Edward VII's farewell ceremony, its scale and grade set a world record, nine kings rode horses and followed the hearse together, hundreds of thousands of British people saw him off.

After the farewell ceremony, the gathering between the royal families is naturally indispensable. Everyone lives in different sides of the world on weekdays, and this time there is a rare opportunity to get together, and there is naturally a lot of content to talk about.

Ferdinand even proposed a treaty to guarantee the rights and interests of the royal families, i.e., countries guaranteed each other to guarantee the perpetuation of the monarchy!

This proposal was well received, but when it came to concrete action, disagreements arose.

Now the monarchy is still in full swing, and everyone still doesn't know the misery of the royal families after the world war, so they are not so active in taking responsibility.

After all, they are not Ferdinand, they can do everything they say, and if something happens, the domestic political forces will definitely not be willing to help others in vain?

When it comes time to really contribute, it will be embarrassing if the king can't command the army!

Of course, if they knew that most of the people sitting here after the First World War would be ousted from the throne and go into exile, it would probably be different!

Looking at the reaction of everyone, Ferdinand set his sights on William II and George V, obviously the most important thing about this treaty is not the attitude of a few small countries, the key is the attitude of the six European powers of Britain, Germany, Russia, Austria, Italy and Bulgaria!

However, among the six kingdoms, the only kings present were Ferdinand, Wilhelm II and George V, and as long as they were willing to withstand domestic pressure, this agreement could basically be reached!

In fact, Ferdinand regretted that this proposal had been made too late, and if it had been made during the time of Queen Victoria or Edward VII, it would have been more likely to succeed!

However, at that time, Ferdinand's words did not carry weight, and there was no such opportunity to bring together the royal families!

In fact, in the position of consolidating the royal power, the position of everyone here has always been the same, and Ferdinand's proposal really guarantees everyone's interests!

But now that it is the beginning of the twentieth century, and the people sitting here no longer have the supreme right, it is easy to sign this treaty, and to get it adopted at home, they will have to pay a great price!

Seeing that they didn't speak for a long time, Ferdinand knew that George V had been shaken, but he didn't expect William II to come out to support!

It seems that Wilhelm II still did not give up expanding his territory, after all, after signing this treaty, the throne of the royal families will be guaranteed, which is not conducive to Germany's expansion on the European continent.

And Ferdinand couldn't tell him that this treaty had nothing to do with the expansion of the territory, as long as he gave people a different place to build a state, the whole country was moved, and it also facilitated the governance of the future territory!

If the countries had learned this trick in advance, Ferdinand was very suspicious that there would be a few countries left on the continent in the end.

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Well, Ferdinand was not without support, at least King George I of Greece was very much in favor of this treaty and wanted to conclude a separate treaty with Ferdinand.

But Ferdinand is not stupid, how can he unilaterally guarantee Greece in this way?

The main purpose of this treaty is to allow the royal families of Germany, Austria and Russia after World War I to keep the throne, not to create opportunities for the rise of Germany and the Soviet Union, and to avoid the outbreak of World War II!

Unfortunately, it failed in the end, but Ferdinand's efforts were not in vain, at least his prestige among the European royal family was greatly increased!

Although everyone did not sign a treaty for various reasons, it did not prevent them from admiring Ferdinand's attitude of maintaining royal power!

Due to various reasons, in the end, only a reduced version of the "Treaty of the Crown" was signed, which was far from the "Princely Throne" proposed by Ferdinand.

The treaty merely reaffirmed the protection of the safety of the royal family, the prohibition of all acts of regicide, and a series of status issues.

Except for the killing of the king, the other contents do not have any coercive force in essence, but are equivalent to a convention that everyone abides by!

It seems that everyone still cares about their lives very much, Ferdinand can only sigh.

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did not achieve the goal, Ferdinand was not frustrated, the probability of success in this matter was not high, even if the treaty was signed, the implementation was a big problem, the interests of countries were not aligned, and the problem of pulling each other's legs back in action, Ferdinand had no way to solve it!

