Chapter 41: Handling of Prisoners of War
Which expert proposed this, and everyone tacitly did not ask. Franz was reluctant to admit that he had proposed the "piecework system", and everyone thought that he was principled and unwilling to covet the merits of others.
In this era, the "piecework system" is undoubtedly progressive, which can release more productivity and break the tradition of "grinding foreign workers".
You must know that in order to crack down on "foreign grinders" in this era, the capitalists used extremely crude methods, and the deduction of wages was light.
More often than not, they are beaten while deducting their wages, and many workers are killed every year.
Especially in the mines, in order to stimulate everyone's enthusiasm, many times the capitalists will make an example of the monkey to deter others from working hard.
These cruel methods are obviously impossible for the government to learn, and Carl is worried that the government will lose money if it directly manages the enterprise, that is, he is worried about the emergence of large-scale "foreign grinders".
There are also many such cases in later generations, a state-owned enterprise with serious losses, after becoming a private enterprise, cut half of its employees, and can also double its production capacity and turn losses into profits in an instant.
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"What are your plans for the sentencing of the captives?" Franz then asked
He decisively ignored the nobles and capitalists involved in the rebellion, who were basically running away and were caught by fools with little brains.
As the head of this rebellion, there was no need for a trial at all, and when the rebellion was suppressed, it was all settled.
It can be said that as long as there are middle-level and above officers in the rebels, Franz will quickly cut through the mess and kill them first.
Except for those who took the initiative to run out and surrender with their troops without firing a shot, the other rebel leaders and platoon commanders above all received boxed lunches.
It took more than 3,000 rebels to kill the rebellion, and more than 2,000 rebel leaders were executed next.
There is no way, the rebels have no human rights, as long as they are involved, the higher the status, the faster they will die, but the ordinary people are not held accountable too strictly.
Even the revolutionary artillery party at the University of Vienna received a boxed lunch this time, and the army took over the campus, and anyone who joined the revolutionary party and advocated revolutionary ideas had only one result.
These orders were given by Franz, but it was certainly not him who was behind the blame, and the cabinet had not yet been formed, so he issued orders in the name of the cabinet.
If historians are interested, they will find that the issuers of these orders are all prime ministers, and Franz, the crown prince, knows nothing.
These are all minor problems, and this time the people of Vienna have been harmed a lot, and everyone hates the revolutionary party to death, and no one will sympathize with them.
"Your Highness, this rebellion is too widely implicated, and these captives must be severely punished to set an example and deter the whole country!"
Archduke Louis's eyes were red, and he said menacingly, as if he had a grudge against these people, and he wanted to execute them all.
Not only him, but several other cabinet members all had expressions of common hatred.
Needless to say, Franz also knew that the old nobles had many relatives, and those who hung up in this rebellion must have their relatives and friends.
If this is the case, it is not intolerable, the point is that the rebels have also sacked their homes, looted their goods, and killed their loyal servants.
Even the youngest son of Archduke Louis, who was one step slower when he fled for his life because of bad luck, was scratched by the rebels, which was the main reason why he was so angry.
Prior to this, he also advocated a lenient punishment against the betrayal of the party, reassuring the people, and stabilizing the domestic situation as soon as possible.
At this time, when it comes to the pain of losing a child, everything is different. First of all, he advocated the execution of all the nobles who participated in the rebellion at the meeting of the nobles, and at this time he did not want to let go of even the prisoners.
Franz was very aware of the causes and consequences of this rebellion, and he was even more aware of his class position, so after catching the nobles involved in the rebellion, he did not execute them immediately, but left them to the noble council.
Most of the aristocracy's participation in the rebellion was motivated by profits, and in order to recover their losses, the most important work they did was actually to burn bank data.
It was not only the local financial institutions in Austria that were hit hard, but also the Vienna branch of the international bank.
The bosses behind these financial institutions were also the main advocates of severe punishment of the rebels, including the Vienna court.
The profits in the financial sector are so large, how can the Habsburgs, as the head of the land, not participate, in fact, many financial institutions in Austria have shares of the Habsburgs.
At this time, it is obviously impossible to recover the loss. For this reason, Franz was in a hurry to form a cabinet, the main purpose of which was to make the cabinet withstand the pressure and prevent the nobles from recovering their losses.
After all, these were confiscated from the rebels, and it was not clear who the original owner of the property was.
If he were to return to his master, he would be able to guarantee that all the spoils would soon be divided up among the nobles, and Franz, the greed of human nature, was not prepared to put it to the test.
Franz thought for a moment and said, "It is necessary to punish the rebels severely, but most of these captives are workers, so it is better to let them return to the factory and continue to create value for us."
Depending on the severity of the offense, they were fined and paid their wages to work in the factory until the fine was paid. ”
This is already the lightest punishment he can fight for, no one will have trouble with money, and it is impossible for the cabinet to refuse so much free labor.
"This is a good way, we can't kill all of them with so many people, it's better to use the waste!" Chancellor of the Exchequer Karl was the first to chimed in
With the Vienna Rebellion, there were more places where money was needed, and he supported the proposal to increase fiscal revenue.
"Yes, but what about the diehards? What if they wreak havoc in the factory? Archduke Louis said unwillingly
"This is simple, you can adopt a joint sitting system, divide them into small groups, let the workers supervise each other's reports, and report the meritorious person can have his sentence commuted.
No one reported being caught, and everyone sat together and was sent to the mine. Chancellor of the Exchequer Karl said with a sneer
Franz couldn't help but want to praise it, in fact, if it weren't for the series of rebellions in Austria that would follow, he would have been ready to send these captives to mine and build railways.
Considering that there might be more captives in the future, these people were not diehards, and they surrendered quickly at his call, so they were given the lightest punishment.
"If you don't have a better suggestion, then this matter is settled!" Franz said calmly