The Sun Never Sets In Spain

It was 10 o'clock in the evening when I arrived at the Hofburg Palace from the outskirts. The 60-year-old prime minister got out of the car halfway through a street.

If there was no banquet at this time, everyone would have gone to bed, so Alfonso could not see the emperor at the first time.

The next day, Alfonso met the French delegation at breakfast.

The other party obviously knew him too, but because they couldn't exchange seats at will during the meal, and they couldn't say hello far apart, they could only stare at each other eagerly.

Alfonso noticed that the atmosphere around the two French representatives was somewhat subtle.

How to put it, although the speech and manners are not much different from other people, it just gives people the feeling of being excluded from the elementary school.

"Rudolph, what's the matter with those two?" Alfonso quietly lowered his voice and asked Rudolph who was sitting aside.

"Those two." Rudolph first swallowed the sausage in his mouth, then replied casually: "They are French or Bonaparte, so they are not very popular."

The Bonapartists were invited.

Alfonso kept his knives and forks in his hands, thinking about this new information silently in his heart.

Austria-Hungary is regarded as a monarchy, and it is not surprising that it cannot support the local republic from the standpoint of the royal family.

But the attitude of the people around is somewhat intriguing.

Napoleon could marry a princess of the Habsburg dynasty. In recent years, Bonaparte and Habsburg have had holidays with Hohenzollern, and the relationship between the two royal families has improved slightly.

At least in some private newspapers.

Before taking three surrenders, the "Madrid Critic" even claimed that the two countries were "civilized people who were attacked together."

The environment is such that most of the people who dine with him are relatives of Habsburg or the court nobles of Hofburg.

Even if these people don't like Bonapartists, they won't be repulsive.

…It seems that it is not the emperor or prime minister's idea to do Prussia. In the Austro-Hungarian palace, the protagonists probably have the majority.

I was thinking about things in my heart, but I still wanted to socialize with the strange aristocrats around me.

Alfonso felt helpless about this, and the communication between European aristocrats was indeed extremely cumbersome.

This is because he relied on his identity and age to save most of them, otherwise it would be more troublesome.

It’s just a matter of half-forced chatting with people next to me. I have to try my best to avoid a series of sensitive topics such as politics, religion, and military. I can only talk about anger, pets, and trivial things, which is really tormenting.

This kind of troublesome etiquette accounts for part of the reason why Alfonso shrinks every day as an otaku in the Royal Palace of Madrid.

When the one-and-a-half-hour breakfast was over, Alfonso chewed on the delicious cheese sausage like a compressed biscuit without any taste.

Moreover, they were still unable to do business at this time. Emperor Franz had sent someone to invite them to the upper house of the Hofburg Palace, where the emperor would conduct a decent reception ceremony.

…

It was 3 o'clock in the afternoon when everything was finished, and the peace talks were held in a conference room less than 300 square meters.

People sitting on the conference table slowly, three of whom are representatives from Spain, two from France, two from Italy, and the rest are all Austro-Hungarians.

There is no way. Unconditional surrender is after all surrender to Austria-Hungary. Although Spain has helped a lot, and it has vital Rome and Sicily, it can only win the qualifications of a non-voting party. It is impossible to count on how much right to speak. .

At the beginning of the meeting, Prime Minister Boist gave the advice of the Austro-Hungarian Empire: "The Kingdom of Lombardy-Venesia will be rebuilt and restored to the territory of the Vienna meeting.

In addition, we will form a new kingdom in the Romagna region, and Bologna, Ravenna, Parma and Cesena will be under its management.

These two kingdoms will be merged into the Austro-Hungarian Empire, and the noble Emperor Franz Joseph will concurrently serve as their kings. "

After finishing speaking, Boyster glanced sharply at everyone present, and everyone did not raise any objections, including the two representatives of the Savoy royal family.

Although the two of them had painful expressions, no one knew that this was something that was impossible to discuss, so they didn't say anything in the end.

But after the conclusion of the formation of the kingdom was reached, someone suddenly asked: "Does this mean that the Habsburg crown territory will expand further?"

The speaker was Hungarian Prime Minister Count Andrássy. In order to cut the Italian talks, the entire joint ministerial meeting basically came. As one of them, Andrássy was naturally included.

(The Council of Common Ministers is the common government of Austria and Hungary, including the ministers of finance, foreign affairs, and military affairs, the emperor, the prime ministers of the two regions, and some grand dukes)

Hearing this, Boist hesitated. He turned his head and looked at the emperor on the main seat. Seeing the other side nodded slightly, he gave an affirmative answer:

"Yes, according to the geographical division of the Leta River, both the Kingdom of Romagna and the Kingdom of Venecia in Lombardy will be divided into Neletania and will be under the jurisdiction of the Austrian government."

Andrahi nodded: "So I have no doubts, but with this division, Neletania will have nearly 10 million more people and 14 million pounds in fiscal revenue than when the Austro-Hungarian Empire was founded. .

In view of this, it would be unreasonable to allow Hungary to bear 30% of the total fiscal expenditure. I propose to re-negotiate the proportion of fiscal revenue to the central government. "

Hearing that, all the Austrians present showed a more or less unhappy look, including the emperor himself.

Although it stands to reason that both the Hungarian crown and the imperial crown belong to him, it makes no difference to him who pays more and who pays less, but in fact the Austrian headquarters is much easier to use than Hungary.

Moreover, in order to stabilize the Hungarians when Austria-Hungary compromised, it originally gave a preferential treatment policy.

Although there is an economic gap between Letania and Letania, it is not more than doubled.

But now Hungary is making progress, and no one is happy about this stall.

However, Boist had expected such an incident when the other party asked, and he directly used the rules he had established to top it back:

"The Central Finance Conference is held every ten years, and it has only been three years since the last convening, and the meeting time has not yet arrived."

Just as Andrashi wanted to refute, he heard Boist continue to say: "Besides, Italy has just suffered from war. The specific population and income need to be further confirmed.

If you want to convene a fiscal meeting in advance, please write a detailed statement and report afterwards. If it is reasonable, the Imperial Conference will have a formal discussion. "

Boist's words meant a bit of retreat. Andrahi thought for a while. It is indeed impossible to give a solution to such a major problem on the spot. In order to prevent outsiders from watching the joke, he wisely kept silent.