Bulgarian Empire

Obviously, it is impossible for the Allied Powers to agree to the conditions proposed by the Italians, which seriously damages the interests of the two countries, and it is logical that the two countries will join forces to attack Italy.

Under everyone's imagination, the truth of history has changed, and Italy has once again become a negative example of greed and insufficiency.

Of course, it is estimated that the Italian government is still very willing to take the blame this time. Who called Ferdinand put forward a great idea of ​​dividing Italy among the three countries?

As long as John Bull brings out this plan, will the Italian government still be uncompromising? They have to embrace the British thighs now, isn't it a good thing to be able to prepare for the boss? After all, from the perspective of the interests of all countries, the division of Italy's protection law can be regarded as what each country needs!

With the lessons learned from Italy, the Hungarians were much more cautious when raising conditions. At least they gave up Romania, which they have always coveted, because they were afraid that Ferdinand would be murdered, and Bulgaria still had a criminal record!

Everyone was not very satisfied with the answer given by Prime Minister Tisza, but it was within everyone's acceptance range.

The only fly in the ointment is that this time it is necessary to turn against Austria, otherwise the interests of the Kingdom of Hungary will not be guaranteed.

Even Bulgaria's proposal that they would be exempt from the land ransom only if they made a large enough contribution to the war was understood by them as cooperating with the Bulgarian army to kill the German-Austrian coalition forces in the country.

Theoretically speaking, taking more than 300,000 German troops and hundreds of thousands of Austrian troops as votes, this contribution can already be handed over to the Allied Powers.

Viscount Siegel suddenly asked: The conditions of the Allied Powers are still acceptable, but how can we solve the German-Austrian coalition forces in our country?

If a misoperation lets them go, we have to accept their blackmail if we want to regain lost ground from Bulgaria?

Prime Minister Tissa said coldly: As long as our troops in the coalition cooperate with the Bulgarian army to attack them, catch them by surprise, and blow up the railway bridge at the same time, they will not be able to escape!

How to operate it, let’s leave it to the military after everyone has made a final decision. They are professionals!

Do you have any questions? If not, then the vote is on?

Seeing that no one spoke for a long time, Prime Minister Tisza said solemnly: The time has come to decide the fate of the Kingdom of Hungary. Now I hope that everyone will cast their votes carefully for the sake of this country.

In order to save time, everyone directly writes the results. You have three options: 1. Stay in the Allies;

This time, secret ballots are used, and the pens and papers have been sent to you. Now I announce the start of voting!

There was a swishing sound, and everyone gave their answers on the paper one after another, and then the clerk walked up to each representative and took away the small notes.

Time passed by, and the voting was completed quickly. Prime Minister Tisza also picked up a pen and wrote his answer on paper, and then put the paper ball into a transparent glass box.

The entire voting process was open and fair. Of course, the main reason for this is that this issue is not controversial, so everyone can sit down peacefully and play a democratic vote.

Prime Minister Tisza said calmly: The voting is over, now the counting of votes begins, and everyone can go to the stage to supervise themselves!

After speaking, he ignored everyone, opened the ballot box, and began to count the voting results. The process of counting votes was also carried out very quickly, and it was completed in a short time.

Prime Minister Tisza solemnly announced: The results of the vote have come out. After everyone's unanimous decision, the Kingdom of Hungary will withdraw from the Allied Powers and join the Allied Powers!

A total of 126 people participated in this vote, and 126 votes were received, including zero for staying in the Allies, 36 for withdrawing from the war and then being neutral, and 90 for joining the Allies.

In conformity with the force of law, the Kingdom of Hungary shall secede from the Allies,

Join the Entente!

Thunderous applause rang out again, but this time the number of people applauding was much smaller, and many advocated withdrawing from the war completely. After all, the losses of the Hungarian Kingdom were already too great, and the current result obviously did not satisfy them.

However, the vast majority of those who advocate continuing the war have no power to prevent this outcome and can only choose to remain silent.

