"Selling newspapers, selling newspapers! Corriere della Sera, revolution in Hungary, rivers of blood in Budapest! "
"Selling newspapers, selling newspapers! Corriere della Sera, revolution in Hungary, rivers of blood in Budapest! "
The paperboy carried a paper bag and hawked his wares along the street. The child spoke in a Roman dialect, and Queen Sissi was shocked when she heard it. She immediately stopped the carriage and asked the coachman to hurry up and buy a newspaper.
The coachman did not even stop the carriage. He just whistled, and the paperboy's hawk-like eyes stared at the coachman. At the same time, he ran over quickly. The coachman slowed down the carriage, took out a copper coin from his pocket, and threw it out. The copper coin drew a beautiful and stable arc in the air, and then was firmly caught by the paperboy. Then a newspaper was thrown over, and the coachman smoothly caught it. This smooth movement even caused some cheers. The coachman maintained a proud smile on his face. He did not turn his head, just put his arm behind his back, and smoothly stuffed the newspaper in through the small window behind him.
Queen Sissi did not notice her coachman's wonderful performance at all. She grabbed the newspaper and immediately flipped through it. The headline on the front page was written with the news that the paperboy had just shouted. "Revolution in Hungary, rivers of blood in Budapest!" After reading the news at a super fast speed, Queen Sissi found that she could not see any information in the report that she wanted to see. No matter how sensational the editor described the "tragedy" in Budapest, Queen Sissi could see the nature of this nonsense at a glance.
Although her heart was beating fast, although her brain felt a little dizzy, Her Majesty found that she could still think calmly. First of all, she found that she was not very surprised. The reason why she did not want to stay in Budapest for the past two years was because she felt that the nobles' actions were a little too much. After meeting Wang Mingshan, Queen Sissi had a deeper understanding of the determination that revolutionaries could achieve. In the eyes of Wang Mingshan, class oppression and class contradictions were not personal problems, but the essence of a society.
Since she was no longer surprised by the song's title, Queen Sissi next considered what she should do. If possible, the Queen would like to rush back to Budapest immediately and let the two sides of the war stop. But the Queen herself knew that was impossible. In the eyes of the insurgents, the nobles had killed their family and friends, so the nobles had to pay with their lives. But it was a big joke not only in Hungary but all over Europe to ask the nobles to pay for the lives of the poor.
Since she could not stop the war from expanding, the Queen had to consider who she could turn to for help. From the looks of it, the biggest help might be Queen Sissi's husband, the Austro-Hungarian Emperor, Franz Franz. Joseph the First. He was the person who could decide the fate of the Austro-Hungarian Empire and Hungary. But Queen Sissi was hesitant. First of all, could she be sure that Franz Franz Joseph I's position on the Hungarian Revolution was probably to suppress it. The result of looking for this emperor was probably to make the emperor even more determined to suppress them to the end.
These political judgments quickly rolled through the Queen's mind. Not long after, she raised her head and said to the coachman, "Let's go back now."
"How many things are you planning to bring back to Austria?" the maid quickly asked. As the closest person to Queen Sissy, she knew that Queen Sissy would probably just casually bring some things back.
"No, I'm going to Cyprus. I'm going to send unlimited telegrams to Governor Wang Mingshan and Marchioness Grace. "
A few hours later, Queen Sissy was surprised to find out that Marchioness Grace was in Florence. The Queen could not care less. She went straight to Florence to visit her new friend.
After the two met, the Marchioness had a straightforward expression that said, "I already know, you don't have to talk nonsense." After a simple conversation, the Marchioness expressed, "I don't recommend you to meet Ming Shan in any official capacity. I don't even recommend you to look for him. They will not give up halfway when they have decided on something. Although I have not met the Austro-Hungarian Emperor, I believe that His Majesty is probably the one who will change his mind more easily. "
"Does China really want the Austro-Hungarian Empire to disintegrate?" Queen Sissi was very anxious.
Grace smiled slightly. "I don't know about this. Although, from the looks of it, you may suspect that the Min dynasty government is behind this. But as far as I know, the Hungarians have always wanted to be independent from Austria. During the last war of independence, China was still in the era of the Manchu Qing Dynasty. "
Sophistry! Queen Sissi was angry in her heart. But she did not say it directly. At this time, she still hoped to make one last effort to solve this problem from the political point of view. The Queen believed that once the Min dynasty government agreed to cooperate with the Austro-Hungarian Empire, all the problems would be solved. If the Min dynasty government refused to stop, Austria would have a fierce war with Hungary. No, the two sides had probably already started a fierce war at this time.
