Holy Roman Empire

Chapter 16 The Great Revolution in the making (voting for votes)

Being able to establish the Vienna system to keep the European continent stable for more than 30 years, and sitting in the position of the Austrian prime minister for more than 20 years, has suppressed political opponents. How could Prime Minister Metternich be ordinary goods?

The Earl of Kolovt is obviously to stimulate him today. Only when he is stimulated, talents are prone to make mistakes. How could Metternich not know?

This is a conspiracy. Prime Minister Metternich has already felt the pressure from the face. This pressure was not brought by the Earl of Kolov but by the Austrian conservatives and the court of Vienna.

It is impossible for Metternich to know the role of Franz in this, and he does not need evidence. He can judge it only by his rich experience in political struggles.

As early as a year ago, Franz had communicated with him on this issue, only that Metternich wanted to maintain a balance of domestic power and did not attempt to suppress the bourgeoisie.

Now that Franz and the conservatives are mingling together again, then there is no doubt that this shows that the Vienna court's tolerance of the reformists has reached its limit.

Not to mention the royal family, even Prime Minister Metternich himself was disappointed with the reformists, and the idealist reform plan he put forward did not consider the actual situation at all.

The bourgeoisie wants to seize power, and even the ambitions are too lazy to converge. The demands put forward are simply not acceptable to the government.

Even Metternich can be sure that if the conditions of the bourgeoisie are fully accepted, the Austrian Empire will immediately become history.

In order to be able to seize power, the bourgeoisie has united with the separatist group. Their so-called American autonomy has never considered the actual situation.

There are so many countries on the European continent. Once Austria has spread out, it is ready to split. The enemy cannot give up this opportunity.

A group of idealists, with the encouragement of the bourgeoisie, became the vanguard of the reformists. The proposed plan was completely taken for granted, with no regard to the consequences, and no one could bear such reformists.

"Come here, let me know. I will hold a cabinet meeting tomorrow and invite the Regency Committee to participate!"

Obviously, Metternich has made up his mind that since the reformists have been out of control, they can naturally be sacrificed for political needs.

No, it should not be considered a sacrifice, but the bourgeoisie is out of luck. This group of idealistic intellectuals has already split up. Some people who have less involvement with the bourgeoisie also support the formulation of the Labor Protection Law.

There are even people who think that they can go further and calculate wages directly according to the profits of the factory, and everyone pays dividends to allow the working class to profit together.

Well, such an idealist, Metternich has nothing to say.He bet that if this idea is put forward, don't want to go out in the future.

Under a labor protection law, capitalists are going crazy. If they dare to deprive the capitalists of most of their profits, it would be strange if the bourgeoisie does not tear him apart!

"Yes, Prime Minister!" The attendant said quickly

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After the victory of the July Revolution, the development of capitalism in France made the majority of workers, farmers and petty bourgeoisie even more impoverished.

The development of the Industrial Revolution made capitalists entangled. While their wealth was increasing, tens of thousands of handicraftsmen and small business owners went bankrupt due to competition from big capitalists.

The social crisis in France is deepening and the call for social change is increasing, but this has not attracted the attention of the July dynasty.

(July dynasty: After the French Revolution in 1830, the Orleans dynasty was established as a dynasty representing the French financial bloc. The usury empire has been around since then.)

By 1847, Franz had begun to pay close attention to the situation in France. As the vane of the European revolution, basically every revolution started in Paris.

Looking at the news from France, Franz knew that a revolution was brewing within France, and the prelude to the revolution, the "banquet movement", had begun to flourish.

(French banquet movement: a political struggle method in which French reformists and various social forces opposed the rule of the July dynasty, gave speeches and stated political opinions in the name of holding banquets.)

There is no doubt that the upcoming revolution is still led by the bourgeoisie, which in Franz ’s view is part of the inequality within the French bourgeoisie.

Capitalists who failed in the competition, unwilling to be robbed of their own interests, united the anti-government forces of all parties, and used the people's dissatisfaction with the government to launch the February Revolution.

Franz knew that a new round of revolutionary climax was coming. In 1848, all cities in Europe with a population of more than 100,000 in history had a revolution.

The fuse of this revolution was the French Revolution in February. The French's success set an example for everyone, so everyone followed suit. In addition to being a bear in an agricultural country, the whole of Europe was a mess.

Franz said cautiously: "Tylen, infiltrating the social groups in Vienna, must keep abreast of their movements, including the workers' groups at the bottom!"

"Yes, Grand Duke!" The head of intelligence, Tylen, replied

That's right, this intelligence organization is the secret force of the royal family. After Franz contacted them, they were incorporated.

Of course, the appointment letter that Franz flickered from his uncle Ferdinand I also played a vital role.

As a price, Franz had to pay 800 Rheinland a month for his activities, and his wallet was drying up.

There is no way, even if most people are voluntary labor, intelligence organizations need money to operate.

But all of this is worth it. Now that Franz knows a lot about the domestic situation in Austria, what surprised him is that the bourgeoisie has not planned a revolution.

In other words, the historical March Revolution in Vienna was not premeditated in advance, but was affected by the outbreak of the February Revolution in France. A group of people patted their heads and launched it!

Many of these people are not even revolutionary parties, bourgeois, students, and workers. This can be seen from the conditions put forward by the revolutionary groups after the March Revolution.

Even because the "Labor Protection Law" proposed by the government has diverted people's attention, most of the people at the bottom have expectations for the Vienna government.

They are also waiting for this law to be introduced to improve their distressed living environment.

This has allowed Franz to see new possibilities. Once the government implements the Labor Protection Law, the upcoming March Revolution may die because of a lack of supporters.

Even because of the opposition between the working class and the bourgeoisie, they may stand on the side of the government and suppress the bourgeois rebellion.