Chapter 541: Winter is Coming (11)
In December 1900, the Austro-Hungarian Empire was finally not dissolved. Pen | fun | pavilion www. biquge。 InfoWith Sissi's good offices, the Hungarian Slovak People's Republic finally decided to remain in Austria-Hungary. The internal rationale is very simple: if Hungary wants to stand as an independent European power, it must have the ability to be a great power. Such a proof process is destined to be brutal.
Austria also did not benefit from this. While Hungary was free to decide whether or not to join the war in which Austria was involved, Austria-Hungary could not even bind Hungary in terms of diplomatic power. Austria-Hungary now has only one name left.
Uncle En died in February 1901, leaving behind a civil war against Europe that would devastate Europe, and the crown fell to the ground and no one picked it up.
Zhou Shuren had only heard of Uncle En, and for this worker who has been fighting on the front line, life is a very realistic existence every day, and it does not rely on the prophecy of saints or great men. When Hungary managed to stabilize the situation, it found that a huge gulf had been drawn between Austria and Hungary, which were close at hand. If this chasm were merely hostile to the aristocracy, it would be like fart to the working masses.
The real problem is that Hungary as a country lacks mineral resources. Coal and iron, which served as the basis of industry, were rare goods in the Hungarian Slovak Republic. Compared to Hungary, Austria has coal and iron, and even the Czech Republic has huge coal mines. In addition, Austria can also use iron ore from Lorraine, or from Norway, both of which are very close to Austria. Hungary found itself completely isolated economically and found itself in an extremely embarrassing situation.
In order to remove the labels of "poor coal country" and "poor iron country" on the head of Hungary by European monarchies, the Republic of China not only had no way to withdraw personnel from Hungary, but also sent more experts to this country to carry out construction assistance work at the invitation of the Hungarian Slovak People's Republic.
These are not deliberate actions created by Weese, these are actions that are based on a conceptual imperative, which makes Weese feel indescribably intense. The inevitable result of ideological command is that 'all enemies will die,' 'sow widely and reap thinly,' and 'flowers will bloom in large areas in the desert'.
Hungarian wines were very popular in Europe, and Tsarist Russia had custom vineyards and custom cellars in Hungary to produce wines with special flavors according to the requirements of the Tsar's court, and the profits from this could be imagined. Despite the fierce contradictions between Tsarist Russia and Austria, it was not necessary for Austria to say anything, and Tsarist Russia naturally joined the ranks of isolating Hungary.
As soon as this case was discussed in the Politburo, it immediately aroused many opinions. The comments made by all prove once again that there is nothing new under the sun. Since the members of the Politburo have not done any special research, their opinions are very intuitive. One of the more classic proposals is the premium purchase of Hungarian wines.
Weeser objected at the time, "The function of money is a general equivalent, so why should Hungary's labor be worth more than ours because Hungary is in a bad situation?" ”
"If we don't help, Hungary won't be able to withstand it." Members continued to present their views.
"Hungary is not so weak. In addition, if we have a global system that allows other countries to trade according to normal buying and selling ideas on the platform built by this system, Hungary's predicament will naturally be broken. In the long run, this system is where we go in the future. Weeser simply took out the idea of globalization.
By the end of 1901, the prospecting team of the Republic of China spent most of the year in the Carpathians discovering some iron ore and coal mines in the Carpathian Mountains, which could be used, but could not turn Hungary into a steel power like Germany. A slightly surprising bonus was the discovery of gas and oil.
Hungary has worked overtime to find some foundation for its own development. Austria was not idle, either, and the Austrian military model conceived by the mind proved to be a complete failure after three successive defeats to the Hungarian Red Army. After painful discussions, the Austrian upper echelons had to admit that the multi-ethnic hybrid model was not suitable for the modern nation-state.
Germany kicked Austria out of the German Confederation and formed a modern nation-state Germany. The same is true of Hungary, in which Hungarians and Slovaks occupy an overwhelming number and position. Austria therefore believes that the former so-called multi-ethnic State must develop into a single State, and that the problem of the use of at least seven languages in the army must be corrected. As Austria drew closer to Germany, it hoped to restore the era of the Pan-Germanic Grand League on the basis of the Alliance.
If Britain had learned ten years ago that Austria had such a plan, it would have been ruined anyway. The UK did not intervene this time. A large number of well-to-do people on the island of Great Britain migrated to North America, and only 18 million people remained on the 200,000-square-kilometer island. Among them, 8 million live in London, Manchester, Liverpool, Birmingham, Edinburgh, Glasgow, Belfast and other cities. Among the 10 million people living in rural areas, a considerable number of them are old men and women who are unwilling to leave their hometowns. The drastic changes have made the British government uneasy, and things in Europe have had to be dealt with a little later.
