Chapter 231: Plan ahead

The Holy Roman Empire was re-established, and a lot of mess was caused. The reorganization of government administration and the division of rights and duties between the state government and the central government required Franz's personal participation.
The reorganization of government administration actually turns the Austrian Central Government into the Central Government of the New Holy Roman Empire, which directly controls the Austrian Empire and the Kingdom of Bavaria.
Considering domestic stability, Franz is still very restrained in the distribution of power. He has not exercised any other rights except the command of the army and diplomatic power.
Of course, this does not mean that the central government cannot interfere in the locality, but under normal circumstances, the central government will not interfere in the internal affairs of the state.
If there is a problem in the state, such as: a local rebellion, or a major change such as a coup, the central government can naturally intervene.
In addition to these problems, the most troublesome is the distribution of fiscal revenue. The local government is definitely going to pay a part of the fiscal revenue to the central government, and this specific ratio has become the focus of competition.
The state government naturally hopes to hand in a few points for the central fiscal expenditure, and the remaining funds are completely freely distributed; the central government hopes to get a larger proportion and allocate it to local governments according to actual needs.
Behind fiscal contention is more about contention for rights, which complicates the problem and is difficult to understand in a short time.
The specific situation can only be clarified after the constitution is formulated. Franz advocates ruling the country by law. He will not act rashly without legal basis.
Even if the central and state governments seize power, they must be legal. Franz is absolutely not allowed to happen.
Schönbrunn Palace
Prime Minister Felix reported: "His Majesty, the reserve forces have been fully demobilized, the economic system of wartime has been dismantled, and the domestic economy is returning to normal operations.
Generally speaking, this time the westward strategy is successfully concluded. However, there are not a few problems exposed. Fortunately, no war has broken out, otherwise our troubles will be great.
Mainly reflected in the lack of organizational experience, the coordination ability of various departments is too weak.
As of the conclusion of the Paris Conference, we have mobilized a total of 1.247 million reserve forces, plus 542,000 active forces, for a total of 1.789 million.
The mobilization of this scale is far more difficult than the estimates of various departments. Fortunately, the final war did not start. Otherwise, with so many troops fighting, our preparations will last for three or four months at most.
This is the final statistical report, please review. "
With that said, Prime Minister Felix was still a little distracted. Obviously, the sudden outbreak of the Austrian Empire showed its strength to other countries.
With so many troops, based on 15,000 bullets per ton, each person hits a bullet, which is 119 tons of ammunition.
Not to mention fighting, the daily training in these months alone will consume thousands of tons of ammunition every month, which has not been counted as artillery.
In fact, after Austria mobilized so many troops, the artillery was seriously lacking, and the infantry reserve was easy to establish. The technical arm of the artillery was not so easy to reserve.
It's not that artillery can be counted as firing. If you miss the target, it's no good. Qualified artillery, in addition to having a certain knowledge, also rely on ammunition to feed out.
Franz nodded and said in his heart: The current consumption is still small. If the weapons are replaced several times in the next few years, it will be a big problem.
After receiving the explosion, I looked at it briefly. Franz understood the reason for the feeling of Prime Minister Felix, and the cost was too great.
After an armed march + demonstration, the military expenditure will reach 137 million dongs. If the domestic reserve mobilization and consumption of various materials are counted, the total expenditure will be 211 million dongs.
Seeing this data, Franz suddenly understood why after the Crimean war, European countries were trying to avoid the war as much as possible.
This is still not up to the fight. If it does, the ultimate military expenditure is still unknown where it went.
Of course, not all of the 211 million dongs on the table are expressed as cash expenditures, and most of them are spent on materials, but they are directly discounted for calculation convenience.
Franz asked with concern: "The cabinet is preparing to dispatch a group of heroes to the Balkan Peninsula, have you considered the actual situation?"
Failure to fight does not mean that there is no hero. How can military mobilization of this scale have some people make contributions, but there are not many meritorious officers who have directly erupted in war.
You will be rewarded for your achievements. The big aristocrat Franz will not be blocked, but the knight of the small farmer level will not hesitate. These are the goals of most people joining the army.
