Chapter 153： A law-abiding tsar

Any reform has a price, and Franz soon realized it. As victims of this military reform, Franz's three younger brothers came to protest.

There is no doubt that the three little farts were brutally suppressed by him, and they were said to be dumb, and left slumped.

In fact, Franz also wanted to establish a school for young aristocratic officers, but he finally had to give up this plan because of his poverty.

There is no way, this is determined by Austria's national conditions. Now the cost of military education for children of nobles is borne by the nobles themselves. Once the government establishes a school for juvenile noble officers, the government will bear the cost.

The cultivation of these noble children must not be sloppy. Elite teaching is required. The education cost of tens of thousands of noble children will cost at least tens of millions of dongs per year.

In addition to military and cultural classes, there must be etiquette classes, art classes, equestrian classes, hunting, fencing, religion, social dance ...

In short, how expensive it is. This elite education cannot be supported by ordinary aristocratic families. What should we do?

The answer is very simple: parents educate the next generation, or let their children learn from relatives and friends.

Of course, this is an aristocracy with a background. Emerging aristocrats do not have the ability to provide such high-end education to their children. If the aristocratic temperament cannot be cultivated, people will be upstarts.

Anyway, in addition to cultural classes, Austrian schools also have simple military training, which is a tradition in the German region.

As the so-called ups and downs, imitating the behavior of the ruling class is a normal phenomenon in society. Austria's compulsory education schools are so poor and there is no lack of basic military training.

The abolition of the Bottle Army is only a minor episode in the military reform, and its impact is not significant in nature. This honorable officer does not need Franz to start.

The real major operation is still in the logistics management system. With the continuous updating of military weapons, the requirements for logistics supplies have become greater and greater. The traditional logistics support system can no longer meet the needs of modern warfare.

To put it simply, a special logistics support system has been established, and the army's logistics team has grown.

It is worth mentioning that the medical security system has also appeared in the Austrian army, or an important member of the logistics system. Each company has established a medical and health team, and there are special field hospitals at the division level.

Unfortunately, the medical system is still an empty shell. These establishments only exist in theory. The doctors in field hospitals are still single digits, which can only guarantee the safety of officers' lives.

According to the current situation, Franz estimates that it will take at least three to five years for these institutions to be fully staffed and it will take time to train medical personnel, even if they only learn simple battlefield first aid.

Considering the level of medical technology in this era, it can only be said that it is better than nothing. Franz also does not expect them to be able to rescue the seriously wounded, as long as the lives of the lightly wounded are saved.

In this era, the mortality rate on the battlefield remains high. The most important reason is trauma infection. There are no high-grade anti-inflammatory drugs. Alcohol is not lacking in Austria.

Not long ago, Franz also sent people to make the penicillin, which was originally intended to make money by selling medicines.

Unfortunately, even if penicillin can be produced by the earth method, this penicillin is not the same as penicillin that can be used to save the wounded. It also involves professional things.

The scientists involved in the production were shocked, but it is time to do experiments, and continue to do experiments. If you can't grasp the middle degree, the magical medicine that saves lives will also become a deadly poison.

In history, penicillin was invented in 1928, and clinical trials were not completed until the end of 1940. Of course, research was interrupted in the middle.

When can we stabilize the medicine and make the best penicillin for human use? It is up to these scientists to work hard. Franz said that he is really powerless.

Laboratory products are so difficult to implement. The transition from laboratory products to industrial production is naturally indispensable.

Historically, because of the outbreak of World War II, from the laboratory's determination of drug efficacy in 1940 to industrial production in 1942, Americans set a new record in the history of drug development.

Franz doesn't think that Austria's industrial technology can be compared to Americans during World War II. Don't say three years, if this goal can be achieved within ten years, it will be all celebrated.

Franz can only say with emotion that the anti-Japanese divine dramas are not harmful.

Americans began mass production of penicillin in 1943 before making it available to the Allies. I really don't know which counterfeit drug dealer Penicillin from the Japanese protagonists ran out of, which was earlier than the laboratory products.

