Chapter 710 Best Allies

When the news of the end of the Battle of Warsaw spread, the whole of Europe was boiling. Newspapers have vacated their pages to publish the news.

It should be known that the Prussian army achieved the "Warsaw Victory" not long ago. The uninformed people have always believed that the Prussian army had the upper hand in the Warsaw area. Such an amazing turn is really unacceptable.

Especially for speculators who bought the Commonwealth War Bonds, it is even more difficult to accept this cruel reality.

There have been protesters on the streets of London, and angry people at the stock exchange have surrounded the inner three floors and the outer three floors.

"Being deceived", it is natural to seek justice. Only a small part of these people bought in at the beginning, and most of them were high-level pick-ups who were fooled into the boat later.

After the "Victory of Warsaw" by the Prussian Army, the British media were optimistic that the Commonwealth of Prussia would win the war, and the war bonds issued by the Berlin government soared.

Facts have proved that the capitalists are not easy to take advantage of. If the Popo Federation is about to win the war, how can they leave the field?

Except for a few front-line staff, the executives of the "Kalmaca Securities Company", which is responsible for the issuance of the federal bonds of Pubo on behalf of the company, did not know where they went.

"Smash it!"

I don't know who shouted, and the speculators who were swept away by anger broke through the interception of the security guards and began to vent their hearts out. The few unlucky staff members who remained became scapegoats and were ravaged by everyone.

Fortunately, the stock exchange is a key defense area of ​​the London police. The atrocities that occurred in the Carmarca Securities Company were quickly stopped by the police who came to ask questions.

This is just a microcosm. In the context of the departure of capital predators, not only the securities market has been hit hard, but the stock market is also unavoidable.

There is no doubt that the bank that undertook the federal loan from Pubo has become the hardest hit area of ​​this turmoil, and its stock price has plummeted.

Before the Commonwealth of Pope was defeated, London was already in chaos. The British government this year is still very capable of execution. Prime Minister Benjamin held a press conference at the first time to appease people's hearts.

The general meaning is: creditors are still not worried, the London government will find a way to keep the Berlin government, and the bonds in everyone's hands will not become waste paper.

If you want to interpret it in depth, it can also be understood as: the creditor is still there, but he is very poor now, and he will know when he can repay the money.

As for war bonds, it is definitely impossible to pay immediately. The shortest time is three or five years, and it is normal after ten or twenty years.

By that time, the British government will have changed a long time ago, and it will be a matter for the next government to worry about. Prime Minister Benjamin doesn't mind making a bad check first.

However, the British Foreign Office still accelerated the pace of action and continued to lobby European countries to intervene in the Russian-Prussian war. So far, Portugal, the Netherlands, and Belgium have agreed with the London government's truce proposal.

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Not long ago, the Austrian government also received an invitation to mediate from the Berlin government, and Franz had been hesitant. With the end of the Warsaw Battle, things could no longer be delayed.

"We can't wait any longer, the Russian-Prussian war is coming to an end, we must act, or the situation will spiral out of control," proposed Foreign Minister Wesenberg.

It's really about to get out of control. If the tsarist government swallows the Kingdom of Prussia, it will be difficult for them to spit it out.

Given the current international situation, the tsarist government is likely to take advantage of Austrian nationalism, use the territory of the Kingdom of Prussia as debts, and set the Vienna government on fire.

What is even more tragic is that the Russians did this, and the Vienna government not only had to suffer the consequences of its own, but also had to thank them, at least on the surface.

What is the Kingdom of Prussia now?

The answer is - debt!

Austria is now accepting the Kingdom of Prussia, and not only will the money lent to the Russians not be recovered, it may even have to make up for the tsarist government.

Not only that, the Berlin government owes a huge debt, and it must be unable to repay after the war. Now taking over the Kingdom of Prussia also means taking over a huge debt.

In addition to debt, post-war economic reconstruction also requires a large amount of money, which the Berlin government cannot afford, and the central government must make up for it.

This is only economic, political trouble is more. If the diplomatic work is not done well, it will fall into the public eye.

Knowing that it was a mess, and Austria was not taking advantage of it, it was naturally impossible to run to take over at this time.

Intervention became the best option. As long as the Russians were not allowed to occupy the Kingdom of Prussia, these latter troubles would naturally disappear.

No matter how much debt or difficulty it is, the Berlin government is responsible for it. If it really can’t pay the money, it can still default on the debt. Anyway, there is no reunification, and it will not affect the credibility of Austria.

"It's still too early, the strength of the Popo Federation still exists, and it must be consumed by Russian hands, otherwise it will be a big trouble in the future." Prime Minister Felix objected.

