Holy Roman Empire

Seeing the displeasure of the Jewish capitalists, Prime Minister Karl made it clear this time that he must act in a business-like manner and be punished in full accordance with Austrian laws and regulations, and may even be severely punished.

If you know it, you know it, but Franz has no intention of stopping it.The dignity of the law must be maintained, and it is completely reasonable and legal for the government to do so.

"It's good that you know it well. We must be strict in cracking down on crimes, but it is strictly forbidden to escalate the situation.

In order to stabilize the domestic economy, while the government enforces the law, it must also do a good job in the aftermath, especially to stabilize employment.

When it comes to personnel-intensive industries such as manufacturing factories, state-owned enterprises can take over the operation first, and then conduct public auctions in accordance with laws and regulations after the dust settles. "

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Chapter 81 Legal Weapons

It is not only the Austrian government that has taken action, but all European governments have joined the feast.

It is true that Jewish capitalists have hatred, but this is only a secondary factor. After all, capitalists these days are all of the same species, and no one is more noble than the other.

The essence of the anti-Semitic movement has never changed in the following points:

One is the intensification of social contradictions, and the rulers adopt the method of transferring contradictions in order to consolidate their rule;

The second is that they have no money in their pockets and cannot repay the usury of Jewish capital. The rulers do not want to bear the notoriety of reneging, so they renege on the banner of anti-Semitism, and they can pay a fortune by the way.

Religious factors and the hatred of Jewish capitalists are also one of the reasons for the outbreak of the anti-Semitic movement, but most of them have become secondary factors in modern times.

Of course, there are exceptions.Sometimes Jewish capital is really desperate. It often has no bottom line in the face of interests, and it has also triggered many anti-Semitic movements, but most of these are partial.

The essence of this anti-Semitic movement is very simple, that is, the French government has no money, and other European countries follow suit.

Taking the tsarist government as an example, after the outbreak of the anti-Semitic movement in Europe, Alexander III confiscated a large number of Jewish capitalist industries, especially the banking industry, and nationalized all those with a Jewish capital background.

Well, that last one was added by the bureaucrats.

The main reason is that more than ten years ago, the Russian Empire just carried out a massive anti-Semitic movement. Now the Jewish capitalists in Russia have not had time to recover, and the family property is simply not enough for everyone to divide.

In desperation, everyone can only play magnification.

Other industries are not easy to move, and it involves the employment of workers. If it is not handled well, it will easily cause big troubles. In addition to being greedy, the bureaucrats are also afraid of trouble.

The only exception is the bank, which itself holds a lot of cash.Taking advantage of the opportunity of nationalization, everyone completely embezzled part of the cash and dumped it on the Jewish capitalists.

If the method is more clever, after a period of time, you can find another excuse to sell the nationalized bank to private capital at a low price, and then make a profit from it.

As for the other capitalists involved, it depends on whether their background is strong enough.

Naturally, the backstage force is to return the property. After the bribe is settled, it is even possible to join the carve-up team and take the opportunity to annex the shares left by the Jews.

If the background is not strong enough, then you can only regret it. It is luck to keep your own interests. If you are not lucky, you will be confiscated directly.

The tsarist government did not eat, not only the national capitalists in the country were affected and suffered heavy losses, but even foreign capital such as Britain and France were no exception.

The feast lasted until after the Austrian capital suffered losses and the government of Vienna protested to the tsarist government, before Alexander III intervened.

But that was already half a year later, and the unlucky ones in the early stage had grass growing on many people's graves.

In contrast, Austria is still good.The unlucky ones were all the Jewish capitalists who broke the law and committed crimes, while those who kept their own rules escaped unharmed.

Although the number of law-abiding people is small, it doesn't matter.It's not easy to kill all of them with one blow, or deliberately expand it, and involve more innocent people.

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As winter passes and spring comes, the earth begins to recover and trees begin to sprout.

Rows of Chinese toon trees in the Vienna Palace have sprouted new branches, green leaves and fragrant red buds, heralding the prosperity of Austria.

This wonderful time is just like Franz's mood at the moment.

Watching the Prime Minister hand over the income statement, Franz finally understood why European countries are anti-Semitic and why they didn't wipe out all the Jews.

It's not that everyone doesn't want to, it's completely reluctant.This is the best leek, which can be harvested every few decades, and it can get rich profits every time.

What if we finish it all at once, and future generations are short of money?In a sense, this is also a sustainable pig raising model.

The confiscated cash is not too much, only less than [-] million Aegis, but the confiscated corporate factories, real estate such as land and houses, bonds, stocks and a series of assets are astronomical.

