"The damn Prussians are actually going to change their minds." In the beautiful and majestic Palace of Versailles.
It was rare for Nasan to lose his temper in front of his gentle and dignified queen.
This time France did not interfere in the Austro-Prussian War.
First, the war was too fast. It only took a few days from the actual decisive battle to Austria's request for peace.
There is absolutely nothing that can be done in such a short time.
If you want to blame, you can only blame that Joseph who is too useless, can't do anything well, and is the number one in internal fighting.
If you lose a foreign war, you can still engage in internal strife at home.
Bismarck was a man with a very clear purpose and a clear mind.
Few people know about the three-step strategy he formulated for the Kingdom War.
But he keeps moving towards that goal.
The next target is France.
So now he is not afraid of offending Na San.
Even without the promise of West Bank of the Rhine, he would find something else to irritate France.
If anyone has carefully studied the previous Prussian-Danish War and the Prussian-Austrosian War.
You will find that they all have many similarities.
Usually it is the opponent who initiates the war, but Prussia looks more like a victim.
Therefore, both wars received strong support from the public.
And when the war is over, the government will gain great reputation.
The important political outcome of the Austro-Prussian War was the establishment of the North German Confederation, headed by Prussia, which unified the principalities north of the Main River.
Prussia greatly expanded its territory by acquiring Hanover, Schleswig-Holstein, Hesse-Kassel and Nassau.
Favorable military alliances were also concluded with the principalities in southern Germany.
Austria was excluded from the new federation and lost the province of Venice. This meant that Austria's former political status in Europe was gone forever.
The experience of the Austro-Prussian War was later used by the Prussian military authorities in planning and conducting various European wars in the second half of the nineteenth century.
Many bourgeois military theorists in Germany have exaggerated the role of the Austro-Prussian War in the development of military scholarship, viewing it as the first war that "successfully" embodied the idea of a quick-decision "blitzkrieg".
This idea of blitzkrieg determined the development process of German military theory for nearly a hundred years.
Mr. Iron-Blooded didn't care at all about Nasan's anger at this time.
At worst, you come and hit me.
Prussia is really not afraid of France now.
Although a major war had just ended, Prussia's preparations for this war were much greater than the cost of the war.
On the contrary, because the war ended too quickly, not much of the prepared war materials were consumed.
At this time, if France dared to declare war on Prussia, the North German Allied Forces, which had not yet been disbanded, would be able to attack France instantly.
The French would not be given time to assemble their troops.
On the other hand, Prussia received a large amount of war reparations in two wars.
The navy was the dominant force in the Prussian-Danish War, so the war reparations received in that war were basically used to build new warships.
A new batch of warships after the war have now been launched.
At this time, the Prussian Navy already had more than a dozen ironclad ships.
Second only to Dayang and France in the whole of Europe.
After the navy's strength increased, Prussia, or now perhaps the German Federation, also began its own colonial path.
Target Africa.
I still remember that seven years ago, Dong Shuheng and Prince Adalbert proposed working together to develop Africa.
From that time on, the Prussian navy began to plan.
If the cooperation comes to fruition, the Prussian Navy will have an independent financial source.
In Xinjing City, Dong Shuheng had just returned home from Maple Valley, and Wei Yuxiang came over.
He first reported the news from Europa to Dong Shuheng.
The outcome of the Austro-Prussian War was similar to what the military had predicted.
Now that the Austro-Prussian War has ended, the war on the subcontinent cannot be delayed for too long.
Before the subcontinental war ends, Dong Shuheng has one more thing to do.
That's the solution to Australia's problem.
"Yuxiang, do you want to go out and do some work? You have been following me for a long time. Among all the attendant directors, you have been doing it the longest."
"Yes, President, if you don't let me out, I'm afraid I'll just do secretarial work in the future."
Wei Yuxiang has long wanted to go out and do things.
Although his elder brother has average qualifications, he is now the governor-general of a province and is in charge of his own role. Wei Yuxiang's status is similar to that of the governor-general of a province, but after all, he does not have the opportunity to experience at the grassroots level.
This is very detrimental to his future development.
In particular, Wei Yuxiang still wants to join the cabinet and go one step further.
But according to the current regulations of the Renaissance Army, it will be impossible to join the cabinet without more than five years of experience at the grassroots level.
