The Prussian-Danish War led to the collapse of the Vienna system, which caused disharmony among many small European countries, and without the protection of this system, everyone would return to a precarious era.

As a rule-breaker, Prussia naturally pulled up hatred. The most immediate consequence was that the countries sided with the Danes in the Prussian-Danish War.

Of course, this does not prevent everyone from supporting the Prussians in the confrontation between Prussia. International politics has always been in favor of what is beneficial to oneself and opposes what affects one's own interests.

St. Petersburg, the whole world awaited the actions of the tsarist government.

If it was the time of Nicholas I, then there was not a word to say - hit. It was not difficult for the Russian Empire to cripple Prussia with its great strength.

It is difficult to say how much it will cost. At least one thing is certain, as long as the tsarist government does not die, the Kingdom of Prussia will not be able to counterattack.

Just look at the map to see how big the Russian Empire is, Prussia has no possibility of smashing the Yellow Dragon directly, once it starts, it will be a war of attrition.

The Russians are the least afraid of a war of attrition, and at the same time the most afraid of it. The tsarist government lacked nothing but money.

Alexander II hesitated, he did not want to fight this war now. There is no money in his pocket, and he has no confidence to speak. Prussia was easy to deal with, but Britain and France were very difficult to deal with.

Foreign Minister Clarence Ivanov analyzed: "Your Majesty, the position of the European countries is clear, and they have condemned Prussia's illegal acts, but no country has taken substantive action.

It can be judged that Britain and France put pressure on the countries to remain neutral in the Prussian-Danish War in order to attack us.

If we fail to preserve the Kingdom of Denmark, our international reputation will inevitably be damaged, and even our current international status will be lost.

The Prussians were very resolute and had already rejected our advice. If you want to keep the Kingdom of Denmark, you can't use diplomacy, you can only rely on force. ”

"Did the Austrians not move, did they just let the Viennese system break?" Alexander II asked with concern

"Austria broke off diplomatic relations with the Kingdom of Denmark as early as last year when the Kingdom of Denmark merged the Duchy of Schleswig-Holstein.

Now neither country has been able to normalize relations, and the likelihood of the Viennese government supporting the Kingdom of Denmark is almost zero. Foreign Minister Clarence Ivanov replied

Obviously, this was not the answer that Alexander II wanted. The severance of diplomatic relations between Prussia and Austria is not a conflict of interest between the two countries, but in fact more of a political necessity.

The Vienna government deliberately made a gesture to show the people of the German region that their determination to unify the German region had never weakened.

Political correctness works for every government. Now that Prussia broke the Vienna system and launched a war against the Danes, it made sense that Austria would not act.

Prussia is a German state no matter how it is said, and Denmark is not. The question of helping relatives or helping is very obvious, and the neutrality of the Vienna government is not good with Prussian relatives.

After a long silence, Alexander II continued to ask: "If we go to war with the Kingdom of Prussia, which side will Austria be on?" ”

This was the central issue, Prussia already had the support of Britain and France, and most of Europe wanted to see Russia defeated. Without Austria's support, the war would not have been fought at all.

Foreign Minister Clarence Ivanov explained: "It is not entirely certain that, judging by the intelligence gathered so far, the Viennese government has a higher probability of supporting us.

They wanted to unify the German regions, and the Kingdom of Prussia was the biggest obstacle, and a strong Prussia was not in their interests.

Even if the Kingdom of Prussia was willing to join the HRE Empire, the Vienna government did not want to see a powerful state emerge that would weaken their control over the Empire. ”

After hesitating for a while, Alexander II made a decision: "Tell the Viennese government that as long as we win this war, the Silesian region will be theirs."

In addition to not allowing them to unify the German regions, the Foreign Office can decide on other conditions, and we cannot do without their support in this war. ”

Hit, must fight. The status of the Russian Empire is all fought with a knife and a shot, how can a tsar who does not dare to fight lead Russia?

It would not be possible to destroy the Kingdom of Prussia, it would create an opportunity for Austria to unify the German region, but it would be very necessary to teach this rebel brother a good lesson.

Alexander II had already figured it out that there was no way to hide. All European countries want to interrupt Russia's reforms, even if they dodge this time, there will be a next time.

As soon as the Russian Empire shows the slightest sign of weakness, there will be a situation in which wolves eat tigers. Austria, the strongest ally now, may also become the vanguard of the carve-up of Russia.

It is the best choice to defeat Prussia, which was the first to emerge, otherwise the Russian Empire will inevitably cut the flesh.

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The royal palace of Mexico, since ascending to the throne of the emperor, Massimiliano I has exploded with enthusiasm and strives to build Mexico into a great empire.

He was diligent in his administration and love for the people, worked hard to make the country prosperous, did not lean towards any interest group, and tried his best to be fair and fair. He even pardoned the republicans and spared his political enemies.

Then, as time went on, he reluctantly found that the situation in the country did not improve because of this, but worsened.

The pardon of the republicans did not ease the political struggle in the country. In the blink of an eye, these people ran out again to pull the team and make him the emperor's rebellion.

