Holy Roman Empire

On March 21, the Government of Vienna promulgated the Land Leasing Act, which stipulated that farmers have the right to lease land, and the maximum rent should not exceed 50% of the land income.

This is to protect the basic survival rights of farmers. It is estimated that if there are no restrictions, it will not be long before hunger and riots erupt.

On March 22, the Government of Vienna promulgated the Serf Placement Security Act, which required nobles to provide a minimum living guarantee for the released serfs to solve the employment problems of farmers.

That is: it is forbidden to deprive farmers of the right to live in existing houses; lease land to farmers, or hire farmers to guarantee employment.

In order to prevent capitalists and nobles from taking advantage of the robbery, on March 23, 1848, the Vienna government promulgated the "Prohibition of Usury Act."

The bill stipulates that the annual interest rate of any model of loans in Austria shall not exceed 35%; the loan for farmers, workers and other vulnerable groups shall not exceed 25%.

For any personal loan, interest is calculated based on the actual amount received.

Since May 1, 1848, any usury contract is regarded as an invalid contract, which has no legal effect, which means that it can not be repaid.For usury contracts that have been signed, the law only protects the profits within the legal scope.

This is a precautionary measure. In fact, when this law was enacted, the members of the cabinet did not think that the nobles would take advantage of the fire. Usually this kind of thing is only done by capitalists.

Well, Franz did not argue with them on this issue. The big nobles would definitely not do it. Such a small gain would not be worth the dirty hands. The little nobility might not be.

Among the nobles, there are also poor people. Every year, a group of nobles in Europe goes bankrupt.

Since it is against capitalists, there are naturally a lot of unfavorable clauses in the law against the usury, for example, the punishment is so terrible.

As long as the loan shark is caught, all the property will be confiscated first, and incidentally walked through the prison, starting at least three years, and hopelessness is not a dream.

On March 25, the Government of Vienna promulgated the "Minimum Wage Law", which is a subsidiary law of the "Labor Protection Law" and stipulated the minimum wage standard.

Because the economic development of each region is different, the first announced is only the minimum wage in the Vienna region, namely: 4.5 dong per week for male workers, 2.5 dong per week for female workers, and 45 Klitz per week for child workers.

(Remarks: here 1 shield = 11.6928 grams of silver = 60 Kleitz)

Franz is still very pragmatic. He has not worked out a salary that exceeds the actual situation. This salary standard can only meet their needs for living. Workers still need to work overtime if they want a better life.

Including the use of child labor that disgusted him the most, neither was resolved.

There is no way. The current situation in Austria is like this. It is easy to ban the use of child labor in factories, but after the loss of economic resources, the lives of these children are a big problem.

However, these laws still have a positive effect. A small increase in the treatment of workers guarantees the workers ’survival needs. Of course, this only guarantees the right to survival.

If you want to get a better life and wait for the further development of productivity, this is determined by social reality. Without reducing labor costs, the company's products will lose competitiveness.

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It can be said that 1848 is the legislative year of Austria. Franz may be accustomed to the legal society and is very keen on legislation.

In March alone, Franz promulgated fifteen laws. Almost after he was regent, new laws were introduced every day.

From the initial abolition of serfdom, to later workers ’rights and interests, there were special laws and regulations.

Regardless of other functions, these laws first sent Austrian reforms to Huyou ’s stunned, everyone thinks that this reform must be shocking.

Franz successfully passed the legislation to divert the attention of the people, because the coverage of the law is too wide, while promulgating the law, it also meets the interests of serfs and workers.

The confrontation between the people and the government has improved, and the revolution has unknowingly lost the mass foundation. Of course, it is currently the first change in the Vienna area, and other regions need time to ferment.

These are things of the future. The Austrian government has just received good news. The Berlin Revolution broke out on March 18, and Prussia was caught in the revolutionary wave.

Even if you are unlucky, that mood is definitely unpleasant. At this time, there is another unlucky egg, and everyone's mood is much more comfortable.

Of course, worrying that the Kingdom of Prussia is taking advantage of fire is the main factor. Now that the Berlin Revolution has erupted, it is naturally impossible for Prussia to take care of things at this time.

The good mood of the people did not last long, and the Czech region was in trouble again. Do n’t think Franz knows that the big capitalists in the Czech region are Austrians. This would be strange if they did not have their shadow.

Now it is necessary not only to establish a unified Czech parliament, but also to establish an independent National Self-Defense Force, and at the same time it requires Czech to obtain the same status as German.

Undoubtedly, this kind of splitting the country's demands is not negotiable, and the Vienna government cannot agree to split Austria.

Now that intelligence personnel are recording the list of nobles and capitalists participating in the event, Franz is already preparing to attack the Czech region.

In this era, the biggest problem for ordinary people was to eat enough food. Any other requests were instructed.

Franz has always ignored the small and medium bourgeoisie and the working class in the history books. Can the exploiting class have the same needs as the exploited class?

The Austrian government is promoting labor protection laws. At this time, workers have no reason to oppose the government to fight for their rights and interests.

According to the information returned, the main crowds of demonstrations that took place in Prague were students and the small and medium-sized bourgeoisie. The workers just took the parade as a job and used money to do things.

"Your Excellency, what are the cabinets going to do with the parade in Prague?"

The conditions they put forward, Franz neglected decisively, it is impossible to agree, and the discussion does not need to be discussed.

"We have ordered the Prague government to arrest the planner of this conspiracy, and at the same time the Cabinet has ordered Prince Wendisch Gratz to prepare him to suppress the rebellion!" Felix said murderously

At this time, the Vienna government was unable to make concessions. He was too lazy to even make up for the false and snake tail. The Czech region is different from other regions, and now there is no revolutionary mass foundation here.

In his view, this was part of the nobility and capitalists who were dissatisfied with the reforms of the Vienna government before they made a counterattack. After all, as soon as the Czech Kingdom was established, these bills did not have to be implemented.