Chapter 47: The Moroccan Crisis

Ferdinand listened to the Prime Minister's report on the main events that have taken place in Bulgaria in the past two months, and also made some comments.

After the matter was dealt with, he was soon attracted by an entertainment news! Yes, in Ferdinand's opinion, this is entertainment news, definitely not political news!

The Manchu Empire's parliament building was completed, or adhering to the consistent style of the old empire, luxurious, high-end, and high-grade, which shocked everyone, and compared with the Bulgarian parliament building, it was a bit embarrassing.

But that's not the point, Ferdinand is used to it anyway, even Bulgaria has already expanded several times, and he has no intention of rebuilding the Reichstag.

It's going to be used! Anyway, it won't take a few days a year, it's just that when the conference is held, it's a little crowded, as long as everyone's tables, chairs and benches can still be placed, that's enough.

Oh, the Bulgarian government can't take care of the parliament building anymore, there are so many places to use money, you can save a fortune!

As for the congressmen? Anyway, I don't live every day, and the time spent in it in a year adds up to less than two days, so who cares about this?

As for whether it will lose face? To be honest, Ferdinand never cared, even if he wanted to do a face project, he would still prefer to get one more dreadnought, at least everyone would say that Bulgaria's industry is strong, and not lament that Bulgaria is rich!

The above is all nonsense, the point is that the Manchu government sent representatives to Bulgaria to come over to inspect the constitutionalism and prepare for a constitutional monarchy!

Isn't this entertainment news?

Is there anything to learn from Bulgaria's constitutional proposals?

Ferdinand was skeptical, he didn't even realize how superior the Bulgarian constitutional system was, but he just said that it was improvized!

On the surface, Bulgaria is also completely a constitutional monarchy, but in fact, everyone is used to being Ferdinand's echo worm, which cannot be learned!

But the Manchu government didn't know! They only saw that Bulgaria, through a constitutional monarchy, had gone from a small country in the Balkans to a new power, which showed the superiority of their system!

The most important thing is that Ferdinand's rights remained unchecked after the full implementation of the constitutional monarchy, which was in line with their requirements.

Therefore, after inspecting Britain, the United States, Japan, Germany and other countries, it is ready to establish a constitutional monarchy with Japan and Germany as a template, and now Bulgaria has been added.

Well, that's why Ferdinand thought of him as entertainment news, which is completely impossible!

Unless Zaifeng had the courage to learn from Ferdinand, he gave up the fixed amount of the royal pension at the beginning of his succession and directly changed it to one percent of the fiscal revenue, in order to show his determination to the outside world and gain prestige for the royal family!

Obviously this is impossible! If you really want to extract only one point of royal expenses, it is estimated that the Manchu royal family will be in trouble!

With such a small amount of money, you can't go hungry, but if you want to continue to live a luxurious life, don't even think about it!

At that time, Ferdinand was once known as the poorest king in the world, and there was still speculation about when he would go bankrupt.

However, with the rise of Bulgaria, these statements have gradually disappeared, and perhaps in the future some people will call him the greatest businessman in the world, and it is not a dream to become the richest man in the world with a royal annuity!

From less than 20,000 pounds at the beginning of the succession to more than 1 million pounds now, an increase of dozens of times, but no one in the whole world blames Ferdinand in this regard, he deserves it!

This is similar to a professional manager, who has turned a small company that is on the verge of bankruptcy into a listed company, and it is normal for people to receive dividends!

And the Manchu government is undoubtedly impossible, not in the system, the key is in the people! If people are rotten, no matter how good the system is, it will collapse!

As for the current Manchu government, is there such a powerful person? Now the British are optimistic about Yuan Shikai, but Ferdinand knows that history has proven that he is not good!

Entertainment news is entertainment news, Ferdinand smiles and laughs, just visit it if you want to, just hope that these bureaucrats will not come to a strange conclusion!

Earlier, after the Sudanese government sent people to inspect the constitutional system of Bulgaria, they came to a strange conclusion, they believed that the Bulgarian people were easy to rule, and there was no room for a revolutionary party to survive!

