Chapter 654

Localization of colonies was a long-term national policy that might last for hundreds of years. The Government of Vienna couldn't directly integrate Austrian Africa into the mainland. That would mean disaster.

Governance costs, long-term stability, culture, strategic layout, and other aspects had to be considered.

In terms of costs, the local economy had to develop to a certain level first. At least, the central government wouldn't need to spend money on it.

After all, after localization, administrative costs would increase, and social welfare expenditures would also increase substantially, such as health care, education, transportation …

All of these required money. If the central government collected enough taxes from the local areas, then everything wouldn't be a problem. Taking from the people and using for the people was one of the functions of the government.

On the other hand, if the local economy didn't develop and the central government couldn't collect taxes, then it would be a problem to allocate these construction funds.

Once the economic conditions were met, the next step was to look at the population composition. To ensure long-term stability, the number of people with citizenship of the Holy Roman Empire couldn't be less than 80% of the total population.

This restriction wasn't much for the Austrian Africa colony. The local population was basically dominated by native immigrants, followed by immigrants from North Germany. There weren't many immigrants from other parts of Europe.

It was easy for these people to obtain citizenship. They all opened the back door. As long as they didn't have a criminal record and had enough morals, it wasn't a problem.

Once the population structure was met, the next step was to look at the number. The requirements weren't high. The population density couldn't be less than 10 people per square kilometer.

The population wasn't mandatory and could be made up for with other conditions. The main purpose was to limit the administrative area after localization.

Otherwise, if a colony of millions of square kilometers was localized in one go, when these places developed in the future, there would be a situation where the place would expand.

With this threshold restriction, there was no need to worry. The entire Austrian Africa had less than six million people. Even if the nobles and bureaucrats wanted to expand the area under their jurisdiction, it was impossible.

Letting the colony join the mainland in a fragmented model was the best choice. This fragmentation was also relative. Using a province of hundreds of thousands of square kilometers as a unit was actually large enough.

The cultural requirement wasn't a requirement for education, but the use of German.

Most of the Austrian colonies didn't have this problem. The use of German was a basic national policy. Those who didn't speak German couldn't even get a local household registration and weren't considered citizens at all.

Even if it was for localization, the local nobles would still drive them away. Don't talk about cheap labor. Did these people lack money?

If they wanted to make money, the best way was to colonize forever. They could only do whatever they wanted under colonial rule. Once they were localized, they would have to consider whether the law allowed it or not.

The colonization was mainly because the old aristocrats wanted to advance further, the new aristocrats wanted to establish their family business, the capitalists saw this as a shortcut to enter the aristocratic circle, and the colonial bureaucrats wanted to …

This was the common interest of the ruling class. These restrictions all needed to be graded in the end. The higher the final score, the higher the chances of obtaining the approval of localization by the Empire's parliament.

The first few were the necessary conditions, while the latter were natural conditions, resources, and strategic positions. These were equivalent to bonus points. If the first few points were not enough, these bonus points could be used to make up for it.

This was a realistic need. Otherwise, desert countries like Libya would never be able to domesticate, as the population would not be able to meet the demand.

This was just the start. Once the conditions were met, they could only, and could enter the of of of of the parliament.

After all, no one had any experience, and no one could be sure how many loopholes there were. After all, people didn't know of people had of of. Africa of of of of of people.

Many things could be faked, such as population and economy. As long as one was willing to spend money, it was entirely possible to create a false prosperity for an area.

There of of of people of people could do this. For the sake of political gains, what's a little investment?

If they spent a large sum of money, they could turn a piece of fertile land of tens of thousands of square kilometers into their family's fiefdom. They could join the empire as a noble's fiefdom and become one of the top nobles.

Obviously, Franz wouldn't allow this kind of rule-breaking behavior to happen.

What a joke. Could a king be casually given out? What was the difference between a king and a fiefdom of tens of thousands of square kilometers?

So it was okay to enclose so much land, as long as you had the money to develop it. Franz did not mind the agricultural companies taking over. Where else could he find such a big contribution to turn the land into a fiefdom?

