Chapter forty-seven, the outbreak of the first Italian-Austrian war
On March 27, 1848, the Vienna government announced the abolition of local tariffs and prohibited the local government from collecting tariffs in any name. The Hungarian representative in Vienna slammed the door and left on the spot.
Don't be surprised. Although the Hungarians proposed to abolish local tariffs in the conditions, their demand was for Austria to unilaterally abolish them, rather than saying that Hungary would also give up the imposition of Austrian tariffs.
Otherwise, there is no need to argue about this issue. As early as the Mary Reform period in 1795, it proposed to abolish local tariffs, and by 1848, other places had been abolished.
Due to the obstruction of interest groups, this tariff was continued. The truth of the matter and external propaganda are all two concepts, and the Spring and Autumn style is also applicable to Europe.
Otherwise, the Vienna government would not have to wait until the Hungarian Revolution was suppressed before the Vienna government abolished the tariffs with Hungary.
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One wave has not yet settled and another wave has started again!
The problems in the Czech region have not been resolved yet, and another bad news has reached Vienna, and the Kingdom of Sardinia declared war on Austria!
On the evening of March 23, the Italian King Charlie Albert delivered a speech in the square of the palace to declare war on Austria. Due to the war, the news had reached Vienna on the 27th.
"Have we sent the reinforcements to Marshal Radkis arrived?" Franz asked
After suppressing the Vienna rebellion, the Austrian government dispatched 50,000 troops to reinforce Marshal Radkis.
This was originally what Franz prepared to deal with the war with the Kingdom of Sardinia, otherwise it would not require reinforcements just to suppress the Italian rebellion in Austria.
If there were no reinforcements, it would probably be the same as in history. Marshal Radsky relied on a small number of troops to deal with the Italians and waited until the domestic reinforcements arrived before defeating the Italians.
The situation is different now. The Vienna rebellion was suppressed in advance. Rebellion in other places has not yet broken out. Austria still has the power to invest in the Italian battlefield.
"I arrived in the Venice area the afternoon before yesterday and have now begun to suppress the rebellion!" Felix said with a pale face.
A small Kingdom of Sardinia dared to come to challenge Austria at this time, which was like a tumult of Tai Sui's head.
Franz shook his head. This time, the Italians' anti-Austrian storm was not just a participant in the Kingdom of Sardinia, the Papal Kingdom, the Principality of Tuscany, and the Kingdom of Naples were all forced to participate in the war under public opinion.
News has been heard from the Austrian embassies in various Italian states that the country should strengthen its vigilance.
"Tell Marshal Radkis, let him watch and fight, wherever he fights, and if reinforcements are needed, let him wait for another month!" Franz thought for a while and said
He did not intend to discuss military issues with the cabinet. These people are all laymen, and their military literacy is probably not as good as him.
It is too risky for laymen to lead experts. After the outbreak of the revolution, the telegraph lines in Vienna and Italy were destroyed.
Franz was not sure about the specific situation on the Italian battlefield. The only thing he could do now was to delegate power and provide logistics support to Marshal Radkis.
In history, he suppressed this Italian rebellion and defeated the armies of Italian states. Now Austria has a greater advantage and there is no reason to lose.
Since suppressing the Vienna rebellion, the Austrian government has been expanding its military and preparing for war. In addition to suppressing the revolution, it is also worried that foreign forces will take advantage of the situation.
Sometimes Franz really wants to send troops directly to the nobles and capitalists who may rebel, and then carry out a land reform, and all problems are solved.
Unfortunately, this is impossible. Even the nobles who participated in the rebellion had to hand over to the nobles' parliament for disposal, let alone these who had not rebelled yet?
So far, there are only twelve rebel nobles executed by the noble parliament. The crime is to kill the nobles with despicable means, trying to escape and seize their titles!
Well, Franz had nothing to say, this was the result of Grand Duke Louis's efforts in the noble parliament because of the pain of losing his son.
Of course, Franz did nothing. At least all the property of the twenty-eight nobles who were confirmed to have been temporarily state-owned. All the heirs of the side branches were not allowed to inherit the title until they proved that they had nothing to do with their murder.
Unfortunately, this is an unsolvable question. As long as you apply for inheritance, you will have a motive for committing the crime.
You did not participate in the rebellion, did your relatives and friends participate? If it really doesn't work, your neighbors participate, and maybe someone you know will not clear your suspicion.
Franz did not make his own first bird, and the right to determine that they were given to the noble parliament. As long as the noble who could exceed eight levels was determined that you were not suspicious and were the legal first heir, they could inherit the title.
The relationship between the nobles is too chaotic, with a lot of relatives with inheritance rights, and everyone has the problem of red-eye disease, so it is difficult to resolve internal problems.
As long as there is a problem with the first heir, then the title and fief are the second heir.
Because of the marriage of aristocratic families, the first heir and the second heir are often not from the same family, and may even be hostile, which makes it even more difficult.
It is difficult for anyone to inherit the title if they don’t have a bunch of relatives and friends, but it is not difficult at all to stop others from inheriting the title.
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"Your Highness, if all the major Italian states participate in the war, Marshal Radkis's troops will probably be insufficient. Should we draw a reinforcement from another place?" Felix suggested
"The Italians are not a monolithic. The soldiers they sent out under the public opinion are probably still bargaining.
I guess they will only launch an attack if the Revolutionary Party agrees to merge with them.
In the Italian region, we had already deployed 40,000 troops, plus these 50,000 reinforcements. Not to mention defeating the enemy, it would be no problem to deal with the enemy for a period of time.
The domestic situation is not stable now. If troops continue to be drawn, if rebellions break out in other areas, we will be exhausted.
You can tell Marshal Radkis not to worry about the gains and losses of a city and a place. As long as you can win in the end, it doesn’t matter if you lose some places now.”
Franz resisted the temptation to quickly defeat the Italians and chose to take a steady step.
In history, Marshal Radkis was not prepared for any reason. He was able to continue fighting even if the Vienna government ordered the abandonment of Italy. There is no reason now that he will lose if he gets reinforcements.
Franz was unsure of how powerful the Austrian army was, but thinking about the Italian army's achievements made him feel relieved.
In history, Austria and Italy fought so many times. Except for the original owner personally commanded the French and Italian coalition forces and lost, Austria beat Italy at other times, including the extremely corrupt Austro-Hungarian Empire in later generations, which can also beat Italy.
Chapter completed!