Chapter 80, Ferdinand's Ambition
When the news of the signing of the Treaty of London reached Bulgaria, it immediately caused a national sensation.
Many newspapers have come up with a series of feature stories, and the details of the negotiations that previously needed to be kept secret have all been declassified at this moment.
Of course, Bulgaria's insider trading with other countries is not within the scope of disclosure.
On 16 September, Ferdinand gave an impassioned speech to the Bulgarian National Assembly.
He denounced the brutal rule of the Ottoman Empire over the peoples of the Balkans, clarified the justice of Bulgaria in waging the Balkan war, and also swore an oath to Bulgaria over Macedonia, Thrace, Albania, the Halkidiki Peninsula, Kosovo, Constantinople...... and other regional sovereignty!
Oh, nothing else matters, the key is to swear sovereignty, you have to be fast, the discipline of the great powers is very low in these years. Not to mention the fact that there is also an Italy, which has just stepped into the threshold of the great powers, did not participate in the negotiations in London!
After the signing of the Treaty of London, Bulgaria's territory jumped to 300,000 square kilometers, its population exceeded 10 million, and the most basic raw materials for industrialization, coal and iron ore, were ready.
Ten years of hard work, one day flourishing!
The Balkans worshipped heroes, and Ferdinand now needed to show his heroism to the world, especially to the Balkan peoples who were about to join Bulgaria.
Ferdinand also intended to learn from Hitler's struggle, "One nation, one nation, one ism, one government, one leader!" ”
No, a nation gets rid of it first, you can't shout about this thing, something will happen!
"One country (Bulgaria), one king (Ferdinand), one government (Bulgarian government), one doctrine (nationalism)!"
Ferdinand's version of "Mein Kampf" was shocked, fortunately Bulgaria in the 19th century was still a monarchy, you can shout whatever he wants, plus his dazzling exploits, there will be a lot of supporters!
After the end of the Balkan Wars, the signing of the Treaty of London exposed the rotten nature of the Ottoman Empire to the world and greatly encouraged the national independence movement of ethnic minorities who had been oppressed by the Ottoman Empire for a long time.
The Ottoman Empire's rule in Asia and Africa also began to falter!
In order to consolidate its rule, the Sudanese government had to carry out a "top-down" reform.
Of course, the main job of Harim Pasha now is to tear a piece of flesh from the Greeks and make up for the loss of the Ottoman Empire.
What's more important is that he also needs this merit personally, to wash away the stain of signing the "Treaty of London", lest he be punished by patriots as national thieves when he goes back!
"Greece, as the instigator of this war, must be punished, and we demand that the Greek government immediately withdraw from Crete, pay 50 million pounds in war reparations, and cede Evia.
Otherwise, we will not be guaranteeing peace and stability on the Greek peninsula! ”
Harim Pasha is not talking nonsense, since Ferdinand ordered the expulsion of a part of the extremists into the Greek peninsula.
The situation on the peninsula is even more chaotic, and if it weren't for the Ottoman army, it is estimated that hell on earth would not be far from now.
In the face of Harim Pasha's threat, the Greek Prime Minister is completely a dead pig who is not afraid of boiling water.
"The Greek Government is peace-loving, and the war of aggression launched by your country has already undermined the consistent friendship between the two countries.
Now I advise your country to withdraw immediately from the territory of Greece, otherwise the Greek navy will block the coastline, and your army in Greece will already be a turtle in the urn, and if you resist stubbornly, it will be a matter of time before it will be destroyed! ”
The Ottoman Empire miscalculated, and the current Greek government has already lost its pants!
George I was ready to declare the government bankrupt as soon as the war was over, and they simply did not have the financial resources to pay the indemnities.
The government doesn't dare! Now that the prestige of the Greek government has fallen to its lowest point, it is estimated that the government would have been deposed long ago, if everyone was now busy resisting the Ottoman army's attack, and George I resorted to the great law of hatred diversion.
Well, if you can't beat the Ottomans, it's the government's incompetence, and if you cede land and pay compensation, then the government will betray the country!
They have already put on the hat of an incompetent government, and they will not dare to touch the hat of a traitorous government no matter what!
So now, even in order to save itself, the Greek government will never dare to back down!
No matter how much Harim Pasha coerced and lured, the Greek government insisted that the Ottoman army withdraw unconditionally from Greece proper, and even Crete refused to let go!
The Greek government's approach is very puzzling to many people, why are the Greeks unwilling to compromise with the Ottoman army for every day they stay on the Greek peninsula, Greece's losses are even greater?
You know, the daily eating, drinking, lazing and sleeping expenses of the 100,000 army are not a small amount, coupled with the poor military discipline of the Ottoman army, the Greek peninsula has long been scourged, why is the Greek government unwilling to compromise?
