Rise of Australia

Chapter 478
While European countries are still in chaos, the plan to move the capital of Australasia has officially begun.

The site of the new capital is located at the junction of the Murray River and the Darling River, west of Sydney and north of Melbourne, in the very center of the Murray River Basin.

The first phase of the new capital's construction plan includes the construction of the new royal palace, government, courts, churches, houses, schools, hospitals, and new houses for the first residents of the new capital.

This is not a small project. According to the construction plan given by the government, Arthur will not be able to settle in the new capital until five years at the earliest, and even ten years is not impossible.

Because the royal consortium has developed very rapidly in the past ten years, Arthur has not been stingy in the construction of the new royal palace. It is estimated that the investment will be 1.5 million Australian dollars. According to Arthur's idea, a larger, luxurious and extravagant palace will be built.

Because the population of Australasia has gradually enriched, this new palace will be rich in cultural characteristics from all over the world, creating a true Palace of Nations.

The construction of the palace will invite bids from construction companies from all over the world to gather the strength of the whole world to build a palace in the true sense.

A budget of 1.5 million Australian dollars is completely sufficient. After all, converted, this is a cost of 3.75 million US dollars, 18.75 billion francs, and 10 billion taels of silver.

This should also be the last time the capital of Australasia will be moved. As the place where he and his family will live in the future, Arthur has invested very generously in the budget.

In fact, Australasia's fiscal position is also very strong.The government has also deliberately invested 5 million US dollars to build a new capital and develop the Murray River Basin.

It's not that the Australasian government is so arrogant for the sake of a capital. After all, behind the relocation of the capital is the purpose of developing the entire Murray River Basin. This is a more important strategic plan than the new capital.

In order to introduce people to the new capital, the Australasian government specially issued a regulation to attract people from the surrounding areas of Sydney and Melbourne. If they are willing to settle in the new capital, the government will give away a house, five acres of land, and a compensation of 200 Australian dollars. Funds etc.

Other places in Australasia are still short of population. Only Sydney and Melbourne have a population of more than 200 million.

If part of the population can be attracted from these two cities to the new capital, it will not only reduce the development difficulty of the Murray River Basin, but also will not affect the development of other parts of Australasia.

After all, if the population is introduced from other regions, it is easy to affect the development of other regions, especially for regions with scarce populations like Western Australia.

Arthur's appeal is still very strong. From the official announcement of the new capital construction plan to the end of 1918, more than [-] Australasians have signed up and are willing to permanently settle in the new capital.

The transfer of these people will be carried out in the new year. A population of 10 is not bad for a brand new capital. After all, the emergence of the new capital will also attract some immigrants. no problem.

When the construction of the new capital is officially completed, the southeastern region of Australia will form a triangular urban agglomeration with Melbourne, Sydney and the new capital. This will be the core of Australasia and can accommodate at least hundreds of millions of people.

Also taking advantage of the temporary retreat of the flu, the World Alliance began to discuss the handling of the German royal family.

Logically speaking, as the emperor of Germany, Wilhelm II had an inescapable responsibility for the war, and he naturally had to bear the responsibility for launching the war.

However, the situation in Germany has clearly shown that the command power of the German government in the late war was controlled by the military government headed by Hindenburg, and William II also lost his real rights.

Coupled with the complicated relationships between European royal families, various countries have not yet decided on how to deal with the German royal family.

This makes the current situation in Germany very embarrassing.Wilhelm II fled to the Netherlands, and the major states in South Germany did not obey the government's management, and they seemed to be in disarray again.

The British naturally didn't want to see the Germans become a mess and be manipulated by the French at will, so they proposed to retain the throne of William II of Prussia and let the major German states elect a new emperor.

The purpose of the British is actually very simple. After all, Prussia is still the largest state in North Germany and even in the whole of Germany. It is very simple to obtain the support of other states.

It seems that it is not difficult for William II, who kept the Prussian throne, to become the emperor of Germany again through election.

And the well-known William II controlled Germany, which can make the current Germany twist into one rope to resist the threat of the French.

Contrary to the attitude of the British, France is naturally unwilling to see a relatively prestigious ruler in Germany.

France is willing to see the current military government continue to rule Germany. After all, the failure of the war caused the German military government to suffer a lot of criticism, and many German generals and officials were dissatisfied with the military government.This is a rift within the Germans and a guarantee for France to keep Germany under its feet forever.

As for the opinions of other powers, the Russians don't care much about this, because there are still contradictions within the Russian government. This is something Nicholas II, the Russian government and even the Workers' Alliance attach great importance to.

