Holy Roman Empire

The British also had a motive to destroy the relationship between France and Austria. The current British Empire is no longer the Great Britain of 30 years ago.

As they become stronger, their political ambitions naturally also increase.If Austria re-established the Vienna system, they would still be excluded from European politics.

From the perspective of interests, the Vienna system has stabilized the European continent for 30 years, and Austria is completely making wedding dresses for the British.

Without European affairs to restrain energy, the British were able to expand abroad and build a huge colonial empire.

"Your Majesty, if the British did it, are we going to retaliate?" Prime Minister Felix asked with concern

"It's a long time to come, let's wait for another opportunity in the future." Franz replied calmly

In this era, Austria was not afraid of the British Empire. It had been excluded from the European continent for a long time, and the Russians were fighting with them. The British did not have the prestige of later generations.

According to the code of conduct of the great powers, if such a thing happened, there must be revenge.It's just that Franz is not a person who uses emotions. Revenge against Britain and France can not obtain actual benefits at all except for letting out a sigh of relief.

It's better to remember first, leave this excuse, and then trip them up when it is profitable in the future.

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Paris

After tearing up the Faomeme, Louis Napoleon Bonaparte began to regret it.

Plotting the Italian region is the need of the French internal interest groups, and Faomey is only the first step they have taken. If it weren't for the June Revolution, France would now have occupied half of the Sardinian Kingdom.

Now he has torn up this secret agreement that is beneficial to the interests of France, which naturally arouses the dissatisfaction of many people, which is undoubtedly worse for Louis Napoleon Bonaparte, who is in urgent need of consolidating his regime.

The support of the British is indeed very important, but no matter how important it is, it cannot compare with the interests.If these interest groups cannot be satisfied, he, the elected president, may still leave.

Louis Napoleon Bonaparte's tactics were still very powerful. On the one hand, he made a promise to interest groups to return to Italy, and on the other hand, he introduced some positive reform policies, such as: abolishing the additional tax decree during the Republican government, reducing Taxes for newspaper offices and publishing houses...

While reforming internally, he did not forget to improve diplomatic relations externally. In addition to clinging to the thighs of the British, he also sent the Marquis of Trenwell to visit European countries to prepare for the restoration.

Chapter 10 Beautiful Misunderstanding

On December 1848, 12, registration for the civil service examination, which had a profound impact on Austria, began, which marked a fundamental change in the way Austria selects talents.

Although this exam is still an internal competition among nobles, it is better to have competition than to have no competition.

The fallen nobles here have a chance to return to the center of power, and the Austrian government has won their support again.

A series of positions in government agencies, state-owned enterprises, and teachers add up to provide nearly 13 positions for the society, and a total of more than 18 people applied for the exam.

If this competition rate is placed in later generations, it is estimated that many people will celebrate with each other. However, in this era, many people are still complaining about the pressure.

In a tavern in Vienna, a teenager in his twenties complained: "Damn it, Raul, you know what the Ministry of Finance is going to do this time. We have entered the second round, why do we still need to take the exam?"

"Come on, Weigel. Everyone knows that we are exempted from the test and entered the second round. I heard that the number of applicants for the Ministry of Finance has exceeded 8000, while the number of recruits is only 876. The pass rate is ten to one.

To eliminate the vast majority of applicants, is there a faster way other than taking the exam?

If you are afraid of competition, you can apply for grassroots teachers, where there are many places and few applicants. "Raul took a sip of wine and said with a smile

He is not afraid of exams. He was a top student in school. Compared with his friend Weigel, a scumbag, he has enough confidence to pass the exam.

Exam cheating?Think about it or not, and don't look at who are the people who can take the exam. A group of nobles are making a fuss, and who can stand it.

If you had a strong network, you would have already joined the civil servants, so why come here to compete?

