Vienna, Hofburg Palace.

Franz made a big fuss in Les Invalides, but he was not driven out of Vienna like Archduke Karl did.

First of all, he did not kill anyone, and secondly, there are many witnesses who can prove that it was an insider of Les Invalides who wanted to be against Archduke Franz.

First, he made provocative remarks, and then took the initiative to attack, and both people were seized. The testimonists are also wealthy and noble, and they involve many forces, and they cannot tolerate any reversal of the case.

What happened at Les Invalides at this time was a scandal for the royal family, the imperial government, and the military.

Therefore, of course, the Minister of Justice understands that the time has come to cut through the mess quickly, to sentence the sentence quickly and severely, and not to give any opportunity to make a big fuss.

At the same time, the various departments of the Austrian Empire were cut off from Les Invalides, because this incident alarmed the Emperor. Ferdinand I still valued his family very much, and the emperor thundered on the throne and almost suffered another stroke.

At present, the imperial power of Austria is still very strong, especially in recent years, the economy has improved, the politics is strong, and the prestige of the imperial family has been greatly strengthened by military victories.

Therefore, the emperor was dissatisfied and someone must have been unlucky, and in the end the bureaucrats had to introduce another batch of substitutes.

A total of 136 officials were involved in the Les Invalides incident, including two first-class 5-class civil officials, 17 second-class 3rd class civil officials, 30 third-class civil officials, and 81 middle- and lower-level civil servants.

Here is an introduction to the civil service system in Austria at this time, which is a bit confusing, because it was inherited from the time of Empress Teresa.

There are nine levels of civil service, and the higher the rank, the greater the power. At the same time, it will be divided into five categories according to their origin and educational background: those who are born into a high-ranking aristocracy and have excellent performance in universities are considered first-class.

Those who are from a high class of nobility, or who have excelled in a university, or who have been a low-ranking nobleman and have at least completed a university degree, are of the second class. Those who are born into a lowly aristocracy, or who have at least completed their university studies, or who have served the imperial government for at least thirty years, are of the third class.

The mid-level civil service is required to have completed at least secondary school or have at least ten years of experience as a junior civil servant.

Junior civil servants are actually a group of miscellaneous people, who are said to be civil servants, but they are more like orderlies, and there is almost no possibility of promotion.

There are nine grades in the first class, seven in the second class, only five in the third class, and only three in the junior and intermediate civil servants, and the first class starts at the third level.

The two first-class civil servants were sentenced to pay a fine of 10,000 florins each, and at the same time went home to reflect on the prohibition of holding public office for five years. A total of 47 civil servants of the second and third classes were sentenced to pay 2,000 florins each, and they were expelled from Vienna.

The remaining 81 were sentenced to confiscation of all personal property and to 10 years of hard labour in Dalmatia.

Although this sentence is not fair, it has a deterrent effect.

It also turned Les Invalides into a hot potato, and Prince Metternich negotiated with Count Korolav to contract it out.

This was expected by Franz, and the two old foxes naturally would not leave this kind of trouble in their hands, so they would use the method of public bidding to kick the ball to others.

However, there are a few powerful businessmen in Vienna who have no background, and they also know that this is a chicken rib, without much oil and water, but it is easy to bring trouble to themselves.

But Prince Metternich and Count Korollav did not look down on those small merchants, and such people were not qualified to connect to the plate. But someone had to take it, because they wanted it from the army, so they had to do it to the end.

Franz naturally wouldn't really let them break the jar, so he let people take over the business of Les Invalides. Of course, the conditions still have to be fought for, after all, this is a single business.

Franz unsurprisingly won the bid, and the Austrian government allocated a lot of money to Les Invalides, but not much.

So, he contracted breakfast, lunch and dinner to three different companies.

The purpose of this is very simple, one is to let them compete with each other, the second is to let them supervise each other, and the third is to help the poor and give more opportunities, because this kind of division is usually looked down upon by powerful businessmen.

The reason why Franz didn't send someone to do it himself was because he knew his position, and he didn't worry that he could send someone to supervise it, but he couldn't do everything himself.

Because Franz is not a construction captain after all, after all, when the three have common interests, they may put money together and lower the industry standard.

In order to put an end to this phenomenon, one is to let the veterans in the Invalides score, and the other is to regularly send industry commissioners to investigate and supervise.

Thirdly, Franz would personally visit them every once in a while, and fourthly, he hoped that some children, young soldiers, would visit these veterans on a regular basis.

After all, it is easy to bribe a person who has a stake in him, but it is not easy to bribe a group of people who have nothing to do with him.

When Franz and his friends came to Les Invalides again, the courtyard was still old, but it did not have that sense of decay.

The fallen leaves and dirt on the ground were stripped away, revealing the original bluestone slabs.

A few veterans in front of the door were chatting with the doorman, and a big black dog was watching vigilantly outside.

The old people in the courtyard sat on benches, looking at the passing pedestrians and the ever-changing city. There seemed to be a ray of sunlight falling in the dense shade of the trees.

Franz and his party entered the courtyard, and everyone saluted solemnly.

Not only for Franz's identity, but also for Franz as a person, they respect and appreciate it from the bottom of their hearts.

Franz was also happy that these people were back to life, and being respected was always a joy thing, and Taaffy and the others were also in a good mood, and they were going to have people buy something to treat the veterans.

However, this behavior made Franz stop it, because once people have settled the problem of food and clothing, they will start to demand dignity. He didn't want to be stabbed by the unconscious actions of some people, the self-esteem that these people had so hard picked up.

"I'm going to start a glorious military foundation, you can consider sponsoring it." Franz proposed, and although Adjani on the side didn't say anything, she obviously had a big opinion about the former's behavior.

But Richard Metternich and Akadoff, Taffy and these people don't care about this, since Franz said it, pay for it.

What they don't know is that they are actually sponsoring Ambrella. Franz also gave them shares very kindly, but no one else contributed much money except for Taffy himself.

Franz patted Taffy on the head.

"I won't treat you badly."

Then the group entered the hall, which was finally no longer a cafeteria, but a bar.

That's right, the Les Invalides bar. As the saying goes, food and clothing think about X desire.

As soon as the veterans were able to fill their stomachs, the hall was turned into a bar. A group of old men bragged, played cards, and danced kick dances together, and many of them had to go on even with crutches. It's not pleasant.

"It seems that they used to live too depressed." Franz sighed, and everyone nodded in agreement.

Then Les Invalides continued to rectify at Franz's request.

Although Franz knew that there would always be a gap between ideals and reality, this scene in the Austrian Invalides was too real. He was afraid that future generations would not be able to take it anymore, so he asked the veterans to practice regularly and learn the art and storytelling methods

(End of chapter)