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

Chapter 1542 Hidden dangers
As for the British cultural output, Franz also has a way to solve it.

How can those commodities themselves be as direct as books, comics, music, and art?
Franz has always been kind to domestic literary and artistic workers over the years. These people are very patriotic and will definitely show their support in large numbers during the World Expo, or at least not in the opposite direction.

But Franz would not talk about this with Olga. Instead of wasting time on this, it would be better to just say a few soft words.

"Aren't you my greatest treasure? These things are just embellishments after all."

Olga was a little confused by Franz's sudden tenderness, but it was not incomprehensible. After all, Franz usually behaved abnormally a lot.

"Well, I listen to you."

Olga said in a sweet voice that it was a little embarrassing for her to act coquettishly to her husband who was eight years younger than her, but she didn't hate the feeling.

Franz took Olga to another room where a huge design drawing was hung on the wall.

"Like it?"

"is this real?"

Olga's eyes lit up.

"I will make your dreams come true."

The two embraced and kissed each other, and Franz pointed at the gold, silver and jewelry outside and said.

"Those common things are already treasures to ordinary people, so as long as you make simple arrangements and combinations, it won't be difficult for you to create a real treasure."

Olga understood what Franz meant. As long as she could find some craftsmen to turn these gold, silver and jewelry into clothes, hats and shoes, they would be treasures.

Austrian Imperial War Ministry.

"What is this senseless act of slaughter?"

"Show the kindness and civilization of the empire."

Although the Austrian Empire had just experienced a war, most officials in the War Ministry did not know much about the situation in the colonies and just made casual jokes.

“Bullshit mercy, bullshit civilization! Why didn’t those barbarians say these things when they slaughtered our patrol soldiers and innocent laborers and immigrants? Why should we unilaterally abide by these rules?
Harsh punishment is a necessary evil to maintain Habsburg rule!"

Major General June Dias said with great dissatisfaction that he had been to the West African colonies and had deep feelings about it.

"That's right! How can we reason with those savages? They poisoned and set traps, and often tricked our people into going into the forest and swamp.

These honorless fellows do not deserve our respect!"

Major General June Dias' words immediately resonated with others.

"That's right, appropriate killing can improve our combat efficiency and morale."

A soldier like Count Richcoffin, who is focused on combat efficiency, also agrees with Major General June Dias's opinion.

The senior officials of the Ministry of War were arguing with each other, and Count Latour was unable to control these young and energetic guys.

Albrecht finally couldn't bear it anymore.

"What do you want to do? Do you want to rebel? His Majesty the Emperor has not prohibited you from using force, but only those cruel acts that exceed military necessity.

Have you ever been to the battlefields of Hungary or Transylvania? Have you ever seen a whole town of men, women, and children being crucified and then sun-dried to death?

Have you ever seen an entire village being cooked to death?

You haven't seen these, but you've seen the heads hanging in Budapest, right? Do you know how the flesh of those children was scraped away piece by piece?
We are soldiers, not animals.

Even wolves and snakes kill their prey before eating it. You are a bunch of cowards who only know how to gossip in your office. If you really met the French army on the battlefield, you would be scared to death. "

These people are all top students who graduated from military academies, so naturally they would not accept the defeat.

However, as soon as these people tried to fight back, they were suppressed by Count Latour.

"That's enough! You guys are in the mood to argue here, why don't you think about how to word it and clearly convey the emperor's order in a language that those guys can understand.

If you continue to misinterpret the emperor's orders, I won't be able to save you!"

Franz's name is still very effective. Although many people are still not convinced, they dare not continue to argue under such accusations.

Soon the interpretation of Franz's order was completed:
1. Prohibit the mass execution of surrendered and posing no threat to prisoners.

2. Systematic abuse of women and children.

3. Killing for fun.

In fact, the interpretation of Franz's order was secondary. Both Count Latour and Archduke Albrecht were worried about the future of the Austrian Empire.

At this time, the senior generals of the Austrian Empire were aging seriously, and there were few young generals who could be used. In addition, the Austrian Empire was very short of excellent commanders, and at this time, almost all those who were capable were sent out.

Most of the remaining people were ambitious and arrogant. They thought war was too simple and liked to question the orders of their superiors, even the emperor's orders.

The Austrian Empire had won so many victories that even these mediocre people's self-confidence swelled.

"Once these women who can only talk big come to power, our army will be finished."

Count Latour said somewhat sadly that he knew he had no talent, so people who even he looked down upon were probably really useless.

"These guys should switch careers and become civil servants. They are good at drawing pictures and filling in numbers. They just gossip all day long.
Especially that June Dias, how dare an idiot who was fooled by the natives to speak so shamelessly? "

Count Latour was also helpless.

"They are all good at taking exams and come from good families. The war before and the purge afterwards forced many people to leave, but the positions couldn't be left vacant, so they were brought in to fill the positions."

Albrecht also sighed. He knew how difficult it was for a soldier of civilian origin to become a colonel-level officer, let alone a general.

Although many war heroes had obtained noble status in previous wars, it was not easy to be promoted to officers.

First they need to attend military academy to get official recognition, and then return to the army for training. It is ok to have noble status, but non-nobles cannot lead the army alone, and can only serve as adjutants and assistants.

The path to promotion for adjutants and assistant officers is much more difficult than for chief officers, and there is no chance at all if there is no war or military action.

Even if everything goes well, it will take these people 8-10 years before they have a chance to enter the War Department.

"These people are all of the same character. I think there is something wrong with the military academy."

Albrecht expressed his own judgment. When he was a teenager, he studied at Theresa Military Academy, and the first sentence he learned was "A soldier's duty is to obey."

It is hard to imagine that in that era anyone dared to make fun of their superiors or even the emperor's orders in person.

In fact, Albrecht's guess was very accurate, the problem did lie with the military academy.

After the end of the Anti-French War, the Austrian Empire's military circles have been calling for reforms. However, in the early years, the traditional methods were still used, and reforms did not begin until the past decade.

Franz also attached great importance to the military. He added a General Staff and a General Logistics Department, invested in the research and development of weapons, developed new tactics, and even reformed the military service system.

However, the reform of the military academy itself was no different from that in history. The Austrian Empire performed poorly in the anti-French war, so it decided to learn from the advanced experience of the French and British.