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

Chapter 1180 Conspiracy

Franz was willing to describe Kossuth's behavior as "spirited," but that was all.

Hungary's size is completely incomparable to that of the Austrian Empire, and its industrial capacity is even more different. Ninety-nine percent of its energy consumption to this day is due to Franz's release of water, and the remaining one percent is due to Kossuth burning the lives of the Hungarian nation.

After the Austrian Empire's counterattack began, Hungary lost 70% of its land and 80% of its manpower in a short period of time.

At this time, only Britain and France still sympathized with Hungary in public opinion, while other European countries unanimously supported the Austrian Empire.

Even in Britain, most people were indifferent to the Hungarians, due to the economic crisis, war, colonial rebellions (India and Ireland), the resurgence of the Chartist movement at home, and the invasion of cheap food from the United States.

Not only the British government and the British media are already overwhelmed, but more ordinary people are busy making a living and have no time to pay attention to what is happening abroad.

However, most of those who had been paying attention to the Hungarian events had changed their minds at this time. After all, from a third-party perspective, the Hungarians were overly cruel, slaughtering civilians, killing royal family members, refusing peace, and committing countless evils in the name of freedom.

When the Austrian Empire turned around, it didn't have the slightest power to resist, and wasn't even qualified to be a villain. Throughout 1848, it could only be considered a clown.

How much sympathy and support can such a country gain?
The British government was originally an expert in waging wars of public opinion, but under the dimensionality reduction attack of photographs and telegraph technology, countless crude lies were exposed and the government's credibility was greatly reduced.

Considering the current situation of being trapped both internally and externally, the people were angry and felt they were abandoned.

The British government would rather care about the barbarians invading Europe than save the people of the British Empire.

At this time, a party that had long been extinct in Britain reappeared in people's vision. The slogan of the Jacobite Party was:
"We want work and bread, but also life and dignity. We are not beasts of burden, and even less are we machines!"

Two bearded men who are studying and seeking refuge in the UK said that they are finding the world increasingly difficult to understand.

The Jacobite Party has been introduced before. If you don’t remember, you can assume that it is the British Orthodox Party and its emblem is the white rose.

At this time, the monarch nominally supported by the Jacobites was Francesco V, Grand Duke of Modena, but Francesco V obviously did not have such great power, let alone attract the loyalty of so many people.

Franz was obviously behind this, but it seemed that it was not just the Austrian Empire that secretly supported the Jacobites.

(Francesco V, full name Francesco Ferdinando Gemignano von Habsburg-Lorraine.)
The situation in France is very delicate. Public opinion on Hungary is polarized. One side believes that Hungary is a republic like France and should be strived for. The other side believes that Hungary is a traitor and a pseudo-republic and it is a shame to be associated with it.

Theoretically speaking, no matter what, the French government should stand on Hungary's side. It can choose not to take action, but it cannot express its position.

After all, this involves the basic ideology of the country. However, Louis Napoleon not only did not have a clear attitude, but instead used traitors to map the Party of Order.

In fact, after the Conference of Vienna, the days of the Order Party became worse and worse. Louis Napoleon never thought of fulfilling his promise. He only wanted to eradicate the power of the Order Party.

However, the Order Party was in disarray. Tocqueville had already smelled a hint of danger in the air, a smell that was both familiar and unfamiliar.

He took out the handwritten letter from Count Chambord from the drawer.

“Maybe Fribourg is a good place.”

Since Louis Philippe's father had voted in favor of the execution of Louis XVI, he even changed his name to Louis Equality in order to please the parliament, but in the end he still could not escape the fate of being backlashed.

Tocqueville despised it very much. He had worked in the Orleans government and witnessed the corruption of the government, the market depression caused by rampant financial speculation, and the ugly behavior of the Orleans family in the face of the crisis of 1848. Later, Louis Philippe fled to Alsace-Lorraine, and in order to keep his power, he actually attracted the Germans, and then he regarded himself as the Duke of the German Confederation, which was a complete disgrace to the French nation.

Tocqueville's family was of orthodox origin, so he had a natural liking for the orthodox Bourbon Count of Chambord.

In addition, thanks to the efforts of Count Chambord and a group of orthodox people, the lives of the residents of Fribourg are indeed getting better and better, with rapid economic development, clear politics and stable society.

Count Chambord also established public hospitals and schools in Fribourg, hiring famous French experts and scholars.

He personally took care of everything, even measuring the land and planning the construction, and was deeply loved by the people.

Count Chambord also founded a workhouse, but under his personal supervision, the workhouse was no longer a "prison for the poor", but a place where people could make a living by doing odd jobs when they were destitute.

Many French-speaking residents in the Swiss mountains who were unhappy with their lives came here, and Count Chambord and the French orthodox naturally welcomed everyone.

That is why when the army of the Second French Republic led by Emenable Pellissier invaded Fribourg in 1848, the soldiers and civilians of Fribourg were so brave and selfless.

From the perspective of the orthodox, the Count of Chambord was definitely a monarch worthy of loyalty.

The Party of Order was also not fond of the Hungarians. After all, in their view, the Hungarians were ungrateful villains just like Napoleon.

At this time, there were almost no pro-Hungarian factions in the Austrian Empire. Occasionally, there were a few who wanted to show up or were mentally ill, but Franz would not let them go.

In short, first arrest them and interrogate them, then kill them if necessary, and exile them if necessary. Compared with the war against Hungary, Franz was more concerned about the post-war treatment of Hungary and the possible impact it might cause.

Historically, the Austrian Empire adopted a four-pronged policy, which was based on politics, economy, military and culture.

First, the parliament was closed and viceroyalties were set up. At the same time, Hungary was split up and the territories of the Crown of St. Stephen were scattered and assigned to different viceroyalties.

Strengthen central authority and weaken local autonomy.

Secondly, comprehensive economic sanctions were imposed on Hungary, heavy taxes were imposed on goods entering Hungary, and restrictions were placed on weapons, steel, saltpeter, sulfur and other commodities entering Hungary.

At the same time, a large number of obstacles were set up for the export of Hungarian goods, which caused Hungarian agriculture to be in a long-term downturn.

Restrict industrial development in the Hungarian region, prohibit large-scale investment in the Hungarian region, and prohibit Hungarians from privately minting currency.

In order to win over the people, some policies from the Hungarian Republic period were continued.

In terms of military, a large number of troops were stationed in the Hungarian region, and a large number of military restricted areas were set up to divide Hungary.

Pro-Hungarian generals were transferred out of Hungary, and the police were replaced by gendarmes to hunt down the remnants of the Hungarian Republic throughout the country.

Culturally, German education is enforced to weaken the influence of Hungarian culture.

These policies did not seem to be wrong even in the eyes of later generations, but the ending of the Austrian Empire was not very good.

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