Chapter 231： Plan ahead (1/2)

The Holy Roman Empire was re-established, and a lot of mess was caused. The reorganization of government administration and the division of rights and duties between the state government and the central government required Franz's personal participation.

The reorganization of government administration actually turns the Austrian Central Government into the Central Government of the New Holy Roman Empire, which directly controls the Austrian Empire and the Kingdom of Bavaria.

Considering domestic stability, Franz is still very restrained in the distribution of power. He has not exercised any other rights except the command of the army and diplomatic power.

Of course, this does not mean that the central government cannot interfere in the locality, but under normal circumstances, the central government will not interfere in the internal affairs of the state.

If there is a problem in the state, such as: a local rebellion, or a major change such as a coup, the central government can naturally intervene.

In addition to these problems, the most troublesome is the distribution of fiscal revenue. The local government is definitely going to pay a part of the fiscal revenue to the central government, and this specific ratio has become the focus of competition.

The state government naturally hopes to hand in a few points for the central fiscal expenditure, and the remaining funds are completely freely distributed; the central government hopes to get a larger proportion and allocate it to local governments according to actual needs.

Behind fiscal contention is more about contention for rights, which complicates the problem and is difficult to understand in a short time.

The specific situation can only be clarified after the constitution is formulated. Franz advocates ruling the country by law. He will not act rashly without legal basis.

Even if the central and state governments seize power, they must be legal. Franz is absolutely not allowed to happen.

Schönbrunn Palace

Prime Minister Felix reported: ”His Majesty, the reserve forces have been fully demobilized, the economic system of wartime has been dismantled, and the domestic economy is returning to normal operations.

Generally speaking, this time the westward strategy is successfully concluded. However, there are not a few problems exposed. Fortunately, no war has broken out, otherwise our troubles will be great.

Mainly reflected in the lack of organizational experience, the coordination ability of various departments is too weak.

As of the conclusion of the Paris Conference, we have mobilized a total of 1.247 million reserve forces, plus 542,000 active forces, for a total of 1.789 million.

The mobilization of this scale is far more difficult than the estimates of various departments. Fortunately, the final war did not start. Otherwise, with so many troops fighting, our preparations will last for three or four months at most.

This is the final statistical report, please review. ”

With that said, Prime Minister Felix was still a little distracted. Obviously, the sudden outbreak of the Austrian Empire showed its strength to other countries.

With so many troops, based on 15,000 bullets per ton, each person hits a bullet, which is 119 tons of ammunition.

Not to mention fighting, the daily training in these months alone will consume thousands of tons of ammunition every month, which has not been counted as artillery.

In fact, after Austria mobilized so many troops, the artillery was seriously lacking, and the infantry reserve was easy to establish. The technical arm of the artillery was not so easy to reserve.

It's not that artillery can be counted as firing. If you miss the target, it's no good. Qualified artillery, in addition to having a certain knowledge, also rely on ammunition to feed out.

Franz nodded and said in his heart: The current consumption is still small. If the weapons are replaced several times in the next few years, it will be a big problem.

After receiving the explosion, I looked at it briefly. Franz understood the reason for the feeling of Prime Minister Felix, and the cost was too great.

After an armed march + demonstration, the military expenditure will reach 137 million dongs. If the domestic reserve mobilization and consumption of various materials are counted, the total expenditure will be 211 million dongs.

Seeing this data, Franz suddenly understood why after the Crimean war, European countries were trying to avoid the war as much as possible.

This is still not up to the fight. If it does, the ultimate military expenditure is still unknown where it went.

Of course, not all of the 211 million dongs on the table are expressed as cash expenditures, and most of them are spent on materials, but they are directly discounted for calculation convenience.

Franz asked with concern: ”The cabinet is preparing to dispatch a group of heroes to the Balkan Peninsula, have you considered the actual situation?”

Failure to fight does not mean that there is no hero. How can military mobilization of this scale have some people make contributions, but there are not many meritorious officers who have directly erupted in war.

You will be rewarded for your achievements. The big aristocrat Franz will not be blocked, but the knight of the small farmer level will not hesitate. These are the goals of most people joining the army.

The Prime Minister Felix replied: ”Your Majesty, in this strategy of going west, the war has not been able to fight, so everyone's military achievements are very limited.

It is basically impossible to obtain the title and land in China. The Cabinet suggested that the closure should be placed on the Balkans, which could be relaxed.

At the same time, we are also preparing to encourage domestic nobles to replace their fiefdoms and go to the Balkans to strengthen local control. ”

Are there nobles willing to change? the answer is negative!

Everyone is not a fool. Who wants to give up the developed fiefdom and run out to start a business again?

However, there is a kind of people who are willing to go, that is, the military merit is stuck under the threshold of the aristocracy, and the new paramilitary aristocracy who has been unable to cross this threshold has been delayed.

In this era, it is very difficult to become aristocracy. For example, in this war, the number of officers and soldiers who can cross the threshold of aristocracy will not exceed two digits, and there may not be one division in so many troops.

Since the reform of Franz's military system, there are not a few people who are stuck. Even if some people have reached the threshold of the general by virtue of military exploits, they have not yet won the title of nobility.

A title means social status, with the Balkans next to Austria. Both the Duchy of the Danube Basin and Serbia are fertile plains, but they lack effective development.

People with vision and ambition will naturally not give up this opportunity. Once these people have passed, Austria's ground for local rule is established.

For their own benefit, these people will spontaneously defend Austrian rule and suppress the Ottoman iniquity.

As for whether Austria can obtain sovereignty over these lands, this issue can be ignored. Even if sovereignty is not obtained, it will not affect everyone's actual status, and the Ottoman Empire has no ability to recover the lost land.

Want someone to support the local independence and support the puppet regime? The Austrian army did not do nothing on the ground. The first thing to do was the original ruling class.

The aristocrats of the Ottoman Empire arrested, the officials of the Ottoman Empire arrested, the merchants of the Ottoman Empire arrested, and the supporters of the Ottoman Empire arrested ...

In short, as long as it is related to the Ottoman Empire, all threatening or possibly threatening Austrian rule are in prison.

In other words, the local upper-class society was swept away, and the rest were either serfs or civilians. Those who can write their names are considered intellectuals.

To encourage them to become independent, first let them know what the word ”independence” is. This can't be done in a short time.