Chapter 783 Decision

So word games became a necessary means. In fact, Franz found a lot of legal experts and linguists to work together on this matter.

However, Prince Metternich still saw the clue at a glance.

"Archduke Franz, you do this." He said after a moment of hesitation.

"Actually, there is nothing wrong. But it is better to use the hands of the Regency Council. After all, some guys who don't know how to adapt will jump off the wall when they are desperate."

Count Korolov also saw the problem at this time. He also hesitated for a while, but this time he did not sing against Prince Metternich.

"Archduke Franz, I understand your feelings. After all, you have been under the pressure of revitalizing the empire and the title of a natural saint since childhood, but shouldn't reform be something you do only after you are in desperate situations?

Now that the empire is booming, you have plenty of ways to achieve your ambitions. Why do you have to take this most radical strategy?

Like you, I hate those guys who want to engage in moral kidnapping at every turn, but I still suggest that you do these things one day in the future.

In fact, after so many years of benevolent rule, the Habsburg family's position in Austria is still stable enough. If you have to do it, you don't need to worry too much."

Count Latour seemed worried. As the leader of the Joseph faction, how could he not know what Franz was going to do?

Count Latour had been looking forward to this day since he was young, but when this day really came, he was the most hesitant. After all, no one wanted the tragedy of prosperity and decline to happen again.

Although he did not experience the era of Theresa, the queen's reputation is still circulating in Austria, and it was a monarch who ended it all, who might be even greater.

At this time, Count Latour suddenly felt that the era of Ferdinand I would not be any worse.

The changing expression of the Minister of War made it clear what he was thinking at a glance. Count Korolav, as an old friend, patted him on the shoulder.

"Hasn't the army changed its equipment several times? The number of troops has also been expanded several times. What are you afraid of?"

"Who said I was afraid!" Count Latour opened his old friend's hand and argued, "I'm just thinking about how to minimize the scale of the war!"

Franz did not expect this statement from the top of the empire. After all, in his eyes, these people are representatives of the old forces.

Of course, it is also possible that a group of old foxes joined forces to perform for Franz, but it doesn't matter.

In fact, Franz was still planning how to convince them before, but now it seems unnecessary.

"Thank you, everyone. I just want to read this government announcement in a more reasonable grammar. I don't want to target anyone.

But I must point out that some actions and words that are too biased towards Polish nobles may cause greater dissatisfaction. After all, it is civilians who shed the most blood and sacrificed the most on the front line.

We should give them justice. If those Poles who participated in the rebellion in Russia have been hanged at this time, they should thank us instead of accusing us of improper wording."

"Then let's vote by raising hands."

Although Metternich spoke righteously before, he would not take the blame himself.

Archduke Franz Karl grabbed the hand of Grand Duke Louis, which was considered the support of the royal family. Prince Metternich and Count Korolov, who had expressed their loyalty before, naturally would not regret it at this time.

So the Regency Council passed the plan unanimously, and of course it would make final revisions before it was made public.

Then this compensation plan for the Polish nobles in Galicia became an amnesty order, and the protection transfer became a meritorious service. The article also specifically emphasized the exile place of Dalmatia.

Most people in the aristocratic circle were still indifferent to it. The Poles were dissatisfied and protested, but the ordinary people were like celebrating a festival.

Franz took the opportunity to organize a series of promotional activities and promote some new products, such as grilled skewers, fried skewers, and potato chips.

After all, snacks and beer are indispensable for eating melons and watching plays. The promotion of Pilsner beer allows the working people to buy a cup from time to time.

The sudden half-price sale made the whole city drunk. When the convoy of Polish nobles exiled to Dalmatia drove on the streets of Vienna, the citizens of Vienna burst into unprecedented patriotic enthusiasm and national honor.

The angry citizens made the nobles feel terrified, reminding them of the fear that the French nobles were once dominated by the common people, the French Revolution, the guillotine, and the great devil Robespierre.

After that, the protests of the nobles became much smaller, and only a few nobles still denounced the cruelty and tyranny of the empire everywhere.

However, all these spearheads were directed at Prime Minister Metternich and Interior Minister Count Korolav in the Regency Council. The two were well prepared and chose to remain silent without explanation or opposition.

And those nobles who were stirring up trouble everywhere suddenly became the target of the German nationalists.

The reason for the latter was simple. Even Metternich, the old traitor, and Korolav, the corrupt official, did not stand up for the Poles, so the former must be a heinous criminal who surpassed them.

In this era of nationalist awakening, there are many kinds of nationalists in the Austrian Empire, but under the guidance and secret support of Franz, Austrian nationalists are rising.

Compared with other nationalists, they are more tolerant and more stable, but the disadvantage is that they are less organized, rational but lack enthusiasm, so the most violent ones are still German nationalists.

Regarding the handling of the Polish nobles, the direction of public opinion in the Austrian Empire also changed from the emperor's mercy to justice. In fact, this is also to lay the groundwork just in case. If the Poles rebel again, it will be easier to suppress them without too much public opinion and moral pressure.

At this time, the ethnic issues within the Austrian Empire were very complicated. Italians had become the second largest ethnic group in the empire and were highly concentrated in northern Italy.

There are constant conflicts between the new immigrants and the indigenous people, and there are also frictions between the Northern Italians and the Austrian Imperial Government. They are eager to gain power, but the government of any country will not allow an independent nation to dominate a region.

Representatives of northern Italy hoped that Austria could withdraw its troops, cede political power, and allow locals to form a parliament to elect officials.

This all sounds very good, but their purpose is to establish a state within a state.

The coastline of the Austrian Empire is very limited. If they succeed, the harm will be much greater than that of Hungary.

Therefore, it was impossible for the empire to agree, so the northern Italians began to join forces to try to use other methods to solve the problem. They began to hold "banquets" like the French.

Naturally, the Austrian Empire cannot sit still and wait for death. More than 10 million Italians are too large, so it is necessary to spread them out.

Metternich's idea was to recruit 50,000 young Italians into the army in the future, and then move the Italians to the colonies and areas such as Dalmatia, Bosnia, Montenegro and northern Albania to disperse their power.