Chapter 139: Before World War I (2)

In the middle of the night on February 23, 1913, Mexico was murdered by the deposed President Francisco Madero and his vice president on the streets of the capital. - Berliner Zeitung

When Ernst saw this urgent message at breakfast, he couldn't help but be stunned, could it be that the end was really coming, otherwise how could there be so many unstable events before the First World War?

I've heard a little about Francisco Madero, the former Mexican President Ernst, a hero of Mexico and a major leader in overthrowing Mexican dictator Porphyro Díaz, but apparently he didn't guess that he would one day be killed in the streets by his generals.

When Ernst saw that the person who seized power was Victoriano Huerta, he already understood that there were traces of the United States, although the Americas did not have much interest in Austria-Hungary, but Ernst had never neglected the United States, and Mexico, as the most powerful neighbor in the south of the United States, had no reason not to pay attention.

He has the intention of adding some chaos to the United States here, but thinking about his situation and position at this time, he is just thinking about similar things. If, if it can really drag the United States in the Americas, then it will undoubtedly be great news for Austria-Hungary, but it is a pity that it does not have the qualifications and ability to intervene at this time.

The Moravian nobles had not been obedient merchants for a few years, and now the Czech nobles were strongly dissatisfied because of the land, although Ernst ostensibly did not care about the letter from Archduke Ferdinand, but since the other party was able to force Archduke Ferdinand, who had been ignoring Moravian affairs, to compromise, this undoubtedly showed that Archduke Ferdinand was also somewhat unsupportable.

Because of the breakdown of the Balkan Alliance, the main focus of the Austro-Hungarian Empire was on the Balkans, and in addition to guarding against Russia, neither Archduke Ferdinand nor Emperor Franz wanted any more uneasiness in the Czech region, even though Ernst desperately needed to gain de facto control of the Czech Republic.

Thinking about Francisco Madero, the word assassination suddenly came to Ernst's mind, the Fallen Wings have been established for a long time, but they have not made any moves, which is undoubtedly a little wronged by these elites, but ......

The Czech aristocracy had many relatives and friends in Europe, in other words, they had influence that made Ernst very taboo. If you easily use the means of assassination, it is better to say that once you fail, you will really lose more than you lose.

"Lord Count, General Andrei is already waiting at the door."

Just as Ernst was stunned, Bert suddenly came to his side, came back to his senses and nodded and motioned for Bert to let him in, and just as Bert was about to leave, Ernst suddenly remembered that he had not seen Mary this morning.

"Why didn't you see Mary?"

"Miss Maria said she wasn't feeling well and wanted to eat breakfast in her room today."

Slightly stunned, he had ignored Maria a little for a while, and at the same time he was a little guilty in his heart, and at the same time he was ready to make arrangements to go over and take a look at her later. Waving his hand to signal Bert to go about his business, Ernst reopened the newspaper to see the new international situation.

Strangely shaped sound receivers, fast lifeboats, these are the new works of some idle and bored scientists in Germany, some of them are somewhat useful, but in fact most of them are useless, and these scientists put their works in newspapers probably just to touch the big head.

"Lord Earl!"

"Sit!"

Seeing that Andrei Ernst, who had more and more general temperament, couldn't help but smile, waved his hand to let him sit down, and the servant on the side quickly brought him a breakfast. After all, he was a personal guard, and after thanking him, Andrei also sat down unceremoniously, and then looked at Ernst waiting for his latest order.

Standing up and slowly coming to the window of the new castle, looking at the verdant scenery and clear river outside, Ernst suddenly pointed in the direction of the old city and said, "André, do you remember how we owned this land?" ”

How to own this land? Of course, it was the oppression of force and the purchase of money that made the Moravian nobility compromise a little bit, but was the count ready to continue to do so throughout the Czech Republic? However, the Czech region is no better than Moravia, and a large number of nobles need too much energy, and this is enough to leave enough room for the nobles of Prague to deal with it.

