In Austria in 1848, the revolution seemed to be the trend of the country, and there was no peace everywhere.
There was a rebellion in Dalmatia on March 28. Fortunately, before the Austrian government sent troops to suppress it, the locals suppressed the revolution themselves.
Looking at the information in his hand, Franz seemed to have a group of grass and mud horses running past. This time the rebellion was launched by the self-defense army formed by the local government. It was the local capitalists and serfs who helped the government suppress the revolution.
In other words, it was the nobles and nationalists who launched the rebellion, and the capitalists and serfs suppressed them.
This rebellion was mainly because the local aristocrats were dissatisfied with the government's harm to their interests in the reform, and under the agitation of the nationalists, they foolishly announced the revolution.
This kind of idiot is not uncommon in ancient and modern times, and Franz has taken it for granted.
Every year, a few nobles in Austria drink too much alcohol, and they declare independence and establish a state. After sobering up, they immediately cancel their independence and come to the emperor to apologize.
Born in the European continent, these idiots are considered lucky, as long as there are no serious consequences, the emperor usually doesn't do anything to them.
Serfs helped put down noble rebellions, which was normal. The Vienna government announced the abolition of serfdom and gave them personal freedom, but these nobles actually wanted to continue to enslave them.
Needless to say, it must be suppressed, this is a fight for freedom.
This group of nobles also armed the serfs in their hands to make a revolution, which is why Franz thinks they are idiots.
The only thing that surprised Franz was that the local capitalists actually sided with the Vienna government, and they helped suppress the rebellion.
Even Franz suspected that it might be that the nobles and capitalists agreed that everyone would start a revolution together, and as a result, the capitalists saw nothing and sold them.
Dalmatia has a very low sense of presence in Austria. It belongs to the kind of frontier province that is optional. The economy is backward and does not have strategic value, so it is easy to be ignored.
Looking at Franz with a confused face, Prime Minister Felix gave the answer.
"His Royal Highness, this Dalmatian rebellion was created by local government aristocratic officials who wanted to gain greater power under the banner of loyalty to the royal family.
After the interests were damaged, these bastards actually wanted to unite Trieste to rebel together and prepare to build a country together with the rebellion in the Italian region.
But they forgot that the National Guard in their hands was loyal to the Empire, and this rebellion was doomed from the start.
Moreover, their geographical location determines that they are heavily dependent on the empire economically, and once they become independent, they will soon decline.
For their own interests, the capitalists parted ways with them is an inevitable result. "
Franz nodded thoughtfully. It is more likely that the capitalists felt that the success rate of the rebellion was too low, and they could not obtain greater benefits, so they sold their comrades.
Why the nobles of Dalmatia are so stupid, Franz can only attribute it to the fact that there are too many rice buckets with little reading and ignorance.
"Then send someone to raid the house first, and at the same time reward those who participated in the suppression of this rebellion, and immediately implement the abolition law.
Exempt the meritorious capitalists from tax this year, and give a part of the land to the serfs who participated in the suppression of the rebellion. The dead and wounded will be given a pension to their families. "
(The bill to abolish serfdom also needs time to be implemented and cannot be completed immediately, so all serfs have not been liberated yet)
Franz is setting an example. No matter what purpose or motive they have, this kind of behavior to help the empire suppress the rebellion must be promoted.
In particular, the awards for serfs must be publicized, preferably by everyone in Austria.
At this time, Franz had already decided to issue land, and mobilized the workers and peasants to fight against the reactionary aristocrats and capitalists to see who would follow them in rebellion.
"His Royal Highness, this is not good, it is enough to give rewards to the capitalists. We have already given freedom to those serfs, and there is no need to give them land!"
At this time, Prime Minister Felix stood on his own class position, and he did not want this to happen.
This means that if the emperor acquires a weapon to bring down the aristocracy, the power of the monarch will be further expanded, and the aristocracy's political voice will be limited.
"Prime Minister, isn't this a matter of expediency. The rebellion in the Italian region has not been quelled, and those dancers want to take advantage of the fire.
A rebellion could break out at any moment in Prague, the Poles in Galicia were poised to move, and the ambitious Hungarians were preparing to further divide the country.
Now we need to unite all the forces that can be united, to wipe out these chaotic parties, and treat the meritorious people with rewards. What is the point of paying a little bit of land for this? "
There is no doubt that Franz was pretending to be confused. Anyway, as long as you talk about the current situation, the nobles have no reason to object.
If all the nobles didn't join the rebellion, Franz really didn't discount them. Now that some nobles have rebelled, as the crown prince of the regent, he has reason to doubt the loyalty of the nobles.
In this context, he supported the serfs who were about to obtain the status of free people, which made sense.
These people are illiterate, and the concept of judging right and wrong is very simple, black and white.
Just give them land and let them eat. Then in the coming decades, these people will be Franz's most loyal subjects, and even their descendants will be supporters of the Habsburg family.
Any ruler needs to support the foundation of their rule. The foundation of the current Austrian Empire is the nobility, which will not change for a long time. Franz just added a peasant to the nobility.
These issues are just for politicians to consider. Most nobles will not think so far, and even if they say it, no one will believe it.
After hesitating for a while, Prime Minister Felix chose to back down.
Unlike in history, now he is the prime minister appointed by Franz, and his right to speak in the government is not so high. If you want to use the power to counter the monarchy as in history, it is better not to dream.
Seeing the Prime Minister's acquiescence, Franz will naturally not be aggressive anymore. It's enough to achieve the goal, it's not easy for people to help take the blame every day, it's better to show some respect.
Then the Austrian version of "Fighting the local tyrants and dividing the land" began. No, it was "suppressing the rebellion and dividing the land." Those who did not participate in the rebellion naturally didn't have to worry about being divided.