Holy Roman Empire

I work hard for the balance of Europe, but the biggest beneficiaries of the system are making a fortune in silence, and no one will be balanced in their hearts.

After thinking for a while, Palmerston replied: "It depends on the Russians. If they can make the Austrian government feel threatened, then we can win Austria over."

The same is true in history. Austria's defection was neither due to the temptation of the interests of Britain and France, nor the conflict of interests in the Odonube River Basin of Russia. The most important thing was the threat of the Russians.

For the sake of their own strategic security, it is only normal to abandon their allies.Even if it was changed to Franz, when the Russians showed too much strength to threaten the survival of Austria, he would also choose to attack the Russians.

The same is true of the Russians. If Austria is too powerful to threaten them, it will still be stabbed in the back.

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Since the passage of the Armed Forces Expansion Act, Austria has set off an upsurge in joining the army.The allure of land is huge, especially after the meritorious officials in the last war got the land and became role models.

The soldiers who joined the army last time had better luck, and they fought smoothly from the beginning to the end. They did not realize the cruelty of the war.Even if there is cruelty, it is for the enemy.

The military expansion and preparations for war this time are short of directly saying that they are going to fight the Ottoman Empire.If it was 200 years ago, when the Ottoman Empire was about to be attacked, everyone's first reaction would be fear, but now everyone only sees military exploits.

Who caused the decline of the Ottoman Empire?Austria and Russia join forces, can't they beat Ottoman?

The risk is not big, but the reward is huge, which naturally makes people flock to it.

Not to mention ordinary people, even the nobles are trying their best to serve in the army. In a war destined to be victorious, everyone wants to go in and earn military exploits.

This kind of opportunity is not easy to come across. If you miss this opportunity, you don't know when the next foreign war will be.

There was already a long queue in front of the conscription point. The idea of ​​"getting fame and fame right away" is very prevalent in continental Europe.

In this era, if you want to stand out, making military exploits on the battlefield is the best shortcut.Especially for the people at the bottom, this is almost their only way to the upper class.

Many reserve officers and soldiers also shined in the last war. In the eyes of many people, even if they can't enter the regular army, entering the reserve is a good choice.

The status of soldiers in Austria is very high, even reserve soldiers are respected.

Looking at the long queue, a young officer sighed and said, "There are a lot of people here today. It seems that our recruitment standards may still be improved."

A middle-aged officer next to him gave him a dissatisfied look, and said, "Wellston, don't express your emotions here and there, hurry up and organize a test for me.

Remember that this time the Austrian language is given priority in admission, so that I will not have to train them after I get the army. "

"Yes, Major!" replied Wellston promptly

Austria has not issued a clear language exclusion bill, but the government, military, business and other institutions, everyone tacitly agrees that the priority admission will be in Austrian language.

In the folk saying: "You can't even speak a common language, do you want me to match you with a translator?"

This is the most practical problem. The language barrier and communication remain the same. After being born into society, finding a job has become the number one problem.

Even nationalists have to accept this social reality.It is difficult to find a job without learning Austrian.

Want preferential treatment?Sorry, in Austria, employers have the right to freely choose the talents they need, and the government is not allowed to intervene at will.

After three years of promotion, although the Austrian language has not been universally popularized, most people in the cities have mastered the common language.

Now this scene can be seen in many places in Austria.In order to achieve this, the Austrian government also paid a considerable price.

Especially when the promotion was just started, it was resisted by many nationalists.It's a pity that they were unlucky, and they happened to catch up with the Great Revolution, and the troublemakers were harmoniously eliminated.

What made them most angry was that after the Austrian government went against the law, not only did it not arouse public anger, but the domestic situation improved rapidly.

Up to now, all schools in Austria mainly use Austrian language, and other languages ​​are treated almost like foreign languages. They are elective courses and are paid elective courses.

People are realistic. There is no entrance exam, no need to find a job, and extra money to study. Gradually, everyone naturally doesn't pay attention to it.Key words such as nationality and independence have also faded away in everyone's life.

