Chapter 14: Bulgarian coup

The trip to London was smoother than Ferdinand had expected. Not only did he develop a gold mine, but he also deepened his relationship with the British royal family and helped him in the future.
Edward, who is in a financial crisis, is more interested in gold mines than Ferdinand, and the two set up a mining company at the fastest speed.
Excited Edward also planned to go to Australia in person, scaring Ferdinand to stop it quickly. In the 19th century, Australia was not a good place. The backcountry is completely barren, and Ferdinand is very fond of life.
He waited until June of the following year, when Australia's first batch of gold arrived in London, and Ferdinand let go of his hanging heart.
The first batch of gold was not much, only 800 kilograms, and the value was only 100,000 pounds. Ferdinand and Edward were very excited.
A pile of gold is more powerful than a check. Even Victoria attended the celebration party for both of them. In the 19th century of the gold standard, the importance of gold surpassed later generations.
The Mining Company was on the right track, and Ferdinand set off for Vienna, and it was no surprise that he could generate hundreds of thousands of pounds in earnings each year.
He was not the same as when he first arrived. After returning to Ferdinand and landed in France, he switched to land and traveled all the way to the mountains and rivers to find places of interest.
In France: the Arc de Triomphe, the Eiffel Tower, the Louvre, Notre Dame, the Pantheon, all left his footprints in Paris.
In Germany: The Brandenburg Gate in Berlin, the White Swan Castle, Lake Constance, the Cologne Cathedral, and the source of the Danube have all seen Ferdinand.
It was not until the end of 1885 that Ferdinand returned to Vienna. On this way, Ferdinand benefited a lot, and met with Britain, France, and Germany, the three most powerful contemporary nations. From human geography to industrial development, they all had a clear understanding.
Although the three countries are now booming, Ferdinand obviously feels that France is falling behind, a large amount of capital has been gathered in the financial market, and investment in industry has been greatly reduced.
德国 Germany, on the contrary, may be influenced by the traditions of the German region. Capitalists have very little interest in fictitious finance, and they are devoted to industry. The industrial investment is much greater.
I visited a circle of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, and Ferdinand found that this decaying empire is still running healthily, and there are no signs of collapse at all.
The economy is developing rapidly. Although it is not comparable to Britain, France, and Germany, its development potential is not bad. Domestic contradictions have now been suppressed to the lowest point, and Hungary, the most trouble-loving, is now just fighting for rights, and has no tendency to be independent.
Looking at the current British Empire, no one can imagine that it will decline into a second-rate country in just a few decades.
Of course this has nothing to do with Ferdinand, now he is concerned about the coup in Bulgaria. The Russian government has become increasingly dissatisfied: Alexander Battenberg's anti-Russian tendency and a coup are brewing.
Battenberg has always been an extreme reactionary and hatred of Russia. In the early days, in order not to cause Russian dissatisfaction, he subtly hid the feeling of Russian hostility.
However, reactionary thinking has never been concealed. From the beginning, he has openly stood by the Conservative Party. Knowing that the Liberal Party has occupied a dominant position in Congress, he has organized a Conservative government.
When the Conservative Party came to power, it trampled on the Constitution blatantly from the beginning. The Liberals organized public demonstrations and public demonstrations. The struggle between the two parties was fierce.
Then in the next few years, the Grand Duchy Conservative Party and the Liberal Party were fighting each other, and the Russians participated, and the country made a mess.
政治 The political crisis intensified in 1886, and the Russians intended to dismiss Battenberg and replace them with pro-Russians. However, in order to weaken Russia's influence in the Balkans, Western powers such as Britain and Austria-Hungary chose to support Battenberg.
The Bulgarian nascent bourgeoisie has also been divided into pro-Russian and anti-Russian factions, and the two sides are in dispute.
Pro-Russian factions turned to Russia for help, and on August 21, 1886, a part of Bulgarian military officers who depended on Russian support deposed Alexander Duke Alexander.
This move has caused national dissatisfaction in Bulgaria, and some military and political figures have launched an anti-coup urge and urged Alexander to return to justice.
The Tsarist government opposed it and threatened to occupy Bulgaria. On September 7, Archduke Alexander was forced to abandon his seat and leave.
When a sharp political crisis erupted, the powers began a fierce battle for Bulgaria's Grand Duke candidate.
Russia's position is that as long as the regime is in the hands of pro-Russian factions, the National Assembly will be convened to elect the Bulgarian Grand Duke. But because the Russians were too brutal, they sparked dissatisfaction among Bulgarians.
In spite of the opposition of the Russians, Stambolov forcibly convened the National Assembly and elected Prince Valdmar of Denmark as the Grand Duke of Bulgaria. However, under pressure from the Tsar, Prince Valdmar refused to ascend the throne.
Contradictions continued to intensify, and Russia once severed its diplomatic relations with Bulgaria. UU Kanshu www.uukanshu.com Because the two domestic factions could not reach a compromise, the pro-Russian faction launched an uprising in February 1887, but was quickly suppressed and the leader was sentenced to death.
To end the crisis, the Bulgarian government, with the support of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, convened the National Assembly to elect the Bulgarian Grand Duke without the consent of Russia.
In order to gain more support, the Austro-Hungarian Empire nominated Ferdinand. On June 25, 1887, the Bulgarian National Assembly elected Ferdinand as his successor.
The Russian government protested this, demanding that the Turkish government reject Ferdinand's appointment under the Berlin Treaty. However, under pressure from Western powers, Turkey rejected Russia's request and supported Ferdinand's succession.
At this moment, the coup in Bulgaria is still pregnant, and Ferdinand did not interfere, he was afraid of causing the butterfly effect.
After all, Bulgaria has searched for Europe in search of the Grand Duke, but there are a lot of candidates.
Although I chose myself in the end, it was nothing more than to gain the support of the Western powers, which did not mean that no one else could replace it.
While Ferdinand waited anxiously, he strengthened the construction of intelligence work. Historically, when I first arrived in Bulgaria, I was not having a good time, and my rights were in the hands of the Liberals.
Time passed day by day. In the summer of 1886, the coup started as scheduled, Batenberg was forced to abdicate, and then deported.
The subsequent fierce battle around Bulgaria made Ferdinand startled. Russia, which had dominated, gradually lost its advantage in a series of wrong actions.
In 1887, the Bulgarian crisis intensified. After obtaining the consent of Ferdinand, in February, Stambolov forcibly convened the National Assembly and formally elected Ferdinand as the Prince of Bulgaria.