Romanian Eagle

Eder and his family lived in this palace called Belvedere Palace, also known as Belvedere Palace, which used to be the palace where the famous Prince Eugen lived.

As the commander-in-chief, Prince Eugen led the army to repel the Ottoman invasion and made outstanding contributions to defending Vienna. So the Kingdom of Austria at that time built this palace for this great hero. This is also one of the three major palaces in Vienna. The other two are the Hofburg Palace, the main palace of the Habsburg family, and the Schönbrunn Palace, its summer palace.

Arranging the Eder family in the Belvedere Palace among the many palaces in Vienna can also show the importance that the Austro-Hungarian Empire attached to Romania. But for Edel, none of these matters. Only if it can bring rich benefits to the Kingdom of Romania, even the red regime dares to talk about good-neighborliness and friendship, but the future red empire has irreconcilable contradictions with Romania.

Eder took his car-tired family for a good night's rest in the palace with its octagonal top tower. The next morning someone looked for him, but Eder did not expect it. The Austro-Hungarian government came to discuss the candidate for the new foreign minister of Austria-Hungary, Oyos.

"Good day, Your Majesty Edel."

Before Foreign Minister Oyos, Berchtold, who had instigated the declaration of war on Serbia, was promoted to Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs because he won the support of Germany. Then, before brother-in-law Carl was ready to take the throne, he was named foreign secretary. Can be regarded as a lucky man with a prosperous official luck.

"I don't know what your Excellency the Foreign Minister needs to come here this time?"

Eder was also surprised by Austria-Hungary's move so quickly.

Oyos was also polite and directly explained his intentions. "I came here to discuss with Your Majesty the issue of grain imports from Austria-Hungary."

Importing grain from Romania is now the main way for Austria-Hungary to ease its domestic demand. But the black-hearted Eder sets the price of food so high and does not accept purchases in other currencies. It can only be lei or dollars or precious metals such as gold, which forced the Austrian-Hungarian Finance Minister Bilinski to pull out his hair. Now that Eder went to Vienna to attend the funeral of Frans Joseph, the Austro-Hungarian government did not hurry to see if it could lower the price or accept other replacements.

Edel pretended to be stupid and said. "Isn't it a good deal now?"

Oyos directly interrupted Edel's acting foolishly. "Your Majesty, now the food prices in Romania are almost too expensive for the Austro-Hungarian people."

The reason why Oyos can be so anxious has a lot to do with the fact that the grain reserves in Austria-Hungary are about to bottom out. Not bad in Vienna, where the price of wheat flour, which is now a staple in other parts of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, has reached the level of 2.7 kroner per kilogram,

This is 7.5 times higher than before the war.

Now the salary of a teacher in Austria-Hungary is only 90-20 crowns, which means that if he wants to support himself and his family, then he can't buy other items. In fact, this is impossible. Some ordinary condiments and some daily necessities such as clothing must be used. Therefore, the pure wheat bread that can still be eaten now is all people from very wealthy families. Ordinary people are now mixed with other grains, such as corn meal, acorn meal, etc.

According to the forecast of the Austro-Hungarian government, if the price of food in Romania does not decrease, the government will not have enough money to purchase food by the end of 1997. Everyone with a little political common sense knows what the people will do without food. This is also the reason why the Austro-Hungarian government is anxious. There is no hope for the end of this war, and Austria-Hungary is likely to be the first person to fall. This is Bechtolder, who started the war. People never imagined.

Facing Oyos' request, Edel played Tai Chi. "I need to go back and discuss this issue with the prime minister. After all, Romania has its own difficulties."

Afterwards, no matter what Oyos said, Eder said that he needed to discuss this matter with the government, so that the new Austrian-Hungarian foreign minister had nothing to gain.

After sending Oyos, Edel told his captain of the bodyguard. "I didn't see any guests today, so I said I needed a day off to relieve the fatigue on the road."

"Okay Your Majesty."

So under the obstruction of the guards, several guests who came to visit were blocked.

It was not until the funeral officially began the next day that Eder had to appear in front of the crowd. This time, the Austro-Hungarian Prime Minister Heinrich Lamarsh presided over the funeral of Franz Joseph. Eder, as a Habsburg, came after Karl, who was about to take over the throne. ..

Karl, who is only two years younger than himself, is also a soldier in Austria-Hungary known for his bravery and perseverance, but Eder thinks he is immature as a politician. Because after he succeeded to the throne in later generations, he negotiated peace with France through his brother-in-law, Prince Sixtus of Parma. However, it was leaked in 1998, which put Austria in a very embarrassing position.

