Franz just laughed at the Russian fairy brains. In fact, this kind of whimsical plan has always been endless in real life.

Politicians are also human beings, and since they are human beings, there are times when they are confused. Especially when interests are involved, the probability of confusion is even greater.

On the surface, the Russians, under the banner of allies, preemptively occupied France, Austria really can't do anything, but the Vienna government can drag it!

There is no way to forcibly divide France, and there is no way to delay the negotiations. If it doesn't work for one year, it will be two years, and if it doesn't work for two years, it will take three or five years, and after a long time, the Russian army will still be able to live in peace with the French people?

Austria could have seen the excitement and wait for the Russians to withdraw in disgrace before considering the problem of dealing with France.

If it weren't for the fact that it was too troublesome to reconcile the relations between Britain, France, and Russia, and there was almost no chance of success, Franz really wanted to push it and slowly appreciate the game between the iron fist of the tsar and French nationalism.

"Send electricity to the troops on the front line, so that they can end the war as soon as possible, and the soldiers are still waiting to come back for Christmas!"

It's only July, almost five months before Christmas, and it's not hard to defeat the French, but it's time to sign a treaty and withdraw before Christmas.

Under normal circumstances, such post-war meetings involving the interests of many countries are usually noisy and can drag on for two or three years.

There is no doubt that Franz does not want to drag it out any longer. There are all kinds of signs that the Hanover government is active again, and there is also the shadow of the British behind this.

You must know that the internal enemy is far more terrible than the external enemy, and once these guys are allowed to talk about the interest groups of various states, the trouble behind them will be great.

Franz did not want to test human nature, which is the most unreliable in the face of interests. The most important thing is to establish the established facts as soon as possible, and to establish the status of the monarch and minister.

With this name, Franz is not afraid of these guys making trouble. Can't move the king below, can't you change the government of the state? Whoever dares to jump out and do things will collect black material to get him down.

As long as the military, tariff, diplomacy, and banknote issuing powers of various states are collected, and the judiciary, culture, and education are unified, no matter how much trouble is made below, no big waves will be made.

Today is different from the past, in order to rein in these powers, Franz and the governments of several states and countries fought for more than ten years before they got their hands little by little, and now they can directly do it in one step.

As for the conflict between the governments of the countries, it can be resolved through negotiations. As long as the interests are suitable, there is nothing that cannot be discussed.

Deception, bribery, coercion, coercion and temptation, Franz has long been familiar with these routines. Anyway, the core is to win over allies and kill enemies by the way.

Compared with killing chickens and setting an example to monkeys, sometimes the effect of killing monkeys and setting an example of chickens is even better. The more you dance now, the faster you will die in the future.

Franz wasn't worried about someone having a good time, he was most worried about these guys doing nothing. After all, the more you do, the more problems will be exposed.

If there were such pure and flawless politicians, in fact, Franz could not do anything, after all, the emperor also had to talk about the rules of the game.

However, this kind of single-minded person will not become an obstacle to unification. After all, after going through this war, the idea of great reunification has been deeply rooted in the hearts of the people.

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With Franz's order, the flames of war burned again, and from Central Europe to Southern Europe, there was no pure land.

The headquarters of the coalition forces on the southern front, representatives of various Italian states have gathered for this congress of great political and military significance.

Since ancient times, Italy has been a region of princes, and the situation is second only to Germany in terms of chaos. Now that the reunification of Germany is imminent, it is time for Italy to sort out.

Previously, in order to unite all the forces that could be united, the Vienna government had not publicly stated its position on the disposition of the Italian region for the purpose of wooing Italian nationalists.

Now that the overall situation has been decided, there is no need to drag it out any longer. Whether it was a partnership to form the Kingdom of Italy or a direct division into several states required a clear conclusion.

In a sense, the meeting was a passing motion. The dignitaries who were qualified to attend the meeting were well aware of the intentions of the Vienna government.

Everyone did not object, in addition to the arms that could not reach the thighs, the more important thing was the distribution of interests. It was easy to establish a unified Italian kingdom, the question was who would dominate it?

Not to mention the specific distribution of benefits, the ownership of the crown alone is a difficult problem.

In the past, the Italian Independence Organization was the dominant one, and although the organization was divided, there was still a nominal leader, Vittorio Emanuele III.

Now it's different, the royal families of all states are involved, no one is more noble than the other, and behind these people are a bunch of interest groups, and no one can make concessions.

Since you can't talk about it, you can only fly solo. Anyway, it's never been unified, and it's not a big deal to play separately.

