Vienna Palace, looking at the arranged content on the newspaper, Franz knew the European grandmother would no longer exist, or rather, would no longer be Queen Victoria.
It is estimated that for a long period in the future, the British Royal Family will be too preoccupied with their own troubles. A political crisis may not erupt, but political marriages will be difficult.
In order for the ssage published in French newspapers to appear as an accidental discovery, Franz naturally couldn’t explain the transmission path of the "royal disease."
The "royal disease" hasn’t been rampant for long, and based on the current cases that have erged, it can only be proven that the patients all share Queen Victoria’s bloodline.
Many royal families in Europe have difficulties producing heirs, so for safety, everyone naturally shied away from Victoria’s descendants. Even marrying below one’s station is better than the extinction of a bloodline.
After indulging in schadenfreude for a while, Franz no longer paid attention. In tis like these, the more one does, the more likely it is to slip up, and Franz never dared to underestimate the power of a nation.
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Buckingham Palace, Queen Victoria hadn’t lost her composure like this in many years. Even with several failures in foreign wars, she had managed to control her emotions.
But now, she had broken that streak. In this society with a strong religious atmosphere, the destructive power of a "curse" is too great. With such an accusation, anyone would be unsettled.
Mainstream newspapers still knew to exercise restraint and, with the London Governnt’s public relations efforts, many papers even published news that dical experts debunked the rumors.
The street tabloids were different, they would do anything to attract attention.
From a dical standpoint, how could it compare to the allure of a "curse?"
Many newspapers directly linked Queen Victoria to witches, concocting a series of news stories.
Explanations were useless; the public loved to read about witchcraft, especially when it involved the Queen.
British dostic newspapers, perhaps, didn’t dare to go too far, but papers on the European Continent faced no such pressure.
"The Untold Story of the Queen and the Witch," "The Curse of the Witch," "God’s Punishnt"...
Various shocking headlines were published on newspapers across the European Continent. As the saying goes, there’s safety in numbers; with everyone publishing, the British were at a loss for a target for retaliation.
In the realm of thought, France had always been at the forefront in Europe. Plus, due to the rivalry between England and France, blackening the British had always been a long-term job for French dia.
True or false, public opinion directly attributed the "royal disease" to a "curse." They accused the British of committing too many misdeeds, with the royal family consequently suffering the curse.
Incuding the Austrian dia, none were idle; like most idle onlookers, they joined in the discussion.
Don’t even think about hearing any good words; the British were so disliked that even the royal family had a bad reputation. Any newspaper that didn’t join in the criticism had surely been paid off.
Vienna Palace, beneath the noisy and confused waves of public opinion, quietly made the decision to begin the upcoming Austrian economic conference.
Pri Minister Felix, "As of now, over ninety-eight percent of peasants that have applied for land redemption have completely repaid their debts.
The dostic market has been expanding constantly in recent years, to a great extent due to the expansion of the rural market, thereby stimulating industrial production.
However, this wave of benefits is nearing its end. From now on, the growth of the dostic market will gradually slow down.
If dostic enterprises cannot keep up with the pace of the tis and actively expand overseas markets, they will face elimination in the new round of competition.
From the perspective of developnt, our dostic economy is about to enter a new phase. Our industrial production technology is generally no weaker than any country.
Continuing to protect the dostic market will no longer stimulate economic developnt, it will only make our enterprises complacent in their comfort zone.
According to the theory of national economy proposed by Liszt, we have now reached the third stage of economic developnt—opening markets, embracing challenges, and ushering in the era of free trade."
Prior to this, Austria had always implented trade protectionism. Relying on dostic and colonial markets, Austria completed its Industrial Revolution.
As of today, Austria has beco the world’s leading industrial nation, possessing the confidence to engage in international competition.
Maintaining trade protection policies is obviously outdated, and launching a new round of economic reforms is imperative.
"Is it too soon to implent a free trade policy now? Many dostic companies have not yet had ti to change their mindset; we should give them more ti," Tofucox, the representative of the Kingdom of Lombardy, objected.
There is no way around it, compared to other regions of Austria, the Kingdom of Lombardy’s pillar industries are concentrated in light industry, especially the cotton textile and raw silk industries, and there are even so handicrafts.
Compared to other industries, once the era of free trade begins, they will be the most impacted. Especially the cotton textile industry, which is the core pillar of the British.
Austria’s advantages mainly lie in erging industries. Traditional industries don’t have a clear advantage over the British and are even at a disadvantage.
Perversely, it’s the unenterprising businesses that are concentrated in the traditional industries. Essentially, it’s: if you can make money without trying, why bother with technological innovation?
This is not what Franz wanted to see: market survival of the fittest is inevitable. Companies that fail to see the progress of the tis and just want to make money lying down are dood to be eliminated.
Pri Minister Felix’s face darkened, "We’ve already given businesses ti, haven’t we?
As early as 1865, the Central Governnt issued a notice advising companies to constantly reform and innovate to keep up with the tis.
In 1870, the Central Governnt issued another warning to dostic companies, reminding them to enhance their competitiveness.
But what are the results after all these years?
While clamoring for the governnt not to interfere in the market, they also want the governnt to implent trade protectionism.
Have our dostic businesses really degraded to such an extent that they just grovel for survival?
The governnt gives businesses ti, but who gives ti to the country?
With such fierce international competition, a country’s developnt is like rowing upstream, if you don’t advance, you will recede.
Instead of spending energy on these complacent trash businesses, better concentrate our efforts on supporting the more vibrant erging industries.
Market competition is becoming increasingly brutal, this is the natural law of human developnt. If businesses can’t withstand the challenge, then they might as well close their doors sooner rather than later, to avoid wasting social resources."
Opening the market and entering the era of free-trade economy are both challenges and opportunities.
The problem facing the Kingdom of Lombardy is not unique; many businesses in Austria have similar issues. These businesses are afraid to face international market competition directly and have beco blockers of free trade.
However, as erging industries rise and occupy an increasing share of the national economy, the calls for free trade are growing louder.
Today, in Austria, the voices advocating for free trade have already overshadowed trade protectionism. Seeing that the ti is ripe for reform, the Vienna Governnt has decided to carry out economic reforms.
Tofucox was at a loss for words, having so integrity, he couldn’t outright lie.
Even as a representative of the Kingdom of Lombardy, and being on the governnt’s side, he couldn’t just blindly speak for the capitalists.
This is just a high-level economic conference, the representatives of the capitalists don’t even have the right to enter this place; the atmosphere is relatively relaxed.
Once we get to the implentation phase and expand the discussion, things are likely to get lively.
Franz was sure that, from the start of the expanded economic conference, supporters and opponents of free trade would be at each other’s throats—things might even turn violent.
That’s nothing, at governnt-organized conferences, capitalists might hold back a bit. The real cut-throat confrontations happen in public debates.
Knowing this, Franz would not interfere. Dividing the bourgeoisie has always been his established national policy. As long as the bourgeoisie is not united, the royal power is secure.
So far, the progress has been very smooth. Due to interests, conflicts often arise between erging industry capitalists and traditional industry capitalists, and this economic reform is just a microcosm of that.
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