The wheels of history roll forward, not swayed by the will of individuals.

As the birthplace of the economic crisis, Vienna was also the first region to emerge from the economic crisis.

Unlike ordinary industrial cities, Vienna, which is centered on politics, education, scientific research, and culture, is much more resilient to risks.

Apart from a little misery for the stockholders, the crisis has not changed much in Vienna. The noisy city does not feel the slightest breath of depression.

Especially in recent times, as the National Day is approaching, representatives from all over the country have gathered, which has added a bit of prosperity.

To celebrate the third anniversary of the restoration of the Holy Roman Empire, Franz decided to hold a large military parade on National Day. It is purely for celebration, and there is absolutely no intention of showing off force.

Unlike previous military parades, this time it is nationwide. Whether it was the colonies, fiefdom nobles or the states of the European continent, they had to send representatives to participate.

The most important thing is that this military parade did not select the elite from the whole army, but Franz randomly selected troops and sent them to Vienna for review.

There is no way, there are a lot of states under the HRE, and the fiefdom nobles are as high as five figures, even if they are preferred, they can't be selected.

When it comes to military honor, don't expect anyone to let whom, and the skin can be pulled until the end of the world.

If before opening up the colony, there can also be a big competition of the whole army and a confrontation exercise with real troops.

Now, just look at the map of the HRE. With the transportation and regional drills in the past few years, it is enough to choke on them, and I am afraid that we will not be able to complete the work in two or three years to carry out the real confrontation exercises.

That being the case, in order to avoid controversy, Franz simply played the draw and left it all to luck.

If you want to show your face in front of the people of the whole country, then count on God and his old man to bless him. If God is not online, count on the emperor's blessing as well.

After all, judging by the final result, the distribution of troops is quite balanced.

One battalion was selected for Austrian Nanyang, one battalion for Austrian America, four battalions for Austrian Africa, three battalions for each state, and three battalions for the army, navy and air force of the Central Army, plus one armored regiment and one artillery regiment, totaling more than 12,000 people.

It can't be any more, and if it is more, it will not be able to be reviewed. Franz didn't want to have a celebration, so he exhausted himself half to death.

It is not an easy task to bring together the troops from all over the world. The National Day parade is not only a review of the troops, but also a show for the whole world.

As a newly rising overlord, since he fell to France, except for intervening in a Philippine war, HRE has not done anything outside in recent years.

Such a peaceful hegemon, not to mention that all countries in the world are not used to it, at least the European countries are really not used to it.

Look at the British, the Philippine War has just ended, and they turned around and started things in Cuba, this is the professional hegemon.

In this regard, the Viennese government still has a long way to go to catch up with the British. Judging by the current situation, Franz is unlikely to live in his lifetime.

This is dictated by political genes. The thinking of a sea power country and a land power country is different in itself.

Thinking determines action. If possible, Franz would like to live quietly and uneventfully.

How could the trees be quiet and the wind did not stop, the Vienna government did nothing, and a black cauldron fell from the sky, and there was no place to reason.

There are too many suspects to determine who is behind the scenes, and it is naturally impossible for the Vienna government to retaliate.

In order to pledge a sense of existence, there is a third anniversary celebration. Whether countries are used to it or not, now they have to learn to adapt.

"New overlord, new atmosphere".

Blindly emulating the British is obviously inferior. If it really makes people angry, and finally fights, the HRE will not have the protection of the strait.

The past does not forget the teacher of the future, and the two world wars in the original time and space are still deeply imprinted in Franz's mind.

To play PK on the European continent is to commit mass suicide. If you win, the gains are not enough for military spending, and if you lose, you will have to lose everything.

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"Over here, Friedrich."

"When I see the general, I'll come over right away."

With the sound of landing, a young officer shuttled through the crowd and came to the bottom of the sculpture in the square.

Schlieffen laughed and scolded: "Friedrich, you idiot. They all told you not to be left behind, and to dare to look around. If I get lost, I'm embarrassed to ask the police to help me find him. ”

It can be seen that Schlieffen still attaches great importance to young officers.

