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

Seeing the serfs lying on the ground and the troops surrounding them, the nobles who were cowering before suddenly burst into pride, making gestures as if they wanted to fight the serfs on the ground.

Franz still took a last look at these poor guys with some pity. With external support, his serfs had been dealt with so badly, and there was no one for them.

cried Franz, urging his horse forward.

"Stand up, people of Austria!"

Franz deliberately did not speak German, but spoke twice in Polish and Ruthenian.Because the local population of Galicia is mainly composed of Poles and Ruthenians.

But the serfs were still lying on the ground, as if they didn't hear.This made Franz very strange, so he asked someone to ask him.

(Frantz has already violated the rules when he came to the front line, because this kind of behavior is very dangerous and irresponsible. If he really dismounts and runs to the crowd to ask questions, then many people around him will be in bad luck.)
Naturally, Colonel Bordeaux is required to do this kind of thing, and he is willing to do it. Although his attitude is still poor, he has to admit that his efficiency is high.

The result was somewhat surprising. According to Colonel Bordeaux's report, the serfs were reluctant to get up because they saw the double eagle flag of the Habsburg family.

Only then did Franz realize how arrogant and ignorant these Galician nobles really were.Serfs can recognize such a big double eagle flag, but these nobles don't know it.

In other words, the nobles in these borderlands don't care at all. After all, the last time a member of the royal family visited Galicia was 70 years ago, that is, the famous Joseph II.

"I am the eldest son of Archduke Franz Karl of the Habsburg family and Grand Duchess Sophie of the Wertbach family, grandson of Holy Roman Emperor Franz II, Grand Duke Franz Joseph of the Austrian Empire.

The recent massacres in Galicia, the Empire has identified as a powerful response to the rebels, the royal family and the government thank you for your bloodshed and sacrifice.

Stand up now!tell me what do you want ! .”

Franz's call only changed their lying on the ground, and the serfs still looked at each other in blank dismay.

Seeing Franz acting like this, how could those nobles not know what he was going to do? Some people were hysterical, but they couldn't yell out because their throats were injured.

The royal guards are professional in doing this, but they usually don't show it to outsiders.

Someone is almost crazy and wants to rush to Franz, but this is unlikely. Those who run slowly may be caught, and those who run fast will be knocked down by the butt of the gun. The one who runs faster will meet them Saber and pistol.

There was no sympathy for Franz when someone knelt down in prayer and confession, perhaps someone else had done the same thing in front of them.

If they really let each other go, the serfs would not be so angry at this time, but no one would use their bodies to fight the nobles and landlords with guns if they had a choice.

Although the performance of firearms in this era is very poor, as a serf with only simple farm tools and sticks, if he wants to avoid bullets and rush into the dock, and then kill the landlord, it is not enough to have the courage to die.

Even if you have the determination to die, you need to pay a very painful price.

Because guns are not just weapons, but also represent rights. Every landlord and nobleman will recruit a small group of people as their own power, let them form a guard to protect themselves, and even deliberately create confrontation between serfs. to be safe.

Therefore, the success of the serf uprising in this era often has two points at the same time, unparalleled courage, and the local nobles are not human enough.

Finally, a young man walked out of the crowd with the help of an old man. The young man looked very tall, but under the tattered clothes he could see the outline of his abdomen. The two boots under his feet were obviously different, and one of them should be winter. and the other is a common riding boot.

Although the old man was supported by others, he was hale and hearty, and his legs and feet were inconvenient, most likely due to a gunshot wound.

"I am the village head of Viricha Village. We are not rebelling. We are helping the motherland to suppress the rebellion."

At this time, a nobleman cursed hoarsely.

"Eat from the inside out! You are Polish! Poland is your homeland!"

Immediately, two guards restrained the man, and then put something like a horse bit on his mouth, so the man could no longer speak.

The old serf didn't care at all, after all serfs have no nationality, he just continued talking.

"We hope that His Highness the Grand Duke will fulfill the promise of Emperor Joseph II after he takes the throne."

The so-called Joseph II's promise was to liberate the serfs, the old man said it neither humble nor overbearing.But these words were like thunder in everyone's ears.

The reason why Joseph II died young was because of his radical political strategy.Moreover, those serfs were the property of the nobles. In Austria in this era, it was not uncommon for the nobles to rebel, and usually they would not harm their families.

Even if he is caught, at most he will be put in prison, and the family property will not be lost, let alone punished, and many times he will not even be punished at all.

And once the rebellion succeeds, the benefits will be enormous.So who doesn't love this kind of profitable business?
The root cause is that the system of the Austrian Empire is not strong enough to centralize power, so it has to maintain a rule similar to that of an aristocratic republic.

"Benevolence" largely comes from lack of strength, but Franz really has no way to betray his own class.

Franz really wanted to be like other traversers, directly attacking local tyrants to divide the fields, and then directly returning to the world with a wave of his hand, or even embarking on an unimagined path.

However, the reality is that the Habsburg family is the largest landowner in the Austrian Empire, and the emperor himself is the chief nobleman of the empire. The foundation of the dynasty's rule lies in the support of nobles and priests.

Moreover, the trick of beating local tyrants to divide the land was used by Huss, Protestants during the Thirty Years War, and Napoleon in the recent French Revolution.
Most of Franz's team are soldiers, so there are quite a few people in the Joseph faction, and most of them support the emancipation of the serfs.

It's just that the civil servants and clerks were a little nervous. They weren't necessarily afraid of harming their own interests, but they were afraid of Franz repeating the same mistakes.

In fact, the serfs didn't really expect Franz to do anything. After all, the nobles did not make trouble once or twice. Each time, they raised it high and then put it down gently.

The usual practice of the dynasty was to reward the serfs and then promise a lot of empty words that could not be fulfilled.

But once there was an emperor who really wanted to liberate them, and the so-called freedom was really only one step away from them.

What the serfs wanted most was what they never had.But they have been deceived many times. In order to give the young people some hope, the old man said that he waited for Archduke Franz to ascend the throne.