On April 15, 1863, the Kingdom of Sardinia passed a referendum to elect Napoleon III as king, which opened the prelude to the annexation of the Kingdom of Sardinia by France.

There is no doubt that this referendum could not be a national referendum, and those who are eligible to vote are all celebrities who support France.

More than 600 delegates of the Kingdom of Sardinia unanimously elected Napoleon III as king. Magnify this vote by a factor of 10,000, rounding it up, and the entire Sardinian population elects Napoleon III as king.

Prior to this, all the people involved in the murder of the monarch had already completed the trial, and those who died died, those who were closed, and those who ran away were wanted.

In short, the murder of kings must go to hell, which is the common will of all monarchies.

As for the truth of the matter, it is no longer important, the clues have been disposed of by the French, and it is impossible to overturn the case.

Those who were able to escape from prison were smart people who cooperated with the French at the first time.

To put it bluntly, everyone knows that the so-called suspects are fallacies. Those who did get involved either ran away or were executed.

Now if the French want to annex the Kingdom of Sardinia, they must eliminate dissidents, but there must be a reason for this, and they can't just kill people? Taking the opportunity to fabricate wrong, false and unjust cases is a good way to do this.

Now that the delegations have left the Kingdom of Sardinia, and in the case of the French being the dominant family, they of course have the final say in everything.

After the results of the referendum came out, the international community was naturally in an uproar. The fact that France annexed to the Kingdom of Sardinia did not mean that everyone would support their annexation of the Kingdom of Sardinia.

In terms of public opinion, the French are still scolded to the core. There are also many international people who are calling for vigilance against French expansion and the avoidance of a Second European War.

The Italians, who were the victims, organized a petition to ask for help from European countries, hoping to use international pressure to force the French to abandon the annexation of the Kingdom of Sardinia.

As one of the great European powers, the Vienna government also received a petition. After reading the petition submitted by the Italians, Franz had to admit that it was very touching, but unfortunately it was useless.

Franz sneered and said: "Tell them that we regret this incident, but that this incident is indeed the fault of the Sardinian government itself."

Everyone should be held accountable for their actions, and when the Sardinian government supports extremist groups, it should consider the possible backlash.

In the aftermath of the crime, the people of Sardinia also sided with the extremist groups and covered the escape of the murderers, and it is time for the people of Sardinia to pay for it. ”

In a way, the annexation of the Kingdom of Sardinia by France was also a good thing.

From now on, the greatest enemy of the Italian nationalists will not be Austria, but the ambitious France.

The annexation of the Kingdom of Sardinia was only the beginning, and once Pandora's box was opened, it could never be taken back.

Spurred on by the successful annexation of the Kingdom of Sardinia, the French radicals were bound to rise to the brim, which was no longer something that Napoleon III could suppress.

The arrogant French have always had a dream of world hegemony.

If it weren't for this stimulus, Napoleon III would have barely survived, and now he would have waited to be pushed into the chariot by the nationalists!

Prime Minister Felix proposed: "Your Majesty, should we support the Italians and let them cause trouble for the French, lest they get carried away?" ”

Obviously, after the annexation of the Kingdom of Sardinia, the French had drifted away and become somewhat carried away, as if they were the hegemon of the world.

When Prime Minister Felix saw this kind of thing, he was naturally very angry in his heart and wanted to teach them a lesson.

Franz smiled and said: "There is no need, the Italian nationalists are also our enemies, now let the French clean them up."

Since the French are floating, let them float a little longer. Now that the hegemon on the European continent is the Russians, the maritime hegemon is the British, and Britain and Russia are not coming out, what are we going to make a fuss about? ”

Now that Britain and Russia have jointly carved up the world hegemony, France and Austria are both second-level challengers, because their strength is too close, France and Austria will naturally not be willing to be subservient.

Franz was not prepared to challenge because the odds were too low and the stakes were not good enough.

There is the most oil and water at sea, but unfortunately Austria cannot compete with the British, so it can only wait for the opportunity. The income on land is not high, and there are too many countries on the European continent, so it is easy to be dragged by the Russians to accompany the burial.

The same situation happened to the French, and even more troublesome. It is not easy to be the second in the world, especially the army and navy, which are the second, and they have attracted the hatred of the boss by nature.

Add the word "Napoleon" and no one dares to ignore it. Napoleon III inherited Napoleon's legacy and, naturally, his hatred.

It's okay to keep a low profile, now it's so arrogant, it's easy to cause a backlash from all countries, especially the older generation who have experienced the anti-French war has not yet died.

Prime Felix replied, "Your Majesty, I'm afraid this won't work. Even if Austria wants to hide, it can't hide from it.

