October was a beautiful season in every country. The autumn leaves were beginning to turn yellow and the air was very cool. Even sitting in the carriage, he could feel the coolness of the air. The Romanian representative, who came in a carriage, looked up at Buda Castle on the hillside. He felt a bit regretful that the castle passed by him. Originally, the Romanian representative thought that he would have the opportunity to visit Buda Castle.
The Hungarian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Ministry of Health worked together. The office was near a hospital. The house was not bad, but the Romanian representative didn't think it was good. The image of the Hungarian peasants in his mind was strengthened. After sitting in the office, the Romanian representative looked left and right. It was said that a group of Chinese was in charge of the Hungarian Red Army. Every country believed that it was the Chinese who led the Hungarian peasants to success. Along the way, the Romanian representative didn't see any Chinese.
"May I ask what message Your Excellency wants to convey to the Romanian government?" The Hungarian Foreign Minister was a very young man. Like the other members of the current Hungarian regime, he had very short hair. Although he looked neat and tidy, he gave people a strong sense of danger.
Trying to ignore the pressure brought by the short-haired youth, the Romanian representative said, "My country hopes that Hungary can return the places originally inhabited by Romanians to our country."
This made the Hungarian Foreign Minister frown. He stared at the Romanian representative with a sharp gaze and asked, "What did you say?"
The Romanian representative made up his mind and said loudly, "My country requests you to return the places originally inhabited by Romanians to our country. You're Hungarians and have no reason to rule the Romanians. Returning those places to Romania is the right way to maintain peace. "
After saying that, the Romanian representative clearly felt the temperature in the room drop by several degrees. Seeing the fierce eyes of the Hungarian representative, the Romanian representative felt much more relaxed. This time, he already knew that he might encounter danger. But the higher-ups made it clear that as long as he completed his work, he would be promoted when he came back. In case he was in danger, his family would also be taken care of by the government. The whole of Europe thought that the current Hungarian government was a regime controlled by a group of barbaric peasants, so it was not unusual for diplomats to be killed.
"What is Romania going to do if we refuse?" The young Hungarian Minister of Foreign Affairs squeezed the words out of his anger.
The Romanian representative's heart was beating fiercely. He took a breath and replied, "If you insist on not agreeing, you must accept the consequences. The other countries support us. "
"Is this all your work for this trip?" the young Hungarian foreign minister continued to ask.
"Yes!" the representative of Romania replied.
"Scram! Go back to Romania right now. Tell the bullsh * t king of Romania that the land of the Hungarians is not extra at all! We won't give up even an inch! "The young Hungarian Foreign Minister shouted at the Romanian representative and then chased him away.
He took the letter out of his pocket and placed it on the table of the Hungarian Foreign Minister. The Romanian representative left the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Hungary. When his carriage started to leave Budapest, the representative was extremely happy. The mission was completed. The Hungarian foreign minister did not seem so barbaric, which meant that his future was secure.
In the capital of Romania, as soon as the official dispatched by Russia received the news from Hungary, he immediately sent a telegram to St. Petersburg and shouted to the Romanian official, "For the future of the Slavs, we will march!"
After St. Petersburg received the telegram, the ministers immediately gathered in front of the Tsar for a meeting. Russia and Austria had a long-term cooperation in fighting against Osman Turkey. With the decline of the Osman Empire, the interests of the two countries in the Balkans began to clash fiercely. In particular, Russia suffered a great loss in the 10th Russo-Turkish War 20 years ago. In the 11th Russo-Turkish War, they did not gain any advantage. The goal of moving south was still far away.
The division of the Austro-Hungarian Empire gave Russia a new opportunity. When Austria suffered a great loss, they could support the expansion of Romania. This was good for Russia to expand its influence in the Balkans. When Russia was the gendarmerie of Europe, it relied on suppressing revolutions to enter many countries. If they could suppress the revolution in Hungary this time, it would be the beginning of Russia's glory.