As a banker, observing people's expressions was Marchioness Grace's special skill. Seeing that Queen Sissi was still persistent, she smiled and said, "Your Majesty, I hope you can see the facts clearly. With your intelligence, you must be able to understand that the internal nature of things determines the development of things. Before I got the title of Marchioness, I was just a university student from an ordinary family. Before and after I got the title of Marchioness, I have not changed. No matter how important the title of Marchioness is to others, it is just a personal accessory to me. Do you think that the Min dynasty, the Austro-Hungarian Empire, and Hungary are all dependent on you? "
These words made Queen Sissi's face show a pained expression. There were few things that were more painful than being proven that she was not helpful to the things she loved. The Queen's maid cursed inwardly. If they weren't in Marchioness Glace's house, this loyal maid would have cursed out loud.
"Can you help me see His Excellency Governor Wang Mingshan?" The Queen asked after barely regaining her composure.
"No. I can't help you with that. You should know why, "Grace replied apologetically.
Queen Sissi didn't say much. Of course, she knew Grace's difficulties. Everything about Grace came from Wang Mingshan. At a time like this, there was no way she would interfere with Wang Mingshan's political work. Sighing, Queen Qian Qian got up and left.
Wang Mingshan didn't think of Queen Qian Qian or Marchioness Glace at all. The success of the Hungarian uprising in Budapest was as perfect as described in textbooks. The arrogant and defenseless ruling class, the resentful people at the bottom of the hierarchy who were determined to make a revolution, and the lower ranks of the military who stood with the people at the bottom of the hierarchy. When the arrogant upper class held a large banquet, the uprising wiped them all out. The middle ranks of the government, the middle ranks of the nobles, and the middle ranks of the military were also killed or captured. The ruling center of the reactionary upper class was wiped out.
Such a great victory didn't make Wang Mingshan ecstatic. On the contrary, he couldn't help but sigh. The success of the Min dynasty was already shocking. However, everything in the Min dynasty had a long preparation period. During the preparation period, there were various tests and evaluations. Wang Mingshan had seen many of his old brothers who were extremely dissatisfied with this evaluation. Wang Mingshan had also seen many of his old brothers and later young people who were convinced by this preparation method after trying it out. This was because there was no such thing as overnight success in this world. Everyone gradually accumulated experience amidst uncertainty and slowly understood the unknown.
The Hungarian revolutionaries had revolutionary needs, but they didn't have revolutionary experience. More importantly, Wang Mingshan wasn't sure if the Hungarian revolutionaries had a correct view of the world. It wasn't terrible to have no revolutionary experience. The most terrible thing was that those who didn't have a correct view of the world suddenly started from the right results. Wang Mingshan had seen many such people over the decades, and none of them had ever failed.
Thinking of this, Wang Mingshan suddenly made up his mind. He found that he really wanted the revolution to be victorious. In the long run, Wang Mingshan's desire for the Hungarian revolution to be victorious was as wrong as his previous criticism of others. If the Hungarian revolution could integrate theory with practice, closely unite the masses, and criticize and self-criticize, then there would be no problem. If they couldn't do it, they would probably fail. And Wang Mingshan's mentality of wanting to win and fearing to lose was the standard starting position for failure. Thinking of this, Wang Mingshan calmed his emotions and murmured, "Heaven and earth are heartless, treating all things as straw dogs; saints are heartless, treating the people as straw dogs."
Because he knew that he didn't have a calm and upright mentality like the Military Governor Vaize, Wang Mingshan could only find more words to force himself to calm down.
With great difficulty, he set his state of 'Heaven and Earth are heartless'. Wang Mingshan immediately sent a report to the embassy in Osman Turkey, asking the embassy there to follow the previous plan to ensure that the Osman Turkey Empire would not be involved in the war. Hungary's situation was probably a situation where it was surrounded by Austria-Hungary, Germany, Italy, and Russia, none of which had a particularly good relationship with the Min dynasty. If they were to support the Hungarian revolution, they must let the Osman Turkey choose to stand on the side of the Min dynasty. In the past two decades, the Osman Turkey Empire and the Min dynasty had a good relationship, and the two sides had a lot of cooperation. At the critical moment of the Osman Turkey Empire, the Min dynasty also gave them a lot of help. Just like how Wang Mingshan and many old brothers seemed to have a good relationship, but often couldn't get along at the critical moment. Wang Mingshan always felt that this seemingly friendly relationship made him feel inexplicably uneasy. But this was the only way to go.
In addition to these efforts, two hundred Min dynasty advisers were also on the way to Hungary. Once they arrived in Hungary, they could help the Hungarian government politically and militarily.
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