Holy Roman Empire

It is impossible for any policy to win the support of everyone.Conservative Austria is not France, and the people's revolutionary enthusiasm is not so high.

As long as their interests are not harmed, the people will not rise up to make trouble or even rebel because of such a trivial matter.

Franz knew that the Austrian language he proposed was just for political show, to show that the central government valued every nation and respected their language and cultural traditions.

It's not going to please everyone, but it's better done than not done.Austrian language has indeed joined the language of various ethnic groups, although it is some unfamiliar nouns.

"Your Highness, the assimilation of language and writing is a long-term investment. It will take at least 20 years to complete this plan. During this period, a large amount of money must be invested continuously." Minister of Education Leo von Tus Hohen Earl thought about it

Once the unified language and culture are included in the national policy, the Ministry of Education's discourse power will be greatly increased. In the next few decades, the Ministry of Education will be the most important department in Austria.

Franz nodded and said, "Of course, the Prime Minister and I have discussed the funding issue, and the government will find a way to solve it.

This unification of language and culture will be combined with compulsory education in Austria.

Before the implementation of compulsory education, we still lack a large number of qualified teachers. The Ministry of Education must solve this problem as soon as possible.

If the recruitment is not enough, the standard will be lowered for short-term training. As long as the three views are correct and the elementary school knowledge can be mastered, they can be employed. "

Are the three views correct?

What are the three views?

There is no doubt that it is naturally Franz's version of social outlook, values, and outlook on life.

To sum up, it is necessary to support the great Habsburg dynasty, to be loyal to His Majesty the great emperor, to abide by Austrian laws and regulations, and to have no bad habits.

As long as you are loyal enough and lack personal ability, you can find ways to make up for it.

It's a big deal to open teacher training courses, it doesn't matter if you are slow, and you must not let the black sheep lead the next generation.

Prime Minister Felix said: "Yes, the cabinet has formulated a preliminary plan to build 3000 public primary schools across the country and promote compulsory education for all.

In the new public schools, Austrian language and mathematics are to be taught as two main subjects.Ethnic language courses are also offered in ethnic minority areas, but the local ethnic language is an elective course, and entrance examinations are not included in the grades.

Compulsory education in Austria is tentatively set at 6 years, and all children aged 6 to 12 must enter school to receive compulsory education.

If teenagers over this age group are willing to enter school, the school must also enroll them.

After the completion of the six-year compulsory education, students with excellent grades can enter middle schools through entrance examinations.

Anyone who is admitted to middle school by personal ability or whose family is in difficulty can be subsidized by the government to complete their studies, and the same is true for subsequent universities. "

"Prime Minister, what about the funds? Even if we all adopt the lowest-grade configuration, the annual expenditure will not be less than 5000 million dong. With the allocation of higher education, I am afraid that the education funds will exceed [-] million dong in the future.

Relying on tuition fees alone is just a drop in the bucket.The government's fiscal revenue is limited. Even if the Hungarian region is included, the maximum is no more than 3 million dong.Can the government spend one-third of the money on education? said Count Leo von Tus Hohen, frowning.

Don't think that because he is the Minister of Education, he doesn't care about other issues.From the overall perspective, it is impossible for the Austrian government to invest one-third of its finances in education.

The Austrian government needs to invest in many aspects. In this era of the jungle, blindly investing in education, it is estimated that the country will be ruined before the education dividend is generated.

Felix shook his head and said: "There is no need to charge any fees, ordinary people simply cannot afford this expense, and the funding government will find a way to solve it.

The Ministry of Education will make a plan as soon as possible. We will calculate the education expenditure for the next year. Austria will start compulsory education in 1849. "

The attack on the church is still in the secrecy stage.Franz's ascension to the throne is imminent, and now Austria's stability is overwhelming, so naturally there will be no complications at this time.

Franz said: "Okay, the specific funding issue, the cabinet government will hold a separate meeting to find a solution, today is mainly about the implementation of compulsory education.

Austria is not rich, we can only engage in poor education.Under the limited expenditure, train as many talents as possible. "

This cultivates talents?Obviously, it is not about cultivating high-tech talents. It is impossible for Franz to set such high requirements. Compulsory education only cultivates industrial workers with certain cultural knowledge.

Even industrial workers who have graduated from elementary school will always produce a group of qualified engineers under a huge base. Their growth limit is much higher than that of illiterates who can only do coolies.

"Yes, Your Highness!" replied the Minister of Education, Count Leo von Tus Hohen

Austria's compulsory education is following the example of the Kingdom of Prussia next door.Only the Kingdom of Prussia successfully completed compulsory education in this era, and Britain and France have not yet started compulsory education.

Learning from Prussia in the framework, but in terms of specific details, the two sides are different.

Austria's compulsory education at this time is actually poor education. Simply put, it is how to do it cheaply.

According to Franz's plan, this kind of cheap compulsory education is really not expensive.

For example: schools can borrow local churches, or confiscate the real estate of rebels, or mobilize the people to build a few wooden houses, as long as they can make do with it.

