Chapter 1004: Hungarians’ New Policy (Part 1)

Naturally, Franz, who had not ascended the throne, could not change the law without authorization. Even if he wanted to affect the interests of these people after ascending the throne, he would have to work hard.

The so-called politics is not what some people think, that is, the law is arbitrary and arbitrary, and the norm is to fight for power and repeatedly pull.

Fortunately, it was chaotic enough at this time, so chaotic that anyone with a big fist could have the final say. And the royal family was stable enough, so stable that only Franz had one voice.

In the royal family, Grand Duke Louis was a staunch opponent of Franz because the latter broke the rules of the game. However, although Grand Duke Louis had a very noble status, his IQ was not very high, and he had no influence in the Vienna court.

Outside Vienna, Grand Duke Louis's political influence was even less than that of Archduke Karl's family.

And those forces attached to Grand Duke Louis and those black hands behind the scenes were eliminated by Franz in a lightning speed with bright or dark means.

In order to root out the traitors, Franz also came up with a "Temporary Wartime Compensation Law". Traitors could not just die or go to jail for a few days.

To eliminate traitors, the soil for their survival must be eradicated first. Traitors must compensate for the losses they have caused, even if they die.

Those who support traitors and provide them with funds, hiding places, weapons, ammunition, and food must also bear joint liability. If the traitors' property is not enough to compensate for the damage they have caused, then those who assist them must bear their debts.

As for how to compensate and how much to compensate, there is a lot of room for maneuver. Anyway, it is definitely enough to bankrupt 99% of the traitors in this rebellion.

The traitors have no money or food, and cannot cultivate interest groups through nepotism. They are either crazy or brainless if they still want to betray the country when the future is so bleak.

In addition, Franz always believed that the power of punishment lies not only in its cruelty, but also in its inevitability. Only by letting every traitor accept the due punishment can this evil trend be stopped.

As for the specific scale, it is difficult to control, but considering the actual situation of the Austrian Empire at this time, it is a good choice to let it go bankrupt.

After all, money is something outside of the body. As long as you are alive, there is hope, and those vulgar things can just make up for Austria's war losses and contribute to the future development of the country.

Franz thinks that the story of turning over a new leaf and returning to the peak is more inspiring, and those stories of jumping back and forth, waiting for the price and finally "abandoning darkness and joining the light" to become great heroes are not suitable for the future Austrian Empire, at least they should not appear in his empire.

Returning to the different voices in the Hungarian army, they were actually issued by the three giants in the future Hungarian army.

Gergei Artur, János Damojanic, Heinrich Deme, among them, Gergei Artur is the most famous and the most capable of fighting. He has fought dozens of battles in his life without a single defeat, and finally surrendered to the Russians.

But it was precisely because of this action that Kossuth called him a traitor to the Hungarian nation, the culprit of the failure of the revolution in 1848, and a coward without courage.

However, due to Franz's intervention, Prince Windischgrätz did not go to Hungary to give his head, and Hungary's ethnic genocide policy was not implemented, so the strongest general of Hungary was only a major in a new barracks.

János Damojanic's military rank was the highest among the three, but he was just a major general and could only sit at the last seat of the military council.

His bravery was unquestionable, but his background was destined to prevent him from holding a high position at this time.

Heinrich Deme was a nominal major general, but he was a Pole, and he was unwilling to join Hungarian nationality, so he was not taken seriously as a Hungarian.

The three men unanimously opposed the attack on the Pressburg Fortress. First of all, from a purely military perspective, the Hungarian government army at this time had no strength to confront the Austrian defenders in Pressburg.

Whether it was the quality of the troops, the terrain, the artillery, or the logistics, the well-prepared Austrians had an absolute advantage.

Secondly, in terms of political formation, attacking Pressburg was even more of a bad move. Yes, these soldiers had different political views, and there were different political groups in the army.

The groups to which these three people belonged and they themselves believed that compared to the illusory assistance from the British, the Hungarian government should first assimilate the ethnic minorities in the Crown of St. Stephen and take over their wealth and armed forces.

Unlike history, in addition to pointing the spearhead at the Croats, Serbs, and Transylvanians, they also pointed the spearhead at the Germans living in the royal estates.

Among them, the Transylvanian region was relatively complex, mainly including Saxons (a branch of the Germans, mainly living in cities), Roma, Slovaks, Jews, and a small number of Poles and Armenians who fled.

In fact, the reason why these people first targeted the Germans in the royal estates was very simple. The first and most direct reason was that the royal estates were relatively wealthy. Although they were not necessarily rich, most of them stored a large amount of food and a large amount of primary raw materials.

Second, destroying these royal estates could greatly undermine the morale of the Austrian government army, and even force the defenders of Pressburg to go out of the city to fight.

In this way, the problem of Pressburg being difficult to conquer was naturally solved.

At the same time, such tactics could also give Hungary's proud hussars room to play. The endless Hungarian Great Plains were definitely the best stage for the cavalry.

Third, eliminate the effective forces of the Austrian side and prevent the Austrian Empire from recruiting troops from these royal estates.

After all, most of these manors are Germans. According to the Hungarians' own national theory, if these people refuse to become Hungarians, they must be enemies.

At this time, no Hungarian politician or nationalist was arrogant enough to think that Magyar culture could assimilate the Austrians or Germans.

The land of the royal estate is a ready-made prize. It is unrealistic for the big nobles and big capitalists (land capitalists, those with land are not necessarily nobles) to use their own land to motivate soldiers, but it is completely possible to use the enemy's land to achieve the same effect. Even better efficacy.

After all, this is what their ancestors, the Huns, did, and the redistribution of land has been effective in motivating soldiers throughout the ages.

From Pompeii in ancient Rome, to the Crusades, and then to the Napoleonic Wars, this approach can always play a powerful boosting role in the early stages.

They believe that once implemented, the top government officials and soldiers will only hate the enemy for not having enough land, and will no longer be afraid of the enemy's power.

However, their approach was firmly opposed by Duke Ebaniat and Count Szechenyi. Taking necessary tough measures against other ethnic groups would only cause some moral and ethical issues.

Then taking drastic measures against the royal estates of the Austrian Empire and the Germans living there would be tantamount to suicide.