Chapter 157: Clouds Surge

  Chapter 155: The Clouds Surge

European countries do not want to see the unification of the German region, whether it is Bavaria and Prussia jointly drummed up the “Triple Cabinet”, or Austria proposed the “Federal Cabinet”, are not what the powers want to see.

The wings of a butterfly can create a tornado, and the arrival of Franz also affected the history of Europe. The attitude of the Russians changed. They did not want to maintain the status quo in Germany, but wanted the German Confederation to split up.

Also with this idea were Britain and France, who, after the Revolution of 1848, knew the horrors of nationalism.

The success of the Austrian reforms also aroused their concern that the Holy Roman Empire might be resurrected one day in the future if the German regions were tied together in this way.

The best option was to split into three, with Austria, Prussia, Bavaria and the remaining states joining together to form a separate state, or to dissolve the federal parliament and let all these states become independent.

Independence?

This is the 19th century, not the 21st, and this is the age of colonialism, where the law of the jungle is on full display.

Don’t look at this German Confederation that doesn’t seem to have played much of a role, but in fact it’s the existence of the Confederation that guarantees the security of their defense.

Without the protection of the German Confederation, these states in the German region could be annihilated in a matter of moments.

Prussians want to expand, the French want to expand, Austria also want to expand, because of the existence of the Federation of mutual checks and balances, the Prussians do not have the means to start on them, the French do not dare to do it to them, Austria can not do it.

The complex international situation is the reason for the existence of the German Confederation, a monstrosity, after the end of the Holy Roman Empire.

The small states were all holding together, and Bavaria became the natural leader of the small states, responsible for leading the fight against Prussia and Austria.

Franz thought about it and said, “Continue to increase the infiltration of the Bavarian region, we can’t pull in the top of the government yet, so we’ll pull in a portion of the lower and middle classes first.”

To buy people’s hearts and minds is also to pay attention to the cost, the Bavarian government’s top Austria can not give too much, but the government of the middle and lower levels of the same, just give a little benefit is enough to change their position.

Felix proposed: “Your Majesty, we need to establish a German national unity organization, which is responsible for gathering people from all walks of life, and breaking the determination of all countries to fight against Austria.

Our strategy towards the South German states is political pulling together, supplemented by military means. Apart from a portion of the recalcitrant faction that must be fought, the rest of the people will be fought for as much as they can be fought for.

Bavaria is an indispensable link, because of the geopolitical relationship, they have a lot of influence in the South German region.

If we are able to quickly capture Bavaria when the Unification War breaks out, then the remaining states will likely look to surrender.”

Franz knew that pulling in people from all walks of life was a sham, the real goal was still to pull in the bottom nobles, especially the military nobles. As long as they fell to Austria, the war of unification would be well fought.

Franz nodded and said, “Then set up the Committee for German Unification to exist as an independent civil organization dedicated to the unification of the German region, and explicitly not to get involved with Austria.”

Such an organization should definitely not be involved with Austria, in addition to the diplomatic troubles, there is also the means and methods of pulling people in, which are definitely not as glamorous as they appear to be.

Coercion is considered harmonious, and there is the possibility of skewering a handful of assassins when necessary to clear out some recalcitrant elements, a pot that can only be carried by national extremists.

I guess they don’t care, it’s not a black pot, at most they will be scolded now, after the unification, they are the heroes of the German region.

……

The diplomatic game has begun. The problems of the German region in this era are definitely not limited to the internal solution of the German states, and the attitude of the Great Powers is also crucial.

Britain, France and Russia is three can not get around the main, especially the attitude of France and Russia is crucial, these two countries are the ability to send troops to intervene.

However, now is not the time to showdown, the Prussian government only want to show the public that they support the German unification of the position, to restore the damaged reputation, does not mean that they really give up on the German region of the ambitions, and turn to support the Bavarian “three legs”.

Could the Bavarian government not see this problem? Obviously not. If they could not see this, no one would have opposed the union with Prussia.

It was a pity that Maximilian I did not resist the temptation to see only the advantages and not the dangers. It was easy to fall off the diplomatic tightrope, and Bavaria still lacked a diplomat who could control the overall situation.

Historically, in the Austro-Prussian War, Bavaria wanted to sit back and watch the tigers fight, and the promised troops of 100,000 were not in place, which directly led to the decisive battle when Prussia’s troop strength exceeded Austria’s by a quarter.

Of course, Bavaria is not the only one who pitched a teammate, Austria’s gang of allies, in addition to Hanover, the rest were almost all defeated by Prussia without bloodshed.

If Italy hadn’t also been a pig teammate, I guess the Austro-Prussian war would have been over much faster. Perhaps too much trust in teammates, the Austrian government pressed no defense, the national mobilization did not carry out, directly let three hundred thousand active army on the battlefield.

Obviously, strategically Maximilian I’s strategic vision was not good. He did not expect the Austrian government will be so wimpy, after a big defeat, it simply conceded defeat, not at all and Prussians dead.

After reviewing the history, Franz found that Prussia and Austria are not ashamed to have been all family at one time, and this level of looking for teammates is all the same garbage.