According to the new organizational law, only the prime minister, deputy prime minister and members of the cabinet are considered cabinet members and can participate in the most core decision-making.
Wei Yuxiang is no longer the small staff member he used to be.
He has directly or indirectly participated in many high-level decisions over the years.
Both his vision and his character have changed from what they used to be.
Dong Shuheng has been quite busy in the past few years and often has to go out. He has not found a suitable candidate. He can only keep this brother-in-law by his side.
"Yuxiang, how are you? Do you have any recommended successor?" Dong Shuheng asked with a smile.
"President, I don't have any candidates. The few people we trained in the aide room who can stand alone have all been transferred to your place. Instead, I, the director, am stuck in this position."
"Besides, you have to hire people yourself, so of course you have to choose them yourself."
Dong Shuheng said helplessly: "Okay, you can make your own choice. You can give me some advice. How about Jiang Yuqin?"
"Is it Jiang Yuqin from the Ministry of Interior?"
"Um."
"I know him. He is the fifth among the five gentlemen in Suzhou! He comes from a poor family and is the first graduate of Huaihai Academy."
"This person has a gentle personality, is very careful and well-organized in his work, and has served as county magistrate and prefect. He came up from the grassroots level and is now one of the deputy ministers of the Ministry of the Interior."
Wei Yuxiang is known as "Xinjing Baixiaosheng".
Because the attendant's office needs to deal with various department lines.
Therefore, Wei Yuxiang knows many people and is the most well-informed.
When it comes to who has the most connections in Xinjing City, it might be his brother-in-law.
Dong Shuheng wanted to let Wei Yuxiang out at this time, so he had naturally done some work in advance.
In fact, he had already talked to Jiang Yuqin.
The fifth among the five gentlemen is also thirty-five years old this year.
It is the most energetic age.
Du Hui, Ding Honglin, Luo Zhengchu, Lu Bin and Jiang Yuqin all came from poor families.
This poor family in Suzhou is actually not very poor, at least they can have enough to eat.
They made an appointment to go to Huaihai Academy, which was founded by Dong Shuheng at that time.
I don’t know how many people ridiculed them and said they were not taking the right path.
The Huaihai Navy at that time could not catch the eyes of scholars.
The establishment of Huaihai Academy was regarded by scholars at the time as an act by Dong Shuheng, a businessman-turned-warlord, to whitewash himself.
It is shameful for serious scholars.
But now those people's regrets have cleared their bowels.
Many people who joined the FNA after they came to power had to start at the grassroots level in towns and villages.
Jiang Yuqin and the other five people were in high positions as soon as they came out of the academy.
Because they are all carefully cultivated by the academy.
When I graduated, I happened to catch up with the massive expansion of the Renaissance Army.
In addition, many of their teachers are high-ranking members of the Renaissance Army.
In just a few years, Du Hui, the most prosperous eldest brother, has become the Minister of Water Resources.
Several other people also hold important positions or are leaders in their fields.
Jiang Yuqin, like Du Hui, took the path of entering politics.
However, unlike Du Hui, who entered the ministry directly, he worked his way up from the grassroots level.
"That's it. I'll ask him to report to the attendant's room later. You can take him with him for a while, and then you can leave." Dong Shuheng warned.
"This is natural. It is the tradition of our attendant's room to help others."
"Then tell me where you want to work. You know, for the officials who leave the attendant's room, I will try my best to meet your requirements."
"President, it's up to you to arrange it. Do you know that I just want to go somewhere to experience it? By your side, covered by the light of your sun and moon, I don't even know how much I weigh."
"Okay, then I'll send you to a remote place, to the Plateau Province."
"Brother-in-law, there's no such thing. I just want to experience it. You won't let me go anywhere!" Wei Yuxiang's jaw almost dislocated.
Wei Yuxiang has never been there, but he has been to some higher altitude places in the Western Regions. In those places, the feeling of being out of breath is really uncomfortable.
"Yuxiang, I'm not kidding you, and you had a mission in the past."
"Come on, come with me to the map, and I'll tell you about it."
Dong Shuheng brought Wei Yuxiang to the map in his office and pointed to the southwest and said: "Look here, there is a valley between the Kunlun Mountains and the Himalayas in the south. This is where Chen Xuance took his expedition to Tianzhu."
