Mediterranean Hegemony Road

After Ferdinand set the tone, on November 23, 1916, the Yugoslav National Assembly was held at the Bulgarian Parliament Building in Sofia.

As the leader of the Yugoslav nation, Ferdinand appeared at the venue and was greeted not by applause, but by the curtsey of hundreds of people, which made him very satisfied.

"Welcome to Sofia, everyone is the elite of the Yugoslav nation. To fight for this great nation, our time is very precious and can't be wasted any more, so I won't say nonsense.

I know that everyone is here for the future of the Yugoslav nation. Now that the world war is going on, it is only a matter of time before the Allies fail.

The moment to decide the future destiny of the Yugoslav nation is coming soon. What I hope to see is a Yugoslav nation that is striving and united.

Of course, this is not to say that Bulgaria is going to establish a Yugoslav kingdom, as rumored, I can tell you here that it does not exist

Bulgaria only wants to unify the Balkan Peninsula. For the areas outside the Balkan Peninsula, we respect your own choice. You can choose to stay in the Austro-Hungarian Empire, or you can establish an independent state, and of course you can join Bulgaria. I support all of these.

Most of you must have seen the theory of the origin of the Balkan nations. With the changes of the times, in fact, each nation has long been in you and me, and you and I are inseparable.

Therefore, I hope that everyone will not hold an extreme national heart, and learn to tolerate each other, so that everyone's conflicts can be reduced a lot.

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After bragging, he poured a bowl of chicken soup for the soul to everyone, and Ferdinand left with everyone's farewell.

As for the latter matter, Ferdinand doesn't care. As long as you think about so many power groups, they all have their own interests and demands. How is it possible to want harmony?

Besides, these forces are only needed for political reasons, so do you really think how strong they are?

The Austro-Hungarian Empire is not a fool. How could it be possible for a large non-government armed force group to appear under its own rule?

The ones with real strength are just a few revolutionary parties and a few nobles, and their strength is still very limited.

The rest may not even be counted as power, some are interest groups formed by several capitalists; some are formed by a group of students; and there are socialist groups

Don't be surprised, the European thoughts of this era are so chaotic, mixed up in a mess, and naturally there are some freaks. In the eyes of later generations, there are many incompatible ideas, which can be shared in this era.

The communist royalist party, the communist constitutional monarchist party, etc., some big messy grocery groups are everywhere.

Of course, history has proven that it is impossible for groups with chaotic ideas to succeed, and there is no doubt that these groups have disappeared in the long river of history

Time flew by, and seven days passed in a flash, and the first Yugoslav National United Congress ended in a quarrel.

Under the operation of Prime Minister Constantine, Ferdinand became the king of the Yugoslav Federation in a daze. The problem is that this Federation currently has only one member of the Kingdom of Bulgaria.

What's even more bizarre is that this federal kingdom usually does not have any mandatory binding force on its members. As long as it is a country or region established by the Yugoslav nation, everyone can join, and there is no need to assume responsibility for each other and fulfill their obligations.

Only when the member countries are facing foreign invasion, King Ferdinand has the right to call everyone to resist, and his role is to mediate the contradictions between members.

Well, everyone gets what they want. Ferdinand hopes that they will act to cause chaos in the Austro-Hungarian Empire, and they hope that they can get the support of Bulgaria to establish an independent state and provide them with security protection.

After all, the small European countries in this era are still very dangerous. If one is not good, it will be invaded by foreign enemies. It is still necessary to find a boss.

If multiple countries with populations of tens of thousands or hundreds of thousands appear in the future,

Ferdinand is no surprise, and that's what Bulgaria needs.

Since the unification cannot be really completed, then the more dispersed the better, if they are unified, it will be a real trouble.

Of course, there is another reason that the more independent countries there are, the more supporters Bulgaria will have in the future after the establishment of the United Nations.

Ferdinand held the Yugoslav National Congress with great fanfare. Naturally, he could not hide it from the Austro-Hungarian Empire. Maybe a representative who attended the meeting was their person.

However, Ferdinand didn't care at all. He used a conspiracy. As long as there were ambitious people who wanted to establish an independent country, they could only seize the land from the Austro-Hungarian Empire by themselves. If they were robbed by competitors, That's someone else's territory.

The federal kingdom prohibits members from attacking each other, unless there are sufficient reasons, this must first go to the kingdom to appeal, and only after he, the king, can use force.

The Vienna government was very angry about Ferdinand's digging, and Franz Joseph I even said angrily: "Order the defenders in Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Slovenia, Serbia and other regions to step up their vigilance and suppress any changes immediately. "

The ability of Joseph I to be able to establish the Austro-Hungarian Empire is unquestionable, but his talent is crooked. His diplomatic ability is the best in Europe, but his internal affairs ability is very mediocre, not to mention military ability.

He couldn't help but be angry. This world war has shaken the foundation of the rule of the Austro-Hungarian Empire. Ferdinand is now undoubtedly falling, but now the two sides are enemies, and it is understandable to do so.