The overall proximity of Germany to Austria naturally led to the proximity of the Ottoman Empire. With Hungary between Austria-Hungary and the Ottoman Empire, the contradictions between the two sides were immediately small enough to be reconciled. The contradictions between the Ottoman Empire and Russia for more than two hundred years were clearly insolvable. Eventually, the Ottoman Empire signed a treaty with Austria-Hungary that would support the Ottoman Empire if Russia attacked it. If Russia attacked Austria-Hungary, the Ottomans would come to the rescue.
After such a delicate agreement was concluded, Germany also received permission from the Ottoman Empire to visit the warships that the Ottoman Empire had purchased from the Minchaos. The warship was purchased by the Ottoman Empire after the end of the Sino-American War, and the Min Dynasty did not ask the Ottoman Empire for money. During the same period, a large amount of armaments was used to offset the cost of China's purchase of Kuwait.
Of course, the Germans did not know that the warships exported by the Republic of China were not designed with the concept of armored boxes, nor did they use steam turbines as power. After just one visit, the Germans felt that their eyes were wide open and they were inexplicably happy. Before seeing the inside of the warship, the Germans could not imagine that the warship could be designed like this, and the more they saw it, the more rewarding they felt.
In 1901, the European economic crisis did not continue to worsen, but began to show signs of bottoming out. Especially after Germany announced that it was going to start building new warships, the German economy showed signs of recovery.
At the beginning of 1902, Austria announced compulsory education throughout the empire and turned several small units of local self-government into provinces. Large regions such as the Czech Republic and the Polish territories did not need to be forcibly changed, as they had a high level of industry and already had a German language base.
As a result of these measures, the Austrian economy has also begun to recover. After several years of not importing Hungarian grain, all of Austria's domestic grain depots bottomed out. Austria finally asked the Hungarian government to buy grain, and even Hungary breathed a sigh of relief. After being locked down for so long, Hungary can finally import steel from Austria.
As soon as the economy recovered, there were more ships for sea transport. The new Suez Canal dug by the Republic of China was capable of navigating 20,000-ton ships. The number of tankers coming from the Persian Gulf soon increased by five times. Cyprus, which is very close to here, immediately received the news, Wang Mingshan wrote a report and prepared to send it to China, but when he thought that his old friend Shen Xin had stepped down from the position of president, he was very sorry in his heart.
In terms of system, Shen Xin's rise and fall from power are representatives of the good operation of the republican system of the Republic of China. But that's a business matter, and Wang Mingshan's personal feelings are of course to hope that Shen Xin can do it as long as possible. The person who succeeded Shen Xin was a candidate strongly promoted by the Politburo, named Yao Bang. Shen Xin is considered the first generation, and Qi Rui is the second generation. This Yao Bang is a generation and a half. It is said that he is a comrade who is very thoughtful in theory. The prime minister who worked with him is called Ziyang, and he was also pushed out by the Politburo. Knowing that it was not a candidate recommended by the governor, Wang Mingshan looked down at these two several times at that time. Moreover, Wang Mingshan's work is subordinate to the party, and the chairman and the prime minister cannot control him. Now the big boss on Wang Mingshan's head is still Wei Zedudu, which is something he is very proud of.
Waiting for Wang Mingshan's report to go up, he quickly got instructions. 'Study the proportion of each country's military industry pulling the economy'. Wang Mingshan felt that his eyes lit up when he landed. This is the reason why Wei Ze is very admired by Wang Mingshan, and the governor always points out a direction. If the industries that drive the economies of European countries are closely related to the war, it means that the possibility of war breaking out is very high.
Before the North American War, or since the founding of the Republic of China, most of the original purpose of the creation of industrial industries was related to war. The steel industry, the rubber industry, the canning industry, these industries that now seem to be civilian, used to provide weapons, shoes, and food to the troops.
According to the new standard, the new data surprised Wang Mingshan. Except for the incomplete data in North America of the British, the real military industry of the whole European country has not played much role in stimulating the economy. From this point of view, Europe as a whole is peaceful, and there is no sign of going to war at all. From the perspective of a spectator who is not afraid of big things, Wang Mingshan has to admit that this result made him a little disappointed. When he was disappointed, Wang Mingshan also comforted himself with the reason that 'the governor will never do meaningless things', saying that if these European countries do not start fighting now, it does not mean that they will not fight in the future.
It's just that Wang Mingshan himself knows very well that if the current state of armaments is followed, even if Europe lets go of a big fight tomorrow, it will not be able to achieve any results.
In such a depressed mood, a letter made him happy at once. In the previous paragraph, Wang Mingshan wrote a letter to Shen Xin, and Shen Xin replied that he had nothing to do and was ready to go to Cyprus to relax. The old brothers can finally eat and talk together without any pressure.