Unless a world war broke out, he would have to become a dragon and kill everything in his way. Or he could reincarnate and be born into a big noble family and use the family's power to achieve his goal.

Otherwise, it would be better for him to work his way up step by step! Reaching the sky in one step wasn't a good thing for anyone. "Morality doesn't match the position" would always end in tragedy.

This "virtue" wasn't just a lack of "morals", nor was it just a matter of ability. More importantly, it was a matter of the corresponding vision, outlook on life, and outlook on society.

Other than that, there was also social relationships. In this era where "the tallest tree in the forest is the first to be destroyed by the wind," it was better not to show too much without the ability to resist risk.

Heroes were born in troubled times. Not only were there heroes in troubled times, but only troubled times could accommodate these "heroes."

The localization of colonies didn't cause the world to shake as Franz had imagined. Countries weren't optimistic about this policy.

In many people's view, the establishment of colonies was to make money. Once they were localized, they couldn't continue to plunder wealth. It wasn't worth it.

This was the difference in business philosophy. When Austria established overseas colonies, they first farmed on the land and took the path of sustainable development. While other colonial empires established overseas colonies purely to plunder wealth.

The French were an exception. Napoleon Iii also had the intention to localize Africa, but he took smaller steps.

The French couldn't learn Franz's way of doing things. There wasn't enough population, and there was no compulsory assimilation system, which limited the speed of their immigration and assimilation.

This point was exposed when the Government of France immigrated from the The Balkans. After these immigrants entered the French African colonies, they still retained their original cultural traditions.

Due to the lack of enough language teachers and supporting systems, the promotion of French had been slow. Coupled with the small number of immigrants, the difficulty of assimilation was greatly increased.

This was an unsolvable problem. It was easy for one hundred thousand people to assimilate ten thousand people. If ten thousand people were to assimilate one hundred thousand people, in the end, who would assimilate who? This was a problem worthy of caution.

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Berlin. Ever since the Fao and Austria reached a compromise on the Italian issue, William the First had a strong sense of crisis. He didn't think that it was as simple as a superficial transaction of benefits.

The Fao and Austria had always been competitors. For Italy, both sides had fought for hundreds of years. How could they give up so easily?

The only thing that could make the Government of Vienna give up the Regions of Italy was a greater benefit. Without a doubt, this benefit was only the ununified North Germany.

With the simple information in hand, William the First had almost inferred the truth of the matter. There was nothing strange about this. Who asked the Kingdom of Prussia to become the enemy of the Fao and Austria at the same time?

Of course, this was only what the Government of Prussia thought. In fact, they were not qualified to be regarded as mortal enemies by Paris and Vienna.

Understanding the enemy was an instinct. The Government of Berlin had never relaxed its attention to the movements of the Fao and Austria.

When the Reich Parliament passed the news of "localization of the colonies," William the First immediately came to a new conclusion — "Austria's national policy has changed."

This conclusion contradicted the previous one. Unifying the German Region and localization of the colonies were not the same line. It was almost impossible to take care of both strategies at the same time.

William the First asked with anticipation, "What do you think the Government of Vienna wants to do?"

Under the premise of the Fao's compromise, if Austria wanted to unify North Germany, the Kingdom of Prussia would be out of luck.

Unlike other states, the Kingdom of Prussia was a bit too powerful. Although the gap between them and Austria was too big to threaten Austria's territory, their previous actions had already aroused the dissatisfaction of the Government of Vienna.

This meant that the Kingdom of Prussia would be suppressed, and severely suppressed. In fact, this was also the reason why the Juncker nobles were unwilling to merge with Austria.

Prime Minister Frank said with a blank expression, "It doesn't matter what the Government of Vienna wants to do. What matters is what we want to do.

Now it seems to be an opportunity, but it could also be a trap.

Under the situation of the Fao's compromise, we proposed to merge with the Comedy Empire. The British should not object, the French may wait and see, the Austrians … "

In the end, Prime Minister Frank didn't know how to organize his words.