Although this military parade was made by lot, who would dare to be sloppy if it was to be reviewed in front of everyone?

If it gets out of the basket, it will be a disgrace in front of the whole world. All the selected units began their drills early.

Those who were able to participate in the review last, whether officers or soldiers, had been screened at various levels, and those who did not meet the requirements had already been transferred.

As the only company in the Kingdom of Prussia to participate in the parade, it was simply all officers. The purpose is very simple, it is to ask for money.

There is no way, who made the Kingdom of Prussia poor?

Due to financial constraints, the life of the Prussian military in recent years has been really difficult.

Even, some time ago, there was a proposal in the Berlin government not to have an army. Despite being stopped by Wilhelm II, there are two such things.

The Prussian military was still very crisis-conscious. In order to avoid a day when the Berlin government really did not allocate funds, there was the current trip to Vienna for the current officer corps.

After the establishment of the Holy Roman Empire, while the emperor took away the command of the state army, in order to strengthen the control of the state army, the source of military expenses of the state army also changed.

Generally speaking, within the scope of the emperor's permission, the state army can get 25%~40% of the military expenditure from the central government, and the rest is raised by the state government itself.

In this context, if the state is rich, the military budget will be sufficient, and the life of the army will be better; If the state is poor, then it can only live a hard life.

There is no doubt that the Prussian army has always had a hard time. Since the defeat in the Russo-Prussian War, life has never been better for the Prussian military.

When it was in the German Confederation, Prussia was directly facing the lively military threat from Russia, and the Berlin government naturally had to grit its teeth and hold on.

In addition, as the armed forces of the Federation, out of national defense and security considerations, other state governments also supported part of the military expenditure, which barely supported it.

After the restoration of the Holy Roman Empire, the central government paid for part of the military expenses, and it stands to reason that their life should be better.

Unfortunately, with the establishment of the HRE, the threat of the Russians no longer existed, and the spirit of the Berlin government, which was desperately trying to scrape up military spending, also disappeared.

After the outbreak of the economic crisis, the Berlin government was financially bankrupt, and some people even proposed: hand over the army to the central government to reduce the financial pressure on the government.

With the support of the king, the army was retained, but financial allocations were often delayed.

The most important thing is that the Prussian government really has no money, not that they don't want to give money.

That's embarrassing. If there is money and it is not given, then the military naturally has a way to make the Berlin government obediently, but now that there is really no money, there is nothing to do.

Fortunately, the central government's funding is timely every time, saving a little money, and barely sustaining it.

In order to save military spending, the Prussian military also tried its best, for example: to keep the skeleton and reduce the number of soldiers.

Unfortunately, this practice, which was obviously suspected of cheating military spending, was soon discovered by the War Department.

If you can't make a plan, you will have another plan.

The Prussian military replaced the soldiers with unpaid conscripts, retaining only a small number of elite cadres, mainly to train officers.

Unfortunately, the Prussian military's plan was good, but the emperor did not agree.

Franz not only issued a stern warning to the Prussian military about this practice, which obviously could affect the combat effectiveness of the troops, but also demoted the relevant personnel en masse.

Demotion is a minor issue, and the point is that the issue of military spending has not yet been resolved. Although the emperor personally intervened and urged the Berlin government to allocate military funds on time, it was only possible to allocate money if there was money.

In the past, there was naturally no problem with borrowing money to pay military expenses. But not now, the government in Berlin is in a dispute with the British over debt restructuring, and the government has declared bankruptcy.

Not only the military is owed, but also the salaries of government officials, including the king's pension and the prime minister's salary.

The whole government is fighting for the interests of the country, and it is naturally impossible for the military to drag its feet at this time. No matter how difficult it is, they still have the military funds allocated by the central government, and they will not go hungry.

Clearly, it will not be easy to get British creditors to compromise. This feig-and-die protest is estimated to continue for a long time.

After all this, the Prussian military can be regarded as seeing that even if the debt restructuring negotiations are successful, the impoverished Berlin government will not be able to count on it in a short time.

