Chapter 97, the era without a bottom line
The Hungarian Revolutionary Party of 1848 was not a purely revolutionary party in nature, but grew rapidly from a small party of 180 people to the leader of the Hungarian Republic, which was filled with too many speculators.
It was easy to get on the ship and difficult to get off the ship, and the Austrian Empire, which was originally dying, was resurrected with full blood at this time, and many people's hearts collapsed.
If the Viennese government had issued a pardon at this time, the city of Budapest would most likely have surrendered without a fight.
Obviously, this is impossible, neither the Austrian cabinet nor Franz, the crown prince, gave up this opportunity to strike at the powerful Hungarian faction.
Suppressing rebellion is the best reason to do it. The wider the revolt and the more nobles were involved, the more favorable it would be for Austria's future rule.
In terms of the concentration of wealth, it is estimated that Hungary can be at the top of the list. Nominally 5 percent of the ruling class, but in reality less than 1 in 1,000 of the population controls 90 percent of the wealth of the whole society, including serfs and workers.
Such a strange social order is not broken, and there is no reason for it.
In fact, the revolution is still a power struggle within the 5 percent of the population, with the remaining 95 percent passively involved.
This is also the reason why Kossuth, who can ignore the scourge of the army to the people, his supporters come from these five percent, and the remaining ninety-five percent are sacrificeable.
"Are you sure that the enemy will release water to attack the city? In our current situation, even if they don't have to do anything, it won't be long before Budapest will become a dead city! Pedolfi roared
There was no way, the Austrian government would not let go of their group of revolutionary party leaders, and they did not want to die, so they could only fool the soldiers to fight hard.
Kossuth was so successful that he deceived himself, and he didn't care about anything for the sake of the ultimate victory.
The Austrian army advanced slowly and slowly, which may seem difficult, but in fact it was the best way to fight, and there was no risk.
Including damming upstream, it is really just a front, and any politician with ambitions to annex Hungary would rather choose to besiege Budapest all the time than choose the most hateful water offensive tactics.
Kossuth said incredulously: "You mean that the enemy deliberately puts pressure on us, pushes us to the extreme, and then destroys Budapest?" No, it won't, it can't be! ”
With that, Kossuth sat there motionless, as if trapped in a demonic barrier.
The vast majority of the upper strata of Hungarian society are concentrated in the city of Budapest. In this city, more than half of the people are aristocrats, capitalists and their vassals.
For the Viennese government, it would be better for these people to die cleanly, even if there were Habsburg supporters among them, and Franz would not mind sacrificing them.
Everyone is a politician, and with the thinking of a politician, it is worth sacrificing the city in exchange for a long-term Hungarian kingdom, and everyone will settle this account.
"Wake up, Mr. Kossuth, this is the enemy's conspiracy!"
Now the National Guard has gone mad, and even some declining aristocrats, small merchants, and the middle class have not escaped their poisonous hands.
If it continues, they will become more and more emboldened, and slowly reach out to the upper class, and then we will just want to control the situation, and it will be too late!
This is exactly what the enemy wants to see the most, to use our hand to clear the Hungarian national elite for them, and then put all the blame on us, and they can naturally annex Hungary! ”
If Franz was here, he would definitely praise their brain-replenishing ability, yes, he wanted to take the opportunity to eliminate dissidents, but he didn't plan to rely on the revolutionary party to do it, which is too unreliable.
If some people die in the war, just throw the black pot directly at the revolutionary party, is it possible that the dead will come out to defend themselves?
At this time, the Hungarian Revolutionary Party had a bad reputation, and it was natural for them to do anything that angered the people.
The dream was punctured, Kossuth's face was gloomy and terrible, and as long as he thought about it, he almost fell for the enemy and destroyed the Hungarian nation with his own hands, and he was terrified.
Don't look at Hungary has a population of more than 10 million, there are only 500,000 or 600,000 people who are considered his own, and the city of Budapest has more than a third.
Without these people, there would be no Hungarian nation, and they are the pillars of this nation.
After half a ring, Kosuth slowed down: "Thank you, Pei Duofei! It was only a matter of time before I became a sinner in Hungary.
You're right, the enemy is indeed plotting a plot, they could have taken Budapest faster, but they have been grinding all the time, and it seems that they want to take us all out. ”
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When Kossuth wanted to clean up the army, it was too late, and the results of the Battle of Venice had already been reported.
As the pro-Austrian faction in the Provisional Government continued to grow, and the speculators were looking for ways to change ships, the pressure on Kossuth increased.
The temple is small and the wind is big, and the pool is small and the king is more.
The Provisional Government of the Republic of Hungary also has all kinds of people, which is caused by a special social environment.
Before the development and growth of the revolutionary party, it was inevitably suppressed by the government, and many members of the revolutionary party became wanted criminals by the government.
Many of the Hungarian revolutionaries themselves had another identity – members of the gang community. Humanity can be applied everywhere, and by virtue of this connection, these powerful gangs also have a place in the Provisional Government.
If the revolutionary party had been strong enough, it would have been able to suppress these people, but not now.
Everyone knew that the revolutionary party was no longer working, that it was a matter of time before the Provisional Government was finished, and that if the last opportunity was not used to make a profit, there would be no chance when the Austrian army came in.
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What about these gangs that are taking advantage of the fire?
The capitalists are not idle, and if they do not take advantage of this opportunity to eradicate their competitors, do they still deserve to be called black-hearted capitalists?
Buying murder is only the most basic operation, and it is a little high-end, and they use their connections in the government to frame them for a counter-revolutionary crime and directly execute them on the spot.
According to later statistics, the Provisional Government of the Republic of Hungary, which existed for less than three months, executed more than 3,000 people on counter-revolutionary charges, most of them workers who participated in the strike.
In the most extreme case, when the National Guard invades a house and kills and robs, it can first label the owner as a counter-revolutionary, kill the original owner and take possession of their property.