Chapter 581： Attacking Frenchman (1/2)
Years hurried, and in the blink of an eye again winter.
Based on Franz's many years of experience, it can be judged that it is a warm winter. It is usually snowy at this time of the Glockner. Don't say snow this year.
Warm winter + drought has almost announced that agricultural production will be reduced in the coming year. Austria is a large industrial country and a large agricultural country. Agriculture occupies an important position in the national economy.
The Vienna government has always attached great importance to agricultural production. After years of efforts, the domestic agricultural infrastructure has been perfected and a complete disaster response system has been established.
As long as it is not a large-scale disaster that affects the whole country, Franz will not care. It now caught his attention, mostly in Vienna.
Minister of Agriculture Halls: ”Your Majesty, the current situation is not too bad. According to the data monitored by various places, the scope of the disaster has not been very large.
It is mainly concentrated around Vienna and Bohemia. These areas have relatively developed industry and commerce, and the public has a strong ability to resist risks. The reduction in winter wheat production will not have much impact. ”
This is the benefit brought by the industrial era. In economically developed areas, farmers entering cities to work in the slack season have become a common phenomenon in society.
Increasing the source of income also naturally increases the ability to resist risks. If it is still in an agricultural society, the government must be more vigilant.
Franz just asked casually that the reduction of grain production in a certain range is not needed in Austria's tolerance range.
Yield reduction is not an absolute crop. The loss of one hundred and eighty pounds per mu is not enough to bankrupt farmers. Unless the disaster situation is continuous, government relief is needed, otherwise, the people themselves can survive the disaster situation.
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Foreign Minister Weissenberg: ”His Majesty, news has just arrived from Paris that the French are preparing to send troops to **** Isabella II's son to return home, and the Spanish throne battle is about to end.
Judging from the information collected, Britain and France should have reached an agreement. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs believes that it may be related to the Near East War. The London government gave in on the issue of the Spanish throne in exchange for French support for them in the Near East. ”
Without surprise to Franz, the British must pull the French if they want to keep the Ottoman Empire.
Although the Paris government kept fighting, they also did not want to see Austria pull the nail behind it. The British gave in on the Spanish throne, and the French chose not to support them.
Austria wants a stable rear, why not the French? Spain is different from the Ottoman Empire, and the French could not even pull this nail.
It is not a win that cannot be beaten. The key is that there is no way to use force. European countries may accept the Ottoman empire, but they will never let Spain be annexed.
Now that I can't fight, I'll win it. Now Spain is also a mess, with a lot of internal problems. Supporting a pro-French and weak government is entirely in France's interest.
The Queen Isabella II of Spain has a long-lasting reputation, and even her son Alfonso XII has suffered a reputational damage. If she wants to sit on the throne, she cannot do without the support of the French.
A weak pro-French government, the French will not have to worry about the threat from Spain for a long time to come.
Franz: ”That being the case, then we are ready to end. Power generation for Hummel, once the British and French fully intervene, they negotiate with the Ottoman Empire. The bottom line is to take down our actual control area, plus Jerusalem.
On the Russian side, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs also appeased. How much they can gain depends on the diplomatic capabilities of the Tsarist government. ”
Franz knew that this could be the last joint military operation of the Russian-Australian alliance. According to the current international situation, the alliance between Austria and the Russians has already done more harm than good.
Although Alexander II was a talented man, he suppressed all forces in the country and completed the preliminary social reforms, but his diplomatic appearance was uncomfortable.
On the one hand, the historical burden of the Russian Empire is too heavy, holding the shelf of the European continent and not adjusting the mentality in a timely manner; on the other hand, it is too valued on the territory and has a bad relationship with all neighbors.
This is not to say that it is wrong to value territories. The problem is that many territories of the Russian Empire were seized, similar to colonies.
No matter how important you are when you are strong. When it is declining, it is time to pay attention to methods and methods, and it is necessary to make concessions.
Regrettably, the Tsarist government did not do that. The Russians defeated in the last Russian-Prussian war was actually defeated by diplomacy.
If the Tsarist government gathers its ambitions, it will not go wrong at least in Central Asia and the Far East. Had it not been for the expansion of the Tsarist government before the war, which would have provoked others, Prussia would not have been able to draw allies.
It stands to reason that after being severely beaten by the society, the tsarist government should wake up and take the initiative to repair the relations between neighboring countries. What's the matter, wait until Prussia is defeated and then deal with it slowly.
It is regrettable that the Tsarist government has not changed its mind, taking its neighbors' homeland as the enemy's invasion, thinking that their own victims.
Needless to say, there will definitely be no friends in this way. Franz was very skeptical of the next Russian-Prussian War, and the Russians were also besieged.