In Austria in 1848, the revolution seemed to have become the trend in the country, and everywhere was not peaceful.

On March 28, a rebellion broke out in Dalmatia, but the locals themselves suppressed the revolution before the Austrian government could send troops to suppress it.

Looking at the information in his hand, Franz felt as if a group of grass and mud horses had run by, and it was the self-defense army formed by the local government that launched the rebellion this time, and it was the local capitalists and serfs who helped the government suppress the revolution.

In other words, it was the aristocracy and nationalists who rebelled, and the capitalists and serfs suppressed them.

This rebellion was mainly due to the fact that the local aristocracy was dissatisfied with the government's efforts to the detriment of their interests in the reforms, and at the instigation of the nationalists, they foolishly declared the revolution.

This kind of fool is not uncommon in ancient and modern times, both in China and abroad, and Franz is no longer strange.

Every year, a few nobles in Austria would drink too much and declare independence and statehood, and immediately after sobering up, they would cancel their independence and run to the emperor to plead guilty.

Born on the European continent, even if these fools are lucky, as long as they don't cause serious consequences, the emperor usually doesn't do anything to them.

Serfs helped suppress the rebellion of the nobility, and this was normal. The Viennese government had abolished serfdom and granted them personal freedom, and the nobles wanted to continue to enslave them.

Needless to say, it must be suppressed, this is a fight for freedom.

However, these nobles also armed their serfs to make a revolution, which is why Franz thought they were stupid.

The only thing that surprised Franz was that the local capitalists actually sided with the Vienna government and helped to suppress the rebellion, and it was so swift that it seemed premeditated in advance.

Even Franz suspected that the nobles and capitalists might have agreed that everyone would rise up together for revolution, but the capitalists saw that they could not do anything and sold them.

Dalmatia's presence in Austria was low, and it was a dispensable frontier province with a backward economy and no strategic value, which was easily overlooked.

Looking at Franz with a bewildered face, Prime Minister Felix gave the answer.

"Your Highness, this Dalmatian rebellion was started by the local government nobles, who wanted greater power under the banner of loyalty to the royal family.

After the loss of interests, these bastards actually wanted to unite Trieste to rebel together, and prepare to build a state together with the rebels in Italy.

But they forgot that the National Guard in their hands was loyal to the Empire, and that the rebellion was doomed from the start.

Moreover, their geographical location determined that they were heavily dependent on the empire economically, and that they would soon decline as soon as they became independent.

It is inevitable that the capitalists will part ways with them for their own benefit. ”

Franz nodded thoughtfully, estimating that it was more likely that the capitalists felt that the success rate of the rebellion was too low and they could not obtain greater benefits, so they sold their comrades-in-arms.

Why the Dalmatian aristocracy were so stupid, Franz can only attribute it to too many rice buckets with little reading, no learning and no skills, coupled with the desire for profit and loss of reason.

"Then send someone to raid the house first, and at the same time reward those who participated in the suppression of this rebellion, and immediately enforce the abolition law.

The meritorious capitalists were exempted from taxes this year, a part of the land was given to the serfs who participated in the suppression of the rebellion, and a bereavement pension was given to the families of the dead and wounded. ”

(The bill abolishing serfdom also took time to implement and could not be completed immediately, so the serfs had not yet been completely emancipated)

Franz was setting an example that the act of helping the Reich to suppress rebellions, whatever their purpose or motives, must be promoted.

Praise for serfs, in particular, had to be publicized, preferably in the whole of Austria.

At this time, Franz had already decided to distribute the land, and mobilized the workers and peasants to fight the reactionary aristocracy and capitalists to see who would follow them in rebellion.

"Your Highness, this is not good, just give the capitalists a reward, we have given them freedom for those serfs, there is no need to give land anymore!"

At this time, Prime Minister Felix was on his own class side, and he did not want this to happen.

This means that if the emperor gains the weapon to bring down the aristocracy, the monarch's power will be further expanded, and the nobles' political voice will be limited.

"Prime Minister, isn't this a matter of expediency. The rebellion in Italy has not yet been extinguished, and those few jumpers want to take advantage of the fire to rob.

A rebellion could break out in Prague at any moment, the Poles in Galicia were on the move, and the ambitious Hungarians were preparing to further divide the country.

Now we need to unite all the forces that can be united, wipe out these chaotic parties, and treat the heroes naturally to be rewarded, what is the point of paying a little land for this? ”

There is no doubt that Franz is playing dumbfounded. Anyway, as long as the current situation is discussed, the nobles have no reason to object.

If all the nobles had not participated in the rebellion, then Franz would have really taken them. Now that a part of the nobility has rebelled, then as the crown prince of the regent, he has reason to doubt the loyalty of the nobility.

In this context, his support for serfs who were about to acquire the status of freemen makes sense.

These people are illiterate, and their concept of judging right and wrong is very simple, black and white.

Just give them the land, and let them have enough to eat. Then these people will be Franz's most loyal subjects for decades to come, and even their descendants will be Habsburg supporters.

Any ruler needs to support the foundation of their rule. The current foundation of the Austrian Empire is the aristocracy, which will not change for a long time, and Franz only adds a peasant to the aristocracy.

These questions are just for politicians to consider, and the vast majority of nobles will not think of such a far, and even if they say it, no one will believe it.

After a moment's hesitation, Prime Minister Felix chose to back down.

Unlike in history, he is now appointed by Franz as prime minister, and he does not have such a high voice in the government. If you want to use the power of the prime minister to counter the power of the monarch like in history, you should not dream.

Seeing that the prime minister acquiesced, Franz naturally would no longer be aggressive. Just achieve the goal, it's not easy for people to help carry the black pot every day, it's better to respect it.

Then the Austrian version of "fighting local tyrants and dividing the land" began, no, it was "suppressing the rebellion and dividing the land", and those who did not participate in the rebellion naturally did not have to worry about being divided into fields.