No matter how bad the hell Karl says, it is essentially impossible to change the fact that agriculture is ready to be sacrificed in order to speed up the development of industry.

The primitive accumulation of capital is bloody, and while opening up and expanding the market externally, it is also indispensable to squeeze it internally.

This is the destiny of the times, as a lord who aspires to become the first emperor of the ages, Franz is destined to eat, and on the surface the Austrian government has not oppressed the peasants.

The agricultural tax of only 5% was almost the lowest in continental Europe in this era.

In fact, along with the agricultural tax, there is also a 10 percent tithe, which is collected in the name of the church.

No more, the Austrian government is dominated by the aristocratic class, and the policy must be tilted in favor of the ruling class. It's not easy to get them to pay taxes together.

However, for most people, they also have to pay a land ransom payment, which is the biggest burden, but this burden is voluntarily borne by them.

The Austrian government did not force the peasants to buy land, it was all voluntary, and the rent of the land held by the government was only 30 percent, and only 15 percent after deducting taxes, so there was no intention of wanton exploitation and oppression at all.

If the land is to be redeemed, then a ransom of 20% of the land proceeds must be paid for a continuous period of forty years, or in cash.

If the government forces farmers to pay land ransom money, it is estimated that everyone will be very resistant, and many people will have opinions.

However, when they were asked to buy the land voluntarily, the peasants were grateful to the emperor who allowed them to acquire the land.

No matter how heavy the burden is, everyone is much better off than in the days of serfs. While filling his stomach, he also has a certain amount of free property at his disposal.

Of course, they are also more tired, and working for the nobles is a grinder, and they can do less if they can. Now that I'm working for myself, naturally no one is lazy. If you can plant ten acres of land, no one will plant only five acres of land.

Everyone wants to earn more money and pay the land ransom as soon as possible so that they can live a good life.

That's right, in the minds of farmers, as long as they own land, they will have a good life.

After Franz came to power, the Austrian government's taxes were simplified considerably, and the chaotic taxes were abolished one after another.

Except for the 5 percent agricultural tax, other taxes have nothing to do with the peasants, and will not be collected from them anyway.

Tithes are not counted, they are collected by the church, and have nothing to do with His Majesty the Great Emperor.

Now, the government wants to buy off the interest groups of the states with low food prices, which is advantageous in the long run and increases the market share of Austrian agricultural products.

Later generations of Americans are playing with low-price dumping, which is enough to prove that it is profitable. Although they have not made money in agriculture, they have been rewarded handsomely elsewhere.

Otherwise, the Americans would have stopped doing it a long time ago. They are not charitable, who can afford to lose money every year?

It is not impossible for the Americans to unite with major grain-producing countries to raise food prices together. It's not that there is a greater benefit, so they have been dumping at low prices.

Ostensibly, the Austrian government wholesaled low-priced grain to local interest groups. But when Austria took control of the food supply of the states, the situation was different.

Governments must move politically to Austria whether they want to or not, and that is not up to them.

No matter how strategically great, the peasants and nobles who had grown grain in the early days fell victim to it, and the Austrian Empire had no grain subsidies.

"How do you grasp this degree? If it is only slightly lower than the international grain price, then it is not unacceptable, and if it is too low, I am afraid that it will hit the enthusiasm of domestic grain production. Prime Minister Felix said with a frown

From the point of view of personal interests, he should oppose this measure, but as the chancellor of Austria, he cannot only think about immediate interests.

Karl's deception was still successful, everyone knew that Austria's grain production would skyrocket, and domestic demand would definitely not be able to consume it, and if it didn't find a market outside, it would be ready to rot in the warehouse.

Everyone's thinking has been deviated, and the solution for this kind of thing is not just like this, such as: cutting taxes on agricultural products and increasing the competitiveness of food prices.

or the development of supporting industries, such as winemaking, the development of animal husbandry, and the deep processing of grain......

"Prime Minister, this loss, that is, in previous years. Taking into account the actual situation, we are now entering the market ahead of schedule in line with the 20 percent drop in international grain prices.

After we occupy the market, we can slowly raise the price, and the losses we pay now will be earned back in the future.

At the same time, the government also encourages the export of refined products, as far as possible to export high value-added products, to protect everyone's interests. Karl analyzed seriously

Only the Austrian government dared to do this. Other grain-exporting countries, but not as many state-owned enterprises, are able to manipulate the price of grain exports.

