The wheel of history rolls forward and is not controlled by personal will.
As the birthplace of the economic crisis, Vienna is also the first to get rid of the economic crisis.
Unlike ordinary industrial cities, Vienna, which is centered on politics, education, scientific research and culture, has a much stronger ability to resist risks.
Apart from the miserable shareholders, the crisis brought little change to Vienna. There is no sense of depression in the chaotic downtown.
Especially recently, with the National Day approaching, representatives from all over the country have gathered, which has added a bit of prosperity.
To celebrate the third anniversary of the Holy Roman Empire, Franz decided to hold a military parade on National Day. It was purely for celebration, with absolutely no intention of showing off force.
Unlike previous military parades, this time it was nationwide. Whether it is a colony, fief aristocracy, or all states on the European continent, they must send representatives to participate.
The most important thing is that this military parade did not select elites from the entire army, but Franz randomly selected troops and went to Vienna for review.
There is no way, there are a lot of states under Shinra, and the fief aristocracy is as high as five digits, even if it is the best, it cannot be selected.
When it comes to military honor, don't expect who will let who. If it is really elected, the bullshit can go to hell.
If before the colony is established, there can be a whole army competition, or a real-force confrontation exercise.
Now, just look at Shinra's map. With the traffic in these years, the regional drills are not enough, and if we conduct real-force confrontation exercises, I am afraid that it will not be finished in two or three years.
In this case, in order to avoid controversy, Franz simply played the lottery and decided by luck.
If you want to show your face in front of the people of the whole country, then count on God and his old man to bless you. If God is not online, it is the same to count on the emperor to bless you.
After all, from the final result, the distribution of the selected troops is quite balanced.
One battalion for Austrian Southeast Asia, one battalion for Austrian America, four battalions for Austrian Africa, three battalions for each state, three battalions for the Central Army, three battalions each for the army, navy and air, plus one armored regiment and one artillery regiment, making a total of one battalion. Twelve thousand people.
It can't be more, if there is more, it will not be able to review it. Franz didn't want to hold a celebration, so he exhausted himself to death.
It is not an easy task to bring together the troops from all over the world. The National Day military parade is not only for reviewing troops, but also for the world to see.
As a newly rising hegemon, since he fell to France, apart from intervening in a Philippine war, Shinra has not done anything outside in the past few years.
Not to mention that countries in the world are not used to such a quiet hegemon, at least European countries are really not used to it.
Just look at the British, the Philippine war just ended, and they turned around and started things in Cuba again. This is the professional hegemony.
In this regard, the Vienna government still has a long way to go to catch up with the British. From the current situation, Franz's lifetime is impossible.
This is determined by political genes. The thinking of sea-power countries and land-power countries is different in itself.
Thinking determines action. If possible, Franz wanted to go on in such a quiet, undistinguished way.
However, the tree wanted to be quiet and the wind kept blowing. The Vienna government did nothing, and a black pot fell from the sky, and there was no place to reason.
There are so many suspects that it is impossible to determine who is behind the scenes, and it is naturally impossible for the Vienna government to retaliate.
In order to swear a sense of existence, there is this third anniversary celebration. Whether countries are used to it or not, now they have to learn to adapt.
"New Overlord, New Weather".
Blindly imitating the British is obviously inferior. If it really makes people angry, and finally fights, Shinra has no strait protection.
The teacher who never forgets the past and the future, the two world wars in the original time and space are still deeply imprinted in Franz's mind.
To play pk on the European continent is to commit suicide. If you win, the income will not be enough for the military, and if you lose, you will lose money.
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"This way, Friedrich."
"I see the general, I'll come right away."
As the sound landed, a young officer passed through the crowd and came under the sculpture in the square.
Schlieffen laughed and scolded: "Friedrich, you idiot. I told you not to fall behind, and dare to look around. If I get lost, I'm ashamed to call the police to help find someone."
It can be seen that Schlieffen still values young officers very highly.
Although this military parade was drawn by lot, but it has to be reviewed in full view of the public, who would dare to be sloppy
If you get out of the basket, you will lose face in front of the whole world. All the selected troops will start the drill early.
Those who can finally come to participate in the review, whether officers or soldiers, have been screened at various levels, and those who fail to pass have already been transferred away.
As the only company in the Kingdom of Prussia to participate in the military parade, it is simply all officers. The purpose is very simple, to ask for money.
No way, who made Prussia poor
Limited by the lack of finances, the life of the Prussian military in recent years has been really difficult.
There was even a proposal not to have the army in the Berlin government some time ago. Although it was stopped by William II, there are two things about this kind of thing.
The Prussian military is still very crisis-conscious. In order to avoid one day, the Berlin government really does not allocate funds, so there is now a trip to Vienna for this military corps.
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 source of military expenditure of the state army also changed.
Generally speaking, within the scope of the establishment approved by the emperor, the state army can get 25% to 40% of the military expenditure from the central government, and the rest is raised by the state government itself.
In this context, if the state is rich, the military will be adequately allocated and the life of the military will be easy; if the state is poor, it will only be able to live a miserable life.
There is no doubt that the Prussian army has always had a hard time. Life has never been easier for the Prussian military since the defeat of the Russo-Prussian War.
When in the German Confederation, Prussia was directly facing the lively military threat from Russia, and the Berlin government could only grit its teeth.
In addition to the military responsibility as a federation, for the sake of national defense and security, the governments of other states also supported a part of the military expenditure, which was barely able to support it.
After the restoration of the Holy Roman Empire, the central government assumed part of the military expenses, and it stands to reason that their life should be better.
It is a pity that with the establishment of Shinra, the threat of the Russians no longer exists, and the spirit of the Berlin government to desperately collect military spending has also disappeared.
