Bulgarian Empire

The British rushed to nothing in Paris and failed to achieve the desired results. They turned their attention to St. Petersburg in an attempt to gain the support of the Russians.

The Russians are still very face-saving and agreed to participate in the investigative committee organized by the British, but their attitude on the Armenian issue is completely different from that of the British.

Nicholas II expressed no interest in the massacre of Armenians by the Ottoman Empire. The Russian Empire has done a lot of this kind of thing, and there are many people who have done more than the Turks!

The issue that the Russians are most concerned about is the Black Sea Strait. However, after the last Russo-Turkish war, the Russian government’s strategy changed and shifted its center of gravity to the east. This became more obvious after Nicholas II came to power.

The Russian Empire can tolerate this important road, and it can be in the hands of the declining Ottoman Empire, or in the hands of any weak country. Even after the Bulgarian War, the voice of supporting the Bulgarians to control the Black Sea Strait is not low! (In history, Russia once supported Bulgaria in capturing Constantinople)

However, Ferdinand was not sure whether this was a test by the Russian government to Bulgaria. In line with safety first, he rejected the Bulgarian navy on the grounds that it was not strong enough!

Obviously, the British plan has failed again! The Russians really coveted Constantinople, but after repeated failures, the Russian government did not trust the British, and suspected that the British had bad intentions!

What's more, Russia's Far East strategy is now at a critical moment. The British supported Japan during the Sino-Japanese War. Nicholas II believed that the importance of the Far East strategy was far higher than the Armenian issue!

Nicholas II made the same judgment as in history. He believed that the British wanted to use the Near East crisis to tie the Russian Empire's hands and feet in order to undermine the Russian Empire's Far East strategy.

What's more, the Russian Empire now has a younger brother, and there is a thug in Bulgaria in the Balkans. Even if an accident occurs, it is still under control.

The attitude of the Russian Empire has completely declared the bankruptcy of the British Near East Policy!

Due to the different attitudes of the big powers, interference in the Armenian issue had little effect. In April 1895, the ambassadors of Britain, France, and Russia to Turkey jointly drafted the Provincial Reform Plan of Armenia. limited.

However, it was still opposed by the Russian Foreign Minister Lobanov, claiming that unless reforms are carried out throughout the Turkish Asian region, the Armenians will not be satisfied.

Ferdinand couldn't help but praise Lobanov's decision. It was really well done. The Russian Empire is equivalent to standing in the position of the Sudan, and the British Near East Policy has collapsed!

Due to the outbreak of the British-Boer war in South Africa and the intensification of the conflict between Britain and Germany, the Germans explicitly refused to participate in the British Near East strategy. The Marquess of Salisbury's partition plan did not receive the support of any power.

As for intervening alone, well! The Royal Navy of the British Empire is number one in the world! Army? It's just so-so. While suppressing the vast colony, it can also attack the Boers, which is already a super level performance!

If they come to fight the Ottoman Empire one-on-one again, it will not be certain who will fight the other. If other powers attack again, they may lose Egypt, which they have already obtained!

It was only here that Ferdinand breathed a sigh of relief. Since he succeeded to the throne, the biggest crisis in Bulgaria has passed in the rough!

Looking back to the country, although the Baosai War is over, the problems in the later period still exist.

In 1894, because of the outbreak of the war, the Bulgarian government invested a total of hundreds of millions of funds. In addition to war expenses, the biggest expenditure was spent on public relations instead!

Fortunately, the military made a fortune in Serbia to make up for the loss, and later the compensation was paid for with land.

Tens of millions of funds have been saved, otherwise the government will now have to consider selling real estate to survive.

There are not many people in the newly added land, so how much is the so-called real estate worth? Apart from the land, the real estate in the city can't be sold at the price of cabbage, no matter how cheap it is, someone has to buy it!

Even so, the current financial situation in Bulgaria is still very bad. In order to raise money, the cabinet is almost graying out!

The Second Five-Year Plan must continue to be carried out, and the delayed progress must be caught up; the newly added land needs to be developed, immigrants need to be introduced, and the railway network and road network must be extended.

All of these require a lot of capital investment. Fortunately, the immigrants Ferdinand introduced at the beginning were all honest farmers, and nothing messed up. Otherwise, the Bulgarian government will really fry the pot now!

The Armenian issue also frightened many people, including the Bulgarian government. Fortunately, all the Serbs were sent back, otherwise there might be another day.

In this regard, the Bulgarians themselves have rich experience, and there are many people in the government who have participated in the Bulgarian independence movement. Everyone knows what is going on with these businesses!

Now the primary and secondary are different, the butt determines the head, and the Armenians are fighting for independence in the Ottoman Empire. Everyone sympathizes and supports it.

But if someone wants to come once in Bulgaria, then the attitude is different again, it must be avoided in the cradle!

The Bulgarization Strategy proposed by Ferdinand was implemented more quickly, and the government introduced a series of supporting policies. for example:

Restrictions are set for the naturalization of non-Bulgarians (except for high-level talents); Bulgarians are given priority in education, medical care, etc.; the government gives priority to the recruitment of Bulgarians as public officials...

What's even more bizarre is that this Bulgarian is no longer a traditional Bulgarian, and he is not divided by blood!

As long as you consider yourself a Bulgarian, are willing to accept the rule of the Bulgarian government, and are willing to learn the Bulgarian language and culture, you are a Bulgarian!

Simply put, every Bulgarian can be a Bulgarian, no matter what race you are, you can be a Bulgarian! Even if you are black-skinned or yellow-skinned, as long as you recognize everything in Bulgaria and are willing to give up your original racial identity, the Bulgarian government will treat you equally and will never engage in racial discrimination!

In a broad sense, the Bulgarian government is downplaying the concept of ethnicity, using language and ethnic customs to divide the same ethnic group in a broad sense. Perhaps it is more appropriate to call them Bulgarians!

Anyway, the Bulgarians are also of mixed race. From ancient times to the present, for thousands of years, no one knows how many ethnic bloods flow in their bodies. If there is a Big Bulgarian, everyone will have no pressure!