The emperor was diligent in his administration and loved the people, and the bureaucrats below acted indiscriminately, and the result was naturally of no effect.

The constitutionalists who supported his ascension did not dominate the new government, and Massimiliano I shared power with the centrists and the opposition, causing discontent.

Many members of the constitutionalist faction despaired of the emperor, believing that their investment had been wasted, and they chose to withdraw their investment.

After all, Massimiliano is already an emperor, and even if the constitutionalists regret it, there is no way to change it to a new emperor.

Massimiliano selectively retained most of the fruits of the previous government's reforms, because he did not take into account the dissatisfaction of the soil and water, which caused dissatisfaction among all strata of the country.

For example, at the beginning of the succession, the Catholic Church also made great efforts to recover the land they had lost.

This part of the land was not distributed to the people, but mostly fell into the hands of the republican bureaucracy and the big landlords and big capitalists who supported them. Now that the Republicans have lost politically, the church is naturally going to fight back.

Under normal circumstances, Massimiliano I would have been on the side of his supporters and fought against the republican enemy.

However, he believes that the church should not hold too much land. The land was nationalized and sold by the government to private individuals as a legal transaction.

There is no doubt that this violates the principle of party unity and disagreement. If he can't bring benefits to his supporters, he naturally doesn't want everyone to continue to support him.

In just a few months, instead of cultivating a regime of his cronies, Massimiliano I drove many of his supporters to the opposite side.

This is just one of them, the most typical case of death being the triple debt of the Mexican Empire shortly after Massimiliano I took the throne.

As an idealist, he is naturally very good at fooling.

Just after ascending to the throne, it faced a financial crisis, the government needed money to operate, the French army that intervened in the Mexican civil war needed to be rewarded, and the treasury had long been running out of rats.

Faced with this dilemma, Massimiliano I had no choice but to borrow from abroad. As his supporters, the French naturally ate this cake, but the French had a bit of a big appetite.

In addition to the French, the interests of the other two intervening countries must also be safeguarded. Acknowledging the debt owed by the previous government is one of them.

Here Massimiliano I made the mistake again, and many of these debts were in fact illegal, and did not need to be inherited by the new government, and he took them all.

Thus was the famous Mirama Agreement, in which Massimiliano I commissioned the Bank of France to issue 114 million pesos in bonds, in which the French withheld a third of their own debts and a quarter to pay the debts of other countries.

Coupled with the mess of fees, Massimiliano was left with 42.18 million pesos, which had to pay for the military expenses of the French garrison and keep the government running.

Without doing anything, the debt tripled. People of insight in Mexico naturally look down on this emperor.

Even if you want a loan, you have to consider the actual situation. The Mexican government had no money to repay this debt, and now the French are asking Massimiliano I to mortgage the tariff.

Massimiliano I reacted, and he found out that he had been deceived.

The Mexican Empire was not as rich as rumored to be, and it was true that it was rich in silver, but most of these minerals had a background from the great powers, and they could not collect a few taxes at all.

Maximiliano I knew the importance of customs and was reluctant to leave it to the French, and the secret treaty between the two sides ended.

"Your Majesty, this is a treaty, you can sign it!"

Bazin, the commander of France in Mexico, took out a document directly and handed it to Massimiliano I, without showing the slightest respect for the emperor.

Massimiliano I picked up the document, glanced at it, and tore it to shreds. In a cold tone, he said, "Okay, you can get out now." ”

As a descendant of the Habsburgs, Massimiliano also had a temper. The French don't give him face, and naturally it is impossible for him to give face.

Bazin left the palace with a grim face, but he still didn't say anything threatening. It's one thing not to take Massimiliano in his eyes, but on the surface he still can't mess around.

He is not a republican mob, France is also a monarchy, and it is the common will of all European monarchies to maintain the dignity of the monarchy, and Bazin naturally will not commit taboos.

It doesn't matter if you don't get the emperor's signature, it's the same if you get the cabinet's signature. Originally, the French were ready to find a random high-ranking official to sign it, and then create an established fact.

Now that the Paris government has even appointed the officials who are in charge of the Mexican customs, it is waiting to make up the legal formalities before going to take office.

It was only because of a conflict between Baden and Massimiliano I during a banquet that he deliberately took out documents to provoke Massimiliano.

From the very beginning, the French just wanted a puppet emperor, but unfortunately Massimiliano did not cooperate at all, and still tried to be a good monarch.

However, such efforts have largely exacerbated the situation. As the emperor of the French united constitutionalists, conservatives, and churches, Massimiliano did not stand politically with the supporting class.

Whimsical wants to be the most impartial monarch and not be the spokesperson of any political faction. He wants to establish a moderate government that will be endorsed by all parties.

At present, he has successfully completed half of his goals, achieved fairness and justice, and has not become the spokesman of any class or interest group.

The remaining half is estimated to never be done. If the political bloc in the country needed him to withstand the pressure of the French, now Massimiliano was a real loner.