The War Court and Lap Pillow, Austria's Mandate of Heaven

Chapter 1115 Progress
Kossuth was not a mediocre person after all, but a pioneer of history. He ordered the confiscation of the assets of the opponents and surrenderists and promulgated a new land law.

This time he intended to completely eliminate serfdom, confiscate the land of the great nobles, and truly realize the principle of "land to the tiller".

Serfs could pay off their debts in twenty years, but the money was no longer collected by the nobles, but was collected by the state and transferred to the nobles.

Land was linked to military service, and those who refused to perform military service had no right to obtain land. At the same time, land was granted for military merit to encourage soldiers to fight bravely.

Revise the price limit order to crack down on price alliances.

Crack down on local forces, strengthen central authority, and encourage industrial production.
After some operations, the so-called Hungarian Revolution finally showed some signs of progress, but Franz was quite happy.

Because Kossuth always did some good things. After all, Franz also had to do these offensive things, so it would be good if someone could do it for him.

Kossuth's series of operations also caused a large number of nobles to flee to Austria. In the past, they were unwilling to leave because of their land and property ties, but this time they fled to Austria without hesitation.

The nobles were all very experienced. They had already thought of a lot of excuses and even brought a list of their family's property.

However, this time the emperor did not choose to meet them in person, nor did he promise them in person that he would help them get back what belonged to them.

In fact, those who received them were not members of the royal family or high-ranking officials of the empire, and it could not even be called a reception.

The people who were in charge of housing them were officials from the UNHCR, and these new officials, young or not so young, did not even smile at these most noble people in Hungary.

This was not because the new officials selected by Franz were of low quality or arrogant, but because the Austrian Imperial Refugee Office was the busiest place in the entire Austrian Imperial government in 1848.

Especially those officials sent to Hungary, they have to worry about being shot or stabbed from time to time.

It would be strange if their mental state was good, but the refugees still needed to be taken in, otherwise the reinforcements coming from all directions would kill all of them without leaving a single one alive.

Killing is only a means, not an end, and Franz will not put the cart before the horse.

Those Hungarian nobles were obviously dissatisfied with the actions of the Austrian officials, but since they had already been sent to the refugee camp, they could not act arrogantly.

A group of temporarily recruited militiamen went up and started whipping the Hungarian nobles who had just tried to threaten and beat the officials were instantly reduced to shrunken pieces.

Hungarian refugees affected by the war were gathered together, and UNHCR officials distributed food, clothing and bedding to them. Later, medical priests treated them and comforted them.

Due to the rapid development of traditional Chinese medicine and herbal medicine in the church, most priests can deal with some common minor illnesses, but some complex diseases need to be handed over to more professional medical teams.

At this time, it was the turn of the Austrian army doctors and interns to take the stage. The development of medicine is inseparable from practice, and the saying "one general's success is based on the sacrifice of thousands of soldiers" also applies to the medical field.

Every major advancement in medicine is built on countless failed experiments and clinical cases, and countless experimental animals and patients who unfortunately died have also laid a pile of bones.

But isn’t every disaster and war an opportunity for medical progress?

Of course, whether to the outside world or to the inside, the propaganda must say that the angels in white are saving lives and healing the wounded, and that the imperial government is doing its duty and will not abandon any of its subjects.

The most important thing is that this kind of propaganda is impeccable. Whether it is the refugees who receive assistance, the doctors who provide treatment, or even the imperial officials and soldiers who carry out orders, they all believe it. This is justice in the mouths of the people. If a country, a government, or an emperor can meet the people's expectations of simple values, they will gain great support and trust from the people.

Likewise, this support and trust will feed back to the government, allowing its actions to be more widely accepted and coordinated, thereby improving administrative efficiency.

Of course, excessive expectations are not a good thing for the government, although officials will say that such pressure is the best motivation for their progress.

But in practice, most Western governments would rather the people have no expectations, so that the government and officials can be most relaxed and most humane. This leads to the frequent issuance of abstract and bizarre policies in some regions.

For the people, it is now the turn of the church to come on stage.

Religion plays a very positive role in stabilizing social order and alleviating social conflicts. Most religions contain content that promotes good and rejects evil and promotes moral education.

The biggest and most direct effect of this on the country is to cultivate "obedient citizens", and for the people it will prevent some people from going to extremes and retaliating against society.

In short, social harmony is beneficial to all parties, which is why rulers in the past promoted religion.

Another point is that religion can provide cheap, widely effective spiritual comfort.

Some officials may say things against their will, but for a country, this kind of pressure is indeed the best motivation for its own progress. Franz can clean up the garbage within the government in a timely manner.

On the one hand, it can serve as a warning to others and improve efficiency, and on the other hand, it can calm public anger, just like in ancient times when corrupt officials were taken to the Caishikou for execution.

However, if the government is to function truly effectively, one cannot always rely on Emperor Franz; he must establish a truly effective supervision and inspection mechanism.

Asking officials to conduct a complete self-examination? This is such a ridiculous joke.

As for public supervision.

In the 19th century, when the social system was imperfect, the status of officials and the public was not equal, and the former had many ways to make the latter shut up or even stop them from speaking.

Officials monitor each other?

Officials protecting each other and ganging up on dissidents are not just eight words but also countless bloody histories. Allowing officials to supervise each other is undoubtedly creating a community of interests for officials, thus leading to collective corruption and even institutional corruption.

(The two most effective ways to unite a group are to make money together or to commit crimes together. Collective corruption undoubtedly meets both of the above points. It is the law of great harmony of life and is therefore extremely difficult to eliminate.)
Franz needed a group that was both absolutely independent and trustworthy, not easily corrupted and even more difficult to be targeted by others.

It is not easy to get such a group of people, so Franz had to come in person.
To get back to the point, it is no longer appropriate to describe the vast majority of Hungarian refugees as satisfied with the Austrian Empire's actions. It would be more appropriate to say that they were filled with gratitude and prostrating themselves before the Austrian Empire.

After all, they had food to eat, a house to live in, new clothes and bedding, and the high-ranking priest and doctor personally visited them and provided them with medical treatment.

Under normal circumstances, they would not even dare to think about this. Hungary's economy is very bad, so bad that there is a group of single-clad aristocrats.

If this is the case for the nobles, the lives of serfs and commoners will be even worse.

Therefore, these people really could not hate the Austrian Empire at all. Instead, they hated the national elites who started the war. After all, it was those so-called big men who exploited and persecuted them and brought them to this point.