Bulgarian Empire

The genius remembers the address of this site in a second: (Apex Chinese), the fastest update! No ads!? Your Majesty, the British general election has ended early, and the leader of the Conservative Party, Stanley Baldwin, has become the new British Prime Minister! Foreign Secretary May Jeff said

Ferdinand smiled slightly. The emergence of a moderate prime minister in the UK is undoubtedly good news for the whole world.

Stanley Baldwin was considered by Churchill to be one of the three main responsible persons for the appeasement policy, and one of the main culprits for allowing the outbreak of the world war.

Well, before the outbreak of the world wars, Stanley Baldwin was regarded very highly by the outside world. He led Britain out of economic difficulties, was a conservative, and was also a pacifist.

It was not until Churchill took office that his achievements were all erased, but there is no black and white in the struggle between politicians, and there is no need to evaluate it.

For Ferdinand, this conservative prime minister was undoubtedly the best prime minister of the British Empire, which bought Bulgaria another five years of precious time.

Well, it seems that the world will be peaceful for a while in the short term. Stop our preparations first. We shouldn't cause trouble to our friends at this time! Ferdinand said with a smile

As long as they are pacifists, they are now friends of Bulgaria. The election of Stanley just proves that Bulgaria has more friends than enemies in the British Empire.

Please rest assured, Your Majesty, we had no intention of planning an anti-colonial uprising at this time, and now our job is to spread revolutionary ideas in the British colonies.

This matter is not just our family doing it. From the information we have collected, both the Japanese and the French are doing it, and even the Moscow government in Siberia is doing it again! Sim said calmly.

Ferdinand nodded. Spreading revolutionary ideas is a covert method. Even if they were discovered by the British, they could not find any evidence related to Bulgaria. This is fundamentally different from directly supporting the independence of the local people.

Your Majesty, the Germans are applying to join the League of Nations. Shall we stop it? Megeve asked casually

Don't worry about them, let the French do it! Ferdinand replied

This is just a trivial matter. For Bulgaria, whether the Germans join the League of Nations has no direct interest.

No matter how you look at it now, Germany does not have the ability to provoke a world war. In contrast, the possibility of a civil war breaking out is even greater.

On the contrary, Italy is now very active in Nazi thought, but Ferdinand doesn't think they can accomplish anything, which is determined by the comprehensive national strength.

Don't think that Italy's overall national strength has increased because the total industrial volume of Italy seems to be increasing significantly, but in fact it is just the opposite.

Just look at the heavy industry in Italy. Domestic arsenals have collectively closed down, steel companies have also gone bankrupt, and there is no sales market. Italian capitalists will not persist because of patriotism.

From this point of view, Italy no longer has the potential to explode troops. With the invasion of British and French capital, Italy is now a large foundry, and the domestic economy is completely controlled by Britain and France.

They do not have the strength to challenge the world order, but if they want to expel Britain and France from Italy, there is still some possibility of success, which depends on whether they will choose the time.

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The British Empire deserves to be the hegemony of the world in this era. When Stanley Baldwin entered Downing Street, the whole world paid attention to it.

Paris

French President Gaston Dumegue is holding a meeting to discuss the impact of the change of British government on the Anglo-French conflict.

Usually the meeting is presided over by the French prime minister, but now the president is presiding over it. Don’t be surprised. French people change their government just like women change their clothes. They always like the new and dislike the old.

From the end of the world war to the present, they have replaced the double-digit cabinet, and the French cabinet has to be reorganized every year.

The highest record is seven reorganizations in one year.

Even the French tried anarchy several times very willfully, and finally found that it was too inconvenient to have no government, so they reluctantly formed a government.

There is no country in the world as capricious as they are. It only needs a vote of no confidence in the parliament to bring down the cabinet.

If someone goes up and down as prime minister several times in a year, it must be in France, and only France can go up and down non-stop.

From the establishment of the French Third Republic to the present, no cabinet has been able to serve until the end of its term. The shortest cabinet term is only 2 days. If calculated accurately, it may be less than 48 hours.

Historically, the waywardness of the French lasted until 1940, when the Germans came to fight. It was not until the constitution was amended in 1958 that this situation was completely changed.

