Chapter 990: New era-Aegis settlement system

Politics has always affected the whole body. A seemingly ordinary beating is actually Franz closing the valve of expansion and suppressing the voice of the domestic protagonists.
There are two sides to everything. Winning the European War was too easy, and the spoils obtained were too rich. The most important thing was that the emperor was willing to share the benefits, so that "fame but immediately gained" became the mainstream of society.
Stimulated by interests, the empire became unprecedentedly warlike. Ordinary people want to stand up through war, ordinary officers and soldiers who have risen from military exploits want to cross the threshold of nobility through war, and nobles want to go further through war.
"The wages of avarice is death".
The laws of survival of nature are vividly expressed here. Stimulated by interests, everyone has forgotten the risks brought by war.
It's not that no one found the problem, but everyone pretended to be blind. The reason is very simple. The collapse of France made the Vienna government lose its sense of crisis.
In the eyes of everyone, without France, this old enemy, there is no one in the world that can match the Holy Roman Empire.
Even if the Royal Navy is still number one in the world and the bears are still strong, their weaknesses are too obvious.
The industrial strength of the Russians is weak, the government is too poor, and the economic lifeline is still in the hands of the empire. It depends on the face of Vienna.
Although the British navy is number one in the world, it is only temporary. Once the empire decided to fight for maritime supremacy, it was their turn to exit.
If you can’t fight for quality, just stack the quantity. The big deal is that Britain builds one warship, and the Empire builds two. Two fights and one can always win.
Money is so arrogant. The integrated Holy Roman Empire’s fiscal revenue exceeds the sum of European countries. As long as the government tightens its belt, it won’t be persuaded to play together with land, power and sea power.
No matter how other people floated, Franz didn't float anyway. Income and expenditure are directly proportional. Ordinary people only see the huge government revenue, but ignore the huge government expenditure.
If it weren't for the original enfeoffment system, which greatly reduced administrative expenses, with the current income of the Vienna government, it would really not be possible to raise this huge empire.
You know, because of the war, the Vienna government has been in deficit for three consecutive years. Want to achieve financial balance, the fastest thing is in 1894.
"Although the country is big, belligerent will die."
It is universal in any period. The reality has proved that as long as the scale of the war reaches a certain level, regardless of how rich the spoils are, it will lose money in the short term.
The outside world only saw the scenery of the victorious country, but did not know the suffering behind it. The loot is only the real wealth if it is digested, otherwise it is the data that stays on paper.
Not only is the government fighting poor, even the pockets of the nobles are not rich, especially the newly emerging military aristocrats, and now their pockets may be cleaner than their faces.
No way, all the money was thrown on the land. Of course, you have to pay for the construction of your own fief.
Not to mention the emerging aristocracy, even the old-school aristocracy, it is not easy to spend such a large sum of money at once.
The construction of fiefdom is not a person's business. All the emptying is not just their own wallets, but many people even empty the wallets of relatives and friends.
Of course, this is considered an investment, and it is still the most stable investment. As long as you don't fiddle with it, you will never lose money by operating a fief.
Now the only rich people are probably capitalists. However, these guys are shivering at this moment. They are as low-key as they can be, for fear of being caught by the impoverished Vienna government and confiscated them.
If it is all legal property, naturally there is no need to hide it. The problem is that all the capital in these years is bloody, and it is almost always accurate.
It happens that the Vienna government likes to play like this again. When it is short of money, it will fight corruption, and then involve a group of capitalists by the way, or directly stare at a few fat sheep to investigate.
Since Franz took the throne, similar things have happened three times, and every time the capitalist is a leek on the table.
Every time, the happiest jumped and died the fastest, especially the fools who ran to manipulate politics. One of them is now the grave.
It's not about Franz, behind this is the game between the noble group and the bourgeoisie. In order to ensure their political superiority, the noble group has always been within the rules of the game to suppress the rise of the bourgeoisie.
Similar things are not only staged in the Holy Roman Empire, almost the entire continent of Europe is where the two major classes are fighting.
It is nothing more than that the conservatives of the Holy Roman Empire are stronger, and the bourgeoisie can't breathe.
