Chapter 218: Death to the Traitor of the State

  Chapter 213: Death to the Traitor

Ever since Prime Minister Felix’s visit to the German states, the topic of unification was hot in the media. It was as if one day without talking about this topic, one was going to be eliminated from this world.

Especially after the failure of Felix’s trip to Bavaria, the impact was even greater, and German nationalism was naturally greatly disappointed.

Regardless of whether they recognized the Shinra Empire or not, they had to admit that this was the most likely scenario to achieve the unification of the German region.

When the Bavarian government’s unification proposal appeared, the first time it was passed on to all parts of Germany by people with good intentions, causing a sensation.

Austria was naturally disdainful of it, and the triumvirate also depended on strength. Although the Kingdom of Prussia was only a medium-sized country, its force reached the level of the Great Powers, and it barely had the qualification.

But what about Bavaria? How did they achieve the same status? Did they rely on representing the many small states? Who agreed?

If their strength is close to Prussia’s, then there’s no telling, a triple threat is inevitable. Austria wouldn’t have to go west, just run the Balkans honestly.

The Kingdom of Prussia also did not buy the political system of the Tripartite Alliance, they can not get any benefits. Whether it was the Little Germany Plan or the North and South Germany Plan, it was more in their interest than this plan.

The two great states were merely dissatisfied, but laughed it off, and at the most ridiculed the Bavarian government in the newspapers for its lack of self-importance.

The smaller states in the German region blew up, just to be represented, did we agree?

Guided by the newspapers, public opinion instantly exploded. All sorts of jets appeared, as if they could not feel comfortable without scolding Bavaria once again.

The Rheinische Dagbladet, then, came straight to the point with an article on “Bavaria’s Ambition,” and published the Bavarian government’s strategic plan for the annexation of the German states. The steps were so detailed that it was as if they were real.

Real, fake, no one cared about this, anyway, everyone wishfully thought it was real, otherwise how could it be a three-state cabinet with so many states in the German region?

If you can’t annex these states, on what basis can you represent them in the empire?

It didn’t take long for someone else to turn up the story of Bavaria colluding with Britain, France, and Russia in an attempt to kick Austria and Prussia out of the plan to split Germany.

This was true, because Britain and France did propose it, and the Bavarian government was willing to accept it. Only before it could get started it was strangled in the cradle by a coalition of Austria and Prussia.

Even the Bavarian government, secretly supported this theory. Only the influence is too small, in the Bavarian Kingdom can not even occupy the mainstream, let alone promote out.

Now the media turned out naturally in the nonsense, do not carry out the artistic processing of the newspaper, good enough to say that they are news people?

Franz admitted that he paid for it, and without the Austrian government paying for it, so many newspapers in the German region would not have been able to blacken Bavaria so neatly.

Of course, there must also be a relationship between the Bavarian government’s poor decision-making this time, and the fact that they took the support of the Great Powers too seriously.

This is a common problem of small countries, must look at the eyes of the Great Powers to act, under the accumulation of time inevitably suffered.

All men are ambitious, and Maximilian II was no exception. Playing a balancing act between Austria and Prussia day after day was tiresome after a long time.

When England, France and Russia were agitated, this ambition could not be pressed. Theoretically Bavaria’s plan was not without possibility of success, and if history had not changed, the plan of a three-part Germany might well have become a reality.

Only this diplomatic operation difficulty requirements are relatively high, the Bavarian kingdom also need to open a little bit of hanging, at least to have 200,000 elite troops.

As long as the sneak attack on the Kingdom of Prussia succeeds after Prussia defeats Austria, then the Bavarian strategy will have succeeded, and this success rate is a bit scary.

Anyway, Britain, France and Russia will support them, as long as Mang win this wave is victory, the strategy of small countries is to rely on gambling, do not dare to gamble how to reverse the attack?

Now the chance of success is even lower, Austria did not start the road to defeat, the overall strength of at least two Bavaria than the same period in history, completely incomparable.

Whether there is a chance or not, the dream is always there. Just as Franz still wants to unify the entire German region?

Because it really can not do, had to retreat to the second best, the implementation of the South Germany program, instantly the difficulty dropped to a manageable range.

Even the implementation of the South German strategy, are still split, the first step to take Bavaria, do this and then talk about other, can not do what is all for nothing.