This is also one of the reasons for the rapid decline of France in modern times. The changing government like a lantern makes it difficult for the policies formulated by the French government to be continued.

If it weren't for the fact that diplomatic power and military power are in the hands of the president, and the ministers of various departments are directly responsible to the president, then France would have collapsed by themselves.

Although it didn't collapse the country, it still crashed the country's economy. From 1870 to 1925, France's economic aggregate fell from the second largest in the world to the fourth in the world now, ranking first in the UK and Bulgaria. , Germany after the Three Kingdoms.

The total industrial volume has dropped from the second in the world to the fifth in the world. The top four are Britain, Bulgaria, Germany, and Austria. If there is no accident, Italy will soon overtake it and become the sixth in the world. bit.

This is also because the French have a strong family background, otherwise, if it is an ordinary country, it would have fallen apart after such a toss.

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St. Petersburg

The British have finally changed their ranks. Damn Lloyd George is gone. Our chance has come! Nicholas II laughed and said

The Russian Empire has become what it is now, and the British Empire has to bear the main responsibility. Without their selfless assistance, the Russian Civil War would never have ended.

Even earlier, if they hadn't played a role in the world war, the Russian Empire's civil war would not necessarily break out. For the Lloyd-George government that dominated all this, Nicholas II wanted to tear them apart.

Now that there is finally a replacement, he can't help but be unhappy. In any case, at the threshold of the government change, it will take a few months to get familiar with the situation and change the way of thinking.

This is his opportunity. If there is no accident, the British will not increase their assistance to little Nicholas in the short term, and he will have the opportunity to make a time difference and complete the unification of the country.

Prime Minister, negotiate with the Bulgarians immediately. I hope to get the loan within a week. This is our best chance! Nicholas II said

He didn't expect the UK's policy towards Russia to change. As an opponent, Nicholas II still understood the British. In the eyes of the British, any country that might pose a threat to them was their enemy.

And the Russian Empire happened to have this condition. If it weren't for the outbreak of civil war in the Russian Empire, how could the overlord of the European continent get the French?

In addition, the territory of the Russian Empire in Central Asia threatened the security of India. Once the Russians completed the national unification, expansion to India became almost inevitable.

The huge debts owed by the Russians alone have prompted them to expand abroad. Is there a better choice besides India?

But what do the Russians think? The British think so, and the plan they made is the same. Otherwise, they are not full and have nothing to do, so why would they spend money and effort to provoke the Russian Civil War?

Your Majesty, I'm afraid this won't work. One week is too short. Under normal circumstances, such a large loan cannot be negotiated within a few months!

If we rush too fast, the Bulgarians will discover our purpose and then take advantage of the fire to rob, then our loss will be great! The Prime Minister explained with a wry smile.

Damn Ferdinand, why did I never find out, why is he so annoying? Nicholas II complained

Faced with the tsar's complaints, everyone chose to shut up. This issue is not something they can participate in.

In terms of his conduct alone, Ferdinand was already impeccable. After the outbreak of the Russian Civil War, the Bulgarian royal family did not give less assistance to the Russian royal family.

But once it comes to national interests, nothing is discussed. On the surface, it seems that Ferdinand was avoiding suspicion, but in fact Nicholas II knew very well that Ferdinand did it for his own reputation.

All things have put the Bulgarian cabinet at the forefront. No matter how much he takes advantage of the fire, it cannot be said that his morality is problematic.

This annoyed Nicholas II very much. He energized Ferdinand several times, trying to figure out what Bulgaria wanted, but it was a pity that Ferdinand gave him Tai Chi.

Bulgaria is not in a hurry, but the Russian Empire cannot wait! If the delay continues, the price paid in the future will only be greater.

Once the Russian Empire is really divided, then this loss can never be made up for.

You must know that as of now, the territory they actually control is less than one-fifth of the Russian Empire. Although it is the essence of Europe, the remaining four-fifths of the territory are also very important to the Russian Empire. !

Your Majesty, no matter what, we can no longer take the land as a mortgage. If we continue to mortgage it, I'm afraid we will have to fight Bulgaria again just after we unify the country! the Minister of Finance said embarrassingly.

Nicholas II's face was livid. Everyone knows this problem. If they continue to use the land as a mortgage, they will definitely not be able to honor it in the future.

