Chapter 1412 June Incident
The benefits are also obvious. These infrastructure projects are put into production quickly, so the East African government can recover construction costs earlier and continuously obtain subsequent returns, accelerating the accumulation of original capital.
As for some "man-made disasters" caused by engineering problems, they can be ignored for the previous East African governments, and the East African government attaches more importance to overall benefits.
However, this development model will definitely not be able to continue now. First, with the development of education and industries over the past few decades, East Africa has cultivated a large number of more professional technicians. Secondly, the ideas of the people of East Africa have also changed with the development of the country. Finally, the development of information technology is not likely to treat some man-made disasters as "nothing happened" like in the past.
Therefore, Ernst reminded Morbach: "The water diversion project on the South African plateau involves places with complex geological conditions such as mountainous areas, and the climate is relatively variable, so the project redundancy is sufficient. For the quality of the project, it is better to sacrifice some costs than to ensure that everything is foolproof."
"If a major accident or unnecessary man-made disasters are caused due to the poor quality of the project, or the unscientific design, I will not only not be able to explain to the public, but may also become a laughing stock of the international community."
Ernst must be watching these projects. After all, if the above does not put pressure on the top, the people below may not take it seriously.
Morbach assured him: "Your Majesty, don't worry, we will definitely send someone to keep an eye on this kind of national engineering project."
Ernst said: "It's not just to send people to watch, you also have to visit the site from time to time. Even if I might also go to the project site for inspection in person, it's not an exaggeration to be careful about such large-scale national projects."
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May 13, 1924.
The vision turned to Italy, when the new Italian Prime Minister, Benito, was carrying out an amazing plan. Just a year ago, the ambitious Italian extreme politician, relying on various means, successfully gave the Italian combat team he led to an advantage in Italy's parliamentary elections.
After officially becoming the Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Italy, Benito was still unable to be satisfied, so during the year he took office, he reorganized the Italian combat team and became a "black shirt party" with more strict organization, larger scale, and full of people who were dissatisfied with reality.
Strictly speaking, this is a quasi-militarized organization, and through this quasi-militarized organization, Benito quickly controlled and infiltrated various important government departments and military in Italy.
It can be said that the government of the Kingdom of Italy has completely become Benito's one-man rule, realizing the "party-national" rule. As the leader of the Blackshirt Party, Benito naturally became the most powerful person in the Kingdom of Italy.
Today, Benito held the Blackshirt National Congress. However, this so-called "national" is not limited to the Kingdom of Italy, but also includes the Pope and the Kingdom of Naples, and even members of the Blackshirt Party in the occupied East Lombardy.
Benito stood on the podium and announced to the members of the Blackshirt Party on the entire Italian Peninsula in a high-profile manner: "Italy has been a great country since ancient times. We are the most direct successors of the Roman Empire, but now on the Apennines, it is divided into three countries, and the abominable Austro-Hungarian invaders occupy our Lombardy and Venice."
"This is absolutely not allowed by our great Italian nation. Italians across the country should unite. We must defeat the separatists and invaders, regain the land we have lived for generations, and eventually form a unified and powerful Italian empire and restore the glory of the Roman empire."
"Only a unified Italy can escape the oppression of France and Austro-Hungarian Empire, we will take back our lost land and revival the Italian nation on the European continent once again."
"So, all the Blackshirt members, my comrades, unify!" He raised a fist and shouted loudly over his head.
Benito's remarks were undoubtedly fanatical support from his loyal followers, and in the auditorium of the Blackshirt Party headquarters, the sound of waves echoed one after another.
"Unified! Unified!!!"
"Advance towards Rome!!!"
"Great Party Leader! Italian Savior! Benito!!!"
With a arrogant spirit, Benito looked at the members of the Blackshirt Party with a look of disdain.
After the call subsided slightly, he said, "Rome, Naples, Milan, and Venice should all return to the embrace of the Italian motherland."
"And as the first step, let us the Blackshirt Party lead the Kingdom of Italy, the Pope and the Kingdom of Naples back into one, and finally launch an attack on our enemies."
