War Palace and Knee Pillow, Austria’s Destiny

Even though Talia has been the principal for so many years, her behavior is still a little "disrespectful".

As soon as the funeral crowd dispersed, she sat down next to the tombstone.

"I must be a very incompetent teacher, right? I obviously want you to get ahead, but in the end you can only sleep here.

You are obviously better than anyone else, and I have found the biggest backer in this country for you. Also, I didn’t sacrifice my appearance, and you don’t have to turn away when you see me.

I just want to tell you that there is not only one path to success.”

"Ahem...what nonsense are you talking about."

Franz was a little moved at first, but after hearing what happened he couldn't help it anymore.

"Why didn't you leave?"

"I have to stay and listen to see if you have anything bad to say about me. What happened to Peraini was my negligence, and there were problems with confidentiality and security.

I didn't expect this to happen."

Franz blamed himself and felt guilty, but he needed people.

Thalia knew Franz very well.

"You don't have to blame yourself too much, and don't worry that I will give up my choice. This is my job and my destiny.

This is your wish list and I hope you can fulfill your promise.

As for Pereni, she is very good. The only thing she lacks may be the 'big picture' you mentioned. "

"I will."

Thalia leaned on Franz's shoulder and began to carve the epitaph.

"Here lies a reformer. She is trying to change the world, but so far she has only changed her own living conditions."

It's been a long time. I used to be able to hold someone's thigh, but now I have become someone's support. Franz sniffed Thalia's sweet scent, which should be the smell of Viennese coffee and Portuguese egg tarts.

At this time, the Austrian Empire needed some people outside the rules, or some people who were not easy to integrate into the system.

Previously, Franz created a large number of civil servants in the name of popularizing education and developing colonies. No matter what those people were once, they would be quickly assimilated after joining the Austrian Imperial Government.

The improvement in administrative efficiency was far less than Franz expected, and corruption in the royal company was also spreading rapidly.

Especially in the colonies, people would do anything for money, and it is impossible to count how many atrocities occurred during this period.

Wherever Franz passes, there must be peace, but when he leaves, it will immediately turn into a smoky and lawless place.

The only thing that was relatively clean at this time was the scientific community. After all, Franz had been paying attention to it for a long time, and the leading scholars preferred to engage in scientific research rather than being involved in factions. Therefore, although scientists often dueled with each other, the overall atmosphere was not bad.

The Austrian Empire is indeed in serious trouble at this time, but fortunately there will soon be an opportunity to solve the problem.

To get the most out of it, Franz now had to do a little more.

In Japan, the death of Masahiro Abe caused an uproar. More than a hundred people were beheaded, and countless others were imprisoned.

This was the first time in hundreds of years that the samurai class had gained an economic advantage. Coupled with the death of the chief shogunate, Lao Naka, it was enough to drive the samurai into madness.

As a result, massacres against merchants occurred in various places, and the shogunate and the daimyo in various places were also happy to see this. The era when they needed to rely on domestic merchants was over.

After trading with the Austrian Empire, these famous people found that doing business was so easy, so they went to sea to squeeze the merchants.

Of course, the daimyo would not actually do business in person, but they could entrust merchants from the Austrian Empire to help them control trade.

In this way, not only can you save a lot of expenses, but you can also earn a lot of profits, and it can also suppress the arrogance of businessmen.

At the same time, cheap goods can also improve the living standards of the people in the territory and allow people to gain "happiness".

As for the cost, it's not big since they don't need to worry about it anyway.

Faced with almost zero tariffs on Austrian Empire goods, merchants throughout Japan had no power to resist. For a time, Osaka Bay was filled with corpses of merchants.

Agricultural products, the Austrian Empire has California colonies and the fertile land of the Hawaiian Islands are many times better than Japan's barren mountains. In terms of industrial production capacity, Austria has completely surpassed Japan.

Therefore, even if Masahiro Abe is punished by heaven, trade with the Austrian Empire will not be interrupted. It's just that the new chief veteran is not Naoki Ii, whom Franz is familiar with, but Harugaku Matsudaira.

Franz didn't know this man very well, but considering that he was already sixty years old, Franz felt that there was no need to know this man too well.

However, the attitude of the other party still needs to be found out. According to the news sent back by Kagura from Japan, this person is a reformist, but he is not popular within the shogunate.

Matsudaira Harugaku's rise to power was mainly due to seniority issues and the result of the struggle between Tokugawa Ieki and the shogunate ministers.

Tokugawa Ieyoshi, a general with no real power, suddenly wanted to do something. Those who had great power naturally did not want the general to take away their power.

However, the shogunate's surname was Tokugawa after all, so they found such an old man in his dying years to be the chief lieutenant. Although Matsudaira Harugaku was loyal to the general, he was also a reformer, which Tokugawa Ieki hated.

So in the shogunate at this time, not only the generals became decorations, but also the chief veteran became decorations.

As a result, powerful local lords have strengthened their ties with the Austrian Empire. In fact, although Japanese Bushido emphasizes loyalty, the samurai adults pay more attention to practicality.

At this time, more than 190 of the more than 200 feudal lords in Japan sent daughters, wives or maids. Generally speaking, the daimyo would only do this to the shogun's family, and the woman sent out was called "Okata" (おくがた).

For a time, the Tenten Shrine where Kagura lived was overcrowded. The first round was based on appearance, and the second round was based on intelligence. After two rounds, 90% of the people were eliminated.

Although these people were carefully selected by daimyo from various places, they were still far worse in Kagura's eyes.

After that comes the formal courses, in order to allow these people to integrate into Austria's specialized training as soon as possible. After the final selection, a group of people will be eliminated, and then those who pass the selection will be sent to Vienna.

But it's not the palace, but the Royal College for Women.

At this time, Atsuhime (the one sent by the Satsuma clan in the previous article) was cramming for elementary school lessons with a confused look on her face. She couldn't use what she had learned at home before.

Franz also made a special trip to see Princess Yuichi, known as one of the greatest women in modern Japanese history. There was nothing special about her.

Franz felt that she was not as good-looking as the Indian version of Joan of Arc, and her submissive appearance did not seem to have any characteristics.

Franz glanced at the transcript again out of habit, it was also very mediocre. You must know that Lakshmi Pai, who is the same age as her, also came to Vienna not long ago, but her grades were perfect.

However, Thalia was very optimistic about Du Ji and dismissed Lakshmi Pai because she had seen too many geniuses.

Most of those geniuses are excellent and proud, but Atsushi has a talent that they do not have, which is a very excellent communication ability.

Thalia still remembers what Kagura was like when she first arrived at school, and she almost had the word "social fear" written on her face, but this princess was able to make those proud ladies take the initiative to talk to her.