After this failure, Franz directly cut off the idea of ​​selling drugs to make money.

In an age in which biotechnology, medical technology, and industrial technology all failed to meet the conditions, why did he not have a system nearby?

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St. Petersburg

Since the signing of the Russian Olympiad, the Russians have begun to prepare for war.

The tsarist government is not a fool. They know that the European continent has just undergone a major revolution. Governments of all countries are busy consolidating their political power and carrying out social reforms. This is the best time for them to expand.

"When will my finance minister be able to make up for the war." Nicholas I asked dissatisfied.

Preparing for the war naturally costs money. If there is no money to fight? It has been almost a year since last year, and the Ministry of Finance has still not collected all the funds for the war, and Nicholas I will naturally be dissatisfied.

Later generations believed that Russia, a backward agricultural country, was a poor country among the great powers. In this era, the Russian Empire was not poor at all, and its fiscal revenue was as high as 200 million silver rubles.

(1 gold ruble = 10.3 silver rubles, one silver ruble is about two and a half silver)

As a feudal dynasty, the industrial development of the Russian Empire was naturally unsatisfactory, and agricultural technology was also unsatisfactory, but they could not hold their homes to mine?

In the middle of the 19th century, the Tsarist government discovered a large number of gold and silver mines in the newly expanded territory. In 1840, the Tsarist government minted 439.9 million silver coins and 134 million gold coins.

The production of so many gold and silver coins, in addition to explaining the treasury government's wealth, has another frustrating reason: their banknotes are not strong.

During the Alexander I period, the Russians also issued banknotes in accordance with the trend, but businessmen in various European countries believed that the tsarist government had no credibility and refused to use paper rubles, and the value of paper rubles naturally went wild.

In 1817, Alexander I changed the monetary policy and banned the issuance of banknotes. The government adopted a policy of shrinking banknotes and successively recycled banknotes in the market.

Trade without paper money naturally relies on gold and silver coins. Facts have proved that this thing really works. Once the gold and silver complex system came out, it was immediately praised by businessmen in Europe.

Judging from these data, the tsarist government of this era should be very rich. The 120 million yuan before the depreciation of silver is not a small figure, which is much higher than that of Austria before the reform.

As a feudal dynasty, the Russian Empire did not have much social welfare to spend. The government's fiscal revenue was mainly to support the army and administrative organs. It should be sufficient.

Nicholas I and Franz faced a common social problem—corruption, and no richer country should expect to be financially rich as long as this problem cannot be solved.

"Your Majesty, this cost is too large, I am afraid to wait until the second half of next year." Finance Minister Astanley replied

Nicholas I frowned and asked, "Isn't a war tax already levied?"

"His Majesty, the aristocrats have not yet paid the war tax. They demanded that this money be paid after the war broke out, so the war tax is now lower than our expectations." Astanley explained

This is a normal operation, and the taxes of the Russian nobles have always been well collected. The tsar's credibility is not very good. The nobles are afraid to be deceived by the tsar. Unless the war has broken out, it is difficult to receive taxes in advance.

Of course, if Nicholas I was a little tougher, it could be collected in advance, but this would affect domestic unity and stability.

But Nicholas I wouldn't do that, and everyone's rights and obligations in Europe are clearly divided.

During the war, the Tsar had the right to collect war tax, and the nobles were also obliged to pay the war tax. But hasn't the war yet?

"Can't the taxes everywhere make them pay in advance?" Nicholas I frowned.

"Your Majesty, we have commercial contracts. If they are required to pay taxes in advance, we will have to pay too much." Astanley explained patiently

That's right, this is the legendary tax package system.

At present, all European countries have basically abolished, but Russia is too big. The government wants direct tax management costs are too high, and it is difficult to protect tax revenue, so it has not been abolished.

Nicholas I frowned and said, "Never mind, we still have time to raise strategic materials anyway. But the matter of raising military expenditures must be taken care of by the Ministry of Finance. I don't want to delay our military operations because of no money."

Unlike other tsars, Nicholas I was a responsible person. He didn't like to break the rules, and the goals he determined would be persisted.

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