If it drags on any longer, it is estimated that the Greek nation will be infected by the Ottomans, and now the number of pregnant girls on the peninsula is increasing day by day!
Well, now George I has already said that nationalism is a double-edged sword.
Originally, he planned to use nationalism to defeat the Ottoman Empire, expand its territory, and realize the great idea of establishing Greater Greece.
As a result, Greece's strength was still too weak, and it was not possible to defeat the Ottomans by relying on a few experts and scholars who shouted lipsticks.
Greece is defeated if it loses, but the Balkan alliance still wins, and with a member of the alliance, Greece can also mix with the victorious country and retreat with its whole body!
Unfortunately, when the great powers supported Greece in dividing up the spoils, Greek nationalism exploded, and the government was immediately forced to put forward their demands to share the spoils equally with Bulgaria!
Well, George I agreed kindly, but his own family knew about his own affairs, so he compressed the conditions and tentatively proposed to ask for half of Macedonia and Albania.
It's a pity that Ferdinand didn't take Greece seriously at all, and simply used this excuse to dissolve the Balkan Union together with Mentnegro, and then the Greek government was dumbfounded!
The nationalists in Greece have also collectively lost their voices! How can there be such an operation? Don't they know what Greece has done to the Union?
In any case, Ferdinand and Nicholas I, two unscrupulous fellows, did it anyway, and told the Greeks with practical actions - "The world does not revolve around you!" ”
After the defeat, the Greeks, under the guidance of George I, had concentrated their hatred on Bulgaria and Mentenegro, and the Greek government had successfully escaped.
Now, the Greek government naturally does not dare to make concessions, otherwise it will be difficult for them to get out again!
The negotiations were at an impasse again, all in Ferdinand's calculations, and for every day the Ottoman army stayed in the Greek Peninsula, the time for the Greeks to recover could be delayed for months, and it was easier to destroy than to build!
Since the beginning of the war, at least more than 200,000 people have lost their lives in Greece, most of them are young and strong, which is an absolutely catastrophic blow to a country with a population of only about 2 million!
Every day, hundreds to thousands of Greeks still fall under the butcher's knives of the Ottomans on the Greek peninsula.
Add to this the influx of hundreds of thousands of mobs from Albania, Macedonia, these people are also going to eat!
The Bulgarian army has blocked the border, and they can only beg for a living in Greece.
Greece is not a rich place, and after feeding 100,000 Ottoman troops, the Greek people cannot afford to support these hundreds of thousands!
What will happen later, it is already self-evident, and there will inevitably be a conflict between the two sides for the sake of eating.
Now that the Ottoman army is still maintaining order, Edkh Pasha has set up a special refugee camp and provided them with relief food for the sake of everyone's common faith, and the contradictions between the two sides have not intensified!
However, the food of the Ottoman army was also forcibly requisitioned from the Greek people, and with so many more mouths, the life of the Greek people naturally became even more difficult!
Food prices on the Greek peninsula have skyrocketed, and countless Greeks have been forced to take the path of crime in order to survive.
Murders, robberies, rapes and other vicious incidents are staged on the peninsula every day, and of course these Ottomans do not care!
Ferdinand doesn't care about the future situation on the Greek Peninsula, he has tossed to this point, if George I can still develop Greece, he will be the real child of destiny!
Compared to the Greeks, Mentenegro's life is much better, and of course it is only relative! When he plagued the Greeks, Ferdinand did not forget to give them a wave as well.
However, the government of Mentenegro still had a responsibility, and when it realized that something was wrong, it immediately blocked the border.
Except for the addition of more than 100,000 Albanians to the new territory, their original homeland was still peaceful.
Oh, Nicholas I was born in the military after all, and when it is time to be iron-blooded, he will never be merciful! Directly arrested these people into the concentration camp and contributed to the construction of Mentenegro!
Of course, the fish that slipped through the net are indispensable, and those who escaped the catastrophe have occupied the mountains as kings and fallen grass as cowards, and have started a very promising business without capital!
Looking around, Ferdinand was surprised to find that they were all enemies! Is this the fate of the traverser - the enemy of the whole world?
No wonder the Great Powers did not insist on limiting Bulgaria, the Ottoman Empire, Greece, Mentenegro and Romania were all enemies of Bulgaria.
In this environment, in order to limit Bulgaria's development, they can completely work behind the scenes, form an anti-Bulgarian alliance, and hinder Bulgaria's continued expansion!
This is also the reason why the Russians are so relieved of Bulgaria, once without the support of the Russians, Bulgaria will not be able to withstand so many enemies! Is this an unintentional planting of willows? Ferdinand thought to himself.
Things in the world are often so ridiculous.
The core factor that Bulgaria was able to eat so much cake so smoothly this time was not because of Bulgaria's diplomatic efforts, but because Bulgaria had enough enemies!