Holy Roman Empire

Now many capitalists in Austria have hoarded a large amount of goods. If they can't sell them in a short time, the capital chain will be broken.

The question now is who to sell the goods to?

Ordinary people can't afford it. At this time in Austria, there are too few people with purchasing power.

People in the bank have never been easy to talk to. As a vampire in the advanced stage of the bourgeoisie, they have always been the masters of eating people without spitting out their bones.

If the capitalists don't want to die, breaking the existing order and cutting the flesh of the nobles to survive the crisis is the only choice.

There are also a large number of unemployed workers who are also facing this problem. They may not want to rebel, but their stomachs cannot deceive people.

When people are hungry, people will lose their minds. As long as someone encourages them, a revolution can break out in minutes.

Compared with history, the social contradictions in Austria have changed during this period. It is not because people demanded reforms from the government that they failed to launch a revolution, but was forced to revolution by reality.

An old man in his 60s and [-]s shook his head and said, "Mr. Owen, we use mud legs to revolt. What if they want to establish a proletarian government and throw us into the revolution together?"

This is also a problem that all capitalists are worried about. In this era, proletarian ideas have begun to sprout. Once the proletariat is allowed to establish a government, it will kill them.

Owen said with a smile on his face: "This problem is very simple. Our colleagues in France have already helped us solve this problem. After the successful revolution, as long as we grab the class and seize power as soon as possible, there will be no problems.

There are currently nearly 12 workers in Vienna. Under our deliberate control, trade union organizations have been divided into hundreds of large and small factories according to industries.

As long as they are not allowed to unite, then the new government established must be dominated by us. You don’t think that some of the mud legs can organize them? "

get organized?In this era when communications rely on shouting, it is estimated that whether members of various trade union organizations know each other is a problem.

Most of these trade union organizations are voluntary and have no mandatory binding force on their members. It is unknown how many capitalists' nails are buried in them.

Before the October Revolution in Russia, trade unions had very limited combat effectiveness, and a large part of them were secretly controlled by capitalists.

Wanting to organize all the workers cannot be done overnight.As long as they preemptively establish a government and take control of national power, the overall situation will be settled.

This can be seen from the February Revolution in France. After the victory of the revolution, the capitalists seized power. Instead of pursuing the troubles of the previous government, they suppressed the working class who joined the revolution.

In the eyes of capitalists, they no longer know what integrity is.

……

In the middle of the night, the lights of the Vienna government were brightly lit, and Prime Minister Metternich was worrying about the current situation. At this time, at least one interest group must make sacrifices.

It is a difficult multiple-choice question whether to target the capitalists, the nobles, or the common people.

Prime Minister Metternich has dominated the Austrian political situation for more than 20 years, and he is inevitably bound by the rules, otherwise he would not have a headache.

The Paris revolution broke out, and Austria was also undercurrents. Unfortunately, Prime Minister Metternich's concept was still ten years ago, and he believed that conservative Austria was different from open France.

Apart from heightened security in Italy and Galicia, he does not think there is any danger in Vienna.In his view, even if a revolution were to break out, it would have to break out first in other places, such as Hungary.

"Your Excellency Prime Minister, judging from the current situation, the opposition will not make concessions this time, and they may plan a large-scale parade!" Grand Duke Louis said with a gloomy face

If only Prime Minister Metternich stepped down, he would be in favor of it.But asking the Council of Regents to go away and hand over power to a constitutionally reformed Parliament is fucking bullshit.

No matter how upset Metternich is, Grand Duke Louis must stand with him at this time, and everyone's political life is equivalent to being bound.

Prime Minister Metternich sighed, and then said slowly: "Yes, unless we fully accept their conditions, they will not give up. Now the enemy may continue to join forces. Tomorrow I will meet To a larger parade team!

Unless we act first, arrest the leader of this incident, order the garrison to enter the city, block all intersections, and prohibit them from connecting together! "

He is already old and has no courage as he was when he was young, otherwise he would not hesitate now, and he would have ordered the arrest a long time ago.

"Then arrest people first. If we let them mess around like this, I'm afraid we won't be able to control the situation in the future!" Grand Duke Louis said without hesitation

Anyway, this order is to be issued by the Prime Minister, except that Metternich is the one who is responsible for the incident, and he does not need to be responsible for it.

Metternich said with a wry smile: "This is only a temporary solution, not the root cause. If the domestic economy does not improve, today's things will continue to happen.

Everyone, let's abolish serfdom. At this time, we need to create a market. Even if this market is only on paper, we must restore confidence in the market! "

Indeed, announcing the abolition of serfdom across the country at this time can restore confidence to many people. After all, it can increase the purchasing power of more than 2000 million at one time, although their purchasing power is very small.

Chapter 31 Measures

Metternich's proposal was tantamount to saying nothing, except for his supporters, others seemed to have not heard it.

