It is also a good thing that the Habsburgs do not participate in the struggle for the throne, and the most favorable decisions can be made from the standpoint of the bystanders.

Besides, the current kingdom of Spain is full of bad things, and it is not so easy to solve internal problems.

Throughout the ages, courtiers have had a common problem, they don't like strong monarchs. Europe's succession system is perfect, and the situation is even better, and there is no room for them to play.

This time the king of Spain is different, the king of the foreign household cannot do without the support of the local powerful faction, so the last king of Spain is mostly an incompetent king.

There has already been an unlucky Mexican emperor, and if there is another incompetent king, Franz is very suspicious that there will be a few points of Habsburg glory left.

After all, the palms and backs of the hands are full of meat. The son was too young to ignore, and the two younger brothers and several side princes had the same chance, and Franz was not easy to interfere with.

Spain is already difficult to handle, and the addition of a weak king does not complicate the problem?

There is no doubt that the Habsburgs have cultivated many defective products, in addition to Massimiliano, an idealist, there are also children who eat, drink and have fun.

In terms of destructive power, the gentlemen are far inferior to the idealists. But it is impossible to expect these people to succeed.

Prime Minister Felix said: "Your Majesty, judging from the current situation, the struggle for the Spanish throne will not end in a short time.

Coupled with the competition for the throne of Poland next door, it has also been decided for a long time, and I am afraid that the situation in Europe will become more and more tense in the future.

In order to deal with the next complex situation, it is necessary to prepare in advance so as not to be caught off guard. ”

Will there be war on the continent now? No one can answer this question, and it is a matter of a split second.

From the point of view of the Vienna government, of course, I don't want to see a war break out in Europe at this time.

The Second Industrial Revolution had just begun, and Austria had managed to get to the forefront of the world, and once the war broke out, it was completely lost.

Franz was able to control Austria, but he could not control the rest of Europe. Now that everyone smells of gunpowder, it will be a tragedy if one of the second goods provokes a war.

The battle for the Spanish throne in the original time and space led to the Franco-Prussian War, and now the Prussians don't have the courage to PK with the French, who can guarantee that the French will not take the initiative to do things?

In these years, the French already have the signs of God being the greatest, and they are second. The British at sea can still suppress them, and on land they don't care about anyone.

If the French had invaded Austria, then Franz would have laughed and easily killed them. If they attacked Prussia, the German Confederation or Belgium, it would be confusing.

Fighting on home, Franz was fully sure of victory. Cross-border warfare will only be known until it is fought.

There are many things to consider in war, and the strength that can be invested is different in different regions.

The Russians are a negative teaching material, limited by transportation, unable to give full play to the superiority in military strength, and as a result, they were counterattacked.

France and Austria in the original time and space were all negative teaching materials that knelt down before they had time to exert their full strength.

The Franco-Austrian alliance is even more unreliable than the Russian-Austrian alliance, and the two sides only need a temporary alliance because of interests. There is no such thing as traditional friendship, and the history of the two countries is a history of war.

Since the Middle Ages, the Habsburgs have been consumed with the French, and the two sides have begun to fight to the death.

It was also done under Charles V: punching Ottoman, kicking France.

Of course, it takes more time to be beaten by others. In general, there are mutual winners and losers, as evidenced by the fact that all three are still alive.

Since there is no historical burden, there is no pressure to tear up the covenant. Credibility has not been strictly observed by a monarch since Maximilian I.

So far, Franz has not broken his contract, and with a bit of luck, he could break that record.

Now everyone's credibility is based on the premise of insufficient interests. As long as the interests are in place, the covenant is waste paper.

"First of all, we should make limited preparations for war, such as increasing reserve training, and do not blindly expand the number of troops, so as not to provoke countries and make the situation more complicated.

Now that the possibility of a full-scale war on the European continent is very small, there is no need to get nervous, and even if the situation suddenly gets out of control and everyone is not prepared, we will not suffer. ”

Franz didn't think that a big war would break out now, unless it was a collective head convulsion, otherwise even if there was a conflict, it could be forced to press.

The British were allies of Austria on this issue, and both sides had the need to maintain a balanced and stable European balance.

The effect of the butterfly effect was powerful, and Amadeo I, who had the support of the French and succeeded to the throne, was now strongly opposed by Napoleon III.

There was no way, Napoleon III annexed the Kingdom of Sardinia, and at that time did not directly oust the Sardinian royal family, and the two sides had already made a feud.

To dominate the continent, the French must first stabilize Spain. Napoleon III naturally could not have watched the birth of an anti-French Spanish king, which directly eliminated Amadeo.

The candidates were excluded one after another, and Franz felt a little sorry for Spain. Almost all the candidates with high support ratings were rejected by the French.

