War Palace and Knee Pillow, Austria’s Destiny

According to the old man's estimate, Emperor Ferdinand was in his prime and could live for another twenty or thirty years. By then, he himself would have turned into a handful of loess, and the young people would have become old men and would no longer cause trouble. .

Without rebellion there would be no war, and the Habsburgs were indeed the most benevolent masters that ever existed on this land.

"I hope that when I come to the throne you will take part, not as a serf, but as a free man."

"How beautiful these words are. The Grand Duke can handle things so skillfully at such a young age. He will definitely be a great emperor in the future. Maybe the life of the serfs will be easier by then. It's a pity that he may not be able to see it. .”

The old serf sighed secretly, and the young people beside him were very excited and felt that their descendants should have the opportunity to get rid of their status as serfs.

The civil servants who followed Franz breathed a sigh of relief. They were too afraid of the young man's impulsiveness.

The soldiers did not respond much. Obedience was their bounden duty, and Franz promised that he would invite some free people to attend the ceremony when he ascended the throne.

"Now I declare that all serfs killed in the uprising this time can receive pensions according to the standards of imperial soldiers."

This sentence was like a thunderbolt. You must know that the pension of the Austrian Empire at this time was more than twice as high as before.

Three hundred florins may not be a large number for the residents of Vienna, but for the serfs, it is the income of six years of strong labor.

Franz's statement made the serfs excited, because with this money they could redeem themselves.

There must be people here who have questions, that is, can’t these serfs even save six years’ wages? The answer is that I really can’t save. Not only can I not save any money, I have to borrow money from the landlord from time to time just to survive.

Serfdom could last for thousands of years, so there was naturally a way to control the advancement of serfs, otherwise who would do the work?

This is tantamount to liberating the serfs in disguise, but no one would dare to raise objections if they pay the money and deliver the goods.

However, more than 3,000 nobles died this time, and at least tens of thousands of serfs died, which required a pension of tens of millions of florins.

Such a huge amount was difficult to collect at one time, and it was not known whether the serfs would accept the expected money.

While the entourage and serfs were thinking wildly, Franz dropped another even more bombshell news.

"The Austrian Empire will deprive all traitors of their property."

These words were like a bolt from the blue to everyone present, even Albrecht, an apolitical royal family.

It was common in the East to confiscate the homes of traitors and exterminate them, but this was not the case in the Austrian Empire in the 19th century. Treason by nobles was usually not punished by death, but by exile. The family would most likely only be humiliated, not It will be dusty.

There is a death penalty for nobles, but it is very rare. Even in 1848 in history, most of the rebel nobles were lynched by the people instead of being sanctioned by the law by the imperial government. The number of people sentenced was very small, but those who died were sanctioned by the empire. There are even fewer nobles.

In a rebellion of this scale in Hungary in 1848, less than a hundred people were ultimately executed, including very few nobles.

Afterwards, Franz could not confiscate the property of these people for treason, but had to confiscate the property of foreign hostile forces. At the same time, Galician serfs and local officials needed to conspire.

Mia Artiles lamented that "Archduke Franz still took that step." Her thoughts can represent the thoughts of most people in the entourage at this time.

Because Franz's behavior was a bit too radical, the news might explode if it got back to Vienna. But in fact, he has more radical measures

Franz then gave a speech.

The general content of the speech is as follows:

He affirmed the achievements of the Galicians and at the same time denounced the inhumane behavior of the local nobles.

Then we put forward some hopes for the future, and finally conduct a commendation meeting and a criticism meeting.

In order to promote something new, criticizing old things is the most effective way, but Franz will not let it be expanded.

Therefore, the Criticism Conference only criticized the evil rebellious nobles, not the aristocratic system itself.

Polish nobles have always been very good at not being nice to others, otherwise they would not be beaten like this by their own serfs.

This kind of criticism meeting was very effective, and even other ethnic groups in Franz's team wanted to punch him in the face.

The hands of Miss Mia, who was responsible for recording, and other clerks were trembling, because once these contents were published, they would cause an uproar.

The content cannot be described as appalling, it is simply shocking, and some of the behaviors are beyond the imagination and understanding of ordinary people.

But the serfs became more and more enthusiastic in their talk, and there was a lot of embarrassment in it. But the soldiers and Franz's accompanying officials did not know that they had no doubt about what these poor people were crying about.

There is no more profound education than the rage of the serfs, the cries of the rebellious nobles in the fire. The vast majority of people's views on good and evil are fixed at this moment.

This is actually the education of remembering hardships and thinking about sweetness for future generations. This is not only for the people at the bottom, but also for people around Franz to strengthen their beliefs. Whether to serve the country as an individual or to be punished as a beast. slaughter.

As for the dross of serfdom, Franz did not want to keep it. He directly burned the serf contracts of the nobles who participated in the rebellion in Vienna, the so-called final backup, together with the bodies of those nobles.

The flames shot into the sky. At this time, the rebellious nobles finally panicked. They no longer took pride in being the Polish Restoration Army. Instead, they began to say that they were Austrians and loyal servants of the Habsburg family.

Some people even took out a flag of the Principality of Austria, but they had an indescribable strange feeling. The executioners hesitated when they saw the flag, because they did not dare to burn it.

Franz: "Mr. Iga Skorowski, right?"

"Yes! I have always been a loyal supporter of the Austrian Empire. You see, I still carry the flag with me."

In fact, the flag of the Austrian Empire is black and gold, and the red, white, and red flag in his hand is the flag of the Principality of Austria. Naturally, Franz would not believe this nonsense.

"Can you show me your flag?"

Iga Skorowski hurriedly handed it to Colonel Bordeaux, who then handed it to Franz.

There was just a click, and the flag was torn apart. The Austrian Principality flag instantly turned into the Polish flag (white and red), and the strange feeling disappeared.

"This" Iga Skorowski was a little at a loss.

Franz laughed at this time.

"It seems that you not only betrayed the Austrian Empire, but also the Polish Federation or the Kingdom of Poland."

In surprise, Iga Skorowski was pushed into the pit of fire by Colonel Bordeaux.

"This noisy guy is finally finished."

I didn’t write down the specific content of the speech, so as not to be criticized for the word count all day long. In addition, I want to say that whether the speech is false or empty, or true, good, and beautiful, it requires energy and brain power.