Chapter 172: Far East Wind Cloud
The only thing that changes in the familiar environment is the stranger, and the first time Ernst and Prince Fred meet each other is to smile at each other. There is no reason, if you insist on saying a reason, then maybe the two of them look at each other very well!
"The matter of Mysimian?"
Prince Fred didn't know why, the words came out of his mouth involuntarily as if he was uncontrollable, and Ernst was slightly stunned and then nodded and looked at him a little strangely.
"Sophie said you would come to me for the Mysimilian affair, and I laughed at her for having the gift of a prophet and now it seems ......"
"She's still that smart, one of the smartest people I've ever met......"
"Maybe she didn't like your last words, Ernst."
Ernst couldn't help but laugh at the joking answer, but in an instant the strangeness and estrangement between the two disappeared, and there was no doubt that the result was caused by the unseen Sophie Lord.
"Coffee, tea?"
"Butler Leonner, a cup of dragon well!"
As the Lenner butler left quietly, Prince Fred's face turned slightly red, he had been here for too long, and he forgot that Ernst was one of the masters here, did he ...... Maybe only half of the prospective master.
In order to dispel Prince Fred's embarrassment, Ernst could only change the subject and said: "Since Sophie understands my intentions, then I don't need to say anything more, the situation of Mesimilian is not very good now, some people who seem to be friends may not really help him, and interests are the main source of driving them." ”
Although the words were a little vague, how could Prince Fred, who was half the head of the family, not understand Ernst's words? He had long wanted to remind Mesimilian of what he wanted, but he had always chosen to remain silent considering his somewhat awkward status, and Ernst's words today were exactly what he wanted.
Seeing that Prince Fred understood what he meant, Ernst stood up and prepared to leave without waiting for the tea to be served, and Fred hurriedly asked when he saw this scene: "Don't you wait for Mesimilian to return ......?"
It was only halfway through the sentence that Prince Fred remembered that if Ernst wanted to meet with Maisimilian and Sophie, he would not have chosen this time, and that Archduke Ferdinand and Archduchess Sophia had gone to the suburbs to recuperate after the funeral, and hiding at this time was also a gesture of kindness to Karl.
Looking at the stunned Prince of Fred, Ernst smiled lightly: "I have to entrust this matter to you, I won't stay here for too long, they ...... I hope you can take good care of them. ”
Archduke Ferdinand and Archduchess Sophia hid out, and the only things left here were the Sufi Lord and the Mesimian, the Sufi Lord was smart and smart, but she was a woman after all, and she was obviously a little irrational about some things...... Actually, don't mention it! He has always been a person who doesn't have much opinion, and if it weren't for this, he wouldn't have been reckless back then, and he found a few children of the Dominic family to do it, and even caused his legs to be a little unfavorable until now.
At the same time, the Far East was also turbulent, and on May 23, Li Yuanhong dismissed Duan Qirui from his posts as prime minister and army chief. After Li Yuanhong assumed the presidency and appointed Duan Qirui as the state premier, because Duan Qirui tried to use Li Yuanhong as a puppet, a struggle for power between the president and the prime minister broke out.
The dispute between the government and the court even affected the Allies, after all, one side would inevitably be forced to choose a pro-Entente country because of the targeting. There is no doubt that this forced person is Duan Qirui, who holds military power, and the State Council. At this time, Japan was still thinking about how to confuse the Beiyang government to withdraw from the Allies and declare war on Germany at the same time, and his purpose was simply to facilitate the future control of this ancient country.
Duan Qirui was pro-Japanese and attempted to obtain economic and military assistance from Japan by participating in the war in order to strengthen his strength. He was cunning and knew that Japan was even more cunning, and that some of the small benefits he had placed on him had made him lose far more than he had gained, not only for himself, but also for this country, the land that had nurtured them for 5,000 years.
