Fox of France

The joint statement of the two countries suddenly made the reporters who participated in the press conference start to wonder whether this was a dream. Some people couldn't help pinching themselves once or twice... But this time, after the joint statement was issued, Minister Talleyrand and Ambassador Metternich didn't even leave time for the reporters to ask questions. Instead, he directly announced that the press conference was over.

In fact, the reporters didn't have time to ask any questions. What is the most important thing right now? Of course, the big news was sent out immediately. Isn't the purpose of being a reporter to make a big news? So as Foreign Minister Talleyrand announced the adjournment of the meeting, the reporters immediately rushed out of the gate like a tide, and then rushed towards their respective newspaper offices.

It is said that since then, some newspapers have added a new requirement when recruiting reporters, which is to conduct a physical fitness test for reporters by running for 12 minutes. "How can you be a reporter if you can't even run?" It also became a reason for the newspaper to dismiss some reporters. In the first modern Olympic Games not long after, Dressler, who won the sprint world championship for France, was also an entertainment reporter working for The Sun. So much so that in this time and space, a new proverb appeared in France: "Fast like a tabloid reporter."

Yes, in general the reporters of the tabloids are always faster than the reporters of Scientology and Pravda, as well as Kommersant, because the news, in fact, Their editorial department already knew something about it in advance. Although the time in advance was not long, it was enough for them to be the first to issue an exception. At this time, when the reporters of newspapers such as The Sun were still parkouring on the streets of Paris, Scientific Pravda was already considering the wording of the editorial.

Of course, with the first issue of Scientific Pravda and Kommersant, another group of people also started to run, and they ran no slower than tabloid reporters. These people were speculators.

Prior to this, because of the widespread fear that Austria would go to war with France and be defeated in the war, Austria's national debt fell into a mess in the market, almost becoming waste paper. And now with this news, everyone knows that Austria's national debt will definitely rise, rise back, and even rise even higher.

However, it is a pity that most people, before that, have already thrown out their Austrian national debt at a price almost like waste paper. Now in the market, only the price of Austrian government bonds has skyrocketed, but there are no Austrian government bonds that can be bought at all. So everyone sighed in remorse together, and couldn't help but wonder who had bought all the Austrian national debt at the price of waste paper before that.

But they never imagined that someone who bought Austria's national debt at the price of selling waste paper was also full of dissatisfaction.

"The financial tools of this era are really too backward, and there is too little financial innovation! There is no way to make the price of Austrian government bonds fall to a negative range, and there is no easy-to-use financial leverage. Otherwise, how much money can this brush make? Money!"

Facing Napoleon and Lucien who had made a lot of money for nothing, Joseph couldn't help expressing such emotions in his heart.

But Napoleon was obviously much easier to satisfy than Joseph. This money has made him very satisfied. He calculated the income from the Austrian national debt, and found that the income from this trip was even higher than his income from going to see the Pope in person.

"Joseph, this is really a money grab, and the efficiency is even higher than sending troops directly to grab it. Last time in Italy, we said it was a business with no cost, but the cost of using the army is actually not low. But this time, we have only said a few 'truths', and we have gained so much. This is really..." Lucien also rubbed his hands and said excitedly.

Although Napoleon was also thinking about this in his heart, he was instinctively upset when he heard Lucien say this, because it was really a bit, um, a bit of denying his own value.

But before Napoleon opened his mouth to refute, Joseph spoke first.

"Lucien, and Napoleon, there is one thing I want to remind you." Joseph said suddenly, "There was once a fool who ate four breads one morning and was full. So the fool said: 'I What a fool, if I knew this, I could just eat the last piece of bread, why waste the first three pieces of bread?'

People who say such things are of course fools. But Napoleon, Lucien, we also have to guard against whether we will become fools. It is not without reason that we can use financial means to harvest these wealth like harvesting wheat. If we don't have an invincible army in our hands, which makes it difficult for any enemy to have the courage to fight, how can we use such means to reap the wheat?

So, Lucien, don't think that financial harvesting is really costless. If not for our invincible army, who can I harvest by this means? "

Hearing Joseph mention the "invincible army", Napoleon immediately became happy, and said with joy: "What Joseph said is that this harvest, in the final analysis, depends on the army. Only the army is in our hands." sickle."