If it was Spain in its heyday, it naturally didn't care about the attitude of the French. Not now, if a monarch is forcibly installed against whom the French are strongly opposed, Napoleon III will definitely have to intervene.

The Provisional Government did not have the confidence to say no to the French and had to continue with the election. Those with high support are eliminated, and even if the candidate with low support inherits the throne, I am afraid it will be difficult to convince everyone.

It can be said that before the French have done anything, Spain is about to be pitted to death. A king who does not have a high enough approval rating, wants to take control of the country, and will have fun in the future.

Franz was not prepared to intervene, the French had already strayed, and the final result was the same with or without the Spaniards.

Without their restraint, the French could have gone far on the road to death. In that case, why bother.

The effort is proportional to the gain, and Austria's energy is not unlimited, and if it invests more in Spain, it will naturally invest less in other places.

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Blessings are incomparable, and disasters are not singular.

The year 1868 was destined to be a bitter year for the Spanish people, with a conservative economic crisis in the first half and a war in the second half.

The status quo before the revolution in the Kingdom of Spain was: land annexation was severe, and the peasants had no land to cultivate; A large number of factories in the city went bankrupt, and the streets were full of unemployed people.

After the success of the revolution, the situation did not improve, but worsened, adding a collapse of law and order.

The Interim Government has neither the experience nor the ability to control the situation. As soon as he took power, he took it for granted that Isabel II's police force was abolished.

The executioners who suppressed the revolution were gone, and the law and order in Madrid was over. The rebel army does not mean that the military discipline is strict, more often than not, it is still a rabble.

The Spanish rebels were better at war than the rabble, but they were a rabble when it came to maintaining law and order. The executioner police, who were hated by them in the past, are actually the guardians of order.

Without restraint, robbery, rape, murder, ...... and other vicious crimes, which are constantly staged in Madrid.

No matter how bad the order is, it is better than nothing, the people of Madrid did not understand before, and now they finally understand.

As a result, Madrid became the most chaotic capital in all of Europe. The rebel army, which was embraced by the people and entered the city, lost the hearts of the people in the shortest possible time.

These minor issues cannot be taken into account by the Provisional Government, the election of the king is a major matter, and all other issues are minor issues.

Soon the big problem came, and in October 1868, a massive uprising broke out in Cuba, thousands of miles away, and the rebels snowballed, and the Cuban crisis broke out.

For Spain, it was a heavy blow. Cuba was one of Spain's richest colonies, and it was able to provide Spain with enormous wealth every year.

Prior to this, the Americans had offered $100 million to buy Cuba, but the Spanish government refused without considering it.

Clearly, Cuba's value is much higher than that. Since the fall of Spain, the blood transfusion of the Cuban colonies has also been an important guarantee for maintaining the status of Spain as a great power.

Not only the government is anxious, but many people with vested interests in the country are also anxious. Much of Cuba's increased wealth went into the pockets of individuals, without which many Spanish nobles would have had a hard time.

The Francisco government, which had just come to power, faced its first challenge: if the Cuban question was not properly handled, the Kingdom of Spain would suffer a heavy blow both financially and economically.

The support of the capitalists and aristocrats for the government will also be affected by this. In any case, Francisco had to put down the rebellion.

There is no doubt that this rebellion is not simple, and there is also the participation of international forces behind it, otherwise it would not have suddenly erupted by relying on the local indigenous people.

Although the United States is divided into two, this does not mean that they are settled. He also supported the Mexican Civil War and instigated the Indian tribes to rebel against Austria in Central America.

Now it was Spain's turn to be unlucky, and the four great powers that intervened in the American Civil War were the best to bully. Now the Americans are beginning to probe and it is also starting with Spain.

Prior to this, both supporting Mexican rebels and inciting Mesoamerican Indian tribes to rebel had been carried out in secret.

It was the arms smugglers who were responsible for the execution, and the evidence left behind did not involve the federal government at all. When things were going on in Cuba, the situation changed, and the magnitude of the action was much greater.

Almost everyone knows that the Americans are supporting the Cuban independence organization. The intensity of the support this time is too great to hide at all.

This is the fault of the economic crisis, which has plunged the United States into an economic crisis by dumping goods from Britain and Austria into the United States.

The Confederate was okay, anyway, their industry was not good, and the damage was not very large. The federal government in the north is miserable, completely miserable.

In New York, it's raining. Now when New Yorkers pass by Wall Street, they must pay attention to the top of their heads, otherwise they will be unjustly killed and stoned.

It was at this time that an uprising against Spanish rule broke out in Cuba, and in order to get out of the economic crisis, the capitalists of the Federation set their sights on Cuba.

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