"Forget it, I don't want to hang out in the country, no bars, no friends, it will kill me!" Weigel shook his head and said

Compared with the real power departments, the teacher positions recruited by the Ministry of Education are much more tragic. When many people heard that they were going to teach in the countryside, their expressions changed one by one.

It planned to recruit 2 teachers, but less than [-] people signed up.In order to recruit enough teachers, the Ministry of Education had to build schools around towns.

Anyway, the government bears all the compulsory education expenses, and it is also possible to centralize the management of students, and the worst case is to adopt a boarding system.

In most areas, the government has confiscated a large amount of real estate belonging to rebellious parties, which can be used as school buildings after renovation.

Even so, there were still not many applicants for the post of primary school teachers, and finally the Ministry of Education had to reduce the number of recruits.

Anyway, it is impossible for compulsory education to spread across the country all at once. It will take time to promote it gradually. If there are not enough teachers, they can be trained slowly. The teacher training class of the Ministry of Education has already recruited students from outside.

"Then we can only compete. You must know that the most competitive Senate Secretary only recruits two people, but there are more than 800 applicants, and the number of applicants is still growing.

God, the chance of passing is less than [-] in [-], and there are still people who dare to go. I have to admire their courage. said Raul in a very exaggerated tone.

A man next to him interjected: "What's so strange, the secretary of the Senate serves the cabinet government and dangles in front of a bunch of big bosses every day, so there is much room for improvement in the future.

Everyone wants to reach the sky in one step. If they are lucky enough to pass the exam, they will make a lot of money. If they fail the exam, it will be a waste of registration fees. "

"Speaking of which, I'm a little tempted. Anyway, the exam time of each department is not the same, so it's good to try it." Raul thought for a while and said

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The civil service examination was not conducted uniformly this time, and the talents required by each department were different, and Franz did not plan to recruit a group of all-rounders.

Therefore, everyone's recruitment conditions are different. Some departments are highly competitive, and written tests and interviews are held, while some departments have too few applicants and no qualifications to be picky, as long as they meet the basic requirements.

Since it was the first exam, no one knew what the exam would be. As long as the candidates were in a hurry, they would have no direction if they wanted to make a sudden surprise attack.

Not only were they ignorant, but even the government ministries and commissions that presided over the exam were a little bit forced. Everyone had no experience and had to learn from foreign talent selection systems.

This year, the most popular system in Europe is still the gift system, and Austria has come to the forefront of the world, taking the lead in breaking this system.

The closest thing to the Austrian civil service examination is the imperial examination system of the Qing Dynasty. If the time is not too tight, the cabinet is ready to send people to inspect it.

In the end, it was Franz who came up with the idea himself. Although he had never presided over the civil service exam, he had participated many times in his previous life and had rich experience in being eliminated.

Schönbrunn Palace

Prime Minister Felix frowned and said: "Your Majesty, we have provided a total of 128939 positions for this civil servant examination, with a total of 589656 applicants. There is a serious situation where one person applies for multiple departments at the same time, and there are nearly [-] Jobs are unavailable and mostly concentrated in the education sector.

Taking this situation into consideration, the government decided to cancel these positions that no one applied for, and at the same time banned the application of multiple departments by one person, and only recognized the department that applied for the examination first. "

Austria's civil service examination, of course, cannot be as subdivided as in the Internet era, and it can be accurate to each specific position.

Now only the ministries and commissions are applying for the exam, and the final specific positions will be allocated according to the actual situation. Except for a few departments that only recruit a few people and specify the specific positions, everything else is unknown.

For example, those who apply for the tax department may stay in Vienna, or go to Croatia, or become tax inspectors and travel across the country. The specific position arrangement will not be known until the exam is over.

Hearing that there were so many positions that no one was interested in, Franz rubbed his forehead involuntarily. It was because he was worried that no one would apply for the positions in remote areas, so he put all the recruiters in the ministries and waited for the final distribution.

Unexpectedly, even so, there were not enough people.At this time, he was wondering whether to transfer some from other departments to fill in the hole.

