On March 27, 1848, the Hungarian representative in Vienna slammed the door when the Vienna government announced the abolition of local customs duties and forbade local governments to collect them in any name.

It should not be surprising that although the Hungarians proposed in the terms and conditions the abolition of local tariffs, they demanded that Austria abolish them unilaterally, not that Hungary should also abandon the imposition of Austrian tariffs.

Otherwise, there is no need to argue about the question at all, as early as 1795, during the Marian Reformation, the abolition of local customs duties was proposed, and by 1848 the rest of the world had been abolished.

Hungary has been thwarted by interest groups, and the tariff has been extended. The truth of the matter and the propaganda of the outside world are fundamentally two concepts, and the Spring and Autumn brushwork is also applicable in Europe.

Otherwise, it would not have been necessary to wait after the Hungarian Revolution had been suppressed for the Vienna government to abolish customs duties with Hungary.

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A wave of unsettled waves!

The problems of the Czech regions had not yet been resolved, and another bad news reached Vienna, where the Kingdom of Sardinia declared war on Austria!

On the evening of March 23, King Charles Albert of Italy declared war on Austria in a speech on the square of the royal palace, and because of the war, the news reached Vienna on the 27th.

"Have the reinforcements we sent to Marshal Radekiss arrived?" Franz asked

After the suppression of the Vienna rebellion, the Austrian government sent 50,000 troops to reinforce Field Marshal Radekis.

This was originally prepared by Franz in order to deal with the war with the Kingdom of Sardinia, otherwise there would be no need for reinforcements to suppress the rebellion in Austrian Italy.

If there were no reinforcements, it is estimated that as in history, Marshal Radetzky fought the Italians with a small number of troops, and waited for domestic reinforcements to arrive before defeating the Italians.

The situation was different now, the Vienna rebellion had been suppressed in advance, the rebellion had not yet broken out elsewhere, and Austria still had the strength to throw itself into the Italian battlefield.

"The afternoon before yesterday, we arrived in the Venetian area, and now we have begun to suppress the rebellion!" Felix said with a grim face

A small kingdom of Sardinia dared to come over to challenge Austria at this time, which was simply Tai Sui's head breaking ground.

Franz shook his head, this Italian anti-Austrian turmoil was not only the participation of a Kingdom of Sardinia, but also the Papal States, the Duchy of Tuscany, and the Kingdom of Naples were forced to participate in this war by popular opinion.

The Austrian embassies in the Italian states have already received news that they are on increased alert in the country.

"Send an order to Marshal Radkiss, let him watch the fight, fight wherever he goes, and if he needs reinforcements, let him wait another month!" Franz thought for a moment and said

On military issues, he has no intention of discussing with the cabinet, these people are all laymen, and their military literacy is estimated to be inferior to him.

The risk of a layman leading an insider's lead was too great, and after the outbreak of the revolution, the telegraph lines in Vienna and Italy were destroyed.

Franz did not know the specific situation on the Italian battlefield, and the only thing he could do now was to delegate power and provide Marshal Radekiss with good logistics.

Historically, it was he who suppressed the Italian rebellion and defeated the armies of the Italian states, and now Austria has a greater advantage, and there is no reason to lose.

Ever since the suppression of the Vienna rebellion, the Austrian government has been expanding its armaments, fearing that foreign powers will take advantage of the war in addition to suppressing the revolution.

Sometimes Franz really wanted to directly send an army to directly attack the aristocrats and capitalists who might rebel, and then carry out a land reform, and all problems would be solved.

It's a pity that this is impossible, even the nobles who participated in the rebellion, he has to hand over to the noble council to deal with, let alone these who have not yet rebelled?

So far, there are only twelve rebellious nobles executed by the Council of Nobles, and the crime is actually to kill the nobles by despicable means in an attempt to get away with them and seize their titles!

Well, Franz had nothing to say, and this was the result of the Archduke Louis's struggle in the noble council because of the loss of his son.

Of course, Franz did not do nothing, at least the twenty-eight nobles who were determined to be extinct, all their property was temporarily nationalized, and all the heirs of the side branches were not allowed to inherit the title until they proved that they had nothing to do with their murder.

Unfortunately, this is an unsolvable problem, as long as an application for inheritance of the title is filed, there is a motive for committing the crime.

You didn't take part in the rebellion, did your relatives and friends participate? No, your neighbors, or maybe someone you know, can't clear your suspicion.

Franz didn't make the first bird himself, and the right to clear their suspicions was given to the noble council, as long as the nobles who can go beyond the eighth floor decide that you are not suspicious, and you are the legal first heir, you can inherit the title.

The relationship between the nobles is too chaotic, there are a lot of relatives who have the right to inherit, and everyone has the problem of pink eye, so it is difficult to settle the internal problems.

As long as it is proved that there is a problem with the first heir, then the title and fief will be the turn of the second heir.

Because of the relationship of aristocratic marriage, the first and second heirs are often not from the same family, and may even be hostile, which is even more difficult.

Who doesn't have a group of relatives and friends, it is difficult for them to inherit the title, but it is not difficult to prevent others from inheriting the title.

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"Your Highness, if all the major Italian states are to participate in the war, I am afraid that the troops in the hands of Marshal Radekis will be insufficient, do you want us to draw a reinforcement from somewhere else?" Felix suggested

"The Italians are not monolithic, they are forced to send troops by public opinion, and one by one they are probably still bargaining.

I suspect that they will attack only if the revolutionaries agree to merge with them.

In Italy, we already deployed 40,000 troops, plus these 50,000 reinforcements, not to mention defeating the enemy, but it is not a problem to deal with the enemy for a while.

Now the situation in the country is also unstable, and if we continue to draw troops, we will be exhausted in the event of an outbreak of rebellion in other regions.

Marshal Radkiss can be told not to care about the gains and losses of one city or one place, as long as the victory can be achieved in the end, it is okay to lose some places now. ”

Franz resisted the temptation to quickly defeat the Italians and chose to play steady.

Historically, Marshal Radekis was unprepared, and was able to hold on to the fight when the Vienna government had ordered the abandonment of Italy, and now there is no reason why he would lose if he received reinforcements.

What was the combat effectiveness of the Austrian army, Franz did not know the bottom of his heart, but thinking about the achievements of the Italian army, he was reassured.

Austria and Italy have fought so many times in history, except for the original owner's personal command and the loss of the Franco-Italian coalition army, the rest of the time, it was Austria that beat Italy, including the Austro-Hungarian Empire, which was extremely corrupt in later generations, and could also beat Italy.