Holy Roman Empire

Although we admire the courage of the mantis to act as a car, we must never follow it. This is our ancestral motto.

Now that Hungary is unavoidable, why not take advantage of this opportunity and get the most out of it?

The Austrian government can use this revolution to split the Hungarian Kingdom, but there is still no legal basis. This is our opportunity. "

August frowned and said, "But father, the Vienna government allocated our land, and the millions of hectares of land inherited from our ancestors have become history, and we will never get them back!"

The old man shook his head and said, "What do you want? These lands have been distributed to hundreds of thousands of people, and no one can take them back. Do you want to become a deadly enmity with the subjects of our fief for these lands?" ?

August, you are too extreme.Things have already happened, the most important thing is not to blame others, let alone retaliate against one's own strength, but to stop losses in time!

Don't forget that these lands were given out in the name of redemption, but we didn't get the land redemption money. At this time, the Vienna government wants you to mess around, so that they don't have to give them a big son. "

Big aristocrats like the Kehali family pay great attention to fiefdom management. They are angry and notorious. They are all nouveau riche and prodigal sons. The real ancient aristocrats attach great importance to reputation.

Aristocratic wars often broke out in Europe. The nobles had to rely on the subjects in their fiefs to work hard. If they couldn't get their support, why would the big nobles have a special status?

Money touches people's hearts. Now that the land has been distributed, the deal is done. The serfs who got the land are definitely not willing to give up. If they want to get the land back, they must stand against these people.

There is no way but to stop the loss at this time.As for retaliating against the Austrian government, you can have this idea, or even add trouble to them secretly, but you can't take any action on the surface.

Perhaps because of the marriage of the great nobles, the Habsburg family could not kill them, but it is still possible to withhold their demolition compensation, not the land ransom.

The ransom money for millions of hectares of land, even with a discount, is not a small amount, and no one can refuse this wealth.

It is also not that simple to get this money. The land ransom is collected by the Austrian government, and they will definitely not take it out so easily.

Even for the sake of the government's reputation, it is not possible to directly renege on debts, as long as they give full play to the subjective initiative of the bureaucrats and keep them as a series of debts for the rest of their lives.

Thinking of this, August wilted instantly.It is obvious that the Austrian government has harmed their interests, but in order to stop the loss, they have to help the Austrian government stabilize the place.

At least until the huge amount of land ransom is received, they must stand on the side of the Austrian government and expect Austria to develop better, otherwise no one will pay them back.

After being silent for a while, August said helplessly: "Okay, I will promote the petition movement and let the Austrians split up Hungary in a legitimate way!"

For the huge ransom money for the land belonging to the Kehali family, no matter how reluctant he was, August could only hold his nose and admit it.

Launching a public petition, applying to become a direct jurisdiction of the Habsburg family, and providing the Austrian government with an excuse to split Hungary is the first step for them to sell to Vienna.

Franz wants to be considered. It is easy to split Hungary, but it is difficult to convince the local people. Historically, after the Hungarian Kingdom was split, it died and came back to life not long after, but the local people were not convinced.

It would not be a problem if the local people took the initiative to apply to become a territory directly under the jurisdiction of the Habsburg family.This is public opinion, and no one can pick a problem.

Public opinion is blind, and it is the turn of the nobles to perform at this time. With them taking the lead and the reputation of the Habsburg family among the people, it is easy to plan such a petition.

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Budapest, now it has become an isolated city, the Austrian army seems to have lost interest in attacking the city, and has not launched an attack for a week.

With the Danube River, the city is not short of water, and there is no way to replenish other materials. Due to the lack of industrial raw materials, the factory has long since stopped operating.

A large number of unemployed people face high prices, and the city's economy has already collapsed. The young and strong can join the National Self-Defense Forces to make a living, while the old, weak, sick and disabled have completely lost their sources of income.

The collapse of the military discipline of the National Guard was largely due to the fact that the soldiers still had families to support, and the poor Hungarian Republican government paid them military salaries that could not afford to support a family.

In order not to starve their families, they must also suppress the "counter-revolutionaries". Only in this way can they seize enough wealth from the "enemies" to support their families.

