May 29, 1867.

Emperor Franz Joseph of Austria and Dai Ak finally reached a consensus and on May 29, 1867, the Austrian-Hungarian Compromise was signed, reinstating the Hungarian Parliament.

From this day on, the curtain fell on the Austrian Empire, and the center of power of the Austrian Empire was divided in two.

Citizens of the country can only choose between Austrian and Hungarian citizenship, and cannot have both the passport of the Austrian Empire and the passport of the Kingdom of Hungary.

The existence of the state was held together by the Habsburg Emperor, who was also king of both, which shows how absurd and fragile the Austro-Hungarian government was.

From now on, all decisions in the Austro-Hungarian Empire had to be negotiated by the Austrian and Hungarian governments, which was the beginning of serious administrative internal friction.

Naturally, the current Austro-Hungarian Empire did not hold any ceremonies, everything was done in a silent agreement between the nobility of the two countries.

Ernst came to the territory of Austria-Hungary again, this time forced to open a business, after all, it was a matter of immigration from Europe, and it was not allowed to be careless.

The new Hungarian government was about to part ways with the Austrian government, and Ernst was dealing with the Austrian government to the Hungarian government.

Now that Hungary has autonomy, Ernst wants to test whether the new government will trouble his actions.

After a few days of contact, Ernst found that the new Austro-Hungarian Empire was better to deal with than the Austrian Empire.

As a Prussian by heart, the Hungarian government treated Ernst with great courtesy, when it came to immigration.

The group did not object, and even wanted to cooperate with Ernst.

It is no wonder that the Hungarian aristocracy is still fighting for independence in essence for the sake of profit, and if Austria is really driven out, there will be no place to cry when the time comes.

After all, without Austria, Hungary alone is not a dish on the plate of Tsarist Russia, although the current Tsarist Russia has experienced defeat in the Crimean War.

But for Europe, especially the countries of Central and Eastern Europe, it is still a behemoth.

And there was always a desire for further expansion to the west, which was the basis on which Britain and France allowed Austria-Hungary to continue to exist.

And Hungary is afraid of the Russians because of the large group of Slavs on its territory.

Among the many ethnic groups in the territory of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, the Yugoslavs were not only extremely numerous, but also at the bottom of society, especially the Serbs.

The Serbian community was widely distributed in Hungary, and even all Germans and Hungarians in the Austro-Hungarian Empire combined did not form a dominant nation.

So the test of the new Austro-Hungarian Empire was extremely severe, Austria and Hungary compromised, and the ambitions of those large populations naturally increased.

This is not only for Austria, but also for Hungary, which is also the hardest hit by national separatism.

This was the basis for cooperation between Ernst and the Hungarian aristocracy in order to reduce the population of the other nationalities in Hungary as much as possible.

The Hungarian aristocracy allowed Ernst to continuously export any non-Magyar population from within Hungary to the East African colonies.

This made Ernst's migration to the Austro-Hungarian Empire smoother, and from the Austrian side, Ernst was able to move out of Slovenia, Croatia, Galicia, the Czech Republic, Slovakia and other places on a large scale.

And in Hungary, Ernst can unscrupulously devour the populations of other nationalities.

This is different from Ernst's assumption that after the establishment of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, the authorities might curb the loss of population as the situation in Austria-Hungary stabilized.

None of the top echelons of the Austrian and Hungarian governments are stupid, especially the Hungarian government, which itself made its fortune on nationalism, wouldn't anyone else? So it's better to take precautions.

Ernst now had to convince Franz that he would not be holding Hungary back.

This has to be said that in order to balance Hungary, one of the measures adopted by Franz is to buy the low-level people in Hungary.

Franz demanded that the Hungarian government guarantee the rights of non-Hungarian nobles, that is, other peoples other than the Magyars.

Now Ernst can't let Franz do what he did in history, and if the Hungarians don't harm the people below, how can Ernst have a chance to dig into the corners of the Austro-Hungarian Empire.

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Schönbrunn Palace.

"Ernst, you are so diligent, you will run to Austria twice in three days, what do you want to do this time?" Franz said to Ernst.

Ernst was not timid, and said, "Your Majesty, Austria is to me like my own home, and of course I have to come often. ”

"What do you think of Austria, boy?" Hearing Ernst's shameless words, Franz, who has always been rigid and steady, felt a little funny.

This guy has always been unprofitable, and he still said this kind of thing, that is, he was blind and agreed to his mother to order this family affair for Karina.

Thinking so in his heart, Franz actually recognized Ernst, just like the British were so cunning and insidious in diplomacy, but Franz had to admit that the British could always stand on the winning side.

Although Franz himself was rigid and conservative, it did not prevent him from admiring those who were sleek and eclectic, otherwise he would not have been attracted by the free and romantic character of Princess Sissi in the first place.

"There are no outsiders here, say it! What tricks do you want to play this time? Franz said to Ernst.

Ernst was also not polite, and said directly: "Your Majesty, now that Hungary has achieved equal status with Austria, I wonder how Your Majesty intends to deal with the attitude towards the people of other nationalities in Hungary?" ”

At the mention of Hungary, Franz immediately felt bad, and he said: "All the nationalities in Hungary are my people, and of course I will treat them equally." ”

Ernst immediately spoke: "I hope that Your Majesty will think twice before acting, and do not make any substantive promises to the people at the bottom of Hungary lightly." ”

"Ernst, what do you mean by that?" Franz asked.

Ernst replied: "Your Majesty, it is understandable that you love your people, but Austria is not the Austrian Empire it once was!" I think you're angry that Hungary has severed the power of the empire, but anger tends to make people lose their minds. ”

"For example, you are the emperor of the entire empire, but you are actually the nobles and officials under your command to maintain you and the entire empire, and now that Hungary is independent and has set up a separate government, you can't act rashly, you used to be in charge of Austrian affairs and you could command the entire empire, but now you have to face two governments, you must be cautious."

"Hungary has certainly weakened the power of the central government, but now that the wood is in place, it can no longer add fuel to the fire, after all, Hungary is still Habsburg, and it is better to let Hungary make trouble for itself than to make trouble for the Hungarians."

"If you go down in person, then the Hungarian aristocracy will definitely think that you are biased, and the more fierce they will become, and the public opinion is actually that the local aristocracy will always have an advantage over the central government, and as long as the Hungarians deceive and lie, they will make the confused people point the finger at the central decision-making ......"

All in all, what Ernst meant was, Franz, you can't take the initiative to defend the interests of other peoples in Hungary, just express your concern, and take the initiative to contradict the Hungarian aristocracy, it is easy to get into a ruckus.