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Chapter 42, Military Preparations

"Your Highness, given the current domestic situation, I propose to double the Vienna City Defense Forces immediately, and form a 200,000-strong army to suppress the rebellion in the country!" Prime Minister Felix said murderously.

Everyone has the same position on suppressing the rebellion, and no noble likes the revolutionary party.

"The Prime Minister's proposal is very good. The city defense force is supplementing. I think the waste who did nothing in the Vienna rebellion will be ordered to retire!

It is urgent to form a large army to suppress the rebellion. Lieutenant General Albrecht performed well in suppressing the Vienna rebellion. I think he will be responsible for it!"

Franz did not hesitate to carry his private goods. Not only did he take the opportunity to clean up the borers in the city defense force and replace him with his own people, he also reached into the upcoming anti-rebellion army.

"Your Highness, it is of great importance to establish a large army to suppress the rebellion. Lieutenant General Albrecht alone may not be busy. It is better to let Marshal Radsky and Prince Wendyschgratz come back together to take charge of the overall situation." Felix fought for it.

(Note: Marshal Radsky, Prince Wendyschgratz rescued the Austrian trio, the former suppressed the Italian rebellion, and the latter suppressed the Prague rebellion and the Vienna rebellion)

These two are big bosses in the Austrian army. If they come back, Albrecht will have to stand aside. Prince Wendyschgrez is Felix's brother-in-law, so he cannot let him come back.

But this is not a problem, Franz said casually: "These two are indeed the best candidates. Unfortunately, rebellion has broken out in Lombardy. At this time, we transfer Marshal Radsky. Who is responsible for suppressing the rebellion?

I think Marshal Radkis was appointed to serve as the governor of Lombardy and Venice, and was fully responsible for presiding over the counter-insurgency work in the Italian region.

Then, he mobilized 50,000 troops from Austria to reinforce the Italian region and strive to suppress the rebellion in the shortest time.

And now the Bohemia region (Czech Republic) is not stable, so we have transferred Prince Wendyschgretz away. Who is responsible for suppressing the possible rebellion?"

The front line needs them to direct the rebellion, and this reason is very powerful. Since Franz has proposed it, no one dares to replace people easily. Otherwise, if there is a problem with the front line, you must be responsible.

Austria is still the Habsburg family. Even Prime Minister Felix is ​​very strong, he can only give in to Franz's insistence.

Political struggles are very complex, and today's concessions mean that in the years to come, the Austrian government will be centered on Franz and the cabinet will be in an auxiliary position.

Seeing that everyone did not object, Franz said again: "In view of the special circumstances in Hungary, we must also take action.

I propose to enable Josip Yelachic as a senior Croatian official and also serve as the commander of the city defense force;

(Josip Yelachic saved one of the three Austrian kings, and his main achievements stabilized Croatia and participated in the suppression of the Vienna rebellion and the Hungarian rebellion)

Julius Jacob von Heinau was appointed as a senior official in the Slovakia region and the commander of the city defense, preparing to conquer the Hungarian rebellion."

(Note: Julius Jacob von Heinau Austrian Marshal, famous for his brutal suppression of Italian and Hungarian rebellions, was named: the Aladd executioner, the hyenas of Brescia and the tiger of Habsburg.)

Franz's plan is very simple, which is to use the heroes of Austria's suppression of rebellion in history in advance. Those failed players do not have to give heads to the enemy.

"Your Highness, the rebellion in Hungary has not yet occurred. If we do this, it will probably have a great adverse impact!" Felix thought for a while and said

He did not expect that at this time the Vienna government was still negotiating with the Hungarians, so the crown prince was directly preparing to suppress the rebellion, which was completely destroying the negotiations.

However, once the Hungarians really rebel, these arrangements will be very useful. Croatia and Slovakia were both territories of the Hungarian Kingdom in this era, but the people above were inclined toward Austria.

Controlling these two places in advance is very useful for suppressing the Hungarian rebellion. In history, Croatia Province has taken out a 40,000 army.

Franz shook his head and said, "Prime Minister, do you think it's better to let the Hungarians continue like this?"

Over the past few years, the Vienna government has made concessions to them many times. If we continue to make concessions like this, it would be better to let them go independently!"

This is not a nonsense. Hungary is nominally part of the Austrian Empire, but the taxes in the Hungarian region have nothing to do with the Vienna central government. There are even tariffs between Austria and Hungary.

But they still claimed that Austria was oppressing and exploiting Hungary, which in Franz's view was completely nonsense.

The Vienna government has gained certain benefits from Hungary, but Austria has protected Hungary's security and does not require a protection fee?

If he leaves Austria, Hungary will either be annexed by the Russians or by the Ottomans, and the final result will only be worse than it is now.

On the surface, Austria's industry is more developed, and Hungary mainly develops agriculture and becomes a market for Austrian commodities.

But in fact, this era is the prey of the weak. As a weak person, you cannot ask too much from the strong. Even for ordinary Hungarian people, the Habsburg family is also the defender of their interests.

Under this system, only Hungarian capitalists and nobles are the real losses, and those who have always wanted to make trouble are capitalists and nobles.

After the Great Revolution, someone once commented that the Hungarian Kingdom, which has more than 10 million people, only 500,000 Hungarian nations.

In fact, the real exploitation and oppression of the Hungarians were 500,000 capitalists and nobles. Now Franz is preparing to kill these borers and distribute their land to the Hungarian people.

So this time it was not to suppress the revolution, but to bring revolution to the Hungarian Kingdom and truly liberate more than ten million ordinary Hungarian people.

There will be bread and milk. In this regard, Franz believes that he is carrying out a sacred cause.

"Your Highness cannot say that. Hungary is our granary. As an indispensable part of the sacred empire, we must not let them be independent!" Felix said seriously.

Franz smiled and said, "Your Excellency Prime Minister, don't be so nervous. I just told the truth that the Hungarians can do it, but all this must be based on the integration into Austria.
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