As the budget battle intensified, Franz returned to the Palais de Vienna at the end of October, ending the holiday early.
You can go on vacation at any time, and as an emperor, you must always focus on state affairs. Although training the crown prince, it does not mean that he will give up completely.
You must know that there are not many other things in politics, that is, there are many pits on the road ahead. It's okay to step on the small pit, just take it as a lesson learned.
However, there are also some pits that must not be stepped on. If you step on it, you may fall into it and never get out.
For example, the annual budget allocation that is currently in progress will be fatal if it gets out of the way.
If you can't balance the needs of all parties, take the budget for granted, or invest the budget in one or several aspects only from ideals and benefits, then it's over.
In case someone pushes the fire, even if Frederick is the crown prince, he will not be able to eat and walk around. At least the incompetent hat, that can't be taken off.
A crown prince who wears the hat of "incompetence" before he ascends the throne, even if he inherits the throne, it is difficult to be convincing.
Similar things have not happened. Including Franz suffered losses at the beginning of his ascension, but just in time to fight back against the Kingdom of Sardinia, the responsibility was given to the war.
Now that the world is at peace, and there is no war to help carry the blame, the allocation of financial budgets is quite a test.
Of course, if you don't want to take responsibility, you can push the job to the Prime Minister. It's just that this will lead to the enlargement of the prime minister, and the emperor will become a rubber stamp if he is not careful.
Then put the fate in the hands of others, in case of encountering a black heart, the royal family may become the front desk clown.
In the end, it became the following people to get benefits, the emperor was responsible for the blame, and if he didn't obey, he would die violently. Similar things have never happened in history.
On this issue, countries and companies are actually the same.
Many people are fortunate enough to work hard to start a business, but in the end they are fooled by others. Instead of cultivating their own descendants to take over, they leave it to professional managers to take care of them.
It seems very scientific, but in the end, it usually ends in tragedy.
Just look at the performance of listed companies. In the past 37 years, the delisting rate of U.S. stock-listed companies has been as high as "72%", and the delisting of these companies is almost the credit of professional managers.
And with the decline of morality and the continuation of the fast pace of society, this ratio is still rising.
Although the company has been tossed out, the professional managers who manage the company have made a fortune in the process. It is the shareholders who are really hurt.
Even though a few companies have developed occasionally, the owner of the company has changed, and there is no relationship with the founder of the company.
Enterprises that are really managed by managers and have no problems are all restrained by the major shareholders themselves, and the management of the enterprise is not allowed to let themselves go.
The same is true of the country, once the emperor does nothing, the bureaucrats will soon let themselves go. Then it fell down at a speed visible to the naked eye, until it finally hollowed out...
"No flower blooms for a hundred days", it is a natural law that it flourishes and declines. Watering and fertilizing is nothing more than letting the flowers hang for a few more days.
The same is true of the country, no one knows what the future will be like. Anyway, it is full of uncertainty, so it is better to leave your own country to toss for your own people.
Even if you want to lose your family, it is better to lose it in the hands of your own descendants than to give it to someone else. Franz saw this very clearly.
In addition to the practical needs, the plan to divide the country, including the planning, is also diversifying investment. Put eggs in different baskets to increase risk resistance as much as possible.
Everything that can be done at the moment has been done, and the rest is not what Franz cares about. Anyway, when he was alive, there would definitely be no problems.
Vienna Palace
After listening to Frederick's work report, Franz nodded with satisfaction. There were no big mistakes, and that was enough.
Being able to ensure the normal operation of the empire in times of peace proves that Frederick has the ability to run the empire.
As for the war years
It is estimated that Frederick will never meet. Once the battle for maritime supremacy comes to an end, the Holy Roman Empire will become the only superpower.
With Shinra's strong strength, there will be no equal opponents for a long time to come.
Unless aliens invade, or only Shinra will beat others.
By the time of Frederick, there were at most some local wars, which were not a challenge at all. In the era of "nuclear peace", the probability of a war breaking out is even smaller.
After the report, Franz asked with a smile: "Frederick, what do you think of the full-heavy artillery battleship plan that the Admiralty has been working on?"
It seemed that Franz would not ask this question. Frederick was stunned at first, and then replied: "It looks very good, but it is too expensive.
We can build a full-heavy artillery battleship, and naturally the British can also do it. At that time, it was another naval arms race.
Although our industrial strength exceeds that of the British, the military expenditure that the government can put into the navy is not much more than that of the United Kingdom. In the end, it is very likely that it will be a lose-lose ending.
The probability of winning may not be as good as the Air Force's Terminator plan. At least the Air Force is pressed and can ram warships with planes.
