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"Frantz, what are you going to do?"

Everyone's face changed slightly, but they didn't say anything. Before they were sure about Franz's purpose, there was no need for them to stand up and object.

"Those who participated in this rebellion must be severely punished. The leaders among them were sent to the gallows, and the others were sentenced according to the seriousness of the circumstances.

Abolish all titles of nobles who participated in the rebellion, confiscate all property, and other specific disposal plans can be decided by the noble council! "

Franz stated his purpose without hesitation. He was not afraid that some people would object. The Vienna rebellion killed three figures of nobles. If the rebels were not severely punished, their relatives and friends would not agree.

For nobles, the most serious punishment is actually not beheading, but the abolition of titles and confiscation of fiefdoms, which means the loss of family glory.

Several Grand Dukes looked at each other, and it was Grand Duke Louis who spoke first: "Frantz, this time the involvement is too extensive, can you keep the title?"

Franz shook his head and said: "If the handling is light this time, I'm afraid there won't be only so many people participating in the rebellion next time.

And those who died, how should we explain it?According to our preliminary statistics, there are probably more than a dozen aristocratic families who have lost their shrines! "

Everyone's face changed drastically. "Extinction" is definitely the most terrible consequence. If a noble family is extinct because of this, then things have changed qualitatively again.

During the Holy Roman Empire, if the emperor wanted to confiscate the lands of the nobility, he would be opposed by everyone. Now it is different in the Austrian era.

The big nobles in the country are not that powerful, and there is no situation where several princes join forces and even the emperor can't do anything, so Franz dared to play like this.

Even part of it will be involved, as long as a member of the noble family participates in the rebellion, it will be bad luck, because there is no way to explain this kind of thing clearly.

Of course, if he is smart enough, there is no way to escape. As long as he proves his worth before the liquidation is completed, Franz will show mercy.

Chapter 40 The Wartime Economy

After the Vienna rebellion was suppressed, Franz immediately ordered the military to control the whole city, and then he was busy raiding his house.

In order to appease the hearts of the people, Franz immediately distributed the relief food. Anyway, it was all stolen from the house, and if it was divided, it would be divided.

Food, coal and other daily necessities are now distributed free of charge, and the people who have just been stimulated have finally settled down.

For political needs, Franz also decisively determined the nature of the rebellion, throwing the blame to the capitalists.

The media in Vienna was controlled by him, and all the articles published at this time were "Beware of the conspiracy of capitalists", "The role of international mafia in the Vienna rebellion", "Capitalists ran away with money"...

"Scratch house", "spy house", or "spy house", now the most important job of the Austrian provisional government is to carry out house raids. The capitalists and nobles who participated in the rebellion did not all concentrate in Vienna, so this house raid work is still a heavy responsibility Far.

Before Franz appointed a cabinet, the news of the outbreak of the Lombard rebellion reached Vienna, which was another heavy blow to the conservative nobles.

When alarmism became reality, reform was inevitable, and the voices of the reformists in the Austrian government rose again. In order to avoid the collapse of the empire, the conservatives had to accept this reality.

On March 1848, 3, Franz appointed Marquis Felix Schwarzenberg as Prime Minister;

Appointment of Karl Ludwig von Bruck as Chancellor of the Exchequer;

Appointment of Count Leo von Tus Hohenstein as Minister of Education;

Appointment of Archduke Louis as Minister of the Interior;

Appointment of the Earl of Croft as Secretary of State;

Appointment of Clemens Metternich as Foreign Secretary...

Regarding the political reform in Austria, Franz still adopted conservative measures, and did not make a big move at the beginning, as can be seen from this list.

The political means are vividly displayed. There is a prime minister who advocates strong suppression of the revolution, a minister of finance who advocates fiscal reform, a minister of education who advocates education reform, and conservative ministers of the interior and state.

Even in order to check and balance power, Franz recalled the notorious former prime minister Metternich as foreign minister.

Of course, the main reason is that Metternich's diplomatic skills are strong enough, and there is currently no more suitable candidate in Austria.

The first thing the new government established was the aftermath of the Viennese rebellion.

The current model of distributing relief food will definitely not last for a long time, but now the capitalists are deeply involved in the revolution and cannot extricate themselves, all of them have run away, and it is impossible to talk about resuming production.

Now half of the city's population is unemployed. If there is no relief supplies from the government, Vienna will soon be in chaos.

Franz presided over the cabinet meeting without hesitation: "At present, the Vienna rebellion is over, and the post-war reconstruction work must begin immediately. Nearly [-] prisoners are urgently waiting for us to resettle. What plans does the cabinet have?"

There is no way, now is a critical moment, and they must perform their duties as soon as they take office, but there is no time for them to familiarize themselves with the business.

Prime Minister Felix replied: "I suggest adopting a wartime economic system, where the government takes over these unowned factories, resumes production first, and guarantees the employment of the people.

In the specific situation, we can fine-tune according to the actual situation, adjust the production line according to the market demand, and avoid waste! "

As expected, Austria was also a wartime economic system in history and survived the initial difficulties.

The current situation is even better than in history because Franz was quick enough to seize the handle of the capitalists and directly confiscated these factories.

