Chapter 415 Radical ≠ Death
Indigenization of colonies is a long-term national policy that may last for hundreds of years. It is impossible for the Vienna government to directly integrate Austrian Africa into the mainland, which would mean disaster.
The cost of domination, long-term stability, culture, strategic layout and other aspects must be considered.
In terms of cost, first of all, the local economy must develop to a certain level, at least not need the central government to subsidize it.
After all, administrative costs will increase after localization, and social welfare expenditures will also increase substantially, such as: medical care, education, transportation...
These all require money, and if the central government collects enough local taxes, then nothing will be a problem. It is one of the functions of the government to take it from the people and use it for the people.
On the other hand, if the local economy has not developed and the central government cannot collect taxes, there will be problems in allocating these construction funds.
The economic conditions are met, and the next step is to look at the composition of the population. In order to ensure long-term stability, the number of people who hold the nationality of the Holy Roman Empire must not be less than 80% of the total population.
This restriction is nothing to the Austrian African colonies. The local area is basically dominated by native immigrants, followed by immigrants from North Germany, and there are not many immigrants from other parts of Europe.
It is very simple for these people to obtain nationality, and they all open the back door. As long as there is no criminal record, the ideological and moral level is not a problem.
The population structure is satisfied, and the next step is to look at the number. The requirements are not high, and the population density must not be less than 10 square kilometers.
The population size is a non-mandatory requirement and can be supplemented by other conditions. The main purpose is to limit the area of the administrative area after localization.
Otherwise, colonies of one million square kilometers will be localized at one time. In the future, when these places develop, there will be situations where the places will become larger.
With this threshold limit, there is no need to worry. The whole of Austrian Africa has less than six million people. Even if the nobles and bureaucrats want to expand the area of the jurisdiction, it is impossible to do so.
It is the best choice to let the colony be in a fragmented mode and join the native land. This fragmentation is also relatively speaking. In fact, it is large enough to take a province of hundreds of thousands or hundreds of thousands of square kilometers as a unit.
Cultural requirements, not academic qualifications, just the use of German.
Most of the Austrian colonies have no problems. The use of German is a basic national policy for all people. If you don't speak German, you can't get a local household registration, and you're not a citizen at all.
Even if it is for localization, the local nobles will take them away. Don't talk about cheap labor, are these people lacking money?
If you want to make money, your best bet is to colonize forever. Only under colonial rule can they act recklessly, and once they are localized, they will consider whether the law allows or not.
The localization of the colonies is mainly because the old-fashioned aristocrats want to go further, the emerging aristocrats want to build a family foundation, the capitalists regard this as a shortcut for them to step into the aristocracy, and the colonial bureaucrats want to...
This is the common interest of the ruling class. These constraints, in the end, need to be scored. The higher the final total score, the higher the chance of obtaining the approval of the Imperial Council for localization.
The front is all necessary conditions, and the latter natural conditions, resources, and strategic positions are equivalent to extra points. If the front points are not enough, you can rely on these extra points to make up for it.
This is a real need. Otherwise, in a desert country like Libya, you should never want to be localized. The population size cannot be satisfied.
This is just the beginning. If the conditions are met, you can only enter the parliament for discussion, and it will be considered whether it is passed or not.
After all, everyone has no experience, and no one is sure how many loopholes there are. Franz simply left the last link, ready to patch at any time, so that no one could take advantage of it.
Many things can be faked, such as population and economy. As long as you are willing to spend money, you can create false prosperity in a region.
There is no doubt that some of the richest people can do it. What is a little investment for political gain?
If you spend a huge sum of money, you can turn a fertile land of tens of thousands of square kilometers into your own family fief, join the empire in the form of a noble fief, and become a top aristocrat. It is estimated that few rich people will refuse.
Obviously, this kind of behavior that breaks the rules of the game, Franz is not allowed to happen.
What a joke, can kings be spammy too? What is the difference between a fief of tens of thousands of square kilometers, or even hundreds of thousands of square kilometers, and a king?