Of course, in the long run, it is not unacceptable to us that both sides suffer. Only in this way, it will be cheaper for Americans and Russians.
Recently, the United States and the tsarist government have been fighting fiercely. At some point, these two fringe 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 higher than that of the British.
Fighting out the British and becoming two competitors with greater potential is completely a business worth the loss.
Considering the interests of the empire, we must inherit the British heritage while pulling the British off the horse, otherwise we will be busy.
To do this, it must be ensured that after defeating the British, the Imperial Navy still has the strength to suppress the countries of the world. "
Not optimistic, it is inevitable.
Although the financial revenue of the Holy Roman Empire is high, the expenses are equally astonishing. It is impossible for the government to put all its revenue into the construction of the navy.
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 when Shinra's economy develops further, the Vienna government will be able to have the financial resources to crush the British.
In contrast, the Air Force's "Terminator Program" is more optimistic. With the continuous development of aviation technology, the carrying capacity of aircraft is also increasing day by day.
As of now, the largest strategic bomber of the Shinra Air Force has been able to carry two tons of ammunition.
Coupled with specially-made giant bombs, it is enough to pose a threat to battleships. The only problem is that the head is not enough, it is difficult to hit accurately.
However, the Air Force has begun to find a solution to this problem. It is really not accurate, you can also use the quantity to make up.
The big deal is luck, thousands of bombers will go into battle, and there will always be a few lucky. As long as you are willing to throw money, you can crush the Royal Navy to death.
In case of really bad luck, you can also hit the warship with the plane. While this is a joke, this suicide attack is very effective indeed.
In the anti-French war, some reconnaissance planes encountered accidents in the air and could not return normally.
At the last moment, the pilot made a heroic move and rammed directly into a French warship, setting off a large fireworks.
There is not only one similar case, but most of them missed the target. But as long as it hits, the effect is exceptionally good.
Of course, that doesn't mean that Shinra pilots are really not afraid of death. Mainly because of the planes of this year, once they encounter an accident at sea, they will die.
The forced landing at sea is completely overthinking, and it is not a seaplane. When an ordinary plane landed at sea, it sank into the sea with a plop.
Skydiving is like going into the sea to feed the fish, not to mention that the news cannot be passed back, even if it is passed back, it will not wait for the rescuers to arrive.
If you choose to collide with the enemy's warship, that is to pull a pad before dying. By the way, make a little contribution to the family. After all, military merit is still valid when someone dies, and the rewards that should be given will not be less.
According to the plan of the Air Force, if it really comes to a critical moment, it can really be a fight. As long as the Expendables look carefully, they can always find it.
There is really not enough people, and accidents can be created artificially. In the end, it is too much to choose to pull the enemy's back.
Politics is as dark as it gets. As long as the interests are large enough, there is nothing that politicians cannot do.
Franz laughed and scolded: "The Air Force's Terminator plan is the real bad idea. Thousands of bombers, they really dare to think about it.
With the development of aviation technology, the construction cost of aircraft is also rising, and the requirements for the quality of pilots are also increasing.
If the technology is in place, the cost of thousands of bombers is estimated to be able to build hundreds of battleships.
It's still cheap. I think the most expensive thing in the future is the Air Force. Just wait, within 30 years, the military spending of the Air Force will be on par with the Army and Navy. "
If it weren't for his past life experience, Franz would have been fooled by the Air Force's plans. After all, the cakes given by the Air Force do look very tempting.
It's a pity that this thing is delicious, but it's really not cheap!
Today's planes are worthless, and thousands of bombers are worth tens of millions of Aegis. Even if you include the logistical maintenance of the pilots, it's not much more expensive.
The future will be different. Soon aircrafts worth tens of thousands will be outdated, replaced by sky-high prices worth hundreds of thousands, hundreds of thousands, or even millions.
It is unknown whether the entire Holy Roman Empire can afford thousands of bombers, let alone assemble thousands of bombers at one time.
Moreover, the enemy is not a fool, the British are also developing the air force. If you go to someone else's nest to attack, the other's air force will also fight back.
How many fighter escorts are needed to cover thousands of bombers
This question is scary just thinking about it, otherwise, during World War II, the Air Force of Germany III sent all the Royal Navy into the sea.
It's not that I don't want to, it's that I can't do it at all. Instead of implementing the Air Force's unreliable plan, Franz felt that the Navy's plan was a good one.
"Full-heavy artillery battleship" is the dreadnought of the original time and space. Originally made by the British, it nearly buried the Royal Navy.
Regardless of whether it can surpass the British Navy in the end, it will at least bring the two sides to the same starting line and wipe out the advantages accumulated by the Royal Navy in the early stage.