Chapter 1607： Surrender or die

Chapter 1607 Surrender or destroy 1

"Do you know what my greatest experience in this war is?" In Schönbrunn Palace, Emperor Fritz sitting on the main seat looked at the Hungarian representative sitting down and said.

"I have learned three points from this war. The first point is that a country must be united in order to become a real power. The military and economic forces on paper are not reliable in a high-intensity confrontation. The second point, Only when the people can share enough benefits from the development of the country, they will support the country, and we as the ruler can rule the country stably. And the third point is that any change and development need a price. Even if the price is high sometimes, we must pay it!” Emperor Fritz said word by word, as if he wanted everyone here to understand.

"Is it finally coming?" Ao Huang's words made Prime Minister Satie's heart tense, and a feeling of horror rose from deep in his heart. These three points have been said very clearly. The so-called unity is naturally to centralize power. The second point is to change the domestic political system in Hungary and break the monopoly of the Hungarian nobles on political rights and national wealth. The third point can be seen as a threat.

"But your Majesty, I think that for the current empire, maintaining stability is the most important thing. Half of the territory of the current empire is in distress. We should solve these problems first, and then talk about other things, Austria and Hungary. The sacred alliance must be maintained. It was created by you and my father together. It is the basis for the survival of this empire!" Count Andrassy said with a serious face.

"So, we should first send troops to suppress the Romanian riots, and then beat the Slovaks to be submissive?" The Austrian Emperor looked at the descendants of the founder of the dual empire and said with interest.

"In the end, the Romanians and Slovaks were made to hate Austria, while Hungary could take advantage of the fishermen's profit. We spent our precious national power and the army and we ended up with such a result. Everything is back to the original point. In addition to increasing hatred, the Central Empire The government got nothing.” The Austrian Emperor’s turning of the gods shocked everyone present.

"As the emperor of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, your thinking is too narrow. You are only considering Austria’s interests, not Hungary’s interests. This should not be the thinking of an imperial emperor. Your thinking is more like Austria. The king of China, not the emperor of the empire!" Prime Minister Satie's words contained dissatisfaction, but also a hint of threat.

"What you said seems very reasonable." Ao Huang raised his head and looked into the distance, seeming to be caught in a certain memory. "The original intention of the dual empire was to unite and warm up the two kingdoms of Austria and Hungary. We need to maintain the dignity of the big country and also to deal with the domestic national and revolutionary pressure. We are all afraid of the national independence movement, and we are all afraid of it. There was a riot like 1848. This is the basis of the dual empire, but as time goes on, when the country is in a stable state, how many people in power can remember this original intention and maintain the cause of the empire Contribute your own strength in China?"

"If it's narrow, I don't think Hungary has the right to blame Austria! You get too much from the dual empire, but how do you give back to the empire?" The Austrian Emperor looked at Prime Minister Satie and said.

"Earl Andrassie, your father said that with the burden of 30% of the financial pressure, the Kingdom of Hungary can obtain the same status and rights as Austria, which is burdened with 70% of its finances. What else is not satisfied with the Kingdom of Hungary? Do you want to say something about this sentence? Agree? Or do you want to overthrow what your father said?" The Austrian Emperor looked at the other's embarrassment and anxiety with interest.

"After the dual empire was established, Hungary merged with the Grand Duchy of Transylvania, and then became a partner country with the Kingdom of Croatia-Slavoni, and both of them are now part of Hungary’s territory. Will you deny it?"

"However, our world is not peaceful, and the empire is facing threats from all sides. When the central government wants to allocate funds to strengthen our army in order to resist external threats and win more benefits for the Austro-Hungarian Empire, how did Hungary? What did you do? Your country is unwilling to invest a penny for any army that is not owned by Hungary, and is unwilling to provide a coin for the navy, unless these warships are built in Hungary. You are arguing about the number of military expansions and are unwilling to purchase new ones. The better-performance Skoda artillery is only because these belong to Austria. Well, I would like to ask, when the Hungarian Parliament discusses these things, does it consider this issue from the perspective of the empire?"

"Of course, you can push all of this to domestic nationalists. You would say that it is an insult to the entire Hungarian nation to receive German orders under the black and yellow flag (the flag of the Austro-Hungarian army) to serve the central government. Establish an army that uses the Hungarian language to fight for Hungary. That’s good, now your goal has been achieved. Two languages ​​are used in the Austro-Hungarian Army. You have an army that belongs to Hungary, so good. Now, answer I, then, is this army that uses the Hungarian language and belongs to Hungary's own nation ready to assume its obligations?" The Austrian Emperor asked rhetorically!

"But we still fought the Russians for the empire. Hundreds of thousands of soldiers of the Hungarian Legion were blood-stained on the battlefield! We paid a huge price in Przemesil and Lviv. No one can erase these achievements and contributions. !" Prime Minister Satie said loudly.

"Yes, these soldiers were indeed sacrificed for the empire, I admit! But did the empire not pay you? Who shot Romania? To whom? In Ruprecht's Bavaria and Bohemia Before the runner-up arrived on the front line, where was the Hungarian army? Two months later, your army boots stepped on the land of Bucharest!"

"The imperial central government fully fulfilled its obligations. Before the war, you said that Hungary wanted Romania. At that time, my answer was that if the Romanians dared to aim their guns at us, if the Hungarian army could obey the arrangements of the General Staff and execute the orders. , Then Bucharest will become Hungary’s prize. Very good. Six months ago, this promise was fulfilled! But after that, have the Hungarian government and the army fulfilled their promise?" The Austrian Emperor asked back.

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