Another example: textbooks, as long as the teacher has the books in hand, students can get the textbooks depends on the funding situation, pens, inks, papers and inkstones are omitted, each person can go to class with a sand table.

The biggest expenses are teachers' salaries and students' food expenses.

Franz had experienced hard times before crossing. He knew that for many low-level people, three meals a day were a heavy burden.

Many families cannot afford to ask parents to bear the food expenses of their children, otherwise there would not be so many child laborers.

If the economic conditions are good, who can be ruthless and let children of how old enter the dark factory?

You must know that the casualty rate of child labor remains high. It is very likely that when you set off in the morning, you will be fine, but you will not see anyone at night.

Death is also a death in vain, and no one will hold the capitalists accountable.At most, they will just give salary compensation for a few years, and it will be over.

In order not to reduce the birth rate, Franz still decided not to increase the education burden of parents, and the government should undertake the compulsory education stage.

Anyway, in this day and age, people are not picky. No matter how the school environment is, it is much better than the factory.No matter what, Franz can guarantee that there will be enough black bread to keep them from starving.

Of course, as a high-ranking crown prince, it is better not to be proposed by him, but to be proposed by the people at the bottom to be more convincing.

"Let's release the news that Austria is preparing to launch compulsory education. We solicit opinions from the public to find an education model with the lowest cost and the most suitable for Austria," Franz said.

Chapter 113 Disrupting the deployment of Prussia

Berlin

The arrival of Palmerston did not bring good news to Frederick William IV. The British also stood on their opposite side this time.

"Your Majesty, the current situation is very unfavorable to us. All European countries are on the opposite side of us. Among the great powers, Austria, the only country that supports us, is only forced by public opinion. They will not provide us with any substantive help." Joseph Chancellor von Radowitz frowned and said

Before the end of the Crimean War, no country in Europe had the courage to single out Russia on land, and Prussia was no exception.

Encountering such a neighbor is the greatest misfortune for the Kingdom of Prussia. If you can't win, then be friends. Prussia-Russia relations have always been the most important part of Prussia's diplomacy.

"Is the bourgeois government still unwilling to make concessions?" Frederick William IV asked with concern.

Radowitz thought for a while and said: "Yes, Your Majesty. Now the morale of the people is high. After Austria voiced its support for us, all the German states are waving their flags for us. They are trying to use public opinion to force us to break out of war with Russia.

The bourgeois government believes that the morale of the people cannot be hit now.They want to wait for Austria to deal with internal conflicts and join forces with us to resist pressure from Russia. "

That's right, the Russia of the European Gendarmerie is indeed terrible, and it is not comparable to Prussia.However, after Pu and Austria join forces, this situation will be reversed, and Russia is still unable to do one against two.

But the question is, why should Austria stand against the Russians in order to help Prussia expand its territory?Where are their interests?

Frederick William IV thought for a while and said: "Inform our people to take action to cool down domestic public opinion, and tell my Arnime to stop first, and now is not the time to challenge the Russians."

No one thought that the leader of the liberal faction was actually the king's man. It is no wonder that after the outbreak of the Great Revolution, Prussia was able to reach an internal compromise so quickly.

However, those who are familiar with history know that this Pudan War was just a war provoked by Prussia to divert domestic conflicts.

Through foreign wars, the people's attention was successfully diverted, creating favorable conditions for counter-revolutionary groups to counterattack.

If there is no one to guide it, how can the bourgeois government provoke the Russian-Prussian conflict before its position of power is consolidated?

Whether it is planning the Polish independence movement or launching the Pudan War, it is challenging the bottom line of the Russians. Once the gun goes off, the Kingdom of Prussia will not be able to hold back.

In order to prevent the situation from getting out of control, Frederick William IV stopped several times in the middle to ease the relationship.To some extent, this is also a temptation of the Prussians to the Russians.

In August 1848, under international pressure, the Kingdom of Prussia made concessions to the Russians, and the Pudan War entered the intermission stage, and the two countries signed the "Malmo Armistice Agreement".

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Vienna

After receiving the "Malmo Armistice Agreement", the Austrian government believed that the Pudan War was over. Prussia's compromise made the nationalists in the German region very dissatisfied, and Austria's plan succeeded.

Only Franz knew that things were not that simple.Through this temptation, the Prussians have already got the answer they want, and the Russians will not easily go to war with them.

The main reason was that the Tsarist government was relatively poor, and the Kingdom of Denmark was also unable to afford the war funds. Once a war broke out with the Kingdom of Prussia, many plans of the Russians had to be shelved.

"This armistice agreement came too fast, and the above terms are too inclined to the Danes. This is very wrong. Prussia has the upper hand on the battlefield, and there is no reason to suffer from this.

Under normal circumstances, as long as the Prussian government insists a little bit, the Danes will give in, and maybe they can take advantage of it. How could it be possible to suffer this loss? "

Franz said.

