It was not just the French who wanted to be fishermen. After the outbreak of the British-British War, Prussia was also ready to move.

But William I was more cautious and did not rush to emerge. Although Britain and Austria had worked in South Africa, they were all secretly, and both sides were "friendly countries" on the surface.

Not breaking apart means that both sides can compromise at any time. William I did not think that the South Africa issue was the deadlock between the two countries.

However, his view does not mean that of the Berlin government. The Junker nobles who had been unable to hold back have already begun to be ready to move.

Prime Minister Moltke said in surprise: "Your Majesty, this is an excellent opportunity. The conflict between Britain and Austria broke out, and the French were focusing on the Italian region again.

At this time, no one could limit our chances to take action against the German Federal Empire and unify the North German region."

Unification of the North German region is crucial to Prussia. Once the German Federal Empire is annexed, it will not be the three great powers that dominate the European continent, but the four great powers.

Although Prussia has defeated the Russian Empire now, in everyone's mind, their ranking is still behind the Russian Empire.

He is recognized as a member of the club of the great powers, but he is only a second-rate power with a certain voice, but he has no influence to dominate the situation in Europe.

This is not a problem of false reputation, but a result of strength. Whether it is economic strength or military strength, the Prussian Kingdom cannot compete with Britain, France and the Olympics.

After defeating the Russians, the Junker nobles were full of confidence. If they hadn't suffered too much losses in the war and hadn't recovered their vitality yet, they wouldn't have been so peaceful.

To change this situation, unifying the North German region is the best choice. Of course, it would be even more perfect if you can annex Poland.

Prime Minister Moltke still has an IQ online and does not want to play a two-pronged approach. Prussia has limited strength, and the consequence of taking into account both must be a mess.

William I asked directly: "My Prime Minister, do you think South Africa is important to Austria, or the German region is important to Austria?"

Don't even think about this issue, it is obvious that the German region is more important. Even if gold mines in South Africa have been discovered, their importance to Austria is still not as important as those in the German region.

Politically, it was impossible for Franz to give up the German region. Even if he could not unify the German region, the slogan of unification must be shouted.

This is related to the orthodoxy of the Shenluo Empire. The Vienna government cannot let go easily, otherwise it will not be able to explain to the people in the country.

Moltke replied: "Naturally the German region is important, but judging from the performance of the Vienna government, their interest in the German Federation is not too strong.

If they really wanted to annex the German Federal Empire, they wouldn't have to wait until now, when we fought hard with the Russians a few years ago, we could do it."

This is a fact. At that time, Prussia restrained the Russians, and Austria attacked the German Federal Empire, and the only ones who were able to intervene were the French.

The French are targeting the Italian region, and France and the Austrians exchange interests and the success rate of annexation of the German Federation is very high.

William I picked up the baton and pointed to the map of Europe on the wall and said, "The Vienna government does not act, it does not mean that we will let us act.

Marshal, you are also a military master. I believe you are aware of the strategic situation that Austria has to face when annexed the German Federation.

From a national defense perspective, the current situation is the most advantageous to Austria. The Russians in the east are licking their wounds, the Ottoman Empire in the south is dying, and we in the north cannot threaten them.

With the Albis Mountains blocking, it is difficult for the French to attack Austria. In addition to attacking from Italy, the French only had to borrow from Belgium and the Rhineland region.

The French are still busy annexing the Italian region. It can be said that the local situation will not be stable in the next twenty years. Attacking Austria from the Italian region, the French want to consider the guerrillas in their territory.

As for borrowing the road, it is even more impossible. At least we don’t have the courage to let the French in, and the French cannot believe us. They would rather fight all the way.

The possibility of a war between France and Austria has been reduced to the lowest level, which is lower than the chance of a war between us and the French.

Once the German Federal Empire was occupied, this strategic advantage would no longer exist in an instant. Not only was it a threat from the French, but it also had a maritime threat from the British.

Putting aside military threats, do the Austrians really need the German Federation now?

More than 20 countries in the German Federal Empire have annexed them. Isn’t the Vienna government afraid that the Imperial Parliament is too lively?”

The last reason is the key to the problem. So many states have joined the Shinra Empire, and the number of votes they have in the imperial parliament exceeds that of Austria, which will weaken the central government's control over the state.

Not to mention that strategically does not allow it, even if there are no strategic problems, no one dares to take action on the impact caused by politics alone.

There was no way Franz reorganized Shinra back then. Austria was not strong enough and the number of main ethnic groups in China was seriously insufficient, so he could only choose to compromise.

After so many years, after a series of measures such as compulsory education, planned cross-immigration, assimilation, etc., internal ethnic conflicts have been almost resolved.

At this time, the Vienna government naturally did not want to add a bunch of states to come in. Otherwise, there would be no need to use force at all, and the German Federation would come over.

According to the principle of at least one vote for a state, so many small states in the German Federal Empire can directly become the masters of the empire with the advantage of votes.

How is this kind of good thing possible? Not only Austria will not agree, but even several domestic states will not agree.

Everyone has made contributions to the development of the empire to this point. It is no longer easy to share these interests. We also have to give up our power, and no one can agree!

