"Your Majesty, the general election in the United Kingdom ended early, and Conservative Party leader Stanley Baldwin has become the new Prime Minister of the United Kingdom!" Foreign Minister Metev said

Ferdinand smiled slightly, and the emergence of a moderate prime minister in Britain is undoubtedly good news for the whole world.

Stanley Baldwin was considered by Churchill to be one of the three main responsible persons for appeasement, and one of the main culprits in allowing the outbreak of world war.

Well, before the outbreak of the world war, Stanley Baldwin was highly regarded by the outside world, he led LinkedIn out of economic difficulties, he was a conservative and a pacifist.

It was not until Churchill took office that his exploits were completely erased, but there is no black and white in the struggle between politicians, and there is no need to evaluate them.

For Ferdinand, this conservative prime minister was undoubtedly the best prime minister of the British Empire, and this bought Bulgaria another five precious years.

"Well, it seems that this world is going to be peaceful for a while in the short term, stop the back hand we are preparing first, and now is the time to cause trouble to our friends!" Ferdinand said with a smile

As long as they are pacifists, they are now friends of Bulgaria, and the election from Stanley just proves that Bulgaria now has more friends than enemies in the British Empire.

"Your Majesty, rest assured, we had no intention of planning an anti-colonial uprising at this time, and now our job is to spread revolutionary ideas in the British colonies.

This is not just our family's work, judging from the information we have gathered, whether it is the Japanese or the French, and even the Moscow government in Siberia is doing it! Sim said calmly

Ferdinand nodded, spreading revolutionary ideas was a subtle method, and even if it was discovered by the British, they could not find any evidence related to Bulgaria, which was essentially different from directly supporting the independence of the natives.

"Your Majesty, the Germans are interrogating to join the League of Nations, shall we stop it?" Metev asked casually

"Leave them alone, let the French do it!" Ferdinand replied

It was just an inconsequential trifle, and for Bulgaria there was no direct interest in whether the Germans joined the League of Nations or not.

No matter how you look at it now, Germany does not have the ability to provoke a world war. In contrast, the likelihood of a civil war is even greater.

On the contrary, Italy is now very active, but Ferdinand does not think that they can succeed, this is determined by comprehensive national strength.

Don't look at the fact that Italy's total industrial output seems to be increasing substantially, and think that their overall national strength has increased, but in fact it is the opposite.

Just look at Italy's heavy industry, the domestic arsenals have been closed en masse, the iron and steel companies have gone bankrupt, and there is no sales market, and the Italian capitalists will not insist on patriotic festivals.

In this respect, the current Italy no longer has the potential to explode, with the invasion of British and French capital, the current Italy is a large foundry, and the domestic economy is completely controlled by the British and French.

They don't have the strength to challenge the world order, but if they want to expel Britain and France from Italy, there is still a chance of success, and it depends on whether they will choose the time.

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The British Empire is the world hegemon of this era, and when Stanley Baldwin took over Downing Street, the whole world paid attention to it.

Paris

French President Gaston Dumerge is convening a meeting to discuss the impact of the change of British government on the Anglo-French conflict.

Meetings that are usually presided over by the French prime minister are now presided over by the president, and do not think it is surprising that the French change government is similar to a woman changing clothes, always liking the new and hating the old.

Since the end of the world war, they have changed their cabinets in the double digits, and every year the French cabinet has been reorganized, with the highest record being seven times a year.

Even the French tried anarchy several times very willfully, and finally found that it was too inconvenient to have no government, so they had no choice but to form a government.

There is no country in the world as willful as them, and it only takes one parliamentary pass of no confidence to bring down the cabinet.

If someone has been prime minister several times in a year, it must only be in France, and only France can go up and down non-stop.

Since the establishment of the French Third Republic, no cabinet has been able to hold until the end of its term, and the shortest cabinet term is only 2 days, which may be less than 48 hours if calculated accurately.

Historically, the willfulness of the French lasted until 1940, when the Germans came to the rescue, and it was not until 1958 that the constitution was amended, which completely changed the situation.

This is also one of the reasons for the rapid decline of France in modern times, and the change of government has made it difficult for the French government to continue its policies.

