Vol 4 Chapter 136: , Critical moment

Obviously, it is impossible for the Allied Powers to agree to the conditions proposed by the Italians, which seriously harmed the interests of the two countries, and it was only natural that the two countries would join forces to attack Italy.
With the help of everyone's brains, the truth of history has changed, and Italy has once again become the opposite of greed.
Of course, it is estimated that the Italian government is still very willing to carry this ill-fated. Who told Ferdinand to put forward a great idea of ​​dividing Italy among the three countries?
As long as John Bull takes out this plan, can the Italian government still not compromise? They now have to hold the British thighs. Isn't it a good thing to be able to prepare for the boss? After all, from the point of view of the interests of various countries, the division of the Italian law is considered to be what they need!
With the lessons learned from Italy, the Hungarians were a lot more cautious when making conditions. At least they gave up Romania, which had always been coveted, for fear that Ferdinand would be wronged, and Bulgaria is still a criminal record!
The answer given by Prime Minister Tisza was not very satisfactory, but it was within everyone's acceptance.
The only fly in the ointment is that this time it must be turned against Austria, otherwise the interests of the Kingdom of Hungary cannot be guaranteed.
Even Bulgaria's proposal that they must make a large enough contribution to the war would be exempted from the land ransom, and it was understood by them as cooperating with the Bulgarian army to kill the domestic German-Austrian coalition forces.
Theoretically speaking, with more than 300,000 German troops and hundreds of thousands of Austrian troops voted, this contribution can already be made to the Allies.
Viscount Siegel asked suddenly: "The conditions of the Allied Powers are still acceptable, but how can we solve this German-Austrian coalition in China?
If an operation error let them go, we want to regain lost ground from Bulgaria, we have to accept their blackmail? "
Prime Minister Tisza 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 escape!
How to do it? After everyone has made the final decision, let the military solve it. They are the professionals!
Do you have any questions? If not, then start voting? "
Seeing that everyone was still silent, Prime Minister Tisza cautiously said: "The time has come to determine the fate of the Kingdom of Hungary. Now I hope that everyone will cast their votes carefully for this country.
In order to save time, everyone writes the result directly. You have three choices: 1. Stay in the Allies; 2. Exit the war and then be neutral; 3. Exit the war and join the Allies!
This time we will vote by secret ballot. Both pen and paper have been sent to you. Now I announce the beginning of voting! "
Swishes sounded, and everyone gave their answers on the paper, and then the clerk walked to each representative and took away the small notes.
As time passed, the voting was quickly completed. Prime Minister Tisza also took up a pen to write his answer on the paper, and then put the ball of paper into the transparent glass box.
The whole voting process was open and fair. Of course, the main reason is that this issue is not very controversial, so that everyone can sit down peacefully and play democratic voting.
Prime Minister Tisza calmly said: "The voting is over, now we start counting the votes, everyone can go to the stage to supervise!"
After speaking, he ignored the crowd, opened the ballot box and started counting the results of the vote. The process of counting the votes also proceeded very quickly, and it was completed in a moment.
Prime Minister Tisza solemnly announced: "The voting result has been released. After everyone's 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. Among them, there were zero votes for staying in the Allies, 36 for leaving the war and then neutrality, and 90 for joining the Allies.
In compliance with the legal effect, the Kingdom of Hungary will withdraw from the Allied Powers and join the Allied Powers! "
Thunderous applause sounded again, but this time the applause was much less, and there were still many advocates to completely withdraw from the war. After all, the loss of the Kingdom of Hungary is already too great, and the current results obviously cannot satisfy them.
However, the majority of people who advocate continued warfare have no power to prevent this result. They can only choose to remain silent.
After a while, Prime Minister Tisza spoke again:
Now starting today’s second topic, should the Kingdom of Hungary withdraw from the Austro-Hungarian Empire? Now you are free to speak!

Isn’t it strange that the Kingdom of Hungary has withdrawn from the Allied Powers and joined the Allied Powers, and has declared war on the Allied Powers, while the Austro-Hungarian Empire is still a member of the Allied Powers. Isn’t this equivalent to the Hungarian Kingdom betraying the independence of the Austro-Hungarian Empire? ?
But here is Europe. Even if the Kingdom of Hungary chooses to join the Allied Powers to fight against the Austro-Hungarian Empire, as long as it has not declared independence or is kicked out of the Austro-Hungarian Empire by Ferdinand II, the Kingdom of Hungary is still the Austro-Hungarian Empire in law. A member of.
For details, you can refer to the Middle Ages. The high lords were still at war with the emperor. They were still members of the empire, and they all participated in the empire conference.
Therefore, if the Kingdom of Hungary wants to be independent, His Majesty has to go through this procedure, and even the decision they make must be handed over to the Hungarian King "Ferdinand I" for approval before it has full legal effect. (Note: This is a European custom. In the Austro-Hungarian Empire, Ferdinand was the second, and in the Kingdom of Hungary, it was Ferdinand I.)
However, now it is impossible for them to seek approval from "Ferdinand I", they can only do it first. As for legality, this age is still more fist than law!
At this moment, the nobles and capitalists split. Most of the nobles still insisted on staying in the Austro-Hungarian Empire, but the Kingdom of Hungary must obtain higher autonomy.
But the capitalists are different. He is eager to get rid of the Austro-Hungarian Empire and establish an independent Hungarian kingdom.
As a veteran nobleman, the Marquis of Reims, he first said: "I think the Kingdom of Hungary should continue to stay in the Austro-Hungarian Empire!