From the beginning of the Austro-Prussian War, until the end of the Second World War, there is no less pig teammates around.

……

Paris.

After the war against France, the French Foreign Ministry had rarely been so lively. Austria, Prussia, and Bavaria were all looking to them for diplomatic support.

President Napoleon was very happy, anything that could expand France’s influence was of interest to him.

Without even thinking about it, President Napoleon knew who to support. Dividing the German region into three and letting Bavaria lead the small states against Prussia and Austria was the best option for the French.

Unfortunately, this time of the year is not suitable for France to be the head of the pack, not to mention the fact that the domestic mess is not fixed, the European countries are still very scared of them.

Diplomatic roar two can, really if run to intervene in German regional affairs, the two countries will most likely join hands to beat them back.

Anyway, now the president supports the thing, the parliament is against, the parliament supports the president to veto, Louis Napoleon Bonaparte simply make peace.

The French parliament is even less so, they have a much more conservative foreign policy and mostly look to the British for a reaction.

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London.

Upon hearing the news that the German Confederation was going to form a Cabinet of Responsibility, Prime Minister John Russell’s first reaction was that it was impossible, and his second reaction was that the soon-to-be-born Cabinet had to be dismantled.

Balance on the European continent was the first national policy of the British, and if the German regions were allowed to unify, a giant would emerge in Central Europe.

Europe’s second largest industrial country, Europe’s second largest territorial power, Europe’s first economy, Europe’s first army power, Europe’s first populous country …… Thinking about it makes people feel terrible.

John Russell incredulously reported, “What happened, how come overnight I feel the world has become strange?

Who can tell me why this is, the German region may actually be united!”

Foreign Minister Palmerston explained, “Your Excellency Prime Minister, the German region is not going to be unified so easily, the ‘Cabinet of Responsibility’ is nothing more than a product of the struggles of the three Opuba states, and a cabinet destined to be devoid of real power is not going to be of much use.”

Minister of State Edward frowned and said, “But the existence of this cabinet will still upset the balance of the German region. Regardless of who wins or loses, as long as the cabinet of responsibility emerges, the road to unification in the German region has taken a big step forward.

Especially with the ‘Cabinet of the Three Kingdoms’, if Austria reaches a compromise with Prussia and Bavaria, the German region is likely to be truly united, at least politically and militarily they can achieve an alliance.”

We all play politics, so naturally we know that the fewer the people the easier it is to agree, and conversely Austria’s proposal for all the states to form a cabinet together is much less threatening.

There were more than thirty states in the German region, and each of them had to have someone in the cabinet, and with so many people together, all that was left was to fight every day.

Was there any possibility of a real alliance between Austria, Prussia and Pakistan?

From the interest is analyzed the answer is: yes; from the actual situation the answer is: no.

If Prussia was willing to give up her ambition to unify Germany, then Franz did not mind giving up his plan to annex the South German region.

This is somewhat internally similar to the Three Jin Alliance of the Spring and Autumn and Warring States Periods, where once Zhao, Wei, and Han allied they could hang on to all four sides, and the same is true of the current OPPBA.

The difference is that once this alliance is established, there is no chance for Prussia and Bavaria to expand on the European continent.

Bavaria’s strength is weak, and is sandwiched in the center of the three Austro-French-Prussian countries, after the establishment of the alliance, their security will be guaranteed, and they can be assured that farming and running for prosperity is in line with their interests.

Austria could also expand to the Balkan Peninsula, and again could get the manpower supplement from the German region, the disadvantage of insufficient number of subject peoples would be solved, and there would be more energy to devote to overseas colonial expansion.

Besides, with Austria’s size, it was only a matter of time before it gained dominance in the alliance, and Franz had no reason to oppose the alliance.

The same could not be said of Prussia, despite their military might, the volume of the Prussian kingdom was actually not very large.

While maintaining a continental army, the Kingdom of Prussia also lost the opportunity to develop a navy, and its strength did not allow them to develop both land and sea power at the same time.

Therefore, they had to give up something. Theoretically, after the establishment of the alliance, Prussia didn’t have to worry about the security on land, and could cut down the army to develop the navy and open up overseas colonies.

Unfortunately, Prussia was the Prussia of the Junker nobles, who could not give up their own interests for the sake of national interests.

This problem Franz see it, but it does not mean that everyone sees it, especially the United Kingdom these maritime countries.

In their opinion, if they can easily obtain benefits from overseas, why do they need to take risks on the European continent?

Now the international situation, Prussian Kingdom wants to expand in the European continent almost no chance of success, the British think the Prussian government will not be so unwise.

The Prime Minister, John Russell, said on the spot: “Mr. Palmerston, the British Empire already has enough enemies and does not need to add another great enemy.

Now, I don’t care what your Foreign Office does, there must not be a united government in Germany, not even in name!

It would be better to let the German Federal Parliament split up; I always feel that letting them get together will sooner or later become a big trouble for us.”

Palmerston replied confidently, “Don’t worry, Your Excellency the Prime Minister. It’s impossible to unify the German regions, and we’re not the only ones who want to break them up!”

(End of chapter)