With the sudden outbreak of the economic crisis, the value of the franc could no longer be maintained. In just a few days, the value of the franc fell by 28.7%, which shocked the world.
France was one of the three giants in the world, with the fifth largest economy in the world and the second largest military strength.
When the Government of Paris sneezed, the world would tremble. The financial system of such a giant was actually so vulnerable. It only took a round of attacks for it to kneel down.
After the harvest, the consortium began to retreat, leaving the international speculators to bear the anger of the French.
As the saying goes: I came quietly, I left with a mighty momentum, waving my sleeves, and not taking away a cloud.
Not taking away a cloud, but a large number of shields, pounds, and gold.
It seemed that they had reached a tacit understanding. After the international consortium led by Britain and Austria left, the French consortium came late and joined the resistance army.
Without the capital giants, the remaining group of speculators was naturally no match for the French consortium.
Watching the French consortium become famous in the first world war, as if overnight became the heroes of France, Napoleon IV was half-dead angry, as the target of his anger, the vases in the Palace of Versailles were changed a lot.
Capital invaded politics, and the absolute advantage established since the era of Napoleon Iii no longer existed.
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In the Palace of Vienna, Franz also felt a bit sad seeing the Government of France suffer.
After the economic crisis, the strength of the French consortium had greatly increased, and their influence on the government was further enhanced. The future French Empire would become more lively.
After a simple breakfast, Franz got rid of these worries and was about to bathe in the warm sunshine. Suddenly, an uninvited guest came to his room.
Foreign Minister Wesenberg reported, "Your Majesty, last night, the workers in Lyon launched an armed rebellion, and the situation in France is showing signs of getting out of control."
For a big country, external threats were no longer fatal, and the only thing that could really defeat them was themselves.
There was no doubt that France was such a big country. At least in this era. As long as it was not a group fight, no one had the strength to destroy France.
No matter how powerful a country was, it would not be able to withstand an internal struggle.
The workers' uprising in Lyon was just the beginning. If the economic crisis was not solved, France would not be stable.
Franz asked in confusion, "Hasn't the Government of France already distributed relief food? Why did a rebellion break out?"
This was a good policy from the time of Napoleon Iii. The French working class had unemployment benefits.
Under this favorable policy, although the labor movement in France was still flourishing, there were very few uprisings.
Wesenberg explained, "According to the analysis of the information from the embassy, the initial judgment should be related to the depreciation of the franc.
Affected by the devaluation of the currency, prices in France have risen wildly. The original unemployment benefits can no longer meet the daily expenses of the workers. "
Franz nodded and did not rush to a conclusion. Generally speaking, the crazy rise in prices was caused by a combination of factors.
Inflation is only one of the factors. This factor usually takes effect slowly. It is impossible for the franc to depreciate today, and prices will soar immediately. The market still needs time to react.
In contrast, Franz was more willing to believe that hoarding and shortage of supplies led to a sharp rise in prices.
After hesitating for a while, Franz still decided to add insult to injury, "Secretly fund the Italian independence organization for activities and let them wait for an opportunity."
Although he did not have confidence in the Italian independence movement, Franz was still willing to cause some trouble for the Government of France.
"Yes, Your Majesty!" Wesenberg replied.
After a pause, he added, "Your Majesty, according to the information collected by our embassies, due to financial pressure, Alexander III has given the newly occupied land as a reward to meritorious officials.
Affected by this, Poland and East and West Prussia, which had just been occupied by the Russians, have all experienced different degrees of unrest.
The governor of the Tsarist government in Königsberg conveyed through the colonial company that they hope we can relax the immigration restrictions. "
This was the aftermath of the previous Cossack cavalry battle. The Tsarist government's already scarce support in the local area was completely destroyed.
Now it was impossible to win over the people's support. At least until this generation died, it would be half the result with twice the effort.
If the Russians wanted to re-establish the foundation of their rule in the local area, they must support a new ruling class. In this regard, Alexander III's decision was not wrong.
Instead of supporting the unreliable locals, it was better to directly replace them with their own people. By using the land as a reward, the government could also save a lot of money.
Austria had done a similar thing in the The Balkans. It was just that before Austria's action, most of the local people had already been immigrated, so there was no chaos.
Franz thought for a while and said, "We can contact the Russians in the name of the colonial company. It is not convenient for the government to directly participate in this kind of thing.
However, the immigration conditions cannot be relaxed. We only need to remove the local Germans, or the ethnic minorities that have been Germanized, that will be enough. "
Even after the baptism of war, the total population of Russian Poland, the Baltic Sea, Belarus, East and West Prussia was still nearly ten million.
Unable to win over the hearts of the local people, for the Tsarist government, these people were the biggest unstable factor.
If the Tsarist government's execution was strong enough, the government's financial strength was strong enough, they could also pick out the diehards, wipe them out, and then disperse them and slowly digest them.
Unfortunately, this was impossible. The Tsarist government neither had the ability to execute, nor did they have such strong financial strength.
If it was the bearded era, they could send all of them to grow potatoes. Before this, there was no Tsarist government that had such an amazing execution ability.
The Russians couldn't do it, and Austria couldn't afford it. Accepting a large number of ethnic minorities at once would deal a fatal blow to the assimilation work.
There was also a limit to the integration of ethnic groups. Once that limit was exceeded, things would develop in the opposite direction.
Without enough benefits, Franz naturally wouldn't take over the mess of the Russians.
From Austria's standpoint, there was no better way to have these people who hated the Tsarist government to drag the Russians down.
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Influenced by the workers' uprising in Lyon, the people of Paris, as the holy land of the revolution, naturally couldn't be lacking.
On December 11, 1881, the people of Paris launched a huge demonstration. Hundreds of thousands of French people took to the streets in support of the workers' uprising in Lyon.
Like firecrackers, France began to explode. On December 12, Toulouse followed, and the workers' uprising broke out.
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