Chapter 797： Ice and Fire (1/2)
With the departure of Prime Minister Felix, Austrian politics is also facing a reshuffle, and Franz has appointed Chancellor of the Exchequer Karl as Prime Minister.
In fact, this is just an excessive appointment. Karl Ludwig von Bruck was born during the Anti-French War and is seven or eight years younger than Felix.
In the context of stability over everything, Franz did not toss. It is entirely in accordance with the government's operating rules that the Prime Minister abdicates in advance and the second-ranking Minister of Finance is the replacement.
The reshuffle of the cabinet, and the end of his term, were all in 1889. In terms of time, Karl's term as Prime Minister is not short.
By the end of this term, Carl is almost at the age of retirement, just to make room for others.
There have been no major changes in Austria's political reshuffle, and the transfer of power has proceeded smoothly, which has disappointed many people.
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Paris, Napoleon IV who closely followed the situation in Austria, was one of the disappointed.
Believe it or not, Faou has become each other's biggest competitors on the continental continent.
Although the two governments have maintained restraint on the surface, in the dark, neither country has undercut each other's knife.
Especially after the Paris Revolution, France, whose strength has declined, has gradually fallen behind in international competition.
In order to stabilize the situation, the Paris government was forced to enter a strategic defensive stage, and Napoleon IV's resentment against Austria was even stronger.
Seeing the excitement and watching the excitement, if he wanted to intervene in the change of Austrian power, he could not do it.
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”Sir, good news!”
People are dozens of meters away, and the sound has arrived first. Looking at the happy Foreign Minister, Napoleon IV's depressed mood was also dispelled a lot.
”Tell me what's the good news?”
Foreign Minister Terence Burkin handed a thin document to Napoleon IV and rejoiced: ”The Annan War is over.
We got everything we wanted at the negotiating table. This is the contract sent back by the ambassador to the Far East. ”
After hearing this answer, Napoleon IV understood why Terence Burkin was so excited.
It was a miracle in the history of diplomacy to get something not on the battlefield at the negotiation table.
With this achievement, Terence Burkin was fully qualified to compete for the next Prime Minister of France.
This was a change after the Paris Revolution. Napoleon IV needed a conflicting figure. After a period of mental struggle, he decided to restore the prime minister system.
After looking through the contents of the contract, Napoleon IV said: ”This is really good news. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs has done a great job!”
This is the truth, and the gains from the treaty far exceed his expectations. To know the beginning, he just wanted to end the war decently.
From the beginning of the Paris Revolution, France, a big family and a big business, began to go downhill. Multi-line expeditions have exceeded the affordability of the French government.
Annan is far less important than Egypt. The moment the negotiations were chosen, the French government had decided to temporarily abandon the plan to annex Annan.
The world is so wonderful. When you can't get what you want and you decide to give up, he is back.
The happy time is always short. Just when everyone is happy, the Minister of the Army, Luskinia Haffez, said with a complex expression: ”Sorry, everyone interrupted everyone's good mood.
News just came from Egypt. After a lot of hard work, the rebel army led by Governor Adolf finally defeated the main force of the rebels in the Aswan area two days ago. ”
Defeating the main forces of the rebels is obviously good news? The crowd fell into a puzzle, staring at Luskinia Hafez in wonder, waiting for the next.
”However, when the battle was won, the despicable enemy blew up the dam upstream, and the rebel army suffered heavy losses under the impact of the flood.”
After hearing this answer, everyone's faces looked beautiful, angry, aggressive ... and so on.
A moment later, he joked about the heavy news, and Napoleon IV asked: ”How much is the specific loss?”
The Secretary of the Army, Luskinia Hafez, wailed his face and pressed his voice to the lowest level, and replied: ”As of yesterday afternoon, there were less than 6,000 officers and men who returned to the regiment with nearly 40,000 counterinsurgency troops. Two-thirds are Egyptians.