Chapter 284: Germany's New Moves
Mussolini, the founder of the "Fighting Italian Fascists" party, whose influence would change the world for the next 30 years, was a little stunned when the Italian intelligence agents brought the news back to Ernst, because he knew very well that the second opportunity he was about to face had begun.
There are also many parties in the Quadruple Alliance, but they are not Republicans, royalists or the like, but simply parties that are united by individuals, such as the Messimilian line, Maria line, Charlie line, Heinrich line, but the only one who is alone may be Ernst, after all, the entire Four-Power Alliance is in his hands, and there is no faction when he is counted.
There is no doubt that Charles is the most promising of the four main factions, with more than 60 percent of the officials of the Russian Empire and 80 percent of the officials of the Czech Duchy choosing to support Charlie, and the remaining 20 percent choosing to support Heinrich. Naturally, the Kingdom of Hungary and Polish-Lithuanian also had supporters of Charles, but both places had their own main supporters, so there was no need to mention them.
Charles first, Heinrich second, Messimilian and his son third, Maria fourth, this is the strength of the main factions of the Quadruple Alliance now. Heinrich could not have reached the current level, and everything had to be said to be Ernst's support, which Maria was very dissatisfied with.
Back in Warsaw, Ernst was very clear about the Italian situation to limit the army not to have belligerent thoughts, and the four alliances needed to avoid war as much as possible in the next 10 years, but the corresponding training could not be stopped.
The Czech Principality, or the Quadruple Alliance, had now gained sufficient status and international status, and he did not need to fight too hard. Because that's not worth it. Italy is different. World War I, though it was also one of the victorious powers. But in fact, Italy did not get much benefit, he was far from achieving what he wanted, so he had to fight.
It can be said that the crazy Italy does not have the intention of attacking the Quadruple Alliance, that is, it does not directly attack the Quadruple Alliance, and their occupation of the Balkan Peninsula and Austria, which are enclosed by the Quadruple Alliance, is also unbearable for the Quadruple Alliance.
Suddenly, there was a lot of movement in the armies of the Quadruple Coalition in the Balkans and on the Austrian border, which was in fact Ernst's warning to the present Italian military campaign against Rome. Warn them that if they go any further, they will directly suffer punishment from the Four-Nation Alliance.
No one dares to take lightly the punishment of the Quadruple Alliance, even if the current European hegemons, Britain and France, because the real big war is about to start, Britain and France will not necessarily be the final winners. To put it simply, both sides are now restraining each other, and neither wants to go to war with the other unless it comes to the final moment. Yes, at this time, the four-nation alliance has begun to have such a deterrent effect, and many times even Britain, France and the United States have to make compromises.
The lessons of the First World War were too great, and perhaps the greatest loss was Britain. Although he is still the world's leading power, his position is far less secure than it was before the war. Even by this time, one of Britain's most influential prime ministers, Winston Churchill, had already gained considerable power.
The Royal Palace of Warsaw, which has been renovated to its 16th-century glory, is where Anne lives and prepares for childbirth. After the Warsaw Conference, Warsaw began to gradually replace Prague as the Eastern European status and was almost the capital of the Quad Alliance, with some people happy to hear about it and others very unhappy. The main administrative heads of Warsaw were now the Marquis Schmidt and Prince Flanders, while the Archduke Ferdinand was responsible for the temporary decision-making of major events.
As the core of the Quadruple Alliance, the impact of such a change in status was undoubtedly huge for Warsaw, where a large number of officials and nobles gathered, and the economic improvement was a clear sign.
If Prague is a fashionable city, Vilnius is a science and technology city, Novosibirsk is a resource city, and Budapest is a traditional city, then Warsaw, the fifth capital defined by Ernst, is a political city with countless politicians, because it is the future administrative center of the Quad Alliance.
Living in Warsaw, many people have become rich in an instant! Cause? The reason is very simple, because of the sudden increase in housing prices, the arrival of a large number of nobles and officials has increased the housing prices here to a crazy level, and the price of an ordinary two-story building in the center of the city has now reached 35,000 euros, which is more than ten times the previous one?
This was the effect of Ernst's arrival, and the ordinary citizens living in Warsaw were to thank Ernst for allowing them to live in such a way that they could not have imagined before. What can be done with £35,000? If they go to a more remote place, the interest from the bank alone can allow them to live a full life without worry, and this is the actual effect of 35,000 pounds.
