Facts have once again proved that the boss is not easy to be, and he must fight for the younger brother at the critical moment. The debt between Prussia and the British, that is well known, and no one can deny it.

"It is natural to repay debts".

Even though the political situation had changed, the Kingdom of Prussia was still a creditor, and the debt naturally existed. The British have to collect the debts according to the agreement in the loan contract, and no one can say that it is wrong.

Originally, this had little to do with Franz, the debts of the states were not the debts of the central government, and the empire was not obliged to bear them for them. Even if the British were collecting debts, they could not find the Vienna government.

The problem is that now the Berlin government is playing dead, raising the "debt problem" to the preservation of national sovereignty, and the matter falls to the Vienna government.

It is impossible to fulfill the contract, and if it is carried out according to the treaty, the spit of the people will drown Vienna.

It is impossible to give money, and if you help the Kingdom of Prussia pay off its debts today, tomorrow it is not known how many state governments will go bankrupt. In the face of interests, politicians have always had a low level of discipline.

Default is even more unlikely, and as a newly emerging hegemon, the Vienna government must maintain its international image.

In particular, the Vienna government still has a lot of debts to collect outside, and if it takes the lead in playing helpless, people can use "international practice" as an excuse to repay the debts in the future.

It can be said that the Vienna government is now in a very awkward position. Wilhelm II personally came to Vienna to ask for help, probably not only to ask for help, but also to "ask for guilt".

caused such a big mess, it is obviously unreasonable not to give an explanation. Even though the states are highly autonomous, the central government can still give them small shoes.

Now that he is selling miserably, in addition to being a little difficult to get over on face, the actual loss is minimal. Even if the Vienna government wanted to settle accounts with them, after this wave, there was no way to do it.

The rules of the game are like this, the Kingdom of Prussia did really immoral this time, but the kings of the people came to apologize in person, even if the matter is over, it will be aggressive to pursue it further.

Rubbing his forehead, Franz asked with concern: "The cabinet is ready to deal with Prussia's debt problem?" ”

Prime Minister Karl: "The most desirable outcome is, of course, concessions from the British. The Prussian government was allowed to defer payments, or to restructure its debts, with part of the reparations received by Prussia in the war against France.

It was almost impossible to do, Britain had also continued the economic crisis, and the London government was now in need of money, and they had no reason to accept a debt moratorium without the greater good.

Debt restructuring was even more troublesome, and the situation in the Kingdom of Prussia was not bad, and if it had not been for the unfinished projects that the Berlin government had previously carried out, there would not have been a financial bankruptcy.

France is the real giant pit, and judging from the current situation, God forbids that the Paris government can not go bankrupt. As for war reparations, we should not expect much in the next two or three years.

We had cheated the British on the debt of the German Confederation earlier, and now I am afraid that they will no longer accept the transfer of creditor's rights.

On the premise of not defaulting and not sacrificing national sovereignty, I am afraid that the only way to trade interests secretly is to make concessions to the British on the Prussian debt issue. ”

The benefits of betting on the success of the country are great, but the cost of failure is also very heavy. In recent years, the Kingdom of Prussia has been paying the price for the failure of its previous gamble on national fortunes.

Even though they became the victors of the war against France, the reparations they received could not fill the holes left before.

Thinking of this, Franz suddenly somewhat understood Wilhelm II's decision. Without getting rid of the mountain of "debt", the Kingdom of Prussia will always be at the bottom of the Holy Roman Empire.

That's right, it's the bottom. With tens of millions of Aegis indemnities to be paid every year, the Berlin government simply does not have the financial resources to build the country.

After the restoration of the Holy Roman Empire, there was also a major event in the Berlin government, when someone in the government proposed to convert two infantry divisions into the Central Army.

For no other reason, I really can't afford to raise it. Losing the army to the central government not only saved a sum of money, but it was still these people who guarded the security of Prussia.

In the eyes of government officials, even if the army is retained, the command will be taken away by the central government, and even if the king still has the right to command, it has nothing to do with the Berlin government.

However, this move was strongly opposed by Wilhelm II himself. The central government took command of the army only in times of war, and the supreme military commander of the army of the state in peacetime was the king.