Even not long ago, Franz ordered the banning of all non-Austrian language books and newspapers in the country.

Many people thought that this would cause social turmoil, but the reality is very slap in the face.Except for some experts and scholars shouting, ordinary people simply don't care.

Nationalism also needs to be propagated. If the propaganda channels are cut off, who would ordinary people know what it is?

Under the suppression of the government, it quickly became an underground idea.It depends on the actual situation if you want to spread it. Since the reform of the education system, young students have stopped playing with them.

Without the No. [-] Death Squadron, the combat effectiveness of these people was greatly reduced.Stand up against the government?Anyone who dared to do this would have gone in a long time ago. How could there be a chance to make it this far?

Fekwenna, a Hungarian writer, one of the representatives of Hungarian nationalism.

It's just that he belongs to the moderate faction, opposes all violent revolutions, and did not follow Kossuth to fight for independence, and even published many articles criticizing the atrocities of the revolutionary party.

This non-threatening existence was naturally not washed away.He is very worried recently, even more worried than when the Kingdom of Hungary was split up.

For a nationalist, it is acceptable to lose Hungary, because he does not reject being an Austrian, but without the Hungarian national language and writing, he cannot bear it.

Not long ago, the Hungarian Forward newspaper was suspended.Although the sales volume of this small newspaper is less than a thousand copies per issue, this is also the cause he is fighting for.

What made it even more difficult for him to accept was that the Hungarian National School established by Count Istvan Szechenyi also included Hungarian as a paid elective course, and it was no longer the language of instruction.

Now he was going to fight with the school leaders, and he couldn't let the Earl's efforts be wasted. At this moment, he hated the revolutionaries headed by Kossuth extremely.

If it were not for the rebellion that occurred in 1848, the Kingdom of Hungary would still be the Kingdom of Hungary. Under the leadership of Count Istvan Séchenyi, they could still carry out social reforms and establish an ideal Hungarian society.

There is no if in history. After losing their leader, their group of Hungarian reformers became a mess, and many of them were incorporated by the Austrian government.

If there is no accident, it will not be long before Fickwenna will accept the goodwill of the Austrian government, and now he still wants to work hard for his dream again.

"Principal Engels, why did you cancel the Hungarian language?" Fikwenna asked

Engels explained: "Mr. Fikwenna, you should know that the Hungarian National School has relied on external donations since its establishment, and we only charge a small amount of tuition.

In the past two years, the donations we have received have been greatly reduced, and the school's funds have been in trouble. Since a year ago, the salaries of the teaching staff have not been paid on time.

In order for the school to survive, we had to accept education grants from the Austrian government.

According to the provisions of the Austrian Ministry of Education: All schools receiving government funding, primary and secondary education in Austrian language as the only language. "

In this way, Engels has explained it to many people.The actual situation in the school is even worse than what he said.

Learning another language will undoubtedly take up a lot of study time and affect the performance of other homework. Many parents have proposed to the school to cancel Hungarian.

Don't talk so much about the truth, they only care about the entrance examination.The chances of being able to go to college in this era are already low. For the future of the next generation, many people can no longer care so much.

"Is there no other way?" Fikewenna frowned and asked

Engels sighed and said: "Mr. Fickwena, you can't hold your arms against your thighs. After the incident in 1848, the Austrian government was very vigilant against nationalism. In the fields of culture and education, comprehensively promote integrated education.

This is a national policy of the government, and this suppression will not end until they can be made to trust us again, which you know is impossible. "

Rebellion, revolution?They are familiar with these things, but this is not their strong point.Everyone has a family, who is willing to take risks?

Moreover, today is different from the past. The domestic economy is growing rapidly, the social order is stable, and the people have no motivation for revolution at all.

Chapter 56 Only Benefits Are Eternal

Lack of money is a big problem, even though Fei Kewenna is a well-paid writer, she is also unable to solve the funding problem of the school.