According to the preliminary estimate of the Vienna government, the combined value of these assets exceeds 35 billion Aegis.

Of course, many of these are theoretical virtual assets.

For example: the market value of a listed company is 3000 million Aegis, but its actual assets may only be 1000 million Aegis, or even several million Aegis.

How much water is in it, no one can say clearly.How the valuation of the Vienna government was calculated, Franz did not know.

If it is really sold, it will definitely not be able to sell so much money in a short period of time, and it may not even be able to sell half of it.

There is no consortium in the world that can provide so much money, even the royal consortium created by Franz does not have such strength.

After all, wealth and cash are two concepts. In terms of theoretical assets, Franz, Queen Victoria, and Alexander III are definitely the top three in the world, and each of them is worth 100 billion Aegis+.

Yet these fortunes are only in name.Theoretically speaking, Franz's greatest wealth is a bunch of territories directly under the royal family, with an area of ​​tens of millions of square kilometers. Compared with these, the royal consortium is really nothing.

The bunch of colonies in Britain are theoretically the queen's property, and this value cannot be estimated at all.

The same is true for Alexander III. The Russian Empire is large enough, and the tsar’s nominal land amounts to tens of millions of square kilometers. Even if most of these lands are frozen soil, they are still valuable.

If these theoretical wealth can be realized, all the financial groups in the world will be weak.

A total of more than 60.00 Jewish capitalists were involved in the case, accounting for [-]% of all Jewish capitalists.

There is no doubt that most of these 5000 people are small and medium-sized capitalists. There are still only a few people who are really at the top of the capital world, and it is precisely these few people who have the most wealth.

According to statistics, the top ten richest people all have assets exceeding 100 million Aegis, the top 25 people have a wealth of more than [-] billion Aegis, and the least assets are more than one million.

Needless to say, these guys who are singled out are dead.Although they are dealt with according to the law, their rich family background is the driving force for the Vienna government to reveal their dark history.

So much money was obtained legally, whether people believed it or not, anyway, Franz believed it or not.

For details, you can refer to the Habsburg family, a royal family that has been passed down for hundreds of years. The total assets before Franz took over, and the value of the current Aegis is less than [-] million.

This has nothing to do with hard work, but more with the constraints of the productivity of the times.There is only so much total wealth in society, no matter how powerful you are in business, the upper limit will still be stuck there.

There were too many case files in the back, and Franz didn't bother to look back. Anyway, he was not a judge, and it was not his job to try criminals.

Putting down the documents in his hand, Franz asked curiously: "According to the current laws and regulations, how will these people be sentenced?"

Prime Minister Karl replied with a wry smile: "In fact, there are far more people involved in crimes, and this list is already the result of the government's lenient punishment.

For minor crimes, we only imposed fines and did not include them.

According to the current law, these guys on the list must have started at least ten years ago.More than half of the people can be sentenced to hanging.

This is just an investigation based on the information provided by the whistleblower, and the results of other criminal acts have not been investigated too deeply. Otherwise, I doubt whether these people can survive. "

Hearing this answer, Franz was also stunned. Isn't this the real version of "ten capitalists kill nine, and one slips through the net"?

Franz has reason to believe that the guys who escaped the catastrophe were not because of how clean they were, nor how lucky they were, but probably because too many people were involved.

In order to reduce political influence, it is impossible for the Vienna government to execute tens of thousands of people at one time. It can only catch "fat sheep" and "heinous" guys.

As to why this is the case, one has to ask Austrian law.Compared with later generations, the legal punishment in these years is much stronger.

After all, the aristocrats are now in power, so they will naturally not be soft on the bourgeoisie who may threaten their status.

A simple example is hoarding in Austria. If the circumstances are serious, all property can be confiscated and the head will be lost.

Bribery of government officials, regardless of the severity of the circumstances, officials who accept bribes and those who give bribes are both guilty of the same crime, and the prison terms for both are the same.

If you bribe many officials, it will be a sad reminder. The number of years in prison can be added up, and there is no upper limit.

If you are unlucky and the officials who bribed will be sentenced to death in the future, then there is no need to say that Xiti will go to prison for 100 years.

Is this fair?

Certainly not fair, but the world is not fair.

When it came to power struggles, and in order to curb the spread of corruption, Franz chose to acquiesce.

Besides, there is a back door, if you want to escape punishment, then report it.

If you report officials who have bribed you, you can reduce your sentence.Theoretically speaking, if you report a few more, the crime will be offset, and you can be released from prison after paying a fine.

Affected by this, basically every major anti-corruption case will involve a large group of people.

In Austria, both giving and receiving bribes is a high-risk activity.So far, the highest number of years sentenced to prison is 410 years.

