Holy Roman Empire

With the cooperation of Pius IX, the Austrian government successfully persuaded the bishops, and then naturally one layer after another.

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There are more clergy who want to be bishops.

Even if most of the teaching property is lost, the church is still a wealthy unit, with a large amount of public funds available for their consumption, and no supervisors.

Franz has always pursued reasoning to convince people. This transaction with the church was also a fair sale. This was confirmed by Pope Pius IX himself.

Naturally, the clergy who do n’t understand should be persuaded. If they ca n’t, they will continue to do ideological work. The diehards will criticize education and finally help them get rid of the bad.

After the removal of an archbishop, eighteen local bishops, auxiliary bishops, and more than one hundred priests who were not religious enough, everyone actively cooperated with the government to complete the handover.

Under normal circumstances, after the cleric is determined to be ungodly, the end must be tragic.

But with this exception, Franz pleaded for them.They just have to prove themselves as devout believers in the battle to regain the Papal State.

The problem of the church can be solved without bleeding.This made the Austrian government realize the importance of the Papal State. The existence of a pro-Olympic pope will help the Austrian government manage its clergy.

To put it simply, to see which bishop is unhappy, throw him to the Pope to serve God. For example, guarding the Holy Land is a very promising job.

After taking advantage of it, it is natural to do things. The asylum Pope IX should have done everything, and now it is the turn of the Austrian government to pay.

Franz hated the arrears of salary, and naturally would not become the person he hated most.

"What happened to Marshal Radsky? Do you need to re-allocate troops from the country?" Franz asked.

"Your Majesty, the withdrawal of troops from the Kingdom of Sardinia is about to be completed. The morale of the frontline army is very high and you can continue to participate in this operation.

But Marshal Radsky suggested that these soldiers be returned to the country, and some soldiers would be relocated to intervene in the Papal State."Prince Wendy Schgratz, the Army Secretary, replied

Obviously, he was a little dissatisfied with Marshal Radsky's suggestion. It would be simple to make the call back, and it would be troublesome to do it.

High morale is natural. The Sardinian army can only be regarded as a soft persimmon. They have hardly fought any hard battles, and they have pushed it all the way.

The troop casualties are not large, but the loot is very rich. Even if it is sold at a discount, at least each soldier can be divided into hundreds of shields, which can be equivalent to the income of ordinary people for several years.

(1 shield is about 11.69 grams of silver)

In addition to this unexpected wealth, the land promised by Franz is about to be fulfilled. Such a smooth battle, the soldiers are naturally willing to fight.

After thinking about Marshal Radsky's suggestion, Franz felt it was very necessary to let the domestic recruits go to the battlefield. Anyway, there was no danger, it was just training.

The main reason is that the Vienna City Defence Forces are equipped with the best weapons. Because of their lack of combat experience, they are likely to be at the bottom of the combat effectiveness of the Austrian Army.

Franz made an excuse and said: "The soldiers on the front have been fighting for nearly half a year, and it is time for them to repair.

Just follow the advice of Marshal Radsky, and transfer some recruits from the rear to replace them, and send the Vienna City Defense Army to practice training."

Simply speaking, from a military perspective, if a unit has been fighting for half a year, even the elite units will feel tired.

The Oscar War fought nominally for four or five months. In fact, the time when the two sides actually fought was less than a month. The Austrian army pushed back from Venice to Turin.

"Yes, Your Majesty!" Prince Wendy Schgratz replied

These are small problems, and naturally no one will refute Franz's face.

Interfering with the Papal State depends more on deterrence by force, and there is very little chance of a real war.

Despite the fact that the Revolutionary Party government now controls the regime, there is still a part of the army in the country that supports the pope. The indecisive bourgeois regime is worried about triggering a civil war and has not cleaned up the army.

Prime Minister Felix said, "Your Majesty, the domestic situation has stabilized, and the international environment is also very beneficial to us.

To continue to maintain such a large army, the government's financial pressure is somewhat greater. The cabinet recommended the demobilization of some officers and soldiers, and the savings will be invested in the restoration of production and construction."

Expansion of the army during the war and disarmament at the end of the war have always been the norm.

Although the current situation in Europe is not very peaceful, it is all caused by the revolution. Conflicts between countries have not yet erupted. Under this background, the possibility of war between major powers is almost zero.

"How many troops are the government preparing to abolish?" Franz asked with concern.

