Frankfurt, headquarters of the German Customs Union (tentative).

There is an unwritten rule in this era, that is, when negotiating, there must always be a ball.

Frankfurt was already in the heart of the German region, and with the promotion of trade, Frankfurt's service industry at this time was the largest in Germany.

Historically, Frankfurt Cathedral was the place where the Holy Roman Emperor ascended the throne.

On the makeshift stage in the center of the venue, one of the gorgeous dancers attracted everyone's attention.

The beautiful dancing and peerless appearance made the audience intoxicated.

However, the representative of Prussia, Frederick Ansillon, was not in the mood to appreciate all this, and ordered his retinue to give the company a sum of money to stop performing.

Even after the performance was over, the delegates kept pushing their glasses and changing their glasses, as if they had long since thrown the matter of the meeting out of the clouds.

The Bavarian delegates even chatted with the Württemberg delegates about music, and they were so interested that they played with four fingers.

The Prussian delegates had to stop the performance in order to get the meeting back on track.

If the Allies could shut Austria out without an answer, he wished to have fun with them.

But the letter from the Austrians was more of an ultimatum than an application.

In a month's time, Austria will open its borders to members of the German Customs Union, and will also send its own caravans.

If the Allies could not agree on an unequivocal rejection of Austria's accession, then Austrian goods would enter Germany through Saxony and Bavaria.

As for expecting Saxony and Bavaria to stop Austria, it is simply impossible. The Bavarians did not want to cause trouble, and Saxony was happy to see Austria and Prussia come to fruition.

The representative of Braunschweig was the first to speak: "I am against it!" Austria is too big. What we want is free trade, and the accession of the Austrians may affect our freedom. ”

As a pawn of Prussia to unify Germany, Braunschweig naturally had an unshirkable responsibility. Anyway, there are still many countries between Braunschweig and Austria, and the most important thing is that there is Prussia among them, which is why he can be so unscrupulous.

"Isn't Prussia not big? Why don't we expel Prussia from the League here? The Saxony representative quipped.

Saxony had always regarded Prussia as the first obstacle to leading the GDR, and since large territories had been taken over by Prussia, Saxony would not miss every opportunity to make Prussia unhappy.

"But Prussia has joined the League."

"Then quit again." The representative of Saxony is Anckert, the Minister of the Interior of Saxony.

Originally, this kind of thing would not have been done by Anket, the Home Secretary, anyway. But by chance, the Chancellor of the Exchequer and the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Saxony were sick, and even the advisers to the king's side were sick.

His Majesty Anton has a reputation for being a gentle and good person, so naturally he will not force a sick minister to work overtime, so this difficult errand naturally fell on his head, and he said that the capable work harder.

Although His Majesty Anton often boasted that he was the master of the most powerful state in North Germany, Saxony was no longer what it used to be.

After the Napoleonic Wars, Saxony was forced to cede two-fifths of its territory to Prussia. Up to this time, two-thirds of Saxony's territory, half of its population, had fallen into Prussian hands.

Saxony had developed industry and commerce, but since joining the German Customs Union, he could clearly feel that this advantage was disappearing under Prussia's suppression, whether consciously or unconsciously, and that it was becoming more and more dependent on Prussia.

Between a declining state and a self-proclaimed powerful king, every diplomatic incident in Saxony was an ordeal for the Saxon officials involved.

Although the king declared a constitutional monarchy in 1831, the power to promote, appoint and dismiss officials remained in the king's hands.

The so-called constitutional monarchy is just for those fart people.

Prussian Foreign Minister Frederick Ansilon was also full of resentment, because the difference in strength between Prussia and Austria at this time, and Austria's chairmanship of the German Confederation, could not take a tough attitude on the Prussian side.

So Frederick Ansilon was told not to join the Austrians in the German Customs Union, but not to anger the Austrians.

The reason for this internal negotiation of the alliance was that the Prussian officials hoped to silence the Austrians by means of a vote.

So he needed to enlist as much support as he could, and through a long period of trade, Prussia had co-opted the small states that were the majority.

But the great powers of the German Confederation, such as Austria, Bavaria, Saxony, Württemberg, Hanover, and Hesse, were not on the side of Prussia.

They either supported and attached themselves to Austria, or they had their own ambitions.

His Majesty Wilhelm III is only willing to contribute 50,000 thalers of financial support, in the spirit of saving as much as possible.

Just now in order to get that dance troupe out, it has already cost 2,000 thalers.

Frederick Ansilon decided to reason with these people before considering bribery.

What he didn't expect was that Ankert of Saxony was so difficult.

Even more frighteningly, Ankert's words seem to have struck a chord within the League.

Prussia itself is to blame, Prussia did have an industrial first-mover advantage over other members of the League, and the coal and steel of the Rhine region provided Prussia with a resource advantage.

Moreover, many of the rules in the alliance were formulated with the participation of the Prussians, and there must have been a certain degree of bias.

In addition, there will definitely be friction between trade, and businessmen will also be jealous of each other, let alone between countries.

As a result, the delegates in the hall began to reminisce about the bittersweet ones, and some even began to break the news that the Prussians wanted to monopolize the German Customs Union and cut everyone's leeks.

At the same time, representatives of several powerful states praised Braunschweig's representatives for their foresight and for being a true man who pursued freedom and fairness.

Their actions speak for themselves, they wanted to expel Austria and Prussia and not to be hated by Prussia and Austria.

Disaster is blowing east, and a small city-state like Braunschweig simply can't afford to bear the wrath of either side of Austro.

The representative of Braunschweig immediately panicked and looked at Frederick Ansilon on the side.

Frederick Ansilon nodded, then cleared his throat.

"Rest assured, delegates, on behalf of the Kingdom of Prussia, I assure you that Prussia has no ambition to dominate Germany and will never do so. We welcome any fellow Germans, but we do not welcome those Hungarians in the Habsburg estates. ”

"The Habsburg family was so large that there were even tariffs between Austria and Hungary that we could not accept unilateral trade protection from the Austrians." Another representative added.

The members of the German Customs Union did not like the existence of Hungary very much, after all, most of the German states were still agricultural countries at this time, and the entry of Hungarian grain into Germany would inevitably impact the market and cause their income to decrease.

Frederick Ansillon's statement immediately struck a chord, except that Metternich was not a dry eater, and he had already bribed Thuringia's representatives to speak for Austria if necessary.

"Then let the Austrians and Hungarians draw a line and keep their tariffs. As long as the Austrians agree, we can still share the entire market. Austria's markets and information could certainly breathe new life into the Alliance. ”

But what if the Austrians disagreed? Or what if you violate the agreement? Who can punish the Austrians? ”

The two sides who supported Austrophobia were arguing at this time.

What they didn't know was that within the Austrian Empire, the Hungarian aristocracy was resolutely opposed to joining the German Customs Union and was gathering in Vienna to intercede with His Majesty the Emperor to allow Hungary to become independent of the German Customs Union.

When Franz heard about it, there was such a good thing?