Therefore, in the meeting in front of the Tsar, the group of Russia ministers were very excited. The Minister of Industry took out a series of industrial statistics of Russia to show off. For example, in 1898, Russia produced more than 3.8 million tons of steel, more than 2 million tons of pig iron, and built 3000 kilometers of railway. The latest steel output was the third in Europe, three times the output of 1.3 million tons of steel from France.
The Minister of War said that the number of Russia's standing army had reached 1.05 million, and 3.05 million were in reserve. After signing a friendly treaty with the Min dynasty, China and Russia both settled the conflict on the basis of peace and did not increase the number of troops on the border. This allowed Russia to easily send a large number of troops to participate in the war against Hungary.
"If the Romanians can solve the problem, it will be the best. If they can't solve it, we will. "The Chief of the General Staff said to His Majesty the Tsar.
"What is the reaction of the Austro-Hungarian Empire?" His Majesty the Tsar was very worried about this.
The Foreign Affairs Minister immediately said, "Don't worry, Your Majesty. We are not going to annex Hungary. They just wanted to let Romania, which was originally the gathering place of the Slavs. Our Ministry of Foreign Affairs has started to contact other European countries, and most of them have expressed their understanding. But this time, the Romanians will benefit a little. "
His Majesty the Tsar did not particularly care about the Romanians benefiting. He was very worried that the Crimean War would happen again, where England and France joined hands to deal with Russia, causing great losses to Russia.
After listening to His Majesty the Tsar's worries, the Foreign Minister of Russia immediately said, "Your Majesty, England's attitude this time is ambiguous, and the Min dynasty also has no intention of openly intervening. Although Germany is opposed, France has expressed that as long as Russia does not seize the land of Hungary, they will hold Germany back. So this time, we don't have to worry about Germany's intervention. "
Since there was a bottom line, a goal, an ally, and the enemy was not strong, the Tsar of Russia finally decided to give it a try.
Just as the Russians had anticipated, the Romanian army marched into the Romanian-inhabited part of Hungarian territory, though it was neither welcomed nor resisted. While the Romanian army was trying to establish a new border, the Hungarian Red Army launched an attack on the Romanian army in Hungary, annihilating 5,000 Romanian troops in a week. Then, Russia announced that they would punish the Hungarian army for invading Romania, and the war immediately expanded.
At the same time, the Croatian Royalist army also launched a new round of attack on Hungary. Coupled with the reactivation of the Austrian army, the war in Hungary immediately changed from calm to intense.
When Vézé heard the news, he was in the middle of a meeting. He only said one sentence, "I hope this will not affect next year's Olympics."
Because his tone was so flat, the comrades of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs did not understand what Military Governor Vaize meant. Seeing that his comrades were confused, Vézé smiled and said, "Don't think too much, we will never send troops or military threats. We will let the Europeans solve their own conflicts. "
After the Central Government's peace policy was clearly established, everyone began to gradually get used to the new policy. Since Military Governor Vaize said so, there was nothing special to discuss. However, the people of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs were all smart people, and someone immediately heard some clues from his words. The Party Secretary of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs asked Vézé, "Commander-in-Chief, are you worried that the war will expand?"
"What Europe will decide is their own problem, and I can't help it whether I'm worried or not. The real problem that involves us is probably the Olympics. I just hope that it will not affect the Olympics. There are not many opportunities to show China's style to the world, "Vézé said calmly. Although it looked calm, Vézé was actually worried that someone would misunderstand Vézé's thoughts and create a mess of first-class foreigners, second-class officials, third-class Shaolin, and fourth-class Han. The King of Chu had a slender waist, and many people in the palace starved to death. There had always been a lot of people who flattered him.
But on second thought, Vézé felt relieved. After decades of iron and blood policies in the Min dynasty, their attitude towards foreigners was very normal. Even if there were bound to be people who thought they were flattering him, Vézé decided to dismiss them when they saw them. Although Vézé had basically never used the emperor's privilege, he still had to use it when it was necessary.
