As the battle for the budget intensified, Franz returned to the Vienna Palace at the end of October, ending his vacation early.

You can go on vacation at any time, and as an emperor, you always have to put state affairs first. Although it is said that the crown prince is trained, it does not mean that he will completely leave it alone.

You must know that there is not much else in politics, but there are many potholes on the road ahead. It's okay to step on small pits, just learn a lesson.

However, there are also some pits that must not be stepped on, and if you step on it, you may fall into it and never get out again.

For example, the annual budget allocation that is currently underway, once the basket is poked out, it will be a fatal bruise.

If you can't balance the needs of all parties, take the budget for granted, or only start from the ideal and efficiency, and put the budget into one or several aspects, then it's over.

In case someone pushes the flames, even if Frederick is the crown prince, he will not be able to eat and walk around. At least the hat of incompetence, that can't be taken off.

A crown prince who wears the hat of "incompetence" before he succeeds to the throne is hardly convincing even if he inherits the throne.

It's not like something like this hasn't happened before. Including Franz suffered losses at the beginning of his succession, but at that time, it was just in time to counterattack the Kingdom of Sardinia and throw the blame on the war.

Now that the world is peaceful, and without the help of war, the allocation of the financial budget will be quite a test.

Of course, if you don't want to take responsibility, you can also put the job on the prime minister. It's just that this will lead to the power of the prime minister to become bigger, and if you are not careful, the emperor will become a rubber stamp.

Then put your fate in the hands of someone else, and if you meet a black-hearted person, the royal family will become a clown in the front desk.

In the end, it became the people below to reap the benefits, and the emperor was responsible for carrying the blame, and if he was disobedient, he would die violently. Similar things have happened in history.

On this issue, the state and the enterprise are actually the same.

Many people are fortunate to start a business, and in the end they are fooled and shortaged, and instead of cultivating their descendants, they are handed over to professional managers to take care of.

It seems to be very scientific, but the final outcome usually ends in tragedy.

Just look at the performance of listed companies. In the past 37 years, the delisting rate of U.S.-listed companies has been as high as "72%", and the delisting of these companies is almost the credit of professional managers.

And with the decline of morality and the continuation of the fast pace of society, this rate is still rising.

Although the enterprise was tossed and finished, the professional managers who managed the enterprise made a fortune in the process. It's only the shareholders who really suffer.

Even if a few companies have developed occasionally, the owner of the business has changed, and there is no dime to do with the founder of the company.

Enterprises that really rely on managers to take care of and have no problems are personally restrained by major shareholders and do not let the management of the enterprise let themselves fly.

The same is true of the state, once the emperor is in charge, the bureaucrats will soon let themselves go. Then it degenerates at a speed visible to the naked eye until it is finally hollowed out......

"Flowers are not red for a hundred days", and it is a natural law that flourishes and declines. Watering and fertilizing is nothing more than letting the flowers hang for a few more days.

The same is true for the country, and no one knows what the future holds. Anyway, it's full of uncertainty, so it's better to leave your own country to your own people to toss.

Even if you want to lose, it is better to lose in the hands of your own descendants than to give it to someone else. On this issue, Franz saw very clearly.

In addition to practical needs, the plan to divide the feudal states in the pipeline is also diversifying investment. Place your eggs in different baskets to increase your resilience as much as possible.

Everything that can be done at the moment has been done, and the rest is not what Franz cares about. Anyway, when he is alive, there will definitely be no problems.

Vienna Palace

After listening to Frederick's work report, Franz nodded with satisfaction. There were no big mistakes, and that's enough.

Being able to ensure the normal operation of the empire in times of peace proves Frederick's ability to run the empire.

As for the war years?

It is estimated that Frederick will not meet him, and once the battle for maritime supremacy is over, the Holy Roman Empire will become the only superpower.

With the strong strength of Shinra, for a long time in the future, there will be no opponent who is evenly matched.

Unless aliens invade, only Shinra will beat others.

By the time of Frederick, there were at most some local wars, which could not be called a challenge at all. After that, there will be the era of "nuclear peace", and the probability of a major war will be even smaller.

After the debriefing, Franz smiled and asked, "Frederick, what do you think of the all-heavy artillery battleship plan that the Admiralty has made up?" ”

It seems that Franz would ask this question. Frederick was stunned for a moment, then replied, "It looks good, but it's too expensive."

We can get all-heavy artillery battleships, and the British can naturally do it. When the time comes, there will be another naval arms race.

Although our industrial strength surpasses that of the British, the government will not be able to spend much more on the navy than the British. In the end, it is likely to be a lose-lose situation.

The probability of winning may not be as good as the Air Force's Terminator program, at least the Air Force is forced to rush and can also hit warships with planes.

Of course, in the long run, we are not unacceptable to the outcome of losing both sides. It's just that in this way, the Americans and Russians are cheaper.

