Croatia

After Kosut issued the Hungarian Declaration of Independence, many Croatian nobles were hesitating about joining the Hungarian Republic and staying in the Austrian Empire.

However, reality soon forced them to make a decision, and the lieutenant of the Hungarian Provisional Government excluded the Croatians from the scope of rights, which aroused dissatisfaction among the local nobles.

Most of the land in Croatia is controlled by the Hungarian nobles. The Hungarian nobles look down on Croatia's native buns, and the local small and medium-sized nobles and Hungarian nobles were cut apart.

This provided the Vienna government with an opportunity. Franz immediately released his goodwill to the local small and medium-sized aristocrats and promised to have their share in the future Austrian government.

Specifically, it is to establish an Austrian national federation to perform the rights of parliament, among which the representatives of Croats will have 2 to 5 seats.

The specific number depends on their performance. Anyway, this excessive institution before national integration is one of the highest authority institutions for the Austrian Empire in the future.

If you want to gain political discourse, you must participate. In theory, it is a percentage point in the total population and occupy a representative seat.

Croats are less than three percent of Austria's total population. If they can obtain five representative seats, their political influence will greatly increase.

After winning over the upper class of Croats, Franz did not give up on winning over the lower class. The ordinary people in the lower class were really working hard for him.

After Hungary's independence, the Vienna government authorized Governor Josip Yelachic to confiscate the land of Hungarian nobles and liberate the serfs.

The number of people supporting the Vienna government instantly dominated. By May, Governor Josip Yelachic had already had 80,000 Croatian volunteer soldiers.

On May 1, Franz issued a military merit award order. Since ordinary people helped the government suppress the rebellion, they could obtain land, and soldiers loyal to the emperor were naturally no exception.

There is a lot of land confiscated by the Vienna government now. The Kingdom of Hungary still has a lot of land waiting to be confiscated. The Austrian Empire still has a lot of land for development. It is not a big problem to take out a part of it to distribute it to the soldiers.

Of course, in order to curb land annexation, there are restrictions on the land granting order this time, and the maximum land granting shall not exceed fifty hectares.

For ordinary people, fifty hectares are already a huge number. Especially for serfs who have just gained freedom and have no land, this is enough to make them work hard for the emperor.

After the military merits were issued, there were endless people joining the army. For the vast majority of people, the expense of redeeming land was too high, so it would be better to go to the battlefield.

As the sky began to brighten, many people had gathered in the Morks recruitment site.

"Madici, are you here to sign up?"

"Yes, Grolic. After thinking about it carefully, I still think that men should go to the battlefield!" Madici replied seriously

"But Madici, didn't you say last time that you wanted to be a great blacksmith?" Grolic asked in confusion.

The spring breeze of the Industrial Revolution has not yet blown to Croatia, and ordinary farm tools are still made by hand. For ordinary people, blacksmiths are a good job.

"No, I have changed my mind now. The blacksmith can do it at any time. Now I want to go to the battlefield and I want to become a great knight!" Madici replied seriously.

No one does not want to be a noble, and a knight is the lowest-end noble. For ordinary people, this step is the highest pursuit of life.

Before the Great Revolution in 1848, the entire European world was that the sons of nobles were nobles, the sons of merchants were merchants, the sons of doctors were doctors, and the sons of serfs were still serfs.

In an ancient country like Austria, there were already many nobles. These people occupied the upper level of society, and the lower level people had no further channels.

In the eyes of many ambitious people, this Hungarian rebellion is an opportunity, an opportunity to transcend class restrictions.

Like most young people, Madic also has ambitions. He is unwilling to be a blacksmith like his father. He had no chance before and had to face reality.

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The tide of joining the army that occurred in Croatia was just a small episode. These troops were only local troops and were not in the Austrian army organization.

In other words, these troops do not need the central government to draw military calls, and their main job is not to fight wars, but to be responsible for logistics transportation.

Governor Josip Yelachich obviously did not explain clearly, or deliberately did not explain clearly, that the central government's control of so much land in its hands is not in line with the development of the bourgeois economy.

To cultivate a local market, it is naturally necessary for the farmers with the largest number of people to have money in their hands, and land is their main source of income.

Austria did not carry out a complete agrarian revolution, and the nobles still held a large amount of land, so Franz could not distribute the land for free.

Since this is the case, then the only way to distribute the land to subjects who are loyal to the emperor is the one who is very simple to judge. The one who is willing to fight for the emperor is naturally the loyal ministers.

As long as you go to the battlefield, there will be hard work without any credit. At that time, the emperor's grace will be great, and the land they have to pay for redemption can become a reward and fall directly into their hands.

Specific standards are still being formulated. Those who get the land can quickly get rid of extreme poverty. They will naturally consume when they have money, and when they have consumption, there will be a market.

After the market is booming, we will definitely need to replenish industries. The government can obtain more taxes when industrial growth, and the cost of early investment will be gradually recovered. This is a virtuous economic cycle system.

This war to suppress the rebellion has now become a tool for Franz to reform Austrian society. With the protection of the war, the social system of Austria is being reshaped unconsciously.

Croatia is just a microcosm of Austrian social changes. This scene is also being staged in Slovenia, Transylvania, Bohemia and other regions.

It can be said that the Hungarian rebellion had just begun, and the one who suffered the most losses were the Hungarian nobles. Franz sold them without thinking.

An ordinary man is innocent and he is guilty of possessing a treasure.

Regardless of whether they participated in this rebellion or not, owning a large amount of land in their hands was the original sin. The most important thing was that they were waiting to be sold in Vienna and the Hungarian Republic.

Greed makes people fall into the abyss. They want to gain greater benefits. Now Franz simply takes the lead and divides their land first.
Chapter completed!