Leopold sneered and asked, "So that's how it is. Then why did you call us here today? Is it just to let everyone 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 don't we change it? "
Kossuth's face was gloomy. He couldn't say that he was worried that they were unreliable and would become traitors at any time. Now that the Government of Austria had confiscated their land, everyone was in the same boat.
It was good that everyone knew these things. If the window paper was pierced, how could they get along?
Don't think that just because these great nobles seemed to have suffered heavy losses, they were like tigers that had fallen to the plains and could be bullied by dogs. In fact, the strength they had was not weak at all.
"Your Excellency, enough!"
"Austria has raised the butcher's knife. What we need now is unity. If you want to pursue responsibility, I can resign.
Everyone, who thinks that they have the ability to lead the Republic of Hungary out of its predicament, I can give up the position of president to someone more capable! "
In his anger, Kossuth decided to quit in a fit of pique. Everyone's face changed. At this time, it was not easy to be the president of the Republic of Hungary. At least, Duke Leopold was not interested.
Everyone knew that it was not easy to be the president of the Republic of Hungary. Historically, when the Government of Austria decided to suppress it by force, the Hungarian government closed down, and then the revolutionary party led by Kossuth took power.
Under the butterfly effect of Franz, the situation of the Republic of Hungary was even worse. No one wanted to stand out, so Kossuth became the head of state.
Because the support rate was too low, Kossuth's prestige in the government was not high, and many nobles did not take him seriously.
It looked like a child's pique, but was this not Kossuth's struggle?
No matter how many shortcomings Kossuth had and how naive his political views were, he was the founder of the Hungarian nation.
Seeing that the situation was not right, another noble representative, Marquis Luoqi, stood up and changed the topic.
"Well, let's not talk about the past anymore. The top priority is to think about how to deal with the current situation. If you want to fight, you have to make a decision with everyone!"
There was no doubt that the revolutionary party led by Kossuth was the pro-war party. Most of these people were idealists and young college students, while the weak nobles and capitalists were the pro-peace party.
Kossuth's face was livid as he said, "Do you still need to think about it? The Government of Vienna is moving to break up Hungary. Even if we can reach an agreement with Austria, Hungary will have less than thirty-five percent of its territory and less than forty percent of its population.
If Hungary were to stay in Austria, we wouldn't even be able to maintain our current status. Are we supposed to watch the Austrians exploit us every day? "
Kossuth also knew that he had been too naive. Because of the opposition of the nobles, he had not solved the land problem. Because of the opposition of the new capitalists, he had not solved the ethnic problem.
Yes, the poor national policy of the Hungarian Republic was produced because the new bourgeoisie was worried about competition.
Even though the Croatians, Romanians, and Slovaks didn't have the strength to compete with them.
However, once they obtained equal rights in politics, competition would soon arise. The Republic of Haili was too small to accommodate so much competition, so they had no choice but to suppress their opponents in advance.
This had been proven in the Austrian Empire. Because of the political advantage, almost all the industry in the country was controlled by the Germans. The Hungarian capitalists also survived by tariffs and local protectionism.
Now that it was their turn to be the masters, they naturally had to follow suit. After all, no capitalist could resist this temptation, and they even did more.
Driven by interests, extreme nationalism became the mainstream ideology in Hungary, which made other ethnic minorities in the country very dissatisfied. After the Government of Vienna extended an olive branch, everyone changed sides decisively.
Kossuth's words awakened the new bourgeoisie. For their own interests and heads, they had to support the government in the war with the Austrians. Only by winning could they get everything they wanted.
Although the possibility of winning was very low, they were already on board. The Government of Vienna might be lenient to the nobles, but there was no reason to be lenient to the capitalists.
It was the same throughout the ages. The concept of "all businessmen are unscrupulous" had been deeply rooted in people's hearts. Killing unscrupulous businessmen was definitely politically correct.
Unfortunately, as the earliest capitalists, they couldn't be any blacker. They were all real cases of unscrupulous capitalists in history books. Not only could killing them earn a fortune, but they could also buy the hearts of the people.
"Mr. Kossuth, now that Hungary is surrounded by enemies on all sides, how should we fight this war?" Marquis Loki asked with concern.
There was no doubt that Marquis Loki did this on purpose. As a great noble in Hungary, Marquis Loki was not afraid of the Government of Vienna's liquidation.
As long as the House of Habsburg still controlled the power of Austria, it was impossible to kill the great nobles. This was the advantage of having many relatives.
Without the pressure to survive, the great nobles' considerations were different from the capitalists'. Their main purpose was to stop losses.
After saying that, Marquis Loki opened the map that had been prepared. On the map, Hungary was sandwiched between the three major countries of Russia, Osman, and Austria, and its location was clearly marked.
There was no doubt that Hungary was surrounded by enemies. Russia and Austria were allies, and the Tsarist government had publicly announced that it would help Austria and Prussia to suppress the revolution. Even if they were not enemies, they were still enemies.
They could not ask for help from their good neighbor, the Osman Empire, could they? If they wanted to fight side by side with the Osman, the Austrians would probably not even need to fight.
"Now the enemy is strong and we are weak, but the enemy is not without weaknesses. Now that the Government of Austria is still fighting with the Italian Federation, this is our opportunity." Kossuth suggested a plan that he thought was reasonable.
That was right. In theory, this was indeed an opportunity. The simplest military way was to break them one by one.
However, Duke Leopold shook his head and sighed. "Mr. Kossuth, this is not feasible in military terms. The enemy is not a fool. They will not give us so much time to break them one by one."
Kossuth laughed. "Your Excellency, as long as we have enough troops, we can hold off the enemies from other directions.
Austria is strong and fragile at the same time. As long as we win once, it will cause a chain reaction, and the climax of the revolution will erupt again! "
Everyone understood that Kossuth had taken such a big circle just to get money!
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