Chapter 231

The re-establishment of the Holy Roman Empire, a lot of messy things, the reorganization of government administrative agencies, the division of rights and obligations between the state government and the central government, all require Franz's personal participation.

The reorganization of the government's administrative structure actually turned the central government of Austria into the central government of the New Holy Roman Empire, which directly governed the Austrian Empire and the Kingdom of Bavaria.

Taking into account the domestic stability issue, Franz is still very restrained in the distribution of rights. Except for the military command and diplomatic rights, he has not moved other rights.

Of course, this does not mean that the central government cannot interfere in local areas, but under normal circumstances, the central government will not interfere in the internal affairs of the state.

If there is a problem in the state, such as a local rebellion, or a major change such as a coup, the central government can naturally intervene.

In addition to these problems, the most troublesome is the distribution of fiscal revenue. Local governments must turn over a part of their fiscal revenue to the central government, and this specific ratio has become the focus of contention.

The state government naturally hopes that it will only need to turn over a few points for the central financial expenditure, and the rest of the funds will be completely distributed freely; while the central government hopes to get a larger proportion, and then allocate it to the local government according to actual needs.

Behind the financial struggle, there is more power struggle, which makes the problem more complicated, and it is difficult to understand in a short time.

The specific situation will be finalized only after the constitution is drawn up. Franz advocates the rule of law, and he will not act rashly without legal basis.

Even if the central government and state governments seize power, they must be legal. Franz is absolutely not allowed to break the rules.

Schönbrunn Palace

Prime Minister Felix reported: "Your Majesty, all the reserve forces have been demobilized, the wartime economic system has been dismantled, and the domestic economy is returning to normal operations.

In general, this westward strategy has come to a successful conclusion. However, there are not a few problems that have been exposed. Fortunately, there is no war, otherwise we will be in big trouble.

It is mainly reflected in the lack of organizational experience and the weak coordination ability of various departments.

By the end of the Paris Conference, we had mobilized a total of 1.247 million reserve troops, plus 542,000 active troops, for a total of 1.789 million.

With this scale of mobilization, the difficulty of logistical supplies far exceeds the estimates of various departments. Fortunately, the war did not start in the end. Otherwise, with so many troops fighting, our preparations would last for three or four months at most.

This is the final statistical report, please have a look. "

After speaking, Prime Minister Felix still had some lingering fears. Obviously, the sudden outbreak of the Austrian Empire this time, showing its strength to various countries, is not as glamorous as it seems.

With so many troops, based on 15,000 rounds of ammunition per ton, if each person shoots one bullet, that means 119 tons of ammunition are gone.

Not to mention the war, the daily training in the past few months alone consumes thousands of tons of ammunition every month, which is not counting artillery.

In fact, when Austria has mobilized so many troops, there is a serious shortage of artillery, and infantry reserves are easy to establish. Artillery, a technical arm, is not so easy to reserve.

It doesn't mean that they can fire artillery, it can be regarded as artillery, and it is no use to hit the target. Qualified artillerymen, in addition to having certain knowledge, must also rely on ammunition to feed them.

Franz nodded and said in his heart: The current consumption is still relatively small. It will be a big problem if the consumption of weapons and ammunition doubles after the weapons are upgraded in a few years.

After taking over the burst watch, and after a brief look at it, Franz understood the reason for Prime Minister Felix's emotion, and the cost was too great.

After an armed parade + demonstration, the military expenditure will be as high as 137 million dong. If the domestic reserve mobilization and the consumption of various materials are included, the total expenditure will be as high as 211 million dong.

Seeing this data, Franz suddenly understood why after the Crimean War, European countries were trying their best to avoid war.

This is still not a fight. If it does, the final military spending will not know where it will go.

Of course, the 211 million rupiah on the explosive table is not all cash expenditures, but most of them are expenditures in materials, but they are directly discounted for the convenience of calculation.

Franz asked with concern: "The cabinet is going to entrust a group of heroes to the Balkans, has it considered the actual situation?"

If there is no fight, it does not mean that there will be no heroes. With such a scale of military mobilization, there will be people who have made contributions, but there are not as many heroes as the direct outbreak of war.

If you have merit, you will be rewarded. Franz, a great noble, will not be sealed, but he will not be stingy as a knight at the level of a small farmer. These are the goals for most people to join the army.

