Bulgarian Empire

　　 Schönbrunn Palace in Vienna, Franz Joseph I is in a good mood!

　　 The performance of the Bulgarian army still surprised him a little bit, even though he knew that Serbia was bound to lose in this war, he did not expect it to end so soon!

　　Of course, these are all small problems! The point is that Serbia has been taught miserably, and has once again softened to Austria-Hungary!

　　The decision-making power has returned to Vienna again. Ferenz-Joseph likes the feeling that everything is under control!

　　 Ferdinand knows current affairs well, knows who is the leader in the Balkans, and is willing to cooperate with Austria-Hungary on the Serbian issue!

　　 But with the cabinet meeting, his good mood was broken! The reason is that Serbia was beaten so badly. At first glance, Serbia’s casualties in this war were no less than 200,000!

　　 Serbia seems to be dead, someone in Austria-Hungary had other ideas about him, annexing Serbia!

　　 On the surface, Serbia has lost a lot now, and the Austro-Hungarian Empire can easily annex it! In this regard, Bulgaria has already expressed its support. In exchange for the territory south of the Moldova River in Serbia, it is a reward!

　　 Historically, Grand Duke Francis Ferdinand and Chief of Staff Konrad von Herzendorf, the hawkish leader of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, have always advocated the annexation of Serbia! !

　　 Chief of Staff Conrad even publicly declared: The Austro-Hungarian Empire must expand to the Adriatic Sea, the Balkans, the eastern Mediterranean, and parts of North Africa! !

　　 At the end of 1907, Austro-Hungarian Foreign Minister Elenthal suggested to Konrad to annex northeastern Serbia, including Belgrade, and hand over the rest of Serbia to Bulgaria.

　　 At the same time, the main battle group also proposed to reorganize the Austro-Hungarian Empire with the "Trinity", that is, to establish a new kingdom composed of Yugoslavia! First, we must annex Serbia and Montenegro!

　　 History has proved that the "Trinity" was only used to scare the Hungarians, and the Austro-Hungarian Empire never really wanted to implement it!

　　 But the voice of annexing Serbia has remained high! ! Both the central government and the Hungarian local government have plans to annex Serbia!

　　 At the end of 1894, the internal conflicts in the Austro-Hungarian Empire had not yet intensified, and the main combatants had not yet gained the upper hand!

　　The main battle faction advocates taking advantage of the trend to carve up Serbia. There is little difference on this point! But on the issue of handling Serbia, the various forces have had a fierce collision!

　　 The Hungarians hope that the Serbian area can be placed under the Kingdom of Hungary, which Austria cannot accept; Austria’s proposal to establish a province directly has met with strong opposition from the Hungarians!

　　The dispute between the two sides is still overwhelming. Franz Joseph I hesitated. Is it necessary to intensify domestic conflicts for a Serbia?

　　 At this time, the shortcomings of the dual empire have been exposed, and the conflict of interests of all parties in the country has spread to internal affairs and diplomacy!

　　Since there is no agreement on the disposal of Serbia, there is no way to talk about annexation!

　　 Franz-Joseph I’s political skills were not built. How could a person who can build an empire by diplomatic means choose to intensify contradictions?

　　 The plan to annex Serbia was thus shelved indefinitely!

　　 But this does not mean that Serbia has passed the border. In fact, its tragic destiny has just begun. There is another way of ruling in the world called "colony"!

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　　 At the end of 1894, under the strong intervention of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, the war between Bulgaria and Serbia ended!

　　 But at this time, all the areas south of the Morava River in Serbia have been occupied, and the vast areas of Leskovac, Kraljevo, and Kragujevac to the north have also been occupied by the Bulgarians!

　　 The capital Belgrade has also been surrounded. It can be said that two-thirds of Serbian territory is already under the rule of the Bulgarians!

　　The location of the negotiation between the two parties was chosen in Vienna, but the protagonists of the negotiation are not Bulgaria and Serbia. Serbia, which has lost everything, has lost all the bargaining chips!

　　 Without the intervention of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, Serbia will become history in at most half a month!

　　 This negotiation also attracted the attention of the great powers! The British, French, Germans, Italians, and Russians sent representatives to participate!

　　In the face-to-face negotiations, the Bulgarian representative is arguing with the Serbian representative, and the major powers have exerted their influence!

　　 Another Bulgarian team secretly arrived in Vienna long ago and reached a preliminary agreement in advance!

　　The gold dollar offensive taken by Ferdinand is still very effective. On the premise of not harming national interests, group interests, and their own interests, the Austro-Hungarian nobles still don't mind generating income for themselves!

　　 So the Serbs were betrayed. Of course, in the Austro-Hungarian Empire, UU Reading www.uukanshu.com is still working hard to preserve the interests of Serbia!

　　The major powers do not care what kind of spoils Bulgaria obtains! Anyway, Serbia is the default sphere of influence of the Austro-Hungarian Empire. As long as Austro-Hungary does not directly annex Serbia, everyone is essentially indifferent!

　　 Of course, there is another matter on the scene. The representative of Russia clearly supports Bulgaria! There is no doubt about it, even if there is no Bao-Russian alliance, St. Petersburg will do the same just to add blockage to the Austro-Hungarian Empire!

　　Because of the "French-Russian Alliance", the French have given Russia a face, and they tend to favor Bulgaria in their attitude!

　　 The Germans undoubtedly chose to agree with the attitude of the Austro-Hungarian Empire and support Serbia.

　　 The British have a very complicated attitude. They support Serbia on this issue for a while, and Bulgaria on that issue for a while. They have a typical dung-stick style and bury nails everywhere!

　　The Italians are responsible for making soy sauce. It would be nice to attend the audition. It is not yet their turn to speak in the Balkans!

　　 The wrangling continues, but the Serbs can't stand it! After Belgrade was besieged, all the personnel and materials in and out were collected by the Bulgarian army a transit tax!

　　 Now winter has come. Unfortunately, the supplies stored in Belgrade have been visited by Bulgarian army shells before, and the loss is heavy!

　　 The basic lives of the people are not guaranteed now! Must buy food, coal and other daily necessities from the outside world!

　　 It is a pity that all incoming and outgoing materials are required by the Bulgarian army, and a 95% transit tax is levied, and the personnel enter and exit 50 pounds per person!

　　Serbia had to ask for help from the Austro-Hungarian Empire, but the attitude of the Bulgarian delegation was very firm this time and it was totally unwilling to give in!