The wheel of history rolls forward without being controlled by personal will.

As the birthplace of the economic crisis, Vienna is also the first region to get rid of the economic crisis.

Unlike ordinary industrial cities, Vienna, which focuses on politics, education, scientific research and culture, has much stronger risk resistance.

Except for the stock investors being a little miserable, the crisis has not brought much change to Vienna. The turbulent downtown market cannot feel the atmosphere of depression at all.

Especially in recent times, as National Day approaches, representatives from all over the country gather, adding a bit of prosperity.

In order to celebrate the third anniversary of the reinstatement of the Holy Roman Empire, Franz decided to hold a military parade on National Day. It was purely for celebration and absolutely no intention of showing off his strength.

Unlike previous military parades, this time it was national. Whether it was colonies far away from overseas, fiefs and nobles, or states on the European continent, representatives were sent to participate.

The most important thing is that this military parade was not to select elite troops from the entire army, but Franz randomly selected troops and went to Vienna for inspection.

There is no way, there are a lot of countries under Shenluo, and the fiefs and nobles are as high as five digits, and even if they are preferred, they cannot be selected.

When it comes to military honors, don’t expect anyone to give in. Disputes can lead to the end of the day.

If you can also have a large army competition before opening up a colony, you can conduct a confrontation exercise with real soldiers.

Now, just look at the map of Shinra. With the transportation and regional drills these days, I am afraid that it will not be done in two or three years.

In this case, in order to avoid controversy, Franz simply played lottery draws, all based on luck.

If you want to show your face in front of the people of the whole country, you will expect God to bless him. If God is not online, it will also be the same for the emperor to bless him.

After all, judging from the final result, the distribution of troops is quite balanced.

The Austrian Nanyang was selected as one battalion, the Austrian America was selected as one battalion, and the Austrian Africa was selected as four battalions, and each state was selected as three battalions, and the Central Army had three battalions, plus an armored regiment and an artillery regiment, a total of 12,000 people.

There can't be more, and if there are more, I can't check it out. Franz doesn't want to hold a celebration, so he's tired.

It is not easy to bring troops from all over the world together. The National Day military parade is not only a review force, but also for the whole world to see.

As a newly rising overlord, since he fell down from France, except for interfering in a Philippine war, Shenra has never done anything outside in recent years.

Not to mention that countries around the world are not used to such a steady hegemon, at least European countries are really not used to it.

Look at the British, the Philippine War had just ended and turned around and started to do something in Cuba again. This is the professional overlord.

In this regard, the Vienna government still has a long way to go to catch up with the British. Judging from the current situation, it is impossible for Franz to have his lifetime.

This is determined by the political genes. The thinking of maritime power and land power countries is different in itself.

Thinking determines action. If possible, Franz hopes to go through it quietly and plainly.

However, the tree wanted to be quiet but the wind did not stop. The Vienna government did nothing, and the blame fell from the sky, without even a place to reason.

There are too many suspects to be judged who is behind the scenes, so the Vienna government naturally cannot take revenge.

In order to swear a sense of existence, this third anniversary celebration was held. Whether countries are used to it or not, they now have to learn to adapt.

"New overlord, new atmosphere."

If he blindly imitates the British, he would obviously be inferior. If he really makes people angry and resentful, he will eventually fight, and Shenluo will not have the protection of the Strait.

The teacher who never forgets the past and the next thing is still deeply imprinted in Franz's mind.

Playing PK on the European continent is to commit suicide collectively. If you win, you don’t have enough military expenses, and if you lose, you will have to pay the most.

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"Here, Friedrich."

"I see the general, I'll come over right away."

As the sound fell, a young officer rushed through the crowd and came to the sculpture in the square.

Schlieffen laughed and scolded, "Friedrich, you idiot. I told you not to fall behind, and you dare to look around. If you get lost, I'm embarrassed to ask the police to help you find someone."

It can be seen that Schliffen still values ​​young officers very much.

Although this military parade was drawn in lots, who would dare to be careless if he had to be inspected in full view of everyone?

If you get out of trouble, you will be embarrassed in front of the whole world. All selected troops will start drills early.

Those who were able to attend the inspection at the end, both officers and soldiers, had undergone layers of screening and had been transferred long ago.

As the only company in the Prussian Kingdom to participate in the military parade, they were all officers. The purpose was very simple, just to ask for money.

There is no way, who makes the Prussian Kingdom poor?

Due to financial inadequacy, the Prussian military's life has been really hard in recent years.

Even some time ago, there was a proposal to notify the army in the Berlin government. Although it was stopped by William II, there were two such things.

The Prussian military is still very crisis-conscious. In order to avoid one day, the Berlin government really did not allocate funds, so it was the current trip to Vienna of this army group.

After the establishment of the Holy Roman Empire, while the emperor took away the command of the state army, in order to strengthen the control of the state army, the military expenditure source of the state army also changed.

Generally speaking, within the scope of the establishment permitted by the emperor, the state army can obtain 25% to 40% of the military expenditure from the central government, and the remaining part will be raised by the state government.

