Chapter 438 Misfortunes Never Come Alone

It is also a good thing that the Habsburgs do not participate in the struggle for the throne. Only by standing on the sidelines can the most favorable decisions be made.

Moreover, the current kingdom of Spain is full of bad things, and it is not so easy to deal with internal problems.

Throughout the ages, courtiers have a common problem, they do not like strong monarchs. The succession system in Europe is perfect, the situation is better, there is no room for them to play.

This time, Spain's king election is different. The foreign king cannot do without the support of the local powerful faction, so the last Spanish king is mostly an incompetent king.

There has already been a hapless Mexican emperor. If there is another incompetent king, Franz is very doubtful that the glory of the Habsburg family will be left.

After all, the palms of the hands and the backs of the hands are full of meat. The son is too young to ignore, the two younger brothers and several side princes have the same opportunity, and Franz is not easy to interfere.

Spain is already difficult to deal with, and another king with poor ability will not make the problem more complicated?

There is no doubt that the Habsburg family has cultivated a lot of defective products. In addition to the idealist Massimiliano, there are also playful dudes.

In terms of destructive power, playboys are far less than idealists. But it is impossible to expect these people to succeed.

Prime Minister Felix said: "Your Majesty, from the current situation, the battle for the Spanish throne will not be over in a short time.

In addition, the competition for the Polish throne next door has also been delayed, and I am afraid that the situation in Europe will become more and more tense.

In order to deal with the complex situation that follows, it is necessary for us to prepare in advance so as not to be caught off guard. "

Will war break out in continental Europe now? No one can answer this question, and it is a matter of an instant when a gun is fired.

From the perspective of the Vienna government, of course, I don't want to see that war broke out in Europe at this time.

The second industrial revolution has just begun, and Austria has finally reached the forefront of the world. Once the war breaks out, all efforts will be lost.

Franz could control Austria, but not the rest of Europe. Now everyone has such a strong smell of gunpowder, it would be a tragedy if any second-hand goods provoke a war.

The battle for the Spanish throne in the original time and space triggered the Franco-Prussian War. Now the Prussians have no courage to pk with the French. Who can guarantee that the French will not take the initiative to do things?

This year the French already have God's greatest, they are the second sign. The British at sea can still suppress them, and no one on land pays attention.

If the French invaded Austria, Franz laughed and killed them easily. If they attacked Prussia, the German Confederation, or Belgium, it was confusing.

In the local battle, Franz is confident of winning. Cross-border warfare, you have to fight to know.

There are many things to consider in war, and in different regions, the strength that can be invested is also different.

The Russians are a negative teaching material. They were limited by traffic and failed to exert their superiority in military strength. As a result, they were counterattacked.

In the original time and space, France and Austria were all negative teaching materials that kneeled before they could exert their full strength.

The Franco-Austrian alliance is even more unreliable than the Russian-Austrian alliance. The two sides only need a temporary alliance because of their interests. There is no such thing as traditional friendship at all, and opening the history of the two countries is a history of war.

Since the Middle Ages, the Habsburg dynasty and the French have been at a loss, and the two sides have begun a deadly road to death.

Charles V also did it: punching Haussmann, kicking France.

Of course, it takes more time to be beaten. Generally speaking, there are winners and losers, which can be proved from the fact that the three are still alive.

Since there is no historical burden, there is no pressure to tear up the covenant. The reputation thing, since Maximilian I, no monarch has strictly followed it.

So far, Franz has not defaulted on his contract, and if he is lucky, he may be able to break this record.

Now everyone's credibility is based on the premise of insufficient interests. As long as the interests are in place, the covenant is waste paper.

"First carry out limited preparations, such as increasing reserve training, and don't blindly expand the number of troops, so as not to irritate countries and make the situation more complicated.

The possibility of a full-scale war breaking out on the European continent is very small now, and there is no need to make nerves nervous. Even if the situation suddenly gets out of control and everyone is not prepared, we will not suffer. "

Franz doesn't think that a war will break out now, unless everyone is collectively head-scratching, or even if there is a conflict, they can be forcibly pressed.

On this issue, the British are allies of Austria, and both sides have the need to maintain the balance and stability of Europe.

The effect of the butterfly effect is powerful. The original space-time was supported by the French and Amadeo I, who succeeded to the throne, was now strongly opposed by Napoleon III.

No way, Napoleon III annexed the kingdom of Sardinia. At that time, he did not directly oust the Sardinian royal family, and the two sides had already formed a feud.

To compete for hegemony in Europe, the French must first stabilize Spain. Napoleon III naturally couldn't watch the birth of an anti-French king of Spain, which directly eliminated Amadeo.

