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

Chapter 1243 Candidates

In fact, this was entirely Hamed Karamanli's own fault. Franz's idea was to let the former engage in free trade and serve as a tax collector in Tripoli, but this guy was greedy and insisted on learning from Franz.

There are many people in Tripoli who want to replace the dynasty. The Karamanli family is not a strong enough brand and does not have much appeal to the people. Moreover, it is actually risky to make an alliance with a fool.

It was not difficult for Franz to run a new Pasha of Tripoli. Due to the emergence of Egypt and Russia's covetous eyes, the Ottoman Empire had actually given up on North Africa.

Even if there had not been the previous secret agreement, even if the Austrian Empire really wanted to send troops to occupy, the Ottoman Empire would not stop it, let alone be able to stop it.

Therefore, as long as it saves face, replacing a Tripoli Pasha will not cause any trouble.

It was just that it would inevitably attract the covetousness of other powers, especially the British and the French. Although Tripoli was a recognized bad place, it did not prevent them from causing trouble for the Austrian Empire.

The next Pasha of Tripoli needs to be carefully screened, and Franz needs to make a comprehensive consideration of the person and his family.

Especially when it comes to loyalty, Franz doesn't want to be misled into giving up his skills.

The people from Tripoli who came to Vienna to take the exam this time were mainly Egyptian craftsmen and civilians rescued by Franz.

Because they were afraid of Muhammad Ali's brutality, they chose to settle down in Tripoli.

They spent a honeymoon period with the Karamanli family, but with the power struggle within the Karamanli family, these outsiders were eventually excluded from the core of power.

These Egyptians were still very loyal to the Austrian Empire, and they did not have much room for retreat. After all, Muhammad Ali's credibility was not as good as a piece of toilet paper.

Franz is still very optimistic about the future of Tripoli, but now Tripoli is just a mess with only a few ports that are barely acceptable, but their profits are so small that they can be ignored.

However, the Karamanli family still holds two secrets that cannot be known to outsiders, one of which involves the truth about the destruction of the British Mediterranean Fleet.

Franz felt that it was best to bury the truth and this ancient family deep underground. Otherwise, once exposed, the moral pressure that might be faced would cause great damage to the reputation of the Austrian Empire.

Back to the civil service examination itself, this time the Austrian Empire's rewards for the top ten examinees were extremely exaggerated. In addition to noble status, money and other material rewards, the official positions granted were the most important.

Except for the first governor of a province, the other nine were also granted positions equal to the mayor, which was unprecedented in the history of the Austrian Empire.

In the most critical moment of 1848, many people thought of the French Revolution. Many local officials were also affected. Some chose to join the rebellion, some chose to stick to their posts, some watched coldly, and many chose to resign instead of going out to seek refuge.

After the war, Franz did not let bygones be bygones and reinstate them as he had done in history. Franz would rather leave these positions vacant than allow these rubbish to continue sucking blood from the Austrian Empire.

In fact, Franz did this not to vent his personal emotions, but to centralize local power.

The local government of the Austrian Empire had too much power, which was the root of many problems. Whenever Franz had the chance, he would definitely take action against local forces.

Ostensibly, in order to maintain the normal operation of local governments, the central government has to take back most of the power, while delegating some of the power to the grassroots.

With this move, the power originally belonging to the local officials was immediately reduced by half. However, this does not mean that the local officials are no longer important. If they were really not important, Franz would not be so anxious to select officials.

In short, these newly promoted officials are only acting officials, they are just temporarily occupying the positions of senior officials and mayors. If they fail to complete the assessment every six months, or are deemed to be mediocre and incompetent by the supervisory department, they will be dismissed and replaced.

Mole Hudson was appointed as a high official in Galicia, and he liked Franz's strategy very much, using cities instead of fortresses, which was definitely a genius idea.

Moore Hudson is full of expectations for the future, and at the same time the Hudson family has made full preparations for his appointment.

Dozens of aides were hired, many of whom had been in officialdom for many years. His father even came to help in person, after all, this was related to the future of the Hudson family.

No one is willing to give up the official position they have obtained, and everyone is trying their best to protect this hard-earned wealth.

The subjective initiative has been maximized, and the rest depends on luck and talent.

The noise from the Russian side was getting bigger and bigger. With the British stabbing Poland in the back, the pressure on Russia on the Western Front was suddenly reduced a lot.

The sudden cut off of sea supplies made the Poles somewhat confused. They even thought that it was the Russians who dispatched the navy that prevented British merchant ships from docking.

On the other hand, the Poles on the front line were not used to the sudden change in the Russian army's strategy. The Russians no longer rushed around like headless flies, but focused on attacking areas with weak defenses.

This made the Poles feel that there was a traitor among them, so they turned their attention to their comrades around them.

However, the ice is three feet thick and it didn’t freeze overnight, and it is unlikely that the Russian army can reverse the situation by fighting a few beautiful battles.

The strategy Franz set for the Poles was never to confront the Russian army head-on, but to use delaying tactics, make a feint to the east and attack in the west, distract the Russian army's attention, and then wait for an opportunity to act.

However, such guerrilla tactics are also very afraid of information exposure, but compared with large-scale combat, the losses are still much smaller.

Even after suffering a series of setbacks, the Poles did not turn their attention to the British for the time being. After all, deep down they were unwilling to believe that it was the British who betrayed them.

On the Russian-Polish front, the Russian army won several victories in succession, but there was no smile on the face of the Russian commander Paskevich. Although there were many victories, the gains were pitifully small.

The results gained were not even worth the time and energy wasted. As a friend, Paskevich knew that Nicholas I's patience was very limited.

If he obtained the intelligence but still could not achieve a breakthrough victory, what would be waiting for him would be a thunderous wave.

Paskevich was not a man who was complacent. Before he came, he learned how the Austrian Empire dealt with the Poles.

Paskevich felt that a public trial was a good approach, which could not only undermine the enemy's morale, but also allow the Tsar to see the results and serve as a warning to the ignorant people.

It's just that he had some misunderstandings. In Paskevich's eyes, a public trial seemed to be a public execution, nothing more.