Chapter 136： It ’s also difficult for me to do this

Berlin

Ever heard that a large donation had been raised in Austria, Frederick William IV was thrilled. That's right, it's exciting, it's definitely not angered.

Except for the Kingdom of Prussia, if the donations collected in the entire German region are converted into Austrian guilders, there will be about 43 million dongs, and Austria alone will contribute more than 30 million.

This money is already equivalent to the fiscal revenue of the Prussian kingdom for half a year. If all the money is available, it will undoubtedly be a timely rain for the Prussian government with insufficient financial resources.

Unfortunately, Her Majesty Franz proposed a special fund, and as a result, many German states followed suit. Of course, they were not as careful as Her Majesty Franz.

So far, the Prussian government has received more than 5 million rupiah donations from the German region, and most of the rest have been intercepted by their respective governments.

How can bureaucrats do nothing for such a big sum? Their donations don't want to be as rigorous as Franz's, they all issued receipts and they could be refunded if they were not used up.

As you can imagine, the rest of the money is doomed to the hands of the Prussian government.

What depresses Frederick-William IV is that in the media, the Kingdom of Prussia has received donations from the German region, and this total amount has exceeded 100 million dongs.

In this era, the news is not flowing smoothly. There is no bank flow to check. Anyway, it is said casually that states do not want to lose face, and donate astronomical figures one by one.

Is it true or not?

Anyway, the data published by the media in various places is not officially recognized, it does not matter if it is found in the future.

If you meet a shameless government, you will give the money to the Prussian government, and no one can prove that you did not give it.

For example, Franz allocated the first donation to the Prussian government, a total of one million dongs, all in cash, and transferred to the Prussian embassy under the witness of the media.

Of course, maybe one million is too small, and one million in Vienna newspapers has become three million. If Franz is unscrupulous, it would not be impossible to swallow the extra two million shields.

Not everyone is so particular about Franz. Misreporting donations is only a minor issue. In many places, only 200,000 were clearly given, and Prussian officials had to sign 500,000 receipts.

Anyway, money is loved in the hands of others. In front of the interests, the combat effectiveness of the bureaucrats has exploded.

Except for the states that are severely affected by Prussia, this phenomenon is smaller, and the states in the South German region have become the worst-hit areas.

Prussian Prime Minister Joseph von Radovitz said anxiously: "Your Majesty, we can't ask for this money!"

"What's wrong?" Frederick William IV asked in confusion.

Dissatisfaction with the German states, but there is no need to live with money? Even if a large part of the bureaucrats of various countries are corrupted, it is not a small number in the end.

Now the Prussian government is in high debt. If it is not a different time, Frederick-William IV is ready to declare the government bankruptcy and rely on all debt.

"Your Majesty, these states are nominally supporting us in fighting, but they are actually concealed.

Now that they hold us so high, if the Russians insist that we give up the two principalities of Schleswig and Holstein, how should we end?

Now that all countries in Europe, except the German region, are on our opposite side, the Danes are fearless and will not make concessions. "Joseph von Radovitz smiled wryly

There is no doubt that the use of war to divert domestic contradictions is overkill. Now the Prussian government is riding a tiger. If they could not take back the two principalities of Schleswig and Holstein, they would not be able to explain to the people.

This is not only the people in Prussia, but also the people in Germany.

Domestic public opinion, they can also think of ways to guide, foreign public opinion do not think about it, is it blame not to be hacked?

This question was also thought of by Frederick-William IV, but he had no choice. Whether or not he received the money, the final result would not change.

Successfully regained the two principalities of Schleswig and Holstein. They were the heroes of the German nation, and failed. They were the national thieves of the German nation.

Unless they dare to fight the Russians with real swords, then no matter if they win or lose, they can pass.

In this era, Russia is the European supremacy. It is normal for Prussia to single out the Russians. It is understandable that they will transfer this anger to Austria and other states that have not participated in the war.

If the Prussian government retreats without a shot, how can nationalists and patriots accept it?

From the point of view of ordinary people, all the states in the German region are now backing them, even if they are against the Russians, shouldn't they be advised?

The opinion is terrible, the Russians are even more terrible!

If the Russian-Prussian War breaks out, who will Austria help?

According to Frederick-William IV, Austria is unlikely to fall to Russia. Under the pressure of public opinion, most of them will support Prussia.

Unfortunately, this support is very limited, and it is impossible for Austria to make a real contribution. After all, the Kingdom of Prussia is dead, and Austria's biggest obstacle to unifying the German region is gone.

The weak support from Austria also offsets diplomatic pressure from France. The wave of flags of a large group of German states is offsetting the diplomatic pressure of small European countries.

The diplomatic pressure on the Kingdom of Prussia is now much smaller than in history; the pressure imposed by domestic patriots has exceeded the historical period.

