Chapter 911: Forced Palace and Fuse
Chapter 893: The Palace and the Fuse
On September 11, 1890, Germany, Belgium, Austria, Greece, and the five black countries, at the same time, closed the trade routes to France, and the embargo of goods officially began.
For a time, the European continent is at a loss, everyone knows that this is a precursor to the storm, I am afraid that the continental war can not be avoided.
Persuade the French to give in?
The material embargo of the anti-French coalition directly pushed the Paris government into a corner. One step back is not a wide sea and sky, but an abyss and hell.
Persuade the Antifa coalition to calm down?
That’s even less likely. The Antifa were the victims, and if it hadn’t been for the French ambition to invade Central Europe, there would have been no such thing.
The fears of the masses were only that the continental war would spill over, not that they were peace-loving, and true pacifists couldn’t be in power.
At Versailles, Napoleon IV, with a black eye, called another political meeting. There was no way around it. It was the waiting that caused the most anxiety.
As the situation evolved, what was originally just an attempt to gain favor from Biden and Germany had now evolved into a major battle that would determine the future fate of France.
Foreign Minister Karel Kadlec: “Austria has already begun to work on the formation of an anti-French alliance, and has now brought Belgium, the North German Confederation, Greece, and Montenegro into the fold.
Switzerland and Holland have begun to waver, and with anti-French voices rising in the Spanish government, the mainstream opinion in Europe is mostly in favor of an anti-French alliance.
In recent times, Austria has also strengthened its ties with the Nordic Confederation and Portugal. If it continues to drag on, the situation will only become more and more unfavorable to us.”
Brainstorming is the most frightening, the Austrian government frequently contacted dignitaries from various countries, and also announced to the public that this was to strengthen business cooperation.
It was fine for the Austrian government not to explain, this explanation Karel Kadlec wanted to not be skeptical.
Free trade era, most governments do not interfere in the functioning of the economy, there is nothing to cooperate.
In fact, it was also true that, despite the high frequency of contacts with various countries, Austria had not signed a single treaty, at least not on the surface.
The exact content of the negotiations was unknown to Karel Kadlec, but the news that the delegates were talking to each other was received by him.
Whether it was a deliberate attempt to disgust France or a real intention to join the anti-French alliance, this was not a good thing for the French government.
Prime Minister Terence Burgin: “Right now we’re not only in trouble diplomatically, we’re also in trouble with strategic material procurement.
In just a few months’ time, the prices of the strategic materials we have to plan to procure have nearly doubled, and the prices of certain commodities have even doubled outright.
Many countries have raised their tariffs with us in the name of calming domestic prices, substantially increasing the cost of corporate procurement.
Affected by the lack of supply of raw materials, some domestic enterprises have already begun to cut their production capacity, which is very unfavorable to the upcoming war.
All indications are that this is all manipulated by Austria, and they are attempting to utilize these tactics to defeat us off the battlefield!”
The war between great powers is not only on the battlefield, but outside the battlefield is equally full of swords and shadows.
In this regard France was undoubtedly at a disadvantage, Austria’s foreign trade volume was several times that of France, and its domestic market was also far superior to that of France.
Both sides of the political and economic influence, has long been not a grade. Together with the impact of the historical legacy, the French government is at a disadvantage is almost inevitable.
Napoleon IV frowned: ”It’s not that serious, right, if the European countries really support the anti-French alliance, they would have joined together to blockade us.
As long as they all join in, it is impossible for us to go against all the countries, and abandoning the Central European strategy is an inevitable result.
The current situation is more like Austria single-handedly manipulating and pulling all the countries to prepare a big drama for us in an attempt to make us disorganize ourselves.”
Having been emperor for so many years, Napoleon IV had long since ceased to be a budding youngster. There were no secrets in politics, and national political diplomacy revolved around interests.
Starting from the perspective of interests and analyzing what would be most beneficial to a country, one would be able to roughly guess what countries wanted to do.
Undoubtedly, France and Austria’s defeat is the most in line with everyone’s interests. In this context, in addition to the two countries involved in the Bidet, everyone is watching the main not to mind the big deal.
