There is no such thing as giving out land for free, and if this is done, it is strange that the hearts of the nobles can be balanced?

Besides, Franz has not heard the story of Shengmien's fight against Mi Qiu. Now such a reform is already very progressive, but it is too much.

As industrialization progressed, Austria also needed to turn peasants into workers, and if everyone was given land, who would want to work in the cities?

Europe is not Asia, the per capita land area is not low, the income from the land is enough to fill their stomachs, and the standard of living of the workers in this era is not as good as that of the peasants.

After listening to Franz's reform plan, everyone breathed a sigh of relief, and it was obvious that this reform plan took care of the interests of the aristocracy.

After the reform, even if everyone's interests are lost, they are still acceptable. The nobles who participated in the rebellion, then I'm sorry, they are not in the picture.

"Your Highness, there is no problem with this reform plan on the whole, but whether this article can be removed from restricting land rental income can be removed, we can leave these problems to the market to decide!" Archduke Louis proposed

Franz shook his head and said, "No, if it is not restricted, I am afraid that this is no different from before the reform, and we cannot guarantee that all nobles have discipline."

If a few greedy fools mess around, our reform will soon fail, and the current serf riot is the best negative teaching material. ”

The greed of the aristocracy, Franz was unwilling to be taught, if it was a few hundred years ago, maybe you could still look forward to it, but now you don't have to think about it.

Taking into account Austria's special national conditions, he has already made concessions. As much as possible, the interests of all were taken into account, and the matter of abolishing the privileges of the nobility had not yet been raised.

For the sake of social stability, Franz also had to choose to boil frogs in warm water and solve the biggest contradiction in the country first.

Prime Minister Felix thought for a while and said: "I think most of the nobles can accept this reform, and we can also do ideological work for the rest."

If someone insists on refusing, we will not force it, in case of rebellion, they will be responsible for the safety of their personal and property, and the empire will not protect greedy fools! ”

There is nothing strange about it, the butt decides the head, and when he became the prime minister of Austria, Felix had to think from the standpoint of the government.

In the case of ensuring that his own interests are not damaged, he also has no good opinion of those who hinder the progress of the empire, and Archduke Louis has not yet changed his position.

Former Prime Minister Metternich on the side, only a wry smile remained, if he insisted on reform at the beginning, I am afraid that now it will be a different situation.

On the reform of serfdom, the Cabinet agreed. This means that many people are going to be unlucky, and the policy implemented by the Viennese government during the Metternich era has changed completely.

Neither Felix nor Franz could tolerate the existence of an incompetent bureaucracy, and soon the Viennese government would usher in a purge.

Franz has thought about the crime, so he will investigate corruption and bribery, anyway, there are not many Austrian officials clean, and more than 90 percent of Austrian officials can be imprisoned for this reason.

Of course, the scope of the attack will definitely not be so wide, only those who are greedy, incompetent, and not long-sighted fools will be finished, and others will be considered to have passed the test temporarily as long as they can efficiently complete the tasks deployed by the government.

Whether or not to settle accounts after the autumn will be the finances of the Austrian government, and if the finances are really difficult, Franz will kill the pigs.

For the sake of national interests, the cabinet at this time also had to find ways to crack down on the nobility of Italy and Hungary.

The local power is too great and is not conducive to the authority of the central government, and these things do not need to be said by Franz, everyone will do them very tacitly.

The situation in Austria is already very serious, the Lombardy and Venice regions have reversed and are currently being suppressed.

There were revolts in Galicia, the Czechs wanted autonomy, the Hungarians formed a responsible cabinet, and even if there was no rebellion, it really made no difference.

Other than that, other places are not so peaceful. The Croats are now confused, originally part of the Kingdom of Hungary, only to be excluded from the rights of the new Hungarian nation.

There was a polarization among the people, with some wanting to stay in Hungary and others wanting to join Austria as an autonomous province.

Fortunately, they are still loyal fans of the Habsburgs, which is encouraging.

The people of the Damatia region could no longer live, the local area was already poor, the nobles and capitalists were more ruthlessly oppressed, and the hunger riots intensified.

Revolutionary parties are now also emerging in Bosnia, Transylvania and Slovakia are in varying degrees of confusion, and there is hardly any peace in the whole of Austria.

Historically, it was this particular circumstance that forced the Austrian government to carry out reforms.

However, at that time, Vienna fell and could not be recovered, and the prestige of the Habsburgs fell to the lowest point, and they had to rely on the power of the nobles to quell the rebellion.

As a result, reforms were overly tilted in favor of the aristocracy, and the government made concessions to local powers, laying the groundwork for the collapse of the empire.

Now it was different, the Viennese rebellion was quickly extinguished, the power of the nobility was dealt a blow, and the authority of the central government was not hit hard.

The Austrian government's military power was much stronger than in the same period in history, and it did not transfer troops from the local area to suppress the Vienna rebellion, which was the confidence of Franz to deal with the crisis.

On March 19, 1848, the Vienna government introduced the Abolition of Serfdom Act, which automatically granted all peasants the status of freemen and the corresponding rights and duties.

The controversial issue of serfdom has finally been resolved, and from now on Austria will ban all forced labor, with the exception of criminals.

On 20 March, the Vienna government introduced the Land Redemption Act, which encouraged the nobility to sell land to the government, but not to force it.

The government leases the land to the peasants and allows the peasants to purchase their leased land in instalments for up to 40 years, after which they can acquire land ownership.

If something happens in the middle of the process, the farmer can apply for a refund unconditionally, and the land is prohibited from abandoning during this period.

The Viennese government was still dominated by the aristocracy, and it was impossible to give itself to the revolution.

Franz was a realist who compromised when it was time to compromise, and he did not have a radical desire to confiscate the land of the nobility, which could not be done.

Just look at how many aristocratic officers there are in the army and how many aristocratic employees there are in the government, and he will know what to do.

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