Chapter 1057： Big flicker (1/2)

As the budget battle intensified, Franz returned to the Vienna Palace at the end of October, ending the holiday trip ahead of schedule.

You can go on vacation at any time. As an emperor, he always puts state affairs first. Although training the crown prince, that doesn't mean that you just let it go.

We must know that there are not many other things in politics, but there are many holes in the road ahead. It's okay to step on the small pits, just as a lesson learned.

But there are also some pits that you can't step on. Once you step on it, you may sink in and never get out.

For example: the annual budget allocation that is currently in progress, once it is smashed out, it will be fatal.

If you can’t balance the needs of all parties and make the budget for granted, or if you invest the budget in one or several aspects based on your ideals and benefits, then you’re done.

In case someone contributes to the flames, even if Frederick is the crown prince, he will not be able to eat. At least the hat of incompetence can't be taken off.

A crown prince who wears the hat of ”incompetence” before he succeeds, even if he inherits the throne, it is difficult to be convincing.

It's not that similar things have never happened. Including Franz suffered a loss at the beginning of his succession, but it happened to catch up with the counterattack against the Kingdom of Sardinia, leaving the responsibility to the war.

Now that the world is peaceful, without the help of war, budget allocation is quite a test.

Of course, if you do not want to take responsibility, you can also transfer this work to the Prime Minister. But this will make Xiangquan bigger, and the emperor will become a rubber stamp if he is not careful.

Then put your destiny in the hands of others, and if you run into someone with a dark heart, maybe the royal family will become the front desk clown.

In the end, he became the following people to take advantage, and the emperor was responsible for the back of the pot. Similar things have not happened rarely in history.

On this issue, countries and companies are actually the same.

Fortunately, many people have worked so hard to start a business, and in the end they have been fooled by others, and instead of training their descendants to succeed, they are instead handed over to professional managers.

It seems very scientific, but the final outcome usually ends in tragedy.

Just look at the performance of listed companies. In the past 37 years, the delisting rate of U.S. stock companies has been as high as 72%, and the delisting of these companies is almost entirely the result of professional managers.

And with the decline of morality and the continuous fast-paced society, this ratio is still rising.

Although the enterprise is tossed to the end, the professional managers who manage the enterprise have made a fortune in the process. It is the shareholders who really suffer.

Even if a few companies develop occasionally, the owner of the company has changed, and he has no relationship with the founder of the company.

Companies that really rely on managers to take care of them without any problems are personally restrained by major shareholders and prevent the management of the company from letting go.

The same goes for the country. Once the emperor doesn't care about things, the bureaucrats will soon let themselves go. Then fell down at a speed visible to the naked eye, until finally hollowed out...

”A flower does not have a hundred days of red”, it is a natural law to prosper and decline. Watering and fertilizing is nothing more than letting the flowers hang for a few more days.

The same is true for countries, and no one knows what the future holds. Anyway, it's full of uncertainty, it's not as good as leaving one's own country to toss.

Even if you want a prodigal, it is better to lose in the hands of your own descendants than to give someone else a prodigal. On this issue, Franz saw it very clearly.

Including the plan of enfeoffment in preparation, in addition to actual needs, it is also diversifying investment. Put the eggs in different baskets to increase risk resistance as much as possible.

I have done everything I can do now, and Franz cares about the rest. Anyway, when he is alive, there will be no problems.

Vienna Palace

After listening to Frederick’s work report, Franz nodded in satisfaction. There were no major mistakes, which was enough.

Being able to guarantee the normal operation of the empire in a peaceful time proves that Frederick has the ability to govern the empire.

As for the war years?

It is estimated that Frederick will not be met. Once the battle for maritime hegemony ends, the Holy Roman Empire will become the only superpower.

With Shinra's strong strength, there will be no evenly matched opponent for a long time to come.

Unless aliens invade, or else only Shen Luo can beat others.

By the time of Frederick, there were at most some local wars, which was not a challenge at all. In the future is the era of ”nuclear peace”, the probability of a war breaking out is even smaller.

After the report, Franz smiled and asked: ”Frederick, what do you think of the all-heavy artillery battleship plan made by the Admiralty?”

It seems that he did not expect that Franz would ask this question. Frederick was taken aback for a moment, and then replied: ”It looks very good, but it is too expensive.

We can make all-heavy artillery battleships, and the British can naturally make them. At that time, it will be another naval arms race.

Although our industrial strength surpasses that of the British, the military expenditure that the government can invest in the navy is not much more than that of the British. In the end, it is very likely that both sides will suffer.

The probability of winning may not be as good as the Air Force’s Terminator program. At the very least, the Air Force is forced to rush into warships.