The Prime Minister Felix replied: "Your Majesty, in this strategy of going west, the war has not been able to fight, so everyone's military achievements are very limited.
It is basically impossible to obtain the title and land in China. The Cabinet suggested that the closure should be placed on the Balkans, which could be relaxed.
At the same time, we are also preparing to encourage domestic nobles to replace their fiefdoms and go to the Balkans to strengthen local control. "
Are there nobles willing to change? the answer is negative!
Everyone is not a fool. Who wants to give up the developed fiefdom and run out to start a business again?
However, there is a kind of people who are willing to go, that is, the military merit is stuck under the threshold of the aristocracy, and the new paramilitary aristocracy who has been unable to cross this threshold has been delayed.
In this era, it is very difficult to become aristocracy. For example, in this war, the number of officers and soldiers who can cross the threshold of aristocracy will not exceed two digits, and there may not be one division in so many troops.
Since the reform of Franz's military system, there are not a few people who are stuck. Even if some people have reached the threshold of the general by virtue of military exploits, they have not yet won the title of nobility.
A title means social status, with the Balkans next to Austria. Both the Duchy of the Danube Basin and Serbia are fertile plains, but they lack effective development.
People with vision and ambition will naturally not give up this opportunity. Once these people have passed, Austria's ground for local rule is established.
For their own benefit, these people will spontaneously defend Austrian rule and suppress the Ottoman iniquity.
As for whether Austria can obtain sovereignty over these lands, this issue can be ignored. Even if sovereignty is not obtained, it will not affect everyone's actual status, and the Ottoman Empire has no ability to recover the lost land.
Want someone to support the local independence and support the puppet regime? The Austrian army did not do nothing on the ground. The first thing to do was the original ruling class.
The aristocrats of the Ottoman Empire arrested, the officials of the Ottoman Empire arrested, the merchants of the Ottoman Empire arrested, and the supporters of the Ottoman Empire arrested ...
In short, as long as it is related to the Ottoman Empire, all threatening or possibly threatening Austrian rule are in prison.
In other words, the local upper-class society was swept away, and the rest were either serfs or civilians. Those who can write their names are considered intellectuals.
To encourage them to become independent, first let them know what the word "independence" is. This can't be done in a short time.
Franz can be sure that if Austria's military control over the region ends now, social order will soon collapse.
As an emancipator, the old system was pushed to the end, and the new system naturally had to be established. It would be much more loyal to establish it with your own people than with outsiders.
Franz thought for a while and said, "Let's do this, and build the foundation of the local government as soon as possible.
If the British and French defeats in the Near East War are just fine, if they win, maybe they are tied, then our trouble will come.
They will not watch us swallow such a big profit. If the Russians do not get Constantinople, they will also be jealous of our gains.
In the face of interests, the relationship of allies is not necessarily reliable. The Tsarist government did stupid things when the British did not encourage it. "
This is not the heart of Franz, the bad reputation of Mao Xiong is not groundless, but countless piled up with countless facts.
The British pit teammates, the French pit teammates, everyone still has a bit of a good photo, not too much, at least barely passable face, when Mao Xiongkeng teammates were shocking.
"Yes, Your Majesty!" Prime Minister Felix replied
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Balkan Peninsula
Since the end of the Paris conference, the British have had the energy to teach Greece this disobedient younger brother.
Do you think that you can escape punishment under the banner of civilian armed forces without the banner of the government? Dream it! Do not look at who is fooling, want to play tricks, do you know who is the ancestor in this regard?
Now that the Greeks are playing tricks, the British decided to talk to them well, of course this time with their fists to reason.
By October, the British reinforcements were already in place. Three infantry divisions plus a remnant from the Balkans would be combined to form a division of 51,000 British troops.
In addition to the 16,000 Sardinian army and the 12,000 Ottoman army, the three-nation coalition formed a search for the Greeks' mischief.
The result is naturally self-evident, and the Greek "civilian armed forces" that even the Ottoman army could not defeat were naturally touched.