Of course, struggle belongs to struggle, and it has nothing to do with ordinary people. Even ordinary nobles and small and medium capitalists are not eligible to participate in this game.
Even big capitalists will not be targeted as long as they are not mixed with politics.
It's a pity that many people don't know it, and they still dream about building a strong political network. As a result, the taboo of the noble group makes them all involved.
learn from mistakes.
Although they didn't know that the emperor had drawn a cordon for them, they would die if they crossed the line. After enough social beatings, the capitalists have grown up.
Most people think that it is too much money to cause trouble, so that now the most popular is no longer "fighting the wealth", but the more popular "finance is not clear" in the East.
After realizing that the Vienna government was short of money, one and two began to pretend to be poor. Many capitalists would rather put their money in the basement than let the outside world know that they are rich.
It is not a crime to collect money, you have the right to control your own money. The Vienna government adheres to the rules, legal private property is sacred and inviolable, and you can do whatever you want.
In a sense, the hiding and holding of capitalists is also helping the Vienna government to stabilize the currency and tide over the financial crisis.
Otherwise, the previous currency is over-issued, and the currency value of Aegis will no longer be guaranteed. Comparing francs that have fallen a thousand miles away, and the same super-issued Aegis, the currency value has almost no major fluctuations, which is a miracle in itself.
Insufficient currency circulation will no longer be a problem in the paper money era. If it is not enough, it will be printed directly, the circulation market of Aegis will expand, and it is logical to increase currency circulation.
Like the U.S. dollars of later generations, as long as the market has confidence in them, Old Special dare to let go...
The era of military expansion is over, and the era of economic expansion has just arrived. As long as it achieves a small short-term goal, the Vienna government can immediately get rid of its current financial difficulties.
In the mid-nineteenth century, the gold standard system was established in the European continent one after another. The mainstream settlement method of various countries in international trade is also gold, and the British pound and Aegis are both auxiliary to gold settlement.
In addition to the name of an international currency, in fact, Aegis and the British pound are not international currencies in the true sense. The fact that they can become settlement currencies is actually based on gold.
Only by turning the "Gold-Aegis system" into the "Aegis system" can Aegis be an international currency in the true sense. Then you can imitate the Americans of later generations, and get rich by printing money.
Prime Minister Carl hurriedly persuaded: "Your Majesty, in addition to our reputation, the value of Aegis currency is more importantly linked to gold and can be freely exchanged.
Once we are out of gold and without the limitation of gold reserves, we can print as many Aegis as we want, and the outside world will definitely not accept it. Maybe it will just collapse like the current franc. "
This is an inevitable result. Although the credibility of the Shenluo Empire is not low, it has not been able to be loved by everyone.
If Aegis and gold are really decoupled, it is estimated that the British will immediately take advantage of the emptiness and launch the pound to grab the market.
Seeing that the Prime Minister was misled by the superficial problem, Franz shook his head and explained: "This is a long-term goal, and Aegis cannot decouple from gold in the short term.
It's just that in addition to the fixed exchange ratio with gold, we can also add some more chips, such as: grain settlement, oil settlement, etc.
In these areas, we have an absolute advantage and propose to directly use Aegis for settlement. The resistance of various countries should not be too high.
First establish the Aegis settlement status on the European continent, and then gradually spread it to the world, and implement the final step after the overall situation has been set. "
Copy homework, who can't!
Although I don't know what happened in the later generations of the US dollar hegemony, Franz has heard of the peg and decoupling of the US dollar from gold.
Now that you succeeded in the original time and space, then just follow the copy of the homework. The small episode that occurred in the middle can be dealt with by the Americans, but the Vienna government cannot handle it without reason.
The Americans have food hegemony and oil hegemony, and the Holy Roman Empire also has these things. The two sides have equal bargaining chips.
In a short period of time, it is unrealistic to promote the Aegis system around the world, but it is still very promising to implement it on the European continent.
When selling monopoly materials such as grain and oil, they insisted on using Aegis to trade, not afraid that European countries would not compromise.
The European continent is still the center of the world these days. As long as the Aegis hegemony is established in Europe, it will be much easier to promote it overseas.