After determining the safety of Massimiliano, Franz immediately ordered him to be placed under house arrest.

There is no way, he is really not at ease with his unreliable brother. There is a good saying, if you don't die, you won't die.

Don't think it's really safe now, people who want Massimiliano I's life can walk around Mexico City a few times hand in hand.

It's okay in the Austrian barracks, it's all his own people, and no one will want his life. If you go out to hang out, there will definitely not be a minority of those who shoot black guns and throw bombs.

Of course, not allowing him to interfere with the negotiations is also an important factor. It is also a bargaining chip in negotiations with the republican government, which can be used to fool around.

Massimiliano I was the rightful emperor of Mexico as long as he did not abdicate for a day, and the treaties he signed with him had the same legal effect.

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Mexico City, inside the Austrian Embassy.

Minister Compton threatened: "Your Excellency, this is already our bottom line. Now, for every day of delay, your country will need to pay an extra 100,000 Aegis military expenses, and it will not do you any good to continue to delay. ”

President Juárez was very apprehensive, but his face was still unmoved, and he managed to keep himself calm.

"Your Excellency, your country's appetite is too great, and we have compensated the victims for their losses. Now we can pay another 1 million Aegis military expenses at most, which is already the limit of what we can afford. ”

Compensation for land cession is the most unavoidable choice. After the annexation of several northern states by the Americans, Mexico suddenly attached more importance to its territory.

Juárez knew very well that the Austrians were blackmailing, and the more intimidating they were, the more they showed that Austria was not prepared to destroy Mexico.

Strategically speaking, Mexico is also an important force to contain the Americans, and even the United States, which is divided in two, should not be underestimated.

It is in Austria's interest that a stable Mexico will be able to stop the expansion of the Americans.

Clearly, President Juárez overestimated Mexico's role as Russia. Franz never believed that Mexico would be able to complete the task of counterbalancing the Americans, and now the stability of North America is more the result of the suppression of the Great Powers, in addition to the mutual containment of the United States of America and the Confederate States.

This is a lesson from history, the guys who tried to use Mexico to balance the United States in the original time and space ended up crying without tears.

The difference between the two sides is completely qualitative, compared with the fertile United States and the Union States, Mexico can be regarded as rotten land.

Of course, that's not all. Americans are blessed with more than 80 percent of the world's land in terms of fertility, resources, and climatic conditions.

Although Mexico is mountainous, it is rich in mineral resources and good agricultural resources, and if it develops well, it is still not a big problem for a medium-sized country.

It is a pity that when we meet the Americans, not only the gap in the number of people, but also the gap in the quality of the population. Although in this era, both the United States and the Union States were mostly semi-literate, it was better than the tribal civilization of Mexico.

This is not an exaggeration, as a significant portion of Mexico's population still lives in tribes, as did the Austrian Central American colonies.

However, Mexico is even more miserable, and the Austrian Central American colonies still have Austrian support behind them, relying on the sale of agricultural products and industrial raw materials, and the local economy is developing well.

Who will prop up Mexico now? Suffice it to say, as soon as President Juárez received a boxed lunch, the Mexican Civil War would break out.

Even more serious than the original plane, the United States of America and the Confederate States of America are incompatible, they both have political forces in Mexico that they support, and the financiers behind the scenes who want to compromise do not agree.

This is without considering what role Britain, France and Austria will play in this. If you want a stable Mexico, the problem is that there is no political power in Mexico.

Including Juarez, he is not a qualified leader. His prestige was based only on his insistence on anti-imperialism and the establishment of a republican government, and his substantial contribution to the state was not significant.

Social reforms have been carried out, but they have failed. Compared with Massimiliano I, his reforms were more softened and he knew how to compromise with interest groups.

There is no convincing merit that is the root cause of political instability in Mexico. Many people oppose the republican government, not because of ambition or profit, but simply because they believe that they are incapable of governing.

This judgment is not wrong, if there is the ability to govern, there will be no civil war in Mexico in the original plane.

After the overthrow of the reign of Massimiliano I, a full-scale civil war had not immediately broken out in Mexico, and the republican government led by President Juárez held out for some time.

If there is a mature ruling team, there is every chance to survive the crisis, rather than the chaos that lasts for hundreds of years.

Compton smiled slightly: "It doesn't matter, I believe in your country's ability to bear it." It doesn't matter if you don't agree, we can do it ourselves.

It's just that in this way, everyone's face will not look good, and the price your country needs to pay will be even greater. ”

This is not a threat, but the action has already begun. It was not the Mexican government that led the offensive, but the up-and-coming plantation owners and promising young people who wanted to become planters.