In this context, if a country is rich, the military expenditure will be sufficient and the army will live a better life; if a country is poor, it will have to live a hard life.

There is no doubt that the Prussian army has always lived a hard life. Since the defeat of the Prussian War, the Prussian military has never had a better life.

When he was in the German Federation, Prussia was directly facing the busy military threat of Russia, so the Berlin government could only grit its teeth and hold on.

In addition, as the federal military responsibility, for national defense and security reasons, other state governments also supported part of the military expenditure, so they barely supported it.

After the reinstatement of the Holy Roman Empire, the central government assumed part of the military expenditure, and in theory they should have had a better life.

Unfortunately, with the establishment of Shinra, the Russian threat no longer existed, and the spirit of the Berlin government to desperately collect military spending also disappeared.

After the outbreak of the economic crisis, the Berlin government went bankrupt, and some people even proposed to hand over the army to the central government to alleviate the government's financial pressure.

With the support of the king, the army was retained, but financial appropriations were often delayed.

The most important thing is that the Prussian government is really poor, not that they don’t want to give money.

This is embarrassing. If you don’t give it to the money, then the military will naturally have a way to make the Berlin government surrender, but now you really have no money, then you have no choice.

Fortunately, the central government's allocation is timely and can save some money and can barely maintain it.

In order to save military expenditure, the Prussian military also tried every means, such as retaining the skeleton and reducing the number of soldiers.

Unfortunately, this practice of obviously suspected fraud of military spending was soon discovered by the Army Department.

If one plan fails, another plan will come into being.

The Prussian military replaced the soldiers with conscripts who did not have salary, retaining only a small number of elite backbone forces, mainly focusing on cultivating officers.

Unfortunately, although the Prussian military's plan was good, the emperor refused to agree.

Franz not only issued a harsh warning to the Prussian military for this practice that could obviously affect the combat effectiveness of the troops, but also demoted relevant personnel collectively.

The demotion is a small problem, the key is that the military expenditure problem has not been resolved. Although the emperor personally inquired and urged the Berlin government to allocate military expenditure on time, it is necessary to have money to allocate it.

In the past, there was no problem with borrowing money to pay military expenses. But now it is not possible. The Berlin government is arguing with the British about debt restructuring, and the government has declared bankruptcy.

Not only are the military expenses owed, but the salaries of government officials are also owed together, including the king's pension and the prime minister's salary.

The government is fighting for the interests of the country, so the military naturally cannot hold back at this time. No matter how difficult it is, they still have the military expenditure allocated by the central government, so they will not be hungry.

It is obvious that it is not an easy task to make British creditors compromise. This protest against pretending to be dead will probably last for a long time.

After experiencing so much, the Prussian military can see that even if the debt restructuring negotiations were successful, the poor Berlin government would not be able to count on it in a short period of time.

If you want to solve the problem of military expenditure, you can only reach out to the emperor.

After all, the annual military budget of the Shenluo Empire is as high as hundreds of millions of ASCH, while the annual expenditure of the Prussian army is only more than four million ASCH, accounting for about one-thirty.

As long as the emperor was slightly tilted when allocating military expenditures, their funding gap would be filled.

If you want to get a tilted care in military spending, you naturally have to prove your value to the emperor first. This military parade is their opportunity to show off.

Pure display of soldiers is obviously ineffective. The soldiers who can appear at the parade are definitely the elite among the elite.

Although the Prussian army is well-trained, it is still impossible to stand out on the parade.

The emperor will not be interested in ordinary soldiers, but cultivating soldiers into officers will definitely attract the emperor's attention.

Regardless of whether the plan is reliable or not, you must try it hard. Otherwise, modern military technology will advance so quickly that the Prussian army with insufficient military expenditure will soon fall behind.

As for leaving national defense and security to the central government, Ma lets the Nanshan Mountains farm with peace of mind, other countries may think so, but it is absolutely impossible in Prussia.

Although the Prussian War broke the backbone of the Prussian Kingdom, the unyielding spirit was still retained in the army.

To this day, "revenge" is still the driving force for the Prussian military to fight. However, considering the huge gap in strength between the two sides, they were forced to endure it and secretly prepare for war.

In the previous anti-French wars, the Prussian army performed well, so that after the reinstatement of the Holy Roman Empire, it was still able to retain the organization of four infantry divisions and be the leader of many small states.

Of course, this is also the result of other countries not trying their best to strive for. After all, only Prussia wants to avenge the Russians and recover the lost territory.

Although the Holy Roman Empire was restored, according to tradition: hatred of states does not equal hatred of the empire; wars of states do not equal wars of the empire.

If it is an invasion of foreign enemies, the central government will naturally have to stand out; if it is your own way to invade others, you will be responsible for the consequences.

Similar cases have never appeared less than triple digits in the history of the Holy Roman Empire.

In the Prussian conflict, as long as the Russians did not invade on their own initiative, the Vienna government would not need to bear any responsibility or obligation to Prussia.

If you want to take revenge, the Prussian Kingdom can only work alone. Theoretically, the number of troops in each state can be determined freely.
To be continued...