Chapter Seventy-Three: Hungary Lacking Money

Leopold sneered and asked, "I see, so what are you calling us here for today?" Is it just for everyone to come and listen to a speech?

I admit that Mr. Kossuth's speech just now was wonderful, but everyone is tired of listening to this kind of speech, why not change the trick? ”

Kossuth's face was gloomy and terrible, I can't say that I was worried that you would be unreliable and would become traitors at any time, but now that the Austrian government has confiscated your land, you are all in the same boat.

It's good that everyone knows these things, but if you pierce the window paper, how can you get along?

Don't look at these big nobles who seem to have suffered heavy losses and suffered great losses, just think that they are really tigers in Pingyang and can be bullied by dogs, in fact, the strength in their hands is not weak at all.

"Your Excellency, that's enough!"

"Austria has raised the butcher's knife, what we need now is solidarity, and if you want to be held accountable, I can resign.

Ladies and gentlemen, who think they have the ability to lead the Republic of Hungary out of this predicament, I can give up the presidency and let someone more capable take it! ”

In a fit of rage, Kossuth simply got angry. The faces of everyone present changed greatly, and it was not easy for the president of the Republic of Hungary to be the president at this time, at least Duke Leopold was not interested.

Everyone knows that the president of the Republic of Hungary is not easy to do now, and in history, when the Austrian government decided to suppress it by force, the Hungarian government closed its doors, and then the revolutionary party led by Kossuth came to power.

Under Franz's butterfly effect, the current situation in the Republic of Hungary was even worse, and no one wanted to be the first bird, so Kossuth became the Führer.

Because his approval rating was too low, Kossuth's prestige in the government was not high, and many nobles did not take him seriously.

Childlike gambling, isn't this a kind of struggle for Kossuth?

No matter how flawed Kossuth may be or how naïve his political views may be, he is the founder of the Hungarian nation.

Seeing that the momentum was not right, another nobleman's representative, the Marquis of Luoqi, stood up and changed the subject.

"Okay, let's not talk about the past again, the top priority is to think about how to deal with the current situation, and make decisions with everyone if we want to fight!"

There is no doubt that the revolutionaries headed by Kossuth are the main war faction, most of these people are idealists and young college students, while the weak aristocrats and capitalists are the main war faction.

Kossuth said with a grim face, "Do you still need to think about this?" The Vienna government is in the process of breaking up Hungary, and even if we could reach an agreement with Austria, Hungary would have less than 35 percent of its territory and less than 40 percent of its population left.

If such Hungary had stayed in Austria, we would not have been able to maintain our current position, would we have watched the Austrians exploit us every day? ”

Kossuth also knew that he was too naïve at the beginning, because the aristocracy did not solve the land question, because of the opposition of the new capitalists, and did not solve the national question.

It is true that the poor national policy of the Republic of Hungary was born out of the fear of competition of the new bourgeoisie.

Although neither the Croats, nor the Romanians, nor the Slovaks, have the strength to compete with them.

But once they were given equal political rights, then soon this kind of competition would arise, and the Republic of Hungary was too small to accommodate so much competition, and they had to suppress their opponents in advance.

This was confirmed in the Austrian Empire, where almost all of the country's industry was in the hands of the Germans because of its political superiority, and the Hungarian capitalists survived on tariffs and local protectionism.

Now that it is their turn to be the masters of their own affairs, it is natural that they will follow suit, after all, no capitalist can refuse this temptation, and even more so than they do.

Driven by interests, ultra-nationalism became the mainstream ideology in Hungary, which made other ethnic minorities in the country very dissatisfied, and after the Vienna government threw an olive branch, everyone decisively defected.

Kossuth's words awakened the emerging bourgeoisie, which, for the sake of their own interests and their heads, had to support the government and the Austrians in the war, and only by winning could they get everything they wanted.

Although the probability of victory was low, they were already on board, and the Viennese government might be open to the aristocracy, but not to the capitalists.

In ancient and modern times, China and foreign countries are the same, the concept of "no business, no traitor" has been deeply rooted in the hearts of the people, and killing profiteers is absolutely politically correct.

It is a pity that as the earliest capitalists, they can no longer be black, they are all real cases of unscrupulous capitalists in the history books, killing them can not only harvest a fortune, but also buy a wave of people's hearts.

"Mr. Kossuth, now that Hungary is surrounded on all sides, how should we fight this war?" Marquis Luo Qi asked with concern

There is no doubt that the Marquis of Loch did this on purpose. As a great Hungarian nobleman, the Marquis of Loch was not afraid of the liquidation of the Vienna government.

As long as the Habsburgs still controlled the power of Austria, it was impossible to kill the great nobles, which was the advantage of having many relatives.

There is no pressure to survive, and the big nobles think differently from the capitalists, and their main purpose is to stop losses.

After speaking, the Marquis of Loch opened the map that had been prepared long ago, and the map showed Hungary sandwiched between the three great powers of Russia, Ottomans and Austria, and the location was clearly marked.

There is no doubt that Hungary was surrounded by enemies. Russia and Austria were allies, and the tsarist government openly declared that it was going to help Austria and Prussia suppress the revolution, and they were both enemies and enemies.

They can't turn to their good neighbor next door, the Ottoman Empire, for help, right? If you want to fight side by side with the Ottomans, it is estimated that the Austrians will not need to fight, they will fight first.

"Now the enemy is strong and I am weak, but the enemy is not without weaknesses, and now the Austrian government is still fighting against the Italian state, and this is our opportunity." Kossuth came up with a plan that he thought was reasonable

That's right, theoretically this is indeed an opportunity, the easiest military to break down one by one.

However, Duke Leopold shook his head, sighed and said, "Mr. Kossuth, this is not feasible for military success, the enemy is not stupid, they can't leave us so much time to break through one by one. ”

Kossuth smiled, "Your Excellency, as long as we have enough troops to hold off the enemy from other directions.

Austria is strong and at the same time fragile, and if we achieve a single victory, it will cause a chain reaction and the upsurge of the revolution will break out again! ”

Everyone understands that Kossuth went around in such a big circle, or to ask for money!