Politics has always been a matter of moving the entire body by starting with a single hair. What seemed like a mere tap was actually Franz closing the valve of expansion, suppressing the voices of the domestic War Party.
Every coin has two sides. The war on the European Continent was won too easily, the spoils of war too abundant, and most critical was the Emperor's willingness to share the benefits, leading "fame and fortune lies beneath the horse's hooves" to become the mainstream in society.
Stimulated by interest, the whole Empire became unprecedentedly bellicose. Ordinary people wanted to turn their lives around through war, ordinary soldiers sought to cross the threshold into the Nobility with their military merits, and the Nobility themselves aimed to go even further through war.
"Men die for wealth, birds die for food."
The law of survival in nature was vividly demonstrated here. Under the stimulus of interest, everyone had forgotten the risks brought by war.
