MTL - The War Court and Lap Pillow, Austria’s Mandate of Heaven-Chapter 12 There is such a good thing?
Frankfurt, Headquarters of the German Customs Union (tentative).
There is an unwritten rule in this era, that is, when negotiating, there must always be a dance.
Frankfurt is already located in the center of the German region, coupled with the promotion of trade, Frankfurt's service industry at this time can be called the number one in Germany.
Historically, the Frankfurt Cathedral was the place where the Holy Roman Emperor was enthroned.
On the temporary stage set up in the center of the venue, one of the dancers was a magnificent dancer, attracting everyone's attention.
The beautiful dancing posture and the peerless appearance made the audience intoxicated.
It's just that the representative of Prussia, Frederick Ansilon, was not in the mood to appreciate all this, and ordered his followers to give the dance troupe a sum of money to stop their performances.
Even after the performance was over, the representatives kept pushing glasses and changing glasses, as if they had long forgotten about the meeting.
The representative of Bavaria even chatted with the representative of Württemberg about music, and even played four-finger combo with great interest.
The Prussian representative had to call off the show to get the meeting back on track.
If the League could keep Austria out without an answer, he would have liked to have fun with these people.
But the letter from the Austrians was more an ultimatum than an application.
Austria will open its borders to members of the German Customs Union in a month, and will also send its own caravan.
If the alliance could not reach an agreement and expressly refused to join Austria, then Austrian goods would enter Germany through Saxony and Bavaria.
As for expecting Saxony and Bavaria to stop Austria, that is simply impossible. The Bavarians do not like trouble, Saxony is happy to see Austria and Prussia two powers.
The representative of Brunswick was the first to speak, "I object! Austria is too big. What we want is free trade, and the addition of the Austrians may affect our freedom."
As a **** in the unification of Germany by Prussia, Brunswick is naturally duty-bound. Anyway, there are still many countries between Brunswick and Austria, and the most important thing is that there is Prussia among them, so he can be so unscrupulous.
"Isn't Prussia not big? How about we expel Prussia from the alliance here." The representative of Saxony joked.
Saxony has always regarded Prussia as the first obstacle to lead North Germany. At the same time, since a large area of territory was accepted by Prussia, Saxony will not let go of every opportunity to make Prussia unhappy.
"But Prussia is already in the League."
"Then let's go out again." Saxony's representative, Ankert, Saxony's Minister of the Interior.
Originally, this kind of thing was never the turn of Ankert, the Minister of the Interior, to do it anyway. But by coincidence, Saxony's finance minister and foreign minister fell ill, and even the advisers around the king fell ill.
His Majesty Anton has the reputation of being a gentle and kind person, so he would naturally not force a sick minister to work overtime, so this difficult task naturally fell on him, which is called the able one who works harder.
Although His Majesty Anton often claims to be the master of the most powerful state in North Germany, Saxony at this time is no longer what it used to be.
After the Napoleonic Wars, Saxony was forced to cede two-fifths of its territory to Prussia. Until this time, two-thirds of Saxony's territory and half of its population had fallen into the hands of Prussia.
Saxony's industry and commerce are well developed, but since joining the German Customs Union, he can clearly feel that this advantage is disappearing under Prussia's intentional or unintentional suppression, and he is increasingly dependent on Prussia.
In the midst of a declining state and a self-confident king, every diplomatic incident in Saxony was a torment for the Saxon officials involved.
Although the king declared a constitutional monarchy in 1831, the power to promote, appoint and dismiss officials still rests with the kingdom.
The so-called constitutional monarchy is just for those **** to see.
Prussian Foreign Minister Frederick Ansilon was also full of grievances. Due to the power gap between Prussia and Austria at this time, and Austria's chairmanship in the German Confederation, it was impossible for Prussia to take a tough attitude.
So Frederick Ansillon was told to prevent the Austrians from joining the German Zolluge, but not to offend the Austrians.
The reason for this internal negotiation of the alliance is that the Prussian officials hope that the Austrians can be silenced by voting.
So he needs to win as much support as possible. Through long-term trade, Prussia has won over the small states that account for the majority.
However, in the German Confederation, such as Austria, Bavaria, Saxony, Württemberg, Hanover, and Hesse, these powerful states did not stand on the side of Prussia.
They either support and attach to Austria, or have their own ambitions.
His Majesty William III is only willing to provide financial support of 50,000 thalers, in the spirit of saving what he can.
Just now, 2,000 Thalers have been spent to get that dance troupe to leave.
Frederick Ansillon decided to reason with these people before considering the bribe.
What he didn't expect was that Ankert of Saxony was so difficult to deal with.
Even more frightening is that what Ankert said seemed to resonate within the league.
To say that this is also to blame for Prussia itself, Prussia does have an industrial first-mover advantage over other members of the alliance, and the coal and steel in the Rhine region provide Prussia with a resource advantage.
Moreover, many rules in the alliance were formulated by the Prussians, and there must be a certain degree of bias.
In addition, there will definitely be friction between trades, and jealousy among businessmen, not to mention between countries.
As a result, the representatives in the venue began to recall bitterness and sweetness one after another, and some even began to break the news that the Prussians wanted to monopolize the German Customs Union and cut everyone's leeks.
At the same time, the representatives of several powerful countries praised the representative of Brunswick for his foresight and a true man who pursued freedom and fairness.
Their behavior is self-evident, they want to expel Austria and Prussia, but also want not to be hated by Prussia and Austria.
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The representative of Brunswick immediately panicked and looked aside at Frederick Ansillon.
Frederick Ansilon nodded, then cleared his throat.
"Deputies, please rest assured. On behalf of the Kingdom of Prussia, I assure you that Prussia has no ambition to dominate Germany and will never do so. We welcome any German compatriots to join us, but we do not welcome those Hungarians in the territory of the Habsburg family. "
"The territory of the Habsburg family is too complicated, and there are even tariffs between Austria and Hungary. We cannot accept the unilateral trade protection of the Austrians." Another representative added.
Members of the German Customs Union did not like the existence of Hungary. After all, most of the states in Germany were still agricultural countries at this time. The entry of Hungarian grain into Germany would inevitably impact the market and reduce their income.
Frederick Ansilon's speech immediately resonated, but Metternich was not a simple person. He had already bribed the representative of Thuringia to let him stand up and speak for Austria when necessary.
"Then let the Austrians and the Hungarians draw a clear line and keep their tariffs. As long as the Austrians agree, we can still share the entire market. The Austrian market and materials will definitely inject new vitality into the alliance."
"But what if the Austrians disagree? Or what if they violate the agreement? Who can punish the Austrians?"
The two sides who supported Pu'ao were arguing at this time.
In fact, what they didn't know was that within the Austrian Empire, the Hungarian nobles resolutely opposed joining the German Customs Union and were gathering in Vienna to beg His Majesty the Emperor to allow Hungary to be independent from the German Customs Union.
Franz heard such a good thing?
