As the budget battle intensified, Franz returned to the Vienna Palace at the end of October and ended the vacation early.

You can go on vacation anytime, and as an emperor, you always have to put state affairs first. Although training the crown prince does not mean that you will completely let go.

You should know that there are not many other political things, but there are many pits on the road ahead. It’s okay to step on small pits, just treat it as learning from experience and lessons.

However, there are also some pitfalls that you must never step on. If you step on them, you may fall into them and never get out again.

For example: If the annual budget allocation is in progress, it will be a fatal flaw.

If you cannot balance the needs of all parties, make budgets for granted, or invest your budget in one or several aspects based on ideals and benefits, then it will be over.

If someone adds the fire, even if Frederick is the crown prince, he will not be able to take it away. At least he will not be able to take off his incompetent hat.

A crown prince who has not yet succeeded to the throne is still convincing even if he inherits the throne.

Similar things have happened. Including Franz suffered losses when he succeeded to the throne, but at that time it happened to counterattack the Kingdom of Sardinia and blamed the war.

Now the world is peaceful and there is no war to take the blame. The allocation of fiscal budget is quite a test.

Of course, if you don’t want to take responsibility, you can also push this work to the Prime Minister. However, this will lead to the greater power of the Prime Minister, and if you are not careful, the emperor will turn into an eraser seal.

Then you will hand over your destiny to someone else. If you encounter someone who is so sad, the royal family may become a clown on the front desk.

In the end, he became the one below to gain benefits. The emperor was responsible for taking the blame, and if he was disobedient, he would die suddenly. Similar things have not happened in history.

On this issue, the country and enterprises are actually the same.

Many people are lucky enough to start their own businesses, but are fooled by others. Instead of cultivating their descendants to take over, they are left to professional managers to take care of them.

It seems very scientific, but the final outcome usually ends in tragedy.

Just look at the performance of listed companies. In the past 37 years, the delisting rate of US listed companies has reached "72%", and the delisting of these companies is almost all due to professional managers.

And with the decline of morality, the fast pace of society continues? This ratio is still rising.

Although the company is tortured and done? However, the professional manager who manages the company has made a fortune in this process. Only the shareholders are the ones who suffer real interests.

Even if several companies develop occasionally? But the owner of the company has changed? There is no dime to the founder of the company.

Companies that really rely on managers to manage without problems? All major shareholders are personally restrained and prevent the company's management from letting themselves go.

The same is true for the country? Once the emperor is not in charge of the matter? The bureaucrats will soon let themselves go. Then they fall down at a speed visible to the naked eye until they finally empty...

"There is no flower that has a hundred days of redness", and it is a natural law when it is prosperous and declining. Watering and fertilizing is nothing more than letting the flower hang for a few more days.

The same is true for the country? No one knows what the future will be. Anyway, it is full of uncertainty? It is better to leave your own country for your own people to struggle.

Even if you want to lose your family, it is better to lose your family in the hands of your descendants than to give it to others. Franz sees this very clearly.

In addition to the actual needs of the preparations, it is also diversifying investment. Put eggs in different baskets to increase risk resistance as much as possible.

Have you done everything you can do now? The rest is not what Franz cares about. Anyway, there will definitely be no problems when he is alive.

Vienna Palace

After listening to Frederick's work report? Franz nodded with satisfaction. No major mistakes were made, which was enough.

Being able to ensure the normal operation of the empire in peacetime proves that Frederick has the ability to take charge of the empire.

As for the war years?

I guess Frederick won't meet? Once the battle for maritime hegemony comes to an end, the Holy Roman Empire will become the only superpower.

With Shenluo's strong strength, he will not be able to find a close opponent for a long time in the future.

Unless aliens invade, there is only Shinra who can beat others up.

In the era of Frederick, at most, there were only some local wars, which could not be called a challenge at all. Later on, there was the era of "nuclear balance", and the probability of a war breaking out was even smaller.

After the report, Franz asked with a smile: "Frederick, what do you think of the plan for the full-heavy artillery battleship that the Admiralty has tinkered with?"

It seemed that Franz would ask this question. Frederick was stunned at first, and then replied: "It looks very good, but it's too expensive.

We can do the full-heavy artillery battleship, and the British can naturally do it. At that time, there will be another naval arms race.

Although our industrial strength exceeds that of the British, the government's military expenditures that can be invested in the navy will not be much more than that of the UK. In the end, it is likely that the end of both sides will suffer.

The probability of winning may be worse than the Air Force's Terminator Plan. At least the Air Force is forced to hit a warship with an airplane.

Of course, in the long run, we cannot accept the outcome of both sides suffering. But this will make it cheaper for Americans and Russians.

