General Mackenson turned his head slightly to look at Hilde.
What Hilde said undoubtedly used Germany as a means to gain power.
But General Mackenson said nothing.
Even if he wanted to be angry, he couldn't do it in front of Alexander. This was the business of the German Empire.
And most importantly.
Hilde did not affect German interests.
Serbia is a place of great significance to the Austro-Hungarian Empire, but it has no political significance to Germany. Can Germany still expect Serbia to pay war reparations?
For Germany, the only significance of Serbia is to build a railway so that Germany can open up a railway transportation line from Germany to Austria-Hungary, to Bulgaria, and then to the Ottoman Empire.
Serbia is different from Bulgaria.
The Bulgarian monarch made serious political and military mistakes, and the pro-German faction within Bulgaria led to Hilde's control of the entire Bulgaria.
Serbia is different.
Even if Hilde was not an Austro-Hungarian or German, she would not be able to undermine Alexander of Serbia. He had almost absolute prestige in Serbia, even if he surrendered.
In the words of Mussolini in later times.
As long as Alexander lives, Yugoslavia will not be destroyed.
This kind of surrender has no legal effect and can only be regarded as a surrender of personal honor. If Alexander is just pretending to surrender, then Hilde will have no way to do anything. Whether it is legal power or appeal, the Serbs will only obey Alexander and they will not pay any attention to Hilde at all.
but.
Because of this.
Just heavy enough.
Alexander looked up at Hilde who was sitting on the throne.
"I need to ask you a question first. Do you want us to give up Greater Serbia?"
"To be honest, I don't mind, but even if there is a chance, I don't recommend you do it."
"Why?"
"What do you think is the standard for judging a nation? Bloodline, language, culture, religion or something else? Your culture, language and bloodline are all different, so how can you establish a new Austro-Hungarian Empire?"
"Serbia is the most equal country in Europe. We are different from Austria-Hungary."
"Archduke Ferdinand thought the same thing, and then he was killed by you."
"We will not make the same mistakes again!"
Hilde didn't care.
"I heard that you were planning to introduce land reform."
"Yes."
"In Bosnia, most of the landowners are Muslims, which means you have to take a lot of land from Muslims.
In Croatia, Slovenia and Vojvodina, most of the landowners were
The original class issues will become public issues, all differences will become heavy, all hatred will become
Clear, all words will become pale. "
Alexander fell silent.
The facts are indeed as Hilde said.
Serbia became the next Austro-Hungarian Empire.
Alexander also became the next Archduke Ferdinand.
After the end of World War I, Serbia, as a victorious country, obtained the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes, also known as the Kingdom of Yugoslavia. The first thing Alexander I did was to establish land reform.
The answer was not good. It took fifteen years to distribute 2 million hectares of land to 500,000 farmers.
Obviously.
as Hilde said
This also brought about ethnic conflicts that were difficult to ease in Serbia, and even led to the emergence of the Croatian extremist organization Ustasa and later the Serbian extremist organization Chetnik. How should we evaluate these two organizations?
Probably even the craziest terrorists in the Middle East would have to call them brothers when they see them.
In 1928, Croatian spiritual leader Radic was assassinated, and the whole of Serbia fell into the brink of civil war. Alexander I also had to consider separation from Croatia, and it would be best to be able to separate freely like Norway and Sweden.
But Alexander I couldn't do this because it was treason.
In order to resolve the civil war crisis, Alexander appointed Father Anton Korosek, a Slovenian Catholic priest, as Prime Minister, abolished the constitution and parliamentary orders in January 1929, and implemented a personal dictatorship to resolve the chaotic political parties in Serbia, as well as a large-scale purge of the civil service to address public complaints about rampant corruption in the bureaucracy, and officially changed the country into the Kingdom of Yugoslavia.
Alexander I replaced the three regional flags of the Triune Kingdom of Serbs, Croats, and Slovenes with one flag for the entire country, introduced a single code of law for his kingdom, implemented a single fiscal code so all his subjects would pay the same tax rate, and established the Yugoslav Agricultural Bank by merging all regional agricultural banks into one. Alexander tried to promote a Yugoslav identity by always vacationing in Slovenia, naming his second son after the Croatian king, and becoming godfather to a Bosnian Muslim child.
Everything he did was in vain.
From the perspective of the Croats, Alexander I's dictatorship was seen as merely a form of Serbian rule, while from the perspective of the Serbs, Alexander I was undermining Serbian influence.
The assassination attempts on him increased, and he became increasingly alienated from his people.
October 9, 1934.
During a visit to France.
King Alexander I, who was only 45 years old, was assassinated.
As Mussolini said.
Only Alexander I's personality could support Yugoslavia. When Alexander I left, this sinful land inevitably slid into the abyss step by step.
Alexander looked at Hilde and asked back.
"So what do you want Serbia to do?"
"When I was in Bulgaria, there was a tacit consensus among Bulgarians that the Balkans had not received God's attention and that the Supreme Being had left this land."
"so?"
Alexander frowned.
Bulgaria has such a consensus, and naturally Serbia does too.
famine.
Partial epidemic.
war.
massacre.
All the suffering in human history has taken place in the Balkans, so the Balkan people naturally believe that God has left and is no longer in this land.
Hilde replied.
"I say, God has returned to this land."
Alexander didn't answer.
Hilde is not the first person who wants to rule this land, and perhaps not the last, but there are so many such people that this statement sounds like a joke.
But it has nothing to do with Alexander.
Because he is already one of the countless losers on this earth, he has already lost.
King Alexander I of Serbia.
He placed his right hand on his chest and knelt on one knee.
knighthood
He dropped to his knees.
December 25, 1914.
Armistice in Serbia.
Serbia accepts Austro-Hungarian ultimatum.
The Austro-Hungarian Empire and the German Empire guaranteed Serbia's neutrality.
The German Empire provided Serbia with a loan of 100 million Reichsmarks to restore its economy.
The German Empire repaired the railway transportation hub for Serbia.
Serbia withdraws from the war to end all wars.
When King Alexander I of Serbia walked out of the Belgrade Palace, the continuous rain that had lasted for half a year seemed to stop, and the cheers of the soldiers represented the end of hell in Serbia.
He looked up at the sky.
Things that once seemed heavy no longer seem so important.
Alexander's stomach growled; he had only eaten one corn the day before, and their hind legs were drained.
A German soldier came up to him and handed him a bag of dry food.
"Merry Christmas."
Actually Alexander wanted to say.
He is Orthodox.
The Serbs use the Julian calendar, and their Christmas is not today at all.
But Alexander didn't say it.
What exactly divides the two nations?
Alexander took the dry rations handed over by the German soldiers.
"Merry Christmas."