War Palace and Knee Pillow, Austria’s Destiny

It has to be said that Franz really underestimated the behind-the-scenes forces behind the National Assembly. In less than a month, at least hundreds of prominent figures in European royal families came.

There were more other celebrities, as well as handwritten letters from various respectable people, even including some military leaders and royal family members.

If it weren't for the Vienna Rebellion, and if a large number of officials resigned to put pressure on the royal family, more people would come to Franz at this time, and there might even be another Vienna Rebellion.

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But there is no if. It was precisely because of the Vienna Rebellion that a large number of privileged classes in the Austrian Empire were purged, especially the large number of resignations of the old aristocracy gave Franz the opportunity to regain control of the civil service system.

At this time, they were no longer able to exert political pressure and could only play the emotional card.

Franz approved all resignation requests from anyone who did not want to be an official, and officials who refused to execute orders and pretended to obey orders were treated as battlefield disobedience.

If it was normal, it would be impossible, but who made it a period of turmoil?

In 1848, the turnover rate of senior civil servants in Vienna exceeded 1000%. Dozens of governments made the orders of the Vienna government worse than straw paper. Many times, they were just in name only, and they stepped down before they took office.

As for the overall turnover rate of the middle-level civil service system, it was close to 70%, and many functions of the government were paralyzed more than once.

Faced with such a large-scale personnel change, did the Austrian Empire have enough officials to fill the gap?

Of course!

In history, in 1848, the number of candidate officials in Vienna alone was close to 100,000, and there were even more people who were qualified to be officials. It was normal to wait for 20 to 30 years to fill the vacancies, so the government had no worries about finding people.

In a word, as long as Franz was willing, there would be as many people who wanted to be officials as he wanted.

Moreover, these people at least completed their law studies, received complete loyalty education, and had clean and innocent family backgrounds. They were not necessarily worse than the existing bureaucrats of the Austrian Empire.

In 1848, there were 15,161 official officials in the Austrian Empire, of which 7,682 were replaced.

The civil service system of the Austrian Empire had been eroded for hundreds of years and had indeed reached the point where water could not penetrate or needles could not penetrate, but the current unrest gave Franz the opportunity to take a more primitive and direct approach to reform.

However, all the voices stopped abruptly after Franz dealt with Ludwig III. The abolition of free cities, the dethronement of kings, the merger of clans, and other operations were things that most of the Holy Roman Emperors dared not to dream of doing.

(The last person to do this was the protagonist's grandfather.)

However, at this time, Franz not only did it, but also did it very thoroughly. The entire German Confederation was helpless, and these small fish and shrimps naturally knew that it was impossible to change Franz's mind.

What is even more terrifying is that Franz also turned the monarchs in the German region into his accomplices, especially those monarchs of small countries who lost their monarchical status due to the merger of the same clan.

They dared not hate Franz or the Austrian Empire, but some behind-the-scenes manipulators were different.

Originally, they were the group of people who had the closest contacts with those Jewish financiers, but at this time they were the most ruthless, frantically trying to get the last penny and destroy all evidence that might exist or not exist.

What people did not expect was that the power of these behind-the-scenes manipulators was stronger than imagined. They even organized armies to defeat the regular armies of some small states.

The spiritual mobilization ability of these people made some Jewish communities feel that this was an action against Jews, and even some Germans joined in and believed that their cause was just.

If it were the past, those governments would definitely choose to negotiate, compromise, or even surrender. However, this is an era of nations, and civilians who have just experienced the baptism of nationalism actually took up arms and took the initiative to help the government suppress the rebellion.

The most critical thing is the existence of railways, which greatly shortened the distance between the states.

The army of a strong country can go to the battlefield of a weak country at the first time. Faced with the regular army with the cooperation of the people, those private armed forces and rebels will soon be defeated.

In European history, as long as the rebels surrendered, the tolerance of various governments was still very high. However, since the French Revolution, this has undergone a huge change.

The Jacobin's terrorist policy is still fresh in the memory of the European continent, but it was limited to France at that time.

However, it was different at this time. The Austrian Empire had to notify the governments of various countries to prevent the occurrence of radical behavior.

In just a few weeks, tens of thousands of people died as a result. The indiscriminate killing of innocent people was not the patent of the Jews. They could massacre other ethnic groups in Rome in the past. At this time, other ethnic groups in the territory of the former Holy Roman Empire could also massacre them.

All this was not what Franz wanted to see, so he did not allow the scope of this atrocity to continue to expand, but the number of Jews to be transported to Patagonia soared from 300,000 to 700,000.

Some families that had been passed down for dozens of generations also disappeared completely at this time. The monarchs in the confederation were full of oil, but they waived most of the interest for their own image.

Especially for those usurious loans lent by Jewish bankers, basically only the principal needs to be repaid.

This is a life-saving straw for many people. After all, they may not be able to pay the interest even if they don’t eat or drink. Now at least there is hope.

On the other hand, governments of various countries started to build various large-scale projects with money, and indulged in extravagance. This boosted consumption and increased employment to a certain extent.

The remaining money could not be left in the warehouse to rot. It was either invested or loaned out. However, governments still had to have some face and would not directly lend money at high interest rates.

Because it was in a war period, it was not realistic to invest money abroad, so they had to invest in their own industries or some relatively worthy investment areas in the German Confederation, such as Austria.

The various measures taken by governments of various countries were just routine operations to safeguard their own interests, but they benefited the people.

In particular, the abolition of usury and low-interest loans gave many people the opportunity to fight hard, and many people will also complete class transition as a result. A nation is being reshaped.

Franz took on all the karma to a certain extent. A large number of killers and desperadoes poured into Vienna, and their target was naturally Franz.

However, these guys obviously underestimated Franz and the secret forces of the Austrian Empire. Franz taught the fraudulent techniques of the later fraud groups to the intelligence leaders.

So this group of people opened the door to a new world. The killers of the 19th century were obviously not smart enough to face the fraud of the 21st century.

There is a saying that fits the grand occasion at this time, that is, "There are too many fools and not enough scammers."

Most of the killers were deceived into underground arenas or small coal mines as soon as they got off the train, and most of them became consumables.

Of course, there are a few Gu Kings who can stand out, but these people have long forgotten their original purpose, such as the brave Bucharest Eagle.