Looking at Andrei Ernst, who was about to speak, stretched out his hand to stop what he wanted to say, a trace of coldness flashed in his eyes and said: "I know what you want to say, the Czech Republic is not Moravia, it is not suitable to do that, but we can first control them, and then slowly negotiate with them!" ”

Scold!

Andre quickly got up from his seat, not to mention that he was even Bert, who had been silent about the meal, couldn't help but look at Ernst with a changed face.

Both André and Bert wanted to speak, but their anxiety slowly dissipated when they saw Ernst's calm eyes, Ernst was not stupid, and must have thought of the result of this before he spoke.

"War is approaching, the reshuffle is about to begin, and it is enough for us to ensure that the Czech citizens maintain a friendly attitude towards us. Aristocrat...... It will soon be history. ”

Yes, the aristocracy will soon become history, even if in the future Ernst will still want the monarchy to control the Czech regions, but at that time it is believed that the aristocracy is no longer the aristocracy it is now, and at that time it was only an honor, a kind of nobility and social status that once was.

Ernst's words were undoubtedly unimaginable to André and Bert, but the only ones who would believe Ernst's words were Cosimo and Talo Balbo, who had spent too much time with Ernst.

"Lord Earl, have you prepared for the present in all of this today?"

Recalling Ernst's hasty development of the military, and even the use of all the economy for military construction, this is why Bert asked. Ernst did not reply, but his attitude spoke for itself, and Bert was silent, and Andre was silent, for they knew that the matter had already come to an end.

"Prepare for a while, Massena will have final negotiations with them, and if they still refuse to compromise, then take control of the situation in the Czech region and negotiate slowly!"

What else can Bert and Andre say at this time? The Moravian count was Ernst, not Andrei, and the only thing Andrei could do was to obey orders, otherwise Ernst would replace him at any time as the head of the Moravian Army Regiment.

Although Andrei had been in charge of the Moravian Army Regiment all these years, the middle and lower rank officers were all graduates of the Moravian Army Academy, and their loyalty to Ernst was even higher than that of the senior officers of the Guard.

It's better to worry too much, otherwise assassination is the best way! Ernst couldn't help but sigh as he looked at the back of Andre who was leaving, and Bert, who heard this, couldn't help but shudder.

At the end of March 1913, the death of J. P. Morgan, a Wall Street prodigy, was even more influential than the assassination of former Mexican President Francisco Madero, and even sent letters of condolence to such top European figures as King Victor Emmanuel of Italy and Pope Pius X.

In fact, J.P. Morgan had many old friends in Europe, most of whom were top European figures such as King Victor Emmanuel of Italy, Pope Pius X, and even Archduke Ferdinand knew J.P. Morgan.

J.P. Morgan also died on his fortune, because only a few weeks before the U.S. Congress opened to investigate the financial trust's control of American businesses, and the multimillion-dollar banker sailed from New York to Egypt in l, and he was not in good health at the time of the trial, he was in Cairo at that time, and then fell ill before he could go to Rome.

Morgan's doctors believe he died of extreme nervous exhaustion, the legend did not even die in the United States, and his ashes were transported back to New York from Cairo.

The Morgan family and the Rockefeller family, this is the real power family in the United States, and their influence has even extended to the new century, and has created the legendary sentence that the Democratic Party belongs to the Morgan family and the Republican Party belongs to the Rockefeller family. Of course, the last sentence that Rockefeller and Morgan once belonged to Rothschild is ignored for the time being, after all, the protagonists at this time are the Morgan family, not the Rothschild family.

The words are exaggerated, but there is no denying the influence of the Morgan family in the United States, and even Ernst feels a little pessimistic about the death of the most important member of this family.

No matter how much power or wealth a person has in his life, in the end, there is only a piece of nothingness, and a puff of dust in a small bottle may be the only thing he has left in the world.

In June, the Second Balkan War, which had a huge impact on the whole of Europe, broke out!