With the establishment of the Vienna System, the stability of the European continent for more than 30 years, and the fact that he has been sitting in the position of Austrian Prime Minister for more than 20 years, he has firmly suppressed his political opponents. How could Prime Minister Metternich be an ordinary person
Count Croft is obviously trying to stimulate him today. Only when he is stimulated can people easily make mistakes. How could Metternich not know
This is a conspiracy. Prime Minister Metternich has already felt the pressure coming from him. This pressure was not brought by Count Croft, but by the Austrian conservatives and the Vienna court.
It is impossible for Metternich to not know the role of Franz in this, and he does not need any evidence. He can judge it only by virtue of his rich experience in political struggles.
Franz had discussed this issue with him as early as a year ago, but Metternich wanted to maintain the balance of power in the country and did not take action to suppress the bourgeoisie.
Now that Franz is mingling with the conservatives again, there is no doubt that this shows that the Viennese court's tolerance of the reformists has reached its limit.
Not to mention the royal family, even Prime Minister Metternich himself was disappointed with the reformists, and the idealistic reform plan he proposed did not take into account the actual situation at all.
When the bourgeoisie wants to seize power, it is too lazy to curb its ambitions, and the demands they put forward cannot be answered by the government at all.
Even Metternich was certain that if the conditions of the bourgeoisie were fully accepted, the Austrian Empire would soon become history.
In order to seize power, the bourgeoisie has united with the separatist group, and their so-called American-style autonomy has completely failed to take into account the actual situation.
There are so many countries on the European continent. Once Austria is scattered, prepare to split. It is impossible for the enemy to give up this opportunity.
A group of idealists, under the agitation of the bourgeoisie, became the vanguard of the reformists. The proposals they put forward were completely taken for granted, without any consideration of the consequences. No one could endure such reformists.
"Here's someone, let me know, there will be a cabinet meeting tomorrow, and the Council of Regents will be invited to participate!"
Obviously, Metternich has made up his mind. Since the reformists have been out of control, they can naturally sacrifice for political needs.
No, it shouldn’t be considered a sacrifice, it’s just that the bourgeoisie is unlucky. This group of idealistic intellectuals has already divided, and some people who are less involved with the bourgeoisie also support the formulation of the Labor Protection Law.
Some people even think that they can go a step further and calculate wages directly based on the profits of the factory, and everyone will share dividends, so that the working class can benefit along with it.
Well, such an idealist, Metternich has nothing to say. He'd bet that if the idea came up, he wouldn't want to go out in the future.
A labor protection law will make the capitalists go crazy. If they dare to deprive the capitalists of most of their profits, it will be strange that the bourgeoisie will not tear him up as a prime minister!
"Yes, Prime Minister!" said the attendant hastily
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After the victory of the July Revolution, the development of capitalism in France made the masses of workers, peasants and the petty bourgeoisie even more impoverished.
The development of the Industrial Revolution made the capitalists rich, and while their wealth continued to increase, thousands of handicraftsmen and small business owners went bankrupt one after another due to the competition of the big capitalists.
The social crisis in France is deepening, and the call for social change is getting louder and louder, but all this has not attracted the attention of the July Dynasty.
(July Dynasty: After the July Revolution in France in 1830, the Orleans Dynasty was established, which is a dynasty representing the French financial group. The usury empire has already begun at this time.)
By 1847, Franz had begun to pay close attention to the situation in France. As the vane of European revolutions, basically every great revolution started in Paris.
Looking at the news from France, Franz knew that a revolution was brewing in France, and the "banquet movement", the prelude to the revolution, had begun to flourish.
(French Banquet Movement: French reformers and various social forces opposed the rule of the July Dynasty, and held a banquet in the name of a gathering to deliver speeches and state political views. A political struggle method.)
There is no doubt that the revolution that is about to break out is still led by the bourgeoisie, which, in Franz's view, is an uneven distribution of spoils within the French bourgeoisie.
The capitalists who lost in the competition, unwilling to be usurped by their own interests, united with the anti-government forces of all parties, and took advantage of the people's dissatisfaction with the government to launch the February Revolution.
Franz knew that a new round of revolutionary upsurge was coming. Historically, in 1848, revolutions broke out in all European cities with a population of more than 100,000.
The fuse of this revolution was the French February Revolution. The success of the French set an example for everyone, so everyone followed suit. Except for the woolly bears who were still agricultural countries, the whole of Europe became a mess.
Franz said cautiously: "Terran, infiltrate the social groups in Vienna, and keep abreast of their movements, including the workers' groups at the bottom!"
"Yes, Grand Duke!" The intelligence chief Tyron replied
That's right, this intelligence organization is the secret army of the royal family. After Franz had contact with them, it was incorporated.
Of course, the appointment letter that Franz fooled from his uncle Ferdinand I also played a crucial role.
As a price, Franz had to pay 800 Rhein guilders every month, which made his wallet increasingly dry.
There is no way, even if most of the people are volunteer labor, the intelligence organization needs money to operate.
But it was all worth it, now that Franz knew a lot about the domestic situation in Austria, he was surprised that the bourgeoisie had not planned the revolution.
That is to say, the March Revolution in Vienna in history was not planned for a long time in advance, but was launched by a group of people who patted their heads under the influence of the outbreak of the February Revolution in France!
Many of these people are not even revolutionary parties. They include the bourgeoisie, students, and workers. This can be seen from the conditions put forward by the revolutionary groups after the March Revolution.
Even because of the "Labor Protection Law" proposed by the government, the people's attention has been diverted. Most of the people at the bottom still have expectations for the Vienna government.
They are still waiting for this law to be introduced to improve their embarrassed living environment.
This made Franz see a new possibility. Once the government implements the Labor Protection Law, the upcoming March Revolution may die due to lack of supporters.
Even because of the conflicting interests between the working class and the bourgeoisie, they may still stand on the side of the government and suppress the bourgeois rebellion.