As it turned out, Prime Minister Granville had a very good idea, and the biggest black hand in the skyrocketing gold price was the British consortium, and the speculators were just small feet on the surface.

Don't these conglomerates know the consequences of blindly inflating the price of gold? Obviously, this is not possible, they are all professionals, not the amateurs of the cabinet government.

But they did it for the sake of profit, and even the Granville cabinet government's decision to speculate on the price of gold and prevent the Vienna government from buying gold was indispensable behind the shadow of the consortium.

It's just that Britain is not the United States after all, and the financial consortium can't cover the sky with one hand, so it's very obscure, and it just bribed the members of the government think tank to put forward this proposal, and it didn't stand directly on the table.

And that's not all, there have been people in history who have published articles in newspapers that Cabinet Ministers often read, which in turn influenced British politics.

There is no way, the elected politicians cannot be all-rounders! In many fields, they are all laymen, and they are at the same level as many people who eat melons, and it is really not difficult to fool them.

This kind of moisturizing things silently is often fooled, and the politicians themselves are not clear. This is how many idiot policies are formulated.

Naturally, the consortium raised the price of gold not to make a little difference, but more to hit competitors because of this.

The rise in the price of gold has led to the rise in the value of the British pound, which will naturally affect domestic industry and commerce. For a large business, they can withstand this short-term fluctuation.

For most small and medium-sized capitalists, it is undoubtedly a ghost gate.

In the era of rapid economic development, everyone is expanding, the cost suddenly skyrocketed, and many enterprises entered a state of loss in the short term, and there was a problem with this loss capital chain.

The opportunity for the consortium will come, either accept their conditions, or prepare to go bankrupt! No matter how you choose, this is a capital feast where big fish eat small fish.

The London stock market has always been a barometer of the British economy, and the volatility of gold prices is the first to affect the stock market, and it is speculators who are the first to be unlucky.

The fluctuating price of gold has made leveraged players successfully lose money.

The gold mining companies, which were originally popular, evaporated 30% of their market value in one day, and related industries also poured blood mold.

According to economic experts, after the introduction of the gold standard in the new Holy Roman Empire, the demand for gold in the market increased significantly, and the price of gold rose inevitably.

When the stock market soared, everyone believed that since it was good news, enterprises naturally had to expand production, and only by expanding production could they make more money in the market circle.

Now that the price of gold has plummeted, the market has been stimulated, the stock price has been spilled non-stop, investors have been pitted, and the consortium has successfully completed the first round of harvest.

Not only these related companies, but other industries have also been affected. The rapid fluctuation of the value of the pound has directly caused many companies to lose their pants.

Especially for those engaged in overseas trade, the value of the pound first rose by 20 percent, and then returned to normal, and the loss in this exchange rate alone was enough for everyone to cry.

For many small and medium-sized enterprises, this fluctuation directly kills them. Not all companies are eligible to be acquired by a consortium, and many companies with poor performance and meager profits have directly entered bankruptcy mode.

In just a few months, more than 200 enterprises in the British Empire were merged and reorganized, and more than 3,000 enterprises were directly liquidated. The tide of bankruptcies has come, and the era of the big monopoly has come.

By the time the Granville government reacted in hindsight, it was too late. Even if the consortium is allowed to stop it, the government will not be able to renew the life of these companies.

10 Downing Street

Prime Minister Granville sat there with a haggard face, unmoving, and it was clear that recent events had hit him hard.

Before he had time to display his ambitions, the new official shot himself in the foot at the first time he took office, which seriously dampened his confidence.

After sorting out his thoughts, Prime Minister Granville said, "Ladies and gentlemen, we have been tricked by the consortium this time, and we are completely owed by them.

I'm afraid that from the very beginning, I jumped into their trap. The matter has come to this point, and the matter of accountability has been revealed first, now how should we deal with the aftermath? ”

Everyone was silent, what else could they do except pinch their noses and admit it? Find the mastermind behind the scenes?

People are just the driving force behind the scenes, within the scope of the rules, who makes their own judgment not good, from beginning to end, no one has come out, and they want to find someone to settle accounts, they all know who to find.

George Grey, the hairy Chancellor of the Exchequer who was being targeted by Prime Minister Granville, replied stubbornly: "Prime Minister, now is the time to save the world as soon as possible, so that the market can restore confidence and avoid the situation from getting worse." ”

Although most of the bankrupt companies are small and medium-sized enterprises that do not have much competitiveness, the number of unemployed people brought by it and the stock market crisis caused by it are all real.

If we don't deal with the aftermath quickly, it won't be long before the current stock market crisis and bankruptcy wave will trigger a nationwide economic crisis, and then we really can't control the situation.

Prime Minister Granville frowned and asked, "You mean to continue to turn to the consortium for help, not afraid of being swallowed up by them?" ”

George Grey, Chancellor of the Exchequer, said in a very cold tone: "But we don't have a choice, do we?" If we don't get out of the crisis as soon as possible, then we will all be nailed to the pillar of shame and become a negative teaching material in the history books.

