Lavallette immediately responded:
"Your Highness, after Vienna removed the domestic tariffs and guild system, the merchants immediately stopped funding the Liberals.
"The civil servant selection mechanism advocated by Metternich also kept lawyers and journalists busy preparing for the civil service exams.
"Even the serfs are not causing much trouble now. Only a few radical republicans and anti-Secret Police factions are still active."
He glanced at the Crown Prince and suggested, "Given the current situation, I think the possibility of internal chaos erupting in Austria is not high anymore, perhaps we shouldn't continue investing funds."
Joseph, however, smiled: "No, now is the best time for you to stir up the Austrian situation."
The Director of the Security Bureau was taken aback: "But..."
Joseph said, "Metternich has merely covered Austria's internal ravines and quagmires with a layer of snow, but that doesn't mean their path is truly smooth.
