Monetary standard reform was nothing new. The gold standard had only been accepted by European countries within the past thirty to fifty years.
There had also been twists and turns along the way. To prevent large-scale outflows of gold, virtually every country had introduced restrictive policies during their reforms.
The most representative example was the Vienna Government's financial control bill, which explicitly stipulated: large-scale capital outflows were to be restricted.
This was also one of the reasons financial capitalists disliked the Holy Roman Empire. With the circulation of large capital restricted, they could not get in fast and get out fast, severely affecting the speed at which everyone made money.
Before the war, Britain had been the financial hegemon and had long suffered from excess capital, so there had naturally been no need to restrict capital outflows.
Now, however, things were different. As the situation continued to deteriorate, capitalists with keen political instincts were already preparing to flee.
Anyone with eyes could see that once the Oceanic Alliance collapsed, even if Britain managed to withdraw unscathed, it would have no future to speak of.
Looking around, enemies were everywhere. What future development could there possibly be?
Capitalists could abscond with their money, but the other vested interests could not. After leaving Britain, capitalists could still be capitalists, but nobles and bureaucrats would be left with nothing.
Though capital was powerful, in the British Empire of this era, it was not yet capable of covering the sky with one hand.
They could share blessings together, so they had to share hardships together as well. If the capitalists wanted to pull themselves free from the whirlpool, the other forces naturally would not agree.
If they were going to die, they would die together. They could not all be fighting desperately on the