Perhaps they will write that the idiot cabinet government has artificially created an economic crisis in order to prevent the Vienna government from buying gold and reforming the gold standard.

As for the question of the consortium, isn't there still a settlement after the autumn? If they cooperate with us, we can put this crisis under control.

If they continue to be presumptuous, then it is also a good option to drag them to hell before we are finished. ”

I have to say that the Granville cabinet is lucky, there has not been a large-scale overcapacity in the UK, otherwise their operation will be immortalized.

If the British economic crisis broke out, then Austria could not be left alone, as long as British capital was withdrawn, the Vienna government would naturally lose the opportunity to reform the currency if it wanted to stabilize the domestic economy.

But for the British, it was in their interest for the Vienna government to complete the reform of the gold standard, which would facilitate trade between the two countries.

Because it prevented Austria from reforming, it triggered an economic crisis in the country. That was to harm the interests of the British Empire, and then to create an economic crisis. said that they were foreign spies, and it is estimated that the British believed them.

As for the explanation? They can't have a chance to explain, and as losers have no say. If a consortium can't clean itself, it's not a consortium.

Even if it is clearly explained, one of the stupidest cabinets in British history, they deserve it.

Don't expect someone to help them wash the floor, if they are doing their own good, maybe in the future, everyone will help them wash their hands for political needs.

Even being touted as the greatest government is possible. This kind of operation, they are naturally clear.

It has already happened, and it is inevitable that sane politicians will want to minimize the impact and continue to cooperate with the consortium.

Even in order to force the consortium to contribute, George Gray even put forward threats. Although it is not enough to die together, they can still fight back at any cost and hit the consortium hard.

To put it bluntly, the consortium in this era is still growing, far from reaching its peak, and there are bureaucrats and aristocratic groups in the government that can counterbalance their power.

This is also why, after the World War, the London government introduced a series of idiotic policies to crack down on the military aristocracy that had made great contributions to the war, and the government looked like a gravedigger of the British Empire.

This can also be seen as an extension of the power struggle, in which the capitalists, who had gained the upper hand, cut off their source of power while the aristocracy was weak.

As the executor pushed out by the capital group, he naturally recouped rich returns, won high praise in history, and became the greatest person in British history.

Prime Minister Granville nodded helplessly, he didn't want to step down in disgrace, so compromise was inevitable.

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When the crisis broke out in England, Franz's wedding began. There is no unconventionality, and it is carried out in full accordance with the Habsburg tradition.

Grand, extravagant, high-class, as for the romantic wedding in the movie, Franz is very sure that it does not exist, it is completely made up by the director.

Traditionally, the wedding took place at St. Stephen's Cathedral, where the hearts of dozens of royals rested.

Franz shuddered at the thought of it, and he couldn't understand why he had to dig out his heart and put it in this church after he died.

It may be that his faith is not religious, and in any case it is said that he is terminated, and Franz is not ready to follow the example of his ancestors anyway.

At the wedding, Franz was like an actor, following a pre-rehearsed ritual, going through the procedure, and then receiving God's blessing, and he got married.

Although it was a bit cumbersome, Franz was satisfied. Once in a lifetime, a little trouble can be considered a good memory.

Maybe God gives face, or God blesses, in short, March 12 is a beautiful day, and there are no moths.

There were so many guests attending the wedding that the banquet was held directly in the open square.

All the great nobles in Europe who were ranked high basically sent representatives to rush over. Thirteen kings attended the wedding in person, and the princes and grandsons combined directly broke through the triple digits.

Franz was surprised to find that so many kings who attended the wedding in person did not have relatives in five suits, although there is no saying in Europe about five suits, which also fully proves the strength of the Habsburg family's ability to marry.

However, it is unknown how long this monarchy will last, after all, there are not many other than kings in Germany.

None of these states have been abolished, and in this respect, Franz's food is much better than that of the historical Kingdom of Prussia.

The benefits directly brought by him made his wedding more classy. When such kings come together, they can apply for Guinness World Records.

The only pity is that none of the emperors came, otherwise the specifications could have been higher, so that future generations could not reach them.

Obviously, this was impossible, and in order to bring these kings over, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the new Holy Roman Empire did not make any less effort.

If it weren't for a particularly good relationship, I wouldn't have come to strengthen this momentum at this time. To put it bluntly, this is also the stage for the Habsburgs to show their soft power to the outside world.

What level of guests sent by European royal families also shows the importance of the relationship between everyone, and this is also equivalent to a political side for small countries, but this time there is no need to worry about standing in the wrong place.

In this context, several emperors in Europe naturally have to maintain their own identities, and sending royal personnel out for a trip is considered to save face.

It is impossible to go out in person, unless everyone has a very good personal relationship. It's a pity that Franz doesn't have much friendship with them, and now they naturally won't come over to support the field.