Compared with the United States, Austrian Central America has limited fertile land, and the number of plantations that can be developed can no longer meet everyone's needs.

Expansion became the only option, and there were only two neighbors, either Colombia or Mexico. Unfortunately, Mexico was selected.

If you open the history books, you will find that Mexico is actually arrogant. At the time of their independence from Spain, they were one of the largest countries in the world.

But the good fortune ended here, first the Central American region became independent, and then the United States bit away 2.3 million square kilometers, and the imperial dream came to an end.

Everyone knows that it is very difficult to get land at the negotiating table, and almost all expansion is done by the army, which creates the established facts.

This time was no exception, Minister Compton negotiated here, and Governor Hummel was not idle. Only one division appeared outside Mexico City, and the rest of the troops were engaged in an expansion war outside of the protection logistics.

The battle had just begun, Mexico was cut off from communications, and the telegraph was not widespread, so President Juárez naturally could not receive the news in advance.

Enraged, President Juárez slammed the table, stood up and scolded: "You are aggression, this shameless ......"

Before he could finish speaking, he suddenly fell. Minister Compton's face instantly became gloomy, and the facial expressions of everyone involved in the negotiation became wonderful, with different expressions of nervousness, surprise, and schadenfreude.

Compton didn't care about President Juarez's life, the problem was that he couldn't die in the Austrian embassy, otherwise it would be very detrimental to the next negotiations.

"Guard, call Dr. Rael over, speed!"

Without any hesitation, Minister Compton immediately ordered the rescue. The Vienna government has to be embarrassed, and if Juarez dies here, who knows what kind of joke will be orchestrated outside.

These guys in the room are not bad if they don't add fuel to the vinegar, and Compton doesn't think they'll say a fair word.

Maybe in the memoirs of one of the guys, it will be recorded that President Juarez was brutally murdered after arguing with Austria for his arguments.

Soon a middle-aged man in a white lab coat entered the conference room and immediately rescued President Juárez.

Minister Compton restrained his emotions and said: "Mr. Kurd, President Juarez's life is in danger, and there is not enough medical staff in the embassy, so you can send someone here!" ”

Juarez is the leader of the republican faction, and if he hangs up at this time, the republican faction will be leaderless, and the Kurds will not be easier than Compton.

"No problem, I'll arrange it immediately."

As soon as Kurd's words were finished, someone in the Mexican delegation jumped out and reprimanded: "You poisoned President Juarez, do you still want to shirk responsibility!" ”

Compton and Kurd cast murderous glances at the same time, and Juarez was not dead yet, so he jumped out in such a hurry.

Although for this negotiation, President Juarez is dead at this time, it is in Mexico's best interest to hold the pot on the Austrians, which is not acceptable to the Kurds.

Ignoring the cries of the middle-aged man, Kurd continued to go out to find someone. The stakes are very high, and there are definitely not more than one or two people in the Mexican government who want President Juarez to die, and he is not worried about being fat and others will do it.

Minister Compton mocked: "Guards, take this madman down, if President Juarez has an accident, he is the biggest suspect." ”

Poisoning the negotiators, daring to put such a hat on the head of Austria, Compton has already sentenced this blind guy to death in his heart.

Even if you want to spread rumors, you have to go out and then do it secretly, shouting it out with such fanfare, thinking that you don't die fast enough?

The great powers of this era are not easy to mess with, today it is just the wrong place, and if you kill someone on another occasion, it will not be a problem at all.

Soon the bad news came, President Juárez, who had run out of oil, had come to the end of his life.

On January 21, 1872, President Juárez was violently stimulated and died in the Austrian embassy, half a year ahead of the original time and space.

This may also be understandable, after all, the situation he faces is much worse than that of the original plane. Not to mention the civil war for a few more years, it was also hit by Austria.

After going through so many things, the body naturally can't stand it, and this one can't get up.

What is even more tragic is that because of physical reasons, in order to have the energy to deal with government affairs, President Juárez relied on taking drugs to support himself.

The autopsy results made Minister Compton cry without tears. Doctors on the Mexican side insisted that it was poisoning.

The medical staff sent by Britain and France also came to the same conclusion, but they still notarized it once, and wrote on the conclusion: long-term drug use caused death.

Having happened to such a big thing, Minister Compton himself could not hold back, and immediately sent a message to the Vienna government.

There was no way, Mexico did not have a direct telegraph to Austria, so it had to go to Austrian Central America to deliver the news. To be precise, it should be more appropriate to transfer.

Transmitting news from the Americas to Vienna still requires multiple links, and cable telegraphs are so troublesome.