Chapter 55: The King of Kinds

At this time, these two enclaves of Prussia were like a sharp sword against the waist of France, and they were also like a piece of meat from the mouth of the French.

But in any case, it is difficult for the two sides to become friends again. Unless one side can sacrifice its own interests and forge an alliance.

However, it takes a lot of courage, a lot of wisdom and a lot of sacrifice, because in this era of rapid rise of nationalism, ceding land is no different from selling the country.

Despite being an enclave, the victory in the war was still heartening to the people of Prussia. Prince Wilhelm's heroic deeds became the biggest topic of conversation in Berlin for a while.

At this time, Prussia wanted to keep the enclave, so King Frederick William IV of Prussia took the opportunity to move around Vienna in order to ensure that the state of Jura would fall into his pocket.

As for why it has to be the canton of Jura? One is for the sake of the family's heroic legends, and the second and most important factor is that the administrative costs are low and relatively easy to control.

Before Prince Wilhelm (later Wilhelm I) arrived in Neuchâtel, the enclave of Neuchâtel had been in arrears to the Prussian crown for decades.

Now, Prince Wilhelm has recovered all the principal and interest at one time, in fact, it is only more than two million Swiss francs (about half a million Prussian thalers).

In fact, the local tax rate set by the Hohenzollern family is very low, and the policy preferences are also very many. But because the sky is high and the emperor is far away, no one cares at all.

At this time, the outbreak of the Swiss Civil War, the German Confederation wiped out the power of the Free States like a whirlwind, and the Neuchâtels, who had beaten the king's tax collectors, became obedient citizens again.

To get back to the point, Frederick Wilhelm IV personally moved around, and the princes of all walks of life gathered in Vienna to great effect.

In fact, there is nothing more than moving with affection and knowing "courtesy", although the transfer of the Jura to Prussia has long been planned, but in order to increase the credibility of Metternich still knocked the other side.

In the previous Vienna Conference, Franz was attended by Ferdinand I, who was not fit to attend due to health reasons, and at this time Prime Minister Metternich could only do the work.

On the other hand, the French were finally in a hurry, and Baron Pasquière and an official mission visited Vienna again.

It's just that they were left to the sidelines, and instead witnessed the spoils of the German Confederation. The South German countries were the biggest beneficiaries of the parliament.

Austria took back the ancestral land of Allgau, Baden got the neighboring Turgau, Bavaria got the strategic city of St. Gallen, Liechtenstein really got Graubünden, and Prussia got the Jura as it wished.

Saxony got Zurich, Hanover got Glarus, Hesse got Solothurn, and Bern became an enclave of Luxembourg.

At the same time, the German Confederation decided to accept the applications of the states of the former Swiss Orthodox Confederation to become members of the German Confederation.

They are: Lucerne, Schwyz, Walden, Uri, Fribourg, Valais, Ticeno.

When he heard about Ticeno, Baron Pasquière could not sit still, because it was clear that it was occupied by France.

However, it was then that he found that the object of his negotiations had changed, and his opponent was no longer Austria, but the entire German Confederation.

As for the Orthodox Alliance, their army was still in the hands of the Grand Duke Karl, and now France was already passive to the extreme.

But soon something even more troublesome happened, according to Franz's plan, these new members of the German Confederation were free to choose their own monarchs.

Coincidentally, the representatives of the public in the canton of Ticeno chose Carlo Alberto, king of the Kingdom of Sardinia, as their new monarch.

This could not be a coincidence, knowing that at this time Ticeno was still in the hands of Charles Duchat.

In fact, the representative of public opinion was from the Kingdom of Sardinia, but the situation at this time was already very clear, that is, Germany and the Kingdom of Sardinia came to pit themselves.

And if the Kingdom of Sardinia dares to stand up and stand up for France, it must be fully certain.

At this time, France had two options, one was to abandon the canton of Ticeno and leave Geneva and Vaud in the bag. The other was an all-out war with the German Confederation, Switzerland, and the Kingdom of Sardinia.

At this time, the enthusiasm of the German princes has not yet retreated, after all, those small countries are already going to burn high incense if they are not annexed, and it is definitely a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to expand their territory at this time.

Coupled with the blessing of nationalism, the streets of Vienna were filled with demonstrators, and successive victories made people think that France was nothing more than that.

This situation is all too familiar to the French, it is a copy of the French Revolution, but the causes and circumstances have changed.

Baron Pasquière felt a deep fear and could only ask King Louis Philippe to decide.

There was an immediate uproar in France, but neither Louis Philippe nor Soule wanted to take the risk.

At the same time, the partition and transformation operation was in full swing, and with the "partition plan", Franz left a good impression on the monarchs of the German states, at least no one would question his IQ in person.

After two rounds, almost all the states were satisfied, and those princes who did not receive the land were compensated with funds.

Of course, the money was used for the people's fat and ointment looted by the warlords of the Free States.

In fact, because of the poor performance of the Orthodox state bureaucracy in the civil war, the population was already complaining about it.

At this time, the replacement of these people is completely in line with the will of the people, and can even be described as very happy.

Franz was baffled that he had been able to hit the same scheme three times in a row, and that none of the last group of governors and deputies had a woman.

Sister Brandi's mutilated body was finally found in the dungeon beneath the Geneva City Hall, where it was carefully wrapped by the Jesuit clergy and sent to the Vatican, where it seemed that there was great hope for canonization.

There are many advantages to dividing the German monarchy, because it can greatly reduce the waste of resources by consolidating some of the states that are too small in Germany, such as Saxony and Hesse, as well as Anhalt, Lipe, etc.

One of the Hesses is the Elector, the Grand Duchy, and the Earl. Franz had a headache and decided to help them.

Austria also succeeded in pulling the German Confederation over as its own shield, the outermost of which was Prussia, so that it could always maintain a passive position.

Franz prefers to plant kings rather than traversers who can only farm the land.

In fact, such a scattered partition was deliberately carried out by Franz, and Switzerland is different from Germany, the former has few people, poor land, and decentralized power, and they can only plan uniformly if they want to rise.

There was only one country in South Germany that could do this: the Austrian Empire. Whether they wanted to develop their economy or maintain their rule, they could not do without the support of the Austrian Empire.

On the fifth day of the end of the first round of tripartite negotiations between the German Confederation, the Kingdom of Sardinia, and France, the British finally got the news.