Chapter 343

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.

The first is the African continent. Don't look at the three infantry divisions that seem to have a small number of troops, but if they are invested in overseas colonization, they can swept over a dozen indigenous tribes.

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

The Austrian colonial power in the south has pushed its sphere of influence along the river to Zambia; in the east, it has penetrated into Uganda and Kenya.

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

Only when the Suez Canal opens, these areas will fall into Austrian hands.

In Central America, Austria is dominated by infiltration, and it did not play the war of destroying the country as soon as it came up. It is impossible for any country to be free from Austria's control by relocating a bunch of immigrants from the United States.

Taking Nicaragua as an example, the number of Germans occupies four layers of whites, making them the largest ethnic group in the region. There are also Austrian troops stationed there, and the government can't do it without pro-Austria.

A Lanfang Autonomous Province has been added to the New Holy Roman Empire, and Franz doesn't mind adding a few more. Peaceful **** is also a good way to expand.

Of course, this is only valid for places like Central America, which are vast and sparsely populated. After all, there are only a few hundred thousand white people there, 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. Away from the hard-to-govern areas of the homeland, outright annexation is not necessarily a good thing, nor is a loose alliance unacceptable.

In the South China Sea, how many islands were occupied by the Austrian colonial government, Franz did not know, anyway, it was four digits, and the multi-island country was really not covered.

The expansion of the South Seas has stopped, now watch the Prussian and German Confederations perform.

The unscrupulous Malaysian region of the German Confederation is staking a horse, and it looks like 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 not bad, it is still too small compared to Indochina, and the Dutch have occupied a lot of territory.

In continental Europe, Prussia could hang and beat the Dutch, but in the Southeast Asian region, the situation was reversed, and the nascent Prussian navy had no confidence.

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

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

Followed by Franz, he dismissed this idea. Under the current situation, it is too difficult for a new empire to appear on the European continent.

The three countries of Russia, France and Austria stand side by side, and there is simply no room for the rise of the fourth pole. The second-level Spain is still mired in internal contradictions. Besides, they are an old-fashioned empire, and they still have a lot of legacy left.

Not to mention Prussia. In order to solve industrial raw materials and markets, it was forced to go to the road of overseas colonization. Build the German Empire, unless someone kicks them out.

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

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Schönbrunn Palace

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

Although only seven years old, as the crown prince, Frederick did not have the opportunity to be a rice moth. Every day there are unfinished homework and unfinished knowledge.

Seemingly taken aback, the dejected Frederick walked up to Franz and asked, "Father, why do I have to go to school and you don't have to?"

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

Your younger brothers are still too young, you can't tell William's words clearly, how do you study? When they're a little older, they'll go to school with you. "

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

Yes, there are only three subjects in compulsory education in Austria: German, mathematics, and history. As for other subjects, they are all electives.

German and history are added, and patriotic education is included in German. History is naturally the Greater German version, 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 are basically from the German region, and then they represent the Austrian nationalities.

History is untestable, and the cultural world is still arguing. Franz did not intervene. Anyway, as long as two generations of assimilation and education were assimilated, it would be impossible to repeat it later.

If it is proved that the teaching materials are wrong, it does not matter. It is understandable that the handed down materials have errors after too much time has passed.

The government neither confirms nor denies that professional issues let historians quarrel slowly. In short, they are academic issues.

Discuss casually behind closed doors, the people don't care about it anyway. Textbooks cannot be revised without a unified answer.

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

The world is cruel, Frederick. how much knowledge

It also means the status of the society.

As the crown prince of the empire, you are born to stand at the top of the world, you must be the best, and naturally there are more things to learn. This is the ability you must have, and I have come this way. "

Happy education? Born into a royal family, you are innately insulated from happiness.

Develop a hobby? Don't dream anymore, as the crown prince's profession is the emperor, and there is no need to consider employment issues at all.

This is the most enviable and most embarrassing profession.

As long as the emperor is trained strictly according to the process, it may not produce genius, nor will it produce stupid white sweetness.

Franz didn't need a genius heir, because geniuses usually have quirks and are not suitable for the emperor's profession.

As the heir of the empire, as long as you can maintain the operation of the empire step by step, you have a certain basic knowledge, and you will not be fooled.

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

The fault tolerance rate of a big empire is very high. Only the emperor does not mess around, and the cabinet officials who climb up step by step relying on political achievements from below will not be able to govern the country no matter how poor they are.

Besides, the cabinet can still be replaced. As the emperor, as long as he throws the guy who screwed up the blame at the critical moment.

In short, if the emperor does not interfere randomly, things will not be so bad. At the same time, he is putting a curse on the bureaucrats, and occasionally catches a few corrupt officials who are not long-sighted and kills them as an example. That is a good emperor.

Looking at Frederick with a depressed face, Franz just smiled and said nothing.

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

The visitor Franz also knew, and was the most favored maid by the Empress Dowager Sophie.

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

Elena ran a little in a hurry, and she was out of breath, and said hesitantly: "Grand Duke Maximilian is going to go to Mexico to be the emperor, but he was opposed by the empress dowager, and there was a fierce quarrel. Come and have a look. !"

Franz suddenly had a headache, and he also had a headache for this worry-free younger brother.

Franz had asked him to hand over the Mexican information to him, and the purpose was to make him retreat in spite of the difficulties. 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.

From a distance, I heard the roar of the Empress Dowager Sophie, obviously she was very angry with Massimiliano. As a member of the royal family, the Queen Mother Sophie still knows the most basic international common sense. Judging from her amateur political vision, this is a huge pit.

Seeing Franz come in, the Queen Mother Sophie stopped roaring and eased her emotions, saying, "Franz, tell your precious brother about the situation in Mexico. This idiot actually wants to go to Mexico to be the emperor."

Franz comforted: "Okay mother, this idiot is handed over to me, you calm down first."

Looking at the downcast Massimiliano, Franz knew he was very unconvinced. The smooth sailing Massimiliano naturally also produced a arrogance, for example, now he wants to challenge the dungeon of hell.

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

Massimiliano replied: "Mexican constitutionalists and Napoleon III have 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 the weight first! Maximiliano, why do you think you can secure the throne of Mexico? Show me your policy to convince me and prove your ability.

The Habsburg Dynasty will not put an ignorant fool to the throne, otherwise one day this fool will be guillotined, and we can't afford to lose that person. "

The stimulated Massimiliano immediately replied: "You wait, I will prove it to you!"

Franz did not continue to sarcastic, the pit has been dug. There is never a perfect governance plan in the world, no matter what plan Massimiliano comes up with, Franz can pick out the thorns.

If not even an idealist can fool, how can Franz achieve the Austrian revival?