As soon as the words fell, the old emperor Joseph I suddenly fainted, and only woke up after a while of rescue.

Of course, the 86-year-old emperor can't stand the toss. Due to Ferdinand's butterfly effect, Archduke Franz Ferdinand, the crown prince of the Austro-Hungarian Empire in this time and space, escaped the catastrophe. Finally, the old emperor experienced less pain from a white-haired man to a black-haired man, and lived more. for a few days.

Remarks: Franz Franz, this is the different results translated by language experts according to the needs of different names.

But when people are old, their bodies are exhausted and they cannot be stimulated. Unfortunately, it is a world war. It is either good news or bad news. How can it not be stimulated?

In the end, Joseph I failed to survive 1916. He died at the Schönbrunn Palace in Vienna at the end of December, and Archduke Franz Ferdinand succeeded to the throne of the Austro-Hungarian Empire.

The death of the old emperor can be said to be the pinnacle of the Austro-Hungarian Empire. Although the newly succeeded Archduke Franz Ferdinand is much stronger than Archduke Karl, he still lacks enough prestige to control this aging empire. of

Although he also spent a layer of gold in the world war, he was still incomparable to the old emperor. The most obvious sign was that many ethnic minority authorities had lost their respect for the Austro-Hungarian Empire.

Due to the factors of the world war, although the funeral of Joseph I has been grand, the level of the participants has been lowered a lot, which is obviously not worthy of his status.

As a warring country, important members of the royal family of the Allied countries were naturally absent collectively, and even Ferdinand only sent a representative to participate. This is also something that can't be helped, and everyone has to pay attention to the impact.

Ferdinand was still very sad about the death of the old emperor. The uncle still took care of him back then, but it was only because of national interests that he was forced to confront each other.

Of course, sadness is sadness. When it was time to be ruthless, Ferdinand was still ruthless, and the battle on the southern front that had been dawdling for a long time was still fought.

On the Romanian front, facing the main force of the German-Austrian coalition, the Bulgarian army adopted a defensive strategy, but instead launched an offensive in the Bosnia and Herzegovina and Belgrade fronts.

No, the war started when the old emperor was still alive. The continuous bad news was the main factor behind the old emperor's death.

For example, in the attack on Bosnia and Herzegovina, with the advantage of the navy, the Bulgarian army landed in Dalmatia and brought the war to the Croatian region.

Of course, this is just a feint, the purpose is to contain the strength of the Austro-Hungarian Empire and weaken the local rule of the Austro-Hungarian Empire.

Now Ferdinand II, who has just succeeded to the throne, is struggling. Suddenly, hundreds of kilometers of coastline need to be defended, which has brought a heavy burden to the Austro-Hungarian Empire.

It is impossible to give up. Once the Bulgarian victory in Croatia, a Croatian kingdom will be born, and the Austro-Hungarian Empire will be ready to be divided.

To this end, the navy of the Austro-Hungarian Empire was sent out to fight the Bulgarian navy, and then they never came back.

The most unbearable thing for Ferdinand II is that under this background, there are still people who dare to eat inside and outside. When the old emperor was alive, these people were sneaky smugglers, and now they have begun to expand.

Don't look at the fierce fighting on the front line, but the Hungarian capitalists still conduct smuggling trade with Bulgaria, and the people in the country are so hungry that they dare to sell food.

Just because the grain purchase price given by the Austro-Hungarian government was too low, these capitalists would rather rot the grain in the warehouse than sell it to the government, and at most only sell it in the black market.

Then a very comedy scene appeared. The Kingdom of Hungary, a big grain-producing country, was the first to have a food crisis, and millions of Hungarians lacked enough food.

Then, these capitalists also put the blame on the government very unscrupulously, accusing the Austro-Hungarian government of taking away a large amount of food in the Kingdom of Hungary, which caused the food crisis.

Completely ignored, their granaries are still full of food, and as long as they are taken out, the kingdom can survive this crisis.

However, this is impossible. Unless the Austro-Hungarian government buys them at a high price, private property is sacrosanct and cannot be sold at a low price.

The Hungarian Prime Minister Count Tisza has come forward to coordinate this issue many times. The old-fashioned aristocrats still have some face, and took out some food to cope with the matter, but the emerging bourgeoisie has no idea what morality is, and even the meaning is too lazy to make sense. a bit.

The strangest thing is that after the government agreed to their food prices, they received paper money and asked the government to pay in gold.

Naturally, the Hungarian government did not have so much gold, and then kicked the ball to the Austro-Hungarian government. They also didn’t want the Austrian government to buy food for the Hungarians. Is it appropriate?

However, spoiled children naturally don't think so much, they only see their own interests

The result was of course no end. Ferdinand II was preparing to take tough measures against these capitalists. The Hungarian government jumped out to oppose it. Prime Minister Tissa refused to enter the Austrian army on the grounds that private property was sacrosanct.

In short, with the death of the old emperor, the situation in the Austro-Hungarian Empire began to be chaotic

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