Holy Roman Empire

There was no way to convince Massimiliano that Franz directly threw the other two younger brothers into the barracks for closed education.Perhaps the lesson was accepted, and the Queen Sophie did not intervene.

Before Franz succeeded to the throne, the Austrian army had always been a gold-plated place for noble boys.Now the Austrian army is also a place for young boys, but it is not gilded, but lived like a year.

Closed management is not to mention, once you enter the military camp and bid farewell to the city's lively life, daily training in the Alps.

Because of the strict management system, many families regard the army as a school to educate the next generation, and the number of young children active in Vienna has dropped to the lowest point in history.

The statutory military service is only two years. Because of population growth, ordinary soldiers can retire and return to reserve after one year of service.

The noble children are an exception. Their service life starts at 3 years.It takes more time to train officers than it takes to train ordinary soldiers, and the service time is naturally longer.

The training of noble officers is more strict than that of ordinary soldiers, and the training subjects are much more.Usually the first year is spent in the Alps or Balkan Mountains.

Every day of training is exhausted and half dead, naturally there is no energy to think about.Over time, many bad problems will be corrected in the army.

Originally, Maximilino and Franz were only a year old apart. When the military reformed, he had finished gilding and became a naval officer. He missed the opportunity to polish.

Because training is too hard, I can't go home once a year.The beloved Empress Sophie asked Franz to open the back door and failed.

Fortunately, the nobles in the German region have a tradition of military service. Nobles who have not entered the military service cannot stand on the ground.

So Empress Sophie can only delay time at most, and dare not really let the two little guys hide from military service.

You can refer to the specific situation. Every year, several young boys are tied up by their family members and sent to the military camp. Occasionally, there are scenes of crying and crying as if to live and die.

Of course, such scenes are mostly among the emerging nobles.This is also the reason for being despised by the old aristocracy, and is considered to be the manifestation of no education.

To some extent, Franz ’s military reform also relied on traditional forces.

Although Austria has not reached the point where the Prussian army owns the country, most senior government officials have also stepped out of the army.

If extreme mobilization is needed in a certain place, government officials can also become military officers in seconds to form an army in the shortest time.

Because of the glory of the nobility, no nobility complained to Franz that training was too hard, which made him very satisfied.

Rights and obligations are equal. If even their own obligations are refused to be fulfilled, then this class will really fall.

According to the statistics of the Ministry of National Defense, the proportion of Austrian noble children who perform military service exceeds 95%. The rest are all physically impaired and congenitally inadequate, and there is no way to enter the military service.

Before the military reform, this figure was 100%. The cultural tradition of the German region is to honor soldiers. Now this fine tradition is naturally preserved.

Starting from the compulsory education stage, there are basic military training courses.Unconditional areas are only queue training and long-distance running, and the aristocratic school is a replica of the junior military school.

St petersburg

After several years of struggle, the reformists finally overwhelmed the conservatives and prevailed.On March 25, 1863, Alexander II issued the "General Peasant Decree on the Departure of Serfdom".

Regulations: Abolition of serfdom, serfdom obtains the status of a free citizen, personal freedom and general citizenship, including the right to own property, hold public office for litigation, and engage in industry and commerce.

Under the premise that all land is owned by the landlord, farmers can use a certain amount of land, but they must pay a ransom to the landlord.

Before signing the redemption contract, farmers must also serve the landowner or pay proxy rent.

Obviously, this reform by the Russians was imperfect. The land ransom was determined by the landlord, far exceeding the market price of the land, and in some places, it was several times higher than the market price.

The high land redemption price has laid a hidden danger for future social conflicts.In fact, after determining the redemption price, conflicts occurred in many places.

Alexander II also had a headache. On the one hand, he wanted to carry out more thorough social reforms, so that the Russian Empire quickly entered the capitalist society; on the other hand, he was unwilling to break up with the nobles who owned the land.