So it is possible to circle so much, as long as you have the money to develop, Franz doesn't mind the big mac of the agricultural company. If you want to turn these lands into fiefs, where can you find such great credit?
Unless the world war broke out suddenly, incarnated as Long Aotian all the way to block the gods, Buddha blocked and killed the Buddha, and established supreme merit;
Otherwise, let’s work hard step by step! One step to the sky is not a good thing for anyone, and "the incompatibility of morality" ends in tragedy.
This "virtue" is not only a lack of "morality", nor just ability, but also a matching vision, outlook on life, and social outlook.
In addition, there are social relationships. In this era of "the wood is beautiful in the forest, the wind will destroy it", if there is not enough anti-risk strength, it is better not to take risks too much.
Heroes emerge in troubled times, not only in troubled times, but mainly because only troubled times can accommodate these "heroes".
Colonial indigenization did not cause a shock all over the world as Franz imagined, and all countries were not optimistic about this policy.
In the eyes of many people, establishing colonies is for
to make money. Once localized, it is impossible to continue to plunder wealth arbitrarily, which is completely worth the loss.
This is the difference in business philosophy. When Austria opened up overseas colonies, it first cultivated the land on it and took the road of sustainable development; while the overseas colonies opened up by other colonial empires were purely for the purpose of plundering wealth.
The French are exceptions, and Napoleon III also intends to localize Africa, but at a smaller pace.
Franz's way of playing, the French can't learn at all. There is not enough population and there is no assimilation system for compulsory education, which limits the speed of their immigration assimilation.
This was exposed when the French government emigrated from the Balkans. After these immigrants entered the French African colonies, they still retained their original cultural traditions.
Due to the lack of sufficient language teachers and supporting systems, the promotion of French has not been fast, and the number of local immigrants is too small, which greatly increases the difficulty of assimilation.
This is an unsolvable problem. It is very easy for 100,000 people to assimilate 10,000 people; if 100,000 people are required to assimilate 100,000 people, in the end who assimilates whom is a question worthy of vigilance.
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In Berlin, since France and Austria compromised on the Italian issue, William I had a strong sense of crisis. He doesn't think it's just that the exchange of interests is so simple on the surface.
France and Austria have always been competitors, and they have been fighting for the sake of Italy for hundreds of years. How could they give up easily?
It is only in the greater interest of the Vienna government to give up the Italian region. Undoubtedly, this interest is only in North Germany, which has not yet been unified.
With the simple information at hand, William I almost came out with the truth of the matter. It's no wonder, who made the Kingdom of Prussia an enemy of both France and Austria at the same time?
Of course, this is only what the Prussian government thinks itself, and in fact they are not qualified to be regarded as life and death enemies by Paris and Vienna.
Knowing the enemy is an instinct, and the Berlin government has never let up its attention to the movements of France and Austria.
When the news of the "indigenization of the colonies" passed by the imperial parliament came, William I immediately came to a new conclusion - "Austria's national policy has changed".
This conclusion contradicts the previous one. The unification of the German region and the indigenization of the colonies are not the same line. It is almost impossible to take into account the two strategies at the same time.
William I asked expectantly: "What do you think the Vienna government is trying to do?"
Under the premise of the Fao compromise, if Austria wants to unify the North German region, the Kingdom of Prussia will be out of luck.
Unlike other states, the Kingdom of Prussia is a little too powerful. Although the gap with Austria is too large to threaten Austria's land; but their previous actions have long aroused the dissatisfaction of the Vienna government.
This means that the Kingdom of Prussia will be suppressed, and it will still be severely suppressed. The Junkers nobles were unwilling to merge with Austria, and there were actually factors in this regard.
Prime Minister Frank said with a deadpan expression: "It doesn't matter what the Vienna government wants to do, it matters what we want to do.
What looks like an opportunity now, could also be a trap.
In the case of Fao's compromise, we propose to merge with the Empire of Comedy, the British should not object, the French may wait and see, the Austrians..."
