Austria 1840

Archduke John understood. In fact, he was avoiding Budapest, and the city that was already close to Budapest. That was the Hungarian Kingdom, um, the base camp of the Magyars.

John has a pure nature, not as good as his eldest brother Franz and his second brother Karl—the old brothers are people who are dirtier than mud, but he is not stupid. Of course, he knows that by weakening the internal mountain, the empire can be stronger and more stable.

Who is the largest mountain in the Austrian Empire at present? Of course it was Hungary, which was a bit of a party of its own, and then Bohemia and Moravia, which was on the same side as the Grand Duchy of Austria, followed by suppressing Hungary.

It is the boss who joins the third to fight the second.

Oh, there is also northern Italy within the empire. It's not a big hill, but a few hills, but the strength of these small hills is actually no less than Hungary.

It is Tuscany (Florence), Venice (Venice), Lombardy (Milan), a few larger hills, and a few smaller hills in Parma, Modena, and Lucca.

There is also the northern half of the Papal State (Bologna), which is in the heart of the Pope.

Unfortunately, there is another external threat. The Kingdom of Sardinia has already annexed the Kingdom of Genoa and has become the largest mountain in northern Italy. All day long, it has encouraged several other mountains to be at odds with Austria.

The most terrifying thing is that since the Sardinian Kingdom began to industrialize in 1830, it has gradually attracted several regions such as Lombardy and Venice.

The most irritating thing is the virus and nationalism in France, where there are signs of great prosperity.

Another point is that Austria has no civilizational advantage over Northern Italy, but Austria has this advantage over Hungary.

The most realistic thing is that they do not have industrial complementarity—the mutual demand of industrial agriculture. The Grand Duchy of Austria and Northern Italy are both in the stage of industrialization, and they are both in the stage of agricultural retreat, which is a homogeneous competition.

As far as northern and southern Italy is concerned, industry in northern Italy and agriculture in southern Italy; like Austria and Hungary, industry and agriculture need each other.

So in the end, northern Italy left first, and Hungary still followed Austria for another 50 years.

Now, Carl's thinking is simple and clear.

To deal with Hungary, it is to weaken the strength of the nobles in Hungary, or to make progress not as fast as Austria.

To deal with northern Italy, it is to strengthen the German power there, especially the young in-laws who rely on the old Ha family.

Of course, it was also the in-laws of the Lao Ha family who started the trouble with Austria. The current emperor's wife was the princess of Sardinia.

Then let the German industry in northern Italy squeeze the industry of the Kingdom of Sardinia, making him less powerful. Strengthen yourself and weaken your enemies.

Well, also, we have to work hard to black out the famous nobles and nobles who have ideas. In the future, they will raise their arms and responders will gather. After all, there are too many fools.

John actually had no choice. After communicating with his brother Carl, he learned that there was a little genius in the family. Little Carl was also very happy. Maybe the family's rejuvenation depends on him.

Of course, to assist the emperor, just like Karl assisted Franz militarily, so that the empire did not collapse.

As the rules are there, he will definitely not encourage Carl to become the emperor.

"I'm going to run this thing. Everyone sees the military and economic use of trains?????"

Can't you see that, unless you are blind, you are also a part-time fool, only blind, or only stupid, Karl thought to himself.

"??????We, Austria, are among the top five in Europe, but the construction of railways is not among the top five. Britain, France, Prussia and Russia are all earlier than us, and even the Austrian Netherlands is earlier than us."

"Well, I guess Canada and the United States will not put us too late. We have a big place, and we need to build a railway, so that the advantages of the vast land and resources can be brought into full play."

Carl said, he thought of Costin.

"That's right. Britain is fighting Costin. It is said that Costin is much larger than our Austrian land. Their army is too slow to mobilize and has no strength. It is estimated that Britain will eventually break a layer of skin."

I didn't expect the old guy to have such good eyesight, and Karl rated him a little higher. This John's international vision is better than that of the military **** Karl, but Karl is also right, what America, what Costin, is not worth wasting energy and attention.

Now, the world is Europe, and Europe is the world.

"But it's nothing? It's not a problem to be beaten by Britain, it's a problem that you don't have a long memory after being beaten by Britain??????"

This old boy has a clear mind. Could it be that he can still raise his brain in this forest in the mountains?

"?????? We were just beaten by France for a long time."

Alas, again, the eldest brother Franz is unreliable. At the level of this cheap grandfather, the other younger brother doesn't like it.

"Britain is too powerful. Its industry is estimated to be worth the sum of the European continent. But now the European continent is also exerting its strength, and it will soon surpass Britain. However, it is estimated that a single country will not be able to do it in thirty or fifty years."

This is where Uncle John is really powerful. He has a broader vision than the military **** Karl. The military **** only focuses on military affairs and military-related matters. John has already paid attention to all aspects of life. Well worth the trip, Carl thought.

In fact, it is understandable that John focused his energy on life, and he observed more, deep and insightful life.

