Chapter 147： budget

After Christmas, the next annual budget meeting of the Austrian government begins again.

In fact, at this time, the budget battle for various departments has ended, and now it is only the final round of determination.

If the issue of budget determination is brought to the meeting for discussion, it is estimated that in the last few days, it will be too late to review the project materials prepared by everyone.

Prime Minister Felix submitted a report to Franz, saying, "Your Majesty, this is the annual budget plan for 1850. The main expenditures mainly include: military expenses, government administration, education funding, land redemption, infrastructure construction, The six major items of cultural unification.

Among them, military expenditures decreased by 27.% compared with 1849, while education expenditures increased by 31%, cultural promotion expenditures increased by 32%, government administrative expenditures increased by 9%, and infrastructure construction expenditures increased. 44.5%. "

In general, except for the decline in military spending, other expenditures have increased significantly. The exception is land ransom, which was not there before.

At the same time as spending has increased, government revenue has also increased, otherwise this budget would simply not be approved.

Franz took over the budget report and just glanced at the budget summary table.

Military expenditure was 6,156,400 rupiah, of which the navy was 10.6523 million dong and the army was 50.916,100 dong.

The war was over, and disarmament was completed in 1849. By 1850, a sharp decline in military spending was normal.

However, it is only the military expenditure that has fallen. The navy military expenditure has increased by 1.5 million dongs compared with the previous year. It seems that the colonial forces in the government have grown stronger.

68.509 million rupiah education funds, including 40.416 million dong education expenditures during compulsory education, 20,600,200 dong education expenditures (including laboratory research expenditures in colleges and universities), and 78,821,000 dong education expenditures in middle schools;

The cost of education is much lower than Franz's estimate. On the one hand, compulsory education is still popular and has not been completed; on the other hand, conditional families have a better future for students and chose education. Better-paying schools.

On the surface, the education funds allocated by the Ministry of Education to all compulsory education students are the same. In fact, compulsory education schools also provide students with free meals, uniforms, and accommodation.

The cost of a child is not large, but the amount is also a big expense. According to preliminary estimates, it will reduce the cost of 10 million dongs.

Funds for infrastructure construction are 48.203 million dongs, including 2015.22 million dongs for railway construction, post-war reconstruction costs of 15.416 million dongs, urban infrastructure reconstruction costs of 10.2632 dongs, and others ...

There is no way. Some railways have no commercial value at all, but they have important military value and must be repaired.

Later generations also criticized the railroads of the Austro-Hungarian Empire in order to take care of the military and affect business.

In order to avoid this situation, this type of railway can only be repaired by the Austrian government. It is expected that private investment will not open the next century.

Fortunately, these railways are not long, generally only one hundred and eighty kilometers, the longest is not more than four hundred kilometers, and the total mileage is only two or three thousand kilometers.

After the construction is completed, it is connected to the Austrian railway network, which means that the domestic army can be put into the front line in the shortest time.

Government administrative expenditures amounted to 53.281 million dongs, of which administrative management administrative expenses were 11.261 million dongs and government agency administrative expenses were 42.021 million dongs;

Seeing this, Franz frowned, and it seemed necessary to let the state-owned enterprises operate independently. In the short term, there is no problem in merging together. In the long run, relying on the government to manage the enterprise will sooner or later derail the market.

A total of 23,168,000 rupees were allocated for cultural promotion. This is an effort to unify the language.

Because of the influence of the Austrian government's policies, everyone knows that they have learned a common language to find a job, and the promotion in the city is relatively smooth, and it is troublesome in the countryside.

Franz also didn't have a very good way. Coercion is impossible, and it will only make things worse. It seems that unified language in this generation is impossible and can only be done in the next generation.

All schools in the country are compulsorily required to offer Austrian language courses, and teachers are still being trained to ban local dialects as soon as possible.

That's right, in the official documents of Austria, at this time there is no word in national language, there is only one language in the country-Austrian, and the rest are regional dialects.

If nothing else, starting in 1850, all primary and secondary school teachers must take the Austrian language test, qualified salary is increased by one level, and unqualified preparation for retake.

If you fail the assessment for three consecutive years, you can prepare to go home. In order to promote the Austrian language as soon as possible, the Ministry of Culture and the Ministry of Education made every effort.

Needless to say, the ransom purchase of land has a fixed annual expenditure of 105 million dongs as compensation for the purchase of the land of the nobles. This is the payment for the farmers who have obtained the land, and the government has only turned a hand.

These six expenditures alone add up to 35,972,500 rupiahs, followed by a large number of small budget items. The total amount of zero plus Austria ’s fiscal expenditure in 1850 was 423 million dongs.

If you see this budget number two years ago, it is estimated that Austrian government officials will be fainted, which is almost three times the government's fiscal revenue. Now, everyone doesn't feel much.

(Note: Hungarian finance was split two years ago)

The ransom for farmers' land is about 158 ​​million dongs. After the government pays 1.05 ransom for noble land, there is still 53 million dongs in income.

It's just that this income is not too stable, and it will fluctuate due to the impact of natural disasters. If it catches up with the natural disaster, the government may have to post part of it.

There is also a tithe for the church, which fluctuates around 93.5 million dongs each year. Due to the fluctuation of agricultural product prices, there is also a deduction of 20% of the strata paid to the church.

There is also a cost for priests to collect taxes. Fortunately, they also helped to carry the blame, and it is impossible for them to do nothing.

