The economic crisis suddenly broke out and the franc's currency value was completely unable to hold on. In just a few days, the currency value fell by 28.7%, shocking the world.

France is one of the three giants in the world, with a fifth largest economy in the world, and its military strength is one.

The Paris government sneezes, and the world will shake. Such a giant's financial system is so vulnerable, and it will kneel down in just one round of attacks.

After the harvest was completed, the consortium capital began to retreat, leaving international hot money to bear the anger of the French.

Just like: I came quietly, leaving with great momentum, waved my sleeves, and did not take away a cloud.

It did not take away a cloud, but only took away a lot of ASCH shields, pounds and gold.

It seemed that a tacit understanding had been reached. After the international consortium led by Britain and the Austrians evacuated, the French consortium arrived late and joined the resistance army.

Without capital tycoons, the remaining group of retail speculators are naturally not opponents of the French consortium.

Seeing the French consortium becoming famous in battle, it seemed as if it became a French hero overnight. Napoleon IV was so angry that it was half-extinguished. As the object of venting its anger, the vases in Versailles were replaced many more.

The absolute advantage established by capital invasion politics since the era of Napoleon III is no longer there.

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At the Vienna Palace, Franz was also somewhat sad about the death of the French government.

After the economic crisis, the French consortium's strength has increased greatly and its influence on the government has been further enhanced. The French Empire will become more lively in the future.

After a simple breakfast and leaving these worries out, Franz was about to bathe in the soft sun when an uninvited guest came.

Foreign Minister Wesenberg reported: "Your Majesty, the workers' uprising broke out in Lyon last night, and the situation in France is showing signs of out of control."

For a big country, external threats are no longer fatal, and only one can defeat them.

There is no doubt that France is such a big country. At least in this era. As long as we don’t encounter group fights and one-on-one, no one has the strength to destroy France.

The thousands of miles of lifting is defeated by ants, and no matter how powerful a country is, it cannot withstand internal troubles.

The workers' uprising in Lyon was just the beginning. If the problem of the economic crisis was not resolved, France would not be stable.

Franz asked in confusion: "Didn't the French government have distributed relief food? Why did an insurrection break out?"

This is a good policy formulated in the era of Napoleon III, and the French working class had unemployment benefits.

Under this favorable policy, although the workers' movement in France is still booming, there are few uprisings.

Wesenberg explained: "According to the analysis of the news from the embassy, ​​the preliminary judgment should be related to the depreciation of the franc.

Affected by currency depreciation, prices in France have risen wildly, and the original unemployment relief payment can no longer meet the daily expenses of workers."

Franz nodded and did not rush to draw a conclusion. Generally speaking, the crazy rise in prices is caused by multiple factors.

Inflation is just one of them. This factor is generally slow to play. It is impossible for the francs to depreciate today, and prices will surge immediately. The market still needs time to respond.

In contrast, Franz is more willing to believe in hoarding and shortage of materials, which leads to sharp rise in prices.

After hesitating for a while, Franz decided to take the blame: "Secretly funding Italy's independent funding to organize an activity, so that they can wait for an opportunity."

Despite not being confident in the Italian independence movement, Franz was willing to cause trouble for the French government.

"Yes, your majesty!" Weisenberg replied

He paused and added: "Your Majesty, based on the information collected by our embassies across the country, under financial pressure, Alexander III gave the land in the newly occupied area as a reward to the meritorious ministers.

Affected by this, there were varying degrees of unrest in Poland and eastern and western Prussia areas, which the Russians had just occupied.

The Governor of the Tsarist government in Konesburg was conveyed through colonial companies, hoping that we can relax immigration restrictions.”

This is a sequelae of the previous Cossack cavalry battles. The Tsarist government, which had very few people in the local area, was completely ruined.

It is impossible to win over the people now. At least before this generation dies, it will be half the result with twice the effort.

If the Russians want to re-establish the foundation of ruling locally, they must support the new ruling class. In this regard, Alexander III's decision was not wrong.

Instead of supporting unreliable locals, it is better to just change your own people. Use the land as a bounty, and the government can save a lot of money.

Austria has also done similar things in the Balkans. However, before Austria's operations, most of the local people had been immigrated, so there was no chaos.

Franz thought for a while and said, "You can contact the Russians and contact them in the name of colonial companies. This is not convenient for the government to participate directly in such matters.

However, immigration conditions cannot be relaxed. We only need to get rid of local German people or ethnic minorities that have been Germanized."

Even after the baptism of war, the population of these lands in the Baltic Sea of ​​Russia, Belarus, East and West Prussia, was still nearly ten million.

The inability to win over the hearts of the local people is the biggest instability factor for the Tsarist government.

If the Tsarist government has strong execution ability and the government's financial resources are strong enough, it can also pick out the stubborn elements here and then place them in a dispersed manner and slowly digest them.

Unfortunately, this is impossible. The Tsarist government has neither the execution power nor such strong financial resources.

It was almost the same when I changed my bearded man, so I could send all the potatoes to grow. Before that, there was no Tsarist government that had such awesome execution capabilities.

The Russians cannot do it, but Austria cannot afford it. Accepting a large number of ethnic minorities at one time will bring a fatal blow to the assimilation work.

There are limits to the great integration of nations. Once it exceeds that degree, things will develop in the opposite direction.

Without sufficient interests, Franz naturally would not accept the mess of the Russians.

From the Austrian standpoint, it is really better to have these people who hate the Tsarist government drag the Russians down.

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Influenced by the Lyon workers' uprising, the Parisian people as revolutionary holy places naturally had to be accustomed to them.

On December 11, 1881, the Paris people launched a massive parade, and hundreds of thousands of French people took to the streets to support the workers' uprising in Lyon.

Like firecrackers, France began to explode. On December 12, Toulouse followed closely, and a workers' uprising broke out.
Chapter completed!