Chapter 81: Legal Weapons
It was not only the Austrian government that took action, but also European governments joining in the feast.
It is true that Jewish capital pulls hatred, but this is only a secondary factor, after all, the capitalists in these years are all the same hill, and no one is more noble than the other.
The essence of the anti-Semitic movement has remained unchanged for the rest of the ages:
The first is the intensification of social contradictions, and the rulers adopt the method of transferring contradictions in order to consolidate their rule;
The second is that he has no money in his pocket, and he can't afford to repay the usury of Jewish capital, and the ruler doesn't want to bear the notoriety of defaulting on debts, so he uses the banner of anti-Semitism to repay his debts, and by the way, he can also make a payment.
Religious factors and the hatred of the Jewish capitalists were also one of the reasons for the outbreak of anti-Semitic movements, but in modern times they have mostly become secondary factors.
Of course, there are exceptions. Sometimes Jewish capital is really dead, often has no bottom line in front of interests, and it has also triggered a lot of anti-Semitic movements, but this is mostly partial.
The essence of this anti-Semitic campaign is very simple: the French government has run out of money, and other European countries are following suit.
In the case of the tsarist government, after the outbreak of anti-Semitic movements in Europe, Alexander III confiscated a large number of Jewish capitalist properties, especially the banking sector, and nationalized all those with Jewish capital background.
Well, the latter one was added by the bureaucrats.
The main reason is that more than ten years ago, the Russian Empire had just carried out a huge anti-Semitic campaign, and now the Jewish capitalists in Russia have not had time to recover, and their family wealth is simply not enough for everyone to divide.
In desperation, everyone can only play and expand.
Other industries are not moving, and the problem of workers' employment is involved, and if they are not handled well, it is easy to cause big trouble, and the bureaucrats are not only greedy, but also afraid of trouble.
The exception is the banks, which themselves hold large amounts of cash. Taking advantage of the nationalization, everyone completely embezzled a part of the cash and dumped it on the Jewish capitalists.
If the means are a little more clever, after a while we can find another excuse to sell the nationalized banks to private capital at a low price, and then make a profit from it.
As for the other capitalists involved, it depends on whether their backstage is hard enough.
After a bribe, it is even possible to join the carve-up team and take the opportunity to annex the shares left by the Jews.
If the background is not hard enough, then it can only be regretted, it is luck to keep your own interests, and if you are unlucky, you will be confiscated directly.
The tsarist government did not eat the appearance, not only the national capitalists in China were affected and suffered heavy losses, but even the foreign capital of Britain and France was no exception.
This feast lasted until the Viennese government protested to the tsarist government after the loss of Austrian capital, and Alexander III intervened.
But that was half a year later, and many of the unlucky people in the early stage had grass growing on their graves.
In contrast, Austria is quite a good eater. The unlucky ones were all Jewish capitalists who broke the law and committed crimes, and those who kept to themselves still escaped.
Although the number of people who keep to themselves is small, it doesn't matter. It is already not easy to kill all of them with a single rod, and without deliberately expanding and involving more innocent people.
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Winter turns to spring, the earth begins to recover, and trees begin to sprout.
The rows of Tsubaki trees in the Vienna Palace have now drawn new branches, grown tender green leaves, and spit out fragrant red buds, indicating the prosperity of Austria.
It's a good time, just like Franz was feeling at the moment.
Watching the Prime Minister hand over the earnings statement, Franz finally understood why European countries were anti-Semitic, and why they didn't wipe out all the Jews.
It's not that everyone doesn't want to, it's completely reluctant. It's a great leek, which can be harvested every few decades and yields great benefits every time.
What if it's done all at once, and future generations are short of money? In a sense, this is also a sustainable pig farming model.
The confiscated cash is not too much, only less than 200 million Aegis, but a series of assets such as real estate, bonds, and stocks such as enterprises, factories, land, and houses that have been seized is an astronomical amount.
According to the preliminary estimates of the Vienna Government, the combined value of these assets exceeds 3.5 billion Aegis.
Of course, many of these are theoretically virtual assets.
For example, the market value of a listed company is 30 million Aegis, but its actual assets may only be 10 million Aegis, or even only a few million Aegis.
How much water is in this, no one can say. Franz also did not know exactly how the Vienna government's valuation was calculated.
If you really take it out and sell it, you will definitely not be able to sell it for so much money in a short time, and you may not even be able to sell half of it.
With so much money, no consortium in the world can come up with it, even the royal consortium created by Franz does not have the strength.
After all, wealth and cash are two concepts, if you really talk about theoretical assets, Franz, Queen Victoria, and Alexander III are definitely the top three in the world, and each of them is 10 billion Aegis +.
However, this wealth is only nominal. Theoretically, Franz's greatest wealth is a bunch of royal direct domains, covering an area of tens of millions of square kilometers, compared to which the royal consortium is really nothing.
The bunch of colonies in Britain are theoretically the Queen's property, and this value cannot be estimated at all.
The same was true of Alexander III, the Russian Empire was large enough that the Tsar nominally had tens of millions of square kilometers of land, and even if most of these lands were permafrost, they would be worth a lot.
If these theoretical riches can be realized, all the consortia in the world will be weakened combined.
A total of more than 5,000 Jewish capitalists were involved in the case, accounting for 68.5 percent of all Jewish capitalists.
There is no doubt that most of these 5,000 people are small and medium-sized capitalists, and only a few are really at the top of the capital world, and it is precisely these few people who have the most wealth.
According to the statistics, the top 10 richest people have assets of more than 100 million Aegis, the top 100 people have a wealth of more than 2.5 billion Aegis, and the least assets are more than 1 million.
