Holy Roman Empire

Chapter 33 March Revolution

Going out?

This is impossible, and Metternich is not stupid. At this time, the enemy is waiting for him to go out?

Do n’t be delusional to explain, it ’s more likely that he just made his head, and someone rushed to kill him, causing established facts.

This kind of thing has happened more than one thing in history. Most of them have been taken by the spring and autumn brushwork. Maybe it was a dark one, and it was killed on the spot by angry people.

If the explanation is useful, the political struggle is not so complicated.

"Your Excellency, order the expulsion of the demonstrators, otherwise the situation will soon be out of control!"

It was Oppenheimer, the chief of the Vienna Police, who was under the greatest pressure.Many people in the government believe that Metternich is gone, and this time is already preparing for the future.

It's a pity that others can go, and he, the police chief, can't run away.Once Metternich fell, he would also get out of business, and he would have to be liquidated.

Metternich wandered a few steps, and finally made up his mind: "Order the city defense army to disperse the crowd!"

Waiting for his orders to come out, the situation outside is out of control.The revolutionaries mixed in the crowd found the opportunity and fired a shot at the intercepted soldiers. Under the habitual reflection, the soldiers also pulled the trigger.

"The army killed!"

After a loud cry, the crowd soon fell into chaos and fled.

This time there is no need to disperse the crowd, everyone else has dispersed.

It's just that the sequelae are very serious. Except for a small group of people, most people know that the army shot and killed people.

And the revolutionary party that provoked disputes was naturally covered up.

The angry people were being fooled to start a revolution at this time, and the capitalists tried to raise some weapons, and this time they were also sent over.

Some passionate youths were selected, the revolutionary armed forces were established, and the rebel army attacked the police branch that night.The Vienna City Government of the Revolutionary Party has fallen to this time, which provides convenience for the rebels.

When the gunshots of the revolution sounded, the situation in Vienna quickly ran out of control, and the mud was always unable to support the wall.

The remaining city defense troops really deserved the name of their waste. After a brief exchange of fire, the timid aristocratic officers retreated and did not suppress the rebellion in the first place.

The police in Vienna also became blindly obsessed by the government's rebellion and temporarily became neutral.

To some extent, this uprising was also a palace coup, and some nobles who were locked up in the economic crisis, at this time abandoned their class position and stood on the side of the revolutionary party.

They attempted to reorganize the regime through revolutionary means, and by the way bankers were revolutionized to get out of the debt crisis.

History has changed, the uprising army seized the bank at the first time, burned the loan, and the Austrian financial group fell bloody.

Facing the chaotic situation, Prime Minister Metternich panicked, the nobles panicked, the Regent Council panicked, and the Vienna court panicked.

The February Revolution that took place in France has just passed and they are still watching the jokes of the French. They did not expect the crisis to spread to Vienna so quickly.

This is the second revolution of the French. The last time it had already hit the aristocracy, the serfdom was abolished long ago, and the privileges of the aristocracy no longer existed.

Austria has just begun. The nobles still have a lot of privileges and a lot of benefits. This revolution is clearly directed at them.

According to the practice of the French, they will probably be sent to the gallows, or perhaps be killed by chaotic soldiers.Prime Minister Metternich no longer has the calmness of the past, and at this time he has nothing to do.

As a qualified pigman, Metternich is the most abominable person in the eyes of the public. Once he falls into the hands of the rebels, it is a question of how to die.

A man in a tuxedo said anxiously, "Master Duke, the carriage is ready, go away, it will be too late!"

Metternich is fighting fiercely in his heart. He knows that at this time, he has become a target, and staying in Vienna is very dangerous.

But as a nobleman, he also has his own pride and is unwilling to be a deserter.As early as this morning, he sent away his family and stayed alone to deal with the situation in front of him.

"Hold, I ..."

Waiting for Metternich to speak out, Holder reacted and gave full play to his duties as a good housekeeper, and said, "You guys will soon send the Duke!"

These guards are all ministers of Prime Minister Metternich, and their loyalty is not questioned at all. At this time, everyone can't care about that much.

Ignoring the struggle of Prime Minister Metternich, he forced him into a worn carriage and hurriedly left Vienna.At the same time, some people drove to the palace with his most used carriage.

Seeing loyalty in times of trouble, it's time for the aristocrats to make full use of their officials.Not only Prime Minister Metternich, but many nobles chose to escape from Vienna at this time.

Now the only safe place in Vienna is the imperial palace. Most of the soldiers in the rebel army are still in awe of the emperor. They refused to attack the imperial palace, and the Revolutionaries were powerless.

Even within the Revolutionary Party, many people have no plans to overthrow the Habsburg family. Most of them are actually reformists, and they joined the Revolutionary Party after desperation for reform.

At this time, there were a lot of messy revolutionary armed forces. They had no time to establish a unified leadership structure, and they were fighting one after another.

Most of the rebels did not even have guns, and the weapons in their hands were as varied as if they had returned to the Middle Ages.

Many ordinary people are not interested in revolution. Revolutionary ideas have no market in Austria. After venting their anger, many people dispersed.

In order to strengthen its own ranks and suppress the growing working-class armed forces, the Revolutionary Party is desperate to pull people, and the newly launched rebel army has undergone a qualitative change and has become uneven.

For example, in the name of emancipating political prisoners, all prisoners in the Vienna prison were released, and many criminals were turned into members of the revolutionary party.

Gangs and gangsters also came out at this time to take advantage of the fire and commit crimes such as murder, arson, robbery and rape, which were constantly staged in Vienna.

The first to be hit was not the nobility, but the ordinary Viennese citizens, small businessmen and the middle class.

The night conceals endless sins, and Vienna, an international metropolis, sinks into a sea of ​​sins on this night.