Chapter 1073 Official Appointment

The coronation ceremony was completed smoothly, and the episodes in the middle were deliberately ignored or magnified.

The newspapers were full of debates about the Roman Empire, as well as news about the coronation ceremony and new personnel appointments and dismissals. The Hungarians' full-scale attack was squeezed into a very remote position.

Felix Schwarzenberg became the Prime Minister of the Empire, which was an uncontroversial appointment. Although he was a reformist, he was a member of the conservatives' hearts.

In the turmoil of 1848, the conservatives gave up a large number of official positions, either actively or passively. Franz did not leave those positions vacant but directly awarded them to candidates he thought were good.

This made the conservatives crazy about the corrupt system of bestowing officials in the Austrian Empire. The emperor's reckless behavior caused chaos throughout the country.

Of course, they did not dare to scold Franz, so all the black pots were thrown on Ferdinand I, who had already abdicated.

The strong never complain about the environment, unless the environment is not good for the strong.

Their complaints are not just simple complaints. They want to change the current environment, otherwise a new privileged class will replace them in a few decades.

If it were in the past, these people would have directly given up and paralyzed the entire country, or even started a rebellion, or colluded with the extraterritorial demons.

However, at this time, Franz took control of the military power and beat the extraterritorial demons that they had high hopes for. In front of the new emperor's almost black hole-like influence, their own influence was as fragile as a candle in the wind.

They also knew that Franz was just a demon who was killing in the name of kindness. But ordinary people have no access to these inside stories, and even if they know, they will not empathize with them, after all, they are not killing ordinary people.

As long as Franz likes, he can immediately charge them with crimes, or put them on the gallows, or lie dead on the streets, or be killed by the army as enemies, or be sent to the stake by fanatical believers and nationalists.

But Franz will not do that. To be honest, even if all the privileged classes in the Austrian Empire are killed, it will only prolong the time of reincarnation.

The people promoted by Franz will fill the ecological niches of those guys. Of course, Franz has a long life span, so he can come more times, but what about after his death?

Everything will return to the original state. He is just a passer-by, just an arrogant clown.

So Franz will not kill them all. On the contrary, Franz will let them promote reforms.

The civil servant selection system of a certain large country in the East is indeed very advanced, but it is not suitable for the Austrian Empire at this time.

The examination system should naturally be established and vigorously promoted. The system of bestowing official positions cannot be abolished. What should be abolished is the system of favor and nepotism. The farce of one person being an official and the whole family being officials should not be created.

Franz wants only virtue and talent, not a group of idiots who can only take exams, and even less a group of lackeys of the bureaucratic group.

The system of bestowing official positions can retain the imperial power as much as possible to prevent the bureaucratic group from covering the sky with one hand, and at the same time it can minimize the probability of talents being buried as much as possible, and can also win over the nobles.

This is the original purpose of this system. Franz did this and did not forget his original intention.

Of course, in order to make it reasonable, Franz had to match it with a corresponding system of recommendation. The problem with the recommendation system is not the recommendation, but the lack of recommendation, which led to a large number of cliques being appointed directly without assessment.

In fact, the solution to this problem is very simple. As long as the power of assessment and appointment is returned to the central government, this problem can be solved.

This may be an unsolvable problem in the Han Dynasty, but it is not a big problem in the 19th century. After all, the emergence of railways has greatly changed the original concept of time and space of mankind.

In the past, it took several months to travel back and forth, but now it only takes a few days.

However, only the system is not enough, and supervision and guidance are also needed.

It is not that no one has thought of ways to fight against the bureaucracy in history, but most of the ways are just to create another organization of equal power to balance.

There were emperors in the East who came up with the system of bestowing officials, but they not only made the same mistakes as the Western emperors, but also lost their reputation.

In the history of the East, officials appointed and dismissed by the emperor himself would be called "Chuanfengguan", "Zhongzhiguan" or "Xiefengguan". Just listening to the name, you know that it is not a good word.