This is not the distribution of Bavaria to go strategy also appeared, but also appeared in the newspaper in a dignified manner.

The first step, to create an excuse to unite Prussia and Britain, France and Russia to kick Austria out of the German Confederation;

Step two, unite Britain, France and Russia to kick Prussia out of the German Confederation;

Step three, ……

No matter how fucked up these plans are, people are still angry. Isn’t the Bavarian government’s plan an insult to everyone’s intelligence?

Even Maximilian II was enraged, heaven and earth he dared to swear to God that such a middle-of-the-road plan definitely had nothing to do with him.

Of course, the Bavarian government has nothing to do with it, even if there is such an idea, we just think about it in our dreams, who dares to let these contents appear on paper ah?

Who would dare to let this content appear on paper? And even if it is organized, at least say a little bit more reliable ah? The first step to force Austria out by the hand of the Great Powers would be impossible to do.

The Prussians have nothing to say, they definitely want to see Austria get out. The problem is who doesn’t know that Britain and France PK Mao Bear, both fought the real fire, Bavaria by what right let them unite?

There has to be at least a common interest, doesn’t it? For example, Austria committed a public outrage and was met with a common boycott, but that hasn’t happened yet, has it?

Is it possible that Bavaria and Prussia will be able to make Austria withdraw? It is estimated that as soon as this plan is put forward, the Austrians are going to be furious.

Is there anyone who believes in such a stupid plan? The answer is: yes, and a lot more.

At least Franz did, and so did the Austrian government, which was warned not to play with fire in a diplomatic note sent by the Austrian Foreign Ministry to the Bavarian government on April 11, 1853, which was sent to the Bavarian government on April 11, 1853, which was warned not to play with fire.

Public opinion was in an uproar, but it was still mostly supportive; after all, Austria had only warned in diplomatic terms, and it still seemed like a relief to many of the smaller German states.

It would have been different if they had actually started a fight, and many people’s perceptions would have changed, which was not a good enough reason.

Franz is a good-tempered emperor, will not be angry to raise the division, just in the war excuse after the note added another.

After being warned, the Bavarian government immediately clarified that the above was a slander and that they had absolutely no plans to split Germany.

After this little episode, the third wave of public opinion building ended and the fourth wave began.

In May, the new topic of conversation in Germany became “how to unify Germany”.

This topic is very sensitive, the governments kept their mouths shut, but the people had a lot of discussions, and the most lost was the Shinra faction, who was the first one to be out of the game.

The Bavarian government acted as the backstabber and became the object of everyone’s ire. Of course in Maximilian II’s opinion it was worth it, despite the scolding, it got the benefit of the doubt.

Britain, France, and Russia all made public diplomatic statements slamming the rebuilding of Shenla as an unstable factor destabilizing the balance of Europe and warning Austria not to play with fire.

Then, Franz did not even bother to read them, and threw these notes casually into a corner somewhere, and it was done.

The Bavarian government, on the other hand, was highly praised by the Great Powers, and if it were not for the contradictions between Britain, France and Russia, they would have come down personally to help Bavaria realize its strategic goals.

This statement, I guess Maximilian II did not believe it, diplomatic words just listen to it. It was just the Great Powers cheering them up. If they really believed it, they were ready to cry!

On the face of it, the Kingdom of Bavaria had the upper hand in this political game. Austria had just threatened them, and they themselves were immediately warned by the Great Powers.

Taking all the scenarios together and comparing them, everyone helplessly realized that the original first out of the game is actually the most likely to succeed, and the opportunity for the middle-aged teenagers to perform came.

“When the door to peace closes, then force will be the only option, and Germany will finally be unified.”

When this slogan had been shouted over, it quickly spread through the German region. Before the middle-aged teenagers knew what it meant, they shouted after it.

It instantly scared a lot of people, especially the many small state governments who were the most worried about the armed unification of Germany.

Rebuilding Shinra everyone’s interests were still protected, once it turned into a forceful unification of the country, then there was no doubt that they were the ones being unified.

The unification of the country accomplished through bloodshed, naturally, they will have to take out the reactionaries who destroyed the unification of the country, and the smell of fireworks in the German region is getting thicker and thicker.

The time Franz waited so hard for came, the mass base was already there, the people’s blood was ignited, and everyone accepted the reality of unification of Germany by force helplessly.