Neither Prime Minister Joseph von Radviell nor King Frederick William IV will be able to make up their minds to abandon the two principalities of Schleswig and Holstein.

Too much was invested, and the war funding paid by the Prussian Kingdom for this war has already exceeded Austria's expenditure in the Osa war.

It has been more than a year since the outbreak of the war. Although the real time between the two sides is very short, the Prussian army also beat the Danes, but military confrontation also costs money!

Military expenditures during wartimes are often several times or more than those during peacetimes, which is not easy for the poor Prussian kingdom.

The military expenditure of the Kingdom of Prussia has always remained high. Starting from the throne of Frederick II in 1740, the number of general troops surged from the original 70,000 to 200,000, accounting for 9.4% of the national population. Military expenditure is spent annually on the government 45 of the total budget.

At that time, Prussia was only tenth in area and thirteenth in population in Europe, but its army was second only to Russia, France, and Austria, and ranked fourth in Europe.

Moreover, this number increased to 235,000 with the successor of Frederick II, William II. In the following days, the Prussian army almost never fell below this number.

With such a large army in peaceful times, financial pressures can be imagined for the Prussian kingdom, which has a small population and has not completed industrialization.

For this country, fiscal deficits are commonplace. In this case, it is very difficult for the Kingdom of Prussia to seek external loans or issue bonds.

It was because the government had run out of money that Frederick-William IV would put down his face and turn to the German state for help. Even if he knew that the money was not easy to take, he accepted it.

"It's too late to say now, let our people collect evidence first, and if something goes wrong in the future, we can also pull them into the water.

This is all a bad idea. The last resort is to keep the two principalities of Schleswig and Holstein, when the states and parliaments obediently send the money over. Frederick William IV said fiercely

"Your Majesty, I'm afraid it's not that simple. At that time, most of these states will ask for the independence of these two principalities." Joseph von Radovico thought about it

"Don't worry, as long as these two principalities are successfully taken back, and the established facts will be created by then, they will not be able to do anything, and we will not have no supporters." Frederick William IV said confidently

After so many years of propaganda, the idea of ​​Little German has overwhelmed the theory of Great Germany in many regions, and there are not many people who support the unification of the Kingdom of Prussia by Germany.

Had Franz not disturbed the Frankfurt conference, the idea of ​​little German would now have become mainstream in the German region.

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The persistence of the Prussian government embarrassed the St. Petersburg government.

From the beginning they were on the Danish side, and the Tsarist government had announced that if the Prussian government did not budge, it would use force.

What should we do now? Do it, it will be cheap for the Austrians; if you do n’t do it, will the Russian Empire lose face?

Even their own little brother can't keep it. The tsarist government is indifferent. Are they still embarrassed to mingle on the international stage?

It can only be said that it is no longer than it was then.

At that time, the Tsarist government could use credibility as toilet paper and throw it away. Now the Russian Empire is already fighting for world supremacy. If it does not pay attention to credibility, who will serve them?

The world boss who is lonely and widowed, looks prestigious, but actually is in crisis. Unless it is possible to unify the world by force, it is enough to refer to Napoleon.

St. Petersburg

Nicholas I asked with concern: "What does the Austrian government say, are they willing to mediate this Putin war?"

"His Majesty, the Austrian government refused to participate in the mediation. The old fox from Metternich stated that due to domestic public opinion, the Austrian government's participation in the mediation will only be on the Prussian side." Foreign Minister Karl Voselrod answered in a dilemma

It is no secret that the Russians did not want to go to war with the Kingdom of Prussia, and that the Tsarist government was trying to avoid it. It was naturally learned by the Prussian government.

Tragically, after the Prussian government obtained this information, they directly made a strategic misjudgment that the Russians would not interfere by force, which increased their confidence.

"Damn, the Austrians are probably still dreaming of our spring and autumn dreams to help them remove the obstacles to the unification of Germany. Aren't they afraid we leaked the Russian-Olympic Treaty?" Nicholas I whispered to himself

Everyone is a person with a wink, and dare not answer stupidly: not afraid.

Once the Russian-Olympic Treaty is leaked out, the strategy behind Austria will be in trouble, and the strategy behind Russia will be directly dead.

The annexation of Austria in the South German state would make the British feel daunted, at most it would raise the level of danger close to that of the French, but it is not worth mentioning compared to the Russians who annexed the Ottoman Empire.

The former also has methods to restrict, whether it supports the Kingdom of Prussia, or instigates the relationship between France and Austria, or the relationship between Russia and Austria, it can play a check and balance role.

The latter is not the same. In the current Russian Empire, the British can only look at them. If they annex the Ottoman Empire, it will be a matter of time before the world overlord changes hands.

Even if Nicholas I wanted Laprus to board the ship very much, he did not dare to leak the slightest news to them, and even during the proceedings, the confidentiality work was raised to the highest level.

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