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

Chapter 1496 Annoyed
These people took advantage of Franz's trust in them and fabricated a lot of "facts". Based on these false circumstances, Franz made wrong judgments and only got wrong results.

They caused the Austrian Empire to misjudge the entire Western Bosnia region and took the opportunity to eliminate many competitors. Those officials who did not cooperate and were unwilling to go along with them were charged with various crimes and were either transferred or demoted.

Soon these people occupied the three most prosperous cities in Western Bosnia. They joined forces to exploit loopholes in the Austrian Empire's surveillance mechanism and began to more unscrupulously form alliances and eliminate dissidents.

These guys managed to create a state within the Austrian Empire, which they called the "New Human Republic".

However, this country still imposed heavy taxes on the locals in the name of the Austrian Empire, and directly reported rebellion when encountering resistance, and suppressed it with the Austrian Empire's army.

Even though the Austrian Empire had a road construction team, they still forced local people to join the mountain construction team. Since the railway was one of Franz's most important political achievements, these guys catered to his interests.

The supervisors of the road construction team were all minor officials or low-ranking military officers. How could they dare to interfere in the affairs of local officials? Moreover, they were very happy that it could increase the number of people in the road construction team and speed up the road construction process.

But the purpose of those corrupt officials was not only to build roads, but also to increase taxes. If you did not want to join the road construction team, you had to pay a large sum of money for exemption from military service, otherwise you would be arrested and forced to do hard labor.

In addition, these guys invented more than a dozen special taxes, which together were twice as much as the tax revenue of the Austrian Empire.

The local tax system has also been corrupted, and even more outrageous things have been done in order to gain a reputation.

Often engage in collective bullying and promiscuity to improve team cohesion.

In order to cover up the truth, they even colluded with gangs to deal with things and people that they were not convenient to handle.

After only a few years of operation, these guys have monopolized the local officialdom, and several of the most profitable industries in the area have also been divided up among these families.

Two bishops were killed, but the empire only thought it was caused by religious conflicts and hastily closed the case without even conducting an in-depth investigation.

Many journalists and foreign tourists disappeared mysteriously, but at the time it was just thought to be an accident. After all, such things are not uncommon in the mountains.

The negligence of the imperial high-level officials condoned their evil in disguise, and then these guys became more and more outrageous, even reaching out to prisoners of war and foreign countries.

They took advantage of their positions to secretly send Hungarian prisoners of war out of the country, and then deliberately created accidents to use innocent people as the scapegoat. They played this trick more than once, and even the spies sent by the great powers admired the audacity of these people.

The most hateful thing is that according to the current evaluation criteria of officials in the Austrian Empire, these people have made outstanding political achievements and can be regarded as role models of officials.

Not only did they exceed the country's strategic goals, they even increased local tax revenues, suppressed several rebellions, removed incompetent officials, and recommended suitable pickles.

Franz had just rewarded these people generously, not only with money and land, but also by promoting several of them to barons.

Franz had always wanted to expand the ranks of the nobility and revive its influence. He felt that this was a good opportunity to add fresh blood and was promoting it with great fanfare, but it turned out to be a joke, which made Franz feel like eating a spoiled durian.

At this time, the bigwigs of the main supervisory agencies of the Austrian Empire were basically all present, but they did not dare to easily interpret Franz's words "arrest those who should be arrested, and kill those who should be killed".

After all, there were more than just the three on the list. There were 72 official officials alone, and more than administrative officers. If you count the miscellaneous people, there would probably be thousands of people involved. If the wrong people were arrested or killed, it would be troublesome. The emperor was angry now, but these were all smart people. In the end, Fleglova, the current leader of the Violet Knights, was pushed out.

This usually coquettish woman was a little shy at this moment, and she asked timidly.

"Your Majesty, please tell me which ones should be killed and which ones should be arrested."

Franz was also confused by anger before, he just wanted to solve this embarrassing matter quickly. Franz picked up the list again, as well as the files submitted by various departments.

"The others go out, Fleglova stay."

In a short moment, the others disappeared without a trace as if they had been pardoned. Fliglova was no longer shy as before, and strode towards Franz. The sound of her high heels tapping the ground was as precise and pleasant as piano keys. She twisted her waist and turned around to stand beside Franz.

Fliglova is very confident in her steps. After all, she has been practicing since she can remember, and it was once her livelihood.

However, Franz was unmoved, after all, he was well-informed at this time. But Franz didn't mind enjoying the feeling of the warm fragrance in his arms, and he handed the quill to Fleglova.

"Please help me write."

It is impossible for Franz to make the decision on those corrupt officials alone. He only gives a judgment standard and leaves the rest to professional officials. The specific standards must be combined with the actual situation.

However, in principle, the main culprit must be executed, and the accomplices must be exiled at the very least. All proceeds from corruption must be confiscated and used to subsidize the officials and civilians who were harmed, and officials who were previously wronged should be rehabilitated and compensated as much as possible.

Finally, any controversial issues will be brought to Franz for decision.

Franz was talking in the back, and Fleglova was writing in the front. When Franz finally finished his last sentence, Fleglova had already collapsed on the table.

Franz walked to the window and pulled open a corner of the curtain. He could not hear the noise outside, but he knew how much evil was hidden beneath the superficial prosperity.

The Austrian Empire developed too fast. Even the infrastructure of its capital Vienna could not keep up, let alone other cities.

Since there was no concept of cars at that time, the roads in Vienna were designed to be somewhat narrow and the buildings were too dense, resulting in serious traffic congestion.

In fact, Franz had already taken this into consideration when he began designing the city roads, but the overly wide roads were somewhat incomprehensible to people at the time, and these roads were quite different from the old city.

As a result, some people intentionally or unintentionally made the road a little narrower, and the shops on both sides of the street also quietly expanded and encroached on the road. With everyone's concerted efforts, Franz's design was successfully thwarted.

Traffic congestion is even more serious in the new urban areas on the outskirts. After all, people living in the outer cities are civilians, their voices are very small, and even fewer people care about them.

There are many people and carriages in the inner city, but there are people to help with traffic flow and people are more disciplined, so large-scale congestion rarely occurs.