The Vienna government was worried about being tempted and could not openly violate the promises of that year, so things were delayed. However, if they didn't do it, they wouldn't let others do it.

William I estimated that as soon as they took action, Austria jumped out to pick peaches. They happened to kill these state governments, and Austria could directly turn these areas into direct-government provinces and cities.

The Prussian Kingdom now has no power to fight. Even if it muster up the courage to challenge Austria, it must first consider whether the Russians behind it will stab, and also worry about whether France in the west will take the lead.

In the era without Bismarck, these troubles caused William to be in trouble and had to go into battle himself.

The struggle for power is cruel, and the military is too powerful. Even the king is now, William I cannot do anything in one word.

The Kingdom of Prussia is not without talents, but it is very difficult for these people to be promoted, and many of them have become the king's aides.

Not long ago, William I wanted to promote a foreign minister who was a civilian, but was opposed by the Junker nobles. The reason was very simple: he had no contribution to the country.

William I could not refute this reason. The system of appointing officials with credit was that the Junker nobles copied Austria and then changed it.

Austria evaluates the achievements of officials, and Prussia directly looks at the achievements of the achievements of the people. Political achievements are contributions, and military contributions are also contributions. Under this rule of the game, a large number of Junker nobles rank high.

I just won the Russians, but there were not many nobles in Junker, but I had many military achievements, and most of the government's rights fell into their hands.

The Prime Minister and ministers from various departments were all from Junker, and William I's rights were inevitably weakened.

If William I hadn't taken the lead, the division and disintegration of the Junker nobles and the division of the group into several waves, he would have become an eraser seal now.

They are all elites of this era. Although their political sense is not good, Marshal Mokchi quickly reacted as soon as he put the problem on the surface.

Seeing Moltke's face changed drastically, William I was very satisfied. It was precisely because Moltke's talent was military and politically limited that he allowed Moltke to serve as prime minister.

Otherwise, how can we divide the Junker nobles? Now a vicious circle has appeared in Prussia, and many people with extensive military capabilities are working in the government.

Of course, people with extremely strong political capabilities did not join the army and could not destroy the Great Wall.

After a while of silence, William I added: "The focus of the government's work is to develop the economy. Prussia has just emerged from the war. The country is waiting for development and the people need rest.

In recent years, the Russians have also carried out social reforms. In order to raise funds, Alexander II even spared no expense.

This enemy is very terrible, and we cannot relax our vigilance for a moment. At most twenty years, there will be a battle between PAS and Russia."

The shifting of the topic was very successful, and the Russians made outstanding contributions to the unity and stability of the Kingdom of Prussia. Only when facing this great enemy can all sectors of Prussian society be able to unite unprecedentedly.

The conflict between Pratt-Russia can no longer be resolved, and William I was not ready to reconcile with the Russians. It is absolutely right to throw it to them if there is any problem.

This reason left everyone in the cabinet without any objection. When they were enemies with Russia, they would be seeking death when they provoked Austria and offended England.

That's right, the British are now opposing Prussia's annexation of the German Federal Empire. With France and Austria, the London government is busy, and the British cannot stand it even if they have a strong Prussia.

Moreover, the British still have considerable interests in the German Federation and are not interested in taking action in Austria, so they are very happy to keep this little brother.

In fact, any merger in the European continent is a threat to the British. Due to the small local area, the London government had to prevent any possible European unification.

In order to ease the atmosphere, the Chancellor of Finance Ron proposed: "Your Majesty is right. Our finances are not optimistic, and we are just one step away from bankruptcy.

The Russians have lost their debts this time, not only because of the loss of international credibility, but also because they have lost almost all the international market.

This price is not something we can afford. Now that the economy is developing is crucial, it is necessary for the government to formulate more active economic policies."

Don’t look at them all from the army and are not very familiar with their political business. In fact, the situation in the Kingdom of Prussia is still very stable.

They directly brought the model of managing the army to managing the country. I don’t know what the consequences will be, but at least they have achieved positive results in a short period of time.

After the war ended, the Prussian Kingdom came out of the predicament in less than three years. Of course, the spoils were also an important stimulus, otherwise they would not have recovered so quickly.

Now, the Kingdom of Prussia has not only escaped from the food crisis, but has also changed from a food importer to an exporter.

Remarkable achievements have also been made in industry, especially the military industry. Under the stimulation of war, the Prussian military industry system has been renewed and is at the top of the world.

Economically, during the post-war recovery period, the Kingdom of Prussia also maintained rapid growth. However, as time goes by, the economic growth rate is now slowing down.

Huge debts have become an important factor restricting the continued development of the Prussian Kingdom. The Berlin government has more than half of its fiscal revenue every year, which is used to repay foreign debts.

Although this proportion is declining, the Prussian finances are still on the verge of bankruptcy. If they had not been unable to afford the consequences of stolen debts, they would have been imitating the Russians long ago.

Of course, behind this, the Poles also made great contributions. They selflessly contributed to industrial raw materials and product sales market.

Otherwise, the Prussian economy would not have recovered so quickly.
Chapter completed!