The War Court and Lap Pillow, Austria’s Mandate of Heaven

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"Grand Duke Franz, you worry too much. The current Pope is a special case. After he ascends to heaven, the new Pope will definitely see the great potential of the Apennine Customs Union. As for the Kingdom of Sardinia and the Kingdom of Two Sicilies, they either Accept fate, or someone else will accept Italy's fate in their place."

Metternich thought the plan was perfect, and of course as long as no one interfered and the Austrian Empire remained strong, it would indeed work.

It's just that the plan is good, but it can't stand the test of reality. Britain and France will never sit idly by and let one of the five major countries and potential competitors grow stronger.

In fact, with the current strength of Austria, it can indeed beat the Italian region. If the railway is added, it may really kill everything in the cradle.

It's just that the risk is too great, and Franz doesn't want to try it. Because once it can't be suppressed and the railway is used by the rebels, it will be another story. And it's a horror story...

"Master Prime Minister, if the French and Luxembourg reach a tariff agreement, will you send troops to stop it?"

"No, that would be too much of a loss."

"What if the French want to annex Luxembourg?"

"That's impossible, not only us, the Prussians will not let them go..." Metternich suddenly realized something.

"Yes, even if a piece of land as small as Luxembourg, we and Prussia will not let the French take it, because they have touched our bottom line." Franz said.

"But if we are like this, will the British feel that we have betrayed them?" Metternich said.

"Your Excellency, I think the British will betray us first. Especially when they learn that the Jewish state cannot be established." Franz replied.

Mentioning the Jewish state, Metternich laughed outright.

"Jewish State? That's the funniest joke I've ever heard. Even the Jews don't believe it can succeed. The British must be crazy to do this."

"Actually, not all Jews. What you come into contact with are Jews with status and status, but the middle class yearns for such a country very much. Their desire for power is beyond your imagination. As for the bottom, unless they can't survive, or get There will be enough assurance to act."

Although Franz knew that the Jewish state would not be successfully established at this time, he felt that some Jews must be ecstatic about this matter.

"Grand Duke Franz, do you know? The British are doing this to solve the Ottoman economic crisis. They want to use Jewish money to maintain high trade profits. Those Jews are not fools, how could they hand over their own money so easily? "

"There are many ways to get Jews to pay..."

"I know what you mean, but that won't work. Jews usually deposit money in another country's bank. If the Ottomans really want to forcibly take away those Jewish wealth, it will most likely be cheaper for a third country.

Just like the Jews in our country, they usually deposit their money in Prussian or French banks. In this way, we can avoid being penniless when we break the law in our country or are deported. said Metternich.

"Well, they are indeed very cunning. But at least we don't have to worry about the unfavorable situation that the Jews and the Ottomans will unite. But the British are not ideal allies. They only pursue eternal interests now..."

Franz still wanted to persuade Metternich to give up his illusions about the British, and the countries that tried to join them in history all declined without exception.

"Grand Duke Franz, you are still young, you don't understand. It is because of common interests that our country and Britain are walking together. As for the issue of negotiating with France, I will carefully consider it. Grand Duke Friedrich suggested to me However, Tripoli became independent from the Ottoman Empire, from a viceroyalty to a vassal state," Metternich said.

It seems that Prince Metternich will not change his attitude. After all, the hatred between France and Austria is too deep. As the biggest victim of the entire Napoleonic War, Austria does have reasons to hate France.

Franz can only hope that Egypt will not be weakened too much, and France can still maintain its influence.

"However, whether the dependent country of Tripoli will fall to us, Britain, or France, we have no way of knowing now. I don't think this is a condition worth exchanging."

The Ottoman army in Tripoli only had a few thousand people, and coupled with the deep foundation of the Karamanli family, Franz felt that as long as he supported a group of weapons, he could actually overthrow the rule of the governor of Tripoli.

At this time, after the slave trade stopped, Tripoli had become a complete rotten land. Agriculture was very backward and there was almost no arable land. Food was mainly imported, and nomads accounted for about one-third of the country's population.

Taxes are all based on the costs incurred by foreign merchant ships berthing here in the past, and almost half of the population is concentrated in the Port of Tripoli.

"I think Archduke Friedrich will have a solution. This talented admiral directly saved ten years of development time for the Austrian Navy."

Metternich spoke highly of Friedrich's surprise attack on the Egyptian port, but what he didn't know was that the plan for this operation was drawn up by Franz.

"Yes, but the gap between our country and the British navy is at least 50 years. Now our country's coastline is extremely short, and we are not afraid of threats from the sea, but after the integration of the Italian region, this situation will reverse."

After Austria integrates the Italian region, the length of the coastline will increase several times at once. When the time comes to face threats from the sea, the Austrian army can only be exhausted.

As for attacking overseas colonies, that is a choice that is not worth the candle. Moreover, the division of troops is the most taboo in naval battles. At that time, maritime communications were extremely unfavorable. As long as one is unlucky, it is common to lose contact for several months.

At this time, except for the British Navy, no country in the world dares to choose to divide its troops to fight at sea.

Metternich obviously doesn't know much about military affairs, and after all, he is old.

"Although there is a gap of 50 years, I believe that after you take the throne, you will definitely lead our country to surpass the United Kingdom. Now Austria's economic growth rate has surpassed that of the United Kingdom. Don't worry, everything is arranged by God..."

Afterwards, I talked a lot with Metternich, but there was a big conflict of ideas between the two. Metternich was not interested in overseas colonies, and Franz, who knew the history of later generations, certainly knew how important colonies were.

Metternich's reason is that there is still a large area of ​​land in Europe that can be developed, and overseas colonization is completely unnecessary~www.wuxiaspot.com~ Moreover, it can be seen from the collapse of the Spanish Empire that colonies will seriously hinder the development of the country.

At the same time, he also said that one of the things he was most worried about was the hidden dangers in the country-the theory of Mazzini and others spread wildly in Austria, and then evolved a series of troublesome organizations.

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For example, Youth Vienna, which was just suppressed not long ago, was originally a fraternity of a group of artists and college students, but was soon invaded by some extremists, and evolved a kind of thinking that Vienna people are superior to others.

Under the guidance of this kind of thinking, they even planned to expel the three regions of Dalmatia, Tyrol, and Galicia from their nationality on the grounds that they were too poor.

Since the Austrian Empire joined the German Customs Union and later formed the Apennines Customs Union, domestic nationalist ideas were colliding fiercely at this time, and the number of people affected by them far exceeded the same period in history.