Struggle in Russia

The rapid change of the situation made the Hungarians feel a little overwhelmed. A moment ago, they felt that the wind was bleak and the water was cold, but in a blink of an eye, the great victory in the south made them feel refreshed and elated.

The Croats were defeated, which not only completely stabilized the situation in southern Hungary, but also let the Croats and Serbs who had separated from Hungary not long after the revolution broke out know how powerful Hungary is!

It was like a shot in the arm that made the Hungarians instantly elated and even a little carried away. Especially those radicals who supported Kossuth before were even more ecstatic.

When some people are happy, others are naturally worried. The radicals are ecstatic, and the conservatives and neutrals are naturally worried. Of course, worrying is not appropriate to describe them, they should be pain and happiness.

They were also happy for Hungary's victory, but they were very depressed that it was the "drummer" Kossuth who brought the victory like rain after a long drought, which annoyed them very much.

Kossuth's reputation among the Hungarian revolutionaries is not good. Those who like him love him to death, but those who hate him also hate him. To use an inappropriate analogy, Kossuth is a bit like Sun Guofu, the revolutionary pioneer of the Cannon Party.

In fact, this also has something to do with Kossuth’s background. Although he was born in a nobleman, his father was just a poor lawyer with the name of an empty nobleman. It was probably influenced by his father’s profession. In his debut, he is really smooth-talking and talkative.

And Kossuth's battle of fame was when the revolution broke out, and he went to Vienna to negotiate with Austria as a representative of Hungary. In this negotiation, he gave full play to the strength of the big troll, forcing Austria to agree to Hungary's conditions. .

After this battle, Kossuth became the Minister of Finance and a representative of the radicals in the Hungarian revolution in the Hungarian responsible cabinet agreed by Austria because of his real friendship.

Kossuth, who specializes in eloquence, may have a particularly strong appeal, but the level of dealing with practical and complex issues is really almost meaningless. In the face of complicated situations, this man has always only tried to say "cool", and he will do whatever makes the Hungarians happy. He is completely in the posture of a populist leader.

The problem is that populism is irrational, and the demands of the people are not all reasonable, so on the one hand, it cannot solve the problems of people's livelihood, cannot abolish the serf system in Hungary, and cannot satisfy the vast majority of farmers.

On the other hand, it is a one-size-fits-all approach to ethnic issues. Those who follow me prosper and those who oppose me perish. On the one hand, he represents the Hungarians to ask Austria for the right to national autonomy, but on the other hand, he simply ignores the ethnic minorities such as Croatia and Serbia in Hungary. The request of the two groups of ethnic minorities to stand on the hostile side of Hungary directly did not agree to grant them the same autonomy.

What is more naive is that this man ignored Hungary's basic agriculture economically, and even wanted to engage in rapid industrialization. This was impossible for Hungary at the time, and it was naturally nothing in the end.

Of course, because of this, his relationship with the conservative Szechenyi broke directly, causing the Hungarian revolutionaries to split internally and dispersing their own strength.

All in all, this guy has a bit of a sense of superiority and inferiority in doing things, which can also be seen from his later political activities in Italy. When Austria and Hungary formed a dual empire, this guy was not optimistic about the future of Hungary at all. As a result, after the establishment of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, the conditions offered by Austria in order to win over the Hungarians were really good, but the Hungarians lived very comfortably, which slapped him hard.

It can be seen that the level of this man is actually very average, and he does not have the ability to become a leader. It is very sad that in Hungary in 1848, other revolutionaries were just like Kossuth, and everyone was at the same level. .

So after Kossuth's victory in the south, the republicans and conservatives were not happy, especially the famous Count Istvan Szechenyi, who really became more and more panicked!

Speaking of Count Szechenyi, although he is an Austrian through and through, he has a deep relationship with Hungary. For example, the famous Budapest, it can be said that the combination of Buda and Pest began with him.

Beginning in 1839, Count Szechenyi funded the construction of a bridge connecting Buda and Pest. The bridge took ten years to build and was finally completed in 1849, which also led to the integration of Buda and Pest.

It's just more funny that the bridge was built, but the people who funded the bridge were forced to go into exile. In addition, this famous bridge was not originally called the Széchenyi Chain Bridge, because this name was not available until 1899.

At this time, Count Szechenyi was very anxious. Although Kossuth's victory temporarily brought Hungary back, in his opinion, continuing to compete with Austria was a dead end. So at this time, his opinion is to accept it as soon as it is good. He should take advantage of the victory and negotiate with the Austrians again to resolve the crisis by peaceful means.

"Bajani, this is an opportunity! It's a chance to get everything back on track!" Earl Szechenyi eagerly chanted to Baojani Lajos: "We should negotiate with Austria to ensure national autonomy. Under the premise of peace, end the dispute!"

As a hardcore conservative, Bajani Lajos naturally does not want to turn against Austria, but he is different from Szechenyi in that he has a clearer understanding of Kossuth, and he knows too well that Kossuth is the leader. What is the temper of the radicals in China? Before the end of the road, this group of people were unwilling to negotiate and clamored that they would rather break the jade than the whole. If they won the victory and broke the crisis, they would naturally be even more unwilling to negotiate with Austria.

"My friend, Lajosh won't agree. Those people are all lunatics. They won't agree!" Baojani Lajosh sighed.

"Can't you reason with them?" Szechenyi begged.

Baojani Lajos suddenly smiled wryly, are you arguing with a lawyer who came up from the grassroots to make sense? At the beginning, Austrians were so skeptical of life by that guy, wouldn't it be more useless for you to go!

Szechenyi was in despair for a while, but he refused to give up, because as a revolutionary who was loyal to the Habsburg family and the Austrian Empire as a whole, what he hoped was to give Hungary more autonomy while preserving Austrian national sovereignty right.

To put it bluntly, what Szechenyi wants to do is social improvement, not social revolution!