Chapter 136, a critical moment

Obviously, the conditions put forward by the Italians were impossible for the Entente to agree to, which seriously damaged the interests of the two countries, and it was only natural that the two countries would join hands to attack Italy.

With everyone's brains filled, the truth of history has changed, and Italy has once again become a negative teaching material for greed.

Of course, it is estimated that the Italian government is still very willing to carry this black pot, who called Ferdinand to put forward a great idea of three countries to divide Italy before?

As long as John Bull comes up with this plan, will the Italian government be able to make no compromise? They now have to hug the thighs of the British, isn't it a good thing to be able to prepare a black pot for the boss? After all, from the perspective of the interests of all countries, the partition of Italy is considered to take what each needs from its own needs!

With the experience of Italy, the Hungarians were much more cautious when proposing conditions, at least they gave up Romania, which they had always coveted, for fear of provoking Ferdinand and being hacked, and Bulgaria was still convicted!

The reply given by Prime Minister Tisza was not very satisfactory to everyone, but it was also within the range of everyone's acceptance.

The only fly in the ointment is that this time it is necessary to turn against Austria, otherwise the interests of the Kingdom of Hungary cannot be guaranteed.

Even Bulgaria's offer to waive the land ransom if they made a large enough contribution to the war was understood by them to cooperate with the Bulgarian army to eliminate the German-Austrian forces in the country.

Theoretically, with more than 300,000 German troops and 100,000 Austrian troops as a vote, this contribution can already be made to the Entente.

Viscount Siegel suddenly asked: "The conditions of the Entente are acceptable, but how can we solve this German-Austrian army at home?"

If the operation makes a mistake and lets them go, and we want to regain the lost territory from Bulgaria, we will have to accept their blackmail? ”

Prime Minister Tisza said coldly: "As long as our troops in the coalition army cooperate with the Bulgarian army to sneak up on them, take them by surprise, and at the same time blow up the railway bridge, they will not be able to escape!"

How to operate, or wait for everyone to make a final decision, and leave it to the military to solve, they are the professionals!

Do you have any questions? If not, then the vote will begin? ”

Seeing that everyone was slow to speak, Prime Minister Tisza said cautiously: "The time has come to decide the fate of the Kingdom of Hungary, and now I hope that everyone will carefully vote for this country."

In order to save time, you write the results directly, and you have three choices: 1. Continue to stay in the Central Powers; 2. Withdraw from this war, and then neutralize; 3. Withdraw from this war and join the Entente!

This time by secret ballot, pen and paper have been distributed to you, and now I declare the voting open! ”

The sound of swishing sounded, and everyone gave their answers on the paper, and then the clerk walked up to each of the delegates and took away the small note.

As the minutes ticked by, the vote was quickly completed, and Prime Minister Tiza picked up a pen and wrote his answer on paper, then threw the paper ball into the transparent glass box.

The whole voting process was open and fair, of course, the main reason is that this issue is not controversial, so everyone can sit down calmly and play democratic voting.

Prime Minister Tiza said calmly: "The voting is over, now the counting of votes begins, and everyone can come to the stage on their own to supervise!" ”

After speaking, he ignored the crowd, opened the ballot box directly, and began to count the voting results. The counting process also proceeded quickly, and it was completed in a few moments.

Prime Minister Tiza solemnly announced: "The results of the vote have come out, and after everyone's decision, the Kingdom of Hungary will withdraw from the Central Powers and join the Entente!"

A total of 126 people participated in the vote, and 126 votes were received, of which zero were in favor of remaining in the Central Powers, 36 were in favor of leaving the war and then neutralization, and 90 were in favor of joining the Entente.

In accordance with the legal force, the Kingdom of Hungary will withdraw from the Central Powers and join the Entente! ”

Thunderous applause rang out again, but this time there were far fewer people clapping, and there were still many who advocated a complete withdrawal from the war, after all, the losses of the Kingdom of Hungary were already too great, and the current result was obviously not satisfactory to them.

