Mediterranean Hegemony Road

Facts have proved that Bulgaria's new economic policy is still very effective. Through the government's strong intervention in the market, the government has increased investment in infrastructure, and finally saved jobs.

Although many companies have gone astray, and many national capitalists are forced to work as subcontractors, but this is only a small section. Compared with the current wave of unemployment in European countries, the Bulgarian people are still lucky, at least they are all And work!

In the second half of 1899, the global economy was amidst the wind and rain. After entering 1900, the economic crisis really exerted its strength. It lasted for six years of prosperity. Many industries in the capitalist world were faced with a large amount of overproduction. The Russian financial crisis was at least the fuse.

None of the major industrial countries in the world can survive alone. Basically, the more developed the industry and the more prosperous the economy, the greater the impact!

Among them, emerging countries suffered particularly severe losses. Emerging countries, including Bulgaria, did not catch up with the upsurge of dividing up the world, and their domestic industrial and commercial products lacked sufficient markets.

Everyone has to think about grabbing more land for their plows with the swords in their hands. Therefore, this economic crisis will also have a huge impact on the future world pattern!

Newly rising countries have made different choices one after another. Bulgaria has just entered the threshold of an industrial country, and the total industrial volume is not very large.

Ferdinand has weathered the crisis by tapping domestic demand and trade protection measures, and the government has also stepped up investment in infrastructure. In addition, the large immigration consumed a lot of materials, and Bulgaria took the lead in getting out of the economic crisis. By the end of 1900, once again embarked on the fast lane of rapid economic growth.

In the economic crisis, the Germans made the same choice as in history, robbing the British traditional market in Europe.

Although after the outbreak of the Anglo-Boers War, the German business community was doing it, but there are still some scruples, and now it is even more excessive.

The Germans have just been put together by the British, and with the heart of revenge, the unscrupulous European continent snatch the British market share! It was by robbing the British market that the Germans got rid of the economic crisis, and the total economic volume surpassed that of the British in the early 20th century!

Of course, this refers to the total economic volume that exceeds the British mainland. If you add colonies, the British Empire is still the world leader!

Therefore, later generations also regarded the "Anglo-Boers War" as the turning point of the British Empire from prosperity to decline!

The Italians also made the same choice. Unfortunately, the limited industrial strength failed in this round of competition. The time to get out of the economic crisis was a little later, and they could only continue to be at the bottom of the powers!

In order to get out of the crisis, Americans

They have also embarked on the road of expansion. "Open Doors" and "Golden Dollar Diplomacy" are their signature policies!

Japan intensified the invasion of its neighbors, and got rid of the economic crisis by plundering its neighbors!

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"Your Majesty, there is an accident in the Far East. Our embassy in Beijing has sent a message that the Boxer Rebellion broke out within the Qing Empire. The situation may be out of control. The Missionary Mission intends to send troops to intervene!" Foreign Minister Metev said flatly.

The changes in the Qing Dynasty have little to do with Bulgaria. The rising Bulgaria has not yet been able to reach out so far. If it were not for the Russian Far East strategy, it is estimated that the Ministry of Foreign Affairs would not even be interested in paying attention.

Ferdinand's cheeks trembled slightly, his heart was very uneasy, and he recovered quickly.

What should come will still come, how can you think so much? Anyway, he has no way to persuade the corrupt Manchu Qing government, let alone settle the European powers!

"Pay close attention to the development of the situation in the Far East, but don't join in. Bulgaria doesn't have much interest there, and it's not worth our participation!" Ferdinand said in a flat tone as much as possible.

Since he was powerless to intervene, Ferdinand simply went out of sight. Of course, Ferdinand has no ability to interfere in the matter of the Eight-Power Allied Forces; but he is still capable of not letting Bulgaria join in!

Ferdinand is now almost certain that the "War of Eight-Power Allied Forces of aggression against China" is bound to break out. If you look at the economic crisis, you will know that the capitalist world is in need of a vent, and the Manchu government just happened to deliver it by itself!

Time passed quickly, and in May 1900, at the request of the mission, the eight countries of Britain, France, Germany, Russia, Austria, Italy, Japan, and the United States mobilized 426 navies from Dagu, and swaggered into the city of Beijing. This action angered the vast number of patriotic people, and the situation began to get out of control!

As the situation worsened, on June 10, the eight countries formed a coalition force of 2,100 troops to attack Beijing under the command of the British East Asian Fleet Commander Seymour. They were heroically resisted by the people, and the first wave of the coalition attack was used by the patriotic people. Life stalled.

However, on June 21, the Manchu government issued a bizarre edict for declaring war. It neither stated who the country that declared war was, nor submitted it to any embassy. It was then understood by various countries to declare war on the whole world. The "Edict of the Declaration of War" event!