Prime Minister Felix replied: "Your Majesty, in this westward strategy, the war did not start, so everyone's military merit is very limited.

It is basically impossible to obtain titles and land in the country. The cabinet suggested that the fiefs should be placed on the Balkans, which would allow for some relaxation of the conditions.

At the same time, we are also preparing to encourage domestic aristocrats to replace their fiefs and go to the Balkans in order to strengthen their control over the area. "

Are there any nobles willing to change? the answer is negative!

Everyone is not a fool, who is willing to give up the developed fief and run out to start a new business?

But there is one kind of people who are willing to go, and that is the emerging quasi-military aristocrats who have been stuck under the threshold of aristocracy and have been unable to cross this threshold for a long time.

In this era, it is very difficult to become a noble, such as

In this war, the number of officers and soldiers who can cross the threshold of nobility will not exceed double digits, and there may not be one division in a division among so many troops.

Since the reform of Franz's military system, there are not a few people who are stuck in this way. Even if some people have crossed the threshold of generals by virtue of their military exploits, they still have not obtained the title of nobles.

A title means social status, and the Balkans are next to Austria. Whether it is the two principalities of the Danube River Basin or Serbia, they are all fertile plains, but they lack effective development.

People with vision and ambition will naturally not give up this opportunity. Once these people passed, the foundation of Austrian rule in the local area was established.

For their own benefit, these people will spontaneously maintain Austrian rule and suppress the Ottoman remnants.

As for whether Austria can get the sovereignty of these lands, this question can be ignored. Even if the sovereignty is not obtained, it will not affect everyone's actual status, and the Ottoman Empire has no ability to regain lost ground.

If you want to make the local independent and support the puppet regime, you need someone to support it? It's not that the Austrian army didn't do anything in the local area. The first thing to do is to overthrow the original ruling class.

The nobles of the Ottoman Empire were arrested, the officials of the Ottoman Empire were arrested, the businessmen of the Ottoman Empire were arrested, and those who supported the Ottoman Empire were still arrested...

In short, as long as they have anything to do with the Ottoman Empire, everyone who threatens or may threaten Austrian rule is in prison.

In other words, the local upper class was swept away, and the rest were either serfs or commoners. Those who could write their names were considered intellectuals.

To encourage them to become independent, first let them know what the word "independence" is. This cannot be done in a short time.

Franz was certain that if Austrian military rule ended now, the social order would collapse immediately.

As a liberator, the old system has been pushed to the ground, and a new system will naturally be established. It is better to build it with one's own people than with an outsider's loyalty.

Franz thought for a while and said, "Let's do it like this, and establish a local ruling foundation as soon as possible.

If Britain and France lose the Near Eastern War, that's fine, if they win, maybe a draw, then we're in trouble.

They won't watch us swallow such a big profit, and if the Russians don't get Constantinople, they'll be equally jealous of our gains.

In the face of interests, allies are not necessarily reliable. If the British agitate, the tsarist government will do stupid things. "

This is not the heart of Franz's villain. The bad reputation of Maoxiong is not groundless, but piled up with countless facts, and it is impossible to make people vigilant.

The British cheated their teammates, and the French cheated their teammates. Everyone was a little bit obsessed, so they wouldn't go too far. At least they were barely able to get along.

"Yes, Your Majesty!" Prime Minister Felix replied

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Balkans

Since the end of the Paris Conference, the British have the energy to teach this disobedient Greek brother a lesson.

Do you think that if you don't hang the government's flag, you can escape punishment by using the flag of civilian armed forces? Dream it! Don't even look at who you are fooling and want to play tricks, do you know who is the ancestor in this regard?

Since the Greeks were playing tricks, the British decided to reason with them, of course, with their fists this time.

By October, the reinforcements of the British army had been in place. The three infantry divisions and one division reorganized by the remnants of the defeated soldiers on the Balkan Peninsula amounted to 51,000 British troops.

With the addition of 16,000 Sardinian troops and 12,000 Ottoman troops, the three-nation coalition was formed, and it was time to look for the unfortunate situation of the Greeks.

The result is naturally self-evident, and the Greek "civilian armed forces", which even the Ottoman army could not defeat, naturally collapsed at the touch of a button.