In other words, the state-owned economic system is the dominant force in doing this now, and the people at the bottom will definitely not object, because state-owned enterprises cannot exploit as unscrupulously as private enterprises.

"The current situation in Austria is very bad, there have been rebellions in the Italian region, and the Hungarian region is also imminent, so it is very necessary to adopt a wartime economic system.

However, if so many factories are now confiscated by the government and we organize to resume production, labor costs will have to increase! "Chancellor of the Exchequer Carl said

There is no doubt that the government has to face, and the laws it has formulated must be followed. The "Labor Protection Law" that has been shelved must not be used as toilet paper now.

Franz shook his head and said: "The labor cost will not increase much, it is calculated based on the average salary level of industrial workers in Vienna before the rebellion, as the basic salary.

In most industries, we can also adopt the piecework system, more pay for more work, and stimulate workers' enthusiasm for production. As labor wages increase, the products produced by workers will also increase.

If we switch to a wartime economic system, the waste generated by market competition will no longer exist. As long as our management does not go wrong, there should be no so-called losses! "

There is no market competition, and if the production is carried out according to the plan, if there is a loss, or the cost is greatly increased, Franz will kill someone.

Anyway, the planned economy only exists for a short period of time. It will take at most two or three years to concentrate as much power as possible to suppress rebellions in various places. The speed of leadership degradation is not so fast, right?

When the Crimean War broke out, Austria just used this war to pass on the pain caused by economic reform, and healed the wound with war money.

Carl's eyes lit up. They understand the economy. If they adopt the piecework system, they can perfectly avoid the "Labor Protection Law".

If 90.00% of the wages of nine people exceed this standard, does the opinion of the remaining one percent matter?

"His Highness's suggestion is very good. In fact, all industries can adopt the piecework system. Those that require the cooperation of multiple people can also be divided into groups, so that the enthusiasm for production can be effectively exerted!" Carl said with a smile

"Stop, this suggestion has nothing to do with me. It was discovered by the experts through research. It must be explained to the outside world. As long as the workers get more money, there must be no problem in implementing it!" Langz hastily stopped

He doesn't want to be scolded as Chengxiang in the future, no matter how beautified it is, it is essentially a more advanced way of exploitation, and it will be strange if his identity is not hacked.

It's better to push it to the experts, anyway, they are used to being blamed, and don't care about adding another one.

As long as they need it, they can draw any kind of conclusions. Even the tomb of Monkey King has been excavated. The "piece system" is really nothing.

Chapter 41 Handling Prisoners of War

Which expert proposed this, and everyone agreed without asking.Franz is unwilling to admit that he proposed the "piece system". Everyone thinks that he has principles and is unwilling to be greedy for others' credit.

In this era, the "piecework system" is undoubtedly progressive, which can release more productivity and break the tradition of "grinding foreign workers".

You must know that in this era, capitalists use extremely brutal methods to crack down on "foreign workers", and wage deductions are trivial.

Most of them were severely beaten while their wages were deducted, and there are not a few workers who are killed every year because of this.

Especially in mines, in order to stimulate everyone's enthusiasm, capitalists often kill chickens and monkeys to deter others from working hard.

It is obviously impossible for the government to learn these cruel methods. Karl is worried that the government will directly manage the enterprises and cause losses, because he is worried about the emergence of large-scale "grinders".

There are many such cases in later generations. After a state-owned enterprise with serious losses becomes a private enterprise, half of its employees are laid off, and its production capacity can be doubled, turning losses into profits in an instant.

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"What are your plans for the sentencing of the prisoners?" Franz then asked

He resolutely ignored the nobles and capitalists who participated in the rebellion. These people basically ran away, and those who were caught were all fools with not very bright minds.

As the leader of this rebellion, there is no need for a trial at all. When the rebellion was suppressed, it had already been resolved.

It can be said that as long as there are middle-level and above officers in the rebel army, Franz will cut the mess quickly and kill them first.

Except for those who ran out with their troops to surrender without firing a single shot, the other rebel leaders and platoon leaders all received box lunches.

Only more than 3000 rebels were killed in the suppression of the rebellion, and more than 2000 rebel leaders were executed next.

There is no way, the rebels have no human rights. As long as they are involved, the higher their status, the faster they will die. On the contrary, ordinary people have not been held accountable too severely.

Even the Cannon Party at the University of Vienna, which advocates revolution, received lunch this time, and the army took over the campus. Anyone who joined the Revolutionary Party and advocated revolutionary ideas had only one result.

These orders were issued by Franz, but he would definitely not be the one to blame. Before the cabinet was formed, he issued orders in the name of the cabinet.

If historians are interested, they will find that the issuers of these orders are all prime ministers, and the crown prince Franz knows nothing.

These are all small problems. This time, the people of Vienna have suffered a lot. Everyone hates the Revolutionary Party, and no one will sympathize with them.

"Your Highness, this rebellion involves too much. These captives must be severely punished, so as to make an example of others and deter the whole country!"

Grand Duke Louis' eyes were red, and he said aggressively, as if he had a sworn hatred against these people, and wished to execute them all.

Not only him, but several other cabinet members all had an expression of common hatred.

