Holy Roman Empire

743 The Revolutionary Wave

As the ships left, the details of the Kingdom of Prussia, which had been praised for centuries, were hollowed out by Franz in silence.

No, this should have nothing to do with Prussia.Now here is the territory of the Russians, and the close cooperation between Russia and Austria is completely necessary for each.

The tsarist government eliminated hidden dangers and stabilized the local situation; Austria increased the population of the main ethnic groups, and both sides were winners.

Affected by this, Russia-Austria relations have become more harmonious. As a testimony of Russia-Austria friendship, the two governments recently reached an agreement to extend the loan payment for two years.

Pure friendship, without any political strings attached.Since the agreement was reached, trade between the two countries on the Baltic Sea has flourished.

Affected by this Russian-Austrian trade boom, Austrian companies engaged in international shipping business took the lead out of the economic crisis, and a large number of ships shuttle between the Baltic Sea and the Austrian colonies every day.

The agricultural products and daily necessities companies were closely followed. Immigration drove the rise in consumption and pulled these companies back from the edge of bankruptcy.

The price is the Austrian National Bank, which has successively issued tens of millions of Aegis settlement loans to immigrants, artificially creating a consumer market.

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A shot from Lyon broke the peace in continental Europe.After the Great Revolution of 1848, the revolutionary wave in Europe was ignited again.

France is naturally the hardest hit area, and from Paris to Rome is full of revolutionary flyers and slogans, just like the small advertisements on the telephone poles of later generations.

"Fire extinguishing" has become the most important task of the French government. The police and the army have no time to take vacations, and everyone is busy.

Affected by the revolutionary wave, revolutionary groups in various European countries responded.

On February 11, 1882, an uprising broke out in the Spanish capital Madrid;

On February 13, 1882, Antwerp, Belgium's largest port and heavy industry city, broke out with the Docker uprising;

On February 13, 1882, the coal miners uprising broke out in Luxembourg;

On February 21, 1882, a peasant uprising broke out in Switzerland;

On March 1, 1882, the textile workers uprising broke out in London;

On March 7, 1882, the independence movement broke out in Ireland;

On March 12, 1882, the bourgeois revolution broke out in Portugal;

On March 17, 1882, anti-Russian uprising broke out in Poland;

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In the past less than two months, hundreds of revolutions, large and small, have broken out on the European continent, and strike movements have occurred in more than half of industrial cities.

As if overnight, Europe has returned to the era of the Great Revolution.

It ’s a joy to see someone else ’s luck, and it ’s as if it ’s your turn.

As a leader in the capitalist world, Austria has not been able to protect itself.

In the past two months, the Austrian government has extinguished the Milan textile workers riot, the Venice independence movement, and the Saxony copper mine riots, and cracked dozens of Revolutionary Party cases.

Franz watched with fear, and he never thought that there were so many chaos under his rule.

There is no doubt that more than 80% of the revolutionary party is supported by foreign hostile forces, and two-thirds of them are British.

Franz was gratified that in this wave of revolution, Vienna was very stable. Not only was there no way to revolution, even strikes did not happen.

At this time, Franz understood somewhat why later European countries were going to be industrialized.

Fortunately, during normal times, once the economic crisis hits the manufacturing industry, the impact is too severe.

Especially for labor-intensive industries, it was even a disaster.

If the product cannot be sold, the enterprise must lay off employees for survival. It is difficult to find a new job during the economic crisis. Workers also need to survive, and conflicts arise.

Although other industries will also be hit, but because the number of employees hired is relatively small, and they are not as concentrated as large factories, the outbreak of the crisis has also been scattered across the country.

In theory, as long as there is no trouble, a colonial empire like Austria can avoid the outbreak of revolution.

The unemployed have no domestic jobs, but they can be settled in overseas colonies.Generally speaking, as long as people have choices, they will not go to extremes.

Thinking of this, Franz gritted his teeth at John Bull.In retaliation for the British, Franz decided to increase support for the Irish Independent Organization and the British Revolutionary Party.

In a sense, this wave of revolution, which spread across Europe, was also the result of several gangsters stabbing each other with a knife.

Prime Minister Felix: "Your Majesty, I just received news that about 5,000 people in the Silesia refugee camp have launched a protest, asking the government to intervene in the Russian atrocities and rescue the oppressed ..."

Before Felix finished speaking, Franz dropped the cup in his hands angrily."Protest", when do criminals have the right to protest?

There is no problem, and illegal immigrants accepted by the refugee camp are legally defined as criminals.

Because of the large number of people involved, the Vienna government did not directly define everyone as a criminal, but punished the leader.

This protest undoubtedly challenged Franz's bottom line.Isn't it nonsense that the Russians' atrocities protested against the Austrian government?

Austria is not an international policeman. Why should it interfere with others' internal affairs?If it were really random, it would be beaten to death sooner or later.

The Vienna government has already resettled most of them, but more than 200,000 people are still stranded in refugee camps, waiting for resettlement.

Franz sneered: "Remove all those who participated in the protest to the Russian Empire and give them to Alexander III to plant potatoes.

All responsible persons were removed from their posts and held accountable.An investigation team was sent to investigate the ins and outs of the incident. I do n’t believe that this was spontaneous."

The refugee camps were militarized, and even protests could erupt. If there were no managers dereliction of duty, Franz would not believe it.

It ’s not good to say that the management is unwilling. What happened to the outside world, no one in the camp received news.

These people are not idle, and Franz has also built a fence on the border.Not for anything, but to find something for the refugees, so as not to get into trouble.

Thousands of precautions, trouble still come to your door.For long-term stability, Franz must kill chickens and monkeys.

Repatriation to the Russian Empire is the biggest punishment.The Tsarist government will not welcome them, and it is fortunate to be able to grow potatoes in Siberia.

Prime Minister Felix suggested: "Your Majesty, the problem of repatriating these troubled refugees is not a big problem. What is troublesome is the increasing wave of European revolution.

Although the riots initiated by the Revolutionary Party mostly ended in failure, they were not as severe as in 1848, but the harm caused by such frequent riots cannot be underestimated.

For peace and stability in the European world, it is necessary for us to convene another international conference to unite the governments of all countries to jointly curb the spread of revolutionary ideas."

This year, there is no government that does not fear "revolution". Due to productivity restrictions, all countries in the world have a hard time living with the bottom people.

"It's hard to live", there is the will of revolution, the soil of revolution exists, and those with vested interests naturally panic.

It seems that these revolutionary events happened in isolation. In fact, more than 90% of the revolutions inside it are inseparable from international forces.

Perhaps everyone did not directly plan the rebellion, but they supported revolutionary organizations, spread revolutionary ideas, and provided refuge to the revolutionary parties. These were all done by gangsters.

Of course, small countries also participate.It's just that the movement is smaller, mainly for output of ideas.

After the Great Revolution of 1848, European countries learned their lesson and settled for a while, but did not expect it to resurrect now.

On this issue, Franz did not accuse others of qualifications, and Austria did not do similar things.

At least the turmoil that occurred in Britain and France has all contributed to the Vienna government.Without Austria ’s participation, continental Europe would not be so lively.

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