Chapter 378: The Battle for the Throne

"In this case, the Austrian royal family will become the decoration of the country like Britain, without any actual power. Although the status is noble, the power of the country is in the hands of others. This will not pose a threat to our country." Grigoo suddenly realized. He said, according to Xiao Jie's personality, it is obviously not a hidden danger to himself.

Xiao Jie nodded without saying a word. His more than ten years of imperial career has greatly changed his mood.

"Your Majesty, should we also have the military power of the other countries?" asked Grigoo.

"This is not necessary. But the military strength of each country must be limited. The military strength of each country must not exceed 100,000. At the same time, large-scale wars cannot occur between each country. Small conflicts are understandable. Moreover, once the empire needs to recruit the military strength of these countries, they must unconditionally obey the imperial order." Xiao Jie said in a deep voice. He made up his mind to let these countries train troops for France for free. Although their army may be much weaker than the old French army, it is still possible to use it as cannon fodder.

"What if they refuse?" asked Grigoo. Others are not fools, of course they know what France is planning.

"Then support families who are willing to accept these conditions. I think there are definitely not only the families you listed in those countries that want to get to power." Xiao Jie said with a smile.

Grigoo nodded. Anyway, the initiative is in the hands of France, so those families cannot agree. At worst, they can replace people. Anyway, there are still many people staring at the throne.

Next, the two discussed some other issues before Grigoo left.

On June 5, French Vice Foreign Minister Kompeni went on a mission to Vienna on behalf of the French government, and invited all major families and celebrities of the Austrian Empire to gather in Vienna to discuss Austria's post-station reconstruction work. All families sent representatives to participate. On June 11, Kompeni arrived in Vienna, and many people immediately went to pay a visit, gave gifts, and almost all the guests were crowded, which shows how enthusiastic these people were.

On June 13, at the Vienna Palace, Kompeni convened those invited and started the meeting. At the meeting, Kompeni first put forward the request of France, that is, Austria was defeated and Emperor Francis I was exiled. In this case, France asked the Austrian Empire to pay 10 billion francs of war reparations to France, mainly borne by the Kingdom of Austria, the Kingdom of Hungary and the Principality of Slovakia. These three countries had criticisms about France's decision, but France was very tough. In the end, they had to accept it. According to the agreement, the Kingdom of Austria was 4 billion francs, the Kingdom of Hungary was 3.5 billion francs, and the Principality of Slovakia was 2.5 billion francs.

The second resolution was France's plan to deal with the Austrian Empire. When Kompeny spoke out this plan, some people were happy, some were quite angry, and some people remained calm, as if they had been expected.

"His Excellency Compenny, I, the Kingdom of Bohemia, express my full support for your country's resolution." Bohemia King Fredelic I said excitedly first. Of course he supported it, because this proposal doubled the territory of Bohemia, unless he was a fool, would object.

There was no surprise to the Geldwits of the Dwits of the Kingdom of Hungary and the Grand Duke of the Slovakia of the Principality of Slovakia, because they had known this result from Grigoo.

Corey Conrad of the Conrad family in Austria was ashen, because Grigoo promised to support the Conrad family to become the Austrian royal family, but unexpectedly, everything changed not long after.

Louise's face was also very bad. Because Xiao Jie promised her to become the queen of Austria, but now Austria has been dismembered into several countries, and she can only become the queen of Austria. That's fine, but this queen is just a decoration and has no real power. What's the use of such a throne?

"Your Excellency Kompeni, you are not mistaken. That's not what Your Excellency Grigoo said at the beginning. He had clearly promised our family that our family would take over the throne of Austria." Coriconrad couldn't help but question.

Sure enough, Kompeni's face changed suddenly. Corey Conrad questioned him in front of so many people. Isn't this embarrassing him? So he said coldly: "This is the decision of the empire. If your family thinks that the decision of the empire is wrong, you can refuse to accept it." The meaning is also very obvious. If your family doesn't want to do it, then we have to change people.

Corey Conrad was so angry that he didn't expect that Kompeni didn't even give an explanation, so he directly pushed back his words. He was about to have an attack, but was pulled by others. At this time, he also woke up. With his small family, how could he compare to a huge empire? It was easier for someone to crush their family to death than to step on an ant. So he had to sit down in disappointment. For the sake of the family's interests, he had to hold back the anger in his heart. However, what he didn't know was that it was because of his performance that Kang had already made him

Penny was very unhappy. After returning to Paris, he even suggested that the Conrad family was not suitable for serving as Austrian Prime Minister. If Grigoo had not insisted, their family might not have even divided the interests of the family this time. Even so, Xiao Jie finally decided that Coriconrad would be the interim prime minister of the Austrian government. After Austria stabilized, he would convene a general election and let the Austrians choose a prime minister by themselves. Coriconrad this time was not worth the effort, and his momentary impulse ruined the long-term interests of the family.

Cory Conrad's performance also made other big families in Austria secretly happy, and they all guessed whether their family could take advantage of this opportunity to pull Conrad off the horse and let their family take power.

Seeing this, Louise hurriedly swallowed the words that had reached her throat. She knew that if she asked questions, it would definitely arouse Kompeny's disgust again. Although Xiao Jie was there, Kompeny didn't dare to do anything to her, but she could do it casually if she deliberately made things difficult for her.

Next, no one touched Kompeny's brow again due to what just happened, so no one dared to object to the resolution on military power. Even though they might disagree, no one said it, and no one wanted to follow the footsteps of the Conrad family.

In the next few days, Kompenny also allocated other powers to various countries according to Paris's requirements. In general, except for Bohemia that did not interfere with France, the cabinets of other countries were all promoted by France, and those cabinet members were also pro-French families or forces. Another exception was Austria. According to previous discussions, it was planned to undermine the Austrian royal family, but because of Coryconrad's trouble, Kompenny simply undermined Coryconrad and made him a nameless prime minister. The power of the cabinet was actually delegated to other members.

The first task that France requires all countries to complete is to form troops and eliminate the guerrillas that are almost flooding in each country. With the full help of France, all countries have established their own troops and then began to eliminate their own guerrillas. Perhaps in order to please France, they worked very hard, and all kinds of despicable and shameless methods have emerged one after another, and they have not treated their compatriots in the guerrillas at all.

At the same time, in order to pacify these areas as soon as possible, France also sent special forces to participate in the battle. According to the intelligence, they took airships to carry out vertical strikes on the heads of the more powerful guerrillas. After losing command, the guerrillas became vulnerable. It took almost half a year for the guerrillas to be eradicated, and except for a small number of them still active in the mountains, other areas were calmed down.

However, the situation in Austria has not stabilized, and the conflicts between countries have gradually emerged. As Bohemia has increased its national strength, it has gradually shown its ambitions and often clashed with Slovakia. If it weren't for France's conquest, it would have been against each other. The conflict between Hungary and Austria has become increasingly greater. Both countries are major members of the former Austrian Empire, and their strength is the strongest among all countries. However, because the Austrian army is directly controlled by France, Hungary would not dare to provoke France no matter how it is. But the spark of contradictions has been planted. The ethnic conflicts in the Croatia region have also become very serious. Xiao Jie saw these, but he did not plan to deal with them before shaking France's rule. Turn a blind eye to one another. Of course, these are all later stories.

After the Austrian problem was resolved, Xiao Jie turned his attention to the Russian battlefield again. After more than a month of preparation, the French army's pre-war preparations were finally over. The front line had already stockpiled enough ammunition and materials for three months, enough for them to launch a large-scale military operation.
Chapter completed!