It is easy to divide the family, but it is difficult to separate the family. Originally, there was a territorial dispute between the Italian states, but because of the French occupation, it has now become a muddy account.

If the parties have a dispute, it is the turn of Austria, the boss, to arbitrate. And because the states have not really restored their political power, it is inconvenient for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to intervene directly, and the heavy task of mediating the contradictions between the various parties falls on the head of Admiral Morks.

"The purpose of inviting you here today must be clear to everyone. With the defeat of the French imminent, and in order to avoid some unnecessary troubles, the pattern of post-war Italy needs to be clarified now.

First of all, the states will regain their independence, and the series of tasks of forming a government and resuming production will be the tasks of the new government. What to do will be left to the governments of each state in the future.

What we are going to do today is to preliminarily delineate the territorial boundaries of each state, and in principle, we will take the historical origins as the mainstay, and make a comprehensive consideration with reference to the contributions made by each state in the war against France.

You can put forward any requests and suggestions, and we will discuss them together and strive to come up with a result that satisfies all parties. ”

"Deliberation", that's completely overthinking. The so-called "historical origins" are nothing more than the restoration of the pre-war territory, with a little change at most, but on the whole it remains the same.

What can really be talked about is the distribution of "contributions". Since everyone was well aware of the current affairs and had joined the anti-French coalition, it was impossible for the Vienna government to divide the territory of one state among another.

Therefore, this part of the land to be divided can only be given by the French. In a sense, the gathering was also a rehearsal for the post-war spoils meeting.

Morks chose to hold the meeting at this time, the main thing is that the offensive and defensive battle of Turin is about to begin. If you don't take out some interest incentives, except for the Kingdom of Sardinia, the Italians in other states are not highly motivated enough!

The seizure of French territory was definitely exciting news for the Italians, who had suffered so much from French rule.

As for the question of Austria taking the opportunity to become bigger after the partition of France, this is not a matter that everyone should be concerned about.

As an enemy, the Italians naturally hoped that France would naturally be as weak as possible, and it was better to directly divide up a hundred.

Vittorio Emanuele III proposed: "Your Excellency, the contradiction between our families is not very controversial, and the key to the contradiction is to drive out the French.

Since 1870, the French have been on a rampage in Italy, and we have the right to claim damages from the French government.

As long as the French pay enough to compensate for the losses of all of us, the little dispute that exists can be easily resolved.

In order to drive out the French as soon as possible, we, the Kingdom of Sardinia, are ready to do everything in our might. 300,000 Sardinian soldiers were now ready to attack the enemy at any moment. ”

Of the Italian states, only the Kingdom of Sardinia and France bordered directly on France and suffered the greatest military pressure. Conversely, once France was partitioned, the Kingdom of Sardinia was also the biggest beneficiary.

After making Austria's intentions clear, Vittorio Emanuele III naturally had to cooperate. Especially since the next step is to recover the Sardinian capital, and they are even more responsible.

Morks smiled slightly: "Very good, the next Turin offensive and defensive battle will be handed over to you."

On behalf of the Austrian Government, I would like to pledge here that you will receive at least 30,000 square kilometres of territory in compensation after the war, as well as a substantial amount of war reparations.

But these lands and indemnities will only be distributed to the states and individuals who have made contributions.

You don't have to worry about the difficulty of enclave governance, and we are responsible for coordinating the territorial exchange of the allocated territories to the states; Assigned to individuals, allowing independent statehood, Austria will provide security protection. ”

Glancing at the performance of the crowd, there was no fanaticism, and Morkes was slightly disappointed.

It's right to think about it, I have just been beaten by society, and it is the time when I want the country to be strong the most. People of insight want to unify the Italian region, who will run out and establish an independent state.

Don't talk about these soft-footed shrimp aristocrats in Italy, even the military nobles in Austria, I haven't heard of anyone who wants to build an independent country for so many years.

It's not that you don't want to be the boss, the problem is that it's not the Middle Ages anymore, and it's long past the era when the village chief was king.

In this world of legal system and bloodline, it is not possible to be a grass king with a gun. Without the support of the subjects, the establishment of an independent state is looking for death.

Unless he is a member of the royal family, has the legal right to inherit the throne, and has the support of the local people, otherwise even if all the powers support him, he will not be able to sit on the throne.

From this point of view, Morkes's promise to the individual is that "the flower in the mirror, the moon in the water" can be seen but not touched.

It is the states that can really gain something. With the exception of the Kingdom of Sardinia, in which the king himself participated, the rest were only deputies. Since it's a part-time job, it's normal not to be excited.