"Napoleon, there is some truth to what he said, but that's not all. We haven't fought for several years. Why is the deterrent power of our army not only not declining, but rising? At the beginning, those guys signed a peace agreement with us I think you should be very clear about what everyone was thinking at the time, so do they still have such a plan now? Why?"

Napoleon was stunned for a moment, and then said: "At the beginning, they should have thought about taking a breath, licking their wounds, and then coming to compete with us when they recover. But now, they definitely don't have this idea. Now, there is no need Fight, fools know that they are not opponents. The difference between us and them is like a strong man and a child."

Joseph nodded: "Our strength is growing faster than theirs. Now the artillery firepower of a division of our army is much stronger than that of their army. It won't take long before even the firepower of a division of ours can overwhelm They have a front army. What are they going to fight with us? As long as our commander is not an idiot, they have no chance at all."

"Joseph, if you want to say, if things go on like this, it's really... the rest is all about bullying children, war has no artistic beauty anymore, and the rest is crushing... life is really lonely like snow. "Napoleon sighed extremely in the second grade.

Joseph glanced at Napoleon and continued: "Many things in the world have their root causes and external manifestations. Everything has a beginning and an end. When we deal with it, we should know what to do first, what to do next, and what to do next." Putting it at the most fundamental position, and treating what is just a general trick, knowing what should be really valued, is considered to be a real understanding of the truth.

What is it that makes us so strong today? It's not that we're skilled, or even that our military is strong, it's that we have a strong industry after all. Why in Europe, only the United Kingdom can still be regarded as our opponent? Isn't it because, by comparison, Britain has relatively better industries? Therefore, maintaining a strong industry is our foundation. Although industry costs are high and making money is slow—at least much slower than financial harvesting, we must always remind ourselves not to have the idea that we can skip industry and live directly by financial means. "

"How could we have such mentally retarded thoughts?" Lucien said.

After hearing this, Joseph laughed: "Lucien, people are always used to being lazy. Even smart people are like this. When France changed from an industrial empire to a financial empire, that would be France The beginning of the end of the hegemony of

"Joseph, what you say is so reasonable!" said Napoleon, looking around, "Lucien, give me your notebook, and I will write this down and engrave it on my desk. "

Let’s not talk about Napoleon’s operations, now the news has spread to Hungary. Those Hungarian nobles who are fighting for Hungarian autonomy, and those who have just been encouraged by the Hungarian nobles, have once again mustered up their courage, intending to let those "separatists" hurry up. The Polish nobles who came to put a few bombs were all dumbfounded.

There are some fools who yelled too much before, and for a while, there was no way to turn back, and they could only bear it to the end. At least on the surface, some other nobles began to think about how to quickly show their loyalty to His Majesty the Emperor, showing that they joined in, but they were actually being used by others, or simply said: "Your Majesty, I am an undercover agent. Joining in is to inquire about information and report to you. I have found out now..."

Even those who danced so hard that they couldn't turn back for a while, on the one hand quickly rectified the team, saying "everyone must be united, we must be united", and on the other hand, they quietly sent people to the emperor to repent.

Under such circumstances, as soon as the imperial army led by General Karl Philip arrived in Hungary, the Hungarian National Guard mutinied.

Under the leadership of a young viscount surnamed Bathory, the mutinous National Guard arrested the leader of the rebellion, the uncle of the Viscount Bathory, the Marquis Bathory, and handed him over to General Karl Philip. At this point, the Hungarian rebellion was suppressed.

Since then, both His Majesty and the French have shown amazing kindness to those rebels.

"Now that they have realized their mistakes, they have become our compatriots again." Emperor Franz stated in the newspaper, so even the rebel leader Marquis Bathory was just exiled. Neither his title nor his lands were taken away.

Of course, any customs barriers and taxes in Hungary that hindered free trade were abolished.

As for the Polish nobles who followed suit, they were forgiven to a certain extent after honestly ceding key land according to the "market price". After all, the Austrian Empire also used them to bully ordinary Poles.