Chapter 530 - Democracy Foundation (7)
It was quite cool in Hungary in September, and the wind blew in through the windows of Buda Castle, making the temperature in the halls of the royal court very comfortable. It's just that at this time www.biquge.info, the anger of Queen Sisi, the owner of the Hungarian crown, made the people in the royal court feel a strong chill.
"Did the council still reject the proposal to extend the repayment?" Queen Sissi's voice was as cold as winter.
"Yes." The council delegates withstood the pressure and gave the queen a cheerful answer.
"Why?" The queen did not expect that one of the few times she intervened in Hungarian politics would be met with such strong resistance.
Probably because of the backing of the parliament, the representative replied briskly, "If the repayment is extended this year, what about next year?" We can all feel His Majesty's kindness, but this year those people owe huge debts that they will not be able to repay next year. That would still require confiscation of their land to the borrower. These debts can be paid off with their land now, and they may not be able to pay them off next year. Unless their land can never be confiscated. ”
Queen Sissi, who is known in Europe as wise, certainly could not fail to notice the menacing hint in the words of the parliamentarians. Her Majesty wants to give farmers a chance to keep their land in the dire conditions that have gripped all of Europe. But there is a clear difference in the views of those creditors, who are concerned about the state of debt collection. The life or death of the peasants has never been the primary consideration of creditors.
Looking around, representatives of the nobility, important courtiers, parliamentarians, these people at the top of Hungary stood with low eyebrows and pleasing eyes, and everyone revealed that they were low-brow and uncompromising. In this moment, the queen finally understood her position in Hungary. High up, and just high.
The tomb of Count Andráhi is beautiful, with marble tombstones, surrounded by greenery. The queen felt very uncomfortable standing in front of the cemetery of this country estate on an autumn day in September. Count Andráş died in 1890 and was not a high-ranking official of the Austro-Hungarian Empire or the Prime Minister of Hungary. Queen Sisi now suddenly felt that dying as a commoner was even a blessing for Count Andráhi. Because the Austrian upper echelons or the people began to deeply miss this highly decorated Hungarian politician. In big cities such as Budapest, there is even a saying that if the count were still alive, he would have been able to calm the current chaos.
But Queen Sisi is 60 years old, and she knows very well that this is just the imagination of some people. Even the esteemed Hungarian queen Sisi herself could not make the upper echelons give up even the slightest benefit, so why could Count Andrásy do it?
Queen Sisi knew very well that Count Andráhi was a very intelligent man with a strong sense of fame. But why would such a person give up all power 17 years ago and retire to the countryside? It is not because too many people do not support Count Andráhi himself, but hope that Count Andráhi will serve their interests. In this respect, the Hungarian aristocracy was the same as the Austrian upper class, who looked down on the Hungarian aristocracy, and they always pursued their own immediate interests.
A few steps forward, Sissi gently stroked the tombstone. The marble of the tombstone was hard and cold, and it could not give Sissi any warmth in her heart. Not far from the cemetery is a country road, where someone is driving a ploughing ox back. Sissi heard a teenager singing.
‘…… Who created the human world? It's our working masses! Everything belongs to the laborers, how can there be room for parasites? The most hateful of those poisonous snakes and beasts have eaten our flesh and blood! Once they are wiped out, the bright red sun shines all over the world! ’
The boy's voice is very clear, and even though the song is full of uncompromising stance, it still makes Sissi feel the relaxed and joyful emotions of the young man. The kid was just singing.
The maid and the guard changed their faces, and Sissi took the lead to stop the guard who wanted to rush over and teach the young thief a lesson. Looking up at the cowboy, Sissi chose to turn and leave.
The song has spread throughout Hungary, and it is said that the powerful army under the command of the Chinese Emperor Wei Ze overthrew the Manchu dynasty. The Hungarian aristocracy denounced the state ownership of land as the most evil system of mankind, while the common people of Hungary admired the people of the Republic of China for obtaining land for cultivation as honorable laborers.
How powerful was the Min Dynasty? The easternmost coast of North America in this great country is only eight hours away from the westernmost province of Madagascar, and the bright red sun never sets on the country's soil.
