Chapter 376
While the rebellions in Milan and Venice were suppressed, the Austrian Empire began to crack down on security. First, a large number of independent organization members were arrested in Hungary, and then many cult organizations were destroyed.
In just one month, the number of arrests exceeded 150,000, which scared Franz to stop immediately. If it continues to expand, it will affect the domestic economic development.
However, individuals and social groups with independent tendencies suspected of participating in the rebellion have not been able to escape the disaster.
Originally, the foundation was not clean, and as long as the government wanted to find the crime, it was not afraid of not being able to find it. As a key target, these people are not even qualified to be exiled to the colony, and they must all enter the road construction army.
The railway plan of more than 90,000 kilometers is not just a plan. The times are progressing, and the plan that was dreamy a few years ago is now feasible.
With the rapid economic development, many railway lines that had no economic value have turned losses into profits. Austria's railway company has finally turned around after losing money for more than ten years.
Only at this time, the largest shareholder has become the Vienna government. The original contract signed with the government still needs to be fulfilled, and the nature of the bundled operation has never changed.
By 1865, the total railway mileage of the entire New Holy Roman Empire had reached 58,000 kilometers.
Under normal circumstances, there are not so many criminals at all, and the number of people who join the road construction army every year is far behind the consumption.
After the Great Revolution of 1848, the number of the reform-through-labor army once exceeded the 450,000 mark, and then decreased year by year, and now it is less than 100,000.
After all, not all criminals will be sent in. Basically, as long as there is no rebellion involved, most of the sentenced sentences are less than five years in exile.
The main people who enter the road construction army are repeat offenders. These people are relatively harmful to society. Exiled colonies are hidden dangers. It is better to manage them in a unified way.
Franz will not throw political prisoners and nationalists into the colonies. God knows if these people will do things in the colonies?
If these messy thoughts were brought into the colony, wouldn't it increase the cost of domination? Franz would never do such a self-inflicted thing.
But with the exception of the Great Revolution of 1848, there were fewer of these latter dangers. Those who entered the road construction army were no longer disorderly parties, but became common felonies, and the number dropped all of a sudden.
Only 10,000 people and 8,000 people are replenished every year, and they can't keep up with consumption. This is not because the construction party is abusing labor, regardless of casualties. In fact, everyone likes this kind of free labor.
Mainly because of the limited medical technology in this era, don't expect the Vienna government to have the luxury to assign doctors to criminals. If you are sick, you will endure it, and if you can't endure it, you will see God in advance.
The average life expectancy in Austria has just passed the 40-year-old mark. Most of them are adults before entering prison. After more than ten years of prison life, how many survive?
In order to solve the shortage of cheap labor and reduce the cost of railway construction, the Ministry of Railways proposed to the government to introduce contract workers from Africa last year, but it was stopped by Franz.
In order not to shoot himself in the foot, Franz never did this kind of troublesome thing.
To a certain extent, this rebellion not only solved the internal hidden dangers and contributed to the long-term stability of Austria, but also solved the shortage of cheap labor in railway construction.
Compared with this, the wealth obtained by raiding the home is not worth mentioning. Now Austria is no longer the poor country it used to be, and a little money is nothing at all.
The review is still going on. Except for the Lombardy and Venezia regions, which are areas where rebellion broke out, it is easier to deal with them. The people involved in other regions need concrete evidence before they can be convicted.
As the institution of the rules, Franz is also the follower of the rules. When the general trend is established, he will naturally follow the rules.
However, the members of the Hungarian Independent Organization and the Italian Revolutionary Party, these people are all proper chaotic parties, and there is no need for in-depth investigation at all.
Either wipe it off, or throw it into a labor camp for life. There is no doubt that there is a shortage of people in railway construction now, and they naturally do not need guns to escape the disaster.
Mainly, the mastermind who took the lead in the rebellion let go, and the rest can be considered as coercion. Seeing the face of everyone's happy cooperation, there is no need to kill them all.
If you need it in the future, you can do it again. Politics is inherently omnipotent, just fishing for law enforcement, which is much more clever than direct framing.
Prime Minister Felix said: "Your Majesty, this Milan rebellion killed 461 rebels and arrested 2,986 rebels; the Venice rebellion killed 296 rebels and arrested 3,128 rebels, which can be described as brilliant results.
It is a pity that all the thieves are at large. We only caught a few minor characters and were not able to completely eliminate the Hungarian Independence Organization.
Most of these arrested chaos parties are Italian mercenaries, of which about 2,518 are cross-border criminals, and 864 are local mercenaries.
Most of the remaining 2,000 or so chaotic party members provided funds and intelligence support to the revolutionary party. So many mercenaries poured into the area, and it was these people who provided cover. "
Undoubtedly, this is the conclusion of the coffin. Throwing all the black pot to the chaotic party, the murder of the Vienna government with a knife will be buried in history forever.
After this battle, no one in Austrian Italy dared to fight against the Vienna government again. A few fish that slipped through the net appeared in the newspapers as the hero who reported the chaos of the party.
Even for the sake of their own lives, they must maintain Austrian rule. If Austrian Italy was truly independent, how could these traitors have a good life?
Traitors are always more hateful than enemies, this is the truth across all things. Any Italian regional revolutionary party organization stands on their opposite.
This is the price of reporting, and doing something wrong always entails taking responsibility. Now that you have done stupid things, you must pay the price now.
Just a report letter can not prove their loyalty. Only by becoming a traitor in the revolutionary party and tying yourself to the chariot of the Vienna government is the end.
Franz said calmly: "Let the judiciary convict them as soon as possible, and then send them to the road construction army. The Ministry of Railways is not just complaining about the lack of manpower, don't let them wait.
What about other areas? I remember that more than 100,000 people were arrested this time. This is only a fraction. How did the more than 100,000 people get arrested? "
Prime Minister Felix explained: "Your Majesty, the arrest of more than 100,000 suspects is not all suspected of being involved in disorderly parties.
At present, it is still in the process of reviewing and collecting evidence, and a large number of them were not arrested because of the rebellion. They were arrested by the police after other problems were discovered.
In addition to the hard-hit area in Italy, in Hungary we have also arrested more than 200 core members of independent organizations and more than 500 people suspected of rebellion.
Hesitant Hungarian rebellion was suppressed by us before it was launched, so on the issue of conviction, it will take some time to review.
In other parts of the country, a total of 183 suspected insurgents were arrested, because the evidence was insufficient and the charges had not yet been formally determined. "
This explanation made Franz a sigh of relief. If so many people wanted to rebel, his country would be unstable.
As it turns out, the insurgents are just a minority. This is still the result of fishing law enforcement, otherwise, the number of people can still drop a little.
Taking a closer look, after deducting the mercenaries who were taken hostage, there are actually only two or three thousand dangerous elements who tend to rebel against the party, which is completely different from the total number of people arrested.
These people don't necessarily want to rebel, most of them are rebelled. It is nothing more than being misled politically and ideologically to stand against the Vienna government.
Franz thought for a while and said, "Then follow the original plan, continue to investigate these suspects, and do everything in accordance with the law."
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