At the end of the day, Prime Minister Frank did not know how to organize language.
He felt that this was a very high possibility of a trap. The Russian-Prussian war was still going on, and if Austria stabbed again, they would be finished.
Who can guarantee that Austria will abandon the German regional unity after launching the "African Strategy"?
If the bet is wrong, they send the casus belli to the door. By the way, it also helped the Vienna government solve the trouble of the "comedy empire".
Chief of General Staff Mao Qi said with a sneer: "Austria's national policy change is not wrong, but they have not announced that they will give up the unification of Germany.
No action was taken, mainly due to international influence and fear of triggering intervention from various countries.
The situation is different now, we are still fighting against the Russians, who can cede Universal Poland to the tsarist government and get the Russians' acquiescence.
It is also possible that the French have been bought, perhaps in the process of being bought, and the Austrians are now only missing an excuse to attack us. "
The atmosphere suddenly cooled down, and the annexation of the "Comedy Empire" was a long-term plan for the Kingdom of Prussia. No action has been taken, which was opposed by the major European powers.
Now we finally have the opportunity to settle Britain and France. However, there is no effect, and it is impossible for Russia and Austria to agree.
The Russians can also find a solution. As long as the Russian-Prussian war is over, the position of the tsarist government may change. Alexander II also does not mind pitting allies.
The ultimate obstacle is only Austria, and on this issue, the Vienna government will not budge.
Attempting to take advantage of the opportunity of Austria to sort out the French Balkans and promote the localization of the colonies is wishful thinking in Mao Qi's view.
It's true that he's a radical, but he's not a die-hard. The Prussian-Russian War is still going on. At this time, splitting the comedy empire will not create opportunities for Austria?
Although doing so, there is a certain chance of triggering a war in Europe and allowing Austria to be defeated and sunk; but before that, Prussia definitely sank in advance.
Moreover, the comedy empire is not easy to bully. In terms of comprehensive national strength, they are only the six countries of Britain, France, Ossiope, and the sixth in Europe.
their strength
It is indeed not as good as the Kingdom of Prussia in its heyday, but in the face of Prussia in the Prussian War, it is not at all cowardly.
Diplomacy? I'm sorry, but this is not considered by the military, and Prussia is not a diplomatic power.
Secretary of the Army and Navy Ron said: "These issues are more appropriate for us to discuss after the war.
The most important thing now is to find a way to send the revolutionaries back to the Russian Empire. "
This was not a hindsight, it was mainly the British who sent the Revolutionary Party over. Otherwise, relying on the influence of Prussia, few Russian revolutionary groups would be willing to attack them.
In this Prussian-Russian war, Prussia and Russia were fighting on the battlefield, but Britain and Russia were fighting diplomatically. If it wasn't for John Bull's great efforts, they would never have had a chance to meet here.
Foreign Secretary Mike Kate echoed: "Yes, the top priority is to end this war as soon as possible. The situation in Europe is changing too fast, France and Austria are moving closer together, and the foreign policy of the London government is also changing.
The unification of the three Nordic countries is imminent. If it drags on for a long time, the British may give up supporting us. "
This is not speculation, there are too many things about the British selling teammates. After the unification of the three Nordic countries, the British added another pawn, and Prussia was no longer the only option.
William I sighed deeply in his heart, even if the Austrian national policy really changed, Prussia did not have the strength to take action.
This is not because the British did not give them much support, and the gap in comprehensive national strength cannot be made up by support.
The European continent is too small, and there are too many powerful countries. There is no room for Prussia to rise and grow.
William I made a decision: "Let's do it this way, after sending the revolutionaries back to Russia, it's time for us to fight the Russians.
Consecutive defeats should give them the basis for an uprising. We will negotiate with the tsarist government when the flames of Russia are lit. "
It is easy to defeat the Russians, but difficult to defeat the Russian Empire. This war has awakened the Prussian government and made them understand what the gap in national strength is.