Felix said confidently: "Considering that we will soon send troops to interfere in the Papal State, the government proposes to abolish 100,000 troops first this year and then 130,000 troops next year. Our final total strength will remain at around 350,000 . "

This disarmament was mainly a regular army. The temporarily recruited troops were repatriated after the war.

Now many places are still doing job placement, which is also the first of Franz, before Austria there is no argument for job placement.

Now that the government has a large number of industries, under the planned economic system, there are naturally enough jobs to accommodate these people.

It is worth noting that almost all soldiers who received a large amount of land rewards chose to go home to grow land.

The factory is not a good place for people in this era. If there are choices, most people are unwilling to become a worker.

The same is true of state-owned factories, but it is slightly more popular than private factories, and there is no need to worry about the arrears of wages by the boss.

After all, from the beginning, these state-owned factories were all on a piece-rate system. With much work and more work, there was no room to spend time at all. Naturally, it was the same amount of tiredness.

At this time, Franz had to rejoice that he had a clear mind and did not blindly annex the Kingdom of Sardinia, otherwise he would cut a Mao's army and continue to expand the army if he did.

Thousands of Austrian troops can destroy the Kingdom of Sardinia, but if you want to rule the Kingdom of Sardinia, it is not necessarily enough for two or three hundred thousand troops.

This is a sequelae of the awakening of nationalism, and it is difficult to rule the place without a lot of cleansing.The best way is to pack all the locals away and the place will be stable.

If it is in the 21st century, migrating five or six million people at once is not a big deal, as long as you are willing to spend money.

But now it is still the middle of the nineteenth century. Even if the Austrian government does nothing, it organizes ships to ship people overseas everyday, and it takes no five or six years to complete this task.

Everyone sent away, and in the end there was a piece of white land that required resources, no resources, and no industry, what does Franz do?

If you have that effort, you might as well go to open up the colony, even if you only invest 1% of the financial resources, you can harvest N times the area of ​​the Kingdom of Sardinia.

Prince Wendy Schgratz objected: "Prime Minister, we are negotiating with the Russians and it will not take long for an agreement to be reached.

When the time comes, we are bound to send troops to the Balkans. This time will not be too long. Now that the disarmament will be expanded again, will the time come?

Once we can't make a quick decision, stalemate with the Ottoman Empire, and interfere with Britain and France, it will be difficult to protect our interests."

For Austria, it is indeed an opportunity to expand into the Balkans now.

Not long ago, the Austrian government made concessions to the British on the issue of the Kingdom of Sardinia and won British support for Austria ’s expansion in the Balkans.

In order to provoke Russian-Austrian conflicts, the British were once generous and generous, and they all recognized Austria's interests in the Balkans. The two countries also reached a memorandum.

Palmerston couldn't imagine that the Austrian government would deal with the Russians. After all, if the Russians occupied the Black Sea Strait, Austria's interests in the Mediterranean would also be affected.

If the Russians grew bigger in the Mediterranean, Austria would be trapped in the Adriatic Sea and lose its strategic position.

The Austrian government's senior officials have been worried about these problems, but they were finally persuaded by Franz.

The reason is very simple. The Russians cannot win the British at sea, and the British Mediterranean fleet can block the Russians in the Black Sea.

Prime Minister Felix shook his head and said, "Who says we are going to join forces with the Russians to provoke war?"

Austria has just experienced a civil unrest. The most important thing now is to resume production. It is only a strategic need to share the Balkan Peninsula with the Russians. The two sides demarcated their interests in advance, just to avoid conflict.

Turning the content of the treaty into reality is a matter for the future. The Austrian government did not mean to provoke war in a short time.

We have clearly told the Russians that Austria needs to cultivate itself and will not expand in Europe for at least ten years.

If they ca n’t help it, they can do it in advance, Austria can support them in terms of supplies, but will not participate in the war in person.

This is a prerequisite for us to sign the covenant, so you can rest assured that disarmament will not break out in the short term."

This explanation hurt Prince Wendy Schgratz.As the leader of the Near East, he has already begun to prepare for war, but now suddenly tells him that the war will not be fought.

There is no way, the military must serve politics.

Because of the Franz butterfly effect, the power of the Austrian military has not expanded. Although it has a great say in internal and foreign affairs, it does not have the right to make decisions.

On this issue, Franz supports the government, and the most important thing in Austria now is to cultivate life and develop national strength.The problem of expansion is not too late to wait until the strength comes up.