Chapter 3: Elections - Birth of a child

After the annexation of Serbia by Austria-Hungary, the situation in the Balkans changed again.

The Balkan landscape has become unfamiliar, and that's how wonderful things are. The countries of the two Entente camps in World War I in history have now boarded the ships of the Allied powers, and the countries of the Allied camps have joined the Entente!

In order to resist the pressure of Austria-Hungary, the Kingdom of Montenegro was forced to move closer to Bulgaria and was only one step away from forming an alliance; And Greece and Romania, in order to counter Bulgaria, quickly moved closer to Austria-Hungary, and it was only a matter of time before the three countries signed a secret treaty!

For all this that is happening in front of him, Ferdinand said that he is very calm! His attention is now focused on the country, and the new parliamentary elections in Bulgaria have been completed.

The results speak for themselves, since Ferdinand reformed the electoral law, with the degree of contribution to the country as the main criterion, this year's parliamentary election, naturally there will be no moths.

More than 90 percent of the members of parliament are in the former Bulgaria, while less than 10 percent of the seats are in the new territories.

And this 10% has been taken over by retired soldiers who have migrated from the country, which is said to be no black box operation, and it is estimated that no one will believe it!

However, this time Ferdinand really didn't operate in the dark this time! For example, there are only about 10,000 voters in Albania who have the right to vote, and 90 percent of them are immigrants.

And those who are eligible to run are even rarer, and few local people have contributed to Bulgaria!

In line with the equality of rights and obligations, there is no right to run for election without contribution, except for these retired officers and soldiers, others can only watch the excitement as the people who eat melons!

After this election, Ferdinand's control over the parliament was even stronger, and last time there were several unsociable party members mixed in, and this time the political party participated in the election of parliamentarians, and it was directly annihilated!

From now on, Bulgaria has once again entered the era of non-partisanship! Of course, Ferdinand did not forget to take the opportunity to introduce regulations on the control of political parties, and to restrict the development of political parties.

For example, a political party can only exist as a social organization, and may not engage in any business activities or accept social fundraising; Those who join a political party must be financially open and must not engage in business for three generations......

Anyway, ordinary people will have a numb scalp when they see that series of restrictions, let alone join it.

But it doesn't matter, this is the parliament itself and added to the Bulgarian constitution, want to amend? At least in Ferdinand's lifetime, it was impossible!

The next cabinet election will be even smoother, without any waves, and the Konstantin government will remain in office by unanimous vote!

Even the so-called democrats did not raise any objections, after all, the cabinet has dazzling achievements there, and no one can question them!

If you want to change people, the Bulgarian people will not agree! If there is a substitution, who can guarantee that they can do a better job?

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After the election, Ferdinand once again devoted his energy to his queen, and now he was almost an inch by Xenia's side, and his official business was next door.

According to the doctor, it has been a few days since she gave birth, and at this time, Queen Xenia has already moved into the delivery room and may give birth at any time.

The queen's birth was a big deal for the whole of Bulgaria, and everyone was paying attention to the news, and the cabinet consciously reduced the number of reports to Ferdinand.

"Your Majesty, the queen is about to give birth!" A maid hurriedly ran in and said

Ferdinand, who was dealing with official business, received the news, dropped the documents in his hand and rushed over without looking back.

At this time, Princess Clementina was already waiting outside the delivery room, and Ferdinand, who had hurried to her, stopped her.

"Don't go in and make trouble, there are doctors and nurses inside, what can you do when you go in?"

Ferdinand thought about it, and it was the same reason, he really couldn't do anything.

In fact, Queen Xenia had already activated it several times, but stopped at the last moment, probably because the little one inside was reluctant to come out and wanted to stay in her mother's belly for a few more days.

But this time it's different, the doctor has already determined that this time it's really going to be born.

In the 19th century, when a woman gave birth to a child, it was equivalent to walking through the ghost gate. Fortunately, Queen Xenia was in good health, and she was historically the mother of seven children, which made Ferdinand feel a little relieved.

Not only Ferdinand was in a hurry, but even Nicholas II, who was far away in St. Petersburg, was also very concerned about this production, and sent telegrams every now and then to inquire.

In recent days, several telegrams a day have resulted in Ferdinand's callbacks being formulaic words - "soon", "not yet", "everything is normal".

In this era, it has always been a high-risk job for women to give birth, whether it is out of brother-sister affection or a relationship with Russia, Nicholas II has to care!

The little guy who has not yet been born is undoubtedly the crystallization of friendly relations between Bulgaria and Russia, and he already has a golden job waiting for him before he is born.

It's not just the Russians who care, in fact, there are quite a few big people who care about the birth of the little guy, London, Paris, Berlin, Vienna, Rome...... In the past few days, almost all the big names in Europe have sent telegrams of condolences.

Ferdinand finally realized what it was like to have so many relatives, not only the big people, but even some small nobles, who came to join in the fun. From continental Europe to the American continent, Ferdinand estimated that except for Antarctica, where no one lives, there are relatives everywhere on this earth.

People are not relatives who are not random relatives, so they sent a telegram casually, everyone is indeed relatives, but the relationship is a little distant, of course, this is also related to the development and growth of Bulgaria.

The greater Ferdinand's power, the greater the network of connections, and on the premise that there is no conflict of interest, everyone is willing to mix up skillfully.

As the minutes ticked by, from the afternoon to midnight, there was finally a cry in the delivery room.

"Congratulations to Your Majesty, mother and son are safe!" A nurse ran out and congratulated

Hearing this news, Ferdinand's heart finally fell, and he couldn't care so much anymore, and rushed directly into the delivery room.

Ferdinand looked at the baby, then at his tired wife lying on the bed, and said excitedly: "Xenia, this is our child!" ”

Xenia looked at the baby with a soft gaze, then smiled slightly.

Before Ferdinand could reach for the baby, Princess Clementina had already taken the baby from the nurse's hand, carried it to the bedside, and said kindly, "Sorry, Xenia! ”

"No, Mother, this is what I should do!" Xenia said with a smile

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The atmosphere in the delivery room is so warm, the doctors and nurses consciously retreat from it, leaving the space for a family of four.

The news of the birth of the little one soon spread out of the royal palace. Telegrams were sent from Sofia to all parts of the world, and as long as others sent them to ask, Ferdinand politely sent them back.

Well, Carl was responsible for these callbacks, and Ferdinand was still in the delivery room, and he couldn't remember these little things.

In the middle of the night, the lights in the Sofia printing house were still bright, and it was obvious that all the newspapers in Sofia were rushing to produce newspapers overnight!

Sadly, they didn't get a picture of the little one, and not only that, but they didn't even know the name.

However, this did not prevent them from posting the good news. At this time, the Bulgarian people have been waiting for a long time.

Now Ferdinand had to have a headache with the name of the little one, he had come up with many names before, but none of them had been approved by his mother and wife.

Ferdinand once wanted to give up the right to choose the child's name and leave it to his mother and wife, but the two of them unanimously accused him that he didn't pay enough attention to the child!

But what should it be called? This is too embarrassing for Ferdinand!