On April 25, 1917, Duan Qirui convened a meeting of the Overseers in Beijing to put pressure on Li Yuanhong and the National Assembly to agree to join the war. On 7 May, the State Department submitted a motion to Congress to declare war on Germany. On the 8th, the Diet met to discuss the declaration of war. On the 10th, at the behest of Duan Qirui, hooligans, beggars, and military police surrounded the Congress, beat the parliamentarians, and coerced the Congress to pass a declaration of war on the same day, which was refused. On the 19th, Duan Qirui instigated the provincial overseers to demand that Li Yuanhong dissolve the parliament. At this point, the opposition between the government and the hospital is irreconcilable.
And today, Li Yuanhong's dismissal of Duan Qirui as premier is not smooth, and even this affects Li Yuanhong's own interests, because he is not from the Beiyang lineage, he is destined not to get the support of most Beiyang warlords. On the day that Li Yuanhong dismissed Duan Qirui from his post, Duan Qirui sent a telegram to all provinces and did not recognize the dismissal order.
As the leader of the Anhui lineage, Duan Qirui's denial led to the declaration of independence by the Anhui line and the overseers who followed the Anhui lineage, and Feng Guozhang, who was directly related to him, also took a wait-and-see attitude. Li Yuanhong had no choice but to summon Zhang Xun to Beijing for mediation on June 1.
During the Three Kingdoms period, King Dong Zhuoqin then coerced the Son of Heaven to order the princes, and the same situation happened again. Of course, Li Yuanhong may not be unaware of Zhang Xun's purpose, and the result he wants is very simple, perhaps in order to disturb the flood of this whole stall, so as to seek his own benefits from it.
After Zhang Xun entered Beijing, he supported the restoration of Emperor Puyi. Li Yuanhong took refuge and telegraphed Feng Guozhang to act as president and appoint Duan Qirui as prime minister. As a result of the dispute between the government and the court, Li Yuanhong, who was not a descendant of Beiyang, stepped down.
These things did not have much to do with the Czech principality, after all, even if the Beiyang government entered the war, it did not help the Allies much. However, the action here has a great impact on neighboring Siberia, and at this time, both Archduchess Maria and General Schellner are counting on the Beiyang government to contain Japan more, so that they can free up enough military power to deal with the chaotic Russia.
At this time, Russia had changed its name to the Russian Republic, because it was not clear what St. Petersburg was like, and Grand Duchess Maria did not dare to raise the banner of restoration at will, even though Ernst had sent a letter asking Maria to reorganize the Russian Empire in Siberia and make her queen.
There is a big difference between the Russian Empire and the lonely Siberia, and at least some of the former Russian Empire's diehards will help Archduchess Maria, both openly and covertly. Of course, not now, it was the nobles who controlled St. Petersburg at this time, and they were very competitive with Archduchess Maria.
For example, the Russian Empire was a company, the Grand Duchess Maria was the heir to the chairman of the company, and the nobles were the directors, and the chairman was forced to resign at this time, and although the employees were a little sorry, they were not out of nowhere, after all, there were directors in front of them. But if the company is occupied by foreign capital, then the benefits of the employees are not guaranteed, and the result is already obvious, and the new company reorganized with the old company name is their first choice, especially if the owner of this company is still the heir to the chairman of the old company.
This is the importance of legitimacy, if Ernst was not the royal family of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, then he would not have been so easy to occupy and establish a Czech principality, and the European countries would not easily recognize the Czech principality.
At this time, the Siberian region was like this, and as soon as the provisional government formed by the nobles was occupied by the Soviets, then the spring of Siberia came. A large number of nobles carrying their untold wealth will surely give Siberia an efficient economic boost.
Of course, the important thing is some of their talents, Russia's education coverage is not large, most of the talents are concentrated in the aristocracy, and having the refuge of this aristocracy is equivalent to occupying more than 70% of Russia's talents. The most important thing is that these nobles who come to Siberia have to give up their arrogance and unruliness, but the Grand Duchess of Maria has military power and can expel them at any time.
Honest and obedient people are what Ernst wants, and this also improves the economy and talents of the Czech principality to a certain extent, after all, some nobles in Western Europe are too far away and too difficult to go to Siberia, and the Czech principality is their best choice.