After a while, Prime Minister Tisza spoke again: Now let's start today's second topic. Should the Kingdom of Hungary withdraw from the Austro-Hungarian Empire? Now you can speak freely!

Do you find it strange that the Kingdom of Hungary withdrew from the Allied Powers and joined the Allied Powers, and declared war on the Allies, while the Austro-Hungarian Empire is still a member of the Allied Powers? Isn’t this equivalent to the fact that the Kingdom of Hungary has betrayed the Austro-Hungarian Empire for independence? ?

But this is Europe. Even if the Kingdom of Hungary chose to join the Allied Powers and fight against the Austro-Hungarian Empire, as long as it has not declared independence, or was kicked out of the Austro-Hungarian Empire by Ferdinand II, the Kingdom of Hungary is still the Austro-Hungarian Empire legally a member of

For details, you can refer to the Middle Ages. The great lords were still at war with the emperor. They were still members of the empire, and they still participated in the imperial conference.

Therefore, if the Kingdom of Hungary wants to be independent, His Majesty still has to go through this procedure, and even the decisions they make must be submitted to the Hungarian King Ferdinand I for approval before they have full legal effect. (Remarks: This is a European custom. In the Austro-Hungarian Empire, Ferdinand was II, and in the Kingdom of Hungary, it was Ferdinand I.)

However, it is impossible for them to go to Ferdinand I for approval now, so they can only do it first. As for whether it is legal or not, fists are still bigger than laws in this era!

At this moment, the nobles and capitalists split, and most of the nobles still advocated staying in the Austro-Hungarian Empire, but the Kingdom of Hungary wanted to obtain higher autonomy.

But the capitalists are different. He eagerly hopes to get rid of the Austro-Hungarian Empire and establish an independent Hungarian Kingdom.

As a veteran nobleman, the Marquis of Lance, he was the first to say: I think the Kingdom of Hungary should remain in the Austro-Hungarian Empire!

Don't forget that this world is a world where the weak prey on the strong. A newly independent Hungarian kingdom is sandwiched between Austria, Bulgaria and the Russians. Sorry, I see where the future of this kingdom is!

The big capitalist Karn Rice immediately retorted: Mr. Lance, you are too pessimistic, an independent Hungarian Kingdom is the choice of the times!

Don't forget that we have betrayed the Austro-Hungarian Empire. Even if we continue to stay in this decaying empire, we still will not get any benefits.

Instead, the Kingdom of Hungary has become a dumping ground for Austrian industrial products. Instead of enduring the oppression of the Austrians, it is better to establish our own kingdom.

Bulgarians can go from a small country with a population of less than 4 million people to the present. Could it be that our current Kingdom of Hungary can’t do it?

Don't forget that our current population is six times that of theirs, and our industry is more than ten times that of theirs. Why can't we do what they can do?

The ongoing world war is an opportunity. As long as the Kingdom of Hungary grasps this opportunity, we may even annex Austria and establish a Hungarian Federal Republic. Why not?

Viscount Siegel sneered and said: Kan, you are not awake, are you talking in your sleep in broad daylight? Do you think the current international situation is still thirty years ago?

This time, the four countries of Britain, France, Bulgaria and Russia practice their hands to carve up the world, and the European continent is their battleground. Do you think that Bulgaria and the Russian Empire are both vegetarians? Will they tolerate another powerful country emerging under their noses?

Especially if you have such a pig brain to come up with the idea of ​​establishing a republic, I bet you will not even have the chance to join the Allied Powers when you declare that you want to establish a republic now!

This is indeed a flaw of the bourgeoisie. The mainstream in Europe is still the monarchy, and everyone is naturally hostile to the republic.

Even in the French Republic, the royalist party in the country is much stronger than the Republican Party, but the three major royalist parties are at a stalemate, otherwise they would have been restored long ago!

Under such circumstances, the establishment of the Hungarian Republic will definitely not be supported by the Allied Powers, and even out of the need to stabilize its own rule, neither Nicholas II nor Ferdinand will tolerate a powerful republic under their noses born!