Benito's mind was still very clear. He was very clear. What he should do now is to annex the Pope and Naples, rather than challenge the Austro-Hungarian Empire at the same time and regain Eastern Lombardy and Venice.
After all, the Austro-Hungarian Empire is indeed not something that the Italian Kingdom can do now, and the Italians may not have the courage to launch a war against the Austro-Hungarian Empire. The painful lesson of the last failure of the unification of the Italian Kingdom is still deeply imprinted in the minds of the Italians.
On the second day after Benito held the National Party Congress, the Supreme Command of the Blackshirt Party was established, and Benito went to Florence to start commanding the unified action.
The name of the action is: "March into Rome".
As an emerging political party with profound influence on the Apennines Peninsula, the activities of the Blackshirt Party have not been limited to the territory of the Kingdom of Italy in recent years. After all, in Benito's heart, the entire Apennines Peninsula is a country.
Therefore, after he issued the call, the Blackshirt Party organization in the entire Apennine Peninsula actively responded and started the "peaceful armed seizure of power."
The reason why it is called "peaceful armed power seizure" is because Benito's unification activity does not mean a large-scale bloodshed, nor does it want a war.
Because once the war occurs, the so-called "unification" will cause a certain blow to Benito's personal prestige, which may make his enemies exaggerate him as "the executioner who massacred his compatriots."
Of course, without dispatching troops, Benito would naturally not naively rely on the soft and powerless method of "demonstration".
Benito, who once mingled with the Italian Labor Party, intends to use the power of the people to paralyze the government and army of the Pope and the Kingdom of Naples. Then the Blackshirt Party leads the masses to take over some of the assets of the two countries, and then a grand "referendum" is merged into the Kingdom of Italy.
So...
Starting from June 1924, various unrest began to occur in the Pope and the Naples region, and the social order suddenly collapsed and fell into the abyss of collapse.
Members of the Blackshirt Party in both places began to hype the government's corruption on the streets, comforting the citizens not to be afraid, and at the same time wooing the nobles and big capitalists, and declaring the protection of the legitimate rights of workers and peasants.
Under the leadership of the Black Shirt Party, a large number of dissatisfied people have long accumulated, impacting the local post and telecommunications bureau, government departments, police headquarters, railway stations, barracks and other important facilities.
At the same time, the media controlled by the Blackshirt Party publicly shouted to the army and police in the Pope and the Kingdom of Naples, demanding that the state army and police be strictly neutral and not interfere. They respect the soldiers and police and only oppose cowardly and incompetent politicians. Under this public opinion offensive that is extremely targeted, while meeting the spiritual needs of the people and ensuring the interests of most people.
The Blackshirt Party successfully took over most of the government agencies in the two places, and the army and police chose to wait and see, while the Pope and the Naples royal family could only watch the Blackshirt Party do whatever it was.
This is actually very normal, because compared with the Kingdom of Italy, the Pope and the Kingdom of Naples in the south have developed very hard in recent years. Most people live in dire straits, and their dissatisfaction with the government has long reached the brink of an outbreak.
This is a very normal situation. After all, the southern part of the Apennine Peninsula has never been a wealthy area in Europe, and its living standards and economic conditions are even on the same level as those in Eastern Europe.
Therefore, under the agitation and leadership of the Black Shirt Party, they chose to retaliate against the government without hesitation.
While the social order of the Pope and the Kingdom of Naples was completely collapsed, Benito, who was in Florence, also began his performance.
June 12.
Leading by Benito himself, the more than 100,000 Black Shirt Party officially launched the "March into Rome".
Meanwhile, under Benito's arrangement, the Italian Kingdom troops followed them closely.
Obviously, once the two countries really encounter military resistance, Benito will unceremoniously order the army to defeat some "enemy" who are trying to resist him.
However, Benito's worry did not happen. During his trip to Rome, he not only encountered no resistance, but was also "welcome" from the people. At this time, the Black-shirt Party organization in the Pope's territory had completely grasped the overall situation.
