Located in Tekrimi, on the outskirts of Sofia, there is a villa that is Kerstev's residence in the capital. Today, the villa is surrounded by guards because its owner needs to receive two distinguished guests today.
That is General Osei Ivanov, the leader of the Officers' Union, and General Simon Georgiev, the leader of the Link Group.
When the two generals arrived in front of the villa, Kerstev, who had been waiting here for a long time, immediately greeted them.
"Thank you, Your Majesty the two generals, for coming to Humble House."
Seeing the Social Democratic Party Chairman Kerstev coming out to greet him, General Ivanov, leader of the Officers' Union, replied.
"Thank you for your welcome."
The leader of the Officers' Union, General Georgiev, seemed much more carefree. "Now that we are here, let's talk about why we agreed to let you form the government. You must know that Romania is not easy to get along with. They seize our territory."
No less than Serbia and Greece.”
Don’t be fooled by the name of the Link Group, which looks like a company. This is a political party with a large number of military officers participating. They and the military officer alliance represent the political attitude of the military. In Bulgaria, it is very similar in politics, and its military has a great influence on politics.
So despite the fact that Bulgaria only has an army of less than 30,000 people, you cannot play politics here without dealing with military forces.
Therefore, Kerstev was not angry at General Osei Ivanov's words. Instead, he smiled and said. "General Georgiev, you can't stand here and say it. Both of you are soldiers.
It doesn't matter, I can't stand it."
"Then go in and talk."
Obviously General Ivanov's attitude is much better, but the completely different attitudes of the two may also be a double act.
Then the group of people walked into the villa and came to a room specially used for discussion. After the servants brought coffee, everyone else left, leaving only three people behind to discuss behind closed doors.
Only then did Kerstev speak. "I believe the two generals should have a very good understanding of the current situation in Bulgaria."
Seeing Kerstev's start, the two generals nodded.
After receiving the response, Kerstev continued. "But have you noticed the current predicament of Bulgaria?"
He said to himself without waiting for the two men to answer. "The current dilemma in Bulgaria is divided into two aspects: economic and political, and these two aspects are complementary to each other. The political dilemma comes from Bulgaria's defeat in the world war.
Almost lost most of the territory regained after independence. This made the domestic people very dissatisfied, and the turmoil caused by it has continued to this day."
When faced with Kerstev's words, the two generals did not deny it. Because anyone who has studied politics can see it, how could they not see it.
Kerstev was also very satisfied with the reaction of the two, so he continued. "Economically, the country's economic development has fallen into depression due to the compensation for the defeat. In addition, the unfriendly attitude of the surrounding countries has also dragged down the economy.
development, coupled with the impact of the world economic crisis, has put the Bulgarian economy on the verge of collapse."
Kerstev's last words were purely a pat on the back of Bulgaria. Because the Bulgarian Communist Party and Macedonian internal revolutionary organizations kept causing trouble in Greece and Yugoslavia, they caused dissatisfaction in the two countries.
In 1925, Greek troops invaded southern Bulgaria because this lawless terrorist organization continued to harass Greece across the border. Greece and Yugoslavia even made a joint combat plan against Bulgaria. If it were not for the opposition of Italy and Britain, they would have violently attacked Bulgaria.
That's a meal.
When Kerstev said that Bulgaria was facing difficulties, General Ivanov, the leader of the Officers' Union, said, "We all know what you said. Is there anything you can do about it?"
This is the reason why the two of them came to meet with Kerstev. Everyone knows the problem, but where is the solution? So many politicians have been troubled by this problem before they became prime ministers. Why let the two
I believe that you, Kerstev, can solve it.
Facing General Ivanov's inquiry, Kerstev said with a smile. "Since we invited you two to come this time, there is naturally a way to solve this problem."
"First of all, we need a stable political environment. The previous political chaos will not help solve any problems at all. At this point, as long as the three of us can cooperate, we can do it."
This is why Kerstev came to them. As long as the military does not cause trouble, Kerstev will be confident in resolving political differences at the political level. After all, the Social Democratic Party has won 54% of the votes and occupies seats in Congress.
More than half. As long as you win over the seats of one or two small political parties, you can gain enough support, as long as the military does not come out to cause trouble.
"Secondly, we need firm allies. Before, our traditional ally was Russia, but after Russia changed its color, our country has never had enough allies to support us. This is why our country seems so isolated and helpless when facing Serbia and Greece.
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In fact, Bulgaria has another traditional ally, Germany, but Germany is not worth relying on at the moment. The staunch ally in Kerstev's words is more like looking for the big brother, but the words are different.
"So you chose Romania, but don't forget that Romania is also a country that has invaded our territory."
General Georgiev, the leader of the Cold War Group, spoke.
Faced with General Georgiev's doubts, Kerstev did not refute. "Do you have a better choice?"
Georgiev was a little speechless when he asked this question. Looking through the map, there was really no better choice than Romania. But he couldn't accept it emotionally, so he still couldn't help but say. "You know, Romania was not better than Romania before.
How much better are we? Now that we have Romania as a firm ally, what will happen to the public sentiment?"
"Okay, Georgiev, there is no shame in admitting that others are stronger than us. At present, a big change is needed in the country, otherwise Bulgaria, which continues to decline, will have no say in the Balkans. We still listen to Kirst
I’ll talk about it after I finish speaking.”
Ivanov was more rational than Georgiev, so he dissuaded the irritable leader of the link group. Georgiev, who was dissuaded, calmed down and continued to listen to Kerstev
's speech.
"We have considered what General Georgiev said before. However, the times are developing, and different situations require different response methods. In my opinion, the current alliance with Romania is too great for our country, at least we no longer need to face
We swallowed our anger against Greece and Yugoslavia. And economically, we can also take advantage of Romania's rapidly developing economy to get our country out of the economic crisis as soon as possible.
After the situation is favorable to our country, we can also take the opportunity to find ways to regain our lost territory. This is the only feasible way that I came up with after thinking for a long time. Because first of all, distance can give our products an advantage in Romania, such as rose oil, a specialty of our country.
Products such as tobacco, yogurt and wine.”
"But an alliance that is too close may also cause us to be deeply affected by the other party in terms of diplomacy and military affairs. At that time, we are very likely to become the other party's pawn, which will make us very uncomfortable."
In the face of the concerns pointed out by General Ivanov, Kerstev did not care. "We just want to profit from the other party without giving anything in return. This is impossible, especially when the strength of the two parties is imbalanced.
Next. The old days of having both sides were impossible. It was because we didn’t have a clear goal before that we suffered so much humiliation. Do you two still want to continue like this?"
The two of them knew that what Kerstev was talking about was Bulgaria's foreign policy before World War I, but the result of such mutual benefits made the major powers abandon Bulgaria one after another when they needed critical support. Others are not fools and cannot firmly support it.
Who will support your own wallflower?
The two military and political leaders were moved by Kerstev's words, and at this moment General Georgiev couldn't help but ask, "Isn't there a better way?"
"That's not true."
Kerstev glanced at the two generals and said with some meaning. "I still have a way to quickly restore Bulgaria's strength and even suppress Greece and Yugoslavia. But this way,
Something radical and bizarre.”
When the two generals heard Kerstev's words, they asked curiously, "Why don't you come and listen?"
"Let me tell you first, I will never admit that I said this outside of this house."
Kerstev's words aroused the interest of the two generals.