The Kingdom of Greece was too poor, and went to play with the navy again. Naturally, there was no money to replace the army's weapons and equipment. After blindly expanding the team, no one could do it with a single gun.

At the beginning, the Ottomans were unprepared, and the troops were fighting on the front lines. Naturally, the Greeks were in a rut. When the Ottoman Empire reacted and transferred some troops from the front line, their offensive was blocked.

Now the British use them to operate, in addition to teaching Erwuzi, the more important thing is that this is a soft persimmon.

John Bull also wants face. After fighting for so long, they also know that Mao Xiong is not easy to mess with, and it is too difficult to fight a beautiful war. Let's leave the hard bones to the French. The British Army is limited in size and can't put all of its assets into it.

In order to salvage the reputational damage caused by the Battle of Sofia, the British War Department ordered Major General Oliver to take the blame and make a contribution to the Greeks.

The British became ruthless, and the Greeks naturally couldn’t bear it. First they were driven out of Thrace, and now they have retreated to Veria, and it will not be long before they will return to the country.

Otto I was in a hurry. In any case, these troops could not be returned to the country. This was not only the failure of the war, but more importantly, their "neutrality" was not guaranteed, and the war would burn to the Greek peninsula.

On the chessboard of this great power game, the Kingdom of Greece is just an ordinary pawn, and now it is about to become an abandoned pawn.

Otto I asked concernedly: "How is it, is General Menshkov willing to send troops?"

Mao Xiong is very vengeful. At the critical moment of the second Bulgarian battle, the Greeks only occupied their own territory and did not attack the empty Constantinople according to their requirements, otherwise the Near East War would have ended long ago.

regardless of greece

How many reasons do people have. In the eyes of the Russians, this is betrayal, and it is impossible not to hold grudges.

Moreover, the Russians are also very busy now. On the one hand, they are going to attack Constantinople, and on the other hand, they are fighting fiercely with Britain and France on the Crimea Peninsula. Whether they have the energy to rescue Greece is a question.

The Foreign Minister replied: "Your Majesty, the Russians have put forward conditions. Unless we join the alliance and declare war on Britain, France and other countries, they will not send troops to rescue."

If you ask your allies for help, you have to be your allies first, right? The Kingdom of Greece is just an agreement between Austria and the Russians. This gentleman's agreement has not been fully implemented by themselves, and they expect the Russians to take it as one thing?

Otto I's face sank, and he said angrily: "Didn't you tell the Russians about our difficulties? The geographical location of Greece determines that we have no way to be enemies with Britain and France, or we will face extinction soon."

When he said this, Otto I's confidence was still somewhat insufficient. The feng shui turns. At first, the Greeks were afraid of offending Britain and France, but they wanted to grab the territory and did not take into account the overall situation. Now they need others to take care of the overall situation.

"Your Majesty, the attitude of the Russians is very clear, they think that since we have entered the war, we have already stood on the opposite side of Britain and France.

General Menshkov said: If we still regard them as allies, we will directly join the alliance. ' explained the foreign secretary

This is the fact that Greece sent troops to attack the Ottoman Empire, which not only contained the Ottoman troops, but also interrupted them to raise supplies locally.

These gaps have to be filled by Britain and France. Although Greece has not declared war on Britain and France, it has already brought them losses in action.

Otherwise, the British would not come and beat them in person. Now that there is no direct attack on the Greek mainland, it is not that the British dare not, but that it is politically necessary.

Recklessly attacking a sovereign country is easy to be attacked by public opinion. The British are also embarrassed. Anyway, Greece is so weak, the British Army needs to use them to brush up the record, and it is not worth them to tear off the disguise.

Otto I was in a dilemma. If he joined the alliance, the mainland of Greece would soon be patronized by the British and French navies. I don't know how many port cities would be destroyed in the war.

But refused to join the alliance, the Russians will not send troops to save them.

According to the current situation, it won't take long before the Greek army on the front line will be defeated all the way back to the mainland, and the enemy can also follow and kill all the way.

At that time, Greece will still be dragged into the war. It is impossible for him to abandon all the troops on the front line and prevent them from returning home?

If it really happened, it is estimated that the people will soon turn against him.

Otto I asked whimsically: "If we, as a neutral country, disarm the army that has returned to the country, is it possible for the British to stop?"

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