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

Chapter 1116 Child’s Play
In fact, not all Hungarian refugees need to go to refugee camps, such as shareholders of royal territories.

Franz has been recruiting shareholders in Hungary. After all, he has also thought about a peaceful and conciliatory policy, using the economic base to change the superstructure.

However, this battle is still unavoidable. If you want to cut off the fire from the bottom, you must first ask the opponent's fist whether it agrees.
Fortunately, Franz was able to win over some Hungarian nobles over the years, and their joining was also an important reason for the smooth expansion of the royal territory.

One must be cruel enough to enemies and treat friends with courtesy. Austrian officials found them as soon as possible and sent them and their families to Vienna by water.

Taking the water route was the fastest and safest way at this time, because the Hungarians had no water power on the Danube.

However, the Austrian Empire had the only fleet on the Danube, and could even launch a raid directly from the river to cut off the connection between Buda and Pest.

However, Franz did not choose to do so, because building a bridge connecting the two cities was not easy and would take several years.

In addition, although Austria's inland fleet is known as "invincible on the Danube", that is only relative to inland ships. If they really want to fight against the fortress artillery, they may not be able to gain much advantage even with technological superiority.

If the boat capsized in a small ditch, it would undoubtedly be a blow to the prestige of the Austrian Empire, it would also dampen the morale of its own side, and it would destroy the atmosphere that Franz had painstakingly created.

So this military adventure seems to be worthless.
In Vienna, Hungarian nobles who had already invested in the royal territory would receive the most thoughtful care. Vienna at that time had the world's top medical institutions, the best hotels and opera houses, and luxury stores.

In fact, these nobles were definitely high-quality customers, and Franz still needed them to boost Vienna's service industry.

Franz would pay them the income from their assets regularly, but would first deduct a portion of the cost of freeing the serfs.

That's right, Franz intended to let the nobles and landlords in Hungary take the responsibility of liberating the serfs. After all, the serfs had fulfilled their feudal obligations to the nobles and landlords for thousands of years, and the nobles should also take on their own responsibilities.

In addition to paying fifty years of land rent for the serfs, they also provided them with good seeds, tools, and technical guidance.

Of course, they also need to bear the costs of medical care, education, public security, and fire protection, but fortunately they do not need to be responsible for these trivial matters personally, and the state will provide relevant services and policies.

If it were in the past, Franz's idea would be nothing but a fantasy. He would most likely be attacked by everyone as a mad king, and would either have to exit the stage in disgrace or be destroyed and allowed other countries to take advantage of the situation.

Even if he achieved incredible results, he could not escape the fate of being liquidated in the end.

But this time it was different. The controlled Hungarian nobles were simply unable to resist, and other nobles probably only thought that this was the emperor's punishment for Hungarian traitors.

Especially after witnessing the wave of nationalism and the Great Revolution, the nobles in other regions did not dare to sympathize with the Hungarian nobles.

If they jumped out to oppose the emperor at this time, then the millions of liberated serfs and tens of millions of nationalists would immediately realize who their real enemy was.

Anyone who opposes Franz now will be regarded as a lunatic or even have a stroke and become an idiot.

The nobles were very politically sensitive, or were used to changing their stance according to the situation, and when they saw that things were impossible to achieve, few of them stood up to fight Franz to the end.

In fact, not all nobles were spineless. Some families were not only strong, but also powerful. They were fully capable of shaking the foundation of the country and even changing dynasties. However, most of these privileged classes had died in the Vienna Rebellion, and those who still refused to give up were either imprisoned or on their way to the colonies.

Without these backbones, the remaining nobles could not cause any trouble at all.

Moreover, the profits that Franz shared with the Hungarian nobles far exceeded their imagination and were enough for them to maintain their previous luxurious life.

The Hungarian nobles who did not join the royal territory were in a more miserable situation. They had to squeeze together with other Hungarian refugees, and their noble status only made their lives less miserable.

For example, one more egg, one more glass of milk every day, one more slice of bread and meat at each meal, and a relatively more independent small space.
These were simply the dream of serfs and commoners, and were enough to make the nobles feel proud of their identities.

However, for the great nobles and the wealthy class, this kind of life was simply an insult.

In fact, there are other ways to improve life in refugee camps, that is, labor. Doctors can treat people, teachers can teach people to read and speak German, and teach some simple math and science knowledge.

Textile workers can weave cloth for the UNHCR, serfs can help level the land, and other craftsmen can also use their expertise.
But this was still an insult to the great nobles and the wealthy class, and they called on the people to resist these government actions.

However, the people, including the nobles in singlets, looked at them as if they were fools. After all, such a life was not bad for ordinary people, and it was simply heaven for those who had just escaped from the war.

Unable to incite the people, they could only follow their usual methods.

In the past, it was no big deal for these people to insult officials in the street, beat up gendarmes, or kill civilians. But if some short-sighted judges and lawyers dared to mess with them, then they would be in trouble.

The punishment could be dismissal from office or exile, or severe, the family would be destroyed and no remains would be left.

Rebellion is nothing but a child's play for them. They played it when they were young. When the nobles rebelled, the king had to persuade the other party to win, and the nobles could take the opportunity to make demands.
But only then did they realize that fairy tales were all lies.

No UNHCR officials showed up, let alone negotiated with them. Instead, a group of angry militiamen armed with live ammunition arrived.

Franz did not send the army to protect the refugee camps, but chose to use the militia to maintain order. This does not mean that the army is not as strong or disciplined as the militia, but the militia is indeed more suitable for the current situation.

In particular, these German immigrants were very suitable to deal with the rebellious Hungarian nobles. The regular army was too disciplined, and they had some fear and awe towards the nobles.

But the militias in these royal territories are different. They have average discipline, and because of their "different lords", they lack respect for these Hungarian nobles.

In addition, in the previous battles with the Hungarian rebels, they had more or less relatives, friends or comrades who were unfortunately injured or sacrificed.

These people had more hatred for the Hungarian elites, and they were more familiar with local conditions and customs.

After the rebellion, Franz didn't need to tell them what to do.