What kind of system Russia will become depends on the competition between these three major forces in Russia.

The rest of Italy and Australasia are monarchies in the true sense, and they have signed the European Royal Joint Declaration.

It is naturally impossible for Arthur to support Germany as a republic, and Italy has no intention of violating the joint declaration of the European royal families.

It is impossible for a single Frenchman to prevent Germany from restoring the monarchy. The French also immediately put forward other requirements, such as the new German emperor must be approved by the World League, and the power of the German government can be guaranteed to avoid the emergence of an autocratic country etc.

In layman's terms, the French saw that they could not prevent William II from retaining the throne of the King of Prussia, so they made a new decision to restrict Germany, which was to increase the rights of the German states, and to allow Germany's relative power and monarchy to check and balance each other.

In this way, the three powers of the German local states and the central government and the monarchy stand side by side, and it is almost impossible for Germany to condense into a state of one rope like before the war.

The current military government betrayed Wilhelm II later in the war, and the South German states also sought independence later in the war.This makes it almost impossible for the three major forces in Germany to reconcile in the future. In the game, it is a proper national cohesion -80%.

At this time, Kaiser Wilhelm II, who was helped by Queen Wilhelmina of the Netherlands, was not in such a good mood.

To put it bluntly, the outcome of William II is completely in the hands of the four major powers of the Allied Powers.

To continue to be the emperor of Germany, or to be abolished directly, is only in the mind of the four great powers of the Allied Powers.

On the one hand, William II expected the four major powers of the Allied Powers to abide by the joint declaration of the European royal family and retain their own throne and throne.

On the one hand, he felt that his early escape to the Netherlands was disgraceful, and he wanted to return to his throne in a more glorious way, rather than alms from the Allied Powers.

This can be regarded as a manifestation of the good face of the traditional aristocrats.For traditional aristocrats like William II, the dignity and face of the nobility are sometimes more important than actual rights, not to mention that William II is more extreme and good-faced due to innate reasons.

In fact, with the European royal joint declaration signed before, it is basically impossible for William II's throne to be abolished. At most, it is cutting Prussia and making William II the smaller king of Prussia.

The European Royal Family's Joint Declaration not only concerns the rights and status of all European royal families, but also reflects the unity of the interests of the European royal families.

If someone abandons this declaration openly, it is equivalent to betraying the entire European royal family, and the impact of it is self-evident.

It is worth mentioning that all the European countries that started the war this time, Germany, Austria-Hungary, Bulgaria, etc., all kept their monarchy.

Although other countries also contributed, Arthur, who advocated the conclusion of a joint declaration of European royal families at the time, undoubtedly gained the greatest share of prestige.

The joint declaration of the European royal families has successfully united the European royal families in some interests, and Arthur, who promoted this declaration, has naturally become one of the representatives of the European royal families.

It is worth mentioning that the monarchs of all the great powers are of the same generation as Arthur.

King George V of England was Arthur's cousin, Kaiser Wilhelm II was Arthur's cousin, and Nicholas II was Arthur's cousin.

Including King Vittorio Emanuele III of Italy, these monarchs have lost most of their rights, and the only real monarch among the great powers is Arthur.

It also made Arthur's status in the European royal family not low.Born in the British royal family, belonging to the German family, and related to the Russian royal family, Arthur has a relationship with the royal families of the great powers.

Although Australasia is not the most powerful country, Arthur's status in the European royal family is no less than that of monarchs like George V.

Even because most of George V's power was emptied by the cabinet, he lost part of his reputation in the European royal family.

After all, how can a monarch who relies on the shadow of his ancestors and whose rights are emptied by the government, gain the sincere respect of other royal families?

Moreover, George V is still like in history. In the later period of the war, because he could not bear the pressure from the people, he publicly announced that he would change the family's surname to Windsor.

You know, George V asked all members of the British royal family from Queen Victoria to change their surnames to Windsor, unless they were married or to be married princesses.

Although Arthur is also in this range, Arthur will never recognize George V's surname.

Among other things, Arthur only felt that the value of using the name of the castle as his new surname was low.

After George V announced the change of surname at that time, Arthur publicly announced that he did not agree with George V's surname change, and the Australasian royal family was still the glorious Saxe-Coburg-Gotha family.

Arthur's behavior also won him the favor of many German families.The prestige and status in the European royal family also increased significantly.

After all, the name and dignity of the family are the most important thing to European kings. Changing one's long-inherited surname is a drop in price in the eyes of the European royal family.

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