Because of the speculation in housing prices, Warsaw really has one thing that a capital should have, that is, there are countless rich people, just like the politicians and high-ranking officials here. Even with the opening of the Warsaw stock exchange, the citizens of Warsaw as a whole seemed very calm, and they did not have any interest in such a "slow money" and "high risk" investment method.
The person in charge of the Warsaw stock exchange is probably the most depressed one, but he soon thought of a way to urge those real estate owners to come here to go public, at this time most of the real estate companies in Warsaw are also very short of cash, listing is undoubtedly a very good financing channel, so ......
The sudden explosion of the Warsaw stock exchange was unimaginable to others, but it was so, and Archduke Ferdinand met with him with great appreciation, not to mention Archduke Ferdinand, who had returned, was ready to meet with the person in charge after knowing about it.
The Quad Alliance has always been a fair and just place, as long as you have the ability, then here are your opportunities everywhere, ministerial-level high-ranking officials, military generals? As long as you are gifted and capable, then everything is possible, and even if the credit is enough, a nobleman Ernst will not be stingy in the slightest.
April 1922 was a month of great contention, because it was a month in which the members of the Entente were trying to force the Soviet Union to pay off the European debt owed by the pre-war Tsarist Russian Empire, for the clear reason that most of the territory of the former Tsarist Russian Empire, including Moscow, was now on Soviet territory.
In fact, this is also the Entente has no choice, the increasingly stable Quad Alliance makes Britain, the United States and France unable to provoke and do not want to touch it easily, so the only thing that can be bullied at this time is the Soviet government after the defeat, but the Soviet government is so willing?
Britain and France borrowed the name of Germany, after all, a large part of the high expenses owed by the Russian Empire before the First World War belonged to Germany, and the main thing was that Britain and France did not want to highlight themselves too clearly in this matter, because it was too ugly.
The Soviet government wanted to refuse, and Germany was unwilling to act as a lackey, so the two countries thought of a very good way to discuss it, don't you, Britain and France, want me to pay back? That's fine, but it also shows that you have the international status of the current Soviet government, right? If so, then the Soviets are also victorious, right!
In the face of such questions from the Soviet government, Britain and France did not think much about it, and directly recognized the international status of the Soviet government, as long as the other side was willing to come up with money, it was nothing more than admitting it. But just a few days after the British and French agreed......
The Soviet Foreign Minister had a meeting with his German Foreign Minister, and the meeting was very simple, to discuss the cost of offsetting war reparations and arrears between the two countries. Canceling each other out? No one thought that the Soviets would play this game, let alone that Germany would cooperate with the Soviet government in doing so, and I believe that when this matter was passed on to the two countries, the prime ministers and presidents of the two countries must have the urge to vomit blood!
The actions of Germany and the Soviets were equally discontent with Ernst, because what did this mean? This means that Germany is likely to cooperate with the Soviets for a second time in the future, perhaps against the Quad Alliance. Prince Flender visited Germany as the executive director of the Quad Alliance for the first time, and the German side did not dare to take it lightly and hurriedly responded, including a series of personnel from the president who accompanied the whole audience, which is very rare.
At this time, they could no longer afford to ignore it, because now the Four-Power Alliance was still eyeing the East Prussian region, and what made people sad was that the results of the East Prussian survey showed that 80 percent of the citizens of East Prussia hoped to be able to merge into the Polish-Lithuanian Kingdom and form the Polish-East Prussian-Lithuanian Kingdom.
The citizens of East Prussia admired and trusted Ernst, the Czech Grand Duke, and Ernst was very moved when he learned about this, but unfortunately it was not yet the opportunity to do so, otherwise he would have fulfilled this wish of the citizens of East Prussia and made the Kingdom of Poland-East Prussia-Lithuania the Kingdom of Poland-East Prussia-Lithuania.
Prince Flender's visit to Germany showed his dissatisfaction at the beginning, and now Flanders's identity and status should also make such an attitude, after all, Germany is no longer the Germany of the past, and the Quadruple Alliance is no longer a single four medium-sized countries.
In fact, Germany doesn't care too much about the Quadruple Alliance, although the current Quadruple Alliance is indeed very strong, but can he do it against Germany? Strong power is often very restrictive, and there should be worries but there is no need to worry too much, this is what the senior German officials think. (To be continued.) )