Chapter 572 The Tsar’s Special Envoy Beggar
The purpose of Ferdinand’s visit to Catherine was to exert influence on George through Catherine.
We are all going to have children and in-laws, and logically, George should also give more help to the Kingdom of Romania.
On this matter, Ekaterina will not give George any advice. Her desire for power is not as strong as Maria and Alex.
Ekaterina did not care about the situation in the Balkans. She only cared about whether Polis was happy in the Kingdom of Bulgaria.
Even if Polis does not come to Bulgaria to become the king, he will still be the future Grand Duke Yuriev, with a transcendent status.
Although the king is good, the king of a small country with few people is really embarrassed. Ekaterina hopes that George can help Polis realize the dream of "Greater Bulgaria".
After sending Ferdinand off politely, Catherine couldn't help but feel worried for her eldest grandson.
In Yekaterina's view, the Kingdom of Bulgaria is too weak, which is very different from what Yekaterina imagined.
Just like it is difficult for Catherine to understand the Bulgarian mentality of inviting someone to be the king.
In the evening, Polis had dinner with Ekaterina. Ekaterina had no appetite and could only taste it.
Ekaterina, who was born in 1847, is nearly seventy years old. She is still in good condition, energetic and quick-thinking. Because Anne has accompanied George to live in St. Petersburg for the past two years, Ekaterina He often kills everyone at the card table.
“What you call weak strength is compared to the empire - the question is, how many countries can compete with the empire.”
Polis does not think that Bulgaria The kingdom is weak, and if the Kingdom of Bulgaria were strong, it would not be his turn to be king.
“You should find a way to unify the Balkans.”
Catherine's expectations for Polis were high.
"Then I will die from exhaustion——"
Polis was still frightened. The Ottoman Sultan must have had a hard time coordinating the interests of the various ethnic groups in the Balkans.
“Let your father help you.”
Ekaterina did not hesitate to sacrifice her son for her grandson.
"I think it's good now."
Poliss is not deceived, he is very satisfied with the current situation.
George's dissatisfaction grew stronger and stronger.
St. Petersburg's opposition to George's dispatch of Zhigao's servants to the Kingdom of Bulgaria is getting louder and louder. Why not let the Cossacks go with such an opportunity.
After the military reform of George, the requirements for conscription became more and more stringent. Only the best Cossacks had the opportunity to join the army.
There were countless Cossacks in the empire who had no choice but to surrender to the army and were waiting for food.
On George's side, Koreans and Japanese were recruited into the army. The difference should not be too obvious.
On the way back to St. Petersburg, Werther took the initiative to raise this issue with George.
George did not stay long in East India. He picked up Werther and immediately returned to St. Petersburg.
“I learned a saying in Coconut City: People who are not of my race must have different hearts. The Koreans and Japanese do not really surrender, so we must be more careful with them.”
Witte has made great progress in the past two years. Compared with Stolypin, Witte's biggest shortcoming is that he has no experience in governing local governments.
After graduating from Witte University, he entered the Odessa Railway Bureau through the Minister of Transport, Duke Boblinsky. He soon showed outstanding talents at work and entered Asia with his book "Railway Freight Principles". Three Sights, within just two years, became Director of the Imperial Railway Department and Chairman of the Freight Commission.
Stolypin started his political career from the Ministry of State Assets. He has been a member of parliament and governor and has rich experience in governing. Therefore, after becoming prime minister, Stolypin quickly entered the state.
"I don't recruit Cossacks because I don't want the Cossacks to become cannon fodder. They should play a greater role." The entire empire——
Or in the whole world, only George knew how cruel the next world war would be.
"The empire is trying to avoid war, and war does not necessarily break out."
Witt was surprised, was the great Grand Duke Yuriev so arbitrary.
You can’t blame George.
The hierarchy in the military is very clear. As the Minister of the Navy, George and Grand Duke Yuriev are at the top of the food chain. No one dares to disobey George's orders. If this situation lasts for a long time, even the most stable people will Lose yourself.
"No matter what, the empire must be prepared to face war."
George didn't want to fight either, but the tree wanted to be quiet but the wind didn't stop.
This time George took a fleet to Constantinople. There were 21 ships of supplies in the fleet, a considerable part of which were weapons and ammunition.
These weapons and ammunition are not aid to the Kingdom of Bulgaria, but materials hoarded for the world war.
The First World War in another time and space lasted from 1914 to 1918. The Russian Empire withdrew from the war in 1917.
The Russian Empire at that time was no longer called by this name.
Even if the Russian Empire perished, George would never give up the Black Sea outlet, so Constantinople became the Russian Empire's material distribution center in the Black Sea and the Mediterranean.
"It seems that war is inevitable."
Witt smiled bitterly. His comeback this time was still not smooth.
Nicholas was even more unlucky.
After the Austro-Hungarian Empire annexed Bosnia and Herzegovina, it put forward a genius suggestion. In order to win over the Slavs in Bosnia and Herzegovina, the Austro-Hungarian Empire considered changing the two yuan into three yuan, giving the Slavs a certain political status and satisfying the Slavs' needs. demands.
The Austro-Hungarian Empire was originally a constitutional dual monarchy.
Now that two yuan has become three yuan, you can start to try the federal system.
This decision was strongly opposed by the Kingdom of Serbia.
It should be noted that the Serbs living in Bosnia and Herzegovina only account for 40% of the total local population and do not have an absolute advantage.
Therefore, under the banner of saving the Serbs, the Kingdom of Serbia asked Austria-Hungary to allow Bosnia and Herzegovina to become independent. This reason is actually not very sufficient.
In order to mediate the conflict between the Austro-Hungarian Empire and the Kingdom of Serbia, Nicholas sent a special envoy to try to eliminate the risk of war.
What Nicholas did not expect was that after the special envoy arrived in the Balkans, he died of a sudden illness in the Austro-Hungarian Embassy.
When the news came back to St. Petersburg, Nicholas' first reaction was that the envoy he sent was assassinated by the Austro-Hungarian Empire.
But thinking about it carefully, it seems that this is not the case. Even if the Austro-Hungarian Empire wants to take action, it is not stupid enough to do so in the embassy of the Austro-Hungarian Empire.
Therefore, the Serbians are also suspected.
"The murderer can't be a Serbian, he must be an Austrian. We should mobilize immediately to give the Austrians some color."
Little Nicholas yelled crazily, George is not here now St. Petersburg, little Nicholas is the first person in the military in St. Petersburg.
(End of this chapter)