Needless to say, Franz also knew that the veteran nobles had many relatives, and those who died in this rebellion must have their relatives and friends.

If this is the case, it is not unbearable. The key is that the rebels also ransacked their homes, robbed their goods, and killed loyal servants.

Even the youngest son of Grand Duke Louis was a step behind when he escaped due to bad luck, and was wiped out by the rebels, which was the main reason why he was so angry.

Prior to this, he also advocated lenient punishment for rebels, appease the people, and stabilize the domestic situation as soon as possible.

At this time, when it comes to the pain of bereavement, everything is different.First, at the noble meeting, he advocated the execution of all the nobles who participated in the rebellion. At this time, even the captives were not wanted to be let go.

Franz was very aware of the causes and consequences of the rebellion, and he was even more aware of his class position, so after catching the nobles who participated in the rebellion, he did not execute them immediately, but left them to the noble council.

The aristocrats participated in the rebellion mostly because of profit incentives. In order to recover the losses, the main job they did was actually to burn the bank data.

Not only Austria's local financial institutions were hit hard, but even the branches of international banks in Vienna were not spared.

The behind-the-scenes bosses of these financial institutions are also the main force advocating severe punishment of the rebels, including the Vienna court.

The profits in the financial sector are so huge, how could the Habsburg family not participate as local snakes? In fact, many financial institutions in Austria have shares of the Habsburg family.

At this time, it is obviously impossible to recover the loss.For this reason, Franz was in a hurry to form a cabinet. The main purpose was to allow the cabinet to withstand the pressure and prevent the nobles from recovering their losses.

After all, these were all confiscated from the rebels, and it was impossible to tell who the original owner of the property was. Except for the real estate that apparently had an owner, Franz was planning to fill all the other goods into the national treasury.

If it is returned to the original owner, he can guarantee that all the spoils will be divided up by the nobles soon, and Franz is not ready to test the greed of human nature.

Franz thought for a while and said: "It is necessary to severely punish the rebels, but most of these captives are workers, it is better to let them return to the factory and continue to create value for us.

According to the seriousness of the circumstances, fines were imposed, and they were asked to work in factories to pay their wages. They could not be freed until the fines were paid. "

This is the lightest punishment he can fight for. No one will be troubled by money. It is impossible for the cabinet to refuse so many free labor.

"This is a good idea. We can't kill all of them. We might as well make use of waste!" Chancellor of the Exchequer Carl first echoed.

With the Vienna rebellion, there are more places where money is needed, and he supports all suggestions that can increase fiscal revenue.

"Yes, but what about the diehards here? What if they wreak havoc in the factory?" Grand Duke Louis said unwillingly

"It's simple, you can adopt a joint sitting system, divide them into groups, let the workers supervise each other and report, and those who report meritorious deeds can have their sentences reduced.

No one reported anyone who was caught, and everyone sat together and sent them all to the mine. "Chancellor of the Exchequer Karl said with a sneer.

Franz couldn't help but want to like it. In fact, if it weren't for Austria, there would be a series of rebellions in the future, and he was going to send these captives to mines and repair railways.

Considering that there may be more captives in the future, these people are not diehards, and they quickly surrendered under his call, so they won the lightest punishment for them.

"If everyone has no better suggestions, then this matter will be settled!" Franz said calmly

Chapter 42 Military Preparation

"Your Highness, in view of the current domestic situation, I propose to immediately double the size of the Vienna City Defense Army and form a counter-insurgency army of 20 people to suppress the domestic rebellion!" Prime Minister Felix said murderously

On the point of suppressing the rebellion, everyone's position is the same, and no nobleman likes the revolutionary party.

"Your Excellency's proposal is very good. The city defense army is being replenished. The trash who did nothing in the Vienna rebellion before, I think they should be ordered to retire!

It is urgent to form a counter-insurgency army. Lieutenant General Albrecht has performed well in suppressing the Vienna rebellion. I think he will be in charge! "

Franz did not hesitate to bring his private goods. Not only did he take the opportunity to clean up the moths in the city defense army and replace them with his own people, but he also extended his hand to the soon-to-be-formed counter-insurgency army.

"Your Highness, the establishment of a counter-insurgency army is of great importance. Lieutenant General Albrecht alone may not be busy enough. It is better to let Marshal Radeski and Prince Wendischgritz come back to preside over the overall situation." Felix argued.

(Remarks: Field Marshal Radeski and Prince Wendisch Gretz rescued the three heroes of Austria, the former suppressed the Italian rebellion, the latter suppressed the Prague rebellion and the Vienna rebellion)

These two are big men in the Austrian army. If they come back, Albrecht will have to stand aside. Prince Wendischgrätz is Felix's brother-in-law, so he cannot be allowed to come back.

But this did not bother Franz, and he said immediately: "These two are indeed the best candidates, but unfortunately the rebellion has broken out in Lombardy now, we are calling away Marshal Radeski at this time, who is responsible for countering the rebellion Woolen cloth?

In my opinion, Marshal Radkis should be appointed concurrently as the governor of Lombardy and Venice, and he will be fully responsible for presiding over the anti-insurgency work in Italy.