Well, since it is a good rule, then with whom was the Bulgarian War of Independence fought?

In this regard, the bureaucrats of the two old empires are really on par! After all, the Manchu government learned the United States and France from studying constitutionalism, and sent students to Japan, so I really don't know what they thought in their heads!

Isn't it encouraging everyone to rise up and make a revolution if a constitutional monarchy is to learn from a constitutional monarchy and a republican country?

If you want to learn advanced scientific and technological knowledge, you don't go to an industrially developed country to study, but go to Japan, don't you know that Japan is still sending students to study in Europe?

What is this to learn? At that time, Japan was not much more advanced than the Manchu Qing Dynasty, and its industrial technology was second- or third-rate, and it was already backward before it was studied, so it was no wonder that everyone ran to learn the revolution!

(That's the end of the complaint, but now...... )

"Tell the embassy that they are coming! Just follow the normal reception of diplomatic envoys. Ferdinand said lightly

Now Bulgaria is also a great power, and according to the normal diplomatic etiquette reception, it is Ferdinand who gives face, otherwise it will be over to deal with it, anyway, the Manchu government in this year is also used to being bullied.

However, now the relationship between the two countries is still passable, and Bulgaria has also mediated the war of aggression against China by the Eight-Nation Alliance, although it only helped to pass on the news and did not play a role, but this does not prevent the Manchu bureaucracy from gaining the favor of the Manchu bureaucracy!

There is no way, the major powers in the world are expanding in the Far East, which has made the Manchu government anxious, if they don't have good relations, if Bulgaria gives them another time, this day will be even more unbearable!

Oh, if it weren't for Ferdinand's stopping, most of Bulgaria would have been expanding its power in the Manchus now, and because of its lack of strength in the Far East, the actual gains were limited except for the hatred that had been drawn.

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In addition to this entertainment news, Ferdinand also paid more attention to the Moroccan problem, judging by the international situation, the second Moroccan crisis is coming.

In 1909, Germany and France signed the Franco-German Agreement, in which the French recognized the independence of Morocco and allowed Germany equal economic benefits; Similarly, the Germans issued a statement that Germany was only pursuing economic interests and recognized the political status of France in Morocco.

The German and French politicians were very happy with the signing of the "Franco-German Agreement" and believed that the opportunity had come to eliminate the contradictions between the two countries, and that they could completely resolve the root causes of the contradictions between the two sides through negotiations.

But Ferdinand knew that it was impossible! John Bull could not tolerate Franco-German reconciliation, and if that happened, the British Empire's supremacy over the world would be shaken.

After all, once France and Germany reach a rapprochement, will it be difficult for the Germans to reconcile with Russia and Bulgaria? The contradiction between everyone is not a core conflict of interest in the first place, and without the influence of the French loan, Russia and Bulgaria will definitely not mind reconciliation.

Now that the contradictions among the major powers in the world have been resolved, and everyone has their hands freed, do you still need to think about what they will do?

The British Empire held so many interests in the world, and Ferdinand believed that if that happened, it would be time for everyone to join forces to divide the bulls.

Even the Americans, who are hiding on the American continent and making a fortune quietly, do not want to be alone, and it is inevitable that the countries on the European continent will return to the American continent once they unite!

John Bull will definitely make a move, otherwise the European-stirring stick will be in vain!

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With Niu Niu's efforts, none of this happened, the situation in Morocco was already unstable, many tribes had launched uprisings, and the time was not far before the French would intervene, and as soon as the French sent troops, the second round of the Moroccan crisis would erupt.

Time flew by, and in a flash it was 1911, and the rebel army had surrounded the Moroccan capital of Fez.

"Your Majesty, two days ago the French occupied Fez with troops under the pretext of restoring order in Morocco; Yesterday the Spaniards also sent troops to occupy the north of Morocco! ”

Ferdinand breathed a sigh of relief after receiving this news, although the international situation has deviated from the historical trajectory, the main contradictions in the world have not fundamentally changed!

As for why it took a few days for things to happen, I received the news? Ferdinand was not surprised at all, the French were not stupid, they could still do it with a simple blockade of news!