At the Vienna Palace, looking at the telegram in his hand, Franz didn't know what to say. It seems to be a bit of a drama to describe it as "people are lying at home, and the pot comes from the sky".

This time, Austria did it itself. If the place of negotiation is not in the Austrian embassy, it has nothing to do with Austria, regardless of how President Juarez died.

Throwing the blame on Minister Compton? This is also not right, people are conscientious. The place of the negotiations in the Austrian embassy was also to gain an advantage in the negotiations and to obtain greater interests for Austria.

President Juárez's death was only an accident, and Minister Compton had no responsibility and was not responsible for the matter.

Now a black cauldron has fallen from the sky, and no matter how it is explained, there will be accusations: Austria poisoned President Juarez; Or rather: the murderous hand of Massimiliano I in revenge.

In fact, Franz was not prepared to kill President Juarez from the beginning to the end. His presence was not a threat to Austria, and it was worth more to keep him than to kill him.

Not to mention Massimiliano I, if he had been able to assassinate President Juárez in the middle of the negotiations, he would not have ended up in the field he is now.

Prime Minister Felix proposed: "Your Majesty, this has happened, and it is time for us to withdraw our troops from Mexico." At this time, it is morally unjustifiable to hold them accountable. ”

Franz nodded, no matter how good the reasons were before, now that Mexico has a dead president in the Austrian embassy, he can explain the past.

If we continue to be aggressive, Austria's international image will be ruined. This is not in line with the long-term business philosophy of the Vienna government, and even the shameless British cannot do such a thing.

"Order Governor Hummel to withdraw his troops, and by the way, the embassy and the expatriates will be withdrawn, Mexico will be in chaos soon, and we will not wade into this troubled water."

The process is not important, the end goal has been achieved. Juarez died suddenly, and the republicans fought for the position of successor.

Juárez was president more than ten years ago, and his term of office has long ended, and everyone has been fighting guerrilla warfare in the middle of the decade, so it is naturally impossible to hold elections.

Since the overthrow of Massimiliano I, elections have been in the works in the works. If President Juárez does not die, then his re-election is very likely.

It's a pity that there are no ifs, and without Juarez, there is no second politician in Mexico who can stand on the field.

The central government lacks prestige, internal contradictions cannot be suppressed, and it is difficult for international forces to stir up any more trouble, and it will be difficult for civil war to break out.

Perhaps in the near future, the American North-South Song Club will also make its debut in Mexico. Both the Confederates and the United States wanted to prop up a pro-Mexican government and increase their influence in North America.

Britain, France, and Austria are not the masters who are willing to be lonely. The French are right in strategic contraction, but as Mexican creditors, they want to keep a low profile, and reality does not allow it!

Britain and Austria are both idle, and if they don't do anything, they will have problems. I don't know why, during the overseas colonial expansion, Austria was very seriously influenced by John Bull, and the way to do things became more and more skillful.

Foreign Secretary Wesenberg analyzed: "Your Majesty, it is enough to give up Mexico City. We have already occupied several states in southern Mexico, so we can slow it down first.

The Austrian Central American colonies have always had territorial disputes with Mexico, and these issues need to be resolved slowly and can be discussed after Mexico elects a new government. ”

With the death of President Juarez, Austria must make a gesture to the outside world, and the withdrawal of troops from Mexico has become inevitable, but how to withdraw will test the technology.

We must not work in vain, but at least we must recover the cost of sending troops. Wait for a moment to wait for the outbreak of the Mexican Civil War, resulting in the occupation of the southern territories.

In any case, as long as Mexico does not elect a government recognized by Austria, then it can continue to dominate. It didn't take long, it only took three or five years to be swallowed.

This is a real need, and the plantation owners in Austrian Central America have long wanted to expand, and now they need to be calmed down.

The Vienna government needed them to maintain a level of strength that would prevent the Americans from reaching out to Central America. As long as Austria continues to dominate Central America, the Panama Canal will not be allowed to begin.

After a little thought, Franz made a decision: "Don't occupy under the banner of the government, Austria has never invaded Mexico."

In southern Mexico, there is just a bunch of civilians who do not want to accept the rule of the Mexican government, and the Mexican government is incompetent, and we can only express our regret. ”

Once the bottom line is put down, Franz is not afraid to pretend to be stupid. In any case, as long as Austria does not occupy Mexican territory on the surface, the international community cannot say anything.

The Mexican government could also send troops to reclaim these areas if it had the capacity to do so. Of course, it has to be a first-time success, and if it fails, the mob will expand. If they fail once and lose a few more states, they can only be blamed for their incompetence.

After three or five years, the turmoil of this event had passed, and these regions were added to the Austrian Central American colonies.