The tentacles of the French have penetrated deep into the south-central regions of Italy, and if we do not interfere, who knows what the French with overconfidence will do? ”

To put it simply, Franco-Austrian interests in southern Italy are already at odds, and it is only a matter of time before they clash.

Franz said calmly: "It doesn't matter, it's a matter of the future." The Kingdom of Sardinia was not so easy to integrate, and in three or five years the French should be very peaceful on the European continent.

Three or five years later, the reforms of the tsarist government were also preliminarily completed. With the three European powers still in balance, we can move forward with the next steps. ”

It's not that Franz is proud, that's the reality. Is Italy so easy to annex? Austria has been promoting national integration for so many years, and the slowest progress is in Austrian Italy.

This is a cultural problem, don't look at the scattered sand in the Italian region, it seems to be a weak chicken, but culturally their inheritance is very perfect, no weaker than French culture.

Nowadays, in Lombardy and Venetia, the locals have learned German and write in German every day, but the Italian cultural tradition has not disappeared.

After more than ten years of efforts, it can only be said that the Italianate Germanic peoples have been brought back, and the goal of integrating the Italians is still only the goal.

In contrast, Austria's national integration efforts in Bohemia, Hungary, Croatia, and the Balkans have gone much better.

Many small peoples with no cultural heritage are now completely Germanized. Of course, the long-term operation of the Habsburg family also has something to do with it, and at first these people recognized this brand.

What is the essence of national integration?

The answer is: yes!

As long as this is done, the rest of the problems will be easy to solve.

If you look closely, you will find that many ethnic minorities in Austria are very similar to Germans in terms of living habits.

Some peoples are even called: "Slavic-speaking Germanic peoples". In other words, in addition to the language barrier, the living habits and folk customs have been Germanized.

The main reason for this was that the noble lords came from the German region, and the people unconsciously went up and down, or in the era of serfdom, the noble lords ordered them to change their habits.

These special national conditions are the reasons for the smooth integration of nationalities. Even though the native language still exists, it has become a dialect.

Most of this generation can still speak dialects, and the next generation is estimated to be barely able to understand them, and if they live in the city, it is estimated that the inheritance will almost be broken.

Even after two or three generations in the countryside, these languages will still be passed on, because it is useless to learn them. People are inert, and they can't use a language after being born into society, so why should they learn it?

In this era, the average life expectancy is short, and the time of marriage and childbirth is relatively early, many people have children at the age of seventeen or eighteen, and they will hold grandchildren before the age of forty, which is very beneficial to national integration.

By now, the German language has become widespread. The generation that received compulsory education since childhood has already identified with German culture.

German was used in every town in the empire, with the exception of Italy, where seventy or eighty percent of Italians still communicate outside of work.

Of course, because of the influx of other nationalities, this part of the population that insisted on using Italian fell to the sixth level of the total population.

There is no way, Italy's cultural heritage is not lagging behind, and the frequent commercial trade with the central Italian states has led to this situation.

Not to mention the countryside, many people have learned German, but they are still used to using it in their daily lives.

If it weren't for the emancipation of the serfs in the first place, and the purchase of the peasants with the land, which fostered their sense of identification with Austria, Austrian Italy would not be so stable today.

The same thing, the French could not do, because the emancipation of the serfs had already been done in the Kingdom of Sardinia.

In addition to co-opting the local elites, the French government has no way to buy off the large number of people at the bottom, which leaves room for nationalists to operate.

Throughout history, the main force of every revolution has been the people at the bottom, when have you ever seen the capitalists running to the front?

Under normal circumstances, as long as the people at the bottom live a decent life and have a high degree of identification with the government, then there will be no large-scale rebellion.

However, recognition is Napoleon III's biggest shortcoming, and the main reason why the French people agree is because he has an uncle with a bull fork, not how much he is loved.

Italians are different, and they are very happy to see the Napoleonic family become French royalty. But let them owe allegiance to the Napoleonic family, then it will not work.

Originally, everyone didn't agree on the bloodline, let alone being annexed by France? If it harms their interests again, then they will have to rebel.

Promoting national integration? Sorry, there is no compulsory education in France, how can it be possible to provide compulsory education to the Kingdom of Sardinia in the first place?

Self-interest is involved, and the French people are very sensitive in this regard. Even if the Paris government wants to promote the integration of language and writing, it must also carry out compulsory education in the country.

This in turn involves a series of problems, in short, the Paris government will not be able to do it in a short time.

During the period of military rule, the Kingdom of Sardinia will certainly be very peaceful, and once normal order is restored, it is uncertain what will happen.