However, the overwhelming majority of those who advocate the continuation of the war are powerless to prevent this outcome, and can only choose to remain silent.

After a few moments, Prime Minister Tisza spoke again: "Now to the second item of the day, whether the Kingdom of Hungary should withdraw from Austria-Hungary?" Now you are free to speak! ”

Doesn't it seem strange that the Kingdom of Hungary has withdrawn from the Central Powers and joined the Entente, and has also declared war on the Central Powers, and Austria-Hungary is still a member of the Central Powers, isn't this equivalent to the Kingdom of Hungary betraying the independence of Austria-Hungary?

But this is Europe, and even if the Kingdom of Hungary chooses to join the Entente and fight Austria-Hungary, as long as it has not declared its independence, or has been kicked out of Austria-Hungary by Ferdinand II, the Kingdom of Hungary is still legally a member of the Austro-Hungarian Empire.

Specifically, in the Middle Ages, the great lords were still at war with the emperor, and they were still part of the empire, and they all participated in the imperial councils.

Therefore, if the Kingdom of Hungary wants to become independent, His Majesty still has to go through this procedure, and even the decisions they make must be approved by King Ferdinand I of Hungary in order to have full legal effect. (Note: This is the custom in Europe, in the Austro-Hungarian Empire Ferdinand II and in the Kingdom of Hungary Ferdinand I.) )

However, now it is impossible for them to go to "Ferdinand I" for approval, so they can only do it first, as for whether it is legal or not, in this era, the fist is still greater than the law!

At this moment there was a split between the aristocracy and the capitalists, with most of the nobility still advocating to remain in Austria-Hungary, but the Kingdom of Hungary was to gain greater autonomy.

But the capitalists were different, and they were desperate to get rid of Austria-Hungary and establish an independent kingdom of Hungary.

As a veteran nobleman, the Marquis de Reims was the first to speak: "I think the Kingdom of Hungary should remain in Austria-Hungary!"

Let's not forget that the world is a world of the jungle, a newly independent Hungarian kingdom sandwiched between Austria, Bulgaria and the Russians, sorry, I see where the future of this kingdom is! ”

The big capitalist Kahn-Rice immediately retorted: "Mr. Reims, you are too pessimistic, an independent Hungarian kingdom is the choice of the times!"

Let's not forget that we have betrayed Austria-Hungary, and even if we remain in this decaying empire, we will not gain anything.

Instead, the Kingdom of Hungary became a dumping ground for Austrian industrial goods, and instead of enduring the oppression of the Austrians, it was better to establish our own kingdom.

Bulgarians can go from a small country with a population of less than four million people, can't we do it now in the Kingdom of Hungary?

Let's not forget that our population is now six times that of theirs, and our industry is more than ten times that of theirs.

The ongoing world war is an opportunity, and if the Kingdom of Hungary seizes this opportunity, we may even annex Austria and establish a Hungarian-Austrian federal republic, so why not do it? ”

Viscount Siegel sneered and said, "Karn, didn't you wake up and run around in broad daylight to talk about your dreams?" Do you think the current international situation is still 30 years ago?

This time, it was Britain, France, and Russia that practiced carving up the world, and the European continent was a place for them to fight, do you think that Bulgaria and the Russian Empire were vegetarians? Will they tolerate another power popping up under their noses?

Especially since you pig's brain came up with the idea of establishing a republic, I bet you will not even have a chance to join the Entente when you announce that you are going to establish a republic! ”

This is indeed a flaw of the bourgeoisie, and now the mainstream of Europe is still the monarchy, and everyone is naturally hostile to the republic.

Even in the French Republic, the strength of the royalists in the country is much stronger than that of the Republican Party, but the three royalists are deadlocked, otherwise they would have been restored long ago!

In this case, if the Republic of Hungary were to be established, it would definitely not be supported by the Entente, and even out of the need to stabilize their own rule, neither Nicholas II nor Ferdinand would tolerate the birth of a powerful republic under their noses!

