At the beginning of the 20th century, the intensification of the struggle between the great powers in the Balkans exacerbated the suffering of the Balkan peoples, while the Russian revolution and the awakening of Asia, especially the Turkish bourgeois revolution, played a crucial role, which raised the mood of the Balkan national liberation movement. In October 1912, Montenegro first declared war on Turkey, and then Serbia, Bulgaria and Greece also entered the war, a just war of national liberation, which resulted in the liberation of some of the Balkan peoples who had been formerly under Turkish enslavement.

The Second Balkan War was completely different from the first, if the first was a foreign war, then the second was an internal war in the Balkans.

After the Paris peace talks, disputes arose among the Balkan dynasties over the distribution of the former Turkish possessions. First, Serbia signed an anti-Bulgarian alliance with Greece. But Bulgaria struck first, declaring war on Serbia on June 29, 1913. Greece, Montenegros, Romania and Turkey all sided with Serbia, and this was the source of the Second Balkan War.

The Second Balkan War was in fact a dynastic war for territory, a war between the great powers over the Balkan Peninsula, and the war was very short, but it took only two months to see the defeat of Bulgaria. On 10 August 1913, the belligerents signed a peace treaty in Bucharest, and Bulgaria lost the lands it had occupied in the First Balkan War. Serbia gained most of Macedonia, Greece gained southern Barchionia, western Thrace and Crete, Romania gained southern Dobrucha, and Turkey regained the Adriado Fort, which it had lost in the first Balkan competition.

The unexpected outbreak and short end of the war in the Balkans was a bit overwhelming for all the countries of Europe, but not Ernst, who had been very busy for the past two months.

The railway station in Prague has not known when thousands of uniformed soldiers suddenly appeared here, and they did not belong to the private army of any of the Prague nobles, nor did they belong to the local army under the rule of parliament. They are soldiers of the Moravian Army, they are from Moravia, and they are under the orders of the Moravian count!

At this time, no one expected that Ernst would be so bold and reckless, directly transporting soldiers by train to Prague, the local capital of the Czech Republic.

"This is a rebellion, this is a provocation, this is an insult, this is ......"

The Speaker Bragg was very angry and slapped the table in the council, he was very angry, just like the other councillors, but his anger did not bear fruit, because it was the only thing he could do.

There was silence in the parliament, and some of them were probably just the roar of the Speaker of Prague, and outside were the elite Moravian Army soldiers, who had been placed under house arrest, something that had not happened in Austria-Hungary since the founding of the country, but unfortunately, they were all encountered today.

"Your Excellency, I don't think your rant will do anything, they are just ordinary soldiers, soldiers who are not even qualified to hand us a glass of water, their commander is still in our barracks, and their real rulers are even basking in the Moravian sun. Shit! We don't have anything to eat or drink here, but he's basking in the sun! ”

A young councillor began to express his displeasure with some impatience, but ...... The richness he cared about was not really the subject, but the expressions on the faces of the people in the council showed that they had become accustomed to the young councillor's unobtrusive personality.

"We've protested!"

A fat councillor suggested weakly, but as soon as he spoke, he was interrupted by the speaker's angry eyes, and another noble councillor next to him, who was slightly deformed, was very impatient to explain or vent his anger.

"Protest? To whom do we protest? The guy in Moravia who didn't have the right to inherit had already guessed the outcome from letting this shit come to Prague, and who was he? He's a member of the fucking Habsburg line, the second son of fucking Ferdinand, do you think Ferdinand will dispose of his son at this time? ”

"So what do we do? Compromise? I would never agree to sell land to that nasty fellow, even if he gave me too much money, wouldn't shit give us some water? ”

Shit, shit, and something like that came out of the mouths of these gentlemen, elegant aristocrats, and they were not to blame for this, for they had been under house arrest for more than 10 hours now, and during those 10 hours they had not eaten or drunk a single drop of water.

More than a dozen high-ranking councillors were here like shrews and insulting them, and the other ordinary councillors just stared at them blankly, and they would be willing to compromise if they could...... Those dozen or so are the real big heads.

People are lucky, and now they have not yet reached the end of the mountain, and those who are richer than themselves are still hesitating why they should compromise first? If there is still a chance, wouldn't I regret it to death? That's how ordinary parliamentarians think, that's why things drag on like this, and so they continue to consume.

At that moment the door was suddenly opened, and the councillors hurried to look there, but it was obvious that it was not Ernst or Brigadier General Andrei, the commander of the Moravian Army Corps in charge of the place.

"Ladislav Berland?"

"Rosie?"

Two men entered, Viscount Ladislav Berland of Moravia and Viscount Rossi of Clariki, who were not here by chance, but who had come to serve as lobbyists for Ernst. Naturally, such a thing was not their will, but in front of a dozen armed soldiers, they could refuse? The answer, of course, was no, and that was why they appeared here, in front of the Prague nobles.

The families of Rossi and Ladislav Berland are both century-old Czech nobles, and they naturally know and have relations with these noble councilors, and some of them are even cousins, which is very strange for their arrival. Of course, there are some smart people who already understand their intentions, and look at them with wary eyes.

The two smiled bitterly, Rosie was older and more or less Ernst's cousin, and explained that they were here to do so, and it was naturally Ladislav Berland who was in charge of such a matter.

"What?"

"Shit!"

"Could it be that the Brans have forgotten their glory?"

……

Waves of insults and reprimands came, but fortunately, Ladislav Berland was already prepared, and while enduring these insults, he couldn't help but joke about what his arrival had to do with the glory of the family?

"Your Excellency, you can't help yourself, can you not compromise if they point guns at you?"

Viscount Rossi's words of defense never stopped, but where did the nobles who finally found an outlet let them go so easily? It took more than half an hour before the conference room became quiet.

"Ladislav, do you just watch Ernst destroy the peace in the Czech Republic? Do you just sit back and watch our interests being violated? ”

"Your Excellency the Speaker......"

"Don't say the reason for threatening you, do they really dare to shoot?"

Speaker Prague was still angry, but wasn't his words a temptation? The parliamentarians turned their attention to Viscount Rossi and Ladislav Berland at the same time, hoping for a desired answer.

The wry smiles on the faces of Viscount Rossi and Ladislav Berland were even worse at this time, and if one looked closely, one could see even a hint of fear and panic in their eyes, that things were not what the Prague Speaker had wanted, and that the gunfire and bloody scenes showed that Ernst had no intention of compromising in the slightest.

Viscount Rossi and Ladislav Berland did not need to answer, their expressions had already given the answer, and the room was instantly silent, or rather pure, because the noble councillors were already dumbfounded and unable to make any sound, and their minds were still at this time.

The sound of swallowing saliva suddenly remembered, and then the fat aristocratic councillor who had opened his mouth to propose a protest suddenly said: "They, they really dare to shoot?" ”

No one answered, and the room fell silent again, and after a while the Speaker Prague suddenly said, "Everything else has compromised!" ”

Although it was a question, he was very sure, this time Viscount Rossi did not remain silent anymore but nodded and said: "Most of them have been compromised, and the rest are all waiting for your answer, this time there is no choice, because Ernst has not left himself a way out at all, and even ...... Austria-Hungary had already denied him the title of Count of Moravia. ”

Just a knighthood? Ernst was still a member of the Habsburgs, so it was not only that Austria-Hungary did not stop Ernst's actions, but also helped him.