In recent times, the United States and the Tsarist government have been in a hot battle. Maybe at any time, these two marginal countries will form an alliance.

Although their national strength is far inferior to that of the British in a short period of time, their development potential is above Britain.

If you fight the British and become two competitors with greater potential, it is a deal that is not worth the effort.

For the sake of the empire, while we are dragging the British down, we must also inherit the British's legacy, otherwise we will be in vain.

To do this, we must ensure that after defeating the British, the Imperial Navy still has the ability to suppress countries around the world."

If you don’t like it, it’s inevitable.

Although the fiscal revenue of the Holy Roman Empire was high, the expenses were also amazing. It was impossible for the government to invest all its income in naval construction.

With purely fighting for financial resources, Shinra does not have an advantage in a short period of time. Unless the time is delayed for more than ten or twenty years, and the Vienna government can have the financial resources to crush the British.

In contrast, the Air Force's "Terminator Program" is more popular. With the continuous development of aviation technology, the load capacity of aircraft is also increasing day by day.

So far, the largest strategic bomber of the Shinra Air Force has been able to load two tons of ammunition.

Paired with a specially made giant bomb, it is enough to pose a threat to the battleships. The only problem is that it is not accurate enough and it is difficult to hit accurately.

However, the Air Force has begun to find a way to solve this problem. It is really not accurate, and you can still use the quantity to make up.

At worst, you can have luck. Thousands of bombers will always have a few luck. As long as you are willing to spend money, you can kill the Royal Navy.

If you are really unlucky, you can also use an airplane to hit a warship. Although this is a joke, this suicide attack is indeed very effective.

During the anti-French war, reconnaissance planes encountered accidents in the air and were unable to return normally.

At the last moment, the pilot was brave and directly hit a French warship, blew up a large fireworks.

There are more than one similar case, but most of them have no hits. However, as long as they hit, the effect is particularly good.

Of course, it does not mean that Shinra pilots are really not afraid of death. The main reason is that once the planes encounter accidents at sea, they will be dead and will never die.

If you land on the sea, you are completely overthinking it. It is not a seaplane. Ordinary planes land on the sea, just sank into the bottom of the sea with a thump.

Skydiving is like going into the sea to feed fish. Not to mention that the news cannot be transmitted back, even if it is transmitted back, the rescuers cannot wait for the arrival of rescuers.

If you choose to hit the enemy's warship, you will take a cushion before you die. By the way, you will make some contributions to your family. After all, military merits are still effective after a person dies, and there will be no less rewards.

According to the Air Force Department's plan, if it really comes to a critical moment, you can really fight. As long as you search for the suicide squad, you can always find it.

If you really can't make up enough people, you can also create accidents artificially. In the end, there are too many people who choose to pull the enemy to take the shore.

Politics is just as bad as it is. As long as the interests are big enough, there is nothing that politicians can't do.

Franz laughed and scolded: "The Air Force's Terminator Plan is the real bad idea. Thousands of bombers, but they really dare to think about it.

While aviation technology is developing, the construction costs of aircraft are also rising, and the requirements for pilots are also increasing.

If the technology is in place, the cost of thousands of bombers is probably to be able to build hundreds of battleships.

It's cheaper, I think the most expensive thing in the future is the Air Force. Wait, in thirty years, the Air Force's military expenditure will be in line with the Army and Navy."

If it weren't for the experience of my previous life, Franz might have been fooled by the Air Force's plan. After all, the painting cake given by the Air Force does look very attractive.

It’s a pity that this thing is delicious, but it’s really not cheap!

Aircraft are not valuable nowadays, with thousands of bombers only tens of millions of GSH shields. Including the logistics maintenance of pilots, it is not much more expensive.

The future will be different. Soon, aircraft worth tens of thousands will fall behind, and will be replaced by sky-high goods worth tens of thousands, hundreds of thousands, or even millions.

It is unknown whether the entire Holy Roman Empire can afford to support thousands of bombers, not to mention gathering thousands of bombers at one time.

Besides, the enemy is not a fool, and the British are also developing the air force. When they run to their lairs to attack, their air force will also fight back.

To cover thousands of bombers, how many fighter escorts are needed?

This problem is terrible if you think about it. Otherwise, during World War II, the German-3 air force would send all the Royal Navy to the sea.

It’s not that he doesn’t want to, but that he can’t do it at all. Instead of implementing this unreliable plan of the Air Force, Franz thinks that the Navy’s plan is good.

The "full-heavy artillery battleship" is the dreadnought of the original time and space. It was originally created by the British, but it almost buried the Royal Navy.

Regardless of whether they can surpass the British Navy in the end, they will at least pull both sides to the same starting line and smooth out the advantages of the Royal Navy.
Chapter completed!