Naturally, the so-called commendation meetings were held to honor those who had excelled in the counterinsurgency process, and the reward for them was nobility.

In fact, the Austrian Empire was a very strange state, and the country was constantly striving to increase the number of nobles, and even periodically granted nobility to Jews who converted to Catholicism.

At this time, as long as you pay 1,000 florins to the House of Nobles in Vienna, you can become a nobleman, but this nobility does not actually bring any benefits, as long as you pay 3,000 florins, you can become a title nobleman.

The so-called title nobility is the right to add an additional affix to one's postcard or epitaph, such as the sword of the oak tree or something.

Titles of nobility are usually not available with money, but if you can afford them, there will be people to help you find a way.

In fact, many orthodox dynasties, including England, have been trying their best to expand the ranks of the nobility since the 16th century, but only Spain is as strange as the Austrian Empire.

This is also a helpless thing, who will let the department go out of the same door?

The reason why the nobility is used to commend is that Franz's purpose is self-evident, the old aristocracy is finished, but their ecological niche needs to be filled by someone.

As a result, these new aristocrats became the best substitutes, they were relatively more loyal and at the same time easier to control, because they had shallow roots and no backers.

In addition, this prize has the advantage that it does not cost money. Franz took a register of nobles from the House of Lords, as if he were digging for something.

Moreover, increasing the number of nobles in the country is beneficial to the family, after all, those nobles are associated with the dynasty, whether they want to admit it or not, for them there must be an emperor.

For Franz, he is one step closer to his goal.

Serfdom was an institution that was bound to be eliminated, while the aristocracy and privileged classes would not disappear. According to this basic logic, Franz's actions are easy to understand.

But he didn't want to be like the French and scatter the land, because that would only make a short-term profit and get a reputation as a good man.

In fact, this is the agricultural and land problem that has plagued France for more than a century, and it is difficult to use too much land to improve efficiency.

Guizot also noticed this, and during his reign he even openly supported land annexation, saying that "there are fewer farms in France than before, but this does not mean that French agriculture is less productive, because large farms are more productive." ”

It's just that the French peasants don't understand this, they think that Guizot is a black-hearted ghost who supports the annexation of their land, and even the natural and man-made disasters of recent years are to blame.

Moreover, some farmers have not been able to acquire land in a dishonorable way, and some have even gone to great lengths, otherwise it would be difficult to get hold of the land that the peasants regarded as their lifeblood.

During this period, the French government and officials were even more abusive, and although Guizot had been driven to New Louisiana (Texas), the policy was retained.

But the notoriety still hung on him, after all, Marshal Soirte did not want to wade into this troubled water, and no one else wanted to take on the responsibility.

So everyone tacitly put this black cauldron on Kizo.

Back in Galicia, Franz did not sell the confiscated land of the Polish Nationalists to the peasants in small pieces.

(The Galician serfs who had been emancipated were not all, because not all the nobles were involved in the rebellion, and Franz could not have purged them all on trumped-up charges indiscriminately.) ）

However, these peasants, who used to live as serfs, had little to do except farm.

The main thing is that these people did not want to leave their land, and the factories and mines were already filled with Jews at this time, and the docks were the world of the Italians, after all, the main commercial ports of the Austrian Empire at this time were in northern Italy.

Trieste was traditionally considered a military port, but the commercial status of Trieste was rising due to the increasing lack of throughput in the port of Venice.

Franz's intention was to combine the manor economy with the historic commune system, in which the peasants divided the land into households and village communities.

At the same time, the owner of the manor will take the lead in purchasing agricultural machinery, fertilizers, and improved seeds, and the amount will be apportioned according to the land area.

In fact, the control of the government and the aristocracy can reduce the blindness of the peasants to a certain extent, and effectively avoid the situation of what they plant and what they lose, after all, the government and the aristocracy have a wider source of information and a better understanding of the market.

And the larger the farm, the lower the relative cost, which helps to increase yields, improve efficiency, increase income, and make people happy.

The trivial and intrigues that happened in the specific manor should be left to the local aristocracy and the church to bridge the conflict.

In short, Franz's request to the manager of the manor is "Don't be confused about big things, don't worry about small things." ”

In fact, this is also another restriction on the power of the administrators, otherwise the abuse of power will abound.

Don't underestimate some small things, although some things seem innocuous to outsiders, but in the eyes of the parties, they can't let go, and the depression in the chest will inevitably go wrong after accumulating for a long time.

This is the case with the so-called small people, and it is better to let the officials be restrained by administrative orders, rather than let the local people digest it themselves.

Of course, if the matter rises to the point where it can only be resolved by the use of law or force, then the administrators of the manor should step in, after all, the people who can use these two weapons can only be a certain group of people.

In fact, the land of those Polish nobles was also very small in Franz's eyes, and it did not conform to Franz's setting of large farms and large estates.

Only by combining the lands of a large number of nobles could Franz's demands for future agriculture be satisfied.

However, those nobles who were dead or had clear evidence of an affair with the Polish Restoration Army were fine, but many more nobles did not participate in the rebellion, and Franz could not use force, so there was a second phase of the plan.

The reason why Franz made such a big battle as soon as he came into contact with it was to criticize the congress and commend the congress was that his purpose was to show others.

The first is to show his determination and warn the Polish Zionists to relent, otherwise it is better to weigh up the consequences themselves.

Secondly, these were exemplary roles, and if the people of these villages were rewarded and granted the status of free men, then other serfs in Galicia also had this opportunity.

Although it is a bit of a loss, but if you don't advance against the current, you will retreat, and the Polish regents can't be so stupid forever, rather than waiting for the other party to learn how to use this trick to counter the Austrian Empire, it is better for Franz to strike first.

And compared to the freedom of having nothing, Franz at least gave the serfs the benefits they hoped for and could see.

In the end, some of the nobles who did not participate in the rebellion had lands in Franz's plans, so he hoped that he could take them at a lower price.