"Landlords" and "landlords" are also different. The landlords of the Russian Empire are nobles, and ordinary free people rarely own land.

Now carrying out social reforms will obviously damage the interests of the noble class.The nobles who ruled this country were naturally reluctant. They wanted to pass on the losses.

This is not only the will of the conservatives, but many people in the reformists are also prepared to sacrifice the peasants' interests in exchange for the success of this social reform.

As for the social contradictions that may be brought about after doing so, they have been ignored by them. Can't they really cut their own meat?

The police minister's home, Noveves, whispered: "Your Majesty, there have been 38 serf riots in the country last month, and they have all been suppressed."

The serf riots are no longer news in the Russian Empire. If it does not break out several times that year, then it is news.

But dozens of eruptions a month, Alexander II still felt the pressure.The Abolition Act was issued, but this reform did not satisfy the serfs.

The Revolutionaries were not idle. They encouraged the serfs to revolutionize and declared that as long as the Tsarist government was overthrown, everyone could own land for free.

Liberals are not so radical, at least they are not prepared to push the tsar.Liberals believe that the government should introduce laws to price land, and the nobles should not be allowed to exploit farmers.

At present, most of the serf riots in China are caused by these two factions.

Alexander II said: "Continue to be vigilant, and at this critical moment they cannot be allowed to make trouble and undermine this reform."

"Yes, Your Majesty!" The Minister of Police answered quickly

Fortunately, the Russians of the Near East War won the war. Taking advantage of the victory in the war to reward the heroes, Nikolai I liberated a group of serfs.

These people are now the main force of the tsarist army. Although most of them are at the bottom of the army, as long as these people are loyal to the tsar, the Russian empire is still the tsarist Russia.

Otherwise, the nobles who had been attacked by the grass and the snake would not have compromised with the Tsar without such an easy time. Russia ’s conservative forces have always been the most powerful in Europe.

This is different from the abolition of serfdom in Austria during the rebellion.At that time, the Austrian aristocracy was frightened by the revolution, watching the aristocracy of a family being destroyed, fearing that it would be their turn when they had to, and had to agree to abolish serfdom.

In the face of survival, everyone's expectations naturally fell.When the land price is cut down, it is cut down. In order to save lives, everyone has to choose to compromise.

Tsar nobles can't feel the pressure of survival now.Despite the serf riots in Russia, these are not large-scale.There is no pressure, everyone naturally wants to make up for the loss, and even prepares to take the opportunity to make another profit.

The Minister of Finance Kurdacia said anxiously: "Your Majesty, because of reforms, our tax revenue is expected to fall again by five percentage points this year, while fiscal expenditure will rise by 15%.

If this continues, I am afraid that we will go bankrupt before we complete the domestic reform.The Ministry of Finance proposes to postpone the abolition of the tax package system in some remote areas to reduce fiscal expenditure."

The tax package system is also a problem facing the tsarist government.The Russian Empire was too large. Before that, because of communications and transportation, the Tsarist government had no way to manage this huge empire and had to implement a tax package.

Now because of the advent of the telegraph, the communication problem has been solved.The Tsarist government was prepared to abolish the tax package system to clear obstacles to the development of the capitalist economy.

Only in this way, administrative expenses have greatly increased.Taxes received in many remote areas are not necessarily sufficient for administrative expenses.

Alexander II replied: "I am afraid that the delay in abolishing the tax package system will not solve the problem? Our shortfall in funds cannot be solved by millions of rubles per year.

Minister of Finance Kurdaciabi replied: "Yes, Your Majesty. The fiscal deficit this year should exceed 40 million rubles. Delaying the abolition of the tax package could save 8 million rubles."

Alexander II thought for a while and said, "Even if the tax package is abolished, what will happen to the remaining funding gap?"

The regions where the Russian Empire mainly implements the tax package system are in Siberia, the Far East, and Central Asia. Because of transportation, the economy of these regions is not very good, and delaying the reform has little effect.