And it's not just the monarch who is hostile to them, even the nobles are hostile to them. How can their status be guaranteed if a republic is established? It is an insult to them to let the big nobles sit on an equal footing with the capitalists.

Historically, it was also because in the First World War, a large number of nobles took up arms and went to the battlefield. In the end, they suffered heavy casualties. Countless ancient nobles lost their shrines, so they lost the power to suppress the capitalists, and finally made the republic a reality. mainstream in Europe.

But the current situation is obviously different. After fighting for so long, the throne has not yet been abolished. Even the Kingdom of Montenegro and the Kingdom of Romania, which have been destroyed, have not been taken down as kings.

They were even secretly bargaining with Ferdinand, learning from the Greek king's relocation, anyway, the throne in this era is still very valuable, as long as there is a glimmer of hope, no one is willing to give up!

Behind all of this, it is the royal families and nobles of various European countries. Everyone is not a fool. They know that after the end of this war, the power of the aristocracy will be greatly damaged, so they hope to keep these two hapless bastards. the throne.

History has been changed beyond recognition by Ferdinand, and it is estimated that no one can understand it now. For everyone's request, Ferdinand naturally followed suit. At worst, he would throw them to Africa. As for what kind of country he would eventually build, that was none of his business!

These things can be hidden from the capitalists, but not from the nobles. The actions of these bigwigs at the top undoubtedly provided enough confidence for the nobles of the Kingdom of Hungary.

Karn-Less was immediately furious, but he knew that it was definitely not that Siegel was joking, but that he had some inside information that no one knew.

At this moment, he hated this group of nobles so much that he didn't even share such important news with him, which made him very ugly!

Do you really think capitalists are staunch republicans? Wrong, they don't belong to any faction, if they insist on distinguishing, they can only be regarded as a firm interest faction!

But at this time, the radical bourgeois leader Simon rescued him: Viscount Siegel, is there any inside story here? This news is very important to the Kingdom of Hungary. If we make a wrong judgment because of wrong information, That's bad!

Siegel didn't go around the corner either. In the circle of veteran aristocrats, this was an open secret, and it didn't matter whether it was kept secret or not.

You should have heard of the Treaty of Undefeated Kingship, right? The Austro-Hungarian Empire is also one of the signatories, and of course the Kingdom of Hungary is also included!

The representative who participated in the signing of the treaty at that time was our King Ferdinand I. According to the treaty, our political system will always remain a monarchy.

If you want to establish a republic, both Bulgaria and Russia are legally qualified to send troops to interfere in Hungary. The British Empire is also one of the contracting parties, and they will not stop it!

Of course, Siegel has not yet said that the European nobles are now jointly promoting the king protection action. He believes that this news should be kept secret from the capitalists.

Anyway, a Treaty of Never Falling Kingship is enough to fool them. There are indeed many treaties in it, but none of them have the right to enforce.

To put it simply, everyone is eligible to participate if they are willing to help, and they can refuse if they are not willing to help, but these contents are kept confidential.

The kings who participated in the signing of the treaty are not fools. Of course, they know that the secret agreement that is not made public is the best weapon to scare people!

In addition to the publicized regulations on mutual assistance between the royal families and the visible treaties to jointly fight against kingslayers, there are also a lot of secret agreements in it, but unfortunately none of them have mandatory force!

But this is enough. For the Hungarian capitalists, as long as they know that the establishment of the republic and Russia have the right to interfere, they will decisively choose the constitutional monarchy.

The Russians have never concealed their ambitions for Hungary. Although Ferdinand restrained his ambitions for Hungary, they are also worried?

If you look at the territory of Bulgaria, you will know that from less than 100,000 square kilometers at the beginning, the Balkan Peninsula will soon be unified, and the colonies of four to five million square kilometers are already the third largest colonial empire in the world. Well, it can't be that these are all offered by others, right?

Originally, they joined the Allied Powers to protect the sovereignty and integrity of the Kingdom of Hungary through the power of Britain and France.

If now, for the sake of a republic, they take the initiative to provide them with a reason to interfere, isn't that courting death?

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