Chapter 411： Six Six Treaty

The European arms race has begun, and the negotiations between France and Austria are nearing completion. Napoleon III wanted to establish Greater France, and Franz also wanted to establish the Great Shinra Empire. Both sides had their own calculations.

There is no doubt that the strategic conflict between France and Austria is almost doomed. But the time of the conflict is definitely not now.

Before the empire was established, France and Austria were still allies and needed to work together to share international pressure. This was a cooperation with Tigers.

On June 6, 1866, Wesenberg, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the New Holy Roman Empire, and Abraham, Minister of Foreign Affairs of France, signed the Treaty of Six and Six.

The treaty includes: 1. Formal alliance between France and the New Holy Roman Empire, the covenant is valid for ten years;

2. The two countries recognize each other's spheres of influence, mainly in areas under actual control;

3. Austria sold the suzerainty of the two Sicilian kingdoms, the Papal States, Tuscany and other Italian states to France for 20 million Aegis (250 million francs);

4. France sells the French Balkans to Austria for 200 million francs (8 million Aegis), and sells the colonies at the intersection of West Africa and the New Holy Roman Empire for 50 million francs;

5. Austria acquiesces in France's annexation of Belgium, the two Sicilian kingdoms, the Papal States, Tuscany and other regions, and as a cost France does not interfere in Austria's unification of the German region; (the disputed region is on hold)

6. The two countries divided the sphere of influence of the African continent:

The French acquired most of North Africa and parts of West Africa;

(Remarks: mainly parts of present-day Egypt, Tunisia, Algeria, Morocco, Mauritania, Western Sahara, Senegal, Gambia, Mali, Niger, Al-Quds and Sudan ...)

The New Holy Roman Empire gained much of West and Central Africa, North Africa, and parts of South Africa;

(Mainly today: Libya, Burkina Faso, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Cape Verde, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Côte d'Ivoire, Ghana, Togo, Benin, Nigeria, Central Africa, Cameroon, Gabon, Congo, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe, part of Sudan and Sudan ...)

Remarks: Most of East Africa and South Africa that have not been included in the sphere of influence of the two countries. Whoever wins first, the two recognize each other's sphere of influence in the African continent.

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There is no doubt that this six-six treaty is full of compromises and uncertainties. The alliance time is only ten years, and both sides are well prepared for the future.

The core contradiction of the Rhineland region did not make a clear agreement in the treaty, which laid a hidden danger for the future of the two countries.

Of course, there is no verbal agreement in the treaty, who owns it. In other words, whoever's fist goes to whom.

How to determine it, when the French empire is completed, or the German region is unified first, is the time to solve the problem.

In Franz's view, apart from sharing diplomatic pressure with the French, the treaty only divides the interests of the African continent, and France and Austria each occupy a third of the African continent.

If it weren't for the lack of strength of the two countries in East Africa and South Africa, in the end, it would be to add two to five to directly divide the African continent.

Enclosure is just a promise. The African continent is not small, even if it is a third, it is more than 10 million square kilometers.

Franz sent so many migrants in the past, less than five million square kilometers in the actual area of ​​control on the African continent, and the rest were only nominal domination.

Not to mention the French, even if Napoleon III emigrated from the Balkans, there were millions of immigrants in French African colonies, and it was OK to control the coastal areas, let alone think about it.

Austria's colonization is okay. Even if there are colonial strongholds of other countries, it is not a climate, and it is not difficult to clear them.

The French are busy, for example: Did the British agree in Egypt? Another example: In the Morocco region, we also need to ask Spain and John Niu to agree.

East Africa and South Africa, for the time being, are justified without any division. The French really couldn't swallow it, and it was easy to sign a treaty, but there was no strength to make it a reality. That was a joke.

Two points on the African continent is just that France and Austria closed their doors behind themselves. In fact, this plan cannot be achieved without kicking out the British, Portuguese, Spanish, and Dutch.

For Franz, the Dutch can be ignored, and the Spaniards can also be ignored. These two countries have a small range of influence on the African continent and do not respond to the new Holy Roman Empire.

The treaty will be Austria for a while, and the new Holy Roman Empire for a while. This is the European tradition. There is no way, otherwise it has no legal effect.

The sovereignty of the Italian state is in Austria. Although this is only everyone's default, since the French now recognize it, they can only buy it from Austria.

Similarly, Franz intends to merge the French Balkans into Austria, which can only be paid by Austria itself, otherwise the other state parliaments have opinions.

The colony was owned by the new Holy Roman Empire and was naturally purchased by the central government. Although this is a left-handed right-handed problem for Franz, it is still necessary to follow the legal procedures.

All the states in the empire have benefited from the colonies. Naturally, this cost of colonization must be shared by everyone.

After the localization of the African colonies, there will be more problems. Now these systems must be clarified.

Franz is very satisfied with this treaty. Austria has long lost control of the Italian state, or has never really controlled it.

If the Italian region is annexed, Austria will become a replica of the Austro-Hungarian Empire within ten years.

We need to know that Italy has a population of more than 25 million and is still a nation with a unified cultural tradition. How difficult is this assimilation, Franz has realized it.

After so many years, Lombardy-Venesia still has a strong Italian flavor. In contrast, the rest of Austria has basically changed under the influence of Germanic culture.

There is no way to make it easy for them to learn German and learn German. It is enough to send the children to school as soon as possible, but it takes a lot of time to wash away the local customs and culture.