Capital is profit-seeking, and the threshold of the agricultural product industry is low, who cares about the future interests of capitalists?

Take care of the present first, otherwise before you can wait for the future, you will already be killed by competitors on the way.

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The strategy of "dumping at low prices" was thus formulated. This is a conspiracy, who can resist temptation in the face of interests?

Franz simply frowned, acquiescing. The reality is so cruel, how can you pull others on the boat if you don't have enough benefits?

Fortunately, in this era, everyone did not pay much attention to industry, and the capitalists did not have much say under the feudal system, otherwise Austria would have to pay a greater price if it wanted to establish this economic alliance.

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It's easy to make a plan, but it's not so simple to implement it. The noisy Austrian civil service examination kicked off on December 21, 1848.

In order to avoid the situation of high mountains and emperors, difficult supervision, and serious fraud, the Austrian government set up all the examination rooms in Vienna.

It was the Ministry of Finance that started the exam first, not because it didn't want to start it at the same time, but because the Austrian government didn't have that much space.

Unlike later schools, where you can borrow a part of the classroom and take the exam. Nowadays, there are not so many venues, and many people have to take the exam in the open square.

Even the square in front of the Franz Palace was borrowed by the government to serve as an examination room.

At the top of the Vienna Palace, Franz took out his binoculars and looked at the candidates waiting in the long line to enter, and was full of emotion.

Once upon a time, he was also a member of the exam army, failing again and again, trying again and again, and before the last result came out, his fate had been rewritten.

After a sigh, Franz put down the telescope in his hand and walked down the castle, by which time the exams had already begun.

In the examination room, the candidates are seriously answering the questions, some are bowing their heads and thinking, some are writing hard, some are scratching their ears and cheeks, and the invigilators are walking gently back and forth in the passage, very quiet.

This is the first civil service exam in Austria, and the proctors are very professional, but the pressure they put on the candidates is very high.

A soldier with a loaded gun acts as an invigilator, if it is a person with poor mental quality, it is estimated that he will play abnormally after seeing this posture.

As the minutes passed, the bell rang for the end of the "ding, ding, ding" exam.

"Everyone immediately stopped writing and left the examination room, and the test results of the violators were invalidated." The invigilator's cold voice rang out

One by one, they had to leave the examination room in frustration, obviously most people felt that they did not do well in the exam, and many people left a large blank on the paper.

Outside the examination room, there was already a lot of people, and groups of three or five gathered together, complaining bitterly.

"Wigel, how was the test?"

"What else, who knows why the Ministry of Finance is so biased, why it seems that they are taking everything in the test, what about you?" Wigel smiled wryly

Politics, History, Culture, Economy, Military, Religion, Geography, Digital, Music, Fine Arts, International Affairs...... All of the content appeared on the exam paper.

Despite the dominance of professional knowledge, these various topics have seriously damaged everyone's morale.

"Me? I'm preparing for the next exam, anyway, no matter what position it is, I have to take one, otherwise I can't explain it when I go home. Raul said with a serious face

The opening ratio of this exam has been announced, and the pass rate is as high as half, and if you can't pass, you will belong to the eliminated half.

Aristocrats want to save face, and the fair competition becomes a group of people who are eliminated, and they will not be able to raise their heads for a long time.

Fortunately, there are not many civilian students in this era, otherwise they would lose to civilians, and it is estimated that their pressure will be even greater.

"You're afraid that Elena won't be able to explain it, but you blew the cowhide in front of her." Wigelho unceremoniously told the truth

was exposed to the lie, Raul said indifferently: "So what, I'm a scumbag anyway, and it's normal to fail the exam."

It would have been unfair to have a high-achieving student like you, who graduated from the University of Vienna, to take the exam with us. ”

Wigel said calmly: "Do you want to say that if I don't pass, you can laugh at it for the rest of your life." Rest assured, this won't happen! ”

After passing the exam, Wigel still has this confidence, but he wants to compete for the ranking. If you pass with 100 points or 50 points, the treatment is definitely different.

It is almost an open secret that the good grades stay at the headquarters and the poor ones go down. No one can say that it is unfair, and the results are self-examined.

The Austrian government is very efficient, and at the same time as the examination is over, the marking process has already begun. After the results come out, they will be announced to the public immediately, and the admission personnel will be determined according to the scores.

If you have the same grades, you can fight for your father, and those who are tall will be admitted first, and there is not so much reason to talk about.

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