"It is because Germany is much stronger than the Austro-Hungarian Empire that I think the Austro-Hungarian Empire is our best alliance target, because they will not come to Asia casually, and they are worth enough to speak with the British and French people on the same level and have enough international voice." President Meng explained, "If we allied with the Germans, in addition to pointing fingers, the Germans may also intervene in Asian affairs. It is easy to ask God to send God to God."

Princess Katrina Kaif nodded and said, "So that's the case. The emperor has thought so much. I haven't studied these international relations too much."

The cute president smiled and said, "This is not what I think alone. Li Hongzhang and Zeng Jize both think this way. We have to rely on the Germans, but being able to form an alliance with the Austro-Hungarian Empire, which has a good relationship with the Germans, will not only help us get technical help from the Germans, but also prevent us from getting too close to the Germans. Now it depends on how Zeng Jize develops international relations."

"I hope there will be good news." Princess Katrina Kaif held the cute CEO's hand and smiled sweetly.

The Austro-Hungarian Empire was a traditional European power (Russia, Britain, Austria, France), and a great empire in Eastern Europe.

The vast land area was ranked third in Europe at that time, second only to Russia and the Ottoman Empire; the total population was large, slightly inferior to Russia and Germany, and third in Europe; the prosperity of the mechanical and instrument manufacturing industry and the strong steel and arms industry ranked fourth in the world, second only to Germany, Britain and the United States.

The wide range of total resource reserves and the huge mobilization of total troops is also the fourth in Europe, only less than Russia, Germany and France; the wider variety of agricultural products and abundant crude oil production are the more refined agriculture France, which has grain export-oriented Russia, ranks first in Europe.

The craftsmanship of heavy artillery weapons produced by Skoda Arsenal is far ahead of the list and ranked first in the world.

Another point is that this is a serious domestic contradiction and has strong resources. However, the core of feudal imperialism makes the Austro-Hungarian Empire not have the possibility of dominating the world and is unlikely to go to Asia to find trouble. At most, it is to follow other countries' butts to eat some shit, similar to the Eight-Nation Alliance in the original history.

This ensures that if China and the Austro-Hungarian Empire form an alliance, the Austro-Hungarian Empire can maintain friendly relations with China for a long time.

All of this determines that the cute CEO wants to form an alliance with the Austro-Hungarian Empire, which is of great significance.

Zeng Jize had already arrived in Vienna, the capital of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, with his handwritten letter from the cute president, and was entertained by the Austro-Hungarian Emperor Franz Joseph I.

In fact, the cute CEO has no good impression of any great power, including the Austro-Hungarian Empire.

In history, almost no great power has not committed any evil in China!

In the original history, the Eight-Nation Alliance consisted of eight major countries, including the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, the United States of America, the Third Republic of France, the German Empire, the Russian Empire, the Japanese Empire, the Austro-Hungarian Empire, and the Italian Kingdom.

The defeat of the Qing Dynasty in 1894 in the Sino-Japanese War of 1894 made Western powers eye China, a long-coveted "big cake"!

In the spring of 19oo, the Boxer Rebellion became the fuse of the Eight-Nation Alliance's war invasion of China. Using this as an excuse, the Eight-Nation Alliance divided and plundered China in the name of suppressing the Boxer Rebellion.

The total number of United** people entering China was about 50,000, well-equipped and powerful. On August 14, 19oo, Beijing City was completely destroyed. Cixi, Guangxu and others fled to Xi'an, Shaanxi. Then Cixi, under the name of Guangxu, "crime for himself" and sent a telegram to Li Hongzhang from northeast Guangdong to discuss peace with foreigners. On September 7, with the signing of the Xin Chou Treaty, China has since completely become a semi-colonial and semi-feudal society, bringing unprecedentedly painful disasters to the country and people at that time.

Wherever the Eight-Nation Alliance went, they killed people and set fire, looted, and did everything they could do!

There are countless treasures stolen and looted from the Forbidden City, Zhongnanhai, and the Summer Palace!

During the Eight-Nation Alliance's invasion of China, under the pressure of the people, the Qing government "declared war" on the great powers on the surface, but secretly destroyed the Boxer Rebellion and compromised and surrendered to the invading army.

In addition to sending troops to eight countries, three countries were added - the Kingdom of Belgium, the Kingdom of the Netherlands, and the Spanish Empire.

China was completely reduced to a semi-colonial and semi-feudal society, and the Qing government completely became a tool for the "Western powers" to rule China, and became a "foreign court."

Although this tragedy has not yet occurred, the cute CEO’s hatred for these great powers has not decreased in the slightest. Instead, he became even more angry because of his rebirth!

Therefore, letting Zeng Jize visit Europe as the deputy minister of diplomacy is just a stopgap measure, finding allies for national interests, and not the cute president wants to get close to Europeans.

Franz Joseph I was the eldest son of Princess Sophie Friedrika, daughter of Grand Duke Franz Karl and Bavarian king Maximilian I. Because his uncle Ferdinand I had no heir, he was educated to be the assumed heir of the king.

In 1848, he participated in the uprising in Italy to suppress the Lombardy-Venetian Kingdom against Austrian rule. When the revolution spread to the imperial capital Vienna, Austrian Ferdinand I was forced to abdicate due to spiritual reasons. Franz ascended the throne in Ormitz on December 3.

