The War Court and Lap Pillow, Austria’s Mandate of Heaven

To be honest, Grand Duke Karl had a very bad first impression of this young man in front of him.

Grand Duke Karl met Alexander for the first time when Nicholas I awarded him the First Order of St. Anna (a type of Russian high order, often awarded to veterans who have served for many years and important foreign generals) when he was traveling in Russia.

Although Alexander was a child at that time, he took care of his whole body meticulously, with both the vigor of a child and the rigor of a soldier.

So when Nicholas I wrote a letter, hoping that Grand Duke Karl would take his little daughter on a "blind date" with Alexander, he readily agreed.

But today, Grand Duke Karl was very disappointed. What he saw was a disheveled rascal who smelled of alcohol and women's perfume. What was even more annoying was the way Alexander looked at his daughter, like a rascal in the market.

However, Alexander didn't think too much about it. He was still assessing what Carolina would look like in the future, maybe it would be the type he liked.

Alexander liked this Uncle Karl very much, because he would not insist on line tactics like those old antiques in the Russian army.

In the eyes of Nicholas I, Archduke Karl's straggler tactics and defensive tactics were crooked, but in the eyes of Alexander, he was a hard-to-find confidant.

Starting from Napoleon, the European tactical thinking was to attack, attack, and attack again, and this thinking continued until World War I.

And Archduke Karl's hobby is the iron barrel array, layer after layer of defense, digging trenches and repairing parapets, wishing to build a bastion in the opposite hometown.

Nicholas I was a military fan, so Alexander was forced to study military since he was a child, and Alexander's biggest hobby is to do the opposite of Nicholas I. If you attack, I will defend. When you are head-on, I will conduct a sneak attack...

Ever since, Alexander was beaten by Nicholas I since he was a child.

Alexander's teacher was a conservative, but he always wanted Alexander to be a civilized person, so Alexander became a liberal, very sympathetic to the Decembrists.

The Decembrists launched a rebellion in the Senate Square that year. Nicholas I has forgiven the crimes of the Decembrists (shooting the governor of St. Petersburg, a reactionary mutiny.), he did not want to step on the blood of his subjects to ascend to the throne, and hoped to take Soft policy.

At that time, the cavalry guards who had sworn allegiance to Nicholas I had been assembled, but Nicholas did not issue an order to suppress it.

Even under the repeated urging of the officers under his command, only an order to expel was issued.

However, the guards were not expelled. Instead, they shot back the guard cavalry. The death of dozens of guard cavalry also made Nicholas I firm in his determination to suppress bloody.

In the end, Nicholas I stepped on the blood of the Russians and ascended the throne of the Tsar.

Nicholas I wanted Alexander to find a Prussian princess, so Alexander decided to find an Austrian princess, because Prussia and Austria were deadly enemies.

It's just that Nicholas I knew Alexander's thoughts a long time ago.

So arrangements were made, which caused Alexander to misjudge, thinking that Nicholas I wanted him to marry a Prussian princess.

At this time, Alexander felt that he was full of the charm of a man, unrestrained and unrestrained. The little girl must be embarrassed to see him, and Grand Duke Karl must also appreciate him very much.

Alexander thought in his heart, "Eat a meal later, dance a dance, set a date for the wedding, and go back to China to **** that old **** to death."

Grand Duke Karl looked at Alexander and his party, thinking that they were here to greet him, but these people took out all their luggage, and they couldn't help but feel a little puzzled.

"Alexander, are you leaving?"

"Oh, something unpleasant happened just now. There are too many Jews in the hotel arranged by Prince Metternich, and I'm not used to it." Alexander said.

Of course Archduke Karl knew who lived in the Caesar Hotel, and he also knew the attitude of the Russians towards the Jews, he said calmly.

"The Jews living here are somewhat special. They are all partners of the imperial government."

"It's quite special. There's actually King Solomon in it."

Grand Duke Karl could naturally hear what he meant. This was Alexander complaining.

Grand Duke Karl also hated people like Solomon, but Alexander was too ignorant, which made him feel that Alexander was unreliable.

Alexander's words made Grand Duke Karl feel very embarrassed, just as Prince Metternich rushed over when he heard the news.

So Grand Duke Karl said to Prince Metternich with a sullen face.

"Your mess, fix it yourself."

Schönbrunn Palace, Franz's bedroom.

In 1836, Austria's financial revenue continued to increase and reached 170 million florins, and with the improvement of railway transportation, revenue may continue to increase.

It's just that while Austria's fiscal revenue has increased, its expenditure has also increased, and the rate of increase has been faster than that of revenue.

The Army requires the replacement of the new M1831 rifle and the newer smoothbore gun in order to deal with the war that may break out at any time in the future.

The imaginary enemy of the Austrian Army was the French, and the French had purchased a batch of new equipment, which made the army faction headed by the Minister of War, Earl Tular, unable to sit still and strongly demanded funding.

Even without funding, the War Department is quietly updating the Army's equipment.

These include the sale of obsolete weapons to Mexico and Chenla, but the limited scale of the transaction cannot satisfy the appetite of the Austrian army. At the same time, Austria's lack of maritime transport capacity has caused the army to be paid the difference by middlemen.

The Austrian navy uses the heritage of Venice, most of which were built during the Napoleonic Wars, and most of them are already in a scrapped state, making it impossible to conduct ocean-going naval battles.

Because the imaginary enemies of the Austrian Navy ~www.wuxiaspot.com~ are human traffickers in Barbary.

Therefore, the ships of the Austrian Navy are all built around small, smart, and fast.

The design concept of the Austrian Navy's small boats carrying small guns has made Austria the only navy in Europe that can navigate inland rivers.

However, this concept has long been outdated. In the era of giant cannons and giant ships, whoever has the bigger guns and whoever has the bigger boat has the right to speak.

The Austrian Navy is still somewhat self-aware. They did not ask for a first-tier or second-tier battleship. They just wanted to build some fourth-tier or fifth-tier battleships in order to maintain their absolute advantage over the Italian region and retain the hope of being able to fight the French squadron. .

Add to this the subsidy policy that has existed since the time of Franz II, free schools in Dalmatia and free food in Galicia.

The governor of Galicia will regularly give some grain and poultry to the serfs in Galicia in the name of the country to reduce the rebellion of the serfs.

In fact the Galician serfs mythologized the Habsburg rulers, just as the Russian serfs loved the Tsar as a loving father.

When Austria annexed Dalmatia, it exempted the locals from military service. It was widely praised at the time, but it has now proved to be a bad move, which has led to chronic poverty in the Dalmatia region.

The Croatian region, which is more barren than Dalmatia, has maintained a positive population growth by serving in the army for the empire.

In Dalmatia, the Austrian imperial government had to allocate funds to help the poor.

The dredging of the river, the restoration of the silver mines in Tyrol, and the maintenance of road traffic almost crushed the Austrian Empire.

Of course, Austria's debt is not included in this list, and if it is not repaid, it will not be repaid.