Chapter 694： Ba snake (1/2)
The shocking idea of the British directly shocked the Berlin government.
The annexation of the German Federation was their dream, but the reality did not allow it. In order to avoid being mixed and beaten, the Berlin government has suppressed this year.
I did not expect that the British actually proposed it, but this time it was not the Commonwealth that annexed the German Empire, but the Commonwealth that annexed the Commonwealth.
The order is lost, and the nature is different. The Russian-Prussian War continues, and the Berlin government has no confidence in the conditions and has to give up its leadership.
William I had a headache. Compromising was not so easy to say. Europe is a legal place.
Although the German Federal Empire is nicknamed the ”Comedy Empire” by the people, it is also a well-known empire. The Pope Federation is now an ordinary state.
Moreover, in this context, who knows whether the other party will take advantage of the fire and rob, for example: demand to split the Popo Federation and join in the name of Prussia and Poland.
Or further separated the two principalities of Schleswig-Holstein and weakened the power of the Kingdom of Prussia.
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Minister of Foreign Affairs Jeffrey Friedman persuaded: ”His Majesty, judging from the current situation on the battlefield, we are in an extremely disadvantaged state.
Belarus was lost, and Lithuania was mostly occupied. The Warren area captured earlier no longer exists, and the enemy is less than 150 kilometers away from Warsaw.
We soldiers are brave and our officers are excellent, but these are not enough to fill the gap in strength.
The gap between the strengths of the two countries is very different, and it is difficult to win the war based on our strength alone.
The experience of the last Russian-Russian war tells us that to deal with the Russian Empire, there must be enough allies to launch offensives from different fronts, disperse their forces, and increase the difficulty of their logistics supply.
The unfavorable performance on the battlefield made our former allies timid. Now it is necessary to draw a strong ally and increase everyone's confidence, and the German Federal Empire is undoubtedly the best choice. ”
Secretary of the Army Philip Poto asked: ”Jeffrey, are you selling your country?”
”Joining the German Federal Empire, do you know what this means?”
With a boss on my head, days can't be so easy. Don't look at the fact that many states within the German Federation do not buy the central government's account. In fact, the central government still has great rights.
For example: issuing currency.
No matter how loose a country is, it is impossible to allow multiple currencies. The central government is holding the banner ”for economic development.”
Of course, it is not impossible. As long as you learn those small states, simply use the international currency such as Aegis and Sterling, and the central government can't take them.
These small Chinese studies are also indifferent. They have limited market capacity, do not have the ability to print banknotes, and have limited losses from using foreign currencies.
For the convenience of trade, the international currency is used, and when engaged in overseas trade, it is directly used for settlement, and a conversion fee is also saved.
It will be different to stay in the Popo Federation. No matter what currency is used, people will have to pay a large amount of coinage tax, which will greatly affect government revenue.
The economic loss is second, and politically, it will be criticized. The central government's non-interference in the internal affairs of the state was first proposed by Franz, which has been effective for a few years, but has not been interfered in since.
It is nothing more than that the Vienna government has done a lot of covert work, and has drawn in its hands by enacting laws and promoting judicial independence.
Nominally the central government has no right to interfere in the operation of the state government, but the judiciary has the right to arrest corrupt officials within the state.
If this impact is not large enough, then what about the taxes paid by the state and the fiscal allocations from the central government?
The pits were dug in advance. No one knew in advance that only the tariffs, coinage taxes, colonial income, tobacco and alcohol taxes would have a balance of funds while maintaining the central government's expenses.
This is an inevitable result. The central government does not bear the administrative expenses of local governments and does not need to invest in infrastructure for the state. In addition to the large amount of military expenditures, fiscal revenues support the emperor and the thousands of bureaucrats in the central government.
Except for a part of the remaining funds invested in scientific research, the remaining funding distribution is an opportunity to intervene in the internal affairs of the state.
If you have money in your pocket, you will be stingy. At the beginning, these incomes were limited, not enough for the central government's expenses, and the states needed to share the expenses. Naturally, they dare not offend the uncles below.
By now, the central government's pockets have swelled. If the state wants to apply for central financial appropriation, it has to consider the opinions of the central government.
Similar things can happen in the German Federal Empire.
Although they only get the coin tax, they also have less expenses. Because at the beginning, the rights of the central government were constrained, and the army was owned by the states. They only needed to raise a group of civil servants and emperors.
Jeffrey replied without hesitation: ”Of course I know what this means, but do we have a choice?
What are you afraid of?
As long as we win this war, with our strength, is it possible that Hannover can still succeed?
Don't forget that the system of the German Federal Empire follows the Holy Roman Empire and implements the system of electing the emperor. If we attract enough allies, we can also change to a central government.