With the exception of Greece and Montenegro, which had no choice but to support Austria, the rest of the countries simply had no reason to join the anti-French alliance.
In the eyes of Napoleon IV, what the countries were doing now was to push the Austrians and strengthen their determination to go to war with France.
Minister of Economy Elsa: “Your Majesty, we can’t delay any longer. By the time we have finished preparing for war, the enemy has also finished preparing for war.
We are not a member of the free trade system, and are at a disadvantage ourselves in purchasing strategic materials, and our domestic economy is slightly inferior to Austria’s, making us unsuitable for a protracted war with Austria.”
Napoleon IV figured out that it wasn’t the ministers who were in a hurry, but the capitalists at home.
After determining that the French government wants to implement the strategy of Central Europe, the capitalists have opened up production.
With the passage of time, the goods in the hands of everyone increased day by day, the liquidity of the day to reduce, the war still did not break out, we want to not be anxious can not.
In case of a big change in the middle, suddenly said that the war is not fighting, or delayed for three years and five years, everyone will be finished.
The goods that are sold are the money, and the goods that are backlogged in the hands are not assets, but liabilities, because there is also a cost for storage.
It is impossible to realize that the government can buy in advance, for the simple reason that the French government does not have so many warehouses for storing goods.
Against this background, the capitalists wanted to absorb the stockpiles in their hands, and could only let the war break out in advance.
Ministers have clamored for an early war, not everyone was bought, mainly because they knew that they could no longer stop it.
Either the government takes the initiative to start the war and take the initiative in the war; or the capitalists do it and start the war, and no one knows how the situation will develop.
Without waiting for Napoleon IV to make a decision, the valet hurriedly shouted outside the door, “Your Majesty, urgent military situation at the front.”
The situation in Europe was already very tense, and no one would be surprised if the Antifa alliance fought first at this time.
Hearing the urgent military situation, Napoleon IV naturally did not dare to be slow: “Quickly bring it in!”
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After a moment’s effort, Napoleon IV slowly said, “News has come from the front line, three soldiers were suddenly attacked by the enemy while patrolling at the border between us and Belgium, two dead and one missing.”
It was not the first time that border friction had occurred, but the deaths had never happened before.
Because of the key to the tense situation, the border has long been on heightened alert, and the soldiers go out on patrol in groups, and the neighboring distances are not too far apart.
Usually when an accident occurs, the neighboring troops will arrive immediately. Dead people are still understandable, missing is intriguing.
As long as the two countries of Bide were not in over their heads, they would not do such strange things. But at this juncture, no one would care that much.
Whether it was reasonable or not, the French government wanted to go to war, and this was a ready-made excuse for war.
Even if he knew that there was something wrong, Napoleon IV couldn’t go any further. Otherwise, if he found out something, the French government would be the one to lose face in the end.
But the heart is bound to be unhappy, the dead are French soldiers. The dead were French soldiers who did not die on the battlefield, but actually suffered because some people wanted to start the war in advance.
All the people bowed their heads in silence, after this kind of thing happened, they are also in a difficult situation!
Earlier, later, it’s all fine, only not now at this time.
Just now everyone had lobbied for the Emperor to go to war, and right away the excuse for war appeared, how do you look at it, it’s like they are forcing the palace.
This kind of misunderstanding is very fatal in politics. If there had been a different strong emperor, they could have gone home by now.
Under Napoleon IV’s sharp gaze, Prime Minister Terrence Burgin said stiffly, “Your Majesty, with this happening, we should immediately hold Belgium accountable.
Order the Kingdom of Belgium to hand over the murderer within 48 hours, release the captured soldiers, and compensate us for the damages.
Either…or ……”
Seeing Napoleon IV’s increasingly ugly face, at the end of the day, Prime Minister Terrence Burgin just couldn’t say any more and his voice became broken.
Seemingly feeling that it was almost time, Napoleon IV collected his murderous gaze and coldly said, “Just do what the Prime Minister wants, but it’s best not to make any more messes.”
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(End of chapter)