In the hands of the government, there are only 74.8 million dongs. It seems that there is still a surplus to pay for education. In fact, as long as compulsory education is fully popularized, the money will not be enough, and the government will have to put money in it.

After deducting these two costs, the Austrian government's budget is actually not terrible.

4.23—0.748—1.58 = 243.2 million dongs

In addition, the salaries of enterprise management personnel can actually be deducted from the profits contributed by state-owned enterprises, but they have been merged.

The financial revenue for 1850 given by the Ministry of Finance is estimated to be 230 million dongs, and the total government revenue is estimated to be 480 million dongs, including land redemption payments, tithes, state-owned enterprise profits, and real estate lease and sale.

Minus the budget 423 million, it seems that there is a fiscal balance?

In practice, this is impossible. The Austrian government still has debt, these are repaid. So far, the Austrian government has owed a total of 542 million rupiah in bank loans, various bonds, and corporate and personal debt.

The money needs to be repaid on time. In theory, if nothing happens, the Austrian government has achieved fiscal balance.

These are just ideal conditions, and whether they are surpluses or deficits, we will know at this time next year.

In 1848, the Austrian government achieved a fiscal surplus by copying homes. In 1849, the Austrian government had a fiscal deficit of 7.256 million rupiahs.

This number doesn't seem to be big, but it lasts for a long time.

Especially at the critical moment when the Crimean War is about to erupt, the debts of Britain and France are owed, which will inevitably affect diplomacy.

This is reflected in history. The Austrian government's fall to Britain and France has factors in this regard. The French even relied on loans to pull Russia from the Three Emperors League.

Unless you study the Kingdom of Prussia, you owe debt first and start the war when development is almost over. If you win, you will have money to pay off your debts. If you lose, you will finish it.

Austria's family is very strong, Franz is not ready to be a gambler. This is a strategy for the rise of small nations and is not applicable to big nations.

Franz thought for a while and said, "Financial budget, just follow the implementation above! Leave a budget of 20 million dongs as a special fee to deal with emergencies."

Cut the budget?

The contents of this budget report have been reported by him for a long time. Unless it is better to exceed the limit, Franz will not do anything.

"Yes, Your Majesty," Prime Minister Felix replied.

In the face of a strong monarch, the ministers naturally could not stand up. Monarchs are not equal, monarchs have natural advantages.

At the beginning of the regency, Franz also had to use the foreign minister of Metternich to check and balance the powerful Prime Minister. After more than a year of running-in, this situation has completely changed.

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Without waiting for the German Federal Parliament to send a negotiating mission, under the strong pressure of Russian Foreign Minister Karl Voselrod, on January 6, 1850, the Prussian army completely withdrew from Denmark, including the abandonment of Schleswig, which was already in hand— — Holstein, the duchy.

Everyone knows that the next day is Christmas for the Russians. Nicholas I suppressed it for so long and naturally needed to vent.

As a close friend of nature, Karl-Worser Rhode naturally offered a gift on this special day. Unfortunately, the Prussian government fell into the background.

At first Franz felt the same way, but after seeing Metternich's bright smile, he knew that things were not that simple. The Austrian Foreign Ministry probably played a disgraceful role.

Franz naturally doesn't know anything, it is normal for the boss to suppress the second child. As two major states in the German region, Prussia and Austria have both cooperation and conflict.

In recent decades, everyone seems to be friends. It was only from the Frankfurt meeting that relations between Pulau and Austria began to alienate rapidly.

Yes, it is just alienation, not deterioration, and there has not been a direct conflict between the two sides. The "Three Kings Alliance" that the Prussian government attempted to establish was undermined by the Austrian Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

The Austrian government also formed the Holy Roman Alliance to isolate Prussia in the German region while the Prussian kingdom was plunged into the Pudan war.

All this proves that there is no room for two tigers, that the Kingdom of Prussia had bad luck and met Franz. The Austrian government has settled the domestic contradictions in advance and has the energy to give them trouble.

"Will you send a note to the Kingdom of Prussia in the name of the German Federal Parliament and let them die?" Franz asked hesitantly.

Metternich thought for a while and replied: "Sir, if we do, the Prussian government will most likely take orders. By then the Russians will not hate us?"

Indeed, at this time, the Federal Republic of Germany joined in, and the Prussian government could really drag everyone down.

Everyone knows that the Russians didn't really want to take action. Once the Prussian government's strong men broke their wrists, gave up independent diplomatic power, and let the German Federal Parliament take over, it would be very troublesome.

If it is persuaded, everyone will be scolded together with the Prussian government, no one should think about it; if you resist, it is estimated that the Russians really hate Austria.

Franz knows how much the Tsarist government has resentment. The big picture is set, so there is no need for extracurricular branches.

Franz shook his head and said, "Let ’s just forget it. After the Prussian government withdraws its troops, the people will be called for their accounts.

At the same time, it is necessary to expose the sinister intention of the Prussian government to use war to divert domestic attention, and let the German people abandon them. "

"Yes, Your Majesty!" Metternich replied.

Although he didn't think it was such a little trouble to hit the kingdom of Prussia, he could be disgusted.

At least not to wash away the bad reputation, it becomes more difficult for the Kingdom of Prussia to annex North Germany.

The annexation by force is actually the least desirable. Without the public's approval, it will be difficult for the increased land and population to be transformed into national power.

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