Once again, it turns out that a butcher's knife may not be able to solve the problem, but it will certainly be able to solve the person who created the problem.

Since the Vienna government's murderous spree, resistance to the government's investigation has suddenly declined. On the contrary, there has been a sudden increase in the number of people who have surrendered to the investigation team.

Even the troubled security of the members of the investigation team was solved at once, and the assassins disappeared as if overnight.

The shocking reversal stunned Franz. Co-authored for more than half a year, and the so-called toughness is all hard support. Seeing that the government refused to budge, they coaxed one by one.

It's right to think about it, although there are many people involved, there are very few real powerful factions.

Needless to say, most of the new aristocrats made their fortunes in the war, their roots were in the army, and a small number of capitalists were transformed.

It has been a fortune for a short time, and there is no time to run in the government, and it is now in the stage of accumulation, and there are very few people in important positions.

The premise of power-for-money trading is to be in power first, and if you don't have enough power in your hands, you will naturally be dragged into the water.

The old aristocrats can survive for a long time, and they naturally have their way of survival, except for a few idiots, most of them know to pay attention to their eating appearance and know when to stop in moderation.

Even if it is a game of profit transfer, people are also a one-time transaction, not a repeat business.

After the incident, immediately clean up the whole thing, destroy the relevant clues, and there is no evidence to be found on the surface.

Occasionally, a power-for-money transaction can be said to be an accidental coincidence, but what will really be suspected is actually a long-term cooperation, and officials have broken the routine for someone or a company many times.

If there is no sign at all, even if the government wants to investigate, it does not know where to start.

Even the capitalists who pay for it do not necessarily know the true identity of the collaborators, and the transactions are carried out through intermediaries.

This can be seen from the list of people involved, most of the officials arrested are middle-class, grassroots, and some declining aristocratic backgrounds, and the emerging aristocracy and the old aristocracy are a minority.

The biggest powerful faction has already stayed out of the way when the big anti-corruption case is opened, and the rest naturally can't make big waves.

Daring to resist the investigation is nothing more than not being able to grasp the government's context and holding a fluke mentality. Seeing that the government raised the butcher's knife, they were dumbfounded one by one.

If you continue to carry it hard, you will only be able to rebel. This kind of high-risk, low-reward work is obviously not suitable for these homeowners.

This can also be seen from the many assassinations that have occurred before.

All the assassins can't even reach the amateur level, and they are not so much killers as second-year teenagers.

There are no modern assassination tools, and many people rush forward with fruit knives, and the threat warning is obviously higher than the assassination itself.

After all, if you really kill the officials of the investigation team, it is not a question of corruption and imprisonment, but a matter of losing your head.

It doesn't matter what your identity is, how hard the background is, and if you violate the rules of the game, you must pay the price of blood.

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Franz asked suspiciously, "Are so many people going to be executed?" ”

It's not that he makes a fuss, the execution of thousands of people at once in peacetime is appalling enough in itself.

In fact, the 1,000 people executed by the Vienna government before caused a sensation, claiming to be the largest execution in Europe in the last decade.

This is not a joke, after the Paris Revolution was suppressed, the French government did not execute so many prisoners in the autumn reckoning, only the Great Purge carried out by Alexander II more than a dozen years ago, the number of executions exceeded 1,000.

Now more than 5,000 people will be executed, and if this is completed, it is estimated that this will be a world record that has never been seen before or since.

Of course, this is a precondition - "anti-corruption and anti-gang" and "trial by the court".

Prime Minister Karl replied in the affirmative: "Yes, Your Majesty! According to the Empire's penal code, all 5,316 of them should be sentenced to death.

A further 4,328 persons fall under the category of death penalty and life sentence. ”

Prime Minister Karl is also very helpless, the evidence has been found, and there is no need to specifically target these guys to send these guys to the guillotine.

The Viennese government was faced with a difficult problem, the killing of all of them would have too great an impact, and the execution of a thousand people in front of it would cause a sensation in the European world.

If more than 5,000 people are wiped out, or 10,000 people are simply gathered, then international public opinion will not be able to fry the pot, and there is no shortage of mouth cannon parties in any world.

Mercy is also not allowed, and this involves the dignity of the law. After the evidence is set in front of us, who knows what impact it will have in the future?

Commutation exists, the problem is that these guys can't reach it! You can't let the emperor use his privileges to reduce the sentences of these people, right?

Rubbing his forehead, Franz could only sigh that there were many scum in Austria, and he easily caught so many criminals.

Franz asked, "Are these people identities?" ”

Prime Minister Karl: "Among these felons, more than 5,000 people have triad backgrounds, most of them are gang leaders and thugs, and they have murders.

It is mainly engaged in illegal criminal activities such as collecting protection money, underground casinos, usury, drug trafficking, and counterfeit banknotes.

In addition, there are more than 3,000 people who are thugs raised by capitalists, and nearly half of them also have triad backgrounds and are engaged in similar businesses, except for an additional crackdown on workers' strikes, less protection money, and less counterfeit drug money.

In fact, the number of capitalists and officials who need to be sentenced to death is not too many, and the total number is less than 1,000, of which the capitalists are slightly more, and the number of officials involved in serious cases is actually less than 100. ”

This result did not surprise Franz.

As long as the underworld elements have a murder case in their hands, they basically can't escape. Even if it's an accident, it's not okay, after all, other crimes have to be accumulated.

The Austrian government has always been unswerving in punishing these people. Anyway, they are all the scum of society, and there is no need to worry about manslaughter.

In contrast, the capitalists and officials involved in the case, even if they have problems, are mostly economic problems, or they are involved in gangsters, and few of them are burdened with murders.

There are so many capitalists and officials who want to lose their heads, most of them are too deeply involved in the underworld, and they are jointly and severally liable in law, and they are brought in together.

As for whether anyone will lose their heads because of the huge amount of embezzlement, Franz can answer with certainty: no!

The Anti-Corruption Bureau and the police are not idle people, and there are too many industries to cover up at all.

The source of the huge amount of unknown wealth is itself a firefly in the night, and it is difficult not to be targeted.

Everyone knows that Austrian officials do not do anything if they receive money, even if it is legal, ordinary people do not dare to bribe at all.

Even if someone sends it to you, you have to think about whether you have encountered fishing law enforcement, which is often done by the Anti-Corruption Bureau.

Corruption and bribery can only be squeezed from a few reliable people, and how much oil and water can be squeezed?

After careful consideration, Franz found that it seemed that saving these people had no value other than to cause trouble for himself.

As for international public opinion, if you like to say it, just say it, anyway, if you talk about it, you can't stop it at all.

No matter how many criminals are executed, no one will come and point fingers, and there is no such thing as daring to interfere in Austria's internal affairs these days.

"Judicial fairness brooks no blasphemy, and this time we will use these people to show the outside world our determination to uphold judicial fairness.

Let's round it up, it will be more deterrent. It is just this matter that has become a benchmark for Austrian law. ”

Hearing the word "benchmark", Prime Minister Karl swallowed back the words he had originally prepared, and judicial justice also needs blood to forge.

This is the opposite of the law not holding the public accountable. Today, if there is a lot of mercy on the part of those involved, the deterrent effect of the law will be greatly reduced, and more similar incidents will occur in the future.

Instead of burying hidden dangers for the future, it is better to cut through the mess now. Anyway, it is useless for these people to stay, and there is no shortage of labor in Austria now.

"Yes, Your Majesty!" Prime Minister Karl replied cautiously

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