At this time, the abolition of serfdom is also risky. If the operation is not good, the local nobles will rise up.

Since ancient times, it has been easy to cut other people's flesh, but it is difficult to cut one's own flesh.

Moreover, in order to restore confidence in the market, it is not enough to abolish serfdom. A series of privileges of the aristocratic class must also be abolished. I am afraid that even the land will be distributed in the end. Otherwise, where will the serfs get their purchasing power?

Only by abolishing this series of restrictive conditions that are not conducive to economic development, further reducing the cost of commodity circulation, and releasing a larger market, can we get rid of the economic crisis.

Such a big concession, I am afraid that even a few of them agree, and it will have no effect. It is impossible for the noble class to agree.

The abolition of serfdom can be discussed, but the distribution of their land should not be considered. Of course, if the money is sufficient, it is not impossible to discuss.

It is also possible to cancel the privileges of the nobility, but it takes time to do it step by step, and it has to be done one at a time, and it is easy to fall.

Unless the productivity is further developed, the government pays for the land purchase.It is impossible to use force. As long as the army is still in the hands of the nobles, it is impossible to use coercive means.

Naturally, Metternich did not dare to use these radical methods. At most, he could only abolish serfdom and liberate the productive forces of the people.

"Your Excellency Prime Minister, if we announce the abolition of serfdom now, maybe tomorrow you will receive news of Hungary's independence!"

Grand Duke Louis said very shamelessly that Metternich's abolition of slavery was still fruitful. In 1848, many nobles in Austria released their serfs.

But this is limited to the core areas of Austria. The Vienna government has stricter local control. After issuing the abolition of slavery, the government has done a lot of work for the nobles.

This is also the reason why Metternich was unpopular. Because of his reputation, many Austrian nobles, including the royal family, released their serfs.

The local nobles are different. They are all local emperors and often treat the orders of the central government as toilet paper. The Vienna government has no determination to stick to it.

Even Prime Minister Metternich often used the abolition of serfdom to intimidate the Hungarian nobles and force them to make political concessions.

At this time, the abolition of serfdom can indeed satisfy the bourgeoisie, but the Hungarians are about to rebel, and rebellions may also occur in other regions.

Don't even think about it if the government pays to compensate the nobles for their losses. At this time, the Austrian central government's finances can only be balanced, and even if there is any surplus, it will go into the pockets of the bureaucrats.

"Both of you, we can discuss this issue later. Let's solve the urgent need first. If we don't take action, it will be too late!" Franz Anton von Kolorat Libstinski interrupted dispute

The Austrian Council of Regents consisted of Metternich, Archduke Louis, Archduke Franz Karl, and Kolorat, but Archduke Franz Karl had no political ambitions. (mainly birth defects, inability to participate)

Politically, Colorat and Metternich are competitors, but competitors are not unable to cooperate, and their political views are still the same in many cases.

Even if it is opposition for the sake of opposition, the struggle has not reached the point of life and death. For example, he and Prime Minister Metternich's political views are very close now.

However, as a political opponent, don't expect him to help Metternich, the greatest help is not to add trouble to him.

Seeing that even Grand Duke Louis could not be persuaded, Metternich could only sigh helplessly.

"I don't agree with it, let alone the local nobles?"

Once a local rebellion is caused by the abolition of serfdom, it will be in big trouble.

Metternich alone cannot handle such a political disaster, and at least the Regency Committee needs to fight it together to tide over the difficulties.

"Okay, let's arrest people first!"

Having made this reluctant decision, Metternich felt very uncomfortable. He knew that the capitalists had no way out.

If the economic crisis cannot be resolved, they will go bankrupt. To avoid bankruptcy, they have to break the current social order.

Their counterparts in France have already set an example, crushing the crisis with a revolution, and also untied the shackles that restricted the development of the bourgeoisie economy.

For example: take advantage of the opportunity of the revolution to directly revolutionize the bankers, and the debt will naturally disappear.

With no debts, everyone is naturally not afraid of hoarding goods, the worst is to sell slowly, and there is no bank to collect loans, so everyone will not go bankrupt.

Even going one step further, simply let the government pay for them, pay for the purchase of these goods, and pass the crisis on to the government.

The counterparts in the United States have done this before. Of course, they have gone one step further. Instead of the government directly paying for supplies, they use money to save the world.

The broken capital chain was connected, and the economic crisis was delayed, so everyone had time to retreat. In the end, the unlucky one was the receiver.

Austria has not yet evolved to that point. Before the serfdom was lifted, they would not be able to find a receiver. The working class was exploited too much by them, and they were not even qualified to be a receiver.

The stock market in Vienna is now just a game for the rich, and the poor don't even have the qualifications to open an account.

The stock market transactions in this era are all manual operations, and the labor cost is also very high. The labor cost of a few shillings is not enough, so naturally they are not qualified to open an account.

