readx;?“ What the? Spanish Revolution! "Franz. Joseph was stunned, he hadn't gotten the news when he left HRE, it should have happened in the past few days. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info-top-point-small-say-

Of course, this matter did not make Franz at all. Joseph was surprised. After all, Isabella II is recognized as the first emperor of Europe - in fact, Isabella II is recognized as the second emperor of Europe, but Franz. Joseph's ministers and attendants did not dare to tell him that he was the most widely regarded ruler of Europe...... But Franz. Emperor Joseph was incorrigibly confused, but the Austrian and Hungarian people did not hate him much.

Because the efficiency of the HRE bureaucracy, which was dominated by Germans, and the peaceful development of the past decade also made the HRE economic growth rapid, and the life of the common people was not too difficult. And Franz. Emperor Joseph and Empress Elizabeth have a good image, and handsome guys and beautiful women also give them a lot of points. Moreover, Franz. Joseph's private life is also relatively scrupulous, and there are no scandals. And Isabella II, the second faint king of Europe, was fat and ugly, and profligate and debauched traitorous ministers (where in the Spanish officialdom are there non-traitorous ministers?). ）。 The most important thing is the Spanish economy, which did not improve during the reign of Isabella II, in stark contrast to the economic growth and rising living standards of the people in neighboring France and Italy.

However, the Bourbon queen was very shrewd in hugging Napoleon III's thigh. So the opposition in Spain did not dare to attack her until the death of Napoleon III. by Juan. Prime, Francisco. Serrano, Juan. Bautista. Two days earlier, on January 3, 1875, Isabella II had seized power in a coup d'état on the occasion of Isabella II's trip to Paris to attend the funeral of Napoleon III. But what was there to be happy about Alexander II? The Spaniards no matter how revolutionary. It's not going to be against France. Just their strength. How is it possible to go against France? Don't they want colonies in the Caribbean and Asia?

"Your Majesty Alexander. Could it be that the French were already preparing to interfere in the Spanish Revolution? "Franz. Joseph I was a little puzzled.

"It's not decided yet!" Alexander II laughed and said, "There is news that the officers who came to power in a coup d'état formed a coalition government ready to select an heir to the Spanish throne from among the European royal families. But to completely exclude members of the Bourbon family. ”

"So what?" Franz. Joseph thought to himself, he wouldn't choose a Bonaparte to go to Spain, would he?

Count Andráchy got together with Franz. Beside Joseph, he whispered: "The republicans, Carlos, and pro-Isabella II factions in Spain are all very powerful. It is impossible for a foreign prince without any foundation to sit firmly. And the Bonaparte family did not currently have any members suitable to inherit the Spanish throne...... In addition, doing so would cause the discontent of the Bourbon family of the Two Sicilies in Italy and win over the Bourbon dynasty of the Two Sicilies (i.e., the Spanish Bourbons. Isabella from the Bourbons of the Two Sicilies) and the Safini dynasty of Sardinia were key factors in maintaining the unity within the French and Roman empires. So this revolution caused Mathilde and Eugénie to encounter a small problem. ”

It's a real problem. Because Spain has always been a difficult place to play. Historically, Napoleon I suffered a great loss because of the invasion of Spain. Mathilde and Eugénie had to take this into account. If the French were to fight hard in Spain, everyone would doubt their leadership. But if France had not interfered in the Spanish Revolution, Spain would have been in chaos as well, because the country was already in turmoil. In the early days of Isabella II's succession, there were eight years of the Carlos War!

