Chapter 448: Woe is me

  Chapter 438: Woe Is Not Enough

It was also a good thing that the Habsburgs were not involved in the fight for the throne, standing on the sidelines to be able to make the most favorable decisions.

Besides, the current Spanish Kingdom is in a heap of rotten things, and it’s not that easy to fix the internal problems.

Throughout the ages subjects have had a common problem, they don’t like strong monarchs. With the perfect succession system in Europe, the situation is even better, there is no room for them to play.

This time, Spain’s election of the king is not the same, the outsider king can not leave the support of the local power faction, so the final king of Spain is mostly an incompetent king.

There was already an unlucky Mexican emperor, if another incompetent king, Franz very doubtful that the glory of the Habsburg family can still remain a few points.

After all, the heart of the hand are all meat. His son was too young to be ignored, and his two younger brothers and a few side princes had the same chance, so Franz was not in a good position to interfere.

Spain was already a difficult country to deal with, but wouldn’t a less capable king complicate matters even further?

Needless to say, there was no doubt that the Habsburgs produced a lot of substandard people, and besides Massimiliano, the idealist, there were fops who ate and drank for fun.

In terms of destructive power, the fop is far less than the idealist. But it is impossible to expect these people to accomplish anything.

Prime Minister Felix said, “Your Majesty, judging from the current situation, the battle for the Spanish throne is not something that can be ended in a short period of time.

Coupled with the Polish throne dispute next door, which has also been delayed, I am afraid that the situation in Europe will become more and more tense in the coming days.

In order to deal with the next complicated situation, it is necessary for us to make preparations in advance, lest we be caught off guard then.”

Will war break out on the European continent now? This question no one can answer, rubbing guns together is a matter of a split second.

Standing in the perspective of the Vienna government, of course, do not want to see, this time Europe broke out in war.

The second industrial revolution has just begun, Austria has easily come to the forefront of the world, the war once the outbreak of a total loss.

Franz could control Austria, but had no way to control the rest of the European countries. Now that everyone’s gunpowder smell was so strong, it would be tragic if any douchebag started a war.

The original time and space Spanish throne dispute triggered the Franco-Prussian War, and now the Prussians are not bold enough to PK with the French, and who can guarantee that the French will not take the initiative to make things happen?

These days the French already have the seedling of God’s greatest and their second. The British at sea can still suppress them, on land that is no one in the eyes.

If the French invaded Austria, then Franz laughed and easily piled on them. If they attacked Prussia, the German Confederation, or Belgium, it would be nagging.

In a local war, Franz was sure of victory. Cross-border battles, you have to fight to find out.

There were many things to consider in war, and the amount of strength that could be invested in different areas was different.

The Russians were a negative example, limited by transportation, not being able to utilize their strength in strength, and as a result, they were attacked in reverse.

France and Austria in the original time and space, are all negative examples that didn’t have the time to utilize their full strength and knelt down.

The French-Austrian alliance is even less reliable than the Russian-Austrian alliance, and the two sides are only temporarily allied because of the need for interest. There is no such thing as traditional friendship, and the history of the two countries is a history of war.

From the Middle Ages, the Habsburg dynasty and the French consumed, the two sides began the road of death to death.

Under Charles V, they even did it: they punched the Ottomans and kicked France.

Of course, the time to be beaten by others to be a little more. Overall it was a mutual victory, as evidenced by the fact that all three are still alive.

Since there is no historical burden, there is no pressure to tear up the covenant. That whole credibility thing has not been strictly adhered to by a monarch since Maximilian I passed.

So far, Franz hadn’t broken a covenant, and with a little luck, he might be able to break that record.

Nowadays, everyone’s credibility is based on the premise that the benefits are not enough. As long as the benefits are in place, the covenant is a waste of paper.

“First make limited preparations for war, such as increasing reserve training, and don’t blindly expand the number of troops, lest you irritate the countries and make the situation more complicated.

The possibility of a full-scale war breaking out on the European continent is very small now, there is no need to get nervous, even if the situation suddenly gets out of control and everyone is unprepared, we won’t be at a disadvantage.”

Franz didn’t think that a major war would break out now, unless everyone had a collective head jerk, even if there was a conflict, it could be pressed down forcefully.

On this issue, the British were Austria’s allies, and both sides had the need to maintain the balance of stability in Europe.

The butterfly effect is powerful, the original time and space to obtain the support of the French, inherited the throne of the king Amadeo I, is now strongly opposed by Napoleon III.

There was no way, Napoleon III annexed the Kingdom of Sardinia, at that time did not directly drive the Sardinian royal family out of power, the two sides had already made a grudge.

To fight for the continent, the French first had to stabilize Spain. Napoleon III naturally could not watch the birth of an anti-French Spanish king, which directly eliminated Amadeo from the game.

