Vol 3 Chapter 11: , Ethnic issues

The time to come is still coming. Although he has been prepared, Ferdinand is still not in a relaxed mood! This financial crisis is not at the right time. Is Bulgaria now busy with immigration?
Now they have to deal with the economic crisis. For the government, their work pressure is too great!
You must know that in order to ensure the smooth progress of the immigration work, Ferdinand did not even come up with the "Three-Five-Year Plan" that had been prepared for a long time, just to allow the government to concentrate on doing the immigration work well!
After the Balkan War, Bulgaria's population theoretically exceeded 10 million, reaching 11.43 million!
In fact, in addition to the original more than 4.3 million people, there are more than 1.8 million Bulgarians in the Balkans, who can be regarded as their own!
Bulgaria has always been regarded as their only motherland, with the highest loyalty, and other ethnic minorities still need time to digest!
Among the remaining more than five million people, the Bulgarian culture is deeply influenced by the Bulgarian culture, and more than 1.4 million people are easily assimilated. They are mainly distributed in the Macedonia region and the Eastern Thrace region. The former was worked hard by successive Bulgarian governments. Gain, the latter is the result of hard work after Ferdinand succeeded to the throne!
These 1.2 million people have been essentially Bulgarian, so it is not difficult to assimilate. They also agree with Bulgaria. All of them are replaced with Bulgarian ID cards, and they are basically digested!
In addition to these people, there are also some people who took refuge in Bulgaria during the Balkan War because of their hatred of the Ottoman Empire. They were a combination of interests and joined the Bulgarian family.
This part of the population is distributed in a wide area, basically in all places, including ethnic minorities such as Albanians, Armenians, Macedonians, Blacks, and Serbs, with a total of more than 1.2 million people.
Of course, the Hei people and the Serbs have been given to Nicholas I by Ferdinand. He newly established the Kingdom of Montenegro, which is composed of these two ethnic groups.
Many of these people also shared part of their interests after the war. The representatives were volunteers in the Constantinople War, and they were bought by Ferdinand.
As long as Bulgaria remains strong, they will not go into trouble. Especially those who participated in the Battle of Constantinople were basically shocked by the Bulgarian soldiers. They spontaneously cooperate with the government's work, and they are not too troublesome!
There are more than 3 million people left, and nearly 2 million are diehards. Simply put, they have different religious beliefs and refuse to be converted. They are all targets of repatriation to the Ottoman Empire!
This is still based on the premise that Ferdinand has expelled 800,000 diehards in the Balkan War, otherwise the number will be even greater!
As their leadership was wiped out during the Balkan War, they are now scattered all over the country. There are no leaders, and no major disturbances have occurred.
What really troubles is the other millions of people. On the one hand, they are close to Bulgaria in their faith, but at the same time they adhere to their own cultural traditions.
After expelling Ferdinand, he was reluctant to stay. Now the government has no time to spend with them. It slowly assimilates them. What's more important is that they are from all ethnic groups. Many of them have relatives and friends who have given up their persistence and joined Bulgaria. The government also has to consider the feelings of these people!
Originally, according to Ferdinand's established plan, the immigrants were scattered among them, and time was used to influence them and assimilate them imperceptibly. This time will take at least several years or even decades!
Now Bulgaria does not have enough time to do all of this. Once the economic crisis comes, and they want to emigrate, who can care about them, this is forcing Ferdinand to be cruel!
Of course, the Bulgarian government did not clearly recognize this problem. The main reason was that according to the standards at the time, this group of people could be regarded as great people!
People honestly go to work, pay taxes, and go to church to worship without breaking the law or discipline. At most, they just engage in the traditional culture of the nation in private. How can they not be called a mob?
But Ferdinand knows that nationalism has not yet erupted. After the First World War, if nationalism has exploded, it will become a big trouble, and it will turn into a liberal fighter in minutes.
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Ferdinand thought for a while and said: "The decline in exports of processing and manufacturing to Russia has become a foregone conclusion, but this problem is not difficult to solve!
The government now informs domestic enterprises to prepare for transformation, cut some of their production capacity in the short term, and start to switch from foreign trade to domestic sales!
As long as the dozens of large domestic enterprises support, Bulgarian industry and commerce will also be stabilized!
The most troublesome issue is the issue of ethnic resettlement. In view of the grim situation now, the ethnic integration plan we formulated before has a loophole!
Once the economic crisis breaks out, the government will definitely make a big move and resettlement. Now we have to find a way to remove the unstable factors in advance! "
Everyone was taken aback, obviously not keeping up with Ferdinand's jumping thinking!
Prime Minister Constantine was the first to react and asked in surprise: "Your Majesty, is it going to start Plan b?"
