Chapter 1007 Dangerous
One wave is not flat, and another wave rises again. Just as Japan fell into the "Misao Movement", the situation in Europe also deteriorated rapidly, and the voice of revolution resounded through the European continent again.
Unlike previous revolutions, France is no longer leading the team this time. Perhaps the shadow left by the former revolutionary government is too terrifying, and the people of Paris have behaved quite peacefully recently.
It is also not the Belgian and Italian states that Franz is most concerned about. Although these countries are in the most serious crisis, the French cannot hold back their hatred!
From the government to the people, the responsibility for the outbreak of the domestic economic crisis has been attributed to the French invasion. Now is the time when the Chinese people are most united.
In addition, the Vienna government provided them with timely assistance. Relying on the relief food distributed by the government, ordinary people can barely eat half full, and the social order has stabilized instead.
Spain, which was caught in the Philippine War and couldn't extricate itself, would definitely not be able to escape. However, they are not the birthplace of the crisis. The first to fire the first shot of the revolution was Bulgaria, which no one expected.
A fire broke out at the gate of the city, which affected the fish in the pond.
Bulgaria is the pond fish that has been affected. As a raw material for high-end cosmetics, rose essential oil with limited production capacity has always been in short supply in the international market, and Bulgarian rose essential oil, the king of rose essential oil, is even more sought after by everyone.
It's the time when the roses are blooming again. The factory's production capacity has been fully booked at this time in previous years, and I only hate that the production capacity is limited.
The situation this year is special. Affected by the economic crisis, the volume and price of rose essential oil in the international market have both dropped. When it came time to purchase rose essential oil, very few foreign businessmen arrived in Bulgaria.
Even with this limited order, the purchase price was kept very low, less than one-fifth of previous years.
Processing companies have a hard time, and people in the entire industrial chain don't have a good time. Farmers who grow roses for a living, and workers who pick and process roses, are all in a difficult situation.
The sufferings of the people were invisible to the officials and lords of the tsarist government. Not only was there no relief, but the tax that should be collected is also indispensable.
No money is no money, no matter how hard you squeeze it, you still have no money. The Bulgarian farmers and workers who were forced to die launched an anti-tax movement.
Under the rule of the tsarist government, the life of the Bulgarian people was not very easy, and the anti-tax movement quickly gained support from all walks of life.
On June 26, 1894, hundreds of thousands of Bulgarian people launched demonstrations at the same time, petitioning the tsarist government, demanding tax relief and granting Bulgaria national autonomy.
It is a pity that the Bulgarian people have encountered a governor who wants to cover up. For his own official title, Aristotlevich persuaded the people to leave on the grounds that it would take time to report the tsarist government's resolution.
After the crowd retreated, Governor Aristotlevic immediately turned his face and sent people overnight to arrest the leader who organized the demonstration.
Needless to say the following things, the deceived Bulgarian people were completely angered, and the fire of revolution was ignited.
Revolutions are contagious. The Bulgarian people launched a national uprising, which directly stimulated the Poles who also wanted to get rid of Russian rule.
On July 11, 1894, the Polish Independence Organization launched an uprising in the Warsaw area. Caught off guard, the Russian army had not had time to resist, and Warsaw fell.
Once the valve is opened, it is difficult to close it again.
On July 16, 1894, the Portuguese Republicans launched an uprising in Porto; on July 21, the Great Greek National Union launched an uprising in the Peloponnese; on August 2, a workers' uprising broke out in Bilbao, Spain; On the 13th, the Irish people launched a national independence movement in Cavan...
In just two months, more than 20 uprisings, large and small, broke out in the European continent, affecting the seven countries of Russia, Spain, Britain, Portugal, Greece, France, and Shenluo.
True, the Holy Roman Empire was not immune to the wave of revolution. There is no way, the forest is big and there are all kinds of birds, and it is normal for some strange things to happen when there are more states.
At the end of July, a bourgeois revolutionary movement broke out in the Principality of Nassau, which could hardly be found on the map. Then, it was suppressed by Duke Adolf of Nassau with his guards that day.
As long as the final result is good, Franz doesn't care about what happened in the middle, and doesn't want to know.
Open the map of Europe and plant a small flag in the area where the revolution broke out. It seems that the flame of revolution has been burning vigorously in the European continent, and it is threatening to start a prairie fire.
Of course, these are illusions. Although the number of revolutions broke out many times and affected a wide range of areas, there were not many of them that really took off.
In fact, revolution has not been a new word since entering the 19th century. There are revolutions in continental Europe almost every year, but there are very few real disturbances.
Compared with the Great Revolution of 1848, the influence of this revolutionary wave is obviously much weaker. In the final analysis, they are still not forced to a dead end, and the people still have another choice - to go to the colonies.
Don't think that politicians are all fools. There is no fool who can beat many competitors to stand out. Choosing to be stupid is only because of the need for profit. Everyone is usually wiser when it comes to asserting their own dominance.
Every economic crisis is the climax of Europe's overseas immigration. It is not just the voluntary initiative of the people. Without the cooperation of the government, how could thousands of immigrants leave so easily?
