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

The flood in 1846 also affected it, but due to Franz's intensive management in the past ten years, it did not cause much damage in Austria.

However, the same flood is another scene in Hungary, where the water of the Danube wanders wantonly on the Hungarian Great Plain.

Going south for a while, going north for a while, overflowing pastures and fields, destroying houses and bridges, even strong fortresses are hard to escape.

However, this kind of thing did not attract too much attention from the Hungarian government and high-level officials. After all, this kind of thing has been going on for hundreds of years.

It still feels fresh on the first day, but it will naturally become numb after watching too much.

But this has become an advantage for Kossuth to discredit Austria. After all, conspiracy theories can always get people's extra attention.

"That's right! The Austrians just want to flood us! They built those dams to bring us to our knees!
And the Hungarians will never give in!We are descendants of the Huns!Descendants of the conquerors!We are the real masters of this land! "

There was thunderous applause in the hall of the Hungarian Parliament, and even those single-clothed nobles and commoners who were not qualified to set foot here were deeply encouraged.

(Note: Commoners do not include serfs.)
In fact, those big nobles love to hear these words, because they have another reason to go to Austria to ask for money.

"I disagree with you! If you say that the Austrians built a dam upstream is a conspiracy, then what is the purpose of their willingness to help us build a dam?"

Franz still has allies in Hungary, such as the Prince Elthhazi in front of him, who has become a shareholder of the Royal Hungarian Land Development Company, so it is natural to stand up and speak for his owner at this time.

It's just that the prince, or the people the prince invited were of limited skill, Kossuth quickly caught a loophole.

"My dear prince, my dear compatriots. The Austrians helping us build the dam is naturally a conspiracy, and it is an even more vicious conspiracy!

They are trying to make us paralyzed, relax our vigilance, and then see the opportunity to deal us a fatal blow.Believe me!Our kingdom!Our freedom is at stake!
Only when we unite can we defeat the cruel and cunning enemy!I will keep fighting here, if I have to add a deadline, then I will choose forever!forever! "

The venue erupted into warm applause again. Many people felt that there was a fire burning in their chests and wanted to shout out loudly, but no one dared to do that at this time, except Kossuth.
Potato late blight has also begun to appear in German regions and Austria, but on a smaller scale and with very limited impact.

At this time, the wealthy Austrian imperial government even directly bought all the soapy potatoes that rotted in the ground at 70% of the market price, and then burned and buried them centrally.

Although the other members of the German Confederation do not have the financial resources of Austria, the younger brothers dare not go too far because the big brother is proofreading.

Of course, it doesn't mean surpassing Austria, but that you can't eat too ugly, at least you have to look like a person.

In fact, some "cunning" people have begun to go to the headquarters of the German Confederation to seek grievances, especially those small states with weak control.

At first, it was trivial matters, such as criminals who could not be caught, debts that could not be recovered, but soon some people began to report local evil forces, corrupt officials, and even religious conspiracies.

This has caused panic among those small states, because they have no ability to find trouble with big countries, but those big countries can use these small things to interfere in their internal affairs.

The most frightening thing is that all these are promoted by the people, and they are voluntary.But even if it was discovered, the government of the small state would not dare to stop it indiscriminately, because the other end of the line is connected to the German Confederation.

Although in theory the confederation has no right to interfere in the internal affairs of various countries, if the confederation intervenes, even big countries like Prussia and Bavaria may not dare to openly refuse.

Because the other side of the German Confederation is the German Customs Union, this kind of two-way sanctions, except for the Austrian Empire, other countries simply cannot afford it.

However, most powerful countries did not realize this, they were just pleasantly surprised that they could better control the small countries around them.

This has created a trend. Those small countries that once split up and worked alone now have to consider reorganization and grouping together to keep warm.

The person who promoted all this was naturally Franz, who felt a pain in his head every day looking at the large colorful area on the map.

But if you want to incorporate it, you have to be prepared to go to war with the whole world. Britain, France, Russia, and Putin will not allow the Austrian Empire to become a behemoth across Central Europe.

This year, apart from St. Stephen's crown, only Italy has been affected by the disaster, but this has little impact. After all, the crops were almost eaten by locusts before the flood came.

The biggest disaster in Italy now is the newly enthroned Pope Pius IX. Although the great powers ignored him, this guy just refused to give up.

Since Pius IX was crowned, he has issued several decrees every week, the frequency of which is the highest among all popes.

And he is no longer satisfied with the European continent, the Pope has begun to send his edicts to South America and North America, Mexico and Brazil have received some strange orders.

In his letter to Tasan Anna, Pius IX first praised the latter for his outstanding contribution to the abolition of slavery, and then affirmed his efforts for the peace of North America and the development of Mexico.

Originally, Tasan Anna was about to introduce him as a confidant, but Pius IX signed at the end of the letter and asked the former to pay back. The tithes owed by Mexico over the years are not much, that is, [-] million pesos, which is about At this time, Mexico's fiscal revenue for three years.

The content of the letter to Pedro II is similar. The final reply of the two rulers is that there is no reply. After all, the Pope's judge can cross the ocean across the Atlantic Ocean?If you really crossed that line, can you let them do it?

Franz himself also received a letter from Pius IX, asking him to go to the Vatican to face the saint.

After all, the renegotiation of the tithe with the Papal State was met with opposition from all over the country.Not only the church and the government opposed it, but also the nobles and commoners.

The former is because it can directly benefit from the tithe. In fact, the tithe government of the Austrian Empire can get [-]%, the church can also get [-]%, and the remaining [-]% ​​belongs to the royal family.

If it is done according to Pius IX's intention, it is to send all the tithes to the Vatican first, and then the Pope himself decides to distribute them. In the name of listening to the Holy Judgment, in fact, whether the money can come back in Rome is irrelevant. Sure.

Even if Pius IX is really as selfless as he said, he doesn't know how much it will be lost during the transfer process.

Commoners and nobles also opposed this practice, because they saw benefits from the tithes they paid in the hands of the Austrian government and the church.

At least the infrastructure and sanitation system over the years have been established, the locust plague has been blocked, the flood has not broken the dam, and the cholera is just like a breeze and does not cause too much chaos.