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Ferdinand's trip to London did not yield much success, although he did not return directly to Bulgaria, but visited Portugal at the invitation of Manuel II.

Obviously, Manuel II was unable to suppress the political forces in the country, and tried to use the influence of the great powers to suppress the Republican Party.

It's a pity that he doesn't know that this will only expose his weak and incompetent nature, and it will not change the current political pattern of the Kingdom of Portugal!

After all, Britain and Bulgaria had previously expressed their support for him, and even when his father and brother had just died, the two countries were ready to intervene by force.

At that time, if Manuel II had been ruthless, he could have wiped out the Republicans directly for the crime of killing the monarch, and now there are not so many bad things!

In the face of the crime of killing the monarch, even if they support or sympathize with the Republican Party, it is impossible to defend them, after all, the murderer is a member of the Republican Party!

In this context, even the army that supports the Republican Party does not dare to act rashly, and Manuel II can mobilize the army that supports the royal family to carry out a major purge of the country!

Unexpectedly, Manuel II actually put it down gently, and the Republican Party just threw out two small feet, and put down a monarchicide case that shocked the world!

Now the best time has passed, even with the support of the great powers, Manuel II did not have full military power, and could not act rashly, otherwise it was likely to lead to a civil war.

Well, Ferdinand admitted that he himself was not a good man, and at first he supported the succession of Manuel II, and it was indeed sincere!

But now? Seeing a series of incompetent performances of Manuel II, his purpose has deteriorated!

Even if the Kingdom of Portugal has fallen, the legacy left behind is also tempting, at least in the matter of overseas colonies, the current Bulgaria is not as good as Portugal!

Want to take it by force? Stop dreaming! As early as more than a decade ago, during the Anglo-Boer War, the British had an agreement in order to gain the support of Portugal, and the British Empire provided a guarantee for the security of the Portuguese colony in exchange for the support of the Portuguese for the British army in the Boer War.

However, the scope of application of this guarantee is also very limited, if the Portuguese take the initiative to sell or transfer, then it has nothing to do with the British!

Thus the value of Manuel II came out, and in any case he was also recognized as the king of Portugal, and Ferdinand only needed to sign an agreement with him to legally obtain a colony of the Kingdom of Portugal.

Of course, this purpose Ferdinand has not yet been exposed, after all, the king is still doing a good job, how can he betray the interests of the Kingdom of Portugal for no reason?

However, it does not prevent them from signing a secret agreement, and the content of the secret agreement can still be changed at any time depending on the situation. Anyway, only the two of them know the specific content, as long as their caliber is the same, it is true!

Well, at the same time as Ferdinand signed the secret treaty, he had already imitated dozens of secret contracts, all of which were made on the same day, no matter how experts and scholars in later generations researched, it was impossible to distinguish the true from the fake!

As for whether the Portuguese government admits to admit it, is this important? Bulgaria is also a great power, although it is one of the weakest powers, but a great power is a great power, and many times it is possible to do a lot just by needing an excuse!

Therefore, Ferdinand stood up for Manuel II very happily, and the two sides also had an in-depth exchange. Manuel II also consulted Ferdinand on how to govern the country, and the two sides had a good discussion.

After Ferdinand left Portugal, it was rumored that he had signed a secret treaty with Manuel II, and the content of the secret treaty must of course be kept secret, otherwise how could it be called a secret treaty?

This is exactly what Manuel II wanted, and if no one knew the contents of this secret treaty, then everyone would have to be suspicious and make up for it on their own.

Against this backdrop, Republicans need to think twice about what they want to do. They all know about the "Treaty of Unlost Monarchy" that has just been signed, and they also know Ferdinand's position, who knows how much he will include in the secret treaty signed with Manuel II?

If they had just overthrown Manuel II, they would have attracted the intervention army and restored again, wouldn't they be miserable?