Needless to say, these guys who were listed separately are dead. Although they were dealt with in accordance with the law, their rich family background was the driving force for the Vienna government to unravel their black history.
So much money is legitimately obtained, whether others believe it or not, Franz doesn't believe it anyway.
Specifically, you can refer to the Habsburg family, a royal family that has been inherited for hundreds of years, and all the assets before Franz took over are combined, and the current Aegis currency is worth less than 100 million.
This has nothing to do with hard work, but more with the productivity constraints of the times. There is so much total wealth in society, and no matter how powerful you are in business, the upper limit is still there.
There are too many case files in the back, Franz doesn't bother to flip them back, anyway, he is not a judge, and it is not his job to try criminals.
Putting down the Chinese piece in his hand, Franz asked curiously: "According to the current laws and regulations, how will these people judge?" ”
Prime Minister Karl replied with a wry smile: "In fact, there are far more people suspected of crimes, and this list is already the result of the government's leniency."
If the circumstances of the crime are relatively minor, we only gave a fine and did not include it.
According to the current law, these guys on the list are at least ten years old. More than half of them can be sentenced to hanging.
This is only the result of an investigation based on the information provided by the whistleblower, and there is no excessive investigation into other criminal acts, otherwise I doubt that these people will survive. ”
Hearing this answer, Franz was also stunned, isn't this the realistic version of "ten capitalists kill nine, and one slips through the net"?
Franz has reason to believe that the guys who escaped were not because of how clean their foundation was, nor how lucky they were, but because of the number of people involved.
In order to reduce the political influence, the Vienna government could not execute tens of thousands of people at once, and could only arrest "fat sheep" and "extremely evil" guys.
As to why this is so, it is necessary to ask the Austrian law. Compared with later generations, the legal penalties in these years were much greater.
After all, it is now the aristocracy that is in power, and it is natural that the bourgeoisie will not be soft on the bourgeoisie that may threaten its position.
A simple example is the hoarding of Juqi in Austria, and in serious cases, all property can be confiscated, and the head will be lost.
Bribing government officials, regardless of the severity of the offense, is the same crime as the bribe-giver, and the prison sentence for both is the same.
If you bribe multiple officials, it will be tragic, and the number of years in prison can be cumulative, and there is no upper limit.
If the unfortunate officials who have bribed are sentenced to death in the future, then it is not necessary to say that they will be sentenced to prison for 100 years.
Is this fair?
It's certainly unfair, but the world isn't fair.
When it came to power struggles and in order to curb the spread of corruption, Franz chose to acquiesce.
Besides, there is a back door, if you want to escape punishment, then report it.
If you report an official you have bribed, you can reduce your sentence. Theoretically, if you report a few more, you can offset the crime, and you can be released from prison after paying a fine.
Affected by this, basically every major anti-corruption case will involve a large group of people.
In Austria, both giving and accepting bribes is a high-risk activity. To date, the highest number of years sentenced to prison is 3,416 years,
Franz asked with some apprehension: "How many officials are involved?" ”
Now he is really afraid, if another thunderstorm comes out, the executioner's performance this year will be overwhelming.
There is no way, the dignity of the law must be upheld. If it is found out, it must be dealt with, and Franz will not use amnesty for the sake of these scumbags.
Prime Minister Karl bowed his head and replied: "Up to now, 4,864 public officials have turned themselves in to the Anti-Corruption Bureau and submitted 13.47 million Aegis.
The exact number of officials involved in the case is still under investigation. Many criminals have already reported to the government, but there is no way to file a case directly due to the lack of evidence. ”
Hearing this answer, Franz breathed a sigh of relief.
The number of people involved is large, and the amount of money involved is also large, but the amount of bribes per capita is not large, plus the surrender and commutation, most of these guys can be dealt with internally.
Confiscation of dirty money, dismissal from public office, and punishment of voluntary labor of varying durations, the matter is over, and there is no need to go on a killing spree.
As for the diehards that are being detected, then I don't have to say, I just took them out to set an example for the monkeys.
Franz had a hunch that most of these guys who refused to admit their sins were the most heinous criminals, and ordinary people would not resist at all when they saw the incident.
"Check! No matter who is implicated, I will investigate to the end, and there is no need to tolerate any criminals this time. ”
After taking down so many Jewish capitalists, no government officials will be unlucky to follow them, and no one will believe them.
The small shrimp that surrendered are not counted, and the big fish behind them have not surfaced. Franz did not believe in Jewish capital, and had no roots in Austria.
The Viennese government's action was successful this time, but it was because they were caught off guard, and no one knew that the government would use the law as a weapon.
After all, Austria did not possess either of the two core elements of the anti-Semitic movement, and the Vienna government did not need to divert social contradictions and did not suffer from financial difficulties.
Historically, anti-Semitic movements in Europe have started violently, with no warning before the Vienna government acts.
In particular, the government has strengthened its police presence to stop the anti-Semitic actions of civil extremists, which has reassured many people.
This empirical delusion misled the judgment of the Jewish capitalists, and the Vienna government, without any notice, suddenly issued arrest warrants, leaving them no time to react at all.
It is true that the power of money is powerful, but no amount of money is worth mentioning in front of the state apparatus.
The relationships and networks that had been built up in the past were now fragmented, and at least until now, Franz had not met anyone who interceded on behalf of the Jewish capitalists.
If it is not activated, it does not mean that it does not exist. Those who are lightly involved can take the opportunity to kick away the Jewish capitalists and get out, and the guys who have long been tied together will be difficult to get out at this time.
Without pulling out the nails buried in the government by these Jewish capitals, Franz will not be able to sleep.
"Yes, Your Majesty!"
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