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After Metternich left, Franz began to think seriously about how nationalism was rampant in the Austrian Empire.

If Metternich hadn't mentioned it himself, Franz really wouldn't have known that the nationalist trend of thought in Austria had grown to such an extent.

Although historians at that time and later generations liked to claim that Metternich was a dictator with absolute power, as long as you do a little analysis, you will know that this is nonsense.

Metternich was well aware of what these nationalist trends of thought meant, but he could not effectively gather manpower and material resources to effectively deal with this challenge.

The "foreign ideas" that Metternich has been banning actually originated in Austria in the era of Joseph II, and under the intervention of Franz, the German Zolliance Union and the Apennine Zolliance Union continued to bring some messy ideas into Austria.

Although the number of transnational law enforcement by Metternich's secret police continued to increase, it still couldn't stop the spread of these ideas.

The trend of nationalism in Austria is now much more turbulent than in history. The reason why Franz didn't feel it at all was because the country's stability and rapid development temporarily covered it up.

At the same time, Franz also ignored this increasingly serious problem because he focused too much energy on the people at the bottom, especially the Danube flood that flooded not long ago, which took him a lot of time.

And what is even more frightening is that Franz unintentionally sheltered a large number of radicals, because he had very low requirements for scientists except for their professional level.

During this period, the relationship between the Austrian government and universities was actually antagonistic. Metternich believed that universities were breeding grounds for opposition, so the rectors of almost all public universities were members of the secret police, and one of their duties was to reduce the number of university students and scholars as much as possible.

That's why Franz saw the scene where the security guards of the University of Vienna would openly bully a scholar.

Facing the surging tide of nationalist thought, Metternich thought of building a high wall, using a high wall composed of censorship, secret agents, and comprehensive repression to stop the progress of the times, and other measures such as slowing down the flow of social classes. Try, and policies that reduce college enrollment.

And all of this became a monstrous flood in 1848, Metternich himself had to step down secretly, and even plunged the whole of Austria into turmoil.

Franz felt that the national elites were not difficult to deal with, the local nobles were not difficult to deal with, and the revolting workers and peasants were also not difficult to deal with.

(National elite refers to: businessmen, factory owners, scholars, and some bureaucrats)

But what is frightening is that the national elite and the local aristocracy are united, and then the refugees and the poor are engulfed. At the same time, it is accompanied by natural and man-made disasters. The combination of the above factors makes it even more difficult.

Franz prefers to make the best use of the situation compared to Prince Metternich's checking for gaps.

The dissemination of various ideas is not all bad, such as the idea of ​​Greater Germany. Due to the power of the Austrian Empire, more people are willing to accept this view.

Especially after the natural disaster in 1838, many civilians who avoided the disaster and participated in disaster relief were exposed to the idea of ​​Greater Germany.

Franz's adaptation of the song was far more effective than the drooling lectures of the professors.

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It's just that the spread of the idea of ​​Greater Germany is a headache for those states in North Germany.

In the Kingdom of Hanover, Ernst August I was the king, and everything went wrong. First, his eldest son lost his eyesight due to an accident.

In the second year of his reign, one horrific natural disaster after another nearly emptied Hannover's treasury. At the same time, as the theoretical second heir to the British throne, he encountered strong resistance from Parliament.

Due to the continuous expansion of the German Customs Union, Hannover's market is shrinking, the financial situation is deteriorating, and it is a hotbed of opposition.

Ernst August I was a representative of the reactionaries. Faced with a dangerous situation, he chose to abolish the liberal constitution, sent troops to suppress the opposition, and created the Göttingen tragedy.

Dozens of professors and hundreds of college students were arrested, a considerable number of them died in prison, and the rest were brutally abused.

The situation in Prussia is similar. The situation faced by Frederick William IV is much worse than in history. Not only the sudden death of William III allowed him to ascend the throne early, but also a series of impacts brought about by Austria's entry into the German Zollum. Let him burn out.

The army asked for money to upgrade its equipment, and the Prussian generals assured him that as long as they were equipped with breech-loading guns, his army would be invincible.

Frederick William IV didn't know whether his army would be invincible, but he knew that his treasury was empty and he could only survive by issuing national debt.

The Minister of Agriculture requested the construction of water conservancy, the development of new types of chemical fertilizers, and the adoption of new agricultural tools. The Minister of Industry requested an increase in investment in mines and new equipment. The most outrageous thing was that the Minister of Transport requested the construction of tens of thousands of kilometers of railways and the dredging of all rivers in Prussia. ..

At this time, Prussia's finances were far inferior to those of the Austrian Empire. If you want to increase investment, you must increase taxes. However, the number of domestic opposition is increasing day by day.

The previous food crisis further exacerbated land annexation, and farmers who lost their land could only choose to enter the factory or flee to the Austrian Empire.

Historically, this food crisis created a large number of landless farmers, provided a large number of cheap labor for Prussian factories, and promoted the development of industry.

However, since Franz has been trying to attract immigrants, those Prussian farmers who lost their land have another choice.

Although the number of landless peasants entering the cities has decreased, the exploitation of cheap labor by factory owners has not diminished.

At the same time, due to the fierce collision of various ideas in the German Confederation, the calls for a constitution are getting louder and louder. The Hohenzollern family cannot accept this kind of request to limit the king's rights.

So the relationship between Prussia and Austria changed from the previous hostility to joint law enforcement.

Unlike the fierce opposition and strong suppression of Austria, Prussia, and Hanover, the King of Bavaria chose to lie flat.

Ludwig I himself was a conservative, but he was more addicted to enjoyment than cruel politics ~www.wuxiaspot.com~.

The portraits of 36 beauties in Nymphenburg Palace witnessed this period of history, and the scandal with his mistress Lola Munster made the whole of Europe know about it.

He spent all his money on pleasure, and naturally he didn't have enough money to suppress heresy, so he told the German Confederation that any country could come to suppress "reformers."

The other states of the German states are also more or less facing the same problem, and the whole situation is becoming more and more elusive.

Although the Austrian Empire is much stronger than in history, the potential energy of this storm seems to be much stronger than in history.

Faced with such a powerful wave, Franz did not dare to point all the directions to Greater Germany, because a super empire that appeared out of thin air would inevitably be besieged by the whole of Europe.

Moreover, the position and situation of this empire are worse than those faced by France back then, and it is more difficult to break through.