In recent times, the United States and the tsarist government have been in a heated fight. Perhaps at some point, the two fringe countries will form an alliance.

Although their national strength was far inferior to that of the British in a short period of time, their development potential was higher than that of Britain.

Fighting the British, becoming two competitors with greater potential is a deal that is not worth the loss.

For the sake of the Empire, while we pull down the British, we must also inherit the British legacy, otherwise we will be busy in vain.

To do this, it was necessary to ensure that after defeating the British, the Imperial Navy would still have the strength to suppress the nations of the world. ”

Not optimistic, this is inevitable.

The Holy Roman Empire's revenues were high, but their expenses were just as staggering. It is impossible for the government to invest all its revenue in the construction of the navy.

Purely fighting for financial resources, the HRE does not have an advantage in a short period of time. Unless the time is delayed for more than ten or twenty years, waiting for the further development of the HRE, the Viennese government will be able to have the financial resources to crush the British.

In contrast, the Air Force's "Terminator Program" is more favorable. With the continuous development of aviation technology, the carrying capacity of aircraft is also increasing day by day.

As of now, the largest strategic bomber of the HRE Air Force has been able to carry two tons of ammunition.

Equipped with specially made giant bombs, it was enough to pose a threat to the battleship. The only problem is that the accuracy is not enough, and it is difficult to hit accurately.

However, the Air Force has begun to find a way to solve this problem. It's really not good to be accurate, and you can use the number to make up.

It's a big deal to fight for luck, thousands of bombers are on the battlefield, and there will always be a few who are lucky. As long as you are willing to spend money, you can also smash the Royal Navy to death.

If you're really unlucky, you can hit a warship with a plane. While it's a joke, this kind of suicide attack is really effective.

During the war against France, a reconnaissance plane encountered an accident in the air and was unable to return normally.

At the last moment, the pilot was heroic and crashed directly into a French warship, exploding a large fireworks.

There is not only one similar case, but most of them did not hit the target. But as long as it hits, the effect is exceptionally good.

Of course, this is not to say that the HRE pilots are really not afraid of death. The main thing is that the planes of this year, once they encounter an accident at sea, they are already dead.

Forced landing at sea, that's completely overthinking, and it's not a seaplane. When an ordinary plane lands at sea, it sinks to the bottom of the sea with a thud.

Parachuting is equivalent to going into the sea to feed the fish, don't say that the news can't be sent back, even if it is sent back, you can't wait for rescuers to arrive.

If you choose to crash into the enemy's warship, you will pull a cushion before you die. By the way, make some contributions to your family, after all, military merit is still effective when people die, and the rewards they deserve will not be less.

According to the plan of the Ministry of the Air Force, if it really comes to a critical moment, it can really be a fight. As long as the death squad looks carefully, they will always be able to find it.

It's really not enough to make up the number of people, and it can also create accidents artificially. In the end, there are too many people who choose to pull the enemy on their backs.

Politics is how dark it is. As long as the stakes are big enough, there is nothing that politicians can't do.

Franz laughed and scolded: "The Air Force's Terminator plan is the real bad idea." Thousands of bombers, they really dare to think.

While aviation technology is developing, the cost of building aircraft is also rising, and the requirements for the quality of pilots are also increasing.

If the technology is in place, the cost of thousands of bombers is estimated to be able to build hundreds of battleships.

It's cheap, and I think the most expensive thing in the future is the Air Force. Wait, in less than 30 years, the Air Force's military spending will be on par with that of the Army and Navy. ”

If it weren't for the experience of his previous life, maybe Franz would have been fooled by the Air Force's plan. After all, the picture cake given by the Air Force does look very tempting.

It's a pity that this thing is delicious, but it's really not cheap!

The current planes are not valuable, and thousands of bombers are only tens of millions of Aegis, and they are not much more expensive if you count the logistical maintenance of pilots.

The future will be different, and soon aircraft worth tens of thousands of dollars will be outdated, replaced by sky-high prices worth hundreds of thousands, hundreds of thousands, or even millions.

Whether the entire Holy Roman Empire can afford to raise a thousand bombers is unknown, let alone assemble thousands of bombers at once.

What's more, the enemy is not stupid, the British are also developing the Air Force. If you run to someone's lair to carry out an attack, your air force will also fight back.

To cover a thousand bombers, how many fighter escorts are needed?

It's a terrible question to think about, otherwise during World War II, the German Air Force would have sent all the Royal Navy to sea.

It's not that I don't want to, it's that I can't do it at all. Instead of carrying out this unreliable plan of the Air Force, Franz felt that the Navy's plan was good.

The "all-heavy artillery battleship" is the dreadnought of the original time and space. It was originally made by the British, but it almost buried the Royal Navy.

Regardless of whether it can surpass the British Navy in the end, at least the two sides will be pulled to the same starting line, erasing the advantages accumulated by the Royal Navy in the early stage.