Chapter 487 Great Hungary

Also a hard-hit area for nationalism, Hungary seems much quieter, after all, their previous series of suicidal operations have seriously damaged their vitality.

The civilians do not trust the local parliament, and the serfs are eager to run to the Habsburg family immediately, and the German immigrants will not stand on the side of the Hungarian nobles.

Even relying on foreign forces has become difficult due to the change of ownership of Belgrade. In fact, the best way to attack Austria from the Ottoman Empire is Serbia, but at this time, Belgrade, as the throat, is already Austrian territory.

Moreover, Austria has never stopped strengthening it after obtaining this place, after all, the key to the Balkans is a place that must be fought for by military strategists.

Historically, the competition between Austria and the Ottoman Empire over Belgrade has almost never stopped, and if you want to break this vicious circle, you must change your strategy.

As for the local people in Belgrade, they do not oppose Vienna's rule very much, because they have been greatly enriched in material terms.

At the same time, due to the two immigration policies of Serbia and Austria, the real locals have become extremely scarce.

The Germans and Croatians who migrated here in large numbers grew up listening to stories that demonized the Ottomans, and the Italians, descendants of the Romans, also had a bad impression of these Near Eastern barbarians.

At least the Ottomans' mass base for ruling Belgrade had disappeared, and coupled with religious conflicts, the cost of fighting a security war was also very high.

However, Franz did not think that such a situation would occur again. After all, the empire invested a lot of materials in the city for construction and concentrated a large number of troops to defend it, so it would be difficult for the Ottomans alone to break through.

It was inevitable that the technological and economic development in Hungary was almost stagnant because they chose to derail from Austria, and then lost the vast market and the driving force for innovation.

The only technology that caught people's eyes was the roller milling method, but in fact it was not something worth praising, after all, it had appeared in the East hundreds of years ago.

Due to its low technical content, the Austrian side copied it without much effort and upgraded it.

When the Hungarians wanted to obtain Austrian technology, they encountered many difficulties, whether it was high-end analytical machines or low-end vulcanized rubber technology. As for their steam machinery, it was still at the level of twenty years ago.

Because Franz had Madame Sophie openly bribed a large number of Magyar nobles, the internal division in Hungary was much more serious than in history.

The moderate reformists that Szechenyi had failed to establish have now become a force that cannot be ignored, although they still cannot compete with Kossuth's radical liberals.

Moreover, Szechenyi also changed his position, no longer advocating national independence, but advocating integration and co-prosperity, and said that the latter's method was to push Hungary into the grave.

But the Hungarian nobles wanted more rights, even if they did not increase or decrease, at least to protect their rights, so Kossuth still had many supporters.

In 1844, the Hungarian Parliament officially passed a resolution to make Hungarian the national language of the kingdom; any official documents, contracts, and legal provisions must be written in it, otherwise they will be deemed invalid.

At the same time, it was stipulated that ethnic minorities must learn Hungarian, and books and newspapers published in ethnic minority languages ​​were prohibited; Ferenc Deák and Kossuth even declared "Egy ország, Egy nemzet".

This sentence is not like Chinese, which can be used in a Spring and Autumn style and then extended to many meanings. Combined with the background of the times and the actual situation at that time, there is only one explanation, that is, "there are only Magyars in the Kingdom of Hungary".

This decree immediately caused dissatisfaction among all ethnic minorities, including the Gypsies. After all, two-thirds of the territory of the Crown of St. Stephen are "ethnic minorities".

In fact, it is not accurate to translate it as ethnic minorities, and "foreign ethnic groups" are more appropriate. This name can better reflect the high-handed feeling of the Magyars at that time, and their contempt for other groups.

The Kingdom of Hungary still carried out some reforms after the Napoleonic Wars, but the effect was not ideal, especially after Austria joined the German Customs Union, the market shrank and economic development had a tendency to regress.

In fact, Hungary still had a group of pioneers who built breweries, sugar mills, steel mills, textile mills, and steam machinery factories.

However, due to the rapid development of their neighbors, they could only circle the land and enjoy themselves, which led to their products being uncompetitive. Those pioneers soon "died" on the road, while the latecomers tightly grasped the thighs of policies and monopolies.

The poor quality and expensive goods made Hungarians complain, but high-quality goods could not be imported, so they could only choose to swallow their anger.

But foreigners would not buy it. Hungarian industrial products were often shipped back intact to Trieste, because compared with the Austrian products that were ahead of their time, they were no different from garbage.

Of course, the Magyars also understood that their industry would not be able to develop if they continued like this.

So a harsh and almost harsh protection regulation was born. Anyone who had to bring any Austrian goods back to Hungary in any form would be fined the equivalent of 500 florins, and the serious ones would have all their property confiscated or even sentenced to hanging.

This outrageous decree immediately caused dissatisfaction in Vienna as soon as it was issued. Because this would be tantamount to acknowledging the fact that it was illegal for an Austrian to wear his own clothes to Hungary.

In fact, before the Austrians could react, the Hungarian border troops had already begun to deal with the passing merchants.

In the eyes of these people, there was no difference between Austrians and Hungarians. They only saw "fat sheep". In less than a month, many big figures were killed.

This included the family of Anselm Rothschild, the eldest son of Solomon Rothschild; Anselm was afraid of his father, but he was dismissive of anyone else.

A group of border scum blocking the road was naturally not taken seriously by the eldest son of "His Majesty the King". However, as a big family and a businessman, he would not waste time with these ants.

So Anselm asked the coachman to take ten groschen to prepare for the matter, but the soldier sitting on the wooden fence of the checkpoint threw the copper coins to the ground.

"A few copper coins are enough to get rid of our brothers? I tell you today, listen carefully, one hundred florins, otherwise I will send you to prison."

"One hundred florins?" The coachman widened his eyes. To be honest, he was not new to the world, but it was too much to ask for a hundred florins to pass the checkpoint, which usually only cost a few groschen.

You have to know that there are dozens of checkpoints from here to the Austro-Hungarian border, and a hundred florins is enough for a family of three to spend for a year.

Anselm also doubted his ears. He thought he might have encountered robbers. After all, this was not uncommon in Hungary, even if they were wearing uniforms at this time, after all, there was no surveillance at this time.

Anselm winked at his bodyguard, who immediately got out of the car and argued with the sentry at the checkpoint, but soon the two sides started fighting. Soon Anselm was imprisoned, and Solomon found Metternich, and the matter was completely escalated.