Chapter 1 and Four

By mid-May, Budapest experienced food shortages on a large scale, and the high food prices had wiped out the last wealth in the pockets of the people.

In order to stabilize order, the republican government had to implement a food rationing system.

At this time in Budapest, vegetables and fruits became luxury goods, and meat products also quit the tables of ordinary people and became exclusive for nobles.

What the government can provide is only the most basic [-] grams of black bread per person per day, plus [-] grams of potatoes and [-] grams of corn.

With such a small amount of supplies, the bureaucrats in the government are still profiting from it, and it is a routine operation to be short of catty and short of two.

There are darker ones, as well as black bread with leaves, sawdust and other impurities added, germinated potatoes that have changed color, and colorful corn. People with poor digestive systems who eat these things may die at any time.

Only unexpected, nothing impossible, the integrity of the Republican government officials can be regarded as a model for the capitalist world.

The food shortage in Budapest is limited to the people at the bottom. For the ruling class, they are not short of food. Even though the enemy has attacked the door, their banquets have not stopped.

They even began to plunder the wealth of the middle class and petty bourgeoisie through the underground black market.The price of food has been skyrocketed, and a piece of brown bread without additives needs an equal weight in silver coins.

In an ordinary residential house in Budapest, at this time, only [-] kilograms of bread can be bought; even in a prosperous store, the price is at most a few hundred kilograms of bread.

In the corners of the city, street girls are everywhere, and you can get their services if you just need a piece of black bread or a potato.

In order to reduce food consumption, the revolutionary government has successively expelled the old, weak, sick and disabled from the city since June. Lieutenant General Julius accepted these refugees with a smile and resettled them properly.

Franz attached great importance to propaganda, and journalists from major Austrian media were invited to take photos from various angles, waving their cameras.

Now there is no need for the government to take action. Looking at these emaciated war refugees and listening to them lamenting the atrocities committed by the Hungarian Republican government, the media with a "full sense of justice" rushed to scold the unscrupulous Hungarian revolutionary government first.

The famous Hungarian composer Liszt also joined the team of reporters at this time, and the more he learned, the more he was hurt.

Not only him, but many literati and writers came over, including some supporters of the Revolutionary Party. The scene in front of them made everyone give up on the Revolutionary Party.

The pen of a literati is bloodless. With the joint efforts of everyone, this Hungarian revolution has been redefined.

Kossuth and others who were trapped in Budapest did not know that their reputation was already bad. Tens of thousands of people submitted petitions to the emperor, hoping that the emperor would give them justice.

Franz, of course, followed suit, accepted the petitions of the people, made it clear that there would be a public trial for all rebellious parties, and invited the victims to serve as a jury, and the jury would vote to determine the final sentencing.

Anyone with a discerning eye knows that this is the Austrian government's killing of the revolutionaries.

This group of victims, now wishing to devour the Revolutionary Party alive, how could they be merciful to them?

The final result must be killing people.The trial is still conducted in the name of the people. No matter how many people are killed, the Austrian government cannot be blamed.

Of course, this is only for one time, and the future Austria must be a country ruled by law, and it is impossible to be so capricious.

Before the Great Revolution, Hungary and Austria were managed separately. Many laws in the two places were different. The laws of Hungary were outdated, and the laws of Austria had not been implemented locally. Franz was able to take advantage of the loopholes and hand over the power of sentencing to the people.

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Seeing that the flames of revolution were extinguished everywhere, and the only ally, the Kingdom of Sardinia, was single-handedly beaten by Austria. At this time, the revolutionaries were also thinking about the way out.

The Austrian army suddenly stopped attacking Budapest, which surprised the revolutionaries. Kossuth's first thought was internal response.

The Habsburg family has never lacked supporters in Hungary, and there are also royalists in Budapest. In addition, there are definitely not a few nobles and capitalists who want to speculate again.

Once these people are mobilized, Budapest will change hands in an instant.

The roots of the Revolutionary Party were too shallow, and it was divided into different groups. Before 1847, the largest revolutionary group had no more than three figures in size.