The local forces in the Pope state had no idea of resistance to Benito. Only the Pope was incompetent in the Vatican and cursed the "believers" who betrayed him.
On June 15, Benito, who was riding in a car, came to his faithful Rome. In front of hundreds of millions of Blackshirts and Roman people, Benito shouted: "Today is the victory of the Italian nation!"
Most of the citizens who were trapped in the public had limited their understanding of Benito because he was the new prime minister of the Kingdom of Italy, but even if he was not familiar with it, he would cheer with the Blackshirt Party for the restoration of Rome.
Compared to this strange ruler, the Roman people were not disgusted, after all, their slogans were still very in line with the people's hearts.
Although the Black Shirt Party’s slogan is the main one: “Hello, I, Hello everyone.” However, as long as it can bring about a certain change, most people believe that it will not be worse than in the past.
After Rome's success, Benito couldn't wait to continue to set out south, and his next destination was Naples.
Benito knew very well that time was too late, and he could not wait for the Naples royal family and government to react. He should completely make the "walk" in the shortest time.
Only in this way can other European countries have no excuses to interfere in Benito's actions, especially the Austro-Hungarian Empire.
Although the Naples royal family has lost their hearts, they still have external forces to rely on. The last time Naples restored the country was supported by the Austro-Hungarian Empire.
Therefore, Benito, regardless of his personal safety, led the Blackshirt Party and the army, and on the day of the end of his speech in Rome, headed south in the dark and continued to march towards Naples.
Two days later, Benito rushed to Naples without stopping, completely laying the overall situation. Naples is the political center of Naples. If you occupy it, other places can basically be "decided by a proclamation."
From June 12 to June 17.
In just five days, most of the people on the Apennine Peninsula had not yet reacted, and Italy was nominally reunited!
Of course, Benito's mission was obviously not over yet. On June 17, Benito quickly took over and incorporated the troops from both places in the name of the Prime Minister of Italy, the police station.
At the same time, the border troops were ordered to prepare for military intervention that could occur at any time in the Austro-Hungarian Empire.
Once the Austro-Hungarian Empire intervenes or even launches a war, all Benito's efforts may be turned into ashes.
In this way, Benito spent the whole June terrified, and the Austro-Hungarian Empire only sent a warning on the third day to the end of June.
However, it was too late now because the Benito government had completely mastered the armies of the entire three Italian countries, and Benito, who had great power, had the confidence to confront the Austro-Hungarian Empire.
On the contrary, the Austro-Hungarian Empire did not have the confidence to launch a war. After experiencing World War I, the situation was not much better than that of Italy, especially the domestic ethnic conflicts were becoming increasingly fierce, and Labor elements were jumping up and down.
The fundamental reason for this situation is that the Austro-Hungarian Empire's economy has not improved.
Of course, this does not mean that the Austro-Hungarian Empire is unable to interfere in Italian affairs, but that the Austro-Hungarian Empire has lost the best time to intervene in Italy.
From Benito's march towards Rome to his grasp of the overall situation in Italy, it only happened in a few days. The inefficient Austro-Hungarian government did not even have time to understand the specific situation in Italy. By the time they knew that Italy was "unified", Benito had completely stabilized the situation.
If we deal with the Italian Kingdom alone, the Austro-Hungarian Empire would still have confidence, but now Benito is not only the Kingdom of Italy, but also Naples and the Pope.
These regions combined are enough to form a big country with a population of nearly 40 million in Europe. You should know that the total population of the Austro-Hungarian Empire is only more than 50 million.
Therefore, in the face of the reunified Italy, the Austro-Hungarian Empire had no choice but to worry that Italy would plot against two regions of East Lombardy and Venice.
As for Benito's unification of the Italian region, a wave has also been set off in the international community at this time. The incident is called the "June Incident" because all Benito's actions were completed within June.
Italy's unification undoubtedly had an impact on the current European pattern, and the attitudes of each country towards the unified Italian kingdom are also different.
(This chapter ends)