After the economic crisis broke out, the Berlin government was financially bankrupt, and it was even suggested that the military should be handed over to the central government to relieve the government's financial pressure.
With the king's support, the army was retained, but financial allocations were often delayed.
The most important thing is that the Prussian government really has no money, not that they don't want to give money.
This is embarrassing. If the money is not given, then the military naturally has a way to get the Berlin government to obey, but now that there is no money, there is nothing to do.
Fortunately, the central government's allocation is timely every time, saving a little bit of use, and it can barely be maintained.
In order to save military expenses, the Prussian military has also tried every means, for example: retaining the skeleton and reducing the number of soldiers.
It is a pity that this practice, which was obviously suspected of defrauding military expenditures, was soon discovered by the Ministry of War.
If one fails, another plan is born.
The Prussian military replaced the soldiers with unpaid conscripts, retaining only a small number of elites, mainly to train officers.
Unfortunately, the Prussian military's plan was good, but the emperor did not agree.
Franz not only issued a stern warning to the Prussian military, but also demoted the relevant personnel collectively.
Demotion is a small issue, the key is that the issue of military spending has not been resolved. Although the emperor personally intervened and urged the Berlin government to allocate military expenditures on time, it was necessary to have money to allocate them.
Borrowing money for military spending was naturally no problem in the past. But not now, the Berlin government is wrangling with the British over debt restructuring, and the government has declared bankruptcy.
Not only is the military owed, but the salaries of government officials are also owed, including the king's annuity and the prime minister's salary.
The government is striving for the country's interests, and the military cannot hold back at this time. No matter how difficult it is, they still have military spending allocated by the central government, so they won't go hungry.
Clearly, getting British creditors to compromise is not an easy task. This feigned death protest is expected to continue for a long time.
After so much, the Prussian military can see that even if the debt restructuring negotiations are successful, the impoverished Berlin government cannot count on it in a short time.
If you want to solve the problem of military spending, you can only reach out to the emperor.
After all, the Shinra Empire's annual military budget is as high as hundreds of millions of Aegis, while the annual expenditure of the Prussian army is only more than 4 million Aegis, accounting for about one-third of the total.
As long as the emperor leaned slightly in allocating military spending, their funding gap was filled.
If you want to get preferential care in military spending, you must first prove your worth to the emperor. This military parade is their chance to show themselves.
Pure display of soldiers, obviously does not work. The soldiers who can appear on the scene of the military parade must be the elite of the elite.
Despite the well-trained Prussian army, it was still impossible to stand out on the parade ground.
Ordinary soldiers, the emperor will not be interested, but the army that trains soldiers into officers can definitely attract the attention of the emperor.
Regardless of whether the plan is reliable or not, always try hard. Otherwise, the modern military technology advances so fast, the Prussian army with insufficient military spending will soon be left behind.
As for handing over national defense and security to the central government, Ma let Nanshan farm with peace of mind. Other states may think so, but it is absolutely impossible in Prussia.
Although the Prussian-Russian War broke the backbone of the Prussian Kingdom, that unyielding spirit was still retained in the army.
To this day, "revenge" is still the driving force behind the struggle of the Prussian military. Only considering the disparity in strength between the two sides, he was forced to endure it, and secretly fought hard.
In the previous anti-French war, the Prussian army performed well, so that after the restoration of the Holy Roman Empire, it was still able to retain the establishment of four infantry divisions, the head of many small states.
Of course, this is also the result that other states did not try their best to strive for. After all, it was only Prussia who wanted to avenge the Russians and regain lost ground.
Although the Holy Roman Empire is re-established, according to tradition: the hatred of the state does not equal the hatred of the empire; the war of the state is not equal to the war of the empire.
If it is an invasion by a foreign enemy, the central government will naturally take the lead; if you go to invade others yourself, then you will be at your own risk.
Similar cases, in the history of the Holy Roman Empire, have never been lower than three digits.
In the conflict between Prussia and Russia, as long as the Russians did not take the initiative to invade, the Vienna government did not need to assume any responsibility or obligation to Prussia.
Want revenge, the Kingdom of Prussia can only go it alone. In theory, the number of troops of each state can be freely determined.
It's just that the central government does not need to apportion military expenses for troops beyond the scope of the establishment, but they still have to accept the emperor's command.
Without the support of the central government, the impoverished Kingdom of Prussia naturally has no capital to avenge the Russians. Even if the military is still obsessed with it, the Berlin government has long given up these unrealistic fantasies.
Open secrets are not secrets. The secret actions of the Prussian military cannot be concealed from Franz's eyes.
It's just that they have always been within the scope of the rules, and it is not easy to interfere as emperors.
After all, the "revenge plan" of the Prussian military was only at the stage of "thinking" and did not take substantive actions.
Anyway, there are only a few infantry divisions, no matter how elite they are trained, they will not pose a threat to the central government, but instead have one more useful thug.
Friedrich replied solemnly: "Don't worry, General. I can't lose it. There were just too many people and I didn't notice you leaving."
Schlieffen nodded and said nothing. Unlike the curiosity of young officers, the feelings of the older generation of Prussian officers towards the Holy Roman Empire were the most complicated.
As the master of two Russian-Prussian wars, Schlieffen saw firsthand the decline of the Kingdom of Prussia and the revival of the Holy Roman Empire.
Once upon a time, Schlieffen also took the unification of the German region and the establishment of Great Prussia as his mission.
The German region was indeed unified, but it was not unified by Prussia. On the contrary, the greatest contribution made by the Kingdom of Prussia in the process of unification was its own decline.
With the decline of the second state of the Kingdom of Prussia, the German region no longer has a state that has the strength to compete with Austria, and the internal friction in the German region has been eliminated.