"Great! Sirter wouldn't have thought he was where he is today, would he? hahahaha ”

The resignation of the prime minister not only made the foreign secretary who succeeded him and other ministers who defected to the foreign minister cheer, but also the anti-thieves who are still lurking in all walks of life celebrated, such as...... Marquis of Treville.

Seeing the news in the newspaper with the headline "The Prime Minister resigned, and the Foreign Secretary was authorized by King Bixia to form a cabinet", the old marquis slapped the table daxiao in surprise, completely forgetting the demeanor and composure that he always emphasized on weekdays, and even forgot that his grandson and granddaughter were next to him.

"Grandpa, the bread is about to be crushed by you!" Fran shouted coquettishly, reminding her grandfather of his gaffe.

"Aha, but my little beauty is angry......" The old man smiled apologetically, and then threw away the bread that had been crushed by himself, "I'm sorry, your grandfather is just too happy." ”

"I don't understand how you're so keen on such a thing......" Fran shook her head slightly.

"Men, real men, are such creatures that can't help but boil at the thought of politics and war." The Marquis still looked at his granddaughter dotingly, "You may be bored, but this is their aphrodisiac, the meaning of their life." ”

"You...... How can you say such a thing to your granddaughter! Fran's face turned red, a fifteen-year-old girl could clearly understand the word. She complained loudly about her grandfather, then buried her head and continued to eat breakfast.

It can be seen how good the mood of the marquis is, and he rarely played such a cavalry joke with his granddaughter!

It also shows how much of a shadow the Dalmatian duke cast on their enemies.

Seeing his sister's shy appearance, Charles secretly felt a burst of joy in his heart, and couldn't help but snicker. But soon he straightened his expression again.

However, unfortunately it was still seen by my sister.

"I'm done!" Fran covered her face and trotted away

"However, although Sirte is gone, we can only be happy for a while......" After Fran left, Charles changed the subject, "after all, it was just one person who left......

He was subtly reminding his grandfather not to be too happy, and that there was still a long way to go, but since Fran was present, he could not speak very bluntly, so he could only hint at it like this—and it was clear that such a hint was enough for the other party to understand.

Yes, after all, it's just one person, and the goal of the grandfather and grandson is to drive away a large number of people.

Sure enough, after listening to Charles's words, the Marquis slowly smiled and returned to his original demeanor. "You're right, Charles. Now it's just a person gone......"

He slowly picked up the newspaper again and continued to read.

After looking at it for a moment, he spoke again, as if to say to Charles.

"The situation in the countries of Europe is not very good right now, and the whole continent is restless, not only France."

"yes, pretty bad." Charles replied, "Now the continent is on the crater, awaiting in horror for the inevitable eruption. ”

It was at this moment that in 1847, a new round of economic crisis in Britain began due to the collapse of railway speculation. Many lines were halted, and the progress of the mainline railway project was greatly slowed down. The railway crisis coincided with severe agricultural failures in Britain and central and southern Europe, and the price of grain doubled compared to 1845, further narrowing the market for industrial goods. Pig iron production has been reduced by a third in a month to a month and a half. The textile industry, another pillar of industry, was already in decline, but fell further into the trough with the collapse of railway speculation and soaring food prices.

And with Britain following in its footsteps, the European continent soon fell into the abyss of economic crisis.

After Britain abolished the "Corn Laws" in 1846, which imposed high tariffs on foreign grain imports, Germany quickly became the main import area of British agricultural products.

The industrialists of France, protected by high tariffs, were also hit quite hard, and a large number of workers were unemployed - and that is why the whole of France was restless and the rule of the July dynasty was so shaky.

The seeds of the Great Revolution, which was about to sweep across Europe, had already been sown at this moment, and it was waiting for that moment to erupt.

However, Charles does not need to worry about this now, but can take advantage of this situation to make profits.

"King Pu convened a national congress to discuss state affairs...... "The marquis read the next piece of news, and then couldn't help laughing." Look, Charles, look, even the king of Prussia is thinking of a Estates-General now! ”

[In 1847, King Frederick Wilhelm IV of Prussia was forced to convene a parliament to discuss state affairs, and all Prussian district councils were represented. But the king refused to give the parliament any constitutional powers, and the liberals in the parliament dissolved themselves in disappointment. 】

"It's the way to go."

"But it's ridiculous." The marquis said bitterly, "Prussian...... What do they know? He pursed his lips disdainfully.

Rarely, Charles was going to refute his grandfather's words.

"I ...... I don't think the Prussians are ridiculous, but I think they are a little scary, they are opponents who must be guarded against. If they are not careful, sooner or later they will snatch the crown from France......"