Soliciting donations?After studying the reasons for the establishment of the Hungarian National School, it is said that it is impossible to raise funds now.

This has something to do with the Great Revolution of 1848. Those who strongly advocate the promotion of the Hungarian language are mostly inclined to the revolutionary party. Almost all of these people have seen God, or are fighting for the Austrian railway cause.

Most of the people who got away with it were moderates. These people were often cautious, and their numbers were not large enough to afford the expense.

The Hungarian language took shape after ten centuries of evolution.It originated very early in the 9th century AD. In the Middle Ages, there were already [-] words, mainly from the Turkic language family, the Caucasian language family, and many loanwords from the Romance language family, Slavic language family, and German.

In 1836, Hungary launched a language revolution, and the Hungarian language and characters of later generations were basically formed at this time. In 1844, Hungarian became the official language of Hungary.

Most of the Hungarian nobles come from the German region. Many of these nobles can speak Hungarian, but few have learned Hungarian characters. Hungarian is mainly circulated among the lower class.

In this context, Istvan Szechenyi established the Hungarian National School to promote the Hungarian language in the middle and upper classes.

If the history has not changed, this kind of language school will blossom everywhere in Hungary, laying the foundation for the Hungarian national culture of later generations.

This is also one of the reasons why Istvan Szechenyi was called "the greatest man in Hungary" in later generations.

In fact, he has made many contributions to Hungary, such as: establishing the Academy of Sciences, establishing noble clubs, promoting the abolition of slavery...

However, there is no if in history. Under the butterfly effect of Franz, the great Hungarian nationalist met God in advance.

The tree fell and the monkeys scattered. Without this leader, the remaining nationalists became a mess. Coupled with the suppression of the Austrian government, many speculators withdrew from the national movement.

With the changes in the social situation, the nobles and capitalists are no longer willing to let their children continue to learn the Hungarian language. They worry that this kind of educational experience will reduce the chances of the next generation entering university, and donations are naturally out of the question.

Without the support of the funder, these schools were naturally in trouble and had to accept the order of the Austrian Ministry of Education.

Pest, once the most glorious city in Hungary, has now fallen.Due to political considerations, the post-war Austrian government did not allocate funds to rebuild Budapest, which is now split again into two cities.

The lively noble club in the past is also deserted now.Stepping into the gate, looking at the scattered acquaintances inside, most of the rest are unfamiliar faces.Fei Kewenna's fiery heart had already cooled down.

Even though three years have passed, the place still hasn't recovered.As the former capital of Hungary, the vitality of the local nobles was severely damaged, and many ancient nobles disappeared.

The reason why so many people can gather today is because the Hungarian celebrity Liszt came to perform, and everyone came for his fame.

Don't look at the many people, but there are not many people who are willing to raise funds for the ethnic school.If it was someone from the same way, Fikewenna would not be unaware, after all, the circle of nationalist moderates is not big.

The life of luxury, luxury and feasting is still the same, as if nothing happened.In the end, Fei Kewenna still didn't speak, the arrogance of a literati did not allow him to be humble.

These people did not react when the government established Austrian as the lingua franca and announced the abolition of dialect newspapers, nor did it move them when the abolition of dialect education in schools.

I don't know when it started, Fikewenna also accepted the term "dialect".

Of course, there is nothing wrong with saying that it is a dialect. Hungarian is mainly concentrated in Hungary, and less than one-fifth of the people in the entire Austrian Empire use it.

A middle-aged man in gorgeous clothes came over and said hello, "Fickwenna, come and have a drink!"

Fickwenna raised the wine glass in her hand, touched it with the middle-aged man, then took a sip in a graceful manner, and said, "Hanks, long time no see, what are you up to?"

Hanks smiled and said: "It's true that I haven't seen it for a while, and I'm stocking up recently. It's no secret that the Vienna government intends to attack the Ottoman Empire and is stockpiling strategic materials. I just sipped the soup by the way.