Once transferred to the central army, it was different, even though the constitution of the Holy Roman Empire stipulated that the monarch of the state was the supreme military commander of the garrison in his region, but it was the state army that could really command and move.

As for the Central Army, the military expenses were allocated by the emperor, and the generals were appointed by the emperor. Wilhelm II would not have been naïve enough to think that without these rights, a nominal supreme command would be able to control the army.

It seems to be nothing in normal times, but if something really happens, when you need to use the army, and suddenly you find that you can't command the army, then you will be finished.

In a sense, the loss of military power is the loss of the ability to overturn the table. The people below can unscrupulously set up the king, purely according to the rules of the game, I am afraid that few kings can play better than the ministers below.

Just look at the many states of the Holy Roman Empire, but none of them gave up their armies if they had a little bit of a family. Including those big nobles who were actually sealed overseas, they all formed their own private armies within the scope of the law.

According to the statistics of the Vienna government, the total strength of the armies of the states in the Holy Roman Empire + the private armies of the nobility accounted for about one-third of the total number of the imperial army.

If we add various colonial groups and civilian armed forces, this proportion is likely to be more than half. In other words, these miscellaneous armed forces are equal in number to the Central Army.

This is an inevitable result, and the state is a problem left over from history. If the Vienna government doesn't pay attention to your appearance, why should people mess with you?

Not to mention the aristocratic private army and the civilian colonial army, without which the colonies of the empire came from?

The rivers and mountains are all shot down by others, and when it comes to sharing the cake, can you still kick people out?

Even if you cross the river and tear down the bridge, you have to wait until you cross the river to think about it. The Holy Roman Empire was more than any other country in history, and if it were to play directly under the central government, it would be killed by endless uprisings, if not dragged to death by administrative expenditures.

Do you really think Franz is willing to divide it aggressively? It's not all about reality. If you don't divide the cake, why should the people below give you their lives?

Looking at the actual results, you can see that the major colonial empires were plagued by national uprisings, but the Vienna government never bothered.

In fact, the Holy Roman Empire did not have the largest number of private armies. The British had the most private armed forces, but they were called corporations, colonial governments, and dominions.

To put it simply, you open up a colony, and the British government gives you the task of forming a colonial government, such as the East India Company.

Of course, whether you can keep it in the end depends on your ability to move, or your background in the country.

If you really manage it directly, with the small number of lobster soldiers, you can rule one Canada at most. No more, no more.

Everyone is working hard for the rights and interests, and Wilhelm II, who has already obtained it, is naturally unwilling to give it up. If we analyze it carefully, it is not difficult to find that the bankruptcy of the Berlin government was the result of a compromise between all parties in Prussia.

After pondering for a while, Franz shook his head: "Prussia owes the British a lot of money, even if the London government is willing to compromise, the consortium behind it will not give up.

The exchange of interests also requires us to exchange interests with them. You can't make major strategic concessions for the sake of debt, right?

Wait for the British to come to your door, and then talk to them slowly. Delay as long as possible, and perhaps when the economic crisis has passed, the Kingdom of Prussia will have the money to pay its debts. ”

In the face of interests, it is not worth mentioning. The situation is now very clear, and there is a dilemma to solve the problem. If you don't want to solve the problem, then there is no trouble.

Anyway, it was the Kingdom of Prussia that did not pay its debts, not the Holy Roman Empire. The present debt was in conflict with the laws of the Reich, and that was not the responsibility of the Vienna government.

It's a big deal to let the British go to the Imperial Court to sue, and give the court guys a headache. It is precisely this opportunity to push the Legislative Council to promulgate a law "prohibiting local mortgages and public rights to borrow debts".

Prior to this, Franz had already made a rumor, but seeing the strong willingness of the governments of various states to resist, he did not propose a proposal for a long time. The Prussian debt crisis was an opportunity to come to your door.

The definition of "public power" is very broad, and national sovereignty, government revenue, state-owned industry, including government office buildings, can all be regarded as part of public power.

Once the law is passed, the governments of the states will not be able to come up with any collateral if they want to borrow, and the only thing they can rely on is the credibility of the government.

Pure credit loans, then there is no need for Franz to worry about. Not to mention whether anyone dares to lend a huge amount of debt, even if it does borrow and defaults on the debt, it will not involve national sovereignty.

