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

Central Italy, residence of the Grand Duke of Tuscany.

Grand Duke Leopold II looked in surprise at the Austrian officials who were swearing allegiance to him.

"Mr. Mauna, are you kidding? Tuscany is just a small state under the rule of Austria, and Tuscany also has to serve Austria."

Mauna was the Austrian commissioner who came to Tuscany two years ago. Although the Grand Duke Leopold II was a little unambitious, he was very kind and loved by the people.

This is simply the best boss for someone like Mauna who is depressed in Austrian officialdom.

Of course, such people are usually not strict in governance, and corruption is common among their subordinates. This is also an important reason why Tuscany's economy has not improved, and these special officials from Austria can get rid of these stubborn diseases for Tuscany.

In two years, Tuscany not only built the railway to Modena and Lucca, but also expanded the small steel plant in Tuscany into the largest steel plant in Central Italy.

Central Italy lacks coal and iron resources, but not completely.

Canceling the exorbitant and miscellaneous taxes collected privately by officials and nobles has revitalized Wolina Port.

Tuscany has the largest mercury mine in Italy and even in the world. During the raids by Austrian officials, 15 million florins of stolen money were directly recovered. In the following two years, the output tripled.

Tuscany's financial revenue jumped from less than 3 million florins in 1834 to 10 million florins.

With money, Tuscany expanded its original 2,000-strong army to 10,000, and built its own factories. Not only can it be self-sufficient in weapons, but it can also be sold to other countries.

Leopold II of Tuscany was not obsessed with pleasure, but spent his money on education and public works.

This moved the Austrian officials who had suffered from wrangling and corruption so much that they were willing to stay and work for the "wise" Grand Duke.

"Your Majesty, we swear allegiance to the Habsburg family, and you are also a member of the Habsburg family, so this is not a betrayal."

Leopold II of Tuscany didn't care very much, as long as someone took care of the country for him.

And these people seem to be much easier to use than those Tuscan natives.

This Leopold II, unlike Franz II, never considered himself an Italian, nor an Austrian.

In his heart, he has always been a member of the Habsburg family. As for those "wise" actions, they are just a family tradition.

Even if Ferdinand I was unable to rule the country and caused chaos in Austria, Leopold II of Tuscany did not think that Ferdinand I was wrong, because Ferdinand I's succession to the throne was just following tradition.

Scenes like this are frequently staged in the states of Central Italy.

Of course, there are those who are depressed, those who want to find a stage to show their talents, those who have nowhere to go for corruption, and those who want to find a place to scrape land.

For example, in Parma now, the Grand Duchess Marie-Louise squandered her life even more recklessly after learning that she and Napoleon's only son had died.

As Austria's special commissioner, instead of helping restore order in the local area, Oaker favored the Grand Duchess Marie-Louise, looking for a handsome young man and buying luxury goods for her, and soon he gained the trust of the Grand Duchess.

And Oaker's source of income, one is by exploiting the people of Parma, and the other is by defrauding loans from Austria.

As a supervisor, Oaker guarded himself and stole himself. He directly used the money from Austria's railway construction to provide for the Grand Duchess and himself to enjoy.

Oaker colluded with local corrupt officials, and round after round of extortionate extortion made the people of Palma miserable.

Those who couldn't survive gathered together and tried to go to the Duchess' mansion to demonstrate, so that the Duchess could reduce taxes.

But Oakle reported directly to the nearby Austrian garrison that a mob was planning to harm the Grand Duchess.

The Austrian garrison became the knife in Oaker's hands, and the resentment of the slaughtered citizens towards Austria increased, which also paved the way for future outbreaks.

Francesco IV of Modena was a member of the Habsburg family, but he was the mediocre of the mediocre, so to speak, Zhang Changzong of the West.

Francesco IV didn't know three things, one didn't know how much money he had, two didn't know how many people he had, and three didn't know how many lovers he had.

He once assigned his lover's husband, with his money, to raise an army to attack Napoleon.

As a result, instead of recruiting troops, the man ran away with Francis IV's money.

And Napoleon didn't know that such a person was going to send troops to attack him until his death.

Francesco IV's reign was in disarray, and he preferred to call in the Austrian army rather than maintain an expensive army.

And the Austrian commissioned officials were helpless in the face of this situation, and they all played badly with the Grand Duke.

In the Papal States, the people still maintain that almost medieval life.

There is such a joke: If you want to say who is most opposed to the church in this era, it must be the Romans.

The Kingdom of Two Sicilies at the southernmost tip is ushered in. The freest king in the history of this country ~www.wuxiahere.com~ is different from his father who ignored political affairs all his life.

Ferdinand II took some measures from the Napoleonic era, reorganized the administration, cared about national welfare, reduced taxes, encouraged industry, promoted trade, allowed exiles to return, and even used some officials from the Murat era in his government .

Ferdinando II established Italy's first railway (Naples-Portici Railway), Italy's first nautical company, and Italy's first telegraph company, and then his people opposed his rule, even to his Cannonballs are fired from his bedroom, but his liberalizing reforms continue...

Franz is very clear that to integrate Central Italy, what is needed is a strong country and the establishment of a long-term stable order.

At this time, Austria's internal friction is serious, and it is indeed unable to continue to protect the legacy left by the era of Franz II. It may be wise to temporarily abandon the integration of China and Italy.

Franz was more interested in what happened in another place than Central Italy, which was tasteless and wasted.

Carlos, who was defeated in the Spanish Civil War, first fled to England, but he did not get the support he wanted in England.

The British government even felt that Carlos was a scourge that undermined peace in Europe, saying that as long as Carlos was willing to give up the throne and never return to Spain, the British government was willing to pay Carlos a pension of 30,000 pounds a year.

At that time, 30,000 pounds was already a very large number. The annuity of male members of the Austrian royal family usually ranged from 10,000 to 20,000 florins, and 30,000 pounds was equivalent to about 300,000 florins. Of course, this pension would not be taken for nothing. That's it.

Carlos left England and went to France for help.

Franz felt that Carlos did not let the French see his sincerity, so Franz decided to help him.