(The 50,000 words are omitted later, everyone can find it)

The result was a Xin Chou treaty, the British fiddled with the "Southeast Mutual Protection", the Russians occupied the Northeast, and the two hegemons between Britain and Russia began to compete in the Far East. The actions of the Russians in the Northeast blocked the expansion of Japan. With the support of the British, the contradiction between Japan and Russia began to intensify.

Due to the contradictions between the great powers, the countries could not reach an agreement on dividing the Qing Dynasty, and finally had to compromise. The American proposal of "opening the door" and "preserving the Qing Dynasty" became the consensus among the countries. (For safety's sake, it's better to stop)

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After Ferdinand received the news, he could only sigh and let it go!

At this time, the immigration work in Bulgaria has come to an end. It lasted for three years, starting in 1897 and ending in 1900.

During the period, the Bulgarian government emigrated more than 4.26 million people from the Ottoman Empire, and also sent more than 2.67 million people to the Ottoman Empire!

This number far exceeds the estimate of the Bulgarian government. If it were not for the language requirement, Ferdinand estimated that several million more people would come, and few ethnic minorities in the Ottoman Empire would not want to run!

As for which ones are the real Bulgarians, it is no longer important. Anyway, the Bulgarians are a mixed race, and no one can tell how to divide them!

Now Ferdinand's method is to use cultural heritage to divide, anyway, as long as the culture is similar, and the identity of Bulgaria can be counted.

At the same time, there was also good news from the cultural circle. The compilation of "History of the Origin of the Bulgarian Nation" was completed, and Ferdinand personally participated in the review and proposed revisions.

This work dates back to the second century BC. The ancient Bulgars who migrated from the Western Regions of China to Eastern Europe were a mixed race of the Slavs, and then in the following years they mixed with many ethnic groups, and finally formed the Bulgarian people.

These are all true, and some exaggerated methods are used later, and some historical stories are used to prove that all ethnic groups in the Balkans are part of the Bulgarian ethnic group, and everyone has the same ancestor!

It was only under the conspiracy of the Ottomans that it gradually split apart, and then the direct ethnic conflicts of various ethnic groups were provoked by the Ottomans! In short, all the responsibility is thrown to the Ottoman Empire!

Oh, no one can answer this question. From the perspective of blood, it seems that everyone is really related. As for the division of ethnic groups, there are endless debates!

Believe it or not, Ferdinand believed it! Then this "History of the Origin of the Bulgarian Nation" has become an enlightening reading for Bulgarian students, and they have been brainwashed since childhood.

Moreover, under Ferdinand's instruction, this "History of the Origin of the Bulgarian Nation" quickly spread throughout the Balkans, including Montenegro, Greece, Romania, the Austro-Hungarian Empire, and even the Ottoman Empire and the Russian Empire.

In Bulgaria, it was regarded as an enlightenment book, and it was also a novel, and Ferdinand did not explicitly say that it was a history book! Naturally, it cannot be done abroad. In order to spread it, it is spread in the name of novels, and it has also caused debates among scholars from all over the world.

Anyway, it's the father who says the public is right and the mother-in-law says the mother is right.

This is what Ferdinand learned from later generations. Just like the novel "Romance of the Three Kingdoms", it was directly regarded as the official history by many people, and a bunch of experts came out to study it.

As long as someone believed it, Ferdinand's plan was successful. In addition to the "History of the Origin of the Bulgarian Nation", there is a series of histories of the origins of the Balkan peoples. In short, everyone has been withdrawn from the relationship, and the Ottoman Empire has always been loyal to the villain.

In order to spread the novel version of the history of the origin of the nation, Ferdinand ordered people to adapt it into plays, fairy tales, and movies, and spread it to the world from Bulgaria.

According to the book, due to the changing times, pure-blood races have disappeared in the Balkans.

Today's Bulgarians, Greeks, Romanians, Armenians, Serbs, Negroes, Macedonians... These dozens of ethnic groups are all born from the same origin, and they split up under the conspiracy of the Ottoman Empire.

Going a little further, Russians, Ukrainians, Poles, Germans, Hungarians... We are all close relatives, and the Eastern European nations are one!

Obviously, the latter is all nonsense, but it is precisely this nonsense that has prompted the wide spread of the history of the origin of this nation!

Because these contents are in the interests of the ruling class, both the Austro-Hungarian Empire and the Russian Empire are multi-ethnic countries, and less than half of the main ethnic groups are.

According to the history of the origin of the nation, everyone is a family, or at least a close relative. Then many ethnic problems have been solved, so under the joint force of the ruling class, the novel began to turn to history gorgeously!