War Palace and Knee Pillow, Austria’s Destiny

"Don't panic when facing a deep canyon, don't flinch, how will you know you are an eagle if you don't jump down?"

(Oriental version: How do you know if there is a magical secret treasure waiting for you under the cliff without jumping?)

In fact, the Austrian Empire is still a blue ocean at this time. As long as you have the ability, or are willing to endure hardships, even if you just rely on a ruthless energy, you can make a career as long as you don't hit the muzzle of Franz's gun.

In fact, the most important thing is that Austria is very wealthy at this time, and other countries cannot compete with it financially, so they criticize it verbally and writtenly.

However, the reality is that Franz’s routines and Austria’s preferential policies are more likely to attract the so-called elites, and their ideas and beliefs are more important to civilians.

Therefore, although the number of German immigrants attracted by Austria has experienced explosive growth many times over the years, the overall scale is still not very large.

Back to business.

Friedrich List listened patiently to William IV's complaints and curses. In fact, he understood the choices of those people very well.

Because if we only compare the prosperity, Berlin is probably not comparable to Vienna, even the suburbs of Prague.

If he had to choose again, he might not leave Austria and flee to the United States. In fact, Austria's development over the years has exceeded his imagination.

Note: Prague, the capital of Bohemia, was the most important transportation, trade, and industrial center in the northern part of the Austrian Empire at this time. It not only benefited from the dividends brought by the German Customs Union, but was also the place most severely affected by nationalism.

As a fervent nationalist, Friedrich List felt that Austria was the country most likely to lead Germany.

However, when he wanted to eliminate this possibility with his own hands, he still hesitated for 0.00001 seconds.

"Your Majesty, as far as I know there are no special restrictions on immigration in the Austrian Empire."

"What do you mean?" William IV was afraid of people saying this, because the last officer of the Ministry of Internal Affairs who said this had immigrated to Austria and brought an entire special service team with him.

“We can send all those troublemakers and criminals to Austria, so that we can survive the crisis and also consume Austria’s national power.

If the Austrians accept it, then they will have to bear the crisis for us. If they do not accept it, then the lies of the Austrians about immigration policy and the big Germans will be broken.

Moreover, those unscrupulous people and criminals are not economical people in the first place. They will definitely commit crimes when they arrive in Austria, and their lives will not be satisfactory.

If there is a war between the two countries in the future, these people will be our help and cooperate with us inside and outside Austria."

William IV was so surprised that he couldn't help but admire him.

"Wonderful! Wonderful! So wonderful!"

For Prussia, its biggest enemy has always been Austria, so this strategy of passing Prussia's pain onto Austria was particularly pleasing to the ears of William IV.

This is also a good idea for Prussia's top leaders. After all, if Prussia wants to maintain its influence and even ensure that it will not be weakened into a small country like Saxony, they must be wary of Austria.

However, Foreign Minister Carl von Kanitz (the one who had participated in the Vienna Conference) was hesitant.

"Then Your Majesty, if we transport immigrants to Austria like this, we will definitely be discovered. What if the Austrians want to retaliate against us?

By leading these wars, the Austrians gained an extremely high reputation both within the German Confederation and the German Zollverein.

Coupled with the remaining power of the old era, if they want to sanction us, I am afraid that no country will stand on our side. "

said War Minister Hermann von Poyn angrily.

"Under the leadership of Frederick the Great, our Prussian alliance with Austria, France and Russia were all defeated! Are we still afraid of the Austrians bringing a bunch of bastards with them?!"

The words of the Minister of War were very angry and powerful, but they were too outrageous, so they were ignored by everyone.

Times have changed, and at this time Prussia and the German Confederation were fighting. Even if there was no need to fight this war, Prussia would have internal chaos.

What Carl von Kannitz said makes sense. Although Austria has not used the power in its hands, no country will doubt that it has this power.

At this time it was Friedrich List who stood up.

"Please rest assured, I believe that all German countries have the same problem at this time. We can first let Mecklenburg and Anhalt, which are good friends with us, do it.

I believe that as long as someone does this, other countries will definitely follow. When we in Prussia implement our plan, the Austrians will have no reason to doubt us.

Even if we knew it was us, without evidence, we could only break the teeth and swallow the blood. "

Prussia's top leaders approved Friedrich's proposal after some calculations, but just in case, they still named the plan "Friedrich Plan".

As a result, an overwhelming army of immigrants was sent into Austria along railway lines and rivers, directly overloading the Austrian immigration office.

German immigrants were a good thing for Franz, even if the number was abnormal, he didn't care at all, because Austria had as much land as he boasted.

There is none in the country, and there are colonies. Even if all the people in Germany immigrate to Austria at this time, Franz can still eat it.

However, entry review must still be carried out strictly, because this can minimize the social unrest that may be caused.

But in order to ensure efficiency and give a good impression to those who were new to Austria, Franz decided to temporarily double the staff and mobilize some young nobles and college students to help.

Regarding the distribution of immigrants, it is still the same as before. Those who can enter factories can go to factories, and those who are able-bodied can enter the army and government agencies.

Those with special skills can be treated specially, but they need to be assessed and help them find corresponding jobs according to their abilities.

Anyone with a high school education or above and who voluntarily serve the empire can apply for the position of support teacher. The probation period is five years. Those with excellent grades can enter the imperial government and become grassroots officials.

In addition, you can also choose to go to St. Stephen's Crown Territory, Vojvodina, West Bosnia and other places to open up wasteland and farm.

The worst option is to go to the colonies, but the specific work in the colonies depends on the arrangements of local officials, and a series of relevant agreements need to be signed, because sometimes Austrian laws do not fully apply in the colonies.

However, going to the colony would allow the family to directly receive a compensation of five hundred florins, and if they unfortunately died in the line of duty, they would also receive an additional compensation of five hundred florins.

This is very attractive to ordinary people, especially Germans outside the Austrian Empire, who may not be able to earn this kind of money in their lifetime.