At the same time that the rebellions in Milan and Venice were suppressed, the Austrian Empire began to crack down on law and order, first arresting a large number of independent members in Hungary, and then destroying many cults.

In just one month, more than 150,000 people were arrested, which frightened Franz and hurriedly called a halt. If it continues to expand, it will affect the economic development of the country.

However, individuals and social groups suspected of participating in the rebellion and with independent tendencies have not escaped the catastrophe.

The foundation is not clean, and as long as the government wants to find the crime, it is not afraid that it will not be found. As a key target, these people are not even qualified to be exiled to the colony, and they all have to enter the road construction army.

The more than 90,000-kilometer railway plan is more than just a plan. Times are advancing, and what was a plan that was fantastical a few years ago is now feasible.

With the rapid development of the economy, many railway lines that originally had no economic value have turned into profits. Austria's railway companies have finally turned around after more than a decade of losing money.

Only by this time, the largest shareholder had become the Vienna government. The original contract signed with the government naturally still needs to be performed, and the essence of bundled operation has never changed.

By 1865, the entire New Holy Roman Empire had 58,000 kilometers of railways, and at the cost of free labor, batch after batch of free laborers had fallen.

Under normal circumstances, there are simply not so many criminals, and the number of people who join the road construction army every year is far from keeping up with the consumption.

After the Revolution of 1848, the number of the labor camp once exceeded the 450,000 mark, and then declined year by year, to less than 100,000 now.

After all, not all criminals will be sent inside, basically as long as there is no rebellion, and the sentence is less than five years, most of them are exiled to the colony.

The main ones who entered the road construction army were repeat offenders, and these people were more harmful to society, and the exile colonies were all hidden dangers, and it was better to manage them in a unified manner.

Franz wouldn't have thrown political prisoners and nationalists into the colonies, and God knows if these people would have done something in the colonies?

If these chaotic ideas were brought into the colonies, wouldn't it increase the cost of rule? Franz would never do such a self-inflicted thing.

With the exception of the Revolution of 1848, however, there were fewer of these dangerous elements. Those who entered the road construction army were no longer chaotic parties, but became ordinary felonies, and the number dropped all of a sudden.

Only 8,000 people are replenished every year, and they can't catch up with consumption at all. This is not an abuse of labor by the construction party, regardless of casualties, in fact, this kind of free labor is loved by everyone.

The main thing is that medical technology was limited in this era, and the Vienna government should not be expected to have the luxury of appointing doctors to criminals. If you are sick, you will survive the past, and if you can't survive, you will see God in advance.

The average life expectancy in Austria has just crossed the 40-year-old mark, and most of them were adults before entering prison.

In order to solve the shortage of cheap labor and reduce the cost of railway construction, the Ministry of Railways proposed to the government last year to bring in contract workers from Africa, but Franz stopped it.

In order not to lift a stone to shoot himself in the foot, this kind of thing with endless consequences, Franz never did.

To some extent, the rebellion not only solved the internal problems and contributed to the long-term peace and stability of Austria, but also solved the problem of the shortage of cheap labor in the construction of the railway.

Compared with this, the wealth obtained by raiding the house is not worth mentioning. Now Austria is no longer the poor country it used to be, and a little money is nothing.

The review continues, and with the exception of Lombardy and Venesia as areas of rebellion, which are easier to deal with, the people involved in other areas need concrete evidence to be punished.

As the ruler of the rules, Franz is also a rule-abiding person. When the general trend is achieved, he will naturally play by the rules.

However, the members of the Hungarian Independence Organization and the Italian Revolutionaries, these people are proper rebels, and there is no need for in-depth investigation.

Either wipe it off, or throw it away in the army of cultivators for life. There is no doubt that now that there is a shortage of people in the construction of the railway, they naturally dodge the catastrophe and do not need to eat guns.

The main thing is that the mastermind who took the lead in the rebellion let go, and the rest can be regarded as coercion, for the sake of everyone's happy cooperation, there is naturally no need to kill them all.

If you need it in the future, you can do it again. Politics is inherently about doing everything, and it is just fishing for law enforcement, which is much more clever than directly framing people.

Prime Minister Felix said: "Your Majesty, this Milan rebellion killed 461 rebels and arrested 2,986 rebels; The Venetian rebellion killed a total of 296 rebels and captured 3,128 rebels, which can be described as a brilliant victory.

Unfortunately, all the thieves are on the run, and we have only captured a few small players, and we have not been able to completely eliminate the Hungarian Independence Organization.

Most of the arrested rebels were Italian mercenaries, some 2,518 of whom committed cross-border crimes, and 864 local mercenaries.

Most of the remaining 2,000 or so rebel parties provided financial and intelligence support to the revolutionary party. So many mercenaries poured into the local area, and these people also provided cover. ”

There is no doubt that this is making the coffin a conclusion. Throwing all the black cauldrons to the rebels, the Vienna government borrowed a knife to kill people will forever be buried in history.

After this battle, no one in Austrian Italy dared to confront the Vienna government. A few of the fish that slipped through the net appeared in the newspapers as heroes who reported the rebellion.

Even for the sake of their own lives, they had to maintain Austrian rule. If Austrian Italy is really independent, how can they, traitors, have a good life?

It is a truth that traitors are always more odious than enemies. Any of the Italian regional revolutionary organizations stood in opposition to them.

This is the price of reporting, and there is always responsibility for doing something wrong. Since you have done stupid things before, you have to pay the price now.

A mere letter of complaint does not prove their loyalty. Only by becoming a traitor in the revolutionary party and tying himself to the chariot of the Vienna government can the matter be considered complete.

Franz said calmly: "Let the judicial organs convict them as soon as possible, and then send them to the army of the new railway, the Ministry of Railways not only complains about the lack of manpower once, don't let them wait in a hurry."

What about other regions? I remember that more than 100,000 people were arrested this time, and this is only a fraction, and how were more than 100,000 people arrested? ”

Prime Minister Felix explained: "Your Majesty, not all of the suspects arrested are suspected of disrupting the party.

At present, the evidence is still being examined and collected, and a large number of them were not arrested by the police because of the rebellion, but because they were found to have other problems.

In addition to the hardest-hit region in Italy, we also arrested more than 200 core members of independent organizations in Hungary, as well as more than 500 people suspected of rebellion.

The hesitant Hungarian rebellion was suppressed by us before it was launched, so it will take some time to review the issue of conviction.

In other parts of the country, a total of 183 suspected rebels were arrested, but the charges have not yet been formally established because the evidence is not sufficient. ”

This explanation relieved Franz that if so many people wanted to rebel, his country would be unstable.

It turned out that the rebels were only a minority. This is still the result of fishing law enforcement, otherwise, the number of people could have dropped a little.

After taking a closer look, after deducting the mercenaries who were coerced, there were actually only two or three thousand dangerous elements who were inclined to disrupt the party, which was completely different from the total number of people arrested.

These people don't necessarily want to rebel, most of them are rebelled. It was nothing more than that he was led politically and ideologically to stand on the opposite side of the Vienna government.

Franz thought for a moment and said, "Then according to the original plan, continue to investigate these suspects, and everything will be done according to the law." ”

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