The War Court and Lap Pillow, Austria's Mandate of Heaven

Chapter 606
Franz did not agree with what Mrs. Sophie said. If the country wants to run smoothly, the central bank must have a talented or loyal person in charge.

The reason why Mrs. Sophie had this idea was that she was blinded by the superficial turbulence of the Austrian Empire's economy at this time, and some people instigated that such a person was of little use.

When the Austrian Empire was in financial difficulties in the past, everyone knew that the country would not be able to do without Baron Brooke, a dedicated financial advisor.

With billions in arrears and economic decline, those Jews and bankers would have swallowed the country alive if they didn't have a big boss in charge.

But at this time, due to Franz's series of reforms, Austria's economy was much stronger than in history. The prosperity of the economy coupled with the enrichment of the national treasury led to the expansion of the country's top management.

Some people began to feel that it was all their own credit, and at the same time, they also had the illusion that no one can do it except themselves.

On the other hand, after the cake gets bigger, many people want to be the one who divides the cake.

The irony is that just a dozen years ago this was a position that people could not avoid, otherwise it would not have fallen into the hands of a little baron with no background.

After all, the Austrian Empire at that time couldn't even pay the salaries of officials, and it was just a waste of money to serve as a soldier with your head on your belt.

And now as the head of the central bank of the Austrian Empire, you can make several millionaires just by keeping something between your fingers.

(Millionaires at that time can be understood as those who are now worth hundreds of millions, with assets of several hundred million. This is still Austrian currency, and it will be even more exaggerated if converted into pounds.)
Just a little policy tilt can bring a lot of companies on the verge of bankruptcy back to life, and stomping on the feet can make the whole of Austria and even the whole of Central Europe shake twice.

Franz didn't want to hand over the cake he made to these insects, and Mrs. Sophie obviously had a misunderstanding about Baron Brook's role.

"Mother, do you remember the genius doctor Bian Que I told you about?"

Madam Sophie thought for a while and said, "'Can't be cured', 'wait for death', 'farewell'?"

Franz couldn't help but have black lines all over his head.

"Mother, there is something wrong with your focus. Let me say it again then.

There used to be a very famous doctor named Bian Que in the far east. Bian Que had two elder brothers whose medical skills were far superior to his but they were not well-known.

So someone asked Bian Que why.

Bian Que's answer was that his eldest brother treated the disease before the onset of the disease. Because most people didn't know that he could eradicate the disease in advance, he was not only unknown, but was often regarded as a liar.

The second elder brother treats illnesses at the beginning of his illness. Most people think that he can only treat minor ailments, so everyone only thinks that the second elder brother is just a country doctor, similar to the Xi Laile I told you before.

Bian Que is not as capable as his elder brother and second brother. Every time he treats a serious illness, most people see Bian Que piercing the meridians to let blood, applying medicine to the skin and other major operations. all over the country.Similar to Luo Sandao I told you about. "

(Luo Sandao refers to Robert Liston, the pioneer of surgery, who once accomplished the feat of triple killing in one operation.

It is said that Robert Liston cut off a finger of his assistant while cutting off the patient's thigh because of his too fast hand speed. Both of them died of postoperative infection soon after, and finally even the saw was in vigorous exercise The half of the iron bar that flew out killed another lucky spectator. )
Madam Sophie fell into deep thought, before she spoke after a long time: "You mean Baron Brooke may have a great effect?"

Franz: "Yes. With such a person around, those ghosts and snakes will not dare to mess around. Do you still remember the opportunity to establish the Austrian Overseas Development Company?"

Madame Sophie: "Isn't that when you used the bankers and great families to amass the wealth of the country?"

Franz: "No, mother. That's just the result. I only left Vienna for a few months. When I came back, those ghosts and monsters made a huge wave, if I couldn't subdue them then.

Now the entire Austrian Empire has to work for them, and all previous reforms will be in vain.So we need such trustworthy and capable people to sit in charge. "

"Are you planning to travel to sea again?" Madam Sophie asked with some doubts.

Franz was very speechless, but to be honest, he really had this plan before, but he was afraid after the last crisis.

In fact, if Baron Brook was not in California but in Vienna at that time, even if he didn't know what those bankers were doing, he could stop it in time as long as he found that the limelight was not right.

At least he can wait until Franz comes back, instead of making a lot of loopholes to allow the opponent to find opportunities to further expand the results.

"No, mother. But you should know that you raised me to be an emperor, not a financier. Don't you?"

Franz used Madame Sophie's words to refute her, and the latter naturally had nothing to say, but would pinch the former's ears to express his anger.

"Pain! Pain! Pain!"

"You child! You have your own ideas, and I will fully support you. But I must remind you that you are not yet the emperor, and those old nobles you look down on actually have great energy."

Madam Sophie said meaningfully that she was very happy to be honest, because Franz was better than she expected, but as a mother and a woman who knows the horrors of court politics, she must tell her son not to take those things that are easy to ignore opponent.

"I didn't look down on them, on the contrary, I have been relying on them, and I even hope that they can keep up with the rhythm of the new era.

But this time the old guys have gone too far and I have to show them who owns the country. "

Franz is very confident. He feels that his reform has achieved initial results, and he has a lot of bargaining chips in his hands.

At the same time, this case happened in Vienna. The evidence is conclusive. Not to mention killing people, but at least it can bring down a large number of people who are dissatisfied with him.

As for those old nobles and nobles, Franz has done his best. He issued additional shares many times for them to buy, gave priority to selling fertilizers, new farm tools and improved methods to them, and opened up colonial official positions to them. I hope these people can follow suit. In the footsteps of the last era.

But look at what these guys have done?Don't want to work hard, don't want to change, just want to share the "cake"?
"Franz, those old guys you mentioned have already approached me, and they will give you the mastermind who participated in planning this matter, as well as the list of specific participants. There are 261 people in total."

Madam Sophie's words startled Franz, but he asked immediately.

"What do they want?"

"Six will be hanged and the rest will be sent into exile."

The fact that six hanged was very Austrian, given the reputation of the Habsburgs for their benevolence.

"Where will they be exiled?"

"Paris? London? New York? Perhaps Berlin or St. Petersburg."

"What's the difference between that and travel?"

"how do you want to do it?"

"Congo. Otherwise I promise they won't get out of Vienna alive."

(End of this chapter)