Chapter 6 Your Majesty governs the world with the nobles, not with the common people.

Author: Seven Years Period

Chapter 6 Your Majesty governs the world with the nobles, not with the common people.

Back to reality, the quarrel in the Hall of Mirrors continues.

"Your Majesty governs the world with the nobles, not with the common people."

As the ruling class of this country, the nobles are obviously opposed to the ruled civilians. As members of the ruling class, they hope that the emperor will first consider the interests of the nobles.

At the same time, those who supported joining the German Customs Union, Prince Metternich, Count Korolaf, and Baron Brooke were also nobles, and even the emperor himself was.

It's just that those who keep saying that they want to rule the world with the emperor do not represent the interests of the country and the ruling class, but their own interests.

They have two purposes. One is to block the transition between the small nobles and the common people. The other is to use the power in their hands to collude with domestic and foreign forces to squeeze the people of their country to the maximum extent.

To sum up the attributes of this group of people simply, they are bureaucrats, landlords, and compradors.

Although it was said by a group of villains with selfish intentions, it sounded quite right at the time.

At this time, Austria was no longer the Holy Roman Empire divided into states.

As Emperor of Austria, Francis II had absolute power.

All this is thanks to Napoleon, the end of the Holy Roman Empire. The Napoleonic Wars greatly weakened the power of local nobles, but inadvertently strengthened the centralization of Austria. In the past, small nobles dared to support their own troops and openly resist the country.

The condition of the machine has disappeared.

Even the power of the great nobles was greatly restricted. Take Archduke Karl, the largest landed aristocrat in the Austrian Empire, as an example. He only had 1,000 private soldiers and was unable to face the powerful army of the Austrian Empire.

Other nobles have no ability to fight against the country.

So now if any big nobleman jumps out and says that the emperor refuses, I will go against it.

Then Count Latour will definitely be happy to give him a ride.

At this time, a small figure slipped in from the door. The royal guards saw it, but did not stop him. After all, he was just a child. After all, he was the emperor's favorite grandson and the future master of this country.

The upright Baron Brooke said.

"Are you going to govern this country with His Majesty? You only care about your own interests. Do you know how much benefits open trade can bring to this country? Our national finances have been on the verge of bankruptcy. As long as there is any disturbance, this building will

It will collapse."

"You are an alarmist! Vienna has the largest number of banks in the world!" (Vienna had the largest number of private banks in the world at that time, but they were very small and most of them were in a state of half-life. They could not be compared with London at all.)

"But who will lend us money? You? Now Vienna's financial industry is almost monopolized, and the country even has to mortgage part of its tariffs and public power to bankers. Can't you see it?"

"It is natural to pay back debts. Besides, are banks in other countries willing to lend you money? Don't make so many excuses and look for reasons within yourself."

Baron Brooke worked hard all his life, was upright and had outstanding abilities. (Historically, he committed suicide because he was falsely accused and could not prove himself.)

It can be said that it is a miracle that Austria's finances have not collapsed today. He absolutely cannot accept the accusations from others.

"Do you know what the empire's financial revenue was last year?" Baron Brooke asked angrily.

Before the other party could answer, Baron Brooke continued.

"130,269,877 florins."

"Do you know the total debt of the empire?"

"1,461,224,893 florins."

"Do you know the total interest that the empire had to pay to extend its debt last year?"

"101,221,096 florins, you don't know!" Baron Brooke roared.

"So what, God bless our emperor, Austria will last forever. Do you think this is all your fault?" The speaker was Pitru, Prince Elthazy's staff. He was not nervous, and even retorted.

This person graduated from the University of Vienna with excellent grades and once determined to be a judge. However, he waited for 5 years in Vienna and could not fill the actual vacancy.

Finally, under the recommendation of his classmates, he became a staff member of Prince Elthazy's family. Since becoming Prince Elthazy's staff, his economic situation has improved. However, he has also seen more darkness in this society.

It turns out it's not that he's not good enough, it's just that he doesn't have the connections.

Those teachers who kept teaching him to abide by the law actually colluded with those officials behind the scenes to sell their jobs and get titles.

At this time, Austria had a conferral system, that is, the emperor directly granted official positions. However, the prerequisite for being granted an official position was that you could see the emperor or let the emperor know your existence.

Prince Eltházy is a great nobleman of Hungary, and even the emperor cannot easily touch him. Pitru never hesitates to carry out Prince Eltházy's orders. So what if the Austrian Empire dies? As long as Hungary is still alive

Now, as long as Prince Elthazi is still here, we can give him everything he wants.

When Pitru saw Baron Brooke speechless, he once again added fuel to the fire.

"The empire's debts have not been paid off for so many years. Why don't you resign? Give your position to those who are capable!"

Baron Brooke was furious and wanted to continue the theory. Count Korolav stopped the furious Brooke. Although he did not like this guy, there was no doubt about his ability. As the finance minister, naturally no one was more powerful than him.

Understand how dire Austria's financial situation is.

There are usually only two ways to increase fiscal revenue, one is to increase revenue and the other is to reduce expenditure.

He has gone to the extreme in terms of saving money. He even withholds military pay and royal annuities. He will never spend anything he can't. Even so, the remaining money is only about 10 million every year. And this is used every year.

He could not imagine how difficult it would be to use about 10 million yuan to solve a debt problem of hundreds of millions of dong.

But now Brooke has lost his mind and has been led astray by the opponent.

"Twenty years! As long as I join the German Customs Union, I promise to pay off all the debts of the empire within twenty years."

This is not an empty talk, but is calculated by all officials of the entire Ministry of Finance in Austria. According to their calculations, joining the German Customs Union will bring Austria an annual economic growth of 4%. Even so, this is an extremely considerable sum.

income.

Korolaf glanced at Pitru, who was still thinking about how to deal with it.

"can you do it?"

"I"

"Just shut up if you can't!" Count Korolaf was very disgusted with people like Pitru who only knew how to talk.

Korolav scanned the room.

"Which of you can guarantee to pay off the empire's debts within twenty years? Let him be my chancellor!"

"You are kidding! Why should we repay the debt owed by the empire?" The great nobles complained in their hearts. "Besides, it is impossible to repay it."

In the hearts of the powerful, the debt of the Austrian Empire has long been a black hole that cannot be filled.

Since being reasonable isn't enough, let's be tough.

Several nobles, headed by Prince Elthazy, walked towards Franz II.

"Your Majesty governs the world with the nobles, not with the people. Do you want those mud-legged people to ride on our heads?"

Francis II hesitated a little. He really didn't know what to do. Seeing the quarrel below, he didn't know who to listen to. His ministers seemed to be doing it for the sake of the country, but who could guarantee that they had no selfish motives?

?These nobles may seem incompetent, but they are our own people.

Seeing Francis II wavering, some people laughed. This was the moment they had been waiting for.

As a result, they got closer and closer to Francis II, trying to use pressure to overwhelm the weak-willed emperor.

"Your Majesty, have you forgotten France's attitude?" Someone finally spoke more and more excitedly and walked forward and pulled Francis II's sleeve.

Franz also smiled, he had been waiting for this moment.
Chapter completed!