……

Following an order from the Vienna government, the secret police were dispatched overnight to arrest the organizers of the demonstrations.

Obviously, this is not a correct decision. The organizers who were pushed to the surface today are actually just some small pawns, and the big bosses will not charge forward.

The easiest thing to find is the student representative. Anyway, there are only so many universities in Vienna, and the location is very clear. Unfortunately, no one wants to do this job.

The University of Vienna is not easy to get into. As a concentration camp for anti-government forces, most of the second-year middle school boys are opponents of the government, and the rest are also aristocratic reformers.

Now Sheriff Winston has a headache. The suspect is in the school, but they can't even enter the gate.There is no doubt that the school is resisting the government's enforcement.

However, the influence of the university is too great, and the impact of violence is too bad.The teachers and students there are not ordinary people, and those with the lowest family background are small businessmen, lawyers, and doctors.

The working class is poor and can't afford school fees, let alone farmers, most of whom are still serfs now, what the hell?

Chapter 32 Out of Control

Two stone pillars, one high and one low, stand on both sides of the door, like two majestic sentinels, and an iron gate is closed.

The security guards inside seemed to be deserting, and they simply ignored someone calling outside.

"What should the sheriff do? The people in the school are not cooperating, should we lead people in?"

A police officer was eager to show his loyalty, and he didn't notice that he was using too much force and slapped the horse's ass on the horse's leg.

"Fuck you big-headed ghost!"

"Are the people here ordinary people?"

"This black light is blind, if there is an accident when you rush in and kill people, will you bear the responsibility, or will I bear it?"

……

Winston swears at his younger brother, venting the depression in his heart.

He is already a veteran in the workplace, and he knows that the sophomores in the school are not easy to mess with, and they are all good at killing.If you rush in now, maybe you will be beaten with a sap.

If they didn't use guns, they might not be able to deal with the students inside, and he didn't dare to use guns. If he killed someone with a background, he wouldn't know how he died if someone with a background came back later.

These are all summed up based on rich workplace experience, otherwise Winston would not be able to climb from an ordinary person to the position of sheriff.

He is already satisfied, and if he wants to go further, he has to participate in politics.Winston is self-aware, and at his level of not graduating from elementary school, if he goes to play politics, it will be a pill sooner or later.

"Everyone is guarding me, don't let the suspects inside escape!"

Winston came up with a stupid way to block the door here. Anyway, as long as people are controlled and they are not allowed to go out to make trouble, then things will be easy to handle.

Compared with schools, other places are not so lucky. They are not feared by the police, and many people have been imprisoned.

The actions of the Vienna government not only did not scare the people, but instead aroused everyone's common hatred. Under the plan of the revolutionaries, a more massive demonstration broke out in Vienna the next day.

Inside the government building, Prime Minister Metternich panicked. As usual, as long as the leader is arrested, the anti-government movement will collapse.

It's a pity that this time is different. Everyone is pushed into a corner. The government can't solve the real problems. How can they let it go?

The massive parade broke through the police blockade and went straight to the palace. The Vienna government panicked. In a hurry, Prime Minister Metternich ordered the mobilization of the city defense force into the city to maintain order.

……

A fast horse galloped on the mountain path, and the Austrians knew it was a messenger.In front of the gate of the barracks, the messenger got off his horse and was led in.

"Your Excellency, the military situation is urgent!"

Albrecht, who had been prepared for a long time, received the emergency report, opened it on the spot and read it. As expected, Vienna was already in chaos. The government was worried that the situation would get out of control, and ordered the troops trained in the field to return to the city immediately.

"Send the order to stop training immediately, pack your bags and prepare to go back!"

Albrecht said calmly, it only takes half a day for the orderlies to arrive, but it will take two or three days at the earliest for the army to return, such a long time is enough for many things to happen.

Franz did not stop the army from returning to the city, it was too deliberate to do so.He needs the Austrian Empire to be broken and then established, but he absolutely does not need Austria to really fall apart.

A Viennese rebellion could break out, but it had to be extinguished immediately.He needed to use the opportunity of the rebellion to remove the moths in the government, but he did not intend to let the rebels overthrow the government.

"Frantz, the situation in Vienna has become very bad. Yesterday, 10 people participated in the demonstration. If the government does not handle it properly, the consequences will be very serious!"

Albrecht said seriously that at this time he was already a little worried about Franz's layout, fearing that it would turn into the February Revolution in Paris.

Franz smiled slightly, then pointed to the barracks, and said slowly: "Don't worry, Austria is different from France, we still have an army loyal to the royal family!"

This is his confidence. There is also a palace guard in Vienna that can guard the palace.Even if the remaining [-] city defense troops are all trash, they are also trash loyal to the emperor.

Unlike France, not everyone can enter the Austrian army. The officers are basically nobles, and they will not easily betray their class.