Franz asked nervously, "How many officials are involved?"

Now he is really scared, if there is another thunderstorm, the executioner's performance this year will explode.

There is no way, the dignity of the law must be maintained.If it is found out, it must be dealt with. Franz will not use amnesty for these scumbags.

Prime Minister Carl lowered his head and replied: "As of now, 860 or four public officials have turned themselves in to the Anti-Corruption Bureau and handed in dirty money of 340 Aegis.

How many officials were involved is still under investigation.Many criminals have already reported to the government, but due to the lack of evidence, there is no way to directly file a case. "

Hearing this answer, Franz breathed a sigh of relief.

There are many people involved in the case, and the amount involved is also large, but the amount of bribes per capita is not large, and with the surrender and reduced crime, most of these guys can be dealt with internally.

Confiscation of dirty money, dismissal from public office, and punishment of voluntary labor with varying hours, the matter will pass, and finally there is no need to kill.

As for the diehards who are being detected, there is nothing to say, just use them to make an example to others.

Franz had a hunch that most of these guys who refused to plead guilty were the most heinous people, and most people would not resist stubbornly when they saw something happen.

"Investigate! No matter who is implicated, let me investigate to the end. This time, there is no need to condone any criminals."

After taking down so many Jewish capitalists, no government officials will be unlucky, and no one will believe it.

The little Xiami who surrendered himself did not count, and none of the big fish behind him surfaced.Franz doesn't believe in Jewish capital, and has no foundation in Austria at all.

The success of the Vienna government's action this time caught them off guard. No one knew that the government would use the law as a weapon.

After all, Austria does not have one of the two core elements of the anti-Semitic movement. The Vienna government neither needs to transfer social conflicts nor encounter financial difficulties.

According to past experience, anti-Semitic movements in Europe all started violently, and the Vienna government did not have any warning before taking action.

In particular, the government has also strengthened the police force to stop the anti-Semitic activities of civil extremists, which reassures many people.

This empirical illusion misled the judgment of the Jewish capitalists. The Vienna government issued an arrest order without any notice, leaving them no time to react.

It is true that money is powerful, but no amount of money is worth mentioning in front of the state machine.

The relationships and network of contacts that have been managed in the past have become fragmented at this moment. At least until now, Franz has never met anyone who pleaded for Jewish capitalists.

If it is not activated, it does not mean that it does not exist.Those who are less involved can take the opportunity to kick the Jewish capitalists to escape, and the guys who have been tied together for a long time will find it difficult to escape at this time.

Franz can't sleep without pulling out the nails buried in the government by Jewish capital.

"Yes, Your Majesty!"

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Chapter 82 Life-Saving Talisman＝Death Talisman

Falling into the mortal world overnight, ordinary people must not be able to bear it.At this moment, a large group of frustrated people gathered in Tarot Prison in the Alps.

In the face of crisis, these well-dressed big shots are not much better than ordinary people.

Even in prison, many people still have not accepted the reality.Noisy, cursing, threats, lures... All kinds of weird tricks are here.

Leo Cohen was an exception, squatting quietly in the corner, quietly watching everyone perform.

As one of the wealthiest people in the Jewish community, and even in the world, Leo Cohen is well-informed and has experienced all kinds of storms.

To be able to go all the way and defeat many competitors, in addition to being ruthless, more depends on keen judgment.

Before the outbreak of the Great Revolution in 1848, the capitalists were having their final carnival. Leo Cohen sensed the danger and decided to hide.

Even running the family business, they hid behind their backs and remotely controlled the hoarding. After the strange incident happened, Leo Cohen did not hesitate to cut off his tail to survive, launched a scapegoat, and took all the charges.

When the Vienna government settled the accounts after autumn, Leo Cohen even secretly submitted the criminal evidence of his colleagues.

It was because of the downfall of its peers and the opportunity of a window period in the market that Leo Cohen jumped up and became one of the largest retail and wholesalers in Austria.

Then, according to the patterned operation of capital, the company's operation was listed to collect money and cash out, and then transformed into the banking industry.

To be precise, it is the usury industry. The banks under Leo Cohen do not engage in ordinary commercial loans, but specialize in the business of taking advantage of the fire.

In order to seek greater benefits, Leo Cohen even entered the casino and drug industry, and started a rapid fortune.

Looking at Leo Cohen's life history, it's like the villain protagonist who opened his mouth and developed an ordinary small Jewish family into one of the top Jewish giants in Europe by himself.

Unfortunately, luck always runs out.After the European anti-Semitic movement spread to Austria, it immediately attracted the attention of Leo Cohen.