After listening to Vézé's words, the Minister of Foreign Affairs smiled and said, "Commander-in-Chief, don't worry. We will go and discuss with the countries now and try to invite them to participate. If Europe is defeated, our Asian and South American countries and other countries will hold the Olympics. Our government will never allow the European countries to push us to the point where we can't do anything. "
"Yes," Vézé simply responded. He was very satisfied with the Minister of Foreign Affairs' response. Although the Min dynasty was not unilateralist, it did not mean that the Min dynasty would be restricted by other countries. According to the regulations, the Olympics would be effective as long as two-thirds of the Olympic countries participated. The Min dynasty was confident that it could gather two-thirds of the countries.
The Min dynasty did not intervene. The war in Hungary was in full swing. The Russians braved the cold winter to send troops, showing strong will. But only using 200,000 troops was a bit of looking down on the Hungarian people.
The Hungarian Red Army sent 100,000 troops to the Eastern and Southern Carpathian Mountains to resist the Russian army, while the main force of 200,000 troops launched a fierce attack on the 50,000 Croatian royalist troops. The Kingdom of Croatia was under the administration of Hungary. The Austrian government, including the Croatian royalist troops, were defeated when they attacked Hungary. At that time, Hungary released the Croatian royalist troops. Now that this group of people attacked again, the Hungarian Red Army really could not let them go again.
On December 3, 1899, after wiping out the Croatian royalist troops, the Hungarian Red Army screened the Croatian army and released 1,000 young soldiers from the captured army. The others were all executed. After solving the problem of the Croatian royalists in a short period of time, the main force of the Red Army began to move eastward on December 13.
Tsarist Russia used the Julian calendar used by the Orthodox Church. When the first light of the 20th century shone on St. Petersburg, according to the Russian calendar, there were still 13 days until January 1. The Chief of Staff of Russia was very unhappy. When he attended the Imperial Conference, he looked depressed. The Hungarian Red Army relied on the mountains for defense and fought well. Russia had no way to break through the Hungarian line of defense. To make matters worse, typhoid, dysentery, and meningitis began to spread among the Russian army.
The Chief of Staff was a devout Orthodox believer. Although his hands did not move, he had already crossed countless times in his heart, hoping that the gods in heaven could solve the problems encountered by the Russian army. But after being in the army for many years, the Chief of Staff also knew that this was not realistic. So he prayed to the gods that at least the Hungarian army, which was crisscrossed with the Russian army, was also attacked by these diseases.
"There is a plague in the Romanians' country. Your Majesty, we need to seal the border with Romania for the time being. "The Minister of Customs opened his mouth and asked a question.
The Chief of Staff's heart skipped a beat. The Minister of Customs really touched a sore spot. But what the Minister said was very important. Russia's important Ukraine bordered Romania. Ukraine was not only Russia's granary, but also Russia's coal warehouse. The iron ore and coal mines next to Ukraine supported Russia's annual steel production of more than 3.8 million tons. From any point of view, the Chief of Staff had no reason to stop the Minister of Customs' proposal.
His Majesty the Tsar agreed to the Minister of Customs' proposal, but did not further discuss the Romanian plague. The Chief of Staff struggled to survive the day of the Imperial Conference.
Two days later, all the telegrams the anxious Chief of Staff received were about the expansion of the epidemic. And the rumors that had appeared in Romania had spread throughout the country. The actions of the Russians had angered God. This plague was God's punishment for the Russians. Only by driving out the Russians as soon as possible could the epidemic be stopped. This had nothing to do with the Romanians. If God was angry at the Romanians, then the plague should have appeared before the Russians came.
In the world at this time, there were only four or five countries that had basically completed literacy under the age of 40. The Min dynasty was one of them. Undoubtedly, Romania was not one of these four or five countries. The country did not even pass the law of compulsory education. Even in the Min dynasty, even though everyone knew that the plague had nothing to do with God's punishment, the saying that the plague was some kind of punishment still resonated with some people. Not to mention a country like Romania.
This legend was not only widespread in Romania, but it was also well known in the Romanian army and the Romanian settlement in Hungary where the Russian army invaded. There were hundreds of thousands of Romanians in the settlement. The plague had killed tens of thousands of elderly and children, and there were even more people who were dying of illness. The Romanians were inexplicably terrified.
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