Chapter 675

Hungary

As the news of the defeat of the Kingdom of Sardinia spread, more and more Hungarians lost faith in the revolution. A series of cities such as Miskolc, Debrecen, Pécs, and Szeged fell one after another.

By the middle of June, Budapest was the only city left in the Republic of Hungary.

The revolutionaries, unwilling to accept their defeat, fled to the countryside after losing the important cities, trying to rely on guerrilla warfare to continue to resist stubbornly.

Unfortunately, the Hungarians did not buy it. In the eyes of the common people, the House of Habsburg was their patron saint, and the Hungarian republican government was a plundering government composed of nobles and capitalists.

The people's war was suppressed by the people before it could be launched.

It could be said that the land distribution movement carried out by Franz in Hungary was very successful. He succeeded in throwing all the dark history of Austria to the Hungarian autonomous government.

There was never a lack of smart people in the world. After experiencing a civil war, the Hungarian nobles, whose strength had been severely damaged, quickly put their position in order. They took actions to prove their role to the Government of Vienna, preparing to occupy a favorable position in the new social system.

This was the way of survival of the ancient nobles. They knew how to compromise with reality. The nouveau riche who did not learn this had received a lunch box as early as when Austria suppressed the Hungarian rebellion.

In an old castle outside Arabu, a young man said angrily, "Father, are we really going to do this? Once the Kingdom of Hungary no longer exists, we can only … "

The old man waved his hand and said earnestly, "Ogyust, don't be blinded by interests!

The Kingdom of Hungary no longer exists. From the moment the Hungarian Revolution began, it was destined that the Government of Vienna will not waver in its determination to break up Hungary.

The courage of a mantis trying to stop a chariot is admirable, but we must not imitate it. This is our ancestral teaching.

Since it is impossible to avoid the breakup of Hungary, why not take advantage of this opportunity to get the most benefits?

The Government of Austria can use this revolution to break up the Kingdom of Hungary, but there is still no legal basis. This is our opportunity. "

Ogyust frowned and said, "But father, the Government of Vienna has divided our land. The millions of hectares of land passed down by our ancestors have become history. We can never get it back!"

The old man shook his head and said, "What do you want? These lands have been divided into the hands of hundreds of thousands of people. No one can get it back. Do you want to become enemies with our subjects for these lands?

Ogyust, you are too extreme. Things had already happened. The most important thing wasn't to blame the heavens and blame others, nor was it to overestimate one's capabilities to take revenge, but to stop the damage in time!

Don't forget, the land was sold in the name of redemption, and we didn't get the money for the land. At this time, the Vienna government wants you to do whatever you want, so they don't have to pay you anything. "

Great aristocrats like the Cohali Family pay great attention to the management of their fiefdom. They are notorious and have the style of nouveau riche and prodigal son. The real ancient aristocrats pay great attention to their reputation.

Wars between nobles often broke out in Europe, and the nobles had to rely on their subjects to fight for them. If they could not gain their support, how could the nobles have a special status?

Money moved people's hearts. Now that the land had been distributed, the wood could not be unturned. The serfs who got the land would certainly not be willing to give it up. If they wanted to get the land back, they would have to stand on the opposite side of these people.

There was no other way. At this time, they could only stop the losses. As for retaliating against the Government of Austria, they could even secretly cause trouble for them, but they couldn't do anything on the surface.

Perhaps because of the marriage between the great nobles, the House of Habsburg couldn't kill them, but they could still detain their compensation for the demolition. No, it was the land ransom.

The ransom of millions of hectares of land, even with a discount, was not a small number. No one could refuse this wealth.

It was not so easy to get this money. The land ransom was collected by the Government of Austria. They would certainly not take it out so easily.

Even for the sake of the credibility of the government, they couldn't directly renege on the debt. As long as they gave full play to the subjective initiative of the bureaucrats, it would become a series of debts in their lifetime.

Thinking of this, Ogyust instantly withered. It was obviously the Government of Austria that harmed their interests, but in order to stop the losses, they had to help the Government of Austria to stabilize the place.

At least before the huge land ransom was in their hands, they had to stand on the side of the Government of Austria and hope that Austria would develop better. Otherwise, no one would pay them back.

After a long silence, Ogyust said helplessly, "Well, I will promote the petition movement and let the Austrians have a legitimate reason to split Hungary!"

For the huge land ransom that belonged to the Kohali family, no matter how reluctant he was, Ogyust could only pinch his nose and accept it.

Mobilizing the people to petition and apply to become a territory under the direct jurisdiction of the House of Habsburg would give the Government of Austria an excuse to split Hungary. This was the first step to sell their favor to Vienna.

Franz wanted to eat. It was easy to split Hungary, but it was difficult to convince the local people. In history, after the Kingdom of Hungary was split, it was resurrected not long after, but the local people were not convinced.

If the local people took the initiative to apply to become a territory under the direct jurisdiction of the House of Habsburg, then it would not be a problem. This was the will of the people, and no one could find a problem with it.

The will of the people blindly followed, and this time it was the turn of the nobles to perform. With them taking the lead and the reputation of the House of Habsburg among the people, it was easy to plan such a petition.

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Budapest had now become an isolated city. The Austrian army seemed to have lost interest in attacking the city, and they had not launched an attack for a week.

With the Danube, the city did not lack water, but there was no way to replenish other supplies. Due to the lack of industrial raw materials, the factories had long stopped operating.

A large number of unemployed people faced high prices, and the city's economy had collapsed. The young and strong could still join the National Guard to make a living, but the old, weak, sick and disabled had completely lost their source of income.

The collapse of discipline in the National Guard was largely due to the fact that the soldiers had families to support. The salary paid by the impoverished Hungarian government could not afford to support a family of old and young people.

In order to not starve, they had to suppress the "counter-revolutionaries". Only in this way could they seize enough wealth from the "enemy" to support their families.