If it weren't for the fact that diplomatic and military power were in the hands of the president, and the ministers of various departments were also directly responsible to the president, then France would have collapsed by themselves long ago.

From 1870 to 1925, France's economy fell from second place in the world to fourth place in the world, behind Britain, Bulgaria and Germany.

The total industrial output has fallen from the second place in the world to the fifth place in the world, and the first four places are Britain, Bulgaria, Germany, and Austria, if nothing else, it will soon be surpassed by Italy and become the sixth place in the world.

This is also the fact that the French have a thick enough foundation, otherwise if it were an ordinary country, it would have fallen apart long ago after such a toss from them.

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saint petersburg

"The British have finally changed their term, damn Lloyd's - George is out, our chance has come!" Nicholas II laughed and said

The Russian Empire became what it is now, and the British Empire had to bear the main responsibility, and without their selfless assistance, the Russian Civil War would never have been fought now.

Even earlier, the Civil War in the Russian Empire would not have broken out if it had not been for their hands in the world war, and for the Lloyd-George government, which dominated it all, Nicholas II was eager to dismantle them in pieces.

Now that he has finally been replaced, he can't help but be unhappy, in any case, at the juncture of the change of government, there will always be a few months to familiarize himself with the situation and change his mode of thinking.

This is his chance, if nothing else, the British will not increase their assistance to Little Nikolai in the short term, and he will have the opportunity to make a time difference and complete the reunification of the country.

"Prime Minister, negotiate with the Bulgarians immediately, I hope to get the loan within a week, this is our best chance!" Nicholas II said

He did not expect a change in Britain's policy toward Russia, as an opponent, Nicholas II still knew the British, and in the eyes of the British, any country that might pose a threat to them was their enemy.

And the Russian Empire happened to have this condition, if it were not for the outbreak of civil war in the Russian Empire, where would the hegemon of the European continent get the turn of the French now?

In addition to this, the territory of the Russian Empire in Central Asia threatened the security of India. Once the Russians had unified their country, expansion into India became almost inevitable.

The huge debts owed by the Russians alone have prompted them to expand abroad, is there a better alternative to India?

But what do the Russians think, the British think so, and the plan they make is also done like this, otherwise they are not full and have nothing to do, why should they pay to provoke a civil war in Russia?

"Your Majesty, I'm afraid this won't work, a week is too short, under normal circumstances, this kind of large loan is impossible to negotiate without a few months!

If we rush too much, the Bulgarians will find out what we are trying to do, and then we will lose a lot of money! The prime minister explained with a wry smile

"Damn Ferdinand, how did I never find out, why did he hate him so much?" Nicholas II complained

In the face of the tsar's revenge, everyone chose to shut up, and this question was not something they could participate in.

In terms of dealing with people alone, Ferdinand has done an impeccable job, and after the outbreak of the Russian Civil War, the Bulgarian royal family did not give less assistance to the Russian royal family.

But when it comes to national interests, everything is not discussed. On the surface, Ferdinand was avoiding suspicion, but in fact Nicholas II knew very well that Ferdinand was doing it for his own reputation.

Everything has put the Bulgarian cabinet at the forefront, and no matter how much he takes advantage of the fire, it cannot be said that there is a problem with his morals.

This made Nicholas II very annoyed, and he telegraphed Ferdinand several times to find out what Bulgaria wanted, but unfortunately Ferdinand gave him tai chi.

Bulgaria is not in a hurry, but the Russian Empire cannot wait! If it drags on, the cost will only be greater in the future.

Once the Russian Empire is truly divided, then this loss will never be able to be remedied.

You must know that up to now, the territory they actually control is less than one-fifth of the Russian Empire, although it is the essence of Europe, but the remaining more than four-fifths of the territory is also very important to the Russian Empire!

"Your Majesty, no matter what, we can no longer use land as a mortgage, if we continue to mortgage, I am afraid that when we have just unified the country, we will have to fight another war with Bulgaria!" The Chancellor of the Exchequer said embarrassedly

Nicholas II's face turned pale, everyone knows this problem, if they continue to use the land as a mortgage, they will definitely not be able to cash it in the future.

After all, the land area mortgaged by the loan is that big! No matter what, the Russian Empire could not really give up millions of square kilometers of land!

