Chapter 434

Kossuth could send people to stop Austria's representatives on the surface, but they could not do anything to those who were secretly on Austria's side.

The Hungarian Revolution was not achieved through bloodshed, which meant that there were still a large number of people in the country who were inclined to the Government of Vienna. It was not that Kossuth did not want to carry out a purge, but it was simply impossible. (The casualties of a few people were negligible.)

The relationship within the Kingdom of Hungary was complicated, and a slight change in one part could affect the whole. The new Hungarian regime was fragile and could not withstand the wind and rain.

Vienna

After receiving the news that Hungary had expelled the Austrian representatives, everyone knew that the war had entered the countdown. The Government of Austria could not allow Hungary to become independent.

"Prime Minister, how is the material preparation going?"

After entering the era of firearms, war was fought with materials. Now that Austria had to take care of the Italian battlefield, Franz was most worried about logistics.

"Your Highness, the Hungarian rebellion has not yet begun. At present, our priority is to meet the Italian battlefield. If we mobilize more than 200,000 troops, we will not be able to guarantee logistics," Felix said after some thought.

It was not that Austria could not come up with this batch of strategic materials. As a member of the Great Powers, the Government of Vienna was not short of such materials. The most critical problem was that they could not guarantee that the materials could be delivered to the troops in need on time.

The first major problem was transportation. To support hundreds of thousands of troops in battle, they also had to consider the problem of refugee relief after the war, which required a large number of materials to be transported.

The new cabinet had been working hard for this since its establishment. After suppressing the Vienna rebellion, Austria entered a wartime economic system, and all government departments were working hard for the war.

"We can't wait any longer. The Hungarians have rejected our goodwill. At this time, everyone's eyes are on us.

The military action can be postponed, but the political offensive cannot be delayed. Do you have any suggestions? "Franz said seriously.

Everyone was involved in politics and naturally knew that there was a word called a chain reaction. If the Government of Vienna turned a blind eye to the declaration of independence, wouldn't other ambitious people rush to follow suit?

No, it seemed that the ambitious people in other regions were already finished. If it were not for Franz's deliberate indulgence, the Hungarians would not have been able to achieve independence so smoothly.

In history, the independence of the Hungarians was established when all the Austrian Regions of Italy fell, the revolutionary party occupied Vienna, and the Austrian civil war broke out.

At that time, everyone felt that Austria was going to fall, so they simply made up their minds and revolted.

Even though they rebelled, they did not forget to report their work to the Emperor, explaining the reason for the rebellion and leaving a way out for themselves.

The PvP battles were still ongoing in Italy, and the rebellion in Austria had been suppressed. The Vienna government still had a lot of power in its hands.

The capitalists and nobles were not fugitives. Everyone had a family and a business. Under normal circumstances, they would not jump out at this time to seek death. However, the Hungarian Revolution still succeeded.

On the surface, it seemed that it was the rise of Hungarian nationalism because of the efforts of Kossuth and the others.

In fact, smart people knew that this was very abnormal. The government of Vienna reacted too slowly. If they had sent troops to suppress the rebellion earlier, the Republic of Hungary wouldn't have been established at all.

Austria had 350,000 standing soldiers, and the Vienna government had mobilized another 200,000 reserve soldiers and expanded the number of city guards by 30,000. Only 100,000 soldiers were sent to the Italian battlefield.

There were still 120,000 Austrian troops in the Kingdom of Hungary, distributed in Croatia, Hungary, Slovakia, Transylvania, and other areas.

Even if some of the troops were influenced by Hungarian nationalism, the vast majority were still loyal to the Emperor. If the rebellion had been suppressed immediately, it would be a different situation now.

"Your Highness, I think we should immediately declare the Hungarian government illegal, and at the same time, convert Croatia, Transylvania, and Slovakia into provinces directly under the Empire," Foreign Minister Metternich said with a murderous look.

"Your Highness, I think we should immediately declare the Hungarian government illegal, and turn Croatia, Transylvania, and Slovakia into provinces directly under the empire." Foreign Minister Metternich said with a murderous look.

"Your Highness, I think we should immediately declare the Hungarian government illegal, and at the same time, convert Croatia, Transylvania, and Slovakia into provinces directly under the Empire," Foreign Minister Metternich said with a murderous look.

The Hungarians dared to rebel, so there was nothing to say. They had to be divided! If they missed this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, it would be difficult to encounter it again.

The Austrian Empire was a multi-ethnic country, and so was the Kingdom of Hungary. The Hungarians wanted to be independent, but it did not mean that the Croats, Romanians, and Slovaks wanted to follow suit.

"Mr. Metternich is right. But while we are dividing the Kingdom of Hungary, we are drafting the National Equality Act, which can now be announced in advance.

Aren't the Hungarians advocating nationalism? We can also make use of it and classify the serfs and civilians in Hungary into the Austrians. We can take drastic measures, "Minister of Finance Carr suggested.

Franz's eyes lit up. The Minister of Finance's proposal was undoubtedly to artificially create a nation to separate the nobles and civilians in Hungary.

Opening the history books, one would know that the so-called nation was artificially divided according to culture, language, history, region, economy, and other factors.

If one were to talk about bloodlines, it would be a false proposition. In the changes of human history, almost all nations were mixed-race, which was not clear at all.

Of course, the nobles would certainly not recognize their bloodline as the civilians, just like the "Hungarians" didn't recognize the serfs as one of them.

Because of the level of education, most of the serfs in Southern Europe in this era did not have a nation, or in other words, no one told them which nation they belonged to.

In Franz's view, this was an opportunity to integrate Austria.

"Mr. Carr, I don't think there is any positive meaning in doing this. There are already a lot of nations in Austria. Adding another one will only make our rule more troublesome!" Grand Duke Louis said with a frown.

He had already heard the hidden meaning in Carr's words. Creating an Austrian nation was fake. The real purpose was to integrate all the nations in Austria.

But this was not what Grand Duke Louis wanted. Once all the nations in Austria were integrated, the Germans would not be an exception. From then on, Austria and Germany would be separated, which would be a disaster for the Germans.