At the end of the First World War, the Austro-Hungarian Empire fell into civil strife and national contradictions. U.S. President Woodrow Wilson proposed a fourteen-point agreement to advocate the independence of the nations of the Austro-Hungarian Empire. Carl convened the Royal Assembly and accepted the fourteen-point agreement, agreeing to establish a federal state with autonomous governments of various nationalities.

From these two points, it can be seen that it is very immature politically, negotiating privately with enemy countries in the war, which is completely without considering the German feelings of defending Austria-Hungary. And accepting the fourteen-point agreement proposed by US President Woodrow Wilson is a big mistake. As a multi-ethnic country, or a country in which the main ethnic group is not dominant, accepting ethnic autonomy means division. But Carr, as a ruler, does not see this danger at all, and is also politically unqualified.

But now, as he is about to ascend the throne, he still does not know his future destiny. Just before the funeral began, Carl turned to Edel who was standing behind him. "Your Majesty Edel, can we, as relatives, promise me a small favor?"

Edel looked around and said calmly. "Your Majesty Carl, if I can help, I will."

Carl, who didn't understand Edel's meaning at all, said it. "That's great, Your Majesty Eder, can Romania's grain be sold to Austria-Hungary at a reduced price? Because Bilinski said that now Austria-Hungary's finances are almost unable to afford to buy grain from Romania."

Seeing really looking at himself Karl, mainly his wife Sophie Mary looked at him with concern. Edel was defeated, but he still tried his best to talk about it. "This question needs to be asked of Prime Minister Bretianu, but the Romanian royal family can sell you a batch of low-priced food."

Eder cleverly changed the topic to the Romanian royal family's sympathy for Austria-Hungary, but he never let go at the government level.

Edel's words prevented Carl from continuing to inquire, but Sophie Marie was okay.

"Edel, does this price have to be negotiated with the government?"

As Queen of Romania, Sophie Marie is still very concerned about the country she was born in. Fortunately, she is not very clear about politics. She didn't know that Eder was in Romania. She thought that, like Austria-Hungary, she needed to discuss with the government parliament.

"Yes, I can't decide this for myself. Well my queen, the funeral is about to begin."

In fact, a few years before Franz Joseph's death, he secretly instructed his closest followers to start planning his funeral. Be sure to hold the most luxurious and honorable royal funeral to match the glory of his life.

Now a long-awaited super royal funeral begins. Almost all the dignitaries and celebrities dressed in black and yellow burial clothes in two royal colors, lined up in a long queue that stretched for 0 miles. Escorting Franz's coffin, the Royal Military Band played sad, solemn dirges, and red torches illuminated half of Vienna. According to royal practice, before entering the Habsburg catacombs, one must pass through the Capuchin monastery. The tall iron gate of the monastery is closed, and today the gate is guarded by the monastery's cardinal.

"Open the door, please!" the prime minister, who presided over the funeral, called the doorway as usual.

"Who passed by here to the Habsburgs?" asked the cardinal.

"Here is the supreme and dignified His Majesty Franz Joseph I, the distinguished Emperor of Austria, King of Hungary, King of Venice, King of Bohemia, King of Galicia, King of Croatia, King of Slovenia... Archduke of Tuscany, Archduke of Krakow, Duke of Lorraine, Duke of Salzburg, Duke of Bukovina... Grand Marquis of Nibelung, Count of Moravia... "Presiding over the premiere was a long, eloquent reading of Franz's 37 titles.

"We don't know him," replied the cardinal. "Who is going to the Habsburgs?"

The presiding minister had to read it again, this time using abbreviations as much as possible. And leave out some boastful vocabulary.

"We don't know him," replied the cardinal, still: "Who is going to the Habsburgs?"

This time. The presiding minister was so anxious that his face was sweating, he simply omitted all titles and simply said: "Here is Franz Joseph, our brother. The benevolent father of four children."

At this moment, the iron gate opened, and the funeral procession was let in.

After watching the tedious funeral ceremony finally come to an end, Eder took his wife and children to say goodbye to the Habsburg family members one by one. But they will not leave, and they also need to attend the coronation ceremony of Carl tomorrow.

In fact, it is similar to Edel's coronation. Carl's coronation ceremony is only much more luxurious. There are more than 800 nobles in attendance. Edel took his wife and children away by car after attending the coronation ceremony in Vienna, because Karl had another coronation ceremony and needed to go to Budapest to be crowned the king of Hungary. Edel couldn't wait.

However, this trip was worthwhile for Eder. He fully understood the current situation of Austria-Hungary. Even if he had a brief understanding, some problems had already surfaced. Now the negotiations with the Allied countries can continue.

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