Chapter 741 “Atrocities”

Chapter 741 “Atrocities”

In fact, Franz also gave these people other options. They could choose to take money to continue their aristocratic career in the city, or go to the colonies to continue being their landowners.

Although the landed aristocracy has lagged behind the times, it is just right to place them in the colonies. Not only will they not hinder the development of society, but on the contrary, they can consolidate Austria's local rule.

However, Franz still hopes that they can choose the first path. After all, the development of cities and industry requires a large amount of capital, and the financial and industrial aristocracy are much easier to control than the land aristocracy.

Although Franz was busy, he did not quell the rebellion. Since it was impossible to determine whether the railway was damaged, he asked people to repair it all the way along the railway, while he led the people along the way to "justice".

Word of Franz's atrocities against the Polish nobility soon reached Vienna. However, this did not cause much repercussions, mainly because the Austrian nobles did not regard the Polish nobles as compatriots.

Even nobles have a chain of contempt, and those at the bottom of the Austrian Empire are this group of Polish nobles.

There is no special reason. It is because they arrived later. Although Northern Italy joined the Austrian Empire later, it cannot stand up to the close blood relationship between the two sides. Even the Habsburg family that currently rules Austria comes from Italy.

Leopold II was the Grand Duke of Tuscany before inheriting the throne of Joseph II, and the old emperor Franz II felt that he was an Italian until his death.

The Polish nobles are relatively mixed, because in the past Galicia was the poorest place in Poland, and the nobles living here were naturally not very noble.

However, these guys have the unique arrogance of the Poles, which makes it difficult for them to integrate into the new circle.

At this time, these guys were in trouble, not only did they not cause grief in the aristocratic circle, but they also gave everyone a sense of pleasure.

Franz confiscated the land and made it state-owned and did not distribute it to the poor. This also made many nobles feel relieved.

They are not afraid of a greedy emperor, but they are afraid of an emperor who sits crookedly.

At the same time, due to collusion with Mrs. Sophie, the royal family will provide a large number of positions to the aristocracy.

This can solve the troubles of some noble families to a large extent. After all, there is only so much property, and decent jobs are hard to find. Many people who enter churches and monasteries do not have the determination.

Although many films and literary works in later generations have portrayed the priests as a group of idiots who are greedy, lazy, and without moral integrity.

But in reality the clergy had to go through training and examinations, which would be a very dull and tedious time, and it would be almost impossible for a true idiot to pass these selections.

Secondly, wherever there are people, there are rivers and lakes, and the water is often particularly deep in places where people play with people's hearts and human nature.

Thirdly, even if you want to be lazy and have no morals, you still need a group of believers to support you to be lazy and have no morals.

Priests at the bottom and in remote areas may live similar lives to those of dervishes. Priests in Dalmatia experienced riots because of their treatment.

There is no other way, even if you have faith, you still have to feed people, right?

Dalmatia in this era was horribly desolate, with sparsely populated people, barren land, unintelligent people, and barbaric cruelty without realizing it.

Due to poor infrastructure and low productivity, even if the locals have money, they cannot spend it effectively.

Due to various reasons, unless the family connections are in place or the money is in place, few of the noble children are willing to take up the dead-end job of being a priest.

Working as an errand on the royal territory is completely different. At the very least, it is a decent job. Even if you are managing some former serfs and bad land, serving the royal family is already a great honor.

Even the most powerful noble would not dare to laugh at this honor, unless he is not Austrian or really has no brains.

Franz only gave these noble children a chance, provided them with a platform, and gave them a chance to show themselves, but he did not fully count on this group of people.

Franz would hire a professional team to coordinate and plan the construction of the manor territory, and these noble officials were nothing more than low-level executors.

Of course, if they are really talented, they will definitely show it. Or if they are not talented, but they can do things in full accordance with the rules and procedures and the code of conduct of the nobles, Franz is also willing to use them.

As for those scum, those who want to eat nothing can go home; and those who want to harvest Franz's wool, Austria has a lot of colonies where they can pay off their debts; those who have ambitions to swallow the sky, or are dissatisfied with the current status of the empire, go to the mental hospital and fire pits awaited them.

Inside Krakow.

Landry Prome wanted to be emperor, but bad news came one after another. Although he was mentally prepared, it came too quickly.

First of all, the Poznan Uprising and Warsaw Uprising failed. Since the organization had been destroyed before, the hasty uprising was directly suppressed by the Prussians and Russians.

In fact, due to poor intelligence work, every move of the Polish Nationalist Army was under the surveillance of the Poznan and Warsaw governments.

Therefore, it is not surprising that the two uprisings were stillborn, but the subsequent Lviv uprising was even more outrageous.

Before the rebels arrived at the designated location, a large number of local serfs were waiting for them, and a real-life battle royale began.

Facing the overwhelming encirclement and suppression by the serf army, the rebels finally had to seek shelter from the Lviv Police Station.

Director Samar, who didn't know why, thought he had made a great contribution, but was scolded by Governor Stadion.

"Why don't you and your men close the door and let them fight a little longer?"

The latter is a civilized person who has always kept his emotions and anger secret, but now his saliva splashed all over the former's face.

In fact, Count Tardion has long disliked these Polish nobles. He hopes that these people will make the matter bigger so that he can send troops to deal with them.

At the same time, he was one of the few people who saw Franz's intentions, so he secretly cooperated from the beginning, and even sent his cronies everywhere to fan the flames.

Director Samar, who was sprayed with saliva, naturally knew the seriousness of the matter. Being able to serve under such a smart person, he naturally knew that the time had come for him to take the blame.

The next day, a group of serfs were imprisoned for making trouble. That night, screams could be heard, and group fights broke out among the prisoners, causing a large number of casualties.

Director Samar was dismissed, but due to the special period, he still took over his post temporarily to see the consequences.

As for those prisoners who participated in fights in the prison, they were driven back home. After all, Lviv Prison does not support idlers.

At the same time, Count Stadion was not idle. While collecting a large amount of criminal evidence, he asked the survivors to testify against the villains. The purpose was naturally to confirm the guilt of those people.

However, this group of people usually did too many bad things, and this investigation involved a lot of old accounts. Both Franz and Count Stadion felt that it was good, at least it proved that they did not kill the wrong person.