When the Queen landed on the island again in October, the Marquis Grace received her at her lodgings. At this time, the marquis had regained her slender figure, and the queen saw a small female Ying sleeping in the cradle. The Marquisess saw the Queen's exhaustion and took the child with the Queen to the resort town of Paphos. Looking at the dreamlike sunset on the beautiful beach, the queen's mood fell into a kind of melancholy.
"It is said that Aphrodite (Venus) was born in Paphos, but I have always believed that she was born in the clouds here before falling into the sea." Grace said leisurely.
"Your Excellency Wang Mingshan, as a Chinese, should be an atheist." Queen Sisi sighed.
"Hah!" Grace chuckled, "Although he is an atheist, he just doesn't believe in the existence of God, but he doesn't reject the gods created by humans. He admired the statue of Aphrodite. ”
"How?" Queen Sisi didn't quite understand.
"Do you believe that God exists?"
"Yes."
"Do you think God was created by man?"
"Of course not."
After a brief question and answer, the marquis smiled and said, "Mingshan is the complete opposite of you. ”
The queen could understand the description of the marquisess to Wang Mingshan's most tragic atheist, and she even felt that it was wise for someone to have such a firm view, but the queen herself could not accept it at all. So the queen was silent for a moment and asked, "Is it impossible for the Min Dynasty to compromise with the nobles?" ”
This question made the Marquis Grace put away her smile, "Your Majesty, how did the nobles compromise with the people when they had the upper hand?" According to the Minchao Dynasty, this is a desperate struggle between the ruling class and the ruled class, and the victor can become the ruling class, and the loser will become the ruled class. You know, if I were a Chinese nobleman, even if I could survive the revolutionary war led by His Majesty the Great Emperor Wei Ze, I would have become the lowest level of society under the blow of the untouchable law that lasted for the next twenty years. Even if the untouchability law is finally abolished, I will no longer have any advantage, and I will have to fight in the fierce social competition like everyone else. ”
The Marquisess's description matched what Queen Sisi had learned, so the Queen was silent for a while before she spoke: "The nobles will not compromise and will not be tolerant, so neither will the revolutionaries. Really? ”
"Your Majesty, only those who completely admit defeat will hope for the mercy of the victor." Grace calmly answered the question.
Under the unpredictable sunset, Queen Sissi stood straight, although the queen was not the beauty of Aphrodite since she was a child, although she is now 60 years old, but the queen still gives people a kind of dignity and beauty that cannot be blasphemed. But what Grace saw was an old lady who knew in her heart that she couldn't do anything.
After more than ten years of service for the Min Dynasty and nearly ten years with Wang Mingshan, Grace has become a lover of Chinese culture. Among those shocking words, there is a sentence that jumps into my heart, 'Since ancient times, beauties have been like famous generals, and they are not allowed to see white heads in the world'. The years have not worn away Sissi's beauty and charm, but as a queen, Sissi has come to the end of her power, and in this era of unprecedented change, Queen Sissi can only watch the country she loves step by step towards a future that she fears.
Being in the camp that pushes history to subvert history, the Marquis Grace suddenly has a real pride in her heart.
The territory of the Austro-Hungarian Empire was generally divided into two parts: Cislethania and Translethania.
In the narrow sense, Neletania refers only to the part west of the Leta River, i.e., Austria, but in the broad sense, Neletania also includes the regions of Slovenia, Bohemia, Moravia, Galicia, and Dalmatia. This part is collectively referred to as the "kingdoms and territories represented by the Imperial Council".
Trans-Letania, the part east of the Leta River, includes not only Hungary, but also Slovakia, Transylvania, and Croatia. This part of the territory is collectively known as the "Crown Territory of St. Stephen". St. Stephen I was the first Christian king of Hungary, and he was later revered as a saint.
