Holy Roman Empire

62 Creating a Nation

Kosut can send people to block the Austrian representatives on the bright side, but for those who secretly stand on the Austrian side, they are powerless.

The Hungarian revolution was not achieved through bloodshed, which means that a large number of people in the country tending towards the Vienna government were retained. Kosut did not think about purging, but could not do it at all.(Ignoring casualties)

The internal relations of the Kingdom of Hungary are intricate and affect the whole body. The new Hungarian regime is fragile and cannot withstand the wind and rain.

Vienna

After receiving the news that Hungary had expelled the Austrian representative, everyone knew that the war had entered the countdown and the Austrian government could not allow Hungary to become independent.

"Prime Minister, how is the material preparation going?"

After entering the era of thermal weapons, the battle is fought with supplies. Now Austria has to take care of the Italian battlefield. Franz is most worried about logistics supplies.

"His Royal Highness, the Hungarian counterinsurgency campaign has not yet begun. At present, we are giving priority to satisfying the Italian battlefield. If more than 200,000 troops are mobilized, we will not be able to support the logistics supply." Felix thought for a while

This is not because Austria cannot provide these batches of strategic materials. As a member of the powers, the Vienna government does not lack such materials. The most critical issue is: it is impossible to guarantee that the materials can be delivered to the troops in need on time.

The first major problem is transportation. To support hundreds of thousands of military operations, it is also necessary to consider the issue of refugee relief after the war, which requires the transportation of large amounts of materials.

The new cabinet has worked hard for this since its establishment.After the suppression of the Vienna rebellion, Austria entered the wartime economic system, and all government departments were working hard for the war.

"Can't wait any longer. The Hungarians have rejected our goodwill. At this time everyone's eyes are looking at us.

Military operations can be postponed, but political offensives cannot be delayed. What are your suggestions?"Franz said seriously

Everyone is playing politics. Naturally, there is a word called chain reaction. If the Vienna government does not pay any attention to Hungary, which has declared its independence, will other ambitions follow suit?

No, it seems that at this time the ambitions of other regions have been finished. If it was not Franz ’s intentional indulgence, the Hungarians would not be so independent.

Historically, the independence of the Hungarians was based on the fact that the Austrian-Italy region was all occupied, the Revolutionary Party occupied Vienna, and the Austrian civil war broke out with self-care.

At that time, everyone felt that Austria was going to be cold, so they turned their hearts across and they simply revolutionized.

Even if it was a rebellion, they did not forget to return the work to the emperor, explained the reason for the rebellion, and left a path for themselves.

Now the Italian battlefield continues to PK, the rebellion in the Austrian region has also been suppressed, and the Vienna government still has strong power.

Capitalists and nobles are not desperate. Everyone has a family and business. Under normal circumstances, they will not jump out to find death, but the Hungarian revolution has succeeded.

On the face of it, this was only due to the efforts of Kosut and others before the rise of Hungarian nationalism.

In fact, smart people know that this is very abnormal. The reaction of the Vienna government is too slow. If you send troops early to suppress the rebellion, there will be no time for the Republic of Hungary to be established.

Austria has 350,000 standing troops, the Vienna government mobilized another 200,000 reserves and expanded 30,000 city defense forces, and the Italian battlefield only used 100,000.

Austria has deployed 40,000 people in the Galicia region, another 50,000 people in the Bohemia region and 20,000 people in the Slovenia region.

There are still 120,000 Austrian troops in the Kingdom of Hungary, distributed in Croatia, Hungary, Slovakia, Transylvania and other regions.

Even if a part of the army was influenced by Hungarian nationalism, the vast majority of people are still loyal to the emperor. If the rebellion was suppressed in the first place, it is now another situation.

"His Royal Highness, I feel that it is now time to declare the Hungarian government illegal, and at the same time convert Croatia, Transylvania, and Slovakia into the provinces directly under the empire."

The walllayer is also a murderer. Breaking up the Kingdom of Hungary is something he always wanted to do but he dared not do. Now the opportunity is here.

The Hungarians dare to rebel, so there is no need to say, we must split it!Missed this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, it will be difficult to meet again later.

The Austrian Empire is a multi-ethnic country, and the Kingdom of Hungary is also a multi-ethnic country. The Hungarians want independence, which does not mean that the Croats, Romanians, and Slovaks also want to follow their independence.

"Mr. Metternich is right, but while splitting the Kingdom of Hungary, the National Equality Act we are drafting can now be announced in advance.

Do n’t Hungarians advocate nationalism?We can also use it to classify the serfs and civilians in the Hungarian region into the Austrian ethnic group and directly carry out salary salaries."Minister of Finance Karl suggested

Franz's eyes lit up. The Chancellor of the Exchequer's proposal was undoubtedly to artificially create a nation and separate the Hungarian nobles and civilians.

Opening the history book, we know that the so-called nationalities are artificially divided according to factors such as culture, language, history, region, and economy.

If we talk about blood lineage, it is a false proposition. In the changes of human history, basically all ethnic groups are mixed blood, which is simply unclear.

Of course, the nobility will certainly not recognize their lineage as the civilians, just as the "Hungarians" now do not recognize serfs as one of them.

Because of the level of education, most serfs in Southern Europe were ethnically non-ethnic, or no one told them which ethnic group they belonged to.

In Franz's view, this is an opportunity, an opportunity to integrate Austria.

"Mr. Karl, I don't think there is any positive significance in doing this. There are already many ethnic groups in Austria, and adding another ethnic group will only make our rule more troublesome!" Grand Duke Louise frowned.

He had already heard the implication of Karl, creating an Austrian nation was false, and the real purpose was to integrate all Austrian nations together.

But this was not what Grand Duke Louis wanted. Once all the Austrian nations were merged, the Germans were no exception. From then on, Austria and Germany were separated. This is a disaster for the Germanists.