Chapter 1,607 Surrender or Destruction 1
Chapter 1607 Surrender or Destruction 1
"Do you know what my greatest realization is in this war?" In Schönbrunn Palace, Emperor Fritz, who was sitting on the main seat, said while looking at the Hungarian representative sitting below.
"I learned three points from this war. The first point is that a country must be united to become a truly powerful country. Military and economic strength on paper alone are not reliable in high-intensity confrontation. The second point is, Only when the people can reap sufficient benefits from the development of the country will they support the country and we, as rulers, can rule the country stably. The third point is that any change and development requires a price. Even if the price is sometimes high, we must pay it!" Emperor Fritz said word by word, as if he wanted everyone here to understand.
"Is it finally coming?" The Austrian Emperor's words made Prime Minister Sati's heart tighten, and a feeling of terror arose from the depths of his heart. These three points have been made very clear. The so-called unity naturally requires centralization of power. The second point is to change Hungary's domestic political system and break the Hungarian aristocracy's monopoly 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 danger. We should solve these problems first and then talk about other things. Austria and Hungary The Holy Alliance must be maintained. This was created by you and my father together. It is the foundation for the survival of this empire!" Little Count Andrassy said seriously.
"So, we should first send troops to suppress the Romanian uprising, and then beat the Slovaks into submission?" The Austrian Emperor said with interest as he looked at the descendants of the founder of the dual empire in front of him.
"In the end, let the Romanians and Slovaks hate Austria, and Hungary can reap the benefits. We have consumed precious national power and troops and ended up with such a result. Everything is back to square one. In addition to increasing hatred, the center of the empire The government has gained nothing." The emperor's amazing turn shocked everyone present.
"As the emperor of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, your ideas are too narrow. You are only considering the interests of Austria and not the interests of Hungary. This should not be what an imperial emperor thinks. Your ideas are more like Austria. The king, not the emperor!" Prime Minister Satie's words contained dissatisfaction and a hint of threat.
"What you said seems to make sense." Ao Huang raised his head and looked into the distance, seeming to be caught in some kind of memory. "The original intention of the Dual Empire was to unite the two kingdoms of Austria and Hungary and get what they need. We need to maintain the dignity of a big country while also dealing with domestic national and revolutionary pressures. We are all afraid of the national independence movement, and we are all afraid of it. There were riots like 1848. This was the basis of the dual empire, but as time went by, when the country was in a stable state, how many people in power could remember the original intention and maintain the cause of the empire? How about contributing your own strength?"
"If we talk about narrow-mindedness,
I think Hungary has no right to accuse Austria! You have received 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.
"Little Count Andrássy, your father said this, the Kingdom of Hungary can obtain the same status and rights as Austria, which bears 70% of the financial pressure, by shouldering 30% of the financial pressure. What else can the Kingdom of Hungary be dissatisfied with? ? Do you want to say something about this sentence? Agree? Or do you want to overturn what your father said?" Ao Huang looked at the other party's embarrassment and uneasiness with interest.
“Shortly after the establishment of the Dual Empire, Hungary merged with the Grand Duchy of Transylvania, and then became a partner country with the Kingdom of Croatia and Slavonia, and both of these places are now part of Hungary’s territory. You won’t deny it, right?”
"However, our world is not peaceful, and the empire faces 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? Your country is unwilling to invest a penny in any non-Hungarian military, and is unwilling to provide a coin for the navy unless the warships are built in Hungary. You quarrel over the number of military expansions and are unwilling to purchase new ones. Skoda artillery with better performance, just because these belong to Austria. Well, I would like to ask, when the Hungarian Parliament discussed these matters, did the Hungarian Parliament consider this issue from an imperial perspective?"
"Of course, you can blame all this on the domestic nationalists, and you will say that it is an insult to the entire Hungarian nation to serve the central government in German under the black and yellow flag (the flag of the Austro-Hungarian Army). You demand Establish an army that fully uses the Hungarian language and fights for Hungary. Well, now your goal is achieved. Two languages are used in the Austro-Hungarian army. You have an army that belongs to Hungary. Well, now, answer "I, is this army that uses the Hungarian language and belongs to the Hungarian nation ready to assume its obligations?" the Austrian Emperor asked in return!
"But we still fought against the Russians for the empire. Hundreds of thousands of Hungarian Legion soldiers were bloody on the battlefield! We paid a huge price in Przemysir and Lviv. No one can erase these achievements and contributions. !" Prime Minister Satie said loudly.
"Yes, these soldiers did sacrifice for the empire, I admit it! But, didn't the empire pay you? Who defeated Romania? Who gave it to them? In Ruprecht's Bavaria and Bohemia Where were the Hungarian troops before the auxiliary corps arrived at the front? Two months later, your military boots stepped on the soil of Bucharest!”
"The central government of the empire fully fulfilled its obligations. Before the war started, you said that Hungary wanted Romania. At that time, my reply was that if the Romanians dared to point 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, this promise was fulfilled 6 months ago! But after that, have the Hungarian government and army fulfilled their promise?" the Austrian Emperor asked rhetorically.
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