War Palace and Knee Pillow, Austria’s Destiny

"It still needs to be reviewed by the Anti-Human Trafficking Committee."

Franz Eichmann also smiled. He had a relative who wanted to immigrate to the United States, but his family couldn't persuade him, so he was sent back by the Anti-Human Trafficking Committee.

Thanks to the existence of this Anti-Human Trafficking Committee, otherwise the descendants of the Eichmann family would have to go to North America as indentured servants.

Bismarck knew that the Foreign Minister had made up his mind and didn't say much. King William IV of Prussia was a monarch with little decisiveness. He was always in a superposition state of opposition and agreement.

So instead of persuading the monarch, it is better to choose to persuade these powerful ministers. Although Prince Shotgun was a bit reckless, his decisive style was more in line with Bismarck's appetite.

In Bismarck's view, Prussia was not completely without a chance of winning. Austria's advantage lies in its huge size, but this is also its weakness.

And it is not all bad to have the Austrian Empire as a big brother. After all, there are tall people to support the sky when it falls.

Blas Osmeno is the newly appointed prime minister of Queen Isabella II of Spain and one of the lovers of her mother Cristina.

Blas Osmeno is a banker by birth and he understands the importance of the Europa Monetary Union. The establishment of the union will greatly promote the development of commerce and banking, and even directly change the rules of the game in the banking industry.

However, for a banker with an official position like Blas Osmeno, this is simply pie in the sky.

On the one hand, he can get more investment and form a monopoly in the country, and on the other hand, it is convenient for him to transfer his property abroad.

"For a better tomorrow for Europe! I firmly support this great decision! Gentlemen! Support the monetary union, and your descendants will be proud of your decision today."

Blas Osmeno's impassioned speech caught everyone off guard. Viscount Stratford and Uvarov both suspected that the former was a shill hired by the Austrian Empire.

In fact, even Prince Schwarzenberg was not too sure whether the passionate Spanish ambassador in front of him was a shill invited by his majesty, after all, he acted too fake.

Some representatives of other small countries were excited, some were affected by Viscount Stratford and were uneasy, and some began to care about some technical issues.

However, most people did not care. They were either included in Austria or had no expectations for their country's future.

Mohammed Ali had some special ideas. In his opinion, this so-called monetary union must be very important to Austria.

If it can be used, it will definitely be a powerful bargaining chip in the negotiations with Austria.

But does Austria's Europa Monetary Union include Egypt? Mohammed Ali was a little unsure.

And if he really used this matter to threaten Austria, would it be a loss instead of a gain, and anger the unpredictable young man?

In fact, in Franz's plan, the attitude of the Egyptian government was not important. They could only choose to accept it or be forced to accept it.

In the face of the panic, you can't just play rogue to resist.

Old Ali thought of another way out at this time, an opportunity to get rid of the control of the Austrian Empire.

That is the Suez Canal plan. Maybe he can use the Suez Canal plan to win more support from the powers and occupy more land.

The Transjordan region really can't satisfy Egypt's appetite, so he is willing to take a gamble.

Since the Austrians can use the opportunity of convening a peace conference to establish a monetary union for themselves, why can't Egypt take this opportunity to announce the Suez Canal plan?

As long as all the powers participate, Austria will not be able to dominate alone, and he can use the contradictions between the powers to benefit himself.

Old Ali knows how dangerous it is to seek the skin of a tiger, so he must test the tone of all parties in advance and find a good time to act.

In fact, Franz is not surprised by the double-faced behavior of the Egyptian government. Even this is the effect he wants. After all, the early stage of the canal was a huge pit, and Austria can't be filled by it alone.

This is not because the Suez Canal is not attractive enough to Austria, nor is it because Franz is not determined enough, nor is it because of the so-called loss aversion.

In fact, when Franz came to this world, his impression of the governments of most countries was that they were terribly corrupt and even more terribly inefficient.

A good policy that benefits the country and the people is formulated, but it completely changes its taste when it reaches the grassroots. The government allocates 100,000 florins, but often less than 5,000 florins to the refugees.

Franz does not like to be in the limelight, but in fact, if he does not stand out or send some heavyweights to supervise, then his money will be like a waste of water.

So even after ascending the throne, Franz still holds a large number of companies and institutions.

On the one hand, according to the traditional government and the royal family's property, there will be a very clear distinction, and on the other hand, Franz needs to leave enough cards for himself.

In fact, even the resources in Franz's hands are often used by others. Many people use the name of the royal family to hang their property under the royal family to evade taxes.

Franz will forcibly collect the property of such concealment after investigating the whole story.

However, this resulted in huge administrative costs and waste of resources, so Franz simply announced a tax on royal property during the war.

If Franz did this normally, he would most likely be strongly opposed by his family, and the nobles affected would also be very dissatisfied, and even deliberately make trouble to oppose the new policy.

However, during the war, coupled with the notorious reputation left by Franz's previous series of operations, few people dare to jump out and take the initiative to die.

Of course, Franz would not do so drastically. After these taxes were collected, they would be returned to these royal family members and nobles.

Franz's purpose has never been to weaken the royal family and nobles. He just doesn't want these mechanisms to be exploited.

Franz's tax refund also has another purpose, which is to stimulate consumption. They all get a special expected banknote, which is valid for only one year and can only be used for consumption.

Whether they eat, drink, whore, or do charity, Franz needs them to spend all the money.

Franz's approach is effective. The city of Vienna can restore its former prosperity in a short period of time. These guys are indispensable.

In addition, in order to prepare for this peace conference, the Austrian government also spent money like crazy, making the scale and luxury of this conference the largest in history.

Representatives of any country could not imagine that this was a country in the midst of a civil war, but it also received a lot of criticism, saying that the Austrian Empire had also reached the highest level of depravity in history.