After hesitating for a while, he finally dismissed the plan, the melon he bit down on was not sweet.If you cheat people like this, you will definitely have resentment, and finally bring this resentment into your work, affecting the purity of the government team.

"All the positions that no one applied for can be cancelled. If there is a shortage of people, we will cultivate them ourselves. It is estimated that even if they pass the exam, many people don't want to go to the backcountry.

It's fine if they don't want to go, and we can't force others to do what they want.Doesn’t the army have demobilized soldiers? The nobles in these remote corners look down on them, and the soldiers will never look down on them, right?

Select literate soldiers from among them, train them, and serve as grassroots civil servants in remote areas.

For the case of one person applying for multiple positions, let’s forget it this time. We didn’t make regulations in advance. Their actions are legal, so we should learn a lesson.

However, after passing a ministry examination, they cannot continue to take the next ministry examination, and the registration fee will not be refunded. "

Franz did not mention the question of the demobilized officers. In this era, the officers of the Austrian army were basically of noble origin. Even if he himself did not have a noble title, their parents, grandparents, and uncles would always be noble.

As children of nobles, their treatment is different.The level in the army before retiring will have the same treatment after changing jobs.

In other words, they are officers in the army, and they are also officers after changing jobs.If the ability is not enough to be competent, then you can only be downgraded, but the salary will not be reduced.

Of course, this is limited to those with military exploits.Officers without military merit will not be treated so well if they change jobs.

The selection of talents from among the soldiers proposed by Franz for training is also limited to meritorious ministers, and the leader soldiers without military exploits are naturally not within the scope of training.

Franz is very understanding of candidates who repeatedly apply for the exam. He also experienced it back then. Everyone wants one more chance and one more choice.It's just that this will increase the workload of the recruitment department.

Franz still has integrity. Since the government didn't make it clear in advance, he can't shirk his responsibility. If the workload increases, the workload will increase, and he will be responsible for filling the holes he dug himself.

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The government has canceled more than 5000 jobs at once, and the ratio of open examinations has finally climbed to 2:1, which seems to be a bit of cruel competition.

Various recruiting units are still worrying about the questions, and European public opinion is already boiling.

The mainstream media expressed their opinions one after another, with some supporting and some opposing. In short, the civil service examination in Austria has become the focus of European society.

Engels published an article in the Rheinische Zeitung, fully affirming the civil service examination system of the Austrian government.

The reason is very simple. The restrictions announced by the Austrian government excluded the bourgeoisie, but did not restrict the working class and the peasant class.

In theory, as long as their academic qualifications are up, they can enter the government system through selection.

Coupled with the compulsory education proposed by the Austrian government some time ago, many activists believe that the Austrian government is actively reforming and preparing to absorb the working class into the government.

Well, Franz will not come out to explain this beautiful misunderstanding, and it is always a good thing to have more supporters.

As an emperor, what he needs is a group of people whose loyalty is above the pass line to help him manage the country well. As for the origin of these people, it doesn't matter.

It can only be said that in the face of different national conditions, different employment mechanisms are adopted.In Austria, it is necessary to rely heavily on the nobility. If it is in Britain and France, then the bourgeoisie can also be the pillar of the country.

This is determined by the social environment. If in an emerging country, there is no deep-rooted aristocracy and no powerful bourgeoisie, then the working class and peasant class can also become a pillar of the country.

If reforms are made blindly and deviate from the class that supports them, then Wang Mang is the best example.

Chapter 11 Austrian economic circle plan

When the civil service examinations were raging, the Austrian army far away in the Papal State set foot on their way home under the welcome of Pope Pius IX.

Louis Napoleon Bonaparte, who had just ascended to the presidency and wanted to use the interference of the Papal State to increase his presence, had no choice but to give up unfortunately.

The Austrian army has already finished the matter, and Pope Pius IX has no intention of changing the boss at all. If the French army passes by, it will become an invasion.