During the first year of his reign, the so-called "new ** regime", he personally formulated foreign policy and strategic decisions, and together with the Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Felix Schwarzenberg, began to restore the imperial order. In November 1850, he used force to force Prussia to sign the Treaty of Ormitz, dissolve the German Confederacy, and surrender to Austria. This was the second shame of Jena that the Prussians believed.

But the rough rule in the country and the unrestrained police institutions aroused the inner rebellious sentiment of people. When the government withdrew its promise to formulate a constitution in 1849 under the pressure of revolution, this sentiment became even more threatening.

The consequences of withdrawing the promise were far-reaching, which led to the Liberal Party's long-term distrust of Franz Joseph's rule, which led to the attempt to assassinate the Apollo in Vienna in 1853 and the Milan riot.

After Schwarzenberg died in 1852, Franz Joseph stopped appointing ministers and took over the power himself.

Although he is very diligent, he is not very intelligent and often takes the wrong path in complex international politics.

The Austrian Empire's mistakes in the Crimean War were mainly caused by himself. He ignored the Russian Empire's consistent support for him and mobilized the troops stationed in Galicia to the Russian border, forcing Nicholas I to withdraw troops from the Danube, which caused a permanent rift between the two countries. Before Tsar Nicholas I committed suicide, lamented Austria's betrayal: "I am the biggest fool in the world, and I actually expect others to repay kindness."

Western countries, because he did not directly participate in the war, regarded him as a treacherous figure who tried to get something for nothing, and in the end he was not pleased with both sides.

Due to complex financial problems in the country, he began to reduce military expenditure in 1859, but was defeated by Cafur's tricks and could not help but provoke and declare war on the Kingdom of Sardinia.

Unexpectedly, catching the mouse and taking out an elephant. Napoleon III of France changed his face as quickly as turning a book. He suddenly drew his sword without warning to help the weak Sardinian. For the first time in history, he quickly brought a 10,000 army to the Italian battlefield through railway maneuvers. The expected border guard punishment operation became the main confrontation between major powers. Franz personally had no effect when he arrived at the battlefield. The command of both armies seemed chaotic, while Austria seemed even more chaotic. The failure of the Battle of Solferino seriously damaged Austria's military reputation.

In July, he hurriedly concluded the "Free Town Peace Treaty" to ceded Lombabbi to his opponent to end the war.

The crisis that emerged after the defeat prompted Franz Joseph to reappear and began to pay attention to constitutional issues. The constitutional test period - the federal constitution and the central group period were alternately trialed until 1867.

During the 1864 War against Denmark, Joseph formed an alliance with Prussia in an attempt to delay his dominance in Germany, but in vain.

After Pu'O won, a quarrel arises, and war between the two sides is inevitable. Prussia and Sardinia formed an alliance, forming a pincer attack on Austria.

Diplomats proposed to avoid this unfavorable situation by giving Venice to Sardinia through the hands of Napoleon III of France.

Although he was destined to lose Venice, Joseph believed that losing a province without a war would be indecent and death would be more honorable. He then changed the attacking Grand Duke Albrecht Friedrich Rudolph and the defensive Ludwig von Benedek to a new position. The end of the P-Austrian War was the failure of the northern front and the victory of the southern front. Although Austria failed and handed over Venice, it guaranteed a psychological advantage over the south.

As Franz Joseph failed to reach a federal solution, the satisfaction of all ethnic groups and the relationship between all ethnic groups further deteriorated.

The form of 1867 became clear, and it was necessary to make compromises like the Hungarians who did not obey commands, resulting in the formation of "a binary monarchy of empires and kingdoms". In this binary monarchy, half Austria and half Hungary, coexisting with an equal partnership.

This compromise gave the Hungarians considerable rights to expand their influence, and the losses were the Slavic peoples; the Bohemia (Czechs) and the Poles did not share the privileges that the Austrian Germans enjoyed in the Austrian part of the empire, that is, the western half; while the Croatians, Slovaks and the southern Slavs did not share the privileges that the Hungarians enjoyed in the Hungarian part of the Hungarian part, that is, the eastern half.

Franz Joseph recognized this partial approach, which violated the core law of basic equality among all ethnic groups in this multiethnic country.

The relationship between the various states and emperors formed by long-term evolution in history was replaced by the surrender of various nations to the Austrian German monarch or the Hungarian monarch.

In this way, the country will continue to be in tranquility.

The last attempt to reform that gave the Goslav language equality with Hungarian and German was also rejected by the Austrian Emperor under the pressure of the German people.

As for the recognition and restoration of the ancient rights of the Czechs, it bound the foreign policy of the Austro-Hungarian Empire and threatened its internal affairs.

What is even more disadvantageous is the Slavic issue in the south. Since 1867, the Croats under Hungarian rule felt that they were constantly Hungarianized, and the Hungarian rule finally made Serbia, which was inhabited by Slavic compatriots, become a mortal enemy of the binary monarchy.

Count Andrachy was Franz Joseph's best foreign minister.

"Mr. Deputy Foreign Minister, since China and other countries are fighting, and with the participation of Britain and France, it is not convenient for us to discuss the establishment of friendly relations at this time." Earl Andrach said politely to Zeng Jize.

Zeng Jize nodded and said, "Mr. Earl, our country has made a request to your country last year, and we do not think that China is in war now, we are just maintaining peace in our own territory."
Chapter completed!