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. The new Hungarian regime was fragile and could not withstand the wind and rain.
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 rebellion in Vienna, Austria entered a wartime economic system. 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 did not care about the declaration of independence, would other ambitious people not 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 be 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 civil war broke out in Austria.
At that time, everyone thought that Austria was going to be ruined, so they made up their minds and started a revolution.
Even though they were rebelling, they did not forget to report to the Emperor. They explained the reason for the rebellion and left a way out for themselves.
The PK in Italy was still ongoing, and the rebellion in Austria had been suppressed. The Government of Vienna still had a powerful force 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 the rise of Hungarian nationalism was due to the efforts of Kossuth and the others.
In fact, smart people knew that this was very abnormal. The reaction of the Government of Vienna was too slow. If they had sent troops to suppress the rebellion earlier, the Republic of Hungary would not have had time to be established.
Austria had 350,000 standing troops, and the Government of Vienna had mobilized another 200,000 reserve troops and expanded the city defense force by 30,000. Only 100,000 troops had been sent to the Italian battlefield.
Austria had deployed 40,000 troops in Galicia, 50,000 in Bohemia, and 20,000 in Slovenia.
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 majority were still loyal to the Emperor. If the rebellion had been suppressed at the first opportunity, it would be a different situation now.
"Your Highness, I think we should immediately declare the Hungarian government illegal, and at the same time, Croatia, Transylvania, and Slovakia will all be converted into provinces directly under the Empire," Foreign Minister Metternich said with a murderous look.
The wallpaper could also kill people. Breaking up the Kingdom of Hungary was something he had always wanted to do but did not dare to do. Now, the opportunity had come.
The Hungarians dared to rebel, so there was nothing to say. They had to be broken up! If they missed this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, it would be difficult to encounter it again in the future.
The Austrian Empire was a multi-ethnic country, and the Kingdom of Hungary was also a multi-ethnic country. The Hungarians wanted to be independent, but it did not mean that the Croats, Romanians, and Slovaks also wanted to be independent.
"Mr. Metternich is right, but while we are breaking up the Kingdom of Hungary, we are drafting the National Equality Act, which can now be announced to the public in advance.
Aren't the Hungarians advocating nationalism? We can also make use of it and classify the serfs and civilians in the Hungarian region into the Austrian ethnic group, and directly remove the firewood from the bottom of the cauldron, "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 Hungarian aristocracy and civilians.
Opening the history books, you would know that the so-called nations were artificially divided according to culture, language, history, region, economy, and other factors.
If you really talked about bloodlines, it would be a false proposition. In the changes of human history, basically all nations were mixed blood, which was simply not clear.
Of course, the aristocracy would certainly not recognize their bloodline as the civilians, just like the current "Hungarian ethnic group" did not 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, an opportunity to integrate Austria.
"Mr. Carr, I don't think there is any positive meaning in doing this. Austria already has a lot of nations, adding another one will only make it more troublesome for us to rule!" Grand Duke Louis said with a frown.
He had already heard between the lines of 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 was simply a disaster for the Great Germans.
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