If the Austrian army does not leave, perhaps Pius IX will find the French to check and balance, but now they are all withdrawing, why should he make himself unhappy?

History took a turning point here. The French failed to take the opportunity to penetrate into the Italian region. By interfering in the military operations of the Papal State, Austria retained its influence in the Italian state.

This is very important to the Austrian business community. Maintaining political influence also means preserving this piece of commercial market, injecting a boost to the ongoing industrial revolution.

At the new round of government meetings, Chancellor of the Exchequer Karl Ludwig von Bruck said in high spirits: "The development of industry and commerce cannot be separated from the market.

Looking at all countries in the world, only the British have completed the industrial revolution, which is based on their huge colonies.

Austria does not have a vast colony, and we want to catch up with the British, which requires the establishment of a market belonging to Austria.

We have released the local market through a series of reforms, but this still needs time to develop, and it is far from meeting the actual needs of our industrial and commercial development.

Use diplomatic means to establish a business circle headed by Austria, which will greatly promote domestic economic development and accelerate our industrialization process.

Including the Kingdom of Naples, the Papal States, Tuscany, Bavaria, Württemberg and other regions into the economic circle, we will form a large market with a population of 700 million and become the largest economy on the European continent.

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Pulling together the Italian states and southern Germany to form the largest economy on the European continent is not only economical, but politically it can also consolidate Austria's position as the hegemon in southern Europe.

By the way, you can also hit the rising Kingdom of Prussia. After the establishment of a business circle centered on Austria, the German Zollum will cease to exist in name only.

Because of transportation, even if the Prussians were allowed to join the new economy, they would not be able to reach the Italian region. Before the railway was completed, the transportation cost alone would make their products lose their competitiveness.

The new market is out of reach, but the market in the original German region will face the impact of Austrian goods. The current Kingdom of Prussia is not the Kingdom of Prussia 20 years later, and the manufacturing industry does not have an advantage over Upper Austria.

Although the plan is good, it is not easy to implement it.The first is how to convince everyone that a common economy is beneficial to them.

No matter it is any alliance, interests are the best bond.An economic circle dominated by Austria is obviously in the interests of Austria, but it is not necessarily the case for these member countries.

No one can deny that the Austrian industrial revolution needed blood from the outside world, at least in the initial stage.

Only in the later stage can we make use of the high added value of the product to make profits under the guise of trade balance, so as to make the food more attractive.

Metternich objected: "Mr. Karl, your plan is indeed very good, but unfortunately the success rate of this plan is too low.

Whether it is an Italian state or a southern German state, once the exploitation is too much, they will all quit, and Austria is not their only choice. "

These small countries follow Austria for their own interests. If Austria cannot protect their interests, then it is not a bad idea to change to another boss.

Don't talk about loyalty between countries, it doesn't exist.There is no betrayal, it is because there are not enough chips for betrayal.

Chancellor of the Exchequer Karl explained with confidence: "But Austria is their best choice! The common economy is indeed the one that benefits us the most, but this does not mean that they have no benefits at all.

At least some people who cooperate with us can gain greater benefits. If the ruling class becomes this interest group, then everything will not be a problem.

As long as we can control this level, the people at the bottom will not feel it. For example, the customs union in the German region, wouldn't the people boycott the Kingdom of Prussia?

Once the industrial revolution is completed, with technological advantages, we can also promote commercial balance of trade and further hide this wealth plunder. "

Franz was startled, this is to support the comprador class.

The industry in Italy was sprouting in the north, and the central and southern regions were blank, and the capitalist economy had not yet developed; the south German region was not much better, with the same slow economic development, and the market was flooded with commodities from the Kingdom of Prussia.

Now that Austria wants to establish an economic circle, for the ruling class of these states, it does not harm their interests. On the contrary, everyone can achieve a win-win situation through cooperation.

"What about the attitude of other powers? If we promote this plan, will it cause an uncontrollable diplomatic situation?" Prime Minister Felix asked with concern