Alexander II added with a smile: "Also, Isabella II had a daughter named Maria. Morality. Lapas, named the Duchess of Manila, is married to Zhu Guoguang, the prince of the Ming Empire. It is very likely that the Ming Empire will use this as an excuse to invade the Spanish Philippines, which is very likely to cause tensions between Ming and Britain. ”

Why did the Ming Empire's invasion of the Spanish Philippines cause tensions between Ming and Britain? Franz. Joseph didn't know much about the East, and he looked at Count Andrrashi beside him. The Earl said: "The Spanish Philippines is a buffer between the Ming Dynasty and Dutch New Guinea. Once in the hands of the Ming Empire, the Ming fleet could have a large and reliable naval base more than 1,000 kilometers from the island of New Guinea. ”

(The concept of kilometers has finally emerged.) It is part of a unified set of weights and measures jointly formulated by the Ming Dynasty, France, Mexico, the United States of America and Germany in 1870, which is called the metric system)

Now is the time when steam warships will completely replace sail warships. The technology of the steam warship was far less perfect than that of the later ones, especially in terms of cruising range, which could not be compared with the warships of later generations. And the length of the cruising range is inversely proportional to the protection of the battleship - to build larger coal bunkers and reservoirs, it is necessary to occupy tonnage that could have been used to arrange armor steel plates, so that the level of protection of the battleship is weak.

As a result, countries are reluctant to design warships with too long range, so it is important to have a reliable naval base close to the front line. Although the Ming Dynasty has several important islands in the western Pacific Ocean that can be used as bases, these small islands are either too small or far away from New Guinea and the Asia-Pacific region, and their value is not as good as Mindanao in the Philippine archipelago. This island can easily garrison 100,000 troops! Once in the hands of the Chinese, it was impossible for the British to seize it in wartime.

Now, of course, if Napoleon III is still alive. The Philippine question would not have any serious consequences at all, because the British were mainly on guard against France, and it was impossible to transfer their navy to the east to put pressure on the Ming. Victoria probably could only curse while watching the Chinese take another big step towards Australia. But now, no one knows how the British Empire will react.

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"Your Majesty, Your Royal Highness, you must now send a main fleet to Singapore, including three ravage-class ironclads!"

In Windsor Castle, the Conservative Party leader who has just become Prime Minister, the 70-year-old Benjamin Brown. Disraeli loudly presented the Cabinet to Queen Victoria and Prince Albert to send a fleet to put pressure on the Ming Empire to force Zhu Jishi to recognize the independence and demilitarization of the Philippine Islands...... Of course, the British Empire could be prepared to recognize Zhu Jishi's son as the king of the independent Philippine Kingdom, and to jointly oversee the neutrality and demilitarization of the Philippines.

Queen Victoria turned her attention to her husband, the once-handsome prince was now 55 years old and looked even older. He had just returned from Paris, and in the name of attending the funeral of Napoleon III, the English prince and the Empress Mathilde, the Empress Eugénie, entered into a heart-to-heart negotiation. Both women who ruled the French Empire expressed their willingness to reconcile with the British Empire in order to maintain the current world order. But no one expected that as soon as Albert returned, Spain would come out of the basket, and the Ming Empire was likely to take this opportunity to control the Philippines......

"You can send a fleet!" After a long silence, Albert finally nodded. "But...... Can two ravage-class ships alone stop the ambitions of the Chinese? They also have three 10,000-ton capital ships! ”

In this era, the 10,000-ton capital ship is a symbol of a country's naval strength! The British Empire had five of these capital ships, all of which were ravage-class capital ships. France has three 10,000-ton Napoleon-class ships and Mexico has one Napoleon-class. Russia has only two 10,000-ton capital ships, both of which are British old goods. China has three brand-new Hongwu Emperors, all of which were completed in 1874 and were designed and built entirely in-house – the current level of heavy industry in the Ming Empire is almost the same as that of Britain, France and Germany, and in some areas even better. Therefore, Albert was not sure of a war with the Ming Empire at all, and Britain's own troubles were not small, and the financial and economic difficulties of the American Empire were becoming increasingly difficult, and there was obviously no way to repay the huge debts. Public opinion in the UK is opposed to the transfer of these debts to the UK......

"Your Royal Highness." The British Prime Minister took the question and said with a faint smile, "We can unite with France to put pressure on the Ming Dynasty, and in exchange, we can support France in interfering in the Spanish Revolution." (To be continued.) )