The Chancellor of the Exchequer, Kurdaciabi, proposed: "Your Majesty, I personally propose to sell Alaska to save administrative expenses and at the same time exchange funds to make up for the lack of finances."

Alexander II shook his head and said, "There is no problem in selling Alaska. Except for the large area, that land can't actually bring us any benefits.

Because of the relationship with the British, once there is a conflict in the future, we simply cannot hold it.

But the problem is that we can't find a buyer at all, and the only American who can buy this land is unable to extricate himself in the midst of a civil war."

This is true. Before the discovery of the gold mine, Alaska was a barren land. On the more than 1 million square kilometers of land, there were less than 10,000 Russians.

Even though the Central Basin has a piece of reclaimable land, the land was not valuable in this era, especially the undeveloped land.

The Chancellor of the Exchequer Kurdaciabi suggested: "Your Majesty, we are looking for buyers all over the world, and if we can't find a buyer, we will act as a loan next year to Austria!"

Alexander II shook his head: "No, if you do this, it will affect the relationship between the two countries. Now Austria is not only our ally, but also our biggest trading partner."

This has nothing to do with morality, it is entirely determined by interests.The existence of the Russian-Austrian alliance allowed the Russian empire to maintain its hegemonic status in Europe. Even if it is now busy with internal reforms, no one has shaken their status.

But once the alliance was disbanded, the situation was different. Not only did the French challenge their hegemony, but even Austria would become a challenger to the hegemony.

Turning potential enemies into allies, this tsarist government's biggest diplomatic achievement in recent decades.

When Austria fell into the revolution, Nicholas I did not fall down, so the Russian Empire won the support of Austria and won the Near East War and captured Constantinople.

Before the death of Nicholas I, he repeatedly warned him of the importance of the Russian-Austrian alliance. Alexander II was not stupid, knowing that this is a union of harmony and benefit, and it would be bad to affect the relationship between the two countries for some benefit.

The Chancellor of the Exchequer, Kurdacia, explained: "Your Majesty, you do not need to affect the relations between the two countries. You just write a crying letter to His Majesty Franz, explaining our difficulties, and let him help.

When the Austrians suppressed the Hungarian rebellion that year, Emperor Nikolai was also preparing to send troops to help, but just after arriving at the border, the Austrians did it themselves.

In any case, this love Habsburg family has led.Therefore, in the later Near East War, the Vienna government has always been on our side."

Kurdaciabi reminded Alexander II to attach importance to the royal relationship between the two countries. He could not ignore the national interest because of his personal position.

Alexander II nodded. He personally loved his family, but he was not the stupid Peter III, and ignored the national interest.

Haven't you seen that the relations between Russia and Russia are still not improving?

After the death of Bismarck, the Kingdom of Prussia, deeply insulted William I, never bowed his head to Russia.Alexander II also did not release goodwill to Prussia.

This is determined by national interests.On the one hand, as the European hegemony, the Russian Empire cannot take the initiative to bow its head; on the other hand, the emotions of the younger brother of Denmark should also be taken care of. With these years, the Kingdom of Denmark has provided loans of 20 million rubles to the tsarist government.

Alexander II replied calmly: "No problem, I will write this letter as soon as possible."

Seeing that Alexander II accepted the proposal, the Minister of Finance, Kurdacia, was relieved and lamented that the money was really not easy to make.

He worked so hard to encourage Alexander II, not only to deepen the relationship between Russia and Austria, but of course, this factor is not ruled out.

More because of the 100,000 Aegis PR fee paid by the Austrian ambassador to Russia.Kurdacia is a smart person who knows what money can be collected and what money cannot be collected.

The Austrians want to further deepen the relations between the two countries. Kurdishiya will naturally not refuse, which is also in the interest of Russia.

As for Alaska's problems, he was decisively ignored.This is just the beginning of continuing to deepen the relations between the two countries, a wild land.