of the Russo-Prussian War, there were opportunities for France to do it.

Don't look at Franz's clamor, in fact, the French really want to annex the territory west of the Rhine, and Austria really can't do anything to them.

The premise is that Napoleon was willing to give up the Italian region, without any direct bordering territory, and let the Austrian multinational labor force expedition. Franz did not have this kind of internationalism.

If you win the battle, you will get a few words of thanks, and you have to be responsible for the expenses of the war. Unless you can hit Paris in one go, the French will not lose money;

"What does the Ministry of Foreign Affairs think of Monaco's independence? What kind of medicine is sold in Napoleon III's gourd?"

Although he couldn't see the purpose of the French, Franz still believed that there was an article in it. Even if Napoleon III lost his mind for a while, it was impossible for the entire Paris government to lose his mind.

Foreign Minister Weisenberg replied: "Your Majesty, the issues involved in Monaco's independence are very complicated, and it also involves Britain and Spain.

Before the Napoleonic era, Monaco had always been a protectorate of Spain, and it became a protectorate of France at the end of the 18th century.

In order to annex here, the French also did a lot of work, but because of too frequent regime changes, Monaco was gradually ignored by the Paris government.

After so many years, the voice of local independence has not weakened.The French are only the suzerain in name, and have no control over the local area.

The independence of Monaco was led by the British. As the price of independence, the Monaco government also gave up its sovereignty over the two towns of Menton and Roquebrune, and the territory area was reduced by 90.00%.

The main purpose of the Paris government agreeing to the independence of Monaco is to annex Menton and Roquebrune legally, and to clean up radical independent elements by the way. "

Sure enough, there was a story behind it. It was impossible for Franz to pay attention to a small place like Monaco, and the small states in the German region made his head big.

On the surface, it seems that the French made a profit, annexing more than 90.00% of Monaco's territory, and it is still an economically developed area, and then sent the independents out.

In fact, this is not an immediate problem, and it depends on the subsequent impact to judge.It seemed that the British were digging a hole for the French, and Franz began to be secretly vigilant. It would be a tragedy if he was accidentally tricked by John Bull.

"Well, since this is the case, as an ally, we are promoting the French, their international image is too bad and needs to be repaired.

Don't do it too deliberately, the French should also be aware of the troubles that Morocco's independence will bring.If you do too much, it is easy to make them vigilant. "

This pit is not big enough to bury the French Empire.Even if it stimulates the Italian independence movement, it will be difficult to play a role in the short term.

Some people opposed the merger with France, and there were also people who supported the merger with the French.Napoleon III's work was not in vain, and he still has a group of supporters in Italy.

Although there are more opponents, these people talk about it. If they are really asked to take up arms and fight the French, it is estimated that most Italians will not have the courage.

Dripping water wears away a rock, not in a day.

Now that the British have made a move, Franz is naturally willing to cooperate. A strong France is not in the interests of Austria, and it is better to decline a little.

After a pause, Franz added: "We must also be alert to the small actions of the British, some seemingly insignificant actions may actually cause a disaster in the future.

The bait thrown by the British, as long as the consequences cannot be determined, they are all given up.God told us that greed is the original sin of human beings, and everyone must be vigilant. "

Seeing Franz's serious warning, everyone looked at each other in blank dismay.Secretly wondering: Are the British so scary?

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In Paris, Napoleon III put down the newspaper in his hands with satisfaction. Since the announcement of Monaco's independence, European public opinion has sung praises, which made him feel a little flustered.

Good reputation, which is not a disadvantage.It would be disastrous if a monarch didn't even want his reputation.But if it is too much, it will be troublesome, and if it is not good, it will pay a heavy price.

Let Monaco be independent, Napoleon III also hesitated.It was prepared to do this a few years ago.It's just that in order to expand in Italy and consider the political impact, it has been delayed until now.

Great powers also need to show off, and the establishment of a small village-level Principality of Monaco is an important part of it.

Looking at all European countries, only France has no younger brothers to wave their flags internationally, which made Napoleon III very embarrassing.

Every time an international conference is held, France's proposal will not be responded to until the big powers have made a loud noise.If several European powers remain silent, then there will be silence.

Today's small European countries basically have bosses, and if they want to win them over, the price they need to pay is too high.

Since there is no younger brother, then make a younger brother.This is how Monaco became independent, and it is completely different from outside speculation.

If it weren't for Napoleon III's needs, no matter how hard the British tried, they would not be able to succeed.Don't think that Monaco is already independent, in fact it is a country within a country.

Except for one side facing the sea, the remaining three sides are surrounded by France, and the political economy cannot be separated from the control of France.

Napoleon III asked kindly: "Eugène, do you understand?"

(Eugène's full name: Napoleon Eugene Louis Jean Joseph Bonaparte)

Napoleon III had several sons, but there was only one legitimate son.He is still a middle-aged child, so he is naturally highly valued.

Although not yet 16 years old, Napoleon III introduced him to government affairs.The little crown prince has become a unique existence in French politics.

Crown Prince Eugene nodded, then shook his head and said: "Some understand, but some don't understand. Since we know that the British are uneasy and kind, why should we accept their suggestions?

Whether there is Monaco, it will not help France much, but it will bring hidden dangers. Why should we let them be independent? "

Napoleon III smiled slightly, touched his son's head and said earnestly: "You can't just look at the surface of the problem, Monaco's independence will stimulate the Italians' desire for independence.

But without the independence of Monaco, don't the Italians want to be independent?

The British agitating for Monaco's independence is really uneasy and kind. If they don't deliberately sell them a loophole to attract their attention, they will toss in other places.

Remember, the enemy exposed under your nose is never as terrible as the enemy hidden in the dark.France is already very strong, and only we can defeat us!

As for the Italian Independence, a bunch of clowns hiding in the corner.If we don't jump out, we can't find them yet; once they come out, we can catch them all.

The real enemy of France is not these shady rats. Only Britain and Austria are eligible to be taken seriously, and Prussia and Russia can only be counted as half. "

Ou Ren reluctantly nodded, as if he had learned something, and also seemed to be...