Candidates were eliminated one after another, Franz was a little heartbroken Spain. Almost all the candidates with high support were dismissed by the French.

If it was Spain in its heyday, it naturally didn’t care about the French attitude. Now it could not, if forced to embrace a monarch whom the French strongly opposed, Napoleon III would certainly have to send troops to intervene.

The provisional government did not have the strength to say no to the French and had to continue to elect. Those with high support were eliminated, and I am afraid that even if the candidate with low support behind him succeeded to the throne, it would be difficult to convince everyone.

It can be said that the French hadn’t done anything yet, and Spain was on the verge of being screwed. A king whose support rate is not high enough to take control of the country will have fun in the future.

Franz was not prepared to intervene, the French had already gone astray, and the result would be the same with or without the Spaniards.

Without them, the French could have gone farther down the road of death. In that case, there was no need to make a fuss about it.

Give and take is to be proportional, Austria’s energy is not unlimited, in the Spanish issue invested more, in other places will naturally invest less.

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Fortunes are not unlimited.

1868 is destined to be a bitter day for the Spanish people, the first half of the conservative economic crisis of suffering, the second half of the year and ushered in the war.

Before the revolution in the Kingdom of Spain, the status quo was as follows: the land annexation was serious, the peasants had no land to plant; the cities and factories went bankrupt, and the unemployed were all over the streets.

After the success of the revolution the situation constantly did not improve, but became worse, adding a collapse of law and order.

The Provisional Government had neither governing experience nor the ability to control the situation. Having just assumed power, it took for granted the abolition of Isabel II’s police force.

With the hitmen who suppressed the revolution gone, the policing of Madrid went down with it. The insurgents did not represent a disciplined army, but were more often than not a rabble.

The Spanish insurgents were better at fighting than the rabble, but they were a rabble when it came to maintaining law and order. The mercenary police, whom they hated in the past, were in fact the guardians of order.

Without restraint, robberies, rapes, killings …… and other vicious crimes are constantly being staged in Madrid.

Even worse order is better than none, before the people of Madrid do not understand, now they finally understand.

As a price, Madrid became the most chaotic capital in all of Europe. The insurgents who were embraced by the people into the city, again lost the hearts and minds of the people in the shortest possible time.

The provisional government could not care less about these small problems. The election of the king was the big issue, and all other problems were minor.

The big problems came soon enough. In October 1868, a large-scale uprising broke out in Cuba, a million miles away, and the Cuban Crisis erupted as the rebels snowballed.

For Spain, this was a heavy blow. Cuba was one of Spain’s richest colonies, providing it with a huge amount of wealth every year.

Before that, the Americans had offered to buy Cuba for 100 million dollars, but the Spanish government rejected the offer without even considering it.

Obviously, the value of Cuba is much higher than that. Since the fall of Spain, the Cuban colony of blood transfusion, but also to maintain the status of Spain’s power is an important guarantee.

Not only is the government anxious, but many vested interests in the country are anxious. Cuba raised the wealth, most of which went into the pockets of individuals, if there is no such income many Spanish aristocrats will have a very difficult time.

The first challenge for the new Francisco government was that if the Cuban issue was not dealt with properly, the kingdom of Spain would be hit hard, both financially and economically.

The support of the capitalists and nobles for the government would also be affected. In any case, Francisco had to crush the rebellion.

There was no doubt that the rebellion was not simple, and that there was international power behind it, otherwise it could not have erupted by relying on the local natives.

Although the United States is divided into two, but these do not mean that they are peaceful. The front also supported the Mexican civil war, and in Central America to encourage the Indian tribes to rebel against Austria.

Now it’s Spain’s turn to be unlucky, interfering in the American civil war of the four major powers, they are the best bully. Now the Americans began to test, but also from Spain.

Before that, whether it is to support the Mexican rebels, or to encourage the Central American Indian tribes to rebel, are secretly.

The people responsible for carrying it out were arms smuggling merchants, leaving evidence that didn’t implicate the federal government at all. Things changed when it came to screwing around in Cuba, and the action was much larger.

Almost everyone knew that the Americans were supporting Cuban independence organizations. The intensity of the support was too great to hide this time.

It was a result of the economic crisis, which Britain and Austria dumped goods on the United States and plunged the country into.

The Southern Confederacy was fine, they didn’t have much industry anyway, and the damage it brought wasn’t that great. The Northern Confederacy was miserable, completely miserable.

New York, it’s all raining people. Now when New Yorkers pass Wall Street, they have to keep an eye on the top of their heads, or they will be unjustly smashed to death by an unmitigated disaster.

It so happened that at this time an insurrection against Spanish rule broke out in Cuba, and in order to get out of the economic crisis, the capitalists of the Confederation turned their attention to Cuba.

(End of chapter)