The Rise of the Empire

If the internal turmoil in Austria-Hungary occurred after the end of the Eastern Front, it is still possible for Bavaria to take the opportunity to pick peaches and put his wife on the throne. Pen·Fun·Ge www.. and taking action at this time, Prussia absolutely dare not intervene! As long as the Bavarian Legion’s knives are hard enough and the bribery work is done well, there is no need to worry about finding a leading party in Austria...

If Ruprecht's own dignity and face as a prince are not considered, forming an alliance between Bavaria and New Austria is the best way to solve all the problems after the war! This alliance is so compliant with the situation, meeting the needs of both parties, and leaving no one to say anything!

Bavaria has technology, a relatively developed economy, rich, equipped, and technologically advanced. The industrial quality is good, but the quantity is a little worse. Then there is no one, no land... And New Austria (currently tentatively scheduled to be the later Austria + the later Czech Republic and the territory occupied by Italy in World War I.) Although the technology may be worse, the high-end industry is also worse. But it has at least twice the land of Bavaria and a population of nearly 20 million! And more than half of them are South Germans who believe in Catholicism like Bavaria! Even though there are some Czechs among them, but the senior officials are still relatively loyal to the Habsburg royal family. As for the national separatists in the middle and lower classes, the prince’s army is naturally responsible for dealing with them!

Bavaria can serve as the brain of the alliance, providing intellectual and technical support for the alliance, while the latter can serve as the body, providing population, army and market. This relationship of mutual benefit and mutual assistance, coupled with increasingly close non-governmental and government exchanges, has a chance to complete integration at this critical time of war! The power of New Bavaria-Austria after the integration is extremely terrifying!

Moreover, the most important thing is that Prussia and other states can't say anything on the surface! Assuming that Ferdinand is still dead, Archduke Karl is not afraid. After Fritz's death, this hastily crown prince has no foundation, and secondly, his ideas are also problematic. There is no threat to Ruprecht and Princess Mary. Let alone other distant branches!

If Archduke Karl is not a weapon, and when the empire is doomed to collapse, Fritz may not be able to support his third daughter in the upper ranks! After all, the strength of Princess Mary is the strongest among all the Habsburg royal families. Behind him is a kingdom. Although not big, the strength should not be underestimated! If the decline of the empire is inevitable, Fritz probably hopes that a new Habsburg dynasty can rise from the ruins of the Austro-Hungarian Empire?

Once Princess Mary can become the Queen Mary, then the status of the princess will change drastically! First of all, Princess Mary will no longer be a pure Bavarian princess, she is the successor of the Austro-Hungarian Empire and the ruler of Austria! And the status of Germany is equal! The Kaiser has no right to order his allies what to do, he can only ask the other side to do something!

More importantly, this new queen title of the Austro-Hungarian Empire brings not only political and sovereign independence, nor the so-called equality of status in name. More importantly, relying on this status, the prince can get a lot of benefits from the victory on the Eastern Front!

The Austro-Hungarian Empire is an ally of Germany. Since the first war must be fought for profit, even if the Austro-Hungarian Empire collapsed, but Mary’s Austria inherited the status of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, then while continuing to participate in this war, it will naturally be divided into a certain amount. the benefits of. The benefit distribution agreed by the two sides before the war will continue, and the benefits gained by the new Austria will naturally be equal to the benefits the prince gains. After all, the two parties are one family, and the future generations of Prince Ruprecht and Princess Mary will inherit the two kingdoms!

Of course, this caused a very embarrassing scene, and Prince Ruprecht was weaker than his wife in terms of status. And half of this Bavaria-Austrian alliance belongs to Germany, and generally belongs to foreign countries... This situation is very interesting.

However, after the matter has reached this point, the problem has not been completely resolved, because once there is a double king situation, in the future, how should the relationship between the German Empire, Bavaria and Austria-Hungary be defined? This is a very troublesome question.

Prussia certainly does not allow Bavaria to separate, because this has touched the bottom line of the empire. If Bavaria goes out, what if Saxony and Württemberg, who also believe in Catholicism, have followed suit? What if other states in southern Germany also use this as a threat? The entire German region will return to the north-south confrontation. Therefore, even if Prussia uses force, it will absolutely not accept the result of the merger of Bavaria and New Austria and then withdraw from the German Federation!

Similarly, this is not good for Bavaria for the prince. Generally speaking, the new Austria is still too weak. The original Austro-Hungarian Empire was almost at the bottom of the powers, so only one third of the original territory. How much power can the new Austria have? It's not enough to pull out its own strength alone, and the market is smaller!

The core industries of Bavaria in the future, whether it is the aviation industry or the automobile industry, require huge market support. If the new alliance becomes independent, these conditions will not be met. The final result is that these industries that require a huge market will eventually gradually shrink!

Bavaria cannot go out, and New Austria cannot go in! Because this is also difficult for Prussia to accept! What will happen when a state of 250,000 square kilometers and a population of nearly 30 million comes in? In the Second German Reich, was Prussia in charge or Bavaria-New Austria in charge?

How should the votes in the Federal Parliament be distributed? How should Prussia face this state that is not much weaker than itself? Bismarck could not solve this problem ~www.NovelMTL.com~ and William II had no such ability! Therefore, Prussia chose to exclude Austria instead of defeating it completely!

"This problem is really difficult..." Although the prince has been persuaded by the princess and has a general idea, the problem has not been completely resolved!

"Okay, okay." You only need to be aware of the future situation. We still have a lot of time. I believe my prince can solve this problem well.

"Then now, let us go out together to meet our future courtiers." Princess Mary gently took Ruprecht's arm and walked outside the door.

"Mary, you really have the potential to be a queen." The prince said mixedly. Can't tell whether he is happy or depressed, or is there any other mood?

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