If you want to solve the problem of military spending, you can only reach out to the emperor.

After all, the annual military budget of the HRE Empire is as high as hundreds of millions of Aegis, while the annual expenditure of the Prussian army is only more than 4 million Aegis, accounting for about one-thirtieth of the total.

As long as the emperor was slightly inclined in the allocation of military spending, their funding gap was filled.

If you want to get the favor of military spending, you naturally have to prove your worth to the emperor first. This military parade is their chance to show themselves.

Purely showing soldiers, obviously does not work. The soldiers who can appear at the parade site are certainly the elite of the elite.

Despite the well-trained Prussian army, it was impossible to stand out on the parade ground.

Ordinary soldiers, the emperor will not be interested, but the training of soldiers into officers in the army will definitely attract the emperor's attention.

No matter if the plan is reliable or not, you must try hard. Otherwise, modern military technology would have advanced so rapidly, and the Prussian army, which was short of military spending, would soon fall behind.

As for handing over national defense and security to the central government, Ma Fang Nanshan can farm with peace of mind, other states may think so, but it is absolutely impossible in Prussia.

Although the Russo-Prussian War broke the backbone of the Kingdom of Prussia, the spirit of not admitting defeat was still retained in the army.

To this day, "revenge" remains the driving force of the Prussian military's struggle. It's just that considering the huge disparity in strength between the two sides, they were forced to endure it and secretly fight hard.

In the previous war against France, the Prussian army performed so well that after the restoration of the Holy Roman Empire, it was still able to retain four infantry divisions, the first of many small states.

Of course, this is also the result of other states not trying their best. After all, it was only Prussia that wanted to take revenge on the Russians and regain the lost territories.

Although the Holy Roman Empire was restored, according to tradition, the hatred of the states was not the same as the hatred of the empire; The war of the state is not the same as the war of the empire.

If it is invaded by a foreign enemy, the central government will naturally come forward; If you run to invade someone on your own, then you do it at your own risk.

Similar cases, in the history of the Holy Roman Empire, have never been less than three digits.

In the conflict between Prussia and Prussia, as long as the Russians did not invade on their own initiative, the Vienna government did not need to bear any responsibility and obligations to Prussia.

If it wants revenge, the Kingdom of Prussia can only go it alone. Theoretically, the number of armies of each state can be determined freely.

However, the central government does not need to share the military expenses of the troops beyond the scope of the establishment, but it still has to accept the command of the emperor.

Without the support of the central government, the impoverished Kingdom of Prussia naturally did not have the capital to take revenge on the Russians. Even though the military still wanted to do so, the Berlin government had long since abandoned these unrealistic illusions.

An open secret is not a secret, and the small actions of the Prussian military in secret naturally could not hide from Franz's eyes.

It's just that they have always been operating within the rules, and it is not easy for them to interfere as emperors.

After all, the Prussian military's "revenge plan" only stayed at the stage of "thinking" and did not take substantive action.

Anyway, there are only a few infantry divisions, no matter how elite the training is, it will not pose a threat to the central government, but will have one more useful thug.

Friedrich replied solemnly: "Don't worry, General. I can't lose it. It's just that there were too many people just now, and I didn't notice you leaving. ”

Schlieffen nodded and said nothing more. Unlike the curiosity of the younger officers, it was the older generation of Prussian officers who had the most complicated feelings towards the Holy Roman Empire.

As a master who lived through the two Russo-Prussian wars firsthand, Schlieffen witnessed firsthand the decline of the Kingdom of Prussia and the revival of the Holy Roman Empire.

Once upon a time, Schlieffen also made it his mission to unify the German regions and establish Greater Prussia.

The German regions were indeed united, but not Prussia. On the contrary, the greatest contribution of the Kingdom of Prussia in the process of unification was its own decline.

With the decline of the Kingdom of Prussia, the second largest state, the German region no longer had the strength to compete with Austria, and the internal friction in the German region was eliminated.