Prussia is also a powerful country in Europe. Although it is only the bottom power, it is also a member of the club of great powers. How could it be possible to suffer such an obvious loss?

No matter how great the diplomatic pressure is from various countries, and there is no force to intervene, why should they be allowed to make such a big concession?

Metternich seemed to have thought of something, but he was not sure, so he asked, "Your Highness, do you mean that the Prussians have a conspiracy?"

"Yes!"

"As the two largest states in the German region, we have always wanted to unify the German region. Don't the Prussians want to unify the German region?

After a series of failures, we found that in the case of Austria, countries would not allow us to unify the German region, so we finally gave up helplessly.

But once we have the opportunity to unify the German region, we will not give up.

Now the Prussians have set off nationalism, advocated the idea of ​​great unification, and proposed a nonsensical Little Germany plan. What are these for?

There is no doubt that the Prussians knew that they did not have the strength to unify the German region, so they retreated and prepared to kick us out and establish a small German Empire.

Why did Frederick William IV refuse to recognize the Frankfurt Conference, which was clearly in favor of Prussia, when we thwarted their conspiracy at the Frankfurt Conference not long ago?

Is it really because the crown is not orthodox enough?In my opinion, he dare not.Once they supported the Frankfurt Conference, they stood on the opposite side of the German state.

The strength of the Kingdom of Prussia is limited, and they cannot disperse their forces. Now that they have compromised in the Danish War, they probably want to do things in the German region.

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs must keep in touch with the governments of all states at any time, and don't let the Prussians take advantage of the loopholes. When necessary, we can send troops to help them stabilize the situation. "

Franz analyzed logically, and the advantage of foresight was manifested.

Historically, at this time, the Prussians continued to collude with the states in the German region and established the "Three Kings Alliance", in an attempt to replace the German Federation controlled by Austria, and took the first step in unifying the German region.

Although it was later slapped back by Austria and the Three Kings Alliance was dissolved, the status of the Kingdom of Prussia in the German region has been greatly improved.

They even took advantage of this opportunity to deliberately show weakness, constantly promoting the humiliation of the "Olmüz Agreement" to Prussia, and weakening the vigilance of the great powers towards them.

These are all Franz's personal guesses. He admires the Kingdom of Prussia's ability to unify the German region through the slit.

It's just that now the status determines the position, and he is not a loyal fan - Peter III, it is impossible to sit on the side.

We can only speculate on the actions of the Prussians with the greatest malice, so as to avoid leaving opportunities for the enemy.

Austria is prepared, and it is not so easy for the Prussians to win allies.When it comes to influence in the German region, Prussia has no way to compare with Austria.

If the referendum decides fate in this era, Franz is ready to be crowned Emperor of Germany, and the Habsburg family has an absolute advantage.

"Your Highness, the situation in many states in the German region is currently unstable. If the Prussians want to intervene, they will probably win over some states to form an alliance with them on the condition of helping them stabilize the situation.

Judging from the strength, most of the Prussians will win over the North German state first, and then infiltrate the South German state.

As for the unification of the German region, this is mostly just a cover. The unification of the North German region is the limit of the tolerance of the Kingdom of Prussia. "Metternich analyzed diplomatically.

Judging from the current international situation, this is indeed the case, but the future is not certain. In history, the Kingdom of Prussia took advantage of the contradictions among the great powers, defeated the enemies one by one, and unified the German regions except Austria.

Because of geopolitics, religion, and economics, Austria has the greatest influence in the German region, but the bourgeoisie in the North German states generally prefer the Kingdom of Prussia, allowing Prussia to have the mass base to unify the North German region.

But now Austria cannot tolerate Prussia's unification of North Germany so early, which means that the strength of the two sides will be drawn closer.

Franz had not yet completed domestic reforms, and the rise of a powerful Prussian kingdom would threaten Austria's interests.

"The Foreign Office is looking for ways to disrupt the plans of the Prussians, and also to strengthen relations with the South German states. The government is preparing to negotiate with the customs union, and Austria will also join.

If the Prussians obstruct, they will win over the South German states to reorganize the customs union.When necessary, we can split the German Confederation! said Franz seriously.

In the North German region, Austria only needs to delay the unification process of the Kingdom of Prussia, and can exchange interests when necessary.As for the South German region, Franz will not let go easily no matter what.

Even if these countries cannot be annexed, they must establish alliances and infiltrate through politics, economy, and culture.

It is a good choice to further deepen the current alliance relationship. When necessary, everyone can also partner to establish a loose federal empire.

For example, modeled on the former Holy Roman Empire, as long as it is unified in name, it will gradually realize mergers in the future relying on economic and cultural influences.

Volume II New Times

Chapter 1 Enthronement

Time passed quickly, and it was the end of August in a flash. As the enthronement ceremony of Franz approached, Vienna became lively.

Laughter and laughter dilute the shadow brought by the March Rebellion.

The government's wartime economic system has played a great role in restoring the economy, and Austria has escaped the impact of the economic crisis.