After the outbreak of the Great Revolution, the revolutionary ranks expanded a hundredfold, and most of these people were under the cover of the Revolutionary Party. In fact, the Revolutionary Party had no binding force on them at all.

The aftermath of the rapid expansion of the team broke out. There was no strict revolutionary organization and a unified political program. Most people became members of the revolutionary party because they were too hot-headed, or they were embarrassed to refuse recommendations from acquaintances.

No one wants to die, and revolutionaries are no exception.The Austrian army was not in a hurry to attack, but the internal contradictions of the Hungarian Republican government were intensifying.

After a series of failures, the prestige of Kossuth, the head of state, had dropped to a critical point. The opposition could not bear him, and even his direct subordinates began to doubt his ability.

The Hungarian National Self-Defense Forces expanded too fast, mixed with various religions and schools, and Kossuth did not restrain them. Finally, this mob ignited the dispute.

On June 6, a company of the National Revolutionary Army rushed into the home of Count Istfan under the order of Kossuth, labeled Count Istfan a counter-revolutionary, and executed several people including the count on the spot. Ten people, after looting all their belongings, took all the young women back to the barracks for lust.

The matter became serious. Earl Istvan was not an ordinary nobleman. He was honored by later generations of Hungarians as: the greatest man in Hungary. Can such a person be killed casually?

You know, since the founding of the Hungarian Republic, there have been many internal conflicts, and Kossuth personally asked Count Istfan to mediate, and now he is actually executed for counter-revolutionary crimes?

At the Hungarian government meeting on June 6, the opposition led by Semir directly launched an attack.

"Mr. Kossuth, I would like to ask who authorized you to convict Earl Istvan? And why did you execute a great nobleman? How can you explain the atrocities that occurred in the Earl's Palace?"

Kossuth's heart is broken, the conscience of heaven and earth, when will he order the execution of Earl Istvan?

But things have already happened, the National Self-Defense Forces did it under his banner, the company commander involved is nowhere to be seen now, and there is no way to restore the truth of the matter.

"This matter has nothing to do with me, I have never issued such an order!" Kossuth denied

Chapter 1: The End of the Rebellion

Howell, a conservative aristocrat, asked angrily: "Kosuth, your explanation is not convincing, and similar things have happened once or twice. Why didn't you restrain the National Guard under your command?

Count Estefan and you are political enemies, and he also opposes the independence of Hungary, but we cannot deny his greatness because of this, and you should not kill him cruelly because of personal grievances. "

Bem immediately retorted: "No, you are talking nonsense, how could Mr. Kossuth be a murderer!"

Semir sneered and said: "General Bem, now Mr. Kossuth is the head of the government and the supreme commander of the National Self-Defense Forces. He has repeatedly obstructed the Ministry of the Army to clean up military discipline. Now that this happened, shouldn't he give us a Is there a reasonable explanation?"

The National Self-Defense Force has developed to the present, and it has been completely degenerated. Rapes and crimes have occurred from time to time, and internal management is chaotic. Kossuth, the supreme leader, cannot be blamed.

As for preventing the Ministry of the Army from cleaning up military discipline, that is a struggle for power. The Revolutionary Party does not want to see the Ministry of the Army take this opportunity to penetrate into the National Self-Defense Forces.

But now, this has become the best excuse to attack them. Regardless of whether Kossuth has anything to do with Earl Isstvan's death, he must be responsible for it.

Pei Duofei thought for a while and said: "The most important thing now is to catch the murderer. The missing company commander is the key person in this incident. It is irresponsible to characterize this incident before he is caught. of!"

When he said this, his eyes were full of worry.There is no way, Kossuth's integrity is really doubtful, who knows if this matter has anything to do with him?

The Minister of War Gorge sarcastically said: "But at the first moment of the incident, the National Guard prevented the police from arresting the murderer.

Mr. Kossuth must be responsible for this matter. He connived at the National Guard's rampant behavior and allowed them to be independent from the judiciary, not subject to the law, and to act privately. These are the main factors that caused this tragedy.