How about you?Why are you frowning, still feeling sorry for your small newspaper?

Don't think too much about it. This is a decision of the National Assembly and cannot be changed. It is said that it is to promote the integration process of Austria. "

Fei Kewenna shook her head and said: "My half-dead tabloid, you know, it doesn't make any money at all, and it will be closed when it is closed.

However, if this continues, our Hungarian national culture will be finished.Newspapers and books were banned, and the only remaining ethnic school in Pest City has now canceled Hungarian.

I'm really worried..."

Hanks immediately changed his face and said: "Stop, this problem ends here. Unifying the language and writing is the general trend, don't think about these messy things.

Think about it, before that, there were [-] main languages ​​in Hungary alone. Back then, you advocated the unification of languages, but now it doesn’t work?

Your mentality is not right, unifying the language is the best, and we can save a lot of translation fees, which is something that benefits the country and the people.

......"

Fei Kewenna was a little dumbfounded, she was educated.He regretted communicating with this old friend. Now this old friend has changed, and capitalists are always after profits.

Those who were most opposed to the Austrian government at the beginning are now the most supportive of the Austrian government.The world is impermanent, as long as the benefits are eternal.

After the unification of Austria, both the market, economic development speed and potential far surpassed the original Hungary.

For capitalists, Austria at this time is undoubtedly the best time.As long as there is no problem with the brain, almost any industry you invest in can make money now.

Everyone has never heard of the term "economic overheating".It is only considered to be the natural growth of the economy after the Austrian government removed the obstacles to the development of the capitalist economy.

From the perspective of a free market economy, this statement is not wrong.The large influx of foreign capital is also determined by the market economy, and the government's policy factors only account for a small part.

"Okay, when I didn't say anything, drink!" Fikewenna said helplessly

If you can't change society, you can only adapt to society.Why didn't he agree with this statement deep in his heart?

It has not been a day or two since the Habsburg dynasty ruled Hungary. Everyone has long been used to being a part of Austria.

independent?The farce in just a few months from the beginning to the end caused hundreds of thousands of casualties, nearly a million people were homeless, and the nobles in the Hungarian region directly lost half of their staff.

With such a huge loss, people who survived the catastrophe now talk about the revolution and change their faces.It is no secret how the army that built the railway came about. The Hungarian region contributed at least 20 people.

This kind of living example has already let everyone know that rebellion has to pay a price.Without the support of interest groups, the so-called revolutionaries have no room to survive in Hungary.

All classes in Hungary, from top to bottom, hated them.

From the perspective of the people at the bottom, it is these rebels who exploit and crush them.The rebellion was launched because the emperor forbade them from oppressing and exploiting.

The evidence is: After the rebellious party was suppressed, everyone's life became much easier.The serfs were freed, the workers had labor protection laws, and the chaotic exorbitant taxes were swept away.

Of course, this is the result of the Austrian government's propaganda. No matter how many people at the bottom are, they don't understand the profound truth, but they believe the reality when it is in front of them.

The aristocrats who survived the catastrophe did not dare to challenge the majesty of the government. Under the guidance of caring people, the most popular saying now is: If it is not for the rebellion of the Revolutionary Party, they will not lose their land and privileges.

Believe it or not, they have taken nothing away from the government, and can only engage in hatred transfer Dafa.No one knew what was going on in his heart, and he had already put all the responsibility on the rebellious party.

Not to mention the citizens who suffered heavy losses, they have personally experienced how terrifying the mob revolutionary army is.With the pain of the skin, it is natural to be hostile to the revolutionaries.

This hatred will slowly disappear over time, but it is impossible for this generation.People will believe what they see with their own eyes, and have experienced it once, and this concept has been engraved in their bones.

The general environment can affect people very much, and the moderates like Fikewenna have begun to change.

In the age of ideological confusion, once you have doubts about the previous ideas, it is not far from changing.