This time could not be delayed, the fervor of the people could not be sustained, and when they had calmed down, then it would be too late.

The voice of the hardliners within the Austrian government began to rise, and on June 1, 1853, Chancellor Felix, in the National Assembly in Vienna, delivered the Iron Curtain speech.

“After our efforts over the past few days, the attempt to unify Germany by peaceful means ended in failure with the collusion of state and foreign traitors.

But Germany will be unified in the end, and this is the mission that history has given us.

At this time, perhaps it is time for us to change our approach to national unification.

Since its birth, the great Germany has been filled with iron and blood, and now we have no choice.

Since someone has forced us to take this step, let’s use iron and blood to clean up this rotten world and forge a new glory for this empire!

……”

Everyone knew that Austria had changed. The chancellor of the main peace faction became the main war faction, and Austria’s state policy changed significantly.

In the following days, the Austrian top brass made similar speeches, and the Austrian government all became main war faction.

In short: we love peace, but we love Germany more, and we will not hesitate to fight for German unity.

These public statements instantly caused public opinion in the German region to erupt, and many people suddenly reacted to the fact that this was a war coming?

Not letting everyone wait long, on June 5, 1853, Franz published the “Letter to the German Nation”.

“Peace is dead. There is only one road left for the unification of Germany, and that is war.

History has given the responsibility, and I cannot escape it, for I love this land, this country, with all my heart.

In order to avoid the division of the German region, we must obliterate any possibility of an attempt to divide Germany.

Now with God’s witness, I have decided to execute the traitors of the country and remove a rotten regime that colludes with foreign traitors and tries to split the German region.

……”

Believe it or not, Franz decided that the Bavarian government was colluding with Britain, France and Russia in an attempt to split Germany anyway.

The Message to the German Nation was a declaration of war, which the Austrian government had already delivered to Bavaria at the same time as Franz’s declaration.

The cover of the letter of war read: Execute the traitors of the nation.

The Bavarian government, which had not yet reacted, was dumbfounded; the attitude of the Austrian government changed too quickly.

To know not long ago the powers also collectively warned Austria, according to normal circumstances, they could not use force in this context.

Maximilian II did not have the time to pursue why, and ordered on the spot: “Immediately seek help from Britain, France and Russia and ask them to intervene; immediately conduct a national mobilization in the country, and at the same time, seek help from the regional states of Germany and ask them to immediately send troops to support.”

Prime Minister Auguste added, “Your Majesty, we must clarify to the outside world at once; the charge that the Austrian government has put on our heads can never be recognized, or it will be the end of us.”

Military problems were fine, even if they lost the war, with the intervention of the Great Powers, they still had a chance to retain power; if they failed politically, even if they drove out the Austrians, there would be nothing left for them.

Foreign Minister Barkhaus exclaimed, “Not good, the Austrians are premeditated, we are trapped!”

Maximilian eagerly asked, “What’s going on? Speak!”

Foreign Minister Barkhaus’ face sank as he said with a bitter smile, “Your Majesty, public opinion is very unfavorable to us, a series of things happened in front of us, all of which tied us to Britain, France and Russia.

I’m afraid that in the eyes of many of the German public, we are traitors of the state who have colluded with foreign traitors, and even with explanations, it’s impossible to reverse this situation in a short period of time.

Austria’s influence in Bavaria is very large, if the public determines that we are state traitors, then I am afraid ……”

Without waiting for him to finish his sentence, everyone knew it was a disaster. At this time, if Britain, France and Russia jumped out to intervene, it proved that the Bavarian government was colluding with them, and if they didn’t come out to intervene, Austria would be able to swallow Bavaria in one bite.

This is a dilemma, how to choose the front are all pits, only the question of which one to jump.

Maximilian II said fiercely: “I don’t care so much, let’s get through this moment first.

The Austrians were probably desperate because they saw that Britain, France and Russia were fighting fiercely and could not work together to interfere with their actions.

But they don’t know that we have an agreement with Britain, France and Russia, and they will definitely intervene.

A unified German Empire is too terrifying, and this is a situation that no European power can tolerate.

If Austria steps in now, they are out, and we must take this opportunity to kick them out of Germany!”

Finally coded it, still owe 22 chapters. Good night everyone ????

(End of chapter)