Candidates were excluded one by one, and Franz felt a little distressed about Spain. Almost all candidates with high approval ratings were rejected by the French.

If it was Spain in its heyday, it would naturally not care about the attitude of the French. Not now, if you force a monarch whom the French strongly oppose, Napoleon

Sanshi will definitely send troops to intervene.

The interim government did not have the confidence to say no to the French and had to continue the election. Those with high approval ratings were eliminated, and even if the candidates with low approval ratings succeeded to the throne, it would be difficult to convince everyone.

It can be said that the French have not done anything, and Spain is about to be killed. A king with a low approval rating who wants to control the country will have fun in the future.

Franz wasn't ready to intervene, the French had gone off track, and the final result was the same with or without the Spaniards.

Without their restraint, the French could go further on the road to death. That being the case, why bother.

Pay and gain are directly proportional. Austria's energy is not unlimited. If it invests more on the Spanish issue, it will naturally invest less in other places.

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Blessings are unparalleled, and misfortunes do not come singly.

1868 was destined to be a hard time for the Spanish people, suffering from a conservative economic crisis in the first half of the year, and then wars in the second half.

The status quo before the Revolution in the Kingdom of Spain was: land annexation was serious, peasants had no land to grow; urban factories went bankrupt in large numbers, and the streets were full of unemployed people.

After the success of the revolution, the situation has not improved, but has become worse, adding to a breakdown in public security.

The interim government has neither the governing experience nor the ability to control the situation. As soon as he took power, he took it for granted that Isabel II's police force was abolished.

The executioners who suppressed the revolution were gone, and the law and order in Madrid was also ruined. The uprising army does not mean strict military discipline, and more often it is a mob.

The Spanish insurgents fought better than the rabble, but they were a rabble when it came to maintaining law and order. The executioner police they hated in the past is actually the guardian of order.

Without restraint, vicious crimes such as robbery, rape, murder, etc., are constantly being staged in Madrid.

No matter how bad the order is, it is better than nothing. The people of Madrid didn't understand it before, but now they finally understand it.

In return, Madrid became the most chaotic capital in Europe. The insurgent army, which was embraced by the people and entered the city, lost the popular support in the shortest possible time.

The provisional government could not take care of these small issues, the election of the king was the big deal, and all other issues were minor issues.

A big problem soon came. In October 1868, a large-scale uprising broke out in Cuba, thousands of miles away. The rebels snowballed and the Cuban crisis broke out.

For Spain, it was a heavy blow. Cuba is one of Spain's richest colonies, providing huge wealth to Spain every year.

Before that, the Americans had offered 100 million US dollars to buy Cuba, but the Spanish government refused it without considering it.

Clearly, Cuba's value goes far beyond that. Since the fall of Spain, the blood transfusion of the Cuban colonies has also been an important guarantee for maintaining the status of Spain as a great power.

Not only the government is anxious, but many domestic vested interests are anxious. Most of the increased wealth in Cuba has gone into the pockets of individuals. Without this income, many Spanish aristocrats will have a very difficult life.

The Francisco government, which has just come to power, has encountered its first challenge. If the Cuban issue cannot be properly handled, the Kingdom of Spain will be severely hit both financially and economically.

The support of capitalists and aristocrats to the government will also be affected. In any case, Francisco had to put down the rebellion.

There is no doubt that this rebellion is not simple, and there are international forces behind it, otherwise it would be impossible to suddenly break out relying on the local indigenous people.

Although the United States is divided into two, these do not mean that they are in peace. It also supported the Mexican Civil War and instigated the Indian tribes to rebel against Austria in Central America.

Now it's Spain's turn to be unlucky. The four major powers that interfered in the American Civil War are the best ones to bully. Now the Americans are beginning to test, also starting from Spain.

Before this, whether it was supporting the Mexican rebels or inciting the rebellion of the Central American Indian tribes, it was carried out secretly.

The arms smugglers are responsible for the execution, and the evidence left behind does not involve the federal government at all. Things changed when things were going on in Cuba, and the moves were much bigger.

Almost everyone knows that the Americans are supporting the Cuban Independence Organization. The support this time is too strong to hide at all.

This is because of the economic crisis. Britain and Austria dumped goods to the United States, which plunged the United States into an economic crisis.

The Confederacy was okay, anyway, their industry was not very good, and the losses were not very big. The federal government in the north was miserable, completely horrible.

It's raining in New York. Now when New Yorkers pass through Wall Street, they must pay attention to the top of their heads, otherwise they will suffer an innocent disaster, and if they are hit to death, they will be wronged.

It was at this time that a revolt against Spanish rule broke out in Cuba. In order to get rid of the economic crisis, the federal capitalists turned their attention to Cuba.