Don’t forget that this world is a world of the weak and the strong. A newly independent Hungarian kingdom is caught between Austria, Bulgaria and the Russians. Sorry, I see where the future of this kingdom is! "
The big capitalist Kahn-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 decadent empire, we still won’t get any benefits.
Instead, the Kingdom of Hungary has become a dumping ground for Austrian industrial products. Rather than endure Austrian oppression, it is better to establish our own kingdom.
Bulgarians can all walk from a small country with a population of less than four million people to the present, can't our current Hungarian kingdom do it?
Don't forget that our current population is six times their original size, and the industry is more than ten times their original size. What can we do if they can't?
The ongoing world war is an opportunity. As long as the Kingdom of Hungary seizes this opportunity, we may even annex Austria and establish a Federal Republic of Hungary. Why not do it? "
Viscount Siegel sneered and said: "Kahn, you haven't woken up, running in broad daylight to talk in sleep? Do you think the current international situation is still thirty years ago?
This time, the four countries of Britain, France, Russia, and Russia are practicing to divide the world, and the European continent is their battleground. Do you think that Bulgaria and the Russian Empire are both vegetarian? Will they tolerate the emergence of another powerful country under their noses?
In particular, it is your pig's brain that came up with the establishment of a republic. I bet you now announce that you will establish a republic, and you will not even have the chance to join the Allied Powers! "
This is indeed a fault of the bourgeoisie. Now the mainstream in Europe is still the monarchy, which is natural hostility to the republic.
Even in the French Republic, the strength of the royal party is much stronger than that of the Republican Party, but the three royal parties are deadlocked, otherwise they would have been restored long ago!
In this case, the establishment of the Hungarian Republic will definitely not be supported by the Allies, and even out of the need to stabilize their own rule. Neither Nicholas nor Ferdinand would tolerate a powerful republic under their noses. Born!
And not only the monarch is hostile to them, even the nobles are hostile to them, how can their status be guaranteed if a republic is established? It is simply an insult to let the nobles go 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 took to the battlefield. In the end, there were heavy casualties. Countless ancient nobles lost their power to suppress the capitalists and finally made the republic become a reality. The mainstream of Europe.
But the current situation is obviously different. After playing for so long, there has been no abolition of the throne. Even the kingdoms of Montenegro and Romania, which have been annihilated, have not been taken down.
Even they are still bargaining with Ferdinand secretly, learn about the king of Greece moving to the country, no matter what, the throne of this era is still very valuable, as long as there is a glimmer of hope, everyone is unwilling to give up!
And behind this, it is the royal families and major aristocrats of European countries. Everyone is not a fool. They all know that the power of the aristocratic class will be greatly lost after this war is over. Therefore, they hope to keep these two unlucky ones. The throne.
History has been changed beyond recognition by Ferdinand, and now it is estimated that no one can understand it. Regarding everyone's request, Ferdinand is naturally good at it. The big deal is to throw them into Africa. As for what kind of country will be established in the end, it is not his business!
These things can be concealed from the capitalists, but they cannot be concealed from these nobles. The actions of the top leaders undoubtedly provided sufficient confidence to the nobles of the Kingdom of Hungary.
Kahn-Rice was directly furious, but he knew that this was definitely not Siegel's joking, but he had some inside information that everyone didn't know.
At this moment, he hated this group of nobles so much that he didn't even share such important news with him, which caused a big ugly!
Really think that capitalists are staunch republicans? Wrong, they are not any faction, if they insist on distinguishing, they can only be regarded as firm interest faction!
However, at this time, the radical bourgeois leader Simon relieved him: "Viscount Siegel, is there any inside story? This news is very important to the Kingdom of Hungary. If we make a wrong judgment because of the wrong information, That's bad!"
Siegel did not detour either. In the old aristocratic circle, this was originally an open secret, and it didn't matter whether it was kept secret or not.
"You should have heard of the "Treaty of King Power"? The Austro-Hungarian Empire is also one of the signatories, and of course it also includes the Kingdom of Hungary!
At that time, the representative who participated in the conclusion of the treaty was our King Ferdinand I. According to the provisions of the treaty, our political system will always maintain the monarchy.
If you want to establish a republic, both Russia and Russia are legally eligible to send troops to interfere in Hungary. The British Empire is also one of the signatory states, and they will not stop it! "
Of course, Siegel hasn't said that the European aristocracy has jointly promoted the protection of the king. He believes that this news should be kept secret from the capitalists.
Anyway, a "Treaty of King Power Doesn't Fall" is enough to fool them. There are indeed many treaties in it, but there is no enforcement power.
Simply put, if everyone is willing to help, they are eligible to participate, and they can refuse to help, but these contents are kept confidential.
The kings who participated in the conclusion of the treaty are not fools. Of course, they know that the secret treaty that is not open is the best weapon to scare people!
In addition to the publicly published regulations on mutual assistance between the royal families and the common fight against kingslayers and other visible treaties, there are also a lot of secret agreements, but unfortunately they are not coercive!
But this is enough. For Hungarian capitalists, as long as they know that the establishment of a republic and Russia and Russia have the right to interfere, they will decisively choose
constitutional monarchy
one by one.
The Russians have never concealed their ambitions for Hungary. Although Ferdinand has curtailed his ambitions for Hungary, they are also not at ease?
Looking at the territory of Bulgaria, we know that from the initial less than 100,000 square kilometers of the mainland, the Balkans will soon be unified, and the colonies of 4 to 5 million square kilometers are already the world’s third largest colonial empire Anyway, can't these all be sent on their own initiative, right?
Originally, they joined the Allied Powers to use the power of Britain and France to protect the sovereignty and integrity of the Kingdom of Hungary.
If it is for a republic now, I will actively provide them with a reason to interfere. Isn't this looking for death?
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