The Greek kingdom was too poor, and ran to play for the navy. The army's weapons and equipment naturally had no money to replace. After blindly expanding the team, it could not be done with a gun.
From the beginning, the Ottomans were not prepared, and the army was fighting on the front lines. The Greeks were naturally invincible. When the Ottoman Empire responded, after some troops were drawn from the front lines, their offensive was blocked.
Now that the British are operating on them, in addition to teaching two or five children, it is more important that this is a soft persimmon.
John Bull is also face-saving. After so long fighting, they also know that fur bears are not easy to mess with, and it is too difficult to fight a beautiful war. The hard bones should be handed over to the French. The British Army is limited in size, and it is not possible to put all of his family in it.
In order to restore the reputational damage caused by the Sofia campaign, the British Army warned Major-General Oliver to be guilty of crimes and find his face in the Greeks.
The British were ruthless, and the Greeks naturally couldn't carry it. They were first thrown out of Thrace, now they have retreated to Veria, and they will return to the country soon.
Otto I was anxious. In any case, these troops cannot be returned to the country. This is not just a failure of the war, but more importantly, their "neutral status" is not guaranteed. The war will burn to the Greek Peninsula.
On the chessboard of this great power game, the Greek Kingdom is just an ordinary chess piece, and it is about to become an abandoned piece now.
Otto I asked with interest: "Well, will General Menshkov be willing to send troops?"
The bears are very vengeful. At the critical moment of the second Bulgarian battle, the Greeks only paid attention to grabbing the ground and did not attack the empty Constantinople according to their requirements, otherwise the Near East War would have ended.
No matter how many reasons the Greeks have, this is betrayal in the eyes of the Russians.
Moreover, the Russians are also very busy now, while attacking Constantinople and fighting Britain and France on the Crimean Peninsula, whether they have the energy to rescue Greece is a question.
The Minister of Foreign Affairs replied: "His Majesty, the Russians have offered conditions, unless we declare to join the alliance and declare war against Britain, France and other countries, otherwise they will not send troops to rescue."
Ask your allies for help, then you must be your allies first? The Greek Kingdom only has an agreement between Austria and the Russians. This gentleman agreement has not been fully implemented by themselves. Do you expect the Russians to treat it as one thing?
Otto I sank and said angrily, "Don't you tell our Russians about our difficulties? The geographical location of Greece determines that we have no way to be the enemy of Britain and France, or we will soon face the disaster."
When he said this, Otto I's confidence was still a bit inadequate. Feng Shui rotates. It was the Greeks who had offended Britain and France in the first place and wanted to grab the ground. They did not care about the overall situation. Now they need others to take care of the overall situation.
"His Majesty, the attitude of the Russians is very clear. They believe that since we have joined the war, we have stood on the opposite side of Britain and France.
General Menshkov said: If we still treat them as allies, we will join the alliance directly. The Foreign Minister explained
This is the fact that Greece sent troops to attack the Ottoman Empire, which not only contained the Ottoman army, but also interrupted their local collection of materials.
These gaps must be filled by Britain and France. Although Greece did not declare war on Britain and France, it has already caused losses to them in action.
Otherwise, the British will not come over to stab them in person, and now they are not directly attacking the Greek mainland. It is not that the British are afraid, but political needs.
Taking the liberty to attack a sovereign country is easily attacked by public opinion. The British also have a face, anyway, Greece is so weak, the British Army needs to use them to record their achievements, it is not worth their tears to disguise.
Otto I was embarrassed. If he joined the alliance, Greece would soon be patronized by the British and French navies. I do n’t know how many port cities will be destroyed in the war.
But refused to join the alliance, the Russians would not send troops to rescue them.
According to the current situation, it won't be long before the frontline Greek army loses all the way back to the homeland, and the enemy can follow in all the way.
At that time, Greece will still be dragged into the war. It is impossible for him to abandon all the frontline troops and prevent them from returning to the country?
If it does happen, it is estimated that the national will soon turn his back.
Otto I asked whimsically: "If we disarm the returned army as a neutral country, is it possible for the British to stop?"
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