The Democratic Foundation of the Republic of Korea operates mainly in Transleitania, and a modest boat sails slowly along the blue Danube River that crosses the city of Bratislava, the capital of Slovakia. On both sides of the river, troops could occasionally be seen passing by, and occasionally some men in civilian clothes with hideous faces watched them walk around. Whatever they did, Slovaks would consider them spies. As in Hungary, Slovakia, which is not an industrial region, has also been hit hard by the economic crisis. All industries are depressed, and the people's lives are extremely miserable. And the upper strata, which occupy more than half of the country's land and almost all of the industrial capital, are still trying to squeeze the people in order to keep themselves afloat.
There were less than thirty people on board, three or four people were responsible for monitoring the movement outside and driving the boat, and the remaining twenty or so people gathered in the cabin, led by two Chinese. The man sitting on the left frowned slightly, and with a hint of hatred for iron and steel, he spoke to the participants: "Comrades, the current land system of our Min Dynasty is indeed very effective, but this system is not the system adopted by our Min Dynasty in the revolutionary war. At the stage of the revolutionary war, we were divided into land. The masses of the people own their own land. At the present stage, we have implemented the current system only after we have seized the correct position, ensured the effective operation of the state ownership of land, and won the approval of the masses of the people. This is the same as going up the stairs, it does not mean that everyone can't go to the highest level, but it is impossible to jump directly to the final result without going through the intermediate steps. ”
Some of the young comrades nodded slightly after hearing this, while some of the young comrades showed unhappy expressions. The Chinese representative is in his 40s and is an old political worker. Seeing the expression of the young comrade, he sighed in his heart, but did not criticize. The Chinese representative said: "When we were young, the political cadres of the Democratic Dynasty thought the same as everyone else. I feel that since there is a clear result, it is not simple to draw a scoop directly than a gourd. But after experiencing work, we finally understand that we must follow the rules and directly pursue the imaginary results, which is not achieved if we want to hurry. Because the two are not the same thing......"
It seemed that the disgruntled young comrades had been defeated in front of the political comrades who were chattering like 'Tang monks chanting scriptures', and the one who was the first of those raised his hand to speak, and when he was allowed to speak, he said: "We, the Hungarian Communist Party, will not try to rush to form state farms, but will complete the ...... of dividing land among the peasants first as much as possible."
"Tang Seng" does not seem to have the intention of letting go of the young, "the Hungarian revolution is not a simple ideal, if there is no substantial future, how can the people believe in us?" When it comes to describing the future, the church has lied to people for thousands of years. We ourselves are part of the people, and we cannot be separated from the masses. What the people need is land and a future in which they have the means of production. This is by no means a backward idea, this is the existence of reality. The reason why the people of our people do not pursue the ownership of land is because they know that the system guarantees their right to use the land. ”
Representatives of the Hungarian Communist Party abandoned their intention to engage in ideological confrontation with the Democratic Foundation of the Democratic Republic of Korea, and finally said that they would stand with the needs of the people.
Just when the representative of the Slovak Communist Party could not help laughing at the embarrassment of the Hungarian Communists in his heart, the representative of the Republic of China turned his head and mentioned the difficulties of the Slovak Communists, "The direct aim of Pan-Slavism is to establish a Slavic state ruled by Russia from the Erz Mountains and the Carpathians to the Black Sea, the Aegean Sea, and the Adriatic Sea." There are also quite a few people in Slovakia who identify with this pan-Slavism. ”
The Austro-Hungarian Empire was known as the Great Prison of the Nation, and there were many Slovaks who identified with Pan-Slavism, and even among the Slovak Communist Party, there were those who identified with both Pan-Slavism and socialism. Being stabbed directly in an unpleasant position, many of these Slovak Communists changed their faces like the talented members of the Hungarian Communist Party.