If you can't afford it, you can't afford to pay it back, and if you go bankrupt, you go bankrupt, and many local governments on the European continent have gone bankrupt these years. No matter how much you kick the ball, you can't kick it to the head of the central government.

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The Prussian debt crisis was just a small episode, the economic crisis was raging all over the world, and the European people were now very anxious, almost unable to eat, and had no heart to eat melons.

Even if there is a newspaper publication, it can't stand the fact that everyone has no money in their pockets to order a newspaper. In the midst of the overwhelming wave of unemployment, people are now most concerned about job postings.

In the case of the Holy Roman Empire, the unemployment rate in the country increased fivefold immediately after the full-scale economic crisis, and there are signs of further expansion.

This is not a good situation, after all, the HRE Empire has a piece of African continent where you can vent your stress. Before the economic crisis, the unemployment rate in the country was already very low.

As in previous economic crises, after the outbreak of this economic crisis, the colonial government and noble lords still came to the mainland to pull people.

If you look at the newspapers, you will know that the overwhelming job advertisements are all going to work in the colonies.

That's right, it's "going to work", after so many years of immigration, if you want to immigrate and leave, you will have already left, and the rest are not wanting to leave your hometown, or you can't leave your homeland for some reason.

In order to keep pace with the times, the current advertising does not directly require immigration. It is only required to sign a long-term labor contract, and it is enough to work for 5 or 10 years in the past.

After all, time is the best catalyst. After five or ten years in the colony, even if you want to leave, you have to think twice.

No way - treatment. The noble lords of these years are all "good people", not only do they give high salaries, but the key is that they are also very "loving", and they are willing to help their subordinates get ahead when they encounter problems.

I especially like my subordinates to bring their families together, not only willing to provide free housing, but also to ensure the placement of jobs, and even the children's education is solved.

It's really very "loving", if you look at the Imperial Orphanage, you can see that most of them have been abandoned, and the few remaining families only have some unsound children, and all the normal orphans have been adopted by these "loving" people.

Even some time ago, the problem of refugees and orphans on the border, which distressed the Vienna government, was solved by these "loving" people.

After the onset of the economic crisis, the activities of the "loving" people had expanded from the empire to the entire European continent. Where they are, you don't have to worry about your children anymore.

In a sense, this is also a bright spot in the current economic crisis, where fewer people are starving to death than in the past. If you are hungry, you can go to these "loving" people.

Of course, not everyone wants it. "Loving" people are very tolerant of children, but they are still very strict with adults.

Don't be a street gangster, don't have a criminal record, don't have a bad heart, don't be angry with society, hate......

None of these requirements had anything to do with Ives, and as a young man of the Five Good Qualities, he had at least hundreds of employers to choose from if he was willing to work in the colonies.

That's right, it's about choosing an employer. Almost all the fiefdom nobles of the Holy Roman Empire were short of people, and in order to increase the labor force, everyone had tried their best.

If it weren't for the fear of language barriers, which would not be conducive to territorial management, it is estimated that everyone would have to go abroad to rob people.

In fact, intermediary companies specializing in emigration for fiefdom nobility were born long ago. If you can't pull people from home, you go abroad to find a way.

It doesn't matter if you don't understand the language, they can provide training; The eating habits are different, they are all hungry masters, what are they picky about?

Even labor skills and obedience can be trained. The immigrants trained by some intermediary companies can even do whatever they want.

The only problem is that the cost of immigration from this training is too high. The vast majority of nobles can't afford to enjoy this kind of high-standard service, and in order to save costs, everyone would rather pull people themselves.

An honest local youth like Ives happens to be the most popular talent for everyone, so he naturally doesn't have to worry about work.

The problem is that Yves doesn't want to leave his hometown, he just wants to find a job locally to support his family. Unfortunately, there really isn't.

If you had found an ordinary job in the local area before the economic crisis broke out, there would have been no problem.

It's a pity that this is a time of economic crisis, and most of the enterprises and factories have too late to lay off employees, who can't figure out how to recruit people at this time?

After rummaging through today's newspapers, Eavis finally found a job in a small corner for a local company.

Before he could rejoice, Eves's face suddenly fell. No way, the above recruitment conditions are too high.

Not only did he need a secondary school degree, but he also needed professional work experience, which he didn't have.

(End of chapter)