Chapter 1611 Surrender or Destruction 5
Chapter 1611 Surrender or Destruction 5
"The government can pay for the redemption." Prime Minister Tisza tried to make a last-ditch effort.
"Use krona? With all due respect, even with gold and silver, the nobles are not willing to hand over their land. Your standards are too low. Tens of thousands of noble families will lose their land in this change." Land!" said little Count Andrassy.
"I think what we need most right now is to raise enough funds to buy food and fuel. Therefore, I suggest regulating the banking industry and controlling gold and other precious metals." Count Andrassy made a counter-proposal. As a great nobleman, Naturally, the representatives do not want the government to forcefully purchase land from landlords. Forget about the redemption policy, what can the government come up with at this time? Apart from the devalued krona, the Hungarian government cannot provide much hard currency. What is the use of the nobles taking those waste papers?
"I don't object, but one thing I need to explain is that the credit of the bank cannot be guaranteed now, so the bank's gold inventory is very limited." Prime Minister Tisza is really tired now, and this is obviously going to hurt the country. Money, if the country had money, would it be in this situation now?
"Unless we can get people to hand over their gold, we can also redeem it," Prime Minister Tisza added.
"Haha." Little Count Andrassy was too lazy to discuss this issue with Prime Minister Tisza.
"Count Albany, you are the leader of the Independence Party. When the country is in trouble, can't you make some sacrifices? We, as the heads of this country, must also bear responsibilities while enjoying the rights of the country. Your Majesty Take responsibility and those in power pay the price! Isn't this the innate responsibility of our Hungarian nobles?" Prime Minister Tisza roared almost desperately.
"I can give everything for this country, but I can't represent my party." Earl Albany said with shame.
"Our situation may not be as bad as imagined. The Austrian army will definitely take action against the Romanians. These rebels are just stragglers. And now that we are out of the war, the financial and material situation will definitely improve.
"Haha, in a few years, I would like to know how future generations will evaluate what we do today. I will go back and propose my plan in the parliament. If it cannot be passed, then I will announce my resignation!" After Sa finished speaking, he stood up and left. He was already disappointed with this country and nation.
His family knew his own affairs, and Tisza had been Prime Minister of the Austro-Hungarian Empire for at least six years. He knew very well what the situation was in Hungary. Even though the Romanian rebels have dispersed northward, in the pro-Romanian Transylvania region, these stragglers can definitely entangle Hungary for a long time with the support of the local people. Military spending will definitely not be small.
In terms of other financial aspects, food and fuel imports will be a very important part. However, this is not the end of the story. The pension issues of frontline soldiers and the elderly care of the returning disabled personnel are also unavoidable. You can't ignore these people. The national finances have been depleted and there is simply not enough funding available.
Why can any country regain some vitality after a revolution regardless of the situation? The fundamental reason is that revolution is an efficient process of resource reallocation. To conquer the local tyrants and divide their land is not only to destroy the existing ruling class politically, but more importantly, the new government has more wealth in its hands, so it can do many things. Many times, it is not that there is no wealth, but that the wealth cannot be used effectively.
The same is the case in Hungary. Think about it, even Romania, which was founded not long ago, can find dozens of tons of gold and tens of thousands of handicrafts and antiques. For Hungary, a Central European country that has been founded for a thousand years, tens of thousands of If the tens of thousands of nobles and national wealth are used for distribution, it is still possible to overcome the current difficulties. After all, the current predicament is actually much better than that of Hungary when it failed in World War I in history. But it is a pity that the Hungarian government does not have the ability to take this money!
Prime Minister Tisza can already foresee what will happen in the future. A destructive storm is rapidly forming over Hungary. The Romanian rebellion in Transylvania has brought not only losses to Hungary's military spending and troops, but more importantly He will seriously affect domestic stability.
The unrest in Transylvania is sure to unsettle some non-Romanians, so what will they choose? Naturally, if they leave here, the Hungarian people will definitely choose to go north. This is not the movement of hundreds or thousands of people, it is probably the movement of hundreds of thousands of people! These people will wash away the neighboring Hungarian areas like a flood. Originally, the materials in these neighboring areas may be available and the social order will be stable. However, with the arrival of hundreds of thousands of people, problems will definitely arise in social order and material supply, and then These originally fine areas have become unable to defend, and they will also choose to migrate. Eventually a chain reaction formed and eventually spread throughout Hungary!
Does this pattern look familiar? Yes, this is the so-called famine mode! After a disaster strikes one place, if there is no effective support and containment, once the hungry people choose to spread to the surrounding areas, it will destroy the economic and social life of the originally unaffected areas, thus creating a domino effect. The impact continued to expand, eventually leading to a huge disaster.
Prime Minister Tisza has seen it all. Others may have seen through all this, but were lucky. Of course, the worse people have already prepared a way out. Isn’t it because they can’t stay in Hungary anymore? I have a lot of hard currency in my hands. Isn’t Austria next door pretty stable? Only a few hours have passed, and I am still living a prosperous and comfortable life there, and my life and death in Hungary does not affect me. If the Austro-Hungarian imperial flag wants to return to Budapest that day, I can still be the leader. You will still be a noble when you go back. Well, that's it, no problem.
Therefore, Prime Minister Tisza is really desperate. In this case, no one is willing to work with him to save this country in crisis. The nobles are unwilling to pay for their own interests, and the civilian class has nothing. The pure concept of nation and country It is already difficult to influence these poor and remnant classes, and now, the most frightening thing is that under the instigation of certain political parties and figures, they are entirely likely to stand opposite themselves and become the resisters. A knife in his own chest.
As for other ethnic groups? Haha, by now, I'm afraid they have sharpened their knives and are ready to give this dying country a hard blow. As for what will happen in the future if this knife is used? The worst possible outcome would be to surrender to the Vienna government. It just became an autonomous region under the banner of the Austrian Emperor. The Court of Vienna would certainly like to see the rise of several ethnic autonomous regions on Hungarian territory!
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