The political workers of the Democracy Foundation did not care at all, and continued to say, "The starting point of the people's Pan-Slavism is basically to oppose national oppression, but in the eyes of the Communist Party, the problems in reality are not simple. Russia and many of the so-called Slavic nobles wanted to use this flag as a means of profit. In the possible future of the Hungarian People's Republic, we are opposed to ethnic divisions. Language, writing, these are tools, not standards to prove who is nobler. The progress of human society depends on the development of the productive forces, and any distinction that does not help the development of the productive forces is harmful in the long run or in the short term. You are Slovak, you are Hungarian, you are Croatian, and the basis of this perception is that you are all people of this people's republic. It's just that you were born in a different place, or where your ancestors were a long time ago. None of this can be used as a reason to deny the People's Republic. This is the foundation of the Communist Party. ”
Such communist organizations were active not only in Hungary or Slovakia, but throughout Transleitania. The spies of the empire, the private soldiers of the aristocracy, were trying to dig up these communists, and some efforts succeeded, but most of them failed. As winter came, the weather froze, and these old men's lackeys also relaxed their efforts because of laziness. At the beginning of 1898, the economic crisis in Europe broke out in full force.
The bankruptcies of the peasants and the unemployment of the workers led to a new upsurge in the migration of the wealthy people of the British Empire to North America. The Parliament of the British Empire passed a decree establishing the Parliament of North America of the British Empire in the former city of Washington, which was renamed Victoria. This Congress, along with the Downing Street-based Congress, rotates every four years. This practice seems to have the flavor of 'western hunting', in fact, everyone knows that Britain is trying to move the capital.
Most of the wealthy remained in the British Empire, and luxury goods were still marketed in London, while goods aimed at the poor could not find customers, thus making the European economy worse. The worse the European economy, the more the British have no money moving westward, which in turn will shrink the market even further.
In the midst of all this mourning, the only bright spot was probably the recruitment of the armed forces of Belgium by King Leopold II in Africa. A large number of Europeans tried their best to go to the draft. Of the 28,000 places, 100,000 people have to apply. It was only in Africa that the whites realized what a 'pomp' King Leopold II of Belgium had created in Africa.
At the Berlin Conference of 1885, King Opold II of Belgium was granted the 'Free Congo Region' and transferred it to his own property. In this 'private land', Opold II forbade private purchases of valuable products, especially rubber and ivory; It was stipulated that the natives were to pay taxes on rubber and ivory, in addition to other taxes in kind.
In particular, the payment of the rubber tax was the most brutal, because it did not have a fixed amount, but was arbitrarily prescribed by the colonial authorities or officials. In order to deliver the rubber, the natives had to go out to harvest, and the rubber forests were quickly exhausted; All blacks who could not complete the rubber tax were cut off by the armed black tribes found by Opold II. It is common to send dozens of baskets of severed hands after a 'tax collection'.
In addition to inciting blacks to kill each other, the colonists also used rubber collectors as "live targets" to shoot. This rubber tax is known as the "blood-stained rubber tax". The natives were forcibly requisitioned to build railways, and a large number of them died of disease, starvation, and the butts and whips of their guns, and many fled the construction site. Between 1885 and 1898, but just over 12 years, the black population of the Congo region remained less than half of what it had been.
These whites were 'hired' to work on the plantations. Soon, the letters sent home by these laborers began to describe in great detail more of Opold II's 'great deeds'.
‘…… The slave girls were shackled and shackled, which were strung together in chains. During the day, they were rushed to the mine by the overseer. Mainly digging gold or diamond mines. Because they were afraid that they would hide it privately, these women were naked. Their babies were placed in a frame behind them, crying with their mothers in this dark cave......
‘…… In order to expand his territory, Opold II launched an attack on the east of the Congo Basin in the name of destroying the slave trade, in an attempt to capture more blacks into his various death camps. Anyway, those people probably didn't live more than three years under such cruel treatment. It wasn't until these men encountered the armies of the East African administrative regions that the bloody expansion was curbed. And this old fellow, who loves to slaughter and abuse, has not said a word about such a failure......
This content was soon widely publicized in the major European newspapers, and most readers denounced Opold II. But it didn't take long for the news to be replaced by something even more exciting.
The French revanchists won a resounding victory in the parliamentary elections, and the new defense minister openly clamored for a 'solution to Germany'. Germany, for its part, announced a major exercise. The contradictions in Africa are only the content for Europeans to express their sense of moral superiority, and once the tense contradictions between Germany and France erupt, it means a total upheaval in the whole of Europe.
In response to this situation, The Times, which also has its headquarters in London, expressed concern with a large headline, which was titled 'Winter is coming'.