After all, the land area mortgaged by the loan is so big! In any case, the Russian Empire cannot really give up millions of square kilometers of land!

Repaying the loan in the future has almost become inevitable. They know it, and so do the Bulgarians! It is not that simple to get a loan from Bulgaria in this context.

Ferdinand was telling the Russians almost undisguisedly, don't play tricks, otherwise the consequences will be serious.

Nicholas II certainly didn't want to accept this kind of threat, but he didn't dare to turn his face because of it. The current Russian Empire has no confidence at all.

Of course, there is also good news, that is, Bulgaria did not collude with the chaotic party, otherwise it would really be over.

You must know that if Bulgaria chose to support Nikolai Jr., it is estimated that Ukraine would not be mentioned, and even the Caucasus region would be packaged and sold together, and people would not blink.

In fact, even Nicholas II didn't regard these lands as his lifeblood, but he didn't want to give them away in such a humiliating manner. He really wanted to tell Ferdinand, you take the initiative to say where you want, and just quote directly.

Buying and selling territories in Europe is a common thing. He sold the Crimean Peninsula earlier. Isn’t it the same in Russia and no one said anything?

Of course we can't continue to mortgage. This time, we don't need to mortgage. We will directly trade the land with the Bulgarians. As long as the price is right, we can sell it!

But only this time, this time we have to make more preparations. If we want to unify the whole country in the First World War, the civil war must not continue! Nicholas II said coldly

Yes! Everyone replied in unison.

They are all tied to Nicholas II, and everyone is hurt and prosperous.

It can be said that the current Nicholas government is already the cleanest in the Russian Empire for a hundred years, and even the corruption of officials has been restrained a lot.

At this moment, anyone who dares to swallow Nicholas II's money is killing him. Of course, those who want his life cannot be let go!

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sofia

Ferdinand didn't know that because of the change of the British cabinet, the Russians had decided to speed up the pace of unification.

Of course, even if he knew, he wouldn't react! This is not his problem, but the Russians themselves.

As long as you look at the history of the Russians, you will be surprised to find that they and all their neighbors eventually became enemies, and there have been no exceptions so far.

Once Russia becomes stronger, they will immediately launch a war, and their neighbors are the victims, so the encirclement of Russia by so many countries in parallel time and space does not rely solely on the intervention of the United States.

The most critical problem is because of their own factors. They have invaded all their neighbors. Can you still blame others for standing on the opposite side of them?

There is also credibility. The most popular sentence in Europe now is: the credibility of the Russian government is no credibility!

The reason, of course, is that the bonds issued by the Russians did not perform when they expired. From the outbreak of the World War to the present, all the due bonds of the Russians have not performed.

This situation is not unique to Russia. During the World War, Bulgaria also had debts due and failed to perform.

It's just that Ferdinand very wisely used diplomatic efforts to borrow loans from Britain and France to fill this hole.

In the middle, due to war factors, the payment work was delayed, but all payments were made normally.

Even the bonds sold in the three countries of Germany, Austria and Italy, after the war, Ferdinand paid them off normally, and did not lose their debts because of the defeat of Germany, Austria and Italy.

In fact, Ferdinand's repayment is not much different from reneging on debts.

It can only be said that bad debts also require skill, such as using inflation. The 100 million francs in 1914 were worth 100 million levs, while the 100 million francs in 1925 were only worth more than 5 million levs.

In fact, even the principal has not been repaid enough, but isn’t the normal repayment being carried out according to the original promise? Bonds sold to individuals don’t require you to bear inflation, and you don’t have much money, so why not use it to brush up your reputation?

If the Russians paid attention to it, their reputation would not be so bad. If you can't repay the large debts, you can also repay the personal ones first!

It doesn't need much money, the current currency value has fallen crazily, if the Russians want to repay the debt issued in Germany, it may only need a few hundred pounds now.

But since Nicholas II didn't respond, Ferdinand naturally wouldn't remind him kindly.

As for reputation, as long as you are working hard to restore it, it will work. As long as the public is convinced that you are working hard to repay the debt, you can announce the extension of the debt if you are unable to repay.

The consequences of losing credibility can be seen from the fact that Russia has been unable to enter the international capital market in history. Everyone does not believe you and is unwilling to take you to play together.

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