It is almost inevitable that you will not be able to repay the loan in the future, they know it, and so do the Bulgarians! Against this background, it is not so simple to get a loan from Bulgaria.

Ferdinand was almost unabashedly telling the Russians not to play tricks, otherwise the consequences would be serious.

Of course, Nicholas II did not want to accept this threat, but he did not dare to turn his face for it, and the current Russian Empire simply had no confidence.

Of course, there is also good news, that is, Bulgaria did not collude with the rebels, otherwise it would really be doomed.

You must know that if Bulgaria chose to support Little Nikolai, it is estimated that not to mention Ukraine, even the Caucasus region will be packaged and sold together, and people will not blink an eye.

In fact, even Nicholas II didn't regard these lands as his lifeline, but he didn't want to give them away so humiliatingly, he really wanted to say to Ferdinand, you take the initiative to say where you want, just offer directly.

Buying and selling territory in Europe is a common thing, and earlier he sold the Crimean Peninsula, and no one said anything about it inside Russia?

"Of course, you can't continue to mortgage, this time you don't need to mortgage, you can directly trade land with Bulgarians, as long as the price is right, sell it!

However, this time we must make more adequate preparations, and we must unify the whole country in World War I, and the civil war will definitely not be able to continue! Nicholas II said coldly

"Yes!" Everyone replied in unison

They are all tied to Nicholas II, and everyone is a loss and a glory.

It can be said that the current Nikolai government is already the most incorruptible in the Russian Empire in a century, and even the corruption of officials has been curtailed a lot.

At this time, whoever dares to swallow his money for Nicholas II is asking for his life, and for those who want his life, of course, they can't let it go!

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Sofia

Ferdinand did not know that because of the change of British cabinet, the Russians had decided to speed up the pace of unification.

Of course, even if he knew, he wouldn't have any reaction! This is not his problem, but the problem of the Russians themselves.

If you look at the history of the Russians, you will be surprised to find that they and all their neighbors eventually became enemies, and there are no exceptions to this day.

Once Russia becomes strong, they will immediately start a war, and their neighbors are the victims, so so many countries in parallel time and space to encircle Russia are not relying on the intervention of the United States alone.

The most important question is because of their own factors, all the neighbors they have invaded, can you blame others for standing on their side?

There is also credibility, and the most popular phrase in Europe now is: the credibility of the Russian government is not credibility!

The reason, of course, is that the bonds issued by the Russians have not been fulfilled after they have matured, and from the outbreak of the world war to the present, all the debts due by the Russians have not been fulfilled.

This situation is not unique to Russia, and Bulgaria also had debts due and could not fulfill their debts during the world war.

However, Ferdinand very wisely filled the hole by borrowing loans from Britain and France through diplomatic efforts.

In the middle, the payment may have been delayed due to the war, but all the payments were still carried out normally.

Even the debts sold in Germany, Austria and Italy were paid normally after the war, and Ferdinand did not rely on the debts because of the defeat of Germany, Austria and Italy.

In fact, Ferdinand's repayment is not much different from default.

It can only be said that it is necessary to be skillful in repaying debts, such as taking advantage of inflation, 100 million francs in 1914 is 100 million leva, and 100 million francs in 1925 is only worth more than 5 million leva.

In fact, even the principal has not been repaid enough, but isn't it also in accordance with the original promise, and the normal repayment is being made? Bonds sold to individuals, and you don't need to bear inflation, and you don't have a lot of money, why don't you use it to build your reputation?

If the Russians had taken it seriously, their credibility would not have been so bad. If you can't repay a large amount of debt, you can also repay your personal first!

It doesn't take much money, and the value of the currency has fallen wildly, and if the Russians were to repay the bonds issued in Germany, it would now be only a few hundred pounds.

However, since Nicholas II did not react, Ferdinand naturally did not kindly remind him.

Credibility, as long as you are trying to redeem it, it will have a role. As long as you convince the people that you are trying to pay off your debts, and that you are unable to pay them, you can declare a moratorium on your debts.

The consequences of losing credibility, just look at the fact that Russia has been unable to enter the international capital market in history, and everyone does not believe in you and is not willing to take you to play with you.

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