Chapter 86: Ready to kill the lamb

"Win the heart of the people, to avoid the battle of the masses."[1]

Many people understood this phrase, but very few can put it into action. Julius has done a good job this time, and it is likely no one will link him to as a general that ordered a mass execution.

Emancipation of serfs and division of fields are all powerful tools to buy the people's hearts. Even if these lands still need farmers to pay for redemption, Julius still gained a wave of popularity.

After the local people knew that they could get free land by cooperating with the government to suppress the rebellion, farmers near Budapest spontaneously became volunteers.

The Kossuth government's ability to move around is limited, and they can't block the news when the are three lands lost contact.

After the news of the division of the land was passed on to the city, the minds of many people changed. The nobles gritted their teeth in hatred, the capitalists were trembling, and the lower class workers saw new hope.

Now that the Austrian government's bill for farmers has been honored, the protection bill for the working class is naturally likely to be honored.

In this context, the intelligence organization in Franz's hands also took action. Seeing that the leaking ship of the Republic of Hungary is about to sink, there are many people who do not want to be sink with them.

Even if the powerful nobles were annoyed by the actions of the Austrian government, now they had to hold themselves back and back down.

With the cooperation of these local thugs and rats, the work of the intelligence organization has been carried out very smoothly. The Kossuth government, which has no governing experience, has no eyes on them.

Perhaps because of the scourge of the secret police, these organizations were abolished as soon as the revolutionaries came to power. The security of Budapest is now maintained by the Domestic Self-Defense Force, which has become a stick of abuse for capitalists and aristocrats.

If it continues, maybe in another three or five months, the Austrian government will be able to liberate Budapest without a fight.

Vienna

"His Royal Highness, the Croatian Legion and the Bohemian Legion have successfully joined forces in Budapest. The Hungarian war should be over. It will be very unfavorable for us to drag on like this!" Prince Windisch-Grätz said solemnly.

He didn't exaggerate. The reason why the rebels were a mob was because they rebelled in a hurry and had no formal training at all.

Such an enemy can be easily dealt with by the regular army. If it takes a long time, these rabble have completed the training, and it will not be so easy to deal with.

Historically, the Hungarian revolution took so much energy from Austria, and it required the help of the Russians to suppress it, but it left them too much time for preparation.

"Well, since that's the case, let's launch an attack and order the commanding officers to restrain the troops. I don't want to wipe their ass for the trouble they will cause!" Franz warned cautiously.

"Yes, Your Highness!" replied Prince Windisch-Grätz.

"Prime Minister, how are the aftermath preparations going? Once the Hungarian revolution is suppressed, how will the government govern the Hungarian region?" Franz asked with concern.

Prime Minister Felix replied confidently: "His Royal Highness, considering the special situation in Hungary, our cabinet plans to further split the Hungarian province into three provinces with the Tisza and the Danube as the boundaries.

They are: West Hungary, west of the Danube, with the provincial capital in Pecs; Central Hungary, east of the Danube and west of the Tisza, with Miskolc; and east of the Tisza East Hungary Province, the provincial capital is located in Debrecen.

With the divided provinces of Croatia, Transylvania, Slavonia, and Vojvodina, the Kingdom of Hungary will be divided into seven.

After the war, the Magyar gathering place was also divided into three parts. The government will also invest a lot of money in local education to help the local people integrate into the Austrian family as soon as possible."

Franz nodded with satisfaction, the administrative area was split, the language and culture were assimilated, with these changes coming down, a few decades later Hungary was just a regional term.　　

"How will we solve the education funding?" Franz asked with concern

Austria's current wartime economic system, the so-called planned economy, has also seized a large amount of the revolutionaries' property, so naturally there is no shortage of money.

This kind of economic model is only suitable for short-term emergencies or sudden outbreaks. Over time, as the system becomes rigid, it will restrict economic development. At that time, it is inevitable to practice and restore the normal economic model.

If the central government is to allocate funds, the financial pressure on the government will be too great after the economy returns to normal. After all, the Hungarian region needs to assimilate, and other regions in Austria also need to assimilate.

"His Royal Highness, we are going to abolish the church tithe and replace it with a compulsory education tax collected by the government to solve the funding gap!" Felix said hesitantly.

Franz's eyes lit up. He wanted to abolish the tithe tax of the church for a long time, but as a Catholic "devout", if there is no suitable reason, he would recklessly abolish the tithe tax and anger the church.

Now that the Prime Minister has proposed it, Franz naturally agrees with both hands. If the church has any opinions, it should go to the cabinet to make trouble. This is what they proposed, Franz thought very unscrupulously.

Anyway, this era is no longer the Middle Ages. The Pope was driven into exile in Naples by the Revolutionary Party, and the church can't handle the government. Of course they can ruin someone's reputation.

"Are there enough funds? Next, a lot of education funds need to be invested in all parts of the country. Is the tithe tax enough?" Franz asked worriedly

Felix said fiercely: "Your Majesty, the religious personnel in the country are seriously degenerate. As devout believers of God, we need to clean up the bad atmosphere in the church. The cabinet plans to conduct a severe investigation of church personnel, severely punish church personnel who violate the precepts, and confiscate the illegal property of the church. All of this money will be used for education, plus the compulsory education tax, presumably Austria's compulsory education funds are enough. "

Anyway, he had already offended the church once, so he simply decide to slam the jar onto the ground and continued to skin the fat sheep called the church.

How rich were the churches in Austria in the mid-19th century? It is difficult to have an accurate answer to this question. Anyway, after so many years of accumulation, the church is much richer than the Austrian government.

Every man is born pure, but the man choose to become corrupt.

More money is not necessarily a good thing, and it is now being targeted by the Austrian government. Franz, a "devout Catholic", naturally wants to clear the door for God.

"The Prime Minister is right. The moral cultivation of religious personnel must be strengthened. As believers of God, we are obliged to help God's servants who have gone astray and lead them back to the right track!!"

[1] "Attacking the heart is the top, attacking the city is the bottom" that is the direct translation but that doesn't actually make sense. What I used would be in my opinion the best way I can describe it. Essentially it means, win the hearts of the people so they would surrender instead of fighting them.