Chapter 71: Covert Chen Cang's Reform

Croatia
After Kosut issued the Hungarian Declaration of Independence, many Croatian nobles were hesitant about joining the Hungarian Republic and staying in the Austrian Empire.
However, they were soon forced to make a decision, and the Hungarian interim government excluded Croats from the scope of their rights, causing dissatisfaction among the local nobility.
Most of the land in the Croatian area is in the hands of the great nobles of Hungary. The Hungarian nobles despise Croatian soil buns. The local small and medium nobles and the Hungarian nobles are separated.
This provided an opportunity for the Vienna government. Franz immediately released goodwill to the local small and medium nobles and promised to have their part in the future Austrian government.
Specifically, it is to establish an Austrian National Federation to represent the rights of the parliament. Among them, Croatian representatives 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 powers of the Austrian Empire in the future.
To get the right to speak politically, you must participate. Theoretically, one representative seat is occupied by one percentage point of the total population.
Croatians are less than three percent of Austria's total population, and if they can get five delegate seats, their political influence will greatly increase.
After attracting the upper class of the Croatian, Franz did not give up on attracting the people at the bottom, and it was the ordinary people in the bottom society who really wanted to kill him.
After Hungary became independent, the Vienna government authorized Governor Josip Jelacic to confiscate the Hungarian noble lands and liberate serfs.
The number of people supporting the Vienna government instantly dominated. By May, Governor Yosip Jelacic had 80,000 Croatian volunteers.
On May 1st, Franz issued a military merit field order. Now that ordinary people can help the government suppress the rebellion, land can be obtained, and soldiers loyal to the emperor are naturally no exception.
At present, there is a lot of land confiscated in the hands of the Vienna government. There is still a lot of land in the Kingdom of Hungary waiting to be confiscated. There is still a lot of land available for development in the Austrian Empire. It is not a big problem to give some to the soldiers.
Of course, in order to curb land mergers, there are restrictions on the granting of land this time. The maximum land grant should not exceed 50 hectares.
For ordinary people, fifty hectares is already a huge number. Especially for the serfs who had just been freed and had no land, this was enough to make them kill the emperor.
After the introduction of the military power field order, there was a continuous stream of people joining the army. For most people, the cost of buying land was too great, and it was better to go to the battlefield.
The sky just started to light up, and a lot of people had gathered at the Morx recruiting site.
"Madic, are you here to sign up?"
"Yes, Gloric. After thinking about it, I still think a man should be on the battlefield!" Madditch replied solemnly.
"But Madic, didn't you say you were going to be a great blacksmith last time?" Gloric asked in wonder.
The spring breeze of the Industrial Revolution has not yet blown to Croatia. Ordinary agricultural tools are still built by hand. For ordinary people, blacksmithing is a good income job.
"No, I have changed my mind now. The blacksmith can do it at any time. Now I want to go to the battlefield. I want to be a great knight!" Madditch answered seriously.
No one wants to be a nobleman, and a knight is the lowest-level aristocracy. For ordinary people, this step is the highest pursuit of life.
Before the Great Revolution of 1848, the entire European world was aristocratic sons and nobles, merchants sons were merchants, doctors sons were doctors, serf sons were still serfs.
In an ancient country like Austria, the number of aristocrats is already very large. These people occupy the upper class of the whole society, and the people at the bottom have no further channels.
To many ambitious people, this Hungarian rebellion is an opportunity, an opportunity to cross class restrictions.
Like most young people, Madditch also has ambitions. He is not willing to be a blacksmith for a lifetime like his father. Before that, there was no chance and he had to face reality.
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The tide of participation in Croatia was just an episode, these troops were only local forces, not in the Austrian military establishment.
In other words, these troops do not need the central government to raise their troops, and their main job is not to fight, but to be responsible for logistics.
The governor of Josip Jelacic apparently failed to explain clearly, or deliberately failed to explain clearly, that the control of so much land in the hands of the central government is not in line with the development of the bourgeois economy.
To cultivate a local market, the peasants with the largest number of people naturally need money, and land is the main source of their income.
Austria did not carry out a complete agrarian revolution, and the aristocracy still held a large amount of land, so Franz could not distribute the land for free.
In this case, it is only necessary to distribute the land to the subjects loyal to the emperor. This criterion is very simple. Of course, loyal subjects are willing to fight for the emperor.
As long as they walk on the battlefield, there is no credit or hard work. At that time, the emperor's gratitude, and the land they want to buy for redemption, can become a reward and fall directly into their hands.
Specific standards are still being formulated. Those who have acquired the land will soon be able to get rid of extreme poverty. They will naturally consume when they have the money, and there will be a market with consumption.
After the prosperity of the market, the industry must be complemented, the government for industrial growth can obtain more taxes, and the cost of the initial investment will be gradually recovered. This is a benign economic cycle system.
This war of rebellion has now become a tool for Franz to reform Austrian society. Through the cover of war, Austria's social system is unknowingly being reshaped.
Croatia is just a microcosm of the changes in Austrian society, and it is also happening in Slovenia, Transylvania, Bohemia and other regions.
It can be said that the Hungarian rebellion has just begun, and the biggest loss is the great nobility of Hungary. Franz sold them without thinking.
A man is guilty and guilty.
Regardless of whether they participated in the rebellion or not, the possession of a large amount of land in their hands was the original sin, and the most important thing was that they sold out in Vienna and the Hungarian Republic.
Greed made people fall into the abyss, and they wanted to gain more benefits. Now Franz simply gave the black hand and gave their land first.
Even if it turned out that they had nothing to do with the rebellion, the land could not be taken back, and the government would pay them a ransom for the land.
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