The rules of the game are like this, when it is time to be hypocritical, it must be hypocritical. As long as the substantive benefits are in hand, it doesn't hurt to have a little more cuts.

Most of the proceeds from this expansion went to planters in Austrian Central America. Since they have taken the benefits, they must pay the price, and the responsibility of ruling the land falls on their shoulders.

Mexico was not easy to rule, the French did not swallow them, and Franz did not think that Austria could swallow them in one gulp.

Now that Franz has decided to delegate power, the colonists in Austrian Central America can eat as much land as they have. How far they can expand depends on their own strength, and the consequences of failure to expand are also borne by themselves.

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In Mexico City, the death of President Juárez has caused a storm in the city. Under the organization of well-intentioned people, the crowd of demonstrators has surrounded the Austrian embassy.

The tolerance for the dead is higher than that of the living, and President Juárez was still under fire before he died, and now that he is dead, his image suddenly becomes taller, as if he has become a saint overnight.

Minister Compton in the embassy was already restless, and the crowd of demonstrators outside bombed in turn 24 hours a day. The slogans were shouted so violently that a dog in the embassy district was trembling.

In order to prevent the marchers from storming the embassy district, Minister Compton had already brought in a battalion of troops from outside the city, a cordon had been set up outside, and a Gatling had been erected at the gate.

This is not a trivial matter, in just a few days, there have been a number of shocks, and the dozens of corpses parked outside are the evidence.

In this respect, Franz was wise to order the evacuation of the embassy. Otherwise, it would be difficult to guarantee the personal safety of the embassy staff.

While Minister Compton was at a loss, a young officer took a telegram and whispered in his ear: "Your Excellency, this is the latest order of the Viennese Government. ”

One snatched the telegram, the date on which it was already five days ago. Compton didn't care about the time, and he was momentarily speechless when he looked at the news from above ordering the evacuation of Mexico.

Even the embassy is not kept, apparently this is to abandon Mexico completely. The embassy district, which he had painstakingly managed for several years, was about to be abandoned like this, and Minister Compton had all kinds of flavors in his heart.

After a pause, Minister Compton said sharply: "Inform the Mexican government that we will evacuate and order them to disperse the crowd within three hours, otherwise they will bear all the consequences." ”

I'm leaving, so I don't have to worry about anything. The great powers have never lacked forceful tactics, and if the Mexican government continues to be ignorant of life or death, it is not impossible to bloody Mexico City before leaving.

The absence of the annexation of Mexico did not mean that Austria was afraid of their strength. The main thing is that it is easy to defeat the government army, but it is difficult to rule Mexico.

Mexico's territory has shrunk again and again, and it still stands at nearly two million square kilometers. Such a large territory, and most of it is mountainous, if you want to clean it up, you can't do it without hundreds of thousands of troops.

The costs far outweigh the benefits, and the French abandoned Mexico because they saw it clearly and were unwilling to continue to fill the hole.

It's different now, Austria is leaving anyway. Even if it makes people angry, Minister Compton has no pressure in his heart.

He knew how the protesters outside had come to be. The Mexican government did not dare to directly trouble Austria, so it pushed the people forward, hiding behind itself to watch the excitement.

There has been no seizure, it's not that Minister Compton is afraid, the main thing is that it's unnecessary. On the surface, this is to create problems for Austria, but in fact the biggest trouble will be left to the Mexican government.

If it had been in power, the Mexican government would never have done so. Public opinion is a double-edged sword, and when Austria evacuates, the explosion of public opinion is the sharp edge that takes out the republican government.

To put it bluntly, from the moment President Juarez's autopsy report was released, it was decided that Austria's political blackmail failed.

From the beginning to the end, the Mexican government has been doing useless work. Even if there were no protesters, the Vienna government would have given up on Mexico.

Receiving the news of Austria's evacuation, the Mexican government was rarely efficient. This time, the major factions within the government all agreed and hurriedly sent this plague god away.

The aftermath erupted, with violent clashes between the demonstrators and the police who had come to disperse the crowd. None of the demonstrators, including the demonstrators, could control the rising emotions of the people.

Three hours passed quickly, and the outside of the embassy area was already a mess. Watching the Mexican government take matters into its own hands to suppress the marchers, Compton only sneered.

Even if he had to move, it wouldn't be a matter of hours, and he still had time to watch the excitement. As for the trouble, Compton is not worried at all, and the Mexican government is still worried about whether they will leave.

Anyone who dared to block the evacuation of the Austrians was the Mexican government's worst enemy. The inexperienced Mexican government did not know that the Austrian withdrawal was only the beginning of trouble.

On one side, the withdrawal of troops is underway, and on the other side, military operations are intensifying. The suffocated colonists will not give up this rare opportunity for expansion.