As the leader of Great Germanism, Prime Minister Felix always put the unification of the German region in the first place. The Kingdom of Prussia has a strong military strength, which is obviously not conducive to national unity.

Foreign Minister Wesenberg reminded: "Prime Minister, our first national policy is the localization of Africa, and the unification of the German region can only be ranked second.

As of now, most of our African strategy has been completed, except for the French-occupied Egypt, there is only a half-dead Ottoman Empire.

The top priority is to stabilize the European continent as soon as possible, establish a new international order, and find opportunities to solve the Ottoman Empire first. "

There are actually many more national policies in Austria, but they have changed over time, and now there are only two left.

For example, the original Near East strategy, with the decline of the Ottoman Empire, directly became part of the African strategy.

This is also forced out. After the localization of Africa, the connection with the local area has become the top priority. It is really convenient to travel by sea, but unfortunately in the war years, there is no guarantee of safety.

The advantages of the Royal Navy are too great, and the Austrian Navy is simply incomparable. Not to mention chasing the British in a short time, even the French navy overwhelmed the Austrian navy.

Since it is not possible at sea, it can only find a way on land. Most of the Middle East has fallen into the hands of Austria. The Vienna government wants to connect the mainland with Africa. The only obstacles in the middle are French Egypt and the Ottoman Empire.

The meal needs to be eaten one bite at a time. The French are not weak. The Vienna government has no intention of attacking Egypt for the time being. However, the weak chicken of the Ottoman Empire is a tragedy.

Prime Minister Felix nodded and shook his head again: "It is true that our core strategy is the integration of the African continent, but this does not contradict the German unification plan.

We have a chance to solve the Ottoman Empire. After the Russian-Prussian war, the tsarist government will settle down for a long time and have no energy to compete with us in the Near East.

It can be said that in the next ten years, the attack on the Ottoman Empire will be dominated by us, and the Russians will not prevent us from extending the railway to the Suez Canal.

On the contrary, the Kingdom of Prussia is more troublesome. We cannot do it ourselves. If we do not solve them now, it will be difficult to find opportunities in the future. "

The boss is not easy to be, especially the boss who loves his own image. Even if the German region is divided, everyone still recognizes Austria's leadership. The core reason is that the Vienna government has been operating its own image for decades.

The good reputation that was created with great difficulty must not be destroyed in the civil war. Especially for the emperor Franz, he would rather let the German region not be unified than smash his own signboard.

Otherwise, it would be embarrassing to find that the country was finally unified, and the throne of the family was tossed away.

There are many similar cases, and Franz does not think that his descendants are all powerful masters and can live well.

If you don't want to draw hatred, then the best way is to reduce bloodshed in the process of German reunification, and even if you really want bloodshed, you must first find a scapegoat.

In this respect, the Russians are really good allies of Austria. The old enemy Ottoman Empire in the south was killed by Russia and Austria, and the ambitious kingdom of Prussia in the north was being cleaned up by the tsarist government.

Whenever there is a conflict of interest between Russia and Austria, as long as you think about the contribution of the tsarist government, Franz's mentality is suddenly calmed.

It doesn't matter whether it is money or not, it is mainly for the Russian-Austrian friendship. Don't you see the last time the tsarist government announced a default on its debts, the Austrian government did not panic.

Franz interrupted the quarrel between the two: "The mediation of the Prussian-Russian war can be slow first, and send someone to test the bottom line of the tsarist government.

If they want to pay off the debt of the Kingdom of Prussia and want to put us on fire, they will immediately cooperate with the British and interfere in this war.

Other than that, everything else is negotiable. A weak, even divided Prussia is the best Prussia.

As long as it is not too much, we can acquiesce to the annexation of part of the land of the Kingdom of Prussia by the tsarist government. As long as it does not involve the German region, everything else is negotiable. "

The thugs have to pay to play, let alone the Russians? Fortunately, they fought hard all the way, paid millions of soldiers casualties, and hit a lot of debt, and there must be something in return.

In Franz's view, the Kingdom of Prussia has been so smooth in recent decades that it has become carried away, and it wants to form a system of its own to compete with Austria. This situation must be cracked down.

If you don't kill one example, what will happen to the German national studies in the future?

For example, the Hanover Kingdom, which is eager to try, is not satisfied with the current German Federal Empire. With the support of the British, it is secretly tinkering with the so-called North and South German plans.

The Vienna government did not seek their bad luck, that is, Hannover was still in the stage of imagining, and a lot of plans were done, but no substantive action was taken.

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