Chapter 1180: Conspiracy
Regarding Kossuth's behavior, Franz would like to call it "very spiritual", but that's all.
Hungary's size is completely incomparable to that of the Austrian Empire, and its industrial capabilities are even more disparate. Today, 99% of the energy consumption is due to Franz releasing water, and another 10% is due to Kossuth burning the lives of the Hungarian nation.
After the Austrian Empire's major counteroffensive began, Hungary lost 70% of its land and 80% of its effective forces in a short period of time.
At this time, only Britain and France still sympathized with Hungary in public opinion, while other European countries unanimously supported the Austrian Empire.
Even in Britain, most people were indifferent to the Hungarians, due to the impact of economic crisis, war, colonial rebellions (India and Ireland), the resurgence of the Chartist movement at home, and the invasion of cheap food from the United States.
Not only the British government and the British media are also overwhelmed, but more ordinary people are running around for life and do not care about what is happening abroad.
However, most of those who had been paying attention to the events in Hungary had changed at this time. After all, from a third-party perspective, the Hungarians were excessively brutal, massacring civilians, killing the royal family, rejecting peace, and committing countless evil crimes in the name of freedom.
When the Austrian Empire came back, it didn't even have the slightest resistance, and it didn't even have the qualifications to be a villain. In the entire 1848, it could only be regarded as a clown.
How much sympathy and support can such a country win?
The British government was originally a good player in fighting public opinion wars, but under the impact of dimensionality reduction by photo and telegraph technology, countless crude lies were exposed, and the government's credibility was greatly reduced.
Thinking back to the actual situation of internal and external difficulties at this time, the people were angry and felt that they had been abandoned.
The British government would rather care about the barbarians invading Europe than saving the people of the British Empire.
At this time, a party that had long since disappeared in Britain reappeared in people's sight. The slogan of the Jacobite party was:
"We want work and bread, but also life and dignity. We are not cattle and horses, let alone machines!"
Two bearded men who are studying and taking refuge in the UK said they no longer understand the world more and more.
The Jacobite party has been introduced before. If you don't remember, you can assume that it is the British Orthodox party, and its emblem is the white rose.
At this time, the monarch nominally supported by the Jacobites was Francesco V, the Grand Duke of Modena, but Francesco V obviously did not have such great energy, let alone attract the loyalty of so many people.
Franz was obviously behind this, but it seemed that more than just the Austrian Empire was secretly supporting the Jacobites.
(Francesco V, full name Francesco Ferdinando Gemignano von Habsburg-Lorraine.)
The situation in France is very delicate. Public opinion towards Hungary is polarized. One side believes that Hungary is a republic like France and should strive for it. The other side believes that Hungary is a traitor and a pseudo-republic, and it is a shame to be associated with it.
Theoretically speaking, no matter what, the French government should stand on the side of Hungary. It can take no action, but cannot express its position.
After all, this involves the country's basic ideology. However, Louis Napoleon not only did not have a clear attitude, but instead used traitors to reflect the Party of Order.
In fact, after the Vienna Peace Conference, the life of the Party of Order was getting worse day by day. Louis Napoleon never thought of fulfilling his promise. He just wanted to eradicate the power of the Party of Order.
However, the Party of Order was in disarray. Tocqueville had already smelled a smell of danger in the air. This smell was so familiar and yet strange.
He took out the personal letter of the Comte de Chambord from the drawer.
"Maybe Fribourg is a good place."
Since Louis Philippe's father had voted for the execution of Louis XVI, he even changed his name to Louis Equality in order to please the Parliament, but in the end he could not escape the fate of being backlashed.
Tocqueville despised him. Having served in the Orleans government, he witnessed with his own eyes the corruption of the government, the market depression caused by rampant financial speculation, and the ugly appearance of the Orleans family in the face of the 1848 crisis.
Afterwards, Louis Philippe fled to Alsace-Lorraine. In order to retain the power in his hands, he actually attracted the Germans. Later, he even claimed to be the Duke of the German Confederation, which simply disgraced the French nation.
The Tocqueville family was originally from an orthodox school, so he had a natural affinity for the orthodox Bourbon Earl of Chambord.
In addition, thanks to the efforts of Count Chambord and a group of orthodox factions, the lives of the residents of Friborg are indeed getting better and better, with rapid economic development, political clarity, and social stability.
Count Chambord also established public hospitals and schools in Fribourg, employing famous French experts and scholars.
He was very hands-on, even measuring land and planning construction, and was deeply loved by the people.
The Count of Chambord also founded the workhouse, but due to his personal supervision, the workhouse was no longer a "prison for the poor" but a place where people could make ends meet by working day jobs when they were destitute.
Many French-speaking residents in the Swiss mountainous area who are unhappy with their lives come here because of its reputation. Naturally, the Count of Chambord and the French orthodox are all welcome.
That's why when the French Second Republic army led by Emmenable Pellissier invaded Friborg in 1848, the soldiers and civilians of Friborg were so willing to sacrifice their lives.
From the perspective of the orthodox, Count Chambord was definitely a monarch worthy of loyalty.
The Order Party also had no interest in the Hungarians. After all, in their view, the Hungarians were ungrateful villains like Napoleon.
At this time, there were almost no pro-Hungarian factions in the Austrian Empire. Occasionally, there were a few who wanted to show up or were mentally ill, and Franz would not let them go.
In short, first arrest and interrogate them, then kill if necessary, and exile if necessary. Compared with the war against Hungary, Franz was more concerned about the post-war treatment of Hungary and the possible impact.
Historically, the four-pronged policy adopted by the Austrian Empire was based on the four perspectives of politics, economy, military, and culture.
First, close the parliament and establish a viceroyalty. At the same time, split Hungary and break up the Crown of St. Stephen and assign it to different viceroyalties.
Strengthen centralization and weaken local autonomy.
Secondly, impose comprehensive economic sanctions on Hungary, impose heavy taxes on goods entering Hungary, and restrict the entry of weapons, steel, saltpeter, sulfur and other commodities into Hungary.
At the same time, a large number of obstacles were set up for the export of Hungarian goods, which caused Hungarian agriculture to be in a long-term downturn.
Restricted industrial development in Hungary, prohibited large-scale investment in Hungary, and prohibited Hungarians from minting coins privately.
In order to win over the people, some policies of the Hungarian Republic were continued.
In terms of military, a large number of troops were stationed in Hungary, and a large number of military restricted areas were set up to divide Hungary.
The pro-Hungarian generals were transferred out of Hungary, and the gendarmerie replaced the police to hunt down the remnants of the Hungarian Republic throughout the country.
In terms of culture, German education was forced to be promoted to weaken the influence of Hungarian culture.
These policies were not wrong even in the eyes of later generations, but the ending of the Austrian Empire was not very good.
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