In fact, these "chuanfeng officials" or "diagonal officials" will also be madly suppressed by the bureaucracy in their official careers, and have been criticized for thousands of years in public opinion.

This makes officials and scholars feel ashamed. In history, there are many people who refuse the emperor's official appointment in the middle and late dynasties.

Are all ancient officials in the East so noble and unwilling to be officials? No! Because as long as they refuse the emperor, they can get better and bigger official positions from the bureaucracy.

Isn't the cabinet afraid of the emperor's revenge for slapping the emperor in the face like this? The answer is really not afraid! Before the Qing Dynasty, cabinet ministers were not slaves or mud.

In TV dramas, the emperor often kills a first- or second-rank official like cutting melons and vegetables. A glance can scare a lot of people. It is not an exaggeration to say that it is a law that follows the words of the cabinet.

But in fact, in the middle and late Ming Dynasty, as long as the cabinet believes that the emperor's will is unreasonable, it can refuse to draft it and seal it.

Of course, the emperor can also not approve the cabinet's vote, but the cabinet can also ignore the emperor's refusal to re-draft. In the later stage, even the six departments and ministries could return the imperial edict, and the bureaucracy was completely uncontrollable.

In the end, it was destroyed by external forces in the repeated wrangling.

Franz did not intend to repeat the same mistakes, so he did not intend to give these people the opportunity to become big from the beginning. Those who were granted official positions would not only not be despised, but also be honored.

There was no surprise in the appointment of the Minister of Finance. Karl Ludwig von Brucke had been working diligently for so many years, and he deserved this position.

Count Tural continued to serve as the Minister of War. Although he did not have any earth-shattering feats, he did not make any mistakes. He supported reform and was responsible.

(Historically, the failure of Count Tural's reform was largely attributed to lack of money. At the last moment of his life, when the mob besieged the War Ministry, he chose to take the initiative to take responsibility, and then was beaten to death by the mob.)

The Minister of the Navy was held by Archduke Friedrich, a military genius and the father of the Austrian Imperial Navy. No one was more suitable for this position than him.

The Minister of the Interior, the Minister of Transport, the Minister of Justice, the Minister of Education, the Minister of Agriculture, the Minister of Industry, and the Minister of Trade were all replaced by new people, but most of their deputy ministers were experts in this field.

For example, Mendel, who served as the Undersecretary of Agricultural Technology, and Lusen Sina, who served as the Undersecretary of Trade.

Why didn't Franz use technical bureaucrats directly? These people can give suggestions, but if they are really allowed to preside over government affairs, they will all become corrupt officials in a few days.

Because they know more than ordinary bureaucrats, and because they know more, they are bolder and cause more serious damage.

In addition, it is not an isolated phenomenon that experts do not speak human language after being in the government for a long time. On the one hand, they are easily out of touch with the ground, and on the other hand, it is due to interests.

Moreover, in Franz's view, it is a waste to let experts engage in politics. In order to prevent this from happening.

Franz must improve the treatment and status of scientific and technological experts, let them stay in the right place, instead of sharpening their heads to do business and politics.

Franz's idea is good, but how this government will work has to be seen. Fortunately, Franz is a time traveler, with insights and vision far beyond his time, which can provide some bottom line.

Although he finally waited for the day of ascending the throne and ruling, he was not happy at all.

Although Franz ignored the opinions of the Frankfurt National Assembly and the Russians, those ideas spread like a plague in the Austrian imperial government.

In fact, Prince Felix Schwarzenberg, who was both prime minister and foreign minister, was a staunch Greater Germanist, but this did not contradict his conservative identity, just as he supported reform.

However, including the prime minister of the Austrian Empire, they did not know what the German Empire was going to do and what it was. All they had was enthusiasm and unrealistic visions.

Everyone felt that as long as the German Empire was established, all problems would no longer exist, and everyone would be happy.

They had too high expectations for this unknown country. Generally speaking, the higher the expectations, the greater the disappointment. The more positive they were at this time, the crazier they would be later.

Rather than being disillusioned in the future, it is better for them to face the reality now.