Holy Roman Empire

Countless cases of previous life told Franz that you do n’t need to really stand on the same position with most people, at least you have to make them think that you are standing with them.

Now Franz is doing this. Reform is the mainstream of Austria. He naturally wants to send a signal to the outside world that he supports reform.

At this time, the strength of the Austrian conservatives should not be underestimated. The Vienna court was the base camp of the conservatives, and Franz could not betray his own class.

At this time, age is the best weapon. In the eyes of the reformists, he supports reform. This is enough. No one wants a 16-year-old to lead the reforms in Austria.

Franz did not comment on specific reforms. In the eyes of conservatives, he is a stable performance. Everyone knows that Austria must reform, but how to reform is endless.

As the crown prince of the empire, Franz supports reform without any problems. If he stupidly throws out his reform plan, it is estimated that he will be handed over to him.

In contrast, Franz's attention to the living conditions of the bottom people is nothing.A benevolent king is good for everyone.

Before the mystery is revealed, neither the capitalist nor the aristocracy would mind that Franz brushes his reputation among the people, and no one knows that he is Xiangzhuang Wujian.

Bowenfield was persuaded by Franz, or by reality, and there was nothing wrong with doing work for the young Grand Duke.

It would be even better if he could affect Grand Duke Franz and let him accept his ideas.

His plan was naturally clear to Franz, but he didn't take it seriously.Now he just needs to use Bowenfield's influence to start the newspaper in the shortest time.

They still do n’t have to worry about the issue of political reforms in Austria. Franz already has a preliminary plan in mind. Before implementing this plan, it is necessary to weaken the power of the bourgeoisie and the noble class.

Things that elevate the status of a capitalist will never appear in his reforms.

"Capital knows no borders," Franz had heard of.

Capitalists are always fed, and as long as the interests are right, they can betray in minutes, and Franz dare not let them become the pillars of the country.

Austria ’s special national conditions have determined that this reform must take into account the interests of the vast majority of the people at the bottom, in order to truly integrate this country, which will require the nobles and bourgeoisie to make sacrifices.

It is also in this special period that Franz has a chance of success when the contradiction between the noble class and the bourgeoisie intensifies.

The more he knew about this country, the more Franz was sure that the empire was already undercurrent.

In 1846, the grain shortage in Germany was affected, and Austria was also affected.

It stands to reason that the Austrian Empire was originally Europe ’s leading grain exporter, with the Great Plains of Hungary, and the impact of grain reductions was not significant.

However, the reality is just the opposite.For their own benefit, the capitalists have over-hyped the grain shortage and raised the price of grain on the market, while at the same time lowering the grain purchase price in Hungary because of the bumper grain harvest.

By the beginning of 1847, the price of food on the market in Vienna had risen by 54%, and ordinary citizens of Vienna had felt the pressure of survival.

Behind the capitalists' manipulation of food prices, there are still a lot of bankruptcy farmers, and even some nobles have suffered heavy losses. The Hungarian region has begun to undercurrent.

Recently, Franz discovered that Vienna ’s immigrant population is increasing, and he does not have to think that these people are mostly bankrupt farmers who have to enter the city in order to survive.

Some of them may still be serfs in the hands of the nobility, but until now, the population of Austria has already exceeded 30 million, and no shortage of serfs in the hands of the nobility, so the regulation was relaxed.

Although serfs are also wealth, they also have to eat. For the nobles, as long as the number is similar, it is enough to guarantee the completion of the production tasks. Too many serfs are also a burden.

The success of the liberation of serfs in various European countries is not as simple as it seems, but more of them are the appearance of machinery, so that nobles do not need so many people to cultivate land, such as: harvesting harvesters.

In the middle and late 19th century, the demand for labor by the nobles declined, and the resistance to the abolition of serfdom was not so strong. Most enlightened nobles preferred to release the serf in exchange for a state compensation.

Prime Minister Metternich promoted the abolitionist movement in Austria. The reason why the nobility resisted was because the bid was too low. Franz supported the prime minister on this issue.

Austria's finances are not rich, unable to pay high compensation, and it is inevitable to lower the compensation price.

However, this problem is not impossible to solve, for example, giving abolition of slave aristocrats in taxation, or sacrificing the interests of capitalists, for example, the government intervenes in the market to set a food protection price to protect everyone's interests.

As long as the interests are appropriate, there is no contradiction that cannot be resolved.Only these ideas, Franz will not come up now, he is also preparing to exchange interests with Prime Minister Metternich.

On January 11, 1847, Franz's tinkering newspaper "We Want Bread, We Want Cheese" was officially published.

He himself made a piece of "Caring for the People at the Bottom and Creating a Beautiful Austria" as a pioneering work.

There is no doubt that this is a complete chicken soup article. The article uses a lot of space to emphasize the role of the people at the bottom of the country. It is clear that the Austrian Empire will be better only if the basic needs of the people at the bottom are met.

The effect is naturally indisputable. Chicken Tangwen appeared for the first time, and many people were confused.

The nobles and capitalists believed that Franz was an overflowing crown prince, and the idle eggs hurt to care about the lives of the untouchables, but such emperors did not exclude them.

A benevolent emperor is always better than a tyrant, and no one needs to work with his head.

The influence of the people at the bottom is great. A crown prince who cares about their living conditions is completely the standard of Renjun!

The only pity is that the crown prince is too young and has no say in politics. It would be nice if he became an emperor.

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"Pity!"

Franz sighed secretly, if there is a group of people under his hand to guide public opinion across the country, then the impact will be even greater.

It's not that Franz didn't send people to guide public opinion. The problem is that he didn't have much manpower, and his influence was limited to Vienna. Other places had to wait for it to slowly spread.