Before finding out the truth of the matter, it is necessary for the parties involved to avoid suspicion. I propose to suspend Kossuth, Bem... and others from their positions in the National Guard! "

Gorge saw that this was a poor plan, and he directly accused the National Self-Defense Forces of letting the murderer go, and took the opportunity to bring the National Self-Defense Forces into the command of the Ministry of War.

This made Kossuth's supporters very hurt, but they still couldn't find a reason to refute.It can't be said that they are all gentlemen, and they won't hinder the investigation, right?

Kossuth, who was forced to the corner, said helplessly: "Okay, I resign!"

This is an unavoidable choice. The opposition inside the government are attacking together. Even his younger brother has chosen to remain silent at this time. He has already betrayed his relatives.

……

An astonishing coincidence happened in history. Under internal and external pressure, Kossuth was still kicked out, but this time he was even more embarrassed than in history.

After the opposition led by Semir took power, the first thing they did was not to investigate the case, but to immediately organize troops to break through.

Their approach did not arouse anyone's suspicion. After all, Budapest is a city of sorrow, and if they continue to guard it, they will wait for death. Only by rushing out can they have a chance of survival.

Outside the city, the headquarters of the Austrian army.

"Commander, this is news from the city. The enemy is preparing to break out. This is their battle plan!" the combat staff officer whispered

After receiving the information, Lieutenant General Julius smiled. The Hungarian Republican government unexpectedly changed its power at this time, and the capitulation faction took control of the power grandiosely.

Selling teammates is also skillful. Directly declaring surrender is definitely not enough. The revolutionaries who have no way out can't agree.

However, the National Self-Defense Forces are a bunch of mobs, and they still have some combat effectiveness in defending the city. Taking the initiative to attack is giving away their heads.

In the name of breaking through, letting them go to die can also achieve their goal.

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On June 1848, 6, the Hungarian National Guard in Budapest launched a breakout operation, and was scattered and fled by the well-prepared Austrian army.

After the failed breakout, the Austrian army followed all the way into the city, and the Hungarian Republican government surrendered to the Austrian army under the leadership of Semir.

Unwilling to fail, the revolutionaries fought stubbornly in the south of the city under the command of General Bem. After resisting for two days, the whole army was wiped out.

As of June 6, the Hungarian rebellion, which lasted for more than two months, came to an end in Budapest.

The war was over, but the aftermath of the war had just begun. Budapest suffered a devastating blow in this rebellion. One-third of the buildings in the city were reduced to ruins, and the economic losses were beyond statistics.

After regaining Budapest, Lieutenant General Julius had a headache again before he had time to celebrate.

Looking at the huge captive in his hand was very hurt to Wu He, the massacre was impossible.There are 15 people including their families, how can they be killed?

let go?Then there is no need to think about it. For the long-term stability of Hungary, these hidden dangers must also be eliminated.

"Commander, why don't you give them to them in the name of the plague..." A young officer who hated the revolution suggested

Julius shook his head and said, "No, now that there are so many media watching, we have brought out the top leaders of the Revolutionary Party for trial by the people, which has already aroused many people's doubts.

If you fabricate a plague, it's easy to get rid of it.It can't really create a plague, can it?That stuff is uncontrollable, if it spreads, we won't even have time to cry! "

Governor Josip Jelacic suggested: "Actually, there is no need to exterminate them. Just clean up the diehards. The remaining people will be sentenced to ten or twenty years and let them serve hard labor to atone for their sins." .

It is said that the Vienna Rebellion did just that, and we can follow suit. As long as these people are not released, the threat they pose will be within the controllable range! "

Lieutenant General Julius lingered for a while, and finally ordered: "Execute all military officers, government officials, members who have joined the Revolutionary Party, and intellectuals for excuses.

If you can't find an excuse, create a crime and let the court sentence them to death.It is really impossible to let angry refugees beat them to death, or let them die of illness or commit suicide in fear of crime, and the rest will be sentenced to hard labor. "

After hearing Lieutenant General Julius's order, everyone's expressions changed drastically, which meant that tens of thousands of people would be killed in the near future.

But everyone did not object, which is what the Vienna government meant.Except for the smart people who fell to the Austrian government in time, the rest belonged to the objects of cleansing.