And it is not only the monarch who is hostile to them, but also the nobles who are hostile to them, and how can their position be guaranteed if a republic is established? It is simply an insult to let the big aristocrats go on an equal footing with the capitalists.

Historically, it was also because in the First World War that a large number of nobles took up arms and went to the battlefield, and finally suffered heavy casualties, and countless ancient nobles lost their strength to suppress the capitalists, and finally made the republic the mainstream of Europe.

But the current situation is obviously different, after fighting for so long, there has not been a matter of abolition of the throne, even the Kingdom of Montenegro and the Kingdom of Romania, which have been destroyed, have not been taken down from the position of the king.

Even they are secretly bargaining with Ferdinand, learning that the Greek king moved to the country, no matter what, the throne in this era is still very valuable, as long as there is a glimmer of hope, everyone is unwilling to give up!

And behind all this, it is the European royal families and the major nobles, everyone is not stupid, they all know that after the end of this war, the power of the aristocratic class will be greatly damaged, so they hope to keep the throne of these two unlucky people.

History has been changed beyond recognition by Ferdinand, and now it is estimated that no one can understand it. Ferdinand was naturally kind to everyone's requests, and it was a big deal to throw them into Africa, as for what kind of country would be established in the end, it was none of his business!

These things can be hidden from the capitalists, but not from these nobles, and the practices of these bigwigs at the top level undoubtedly provide enough confidence for the nobles of the Kingdom of Hungary.

Karn-Rice was immediately furious, but he knew that it wasn't Siegel joking, but that he had some inside information that no one knew.

At this moment, he hated this group of nobles so much that he didn't even share such important news with him, which made him a big ugly!

Do you really think that the capitalists are staunch republicans? Wrong, they are not any faction, and if they insist on distinguishing, they can only be regarded as staunch interests!

But at this time, Simon, the leader of the radical bourgeoisie, relieved him: "Viscount Siegel, is there any inside story here?" This news is of great importance to the Kingdom of Hungary, and if we make a wrong judgment because of the wrong information, it's bad! ”

Siegel didn't beat around the bush either, in the old aristocratic circles, this was originally an open secret, and it didn't matter if it was kept secret or not.

"You must have heard of the Treaty of Absolute Monarchy, right? Austria-Hungary was also one of the signatories, and of course the Kingdom of Hungary was also included!

The representative of the treaty was our King Ferdinand I, and according to the terms of the treaty, our political system would remain a monarchy forever.

If you want to establish a republic, both Russia and Russia are legally qualified to intervene in Hungary, and the British Empire is also a signatory, and they will not stop it! ”

Of course, Siegel has not yet said anything about the current royal protection action jointly promoted by the European aristocracy, and he thinks that this news is still good to keep from the capitalists.

Anyway, a "Treaty of Unlost Monarchy" is enough to fool them, there are indeed many treaties in it, but none of them have the right to enforce.

To put it simply, if everyone is willing to help, they are eligible to participate, and if they are not willing to help, they can also refuse, but these contents are confidential.

The kings who participated in the signing of the treaty were not fools, and of course they knew that secret treaties that were not made public were the best weapons to scare people!

In addition to the regulations on mutual assistance between the royal families that have been made public, and the treaties that can see the light of day such as jointly fighting against monarch killers, there are also a lot of secret treaties inside, but unfortunately they are not coercive!

But this is enough, for the Hungarian capitalists, as long as they know that the establishment of a republic and the protection of Russia have the right to intervene, one by one they decisively choose the "constitutional monarchy".

The Russians have never concealed their ambitions for Hungary at all, and although Ferdinand has restrained his ambitions for Hungary, they are not at ease?

If you look at the territory of Bulgaria, you know that from the initial less than 100,000 square kilometers of the mainland, to the current unification of the Balkan Peninsula, and the four or five million square kilometers of colonies, they are already the third largest colonial empire in the world.

Originally, they joined the Entente in order to use the power of Britain and France to protect the sovereign integrity of the Kingdom of Hungary.

If, for the sake of a republic now, you take the initiative to give them a reason to intervene, isn't that looking for death?

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