Although there is a flood outlet, Franz still dare not take it lightly. There are so many lords in the Holy Roman Empire who are constantly attracting people in the country, and even the social unemployment rate can be driven to the lowest point in history by them, so naturally there is no need to worry too much.
What really worries Franz is the crowd
Little brother, the seemingly stable situation in Belgium and the Seven Kingdoms of Italy, who knows how long their morale can last?
Even if there are French people who spread hatred and divert the public's attention, there is a limit to the patience of the people. Just eating half full may not be able to satisfy everyone's needs.
Not to mention Spain, even though the Bilbao Uprising was extinguished, but the social conflicts in Spain have still not been resolved.
Others rely on war to divert the domestic crisis, but Spain exacerbates the crisis because of the war. For no other reason, the victory was delayed and the people were impatient.
"Japan is very powerful", this explanation is probably a European, and everyone will laugh. In everyone's impression, the world's powerful countries are in Europe, and overseas are soft-legged shrimp.
In the original time and space, there were Italians who kept breaking records, and everyone was much more able to bear it. Even though the Spanish-American War failed, the Spanish people survived.
It's different now. Without the Italians contracting the jokes, the performance of the Spanish army has become the object of ridicule.
It has been almost two years since the Philippine campaign broke out. The Spanish government has successively invested hundreds of thousands of Spanish army + hundreds of thousands of mercenaries, and spent hundreds of millions of Aegis in military expenditures, but failed to show a decent record.
In addition to these hard-hit areas where collapse may occur, there are also some less-disaster areas affected by the wave of revolution, such as Greece and Switzerland, which also need to be focused on.
If the younger brother is only a hidden danger of revolution, then France, the cradle of revolution, is a bomb that ignites the line of fire.
As the big boss in the European War, and experienced another civil war, France's losses cannot be counted at all. It was hard to wait for the Bourbon dynasty to come to power before the situation stabilized, and immediately encountered an economic crisis.
Falling from the world's top powers to a third-rate country, this kind of psychological gap is probably unbearable for normal people. Now that they can't even fill their stomachs, the people's resentment is even greater.
After several rounds of dynasty change, no matter how to guide the popular sentiment, the sequelae must be borne by the Bourbon dynasty.
In a sense, the Philippine War also saved France. Behind the hundreds of thousands of mercenaries are hundreds of thousands of families, and millions of people have their livelihoods because of this war.
From this perspective, the Philippine War is also positive. In theory, as long as the number of mercenaries is tripled, the difficulties facing France will be solved.
After all, the present France is no longer the former French Empire. After a wave of chaos, the total population of France has dropped to less than 30 million.
If there are more than 400,000 mercenaries, the monthly salary income alone will be more than 6 million Aegis. If the income on the battlefield is added, it will be even greater.
The return of so much foreign exchange can not only solve the livelihood of hundreds of thousands of families, but also stimulate the domestic economy and increase a large number of jobs.
However, this is not possible. Even if the Japanese are determined to carry it to the end, the Spanish government cannot afford to support so many mercenaries.
In modern warfare, salary expenses are only a small part. Even if the weapons and ammunition are second-hand after the victory of the Anti-French War, other logistics materials will also cost a lot of money.
In fact, the Spanish government has been able to persist until now because mercenaries are cheap enough.
It's not that the salary is cheap, mainly the pension is cheap. Out of humanitarian concern, it is enough to just give a little bit, and there is no big problem if you don’t give it. There is no need to worry about family protests.
The combat effectiveness is not bad, cheap and easy to use, no need to worry about family protests, and it is reasonably cost-effective. Franz once wanted to sell French mercenaries to the major colonial empires in order to help the French government survive the crisis.
Thinking about it, there is still no concrete action. The reason is very realistic, it is capitalizing on the enemy. With cheap and easy-to-use mercenaries, the maintenance cost of the colonies of various countries will be reduced, and the advantages of the Holy Roman Empire will be virtually weakened.
Of course, the most important thing is that French mercenaries are not welcome. Although France fell to the altar after the defeat, the fear of them in European countries still exists.
If you hire French mercenaries to maintain the stability of the colony, once France re-emerges, it will be a lure. Spain, which is using French mercenaries, is no exception. They are only hired temporarily, and they will be sent back after the war.
If it were replaced by Swiss mercenaries, everyone's acceptance would probably be much higher. At least there is no need to worry that the Swiss will turn against customers.
The No. 1 plan to solve France's internal hidden dangers went bankrupt, and Franz could only passively activate the No. 2 plan, namely: subsidize the Bourbon dynasty and use the power of the aristocratic group to stabilize the situation.
Fortunately, the people of Paris did not participate in the riot this time, and King Carlos's political skills were not bad, which barely stabilized the situation. But overall, it is still not optimistic.
The current situation is that until the economic crisis is over, the situation in the European continent will not be stable.
The only good thing is that the wave of revolution brought Britain and Russia into the water. Everyone was on the edge of the cliff, and no one dared to mess around at this time.