In order to solve the national problem, Bulgaria has formulated three plans, code-named plans a, b, and c.
A plan: a gentle national integration plan, after expelling diehards, through economic and cultural natural exchanges, subtly realize national integration;
Plan b: Use laws to forcefully unify the language, writing, customs, and religious beliefs of the country, expel all dissidents, and use force to eliminate dissidents when necessary;
The c plan is based on the direct use of force to forcefully promote ethnic integration when the previous two options have failed. Since it cannot be assimilated culturally, it should be eliminated physically!
The plan c is basically only used in the era when nationalism is overwhelming. Now the upper-class people of all ethnic groups in the Balkans are almost killed. The fish that slipped through the net did not dare to emerge. There was no leader, and those who dared to rebel There are really not many people!
These three methods are very feasible in the Balkans!
The most important reason is that of the over 11.4 million people in Bulgaria, less than two million people were expelled, and the Bulgarians accounted for the majority of the rest.
There are also many ethnic groups in the other parts. There are more than a dozen ethnic groups, large and small, with only a few tens of thousands of people, and the number of people is only 700 to 800,000. Except for the Bulgarians, there is no ethnic group with a population of over one million. !
Don't count the ones to be expelled!
More importantly, quite a few of these farmers do not have national consciousness, and no one can determine which nationality they belong to, so they have been Bulgarian!
"Yes, let's use legal means directly, we don't have to spend so much energy, and we can eliminate hidden dangers in the shortest time!" Ferdinand said after thinking about it.
Prime Minister Constantine thought for a while and said fiercely: "It is true. The workload of the government is already very large. If the economic crisis breaks out, we will not have the energy to deal with these problems. Once it is taken advantage of by people, the future will be very good. May cause us big trouble!
That being the case, our cabinet will immediately formulate a detailed law and submit it to Congress for approval! "
Ferdinand nodded in satisfaction, and Constantine's initiative to jump out of the black pot was in line with his wishes.
As the greatest sage in Bulgaria’s history, how can he do these tainted things?
As soon as this law was promulgated, Bulgaria did not say that blood flowed into a river, it was only a small problem to cut 800 heads!
There will be tens of thousands of people who will leave their homes and embark on the road of no return in the Ottoman Empire in order to inherit!
Then, the Bulgarian Parliament once again used their high efficiency to let the world know what is called super speed!
Immediately after the cabinet meeting ended, the next day, an interim meeting of the Bulgarian Parliament was held to discuss the issue of plan b.
There is no doubt that those who can become members of Congress are all Bulgarianists. The enactment of a completely Bulgarian law is in line with everyone's views. Naturally, they have raised their hands in favor. As for other ethnic groups, of course they are represented!
After the Provisional Congress approved the plan b, the specific details were handed over to the cabinet, which could be tried and revised at the same time, and then reported to the Congress for review.
It is also beautifully called to adapt measures to local conditions and facilitate timely processing. In fact, members of Congress have jobs, are very busy, and are not professionals. It is too difficult for them to study legal provisions!
Time flies by, and three more days have passed, and a "Law on Religious Languages ​​in Bulgarian Language" is released!
The contents include: 1. All Bulgarian citizens must use Bulgarian language and characters in public places, such as: schools, governments, hospitals, and stations; UU reading www.uukanshu.com;
Any public official in the Bulgarian Parliament, government, and military must be proficient in Bulgarian language and script.
2. All Bulgarian citizens must believe in God, which one can choose at will, and religious persecution is prohibited. (Even if each branch transfers a letter within a day, it is legal)
The content is not much, but the scope is very broad.
The standardized use of the first language is enough to make it difficult for other languages ​​to survive in Bulgaria, and it is simply impossible to do without Bulgarian!
The second religion is even more powerful, leaving no place for shelter. If you converted to God, then still?
Then these two decrees were immediately implemented throughout Bulgaria. Ferdinand thought about the fact that the nationwide turmoil had not come, and most people looked indifferent!
Except for the rebound in some areas, they had been under military control a long time ago. Ferdinand didn't care about their life and death. The change was immediately suppressed by blood.
In other areas, there was a lot of discussion, as if they were protesting! It should be venting their dissatisfaction, but few are willing to sign up!
Well, in fact, Ferdinand was wrong, otherwise he would not have such a big circle and let the cabinet be in the dark and Congress endorsed it!
Cultural traditions may be very important to scholars. For ordinary folks, Bulgaria is a holy land, where they can eat their food!
Since I heard that the consequence of the violation was being sent back to the Ottoman Empire, everyone decisively chose to be silent, whoever loves to go, whoever goes! They want bread anyway!
In contrast, religious belief is the key, but they believe in God. The Bulgarian law, in their view, is nothing more than an emphasis on religious freedom!