With the economic recovery, the Vienna government's fiscal revenue has also risen. The government will not keep money and spend all its fiscal revenue.

Less than half of 1897 passed, and all departments had already begun to grind their hands and prepare to compete for the budget for the coming year.

When the emperor went out for vacation, the decision-making power of budget allocation fell on the crown prince. Everyone could see that it was obviously the emperor paving the way for his son.

There is nothing to object to. Although the emperor's health is still healthy, he is still a 67-year-old. In this era when the average life expectancy is less than 50, it can be called "longevity".

No one can guarantee whether the elderly emperor will suddenly see God one day. From this perspective, it is very necessary to exercise the crown prince in advance to avoid being in a hurry.

Unlike the bloody struggle of the Eastern imperial power, Europe's inheritance bill is relatively perfect. Even if there is occasional struggle, it is not as cruel as it is.

At least the internal struggles of the Habsburg dynasty were not that fierce, otherwise Franz's uncle Ferdinand I would not have inherited the throne.

In this context, although the crown prince has not appeared many times, it is not without precedent.

The most typical example is Franz himself, who has served as the crown prince since the Great Revolution, and the Regents Committee obediently handed over the power.

Rules are rules. As long as everyone insists on abide by them, there will be no problems.

The same goes for Frederick, and the situation is even better.

After all, Franz was still alive and just ran out for a vacation. Although the vacation took a bit long, it was not harmful.

There was a respected emperor pressing on it, and no matter what ideas the ones below had, they had to hold them in their minds first.

Although Franz rarely struggles, the bureaucrats of the Vienna government will never forget the wonderful scene of "ten thousand people dismissed from office, and hundreds of people crematorium".

If someone really counts carefully, they will find that the bureaucrats who were dismissed in the Franz era are more than the total of hundreds of years since the founding of the Habsburg dynasty.

Of course? The times are different and there is no comparison. The number of public officials in the Holy Roman Empire is far more than any previous period.

Faced with an emperor who dares to break the convention of "the law does not blame the public" and has to impose a greater punishment? No one dares to act a devil.

These are the lessons learned from the predecessors?

Since the establishment of the civil service examination system, everyone has a bunch of substitutes. The detached status of the bureaucratic group in the past?      It has long ceased to exist.

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Putting down the official document in his hand, Frederick asked helplessly: "Dear Minister? Can you tell me? What is the purpose of the Navy's shipbuilding this time?"

The word "respect" obviously aggravates the tone. It can be seen that Frederick is very unaware of the "ship-building plan" submitted by the Admiralty.

On the surface, there are only a few battleships, dozens of cruisers and destroyers. Judging from the scale of the Shenluo Navy, some warships are renewed every year? It is not an exaggeration to build so many warships at one time.

The problem lies in the "warship renewal".

There are strict regulations on the retirement of Shinra's warships. Either the performance does not keep up with the times, or they can sell second-hand warships, otherwise they must wait until the service period is completed.

After the previous years of continuous updates, it is now in a window period? No main ship will be retired within the next three years.

Without retirement, there will be no substitute. With the unchanged naval organization? The government will not allocate additional funds to build the main ships within the next two years.

No additional funding? The Navy can get limited military expenditure every year, so it naturally cannot support this shipbuilding plan.

If we just build dozens of warships? It would be nothing more than a matter of 10 or 20 million SHIELD? As a person who personally manipulates the listing of oil companies worth billions of dollars? Franz would not have such a big reaction.

The problem is that the navy has never been just a matter of warships. Once the number of warships increases, the naval organization must also increase.

It seems that I just want to build a few more ships, but in fact I want to expand the army. That is not something that can be done by 10 or 20 million, but that the expenses of tens of millions of GSH shields will be increased every year.

The Holy Roman Empire is a country with a land power. If the Navy increases its military expenditure, the Army will definitely not be vague, and the Air Force will most likely join in the fun.

These at home are just small problems, and the most troublesome thing is internationally. The British are staring at them tightly, and the expansion of the Royal Navy of the Shenluo Navy will definitely follow up.

There is no doubt that a new round of naval military competition will be ignited. At that time, whether you want to or not, the Vienna government will passively follow the British to play the "Dumpling Competition".

After thinking a little with your brain, Frederick knew that the Navy's shipbuilding plan was a huge pit, a huge pit that could swallow up all the new financial revenue of the Vienna government.

Putting aside international influence, all money is spent on military spending. What else can he, the crown prince, use to make political achievements?

Franz asked Frederick to reign over the country, so that he could take the opportunity to make achievements, prove his ability to govern the country to the outside world, and increase his reputation for his future succession.

If all the money is used to play the "Dumpling Competition" with the British, everyone except the Navy will probably be dissatisfied with him as the crown prince.

Frederick was not William II, he had a naval dream. Frederick, who grew up in Vienna since childhood, was deeply influenced by mainland culture and was a typical landlordist.

Frederick has always been very disdainful of the British's maritime hegemony. No matter how awesome the maritime hegemony is, can it compare with the hegemony of Asia, Europe and Africa?

In the Holy Roman Empire, the most popular theory is "those who win the world islands will win the world". As for maritime hegemony, it is only an accessory of mainland hegemony.

When the Holy Roman Empire digested the fruits of victory, the British's maritime hegemony had to be given up, and even if they were not allowed, they had to be given up.

So Frederick looked at the Navy Minister now, saying, "This is a bad person, he actually wants to harm me."

It seemed that he had already prepared for his dissatisfaction with the crown prince. Castagney replied calmly: "Your Highness, the British are too idle recently, we must find something for them to do.

As the Central Asia Railway is about to open, we need to create an opportunity for the Russians to consume the national strength of the British with the hands of the Russians.

If progress goes well, before the new round of the British-Russian War ends, we can take over the important task of the marine overlord from the British.

Before this, if we didn’t build more warships, how could we perform our overlord duties?”

I don't know when the Vienna government fell in love with Russian allies as pawns.

Now that the British have to take over the maritime hegemony, the first reaction of the Admiralty was to let the Russians go first.

If you open the history book, you will find that in recent decades, the Russians have stepped forward to help beat all the enemies that the Vienna government has fought against.

In the First Near East War (Crimean War), the British and French Ottomans were beaten up, and the foundation for Austrian annexation of Nandetune;

During the two Prussian-Russian wars, Prussia was abolished and the civil war broke out for the unification of Shinra;

The subsequent Near East wars were fought together by Russia and Austria, and successfully killed the Ottoman Empire;

Although the Russians were absent in the Continental War, the Russians still made outstanding contributions to the suppression of France and are now insisting on fighting;

Now when Vienna is confronting London, the Russians are not expected to come in handy again. Before the decisive battle was reached, someone in the Vienna government wanted to provoke the British-Russian War.

Judging from the current situation, with the opening of the Central Asian Railway, the probability of the British-Russian War is increasing day by day.

Therefore, it is inevitable that Russia and Austria are friendly. Where can I find such a caring allies?

Although maintaining the friendship between Russia and Austria is very costly, it is not worth mentioning compared to the contributions made by the Russians.

Frederick admitted that he was moved, but he soon realized that it was two years later that the Central Asian Railway was opened to traffic. Why are you anxious now?

Even if we want to provoke the British-Russian War, we have to wait for the railway to be opened.

Before this, let the British be idle first. If they are busy in the future, they are not in a hurry.

Especially recently, the London government has taken action and is constantly challenging the bottom line of the Tsarist government. Over time, these small contradictions will evolve into hatred that cannot be eased between the two countries.

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