"This time we are fighting in the subcontinent. We will not occupy territory on the subcontinent. But this area is an extension of the plateau. All the way to the north of Peshawar is the plateau area."
"The local kingdom of Jammu and Kashmir has always been controlled by the Great Empire, and even often invaded the plateau areas."
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"The president is going to let me lead the troops to fight?" Wei Yuxiang didn't expect Dong Shuheng to torment him like this.
"Haha, are you thinking too much about fighting? You are not that material. With your body, you are leading troops to fight, and I don't want your life."
"You don't have to worry about the war. Jammu's small military strength is enough for us to transfer a mountain division from the plateau."
In recent years, the Renaissance Army has formed four divisions on the plateau, two of which are road construction units.
The other two combat divisions are basically deployed on the east and west sides.
By the way, there is no threat on the plateau now, especially on the eastern front. To the south, the Holy Kingdom, Chemeng Hsiung and Gorkha do not dare to occupy an inch of the Renaissance Army's land.
Only the Ladakh region to the west poses a slight threat.
But in the past, in order to maintain the delicate balance between the Renaissance Army and the Great Empire.
The Renaissance Army has never changed the status quo.
But now the situation has changed, and the subcontinent is about to be reshuffled.
Although, several forces in the subcontinent are now obeying the instructions of the Renaissance Army.
But what happens in the future? Who can say clearly?
So Dong Shuheng must prepare for controlling the subcontinent in the future.
The island of Ceylon in the south is equivalent to blocking the maritime throat of the subcontinent.
Now he wants to control the Ladakh region to always maintain a threat to the subcontinent on land.
Dong Shuheng pointed on the map, and Wei Yuxiang knew the importance of this place. After all, he had been in the center for so long, and his strategic vision was not something that ordinary people could match.
"President, you want me to establish the power and completely integrate it into the Plateau Province."
"Yes, this is not a simple matter."
Dong Shuheng continued: "It is an important passage from the subcontinent to the plateau. Many cultures, races, and religions gather there. It is very difficult to sort out and stabilize the place."
"President, this is still a real problem! But you have to tell me in advance that I will be transferred back after I handle this matter. I know the climate there. It's hot to death during the day and cows are freezing to death at night."
"Okay, I agree to your conditions. If this task wasn't very difficult to complete, I wouldn't have sent you there. I know you are best at dealing with people. The construction there is not the most important, and I don't expect the local people to do it.
How far can our economy develop? As long as we can stabilize it and continue to increase local recognition of us."
"You won't be lenient when you get there, punish those who deserve punishment. Don't be afraid of using the knife."
"I understand this. You are afraid of power but not moral!"
"That's the reason. Basically, all the religious forces on the plateau have taken refuge with us. You can take advantage of it. There has been no time to deal with them in these years. After you go there, you have to find ways to continue to weaken their influence. You must make them inseparable in the future.
The Renaissance Army can continue to liberate the serfs. Just follow our previous strategy of boiling frogs in warm water."
The strategy used by the Renaissance Army to liberate the serfs was to transform those serfs into soldiers of the Renaissance Army.
Whether they are road construction soldiers or newly formed mountain divisions on the plateau, most of them are former serfs.
After these people became soldiers, their families were liberated.
Fuxing Road will naturally allocate land to them. Fuxing Road has a lot of arable land in its hands.
Even if they are arranged elsewhere, they are willing. They were originally the lowest-level serfs and the property of the master's family.
But there is no concept of settling down and relocating.
With the demonstration effect, more people will follow suit. The population on the plateau is already small. After so many people join the army and take their families with them, the power of the leaders will be further weakened.
Of course, there are some people who want to resist.
But the serf-born soldiers in the hands of the Renaissance Army would not show mercy to them.
Even if they want to hide in the mountains and fight guerrillas, they can't because those soldiers are more familiar with the terrain and can endure hardships better than they are.
"President, should I go and act with the army after I go, or should I go after the army finishes fighting?" Wei Yuxiang asked.
"You should go there as soon as possible. You must prepare in advance. If the military operation is successful, the civil and religious teams in your hands must be ready. You cannot let the order there collapse."