Ever since the crossing, the Charles has watched with concern the growing power of Prussia and the germ of German unification. In the past 20 years, these sprouts have now grown stronger and stronger, and even some are secretly frightening.

Prussia is getting stronger, and everyone can see it. Driven by the emerging bourgeoisie, the Prussian government first implemented reforms in 1818, abolishing checkpoints within the borders, abolishing excise taxes and domestic duties, and declaring the freedom of movement of goods.

Such efforts were not confined to Prussia, which had been seeking to expand its economic region by entering into a customs union with other German states for the sake of economic development. In 1833, the German Customs Union, led by Prussia, was formed, and the participating states concluded an eight-year tariff agreement, which entered into force on January 1, 1834. It will be extended every time the agreement expires. In the beginning, this alliance united the 18 states of North Germany, and in 1835 the Duchy of Baden, Nassau, and Frankfurt am Main joined the alliance, and the trend towards economic cooperation and unification became more and more formed.

If Germany were to be united economically, it would be difficult, perhaps almost impossible, to interrupt their political unity.

After hearing this, the old marquis burst out laughing

"Charles, the Germans are not scary, I have seen them in Jena, and I have seen them in Berlin." The old marquis smiled and spread his hands, "It's just devastating, it didn't take any effort, we crushed Prussia with the speed of a march." I don't think we need to worry too much about this ......."

Charles sighed inwardly.

This was the limitation of the times, and even the Marquis of Treville, a scheming and strong-willed man, could not have imagined what a terrible scourge Prussia, and Germany after the unification of Prussia, would be a terrible scourge for France.

Ever since the Germans had been weakened by fratricidal warfare during the Thirty Years' War, the French had developed an indescribable sense of psychological superiority over the Germans, both at the top and at the bottom. During the Revolution, the mighty French army repeatedly defeated the two German sisters, Austria and Prussia, and this image was further solidified in the hearts of the people.

Moreover, in the minds of the people, Austria, an old power, was clearly much stronger than Prussia. Prussia was just a small power of some power, a little size, a little bit of a presence in the minds of the people, and maybe it could cause a little trouble - but that was it.

This is not ridiculous, in addition to the traverser, how many people can have enough vision to predict the national fortune and future of a country? This was a time when the whole of Europe was contemptuous of the Germans!

Even in the 60s (only a few years before Prussia unified Germany), the great Tolstoy, in his brilliant work "War and Peace", said through the mouth of the old Duke Borconsky: "Since there has been God, everyone has fought the Germans".

Therefore, if Charles were to preach the German (Prussian) threat theory at this time, he would get only inexplicable eyes and bursts of ridicule, and nothing else would have been achieved - in a sense, just as if a Chinese had predicted that Japan would soon stain half of China with saber blood before the First Sino-Japanese War.

Therefore, Charles has long given up doing this kind of useless work, and instead intends to use practical work to solve the disaster that has not yet happened. Anyway, no matter what you say, no one will believe it, so it's better to say less and do more.

"But we can't just let them go." He zuihou still said, "Otherwise, those weak states will eventually be attracted to the larger states due to economic interests, and zuihou will be united into one...... It's like iron filings are attracted to magnets......"

"Then we'll break them to pieces!" The old marquis waved his hand nonchalantly, full of the demeanor of the cavalry officer on the horse. "Just like Richelieu and Fleury!"

[Richelieu refers to Cardinal Richelieu, the French prime minister of Louis XIII, who led Catholic Bourbon France during the Thirty Years' War to help the German Protestant group fight the Catholic group in order to weaken the Habsburg Empire.

Fleury refers to Bishop Fleury, the French prime minister of Louis XV, who secretly supported King Frederick II of Prussia in the War of the Austrian Succession that broke out in 1740 to fight against Austria

It can be said that Prussia was able to take advantage of the chaos to establish a state, and to develop after the establishment of the country, all of which were secretly supported by France to fight against the Habsburgs - of course, Zuihou was out of ......]

"Wasn't it too late to think about it? We should let the small states be attracted to the magnet of France, and at worst we should let them be united, so that neither Austria nor Prussia can covet and annex them. Charles continued to elaborate on his thoughts, "The emperor founded the Rhine League, which gave us a very creative and exemplary ......."

The old marquis waved his hand casually, showing that he had no interest in the subject.

"Very haode consider, Charles. But now our priority is to win power first, and how to operate and operate this regime is something that needs to be seriously considered later. We need to be responsible for the present ...... first"

Charles nodded. "That's right, we need to be responsible for the present in the first place."