No one who has left a name in history is a coward. This old John, if he were to be the Minister of the Interior, if Old Karl was to be the Minister of Military and Political Affairs, plus Metternich's Minister of Foreign Affairs, Austria would be able to eat people, believe it or not.

It's a pity that Metternich is in power now, and John and Carl don't have much executive power.

Seeing Carl's contemplative look, John opened a topic:

"What do you think of the small German state?"

"Oh, I see it this way. Except for Prussia and Austria, they have no future. They will either follow Prussia or Austria in the future."

Historically, they all went with Prussia. Although they were reluctant at first, they were all mixed up after a few battles.

However, this time Karl's rebirth, we can always pull a few over, Austria and Prussia, everyone will share a few.

Austria's location advantage is not good. The surrounding Bavaria and Austria are about the same size, which is not easy to deal with. Unlike Prussia, they are much smaller in size.

In terms of religion, there is still this problem. Bavaria, which is also Catholic, has a large size, and there are Orthodox churches inside...

It was the time of Aunt Merkel... There were a lot of endogenous ones, and it was about seven or eight o'clock in total. That's something in the 21st century, right?

"Gone are the days when the Austrian family dominated."

John sighed, that feeling was because his ancestors didn't make a good fortune.

Empress Teresa was probably crying out for grievances underground. The empire was in such a crisis at that time. This was the best result that could be achieved under the conditions at that time.

"Uncle, since Silesia was taken away by Prussia, our family's dominance has passed, and even if Silesia is taken back, Prussia will still be Prussia, and their spirits have been raised."

Moreover, the spirit of Austria was also beaten at that time, and later was ravaged by Napoleon. Alas, life is hard, and there are strong people around.

You must know that earlier, the spirit of Austria was accumulated by leading the people of all nationalities to resist the Ottomans, fighting back against the Ottomans, and liberating the vast number of friends under the Ottoman iron shoes.

Karl didn't blame his ancestor Teresa, she was already very good, who made her meet her cousin Frederick II, an old monster who was later revered as "Frederick the Great" in Germany.

Theresa, it's a bit like Zhou Yu in "Romance of the Three Kingdoms", she met Frederick, Zhuge Liang, and Karl was also aggrieved by her ancestors. Her life was also brilliant, but she was completely defeated by her cousin and King Frederick of Prussia. covered.

This is not an empty word, it is a real word. Compared with her cousin, she was born 5 years later and died 6 years earlier; her achievements are similar internally, but externally, a piece of land was robbed by her cousin - Silesia, this is Gap.

Anyway, life is hard. Don't say anything, ancestors, please wash your face with tears.

"Yeah, the more oppressed you are, the more vigorous his energy will be due to the rebound. The more you respect him, the more powerful his energy will be through the channel of recognition."

John felt a deep sense of helplessness.

"Yes, Prussia is strong, hardworking, and worthy of respect. If we develop ourselves well, he will recognize you as a big brother. If he does not develop well, he will even beat you. If you are worse, he will even accept you as a job. Little brother doesn't want to."

After all, Karl was a German club before, but he was actually a common man. It would be difficult for him to speak ill of Prussia.

However, his words gave John a little warmth and made him recover from his deep helplessness.

"You are so optimistic about Prussia?"

Although John recovered, he was still a little unwilling.

"The most important thing is not that I am optimistic~www.wuxiaspot.com~ is Prussia's own ambition. I am a fart in their eyes, do they need me to endorse or approve it?"

"Yes, Karl, you woke me up, I often go to Prussia, and I find that there is far more energy than Austria, they are like sixteen or seventeen-year-old teenagers, full of vigor and enterprising; and Austria, like a forty-year-old The middle-aged, although I can't say that there is twilight, or decline, but the enterprising spirit is gone."

Alas, to regard Austria as your own child is to be reluctant to force it to death. Obviously, Austria is like an old man in his 50s or 60s. Uncle John, are you thick-skinned or embarrassed to stab you, you actually said no?

"Uncle John, we can't be middle-aged people, we have to be young people, we have to be young people, even the most awesome British are young people in their 20s. What qualifications do we have to be middle-aged people?"

John nodded and said yes, and Carl continued:

"Besides, we in Austria are now in their 60s and 70s, faltering and having cloudy eyes. How can we be considered middle-aged.

"The War of the Succession turned us from youth to youth, Napoleon turned us from youth to middle age, and in recent decades, we have grown ourselves into old age.

"We're going to cut off the carrion, and we're going to return to youth."

Carl shook his head. Let's reveal the real situation, um, the real situation he observed. Don't let Uncle John deceive himself, for fear that he will believe it after deceiving himself a few times.

"How to do it? How to rejuvenate, how to rejuvenate?"

John felt that what this little thing said was so mysterious that it couldn't be implemented at all.

"Self-innovation, first kill all the internal instability factors, and then bring in fresh blood from the outside."