He felt that the possibility of this being a trap was very high. The Prussian war was still ongoing. If Austria stabbed them again, they would be finished.

Who could guarantee that after Austria started the "African strategy," they would give up the unification of the German Region?

If they gambled wrong, they would send the excuse of war to their doorstep. At the same time, they would also help the Government of Vienna solve the problem of the "Comedy Empire."

Chief of the General Staff Moltke sneered and said, "Austria's change of national policy is not wrong, but they did not announce that they would give up the unification of Germany.

They did not take action mainly because they were concerned about the international impact and worried that it would cause interference from other countries.

Now the situation is different. We are still at war with the Russians. They can cede Prussian Poland to the Tsarist government and they can get the tacit approval of the Russians.

The French may also be bought, or in the process of being bought. The Austrians now only need an excuse to attack us. "

The atmosphere suddenly became cold. The annexation of the "Comedy Empire" was the long-term plan of the Kingdom of Prussia. They had not taken action because of the opposition of the major European powers.

Now they finally had a chance to settle with Britain and France, but it was useless. Russia and Austria would not agree.

The Russians could still find a way to solve it. As long as the Prussian war ended, the position of the Tsarist government may change. Alexander Ii Of Russia also did not mind setting up an ally.

The final obstacle was only Austria. On this issue, the Government of Vienna would not budge.

The attempt to take advantage of the time when Austria was sorting out the French The Balkans and promoting the localization of the colonies was wishful thinking in Moltke's view.

It was true that he was a radical, but he was not a suicidal person. The Prussian war was still going on. Wasn't breaking up the Comedy Empire at this time creating opportunities for Austria?

Although there was a certain chance of triggering a war in Europe and causing Austria to sink, before that, Prussia would definitely sink ahead of time.

Moreover, the Comedy Empire was not easy to bully. In terms of overall national strength, they were only behind the British Fao, Western Prussia, and ranked seventh in Europe.

Their strength was indeed not as good as the Kingdom of Prussia at its peak, but in the face of Prussia in the Prussian war, they were not afraid at all.

Diplomatic means? Unfortunately, this was not the scope of consideration for soldiers. Prussia was not a diplomatic power.

Minister of War and Navy Ron tried to smooth things over. "It is more appropriate for us to discuss these issues after the war.

Right now, finding a way to send the revolutionaries back to the Russian Empire is the most important thing right now. "

This was not their hindsight. It was mainly the British who sent the revolutionaries over. Otherwise, with the influence of Prussia, few revolutionary groups in Russia would be willing to pay attention to them.

In this Prussian war, Prussia and Russia were playing on the battlefield, but in terms of diplomacy, Britain and Russia were fighting. If it weren't for John Bull's great efforts, they would not have had the chance to meet here.

Foreign Minister Mckate echoed, "Yes, the top priority is to end this war as soon as possible. The situation in Europe is changing too fast. The Fao and France are getting closer, and the Government of London's foreign policy is also changing.

The unification of the three Northern European countries is imminent. If it is delayed for too long, the British may give up supporting us. "

This was not a baseless guess. There were too many cases of the British selling out their teammates. After the unification of the three Northern European countries, the British had another chess piece. Prussia was no longer the only choice.

William I sighed deep in his heart. Even if Austria's national policy really changed, Prussia did not have the strength to take action.

This was not because the British did not support them much. The gap in comprehensive national strength could not be made up by support.

The European continent was too small, and there were too many powerful countries. He didn't give Prussia any resources or space to grow and develop.

William I made a decision. "Let's do it this way. After the revolutionaries are sent back to Russia, it will be time for us to fight the Russians.

The successive defeats should be able to create the basis for an uprising. When the flames of war in Russia are ignited, we will negotiate with the Tsarist government. "

It was easy to defeat the Russians, but it was difficult to defeat the Russian Empire. This war had woken up the Government of Prussia and made them understand the gap in national strength.