Chapter 16: The Great Revolution in the Making (Asking for Votes)

How could Chancellor Metternich be an ordinary commodity, having been able to establish the Vienna system, which had kept the European continent stable for more than 30 years, and had been in the position of Austrian Prime Minister for more than 20 years, and had suppressed his political opponents to the death?

Count Koroft was obviously trying to provoke him today, and only when he was stimulated was he prone to make mistakes, how could Metternich not know?

It was a machi, and Prime Minister Metternich was already feeling the pressure, not from Count Kolovt, but from the Austrian conservatives and the Viennese court.

Franz could not have been unaware of the role played by Franz in this, and he could have judged it without the need for evidence, just by virtue of his rich experience in political struggles.

Franz had spoken to him about this issue a year earlier, but Metternich wanted to maintain the balance of power at home and did not suppress the bourgeoisie.

Now that Franz is again in league with the conservatives, there is no doubt that this shows that the Vienna court has reached its limit of tolerance for reformers.

Not to mention the royal family, even Prime Minister Metternich himself was disappointed in the reformers, and the idealistic reform plan proposed did not take into account the actual situation at all.

The bourgeoisie wants to seize power, but it is too lazy to restrain its ambitions, and the demands it puts forward are simply not something that the government can agree to.

Even, Metternich was certain that if the conditions of the bourgeoisie were accepted in its entirety, the Austrian Empire would soon become history.

In order to be able to seize power, the bourgeoisie has united with the separatist groups, and their so-called American-style self-government has completely ignored the actual situation.

There are so many countries on the European continent, and once Austria is scattered, then prepare to split, the enemy will not be able to give up this opportunity.

A group of idealists, instigated by the bourgeoisie, became the vanguard of the reformers, and put forward a plan that was completely taken for granted, without the slightest consideration of the consequences, and no one could stand such reformers.

"Someone, tell me to hold a cabinet meeting tomorrow and invite the Regency Council to participate!"

Clearly, Metternich had made up his mind that now that the reformers were out of control, they could be sacrificed for political reasons.

No, it should not be regarded as a sacrifice, but the bourgeoisie is unlucky, and this group of idealistic intellectuals has already been divided, and some people who are less involved with the bourgeoisie also support the formulation of the "Labor Protection Law".

There are even people who think that they can go one step further and calculate wages directly according to the profits of the factory, and everyone will share their profits, so that the working class can profit together.

Well, such an idealist, Metternich also has nothing to say. He bet that if the idea had been brought up, he wouldn't have to think about going out in the future.

A labor protection law, the capitalists will go crazy, if they dare to deprive the capitalists of the vast majority of their profits, it is strange that the bourgeoisie will not tear him a prime minister!

"Yes, Prime Minister!" The attendant hurriedly said

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After the victory of the July Revolution, the development of capitalism in France impoverished the broad masses of workers, peasants and the petty bourgeoisie.

The development of the Industrial Revolution left the capitalists with a lot of money, and while their wealth increased, thousands of craftsmen and small proprietors went bankrupt due to the competition of the big capitalists.

The social crisis in France was deepening, and the call for social change was getting louder, but none of this attracted the attention of the July Dynasty.

(July Dynasty: After the July Revolution in France in 1830, the Orleans Dynasty was established, which represented the French financial group, and the usury empire had begun since this time.) )

By 1847, Franz was already paying close attention to the situation in France, and as a bellwether for revolutions in Europe, almost every revolution began in Paris.

Looking at the news coming from France, Franz knew that a revolution was brewing inside France, and that the "banquet movement", the prelude to the revolution, had begun to flourish.

(French Banquet Movement: A form of political struggle in which the French reformers and various social forces opposed the rule of the July Dynasty and gathered to make speeches and state their political views in the name of holding banquets.) )

There is no doubt that the revolution that is about to break out is still led by the bourgeoisie, which in Franz's view is an uneven distribution of spoils within the French bourgeoisie.

The capitalists, who had lost the competition, were unwilling to accept the usurpation of their own interests, so they united with the anti-government forces on all sides and took advantage of the people's dissatisfaction with the government to launch the February Revolution.

Franz knew that a new round of revolution was coming, and that in 1848 all the cities in Europe with a population of more than 100,000 people broke out.

The fuse of this revolution was the February Revolution in France, and the success of the French set an example for everyone, so everyone followed suit, and the whole of Europe, except for the hairy bear, which was still an agricultural country, became a mess.

Franz said cautiously: "Tylen, infiltrate the social groups in Vienna, and keep abreast of their movements, including the workers' groups at the bottom!" ”

"Yes, Grand Duke!" Intelligence chief Taryn replied

That's right, this intelligence organization is the secret army of the royal family, and Franz has been incorporated after contacting them.

Of course, the letter of appointment that Franz had snuck out of the hands of his uncle Ferdinand I also played a crucial role.

In return, Franz had to pay 800 Rheinshield a month for his activities, which made his wallet dry up day by day.

There is no way, even if most of the people are volunteers, and the intelligence organization needs money to operate.

But it was all worth it, and now Franz knew a lot about the domestic situation in Austria, and to his surprise the bourgeoisie had not yet planned the revolution.

In other words, the Vienna March Revolution in history was not premeditated in advance, but was affected by the outbreak of the February Revolution in France, and a group of people patted their heads and launched it!

Many of these people were not even revolutionaries, but were bourgeoisie, students, and workers, as can be seen from the conditions put forward by the revolutionary groups after the March Revolution.

Even because of the "Labor Protection Law" proposed by the government, the attention of the people has been diverted, and most of the people at the bottom still have expectations for the Vienna government.

They are still waiting for this law to be introduced to improve their embarrassing living conditions.

This gave Franz a new possibility, and once the government implemented the Labor Protection Act, the March Revolution could die because of a lack of supporters.

Even because of the opposing interests of the working class and the bourgeoisie, it is possible that they will side with the government and suppress the bourgeois rebellion.