In any case, the mark of Italy will be diminished for each generation. According to the current progress, it will take two or three generations to complete the national integration in Austrian Italy.

Many other nationalities in Austria have become Germans.

For example, the Czechs have long been assimilated in culture. Except for different languages, there is no difference between the local life, customs and habits influenced by the aristocracy and the Germans. Now that the language is unified, the last problem no longer exists.

Franz can't do more than 20 million Italians, so he can only send them to harm the French. Regardless of how powerful the French empire can become in the short term, as long as France and Italy merge together, sooner or later they will follow in the footsteps of the Austro-Hungarian Empire.

Do not look at the total population of France now has more than 44 million, this is the result of the annexation of the Kingdom of Sardinia and more than 6 million people. The main ethnic groups in France now include: French, Corsican, Brittany, and Italian.

It is just that the French, Corsicans and Brittany have completed national integration, and the new Italians are incompatible with them.

After annexing several Italian states, Napoleon III's largest nation in the French Empire became Italian.

It is estimated that he would not care about it. In the case of the Emperor himself, the Italians became the largest nation. Is it still a problem?

It's too early to talk about this issue. Now for Napoleon III, the biggest question is how to annex these Italian states, instead of considering the trouble caused by the annexation.

It is impossible to swallow it directly, and European countries will not let this happen. France is also not a Shinto Empire, and it can increase seats in several states.

In terms of jurisprudence, the Kingdom of Sardinia is still an independent country. They and the French monarchy are not part of France.

Although the Paris government controls the internal and foreign affairs of the Kingdom of Sardinia, this cannot be changed. The French wanted to merge the kingdom of Sardinia with a long way to go.

Franz didn't know what Napoleon III thought, but Franz had already helped with the plan for annexing the Italian state.

When the conditions are ripe, they will appear in the hands of Napoleon III. The method is very simple: first form the Italian Federation, let the Italian states join it, and then let the Italian Federation and France form a new federal empire.

Does it look very familiar? That's right, this is Franz's reference to the Austro-Hungarian Empire, specially designed for Napoleon III.

Anyway, no one has experienced it, and no one knows how pitfalls the dual empire will be. Just like in time and space, the formation of the Austro-Hungarian Empire is also considered a great revival of the Habsburgs.

Coupled with the fact that Napoleon III did not have legal system in Italy at all, and civil supporters were rare, and now only by force, the hidden danger was even greater.

Prime Minister Felix said anxiously: "Your Majesty, we have obtained the French Balkans. There are a series of issues to be dealt with later. A bad one will cause greater trouble.

There was a clear agreement in the Russian-Olympic Treaty that the French Balkans were now assigned to the Russians. Although we bought it from the French, the express stipulations in the treaty are no small hassle.

Especially in the Dardanelles, the Russians have been staring. Now they are busy with the Prussian-Russian war, and may not say anything, these are the hidden dangers of Russia-Austria relations in the future. "

The merger of the French Balkans was certainly a good thing for Austria. Not only did he pull out a nail behind it, he also extended his influence to the Aegean region.

However, the consequences are not small. Austria has become the gatekeeper of Europe and blocked the Russians in the Black Sea. The Russian-Austrian alliance is bound to be divided.

There are ambitious France on the west and John Bull, a cuckoo stick, and the Russians on the east, and Austria will have a hard time in the future.

Franz said indifferently: "It doesn't matter. This is our deal with the French. If the Russians are interested in these regions, they can pay for it and multiply the price by 10.

We can also accept a land exchange. If the Tsarist government wants to enter the Mediterranean, let them pay the price they deserve!

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs can contact the Russians. Except for the Polish region, which we don't want, other regions bordering our homeland are acceptable. "

This is nonsense. If the Tsarist government was so rich, it would lay down the entire Balkan Peninsula in one go, and the Russian-Prussian War ended last year.

At that time, the Polish region had not been lost, and most of the military rations could be solved locally. Waterways connected Austria, and logistics was not a problem. As long as they were willing to smash money, the millions of troops rushed all the way, and the Prussians were already on their knees.

If you do n’t have money, you can only replace the territory. Do n’t look at the great achievements of the Russians, but the territories bordering Austria, except for Russia ’s Poland, have only Western Ukraine. This is almost plainly telling the Russians that they are looking at Western Ukraine.

As for how to change the land, the Tsar government does not agree, this is not the point. Anyway, for twenty years, the Russians have not been able to make a comeback.

Twenty years are enough to change a lot of things. By then, Austria ’s African strategy is almost complete. If no accidents happen, the French will also pit.

With any luck, the French may have collapsed on their own. Napoleon III is almost sixty years old, and his body is not very good. He hung up in 1873. It is unknown how long he can live.

There are many illegitimate children, but only one legal son. Born in 1856, if Napoleon III did not live for a few more years, his son would not be able to control the empire.

The dual empire is not something that ordinary people can play with. There is not enough prestige and the wrist to hold down the opposition forces. That is, the problem is the problem.

Also in Paris, a revolutionary sacred place, where any wind and grass may cause a revolution, the monarch was a disaster when he was young.

Even if there is no disaster, it can also be caused artificially, for example: support for Italian independence, or the sudden outbreak of the French-Austrian war.

As long as you step down on France and get rid of the danger of two-line combat, Russia and Austria can really get along well.

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