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In fact, the Allied countries such as Britain and France are reluctant to talk about their desire for peace talks with Austria-Hungary. Because all countries participating in the war have suffered heavy losses (except for the United States and a certain wall), it is urgent to find a place to supplement the losses. And Austria-Hungary, the main culprit that caused the war, has become the best target of the Entente because of its domestic contradictions.

And after experiencing the lessons of this war, many people found that there are too many big powers in Europe, and if the friction and disputes between the big powers are enlarged, it may lead to a war. Therefore, for the sake of a stable and peaceful atmosphere in Europe, let's first demolish a big country. Therefore, the Austro-Hungarian peace talks failed completely, and Britain, France, the United States and other countries completely ignored their requests.

In China, Queen Zita's charitable activities to improve the image of the ladies with the ladies are also tepid. It is not denied that their actions have benefited many people, and their influence on the Habsburg family has changed. But amid the overwhelming opposition, these people couldn't make waves at all. And Queen Zita does not have the approachable image of Princess Sissi, nor her flexible methods. And her deliberately imitated gesture made many people dissatisfied.

One of the newspapers in Prague commented: Queen Zita’s deliberate imitation of Sissi in front of the public makes people uncomfortable, and in the face of various emergencies, the queen will only behave like a puppet Following other people's arrangements, there is absolutely nothing like a queen of a country.

The Austro-Hungarian Empire's foreign and domestic response did not play its due role at all, which made nationalists and careerists everywhere more reckless.

On July 12, lawmakers in Prague's parliament are in a pivotal meeting to discuss the region's independence.

"independent."

This is a word that haunts Czechs, and the blood of many martyrs has been glued to this word.

In the 5th and 6th centuries, the Slavs moved westward to the Czech and Slovak regions. And slowly formed today's Czech and Slovak nation.

From the end of the 9th century to the first half of the 10th century, after the disintegration of the Great Moravia Empire, the Primez family established the Czech Principality with Prague as the center. And the name Czech also appeared in front of the world.

In 1086, the German King Henry IV of the Holy Roman Empire awarded the Czech prince Vladisv II the title of King of Bohemia (Bohemia is the Latin and Germanic name for the Czech Republic), after which the Czech Principality surrendered. in the Holy Roman Empire.

In 1620, the combined forces of Bohemia (Czech Republic) and the Palatinate were defeated in the Battle of the White Mountains, and the Czech Republic entered the territory of the Habsburg dynasty, which has remained until today.

During the reign of the Habsburgs,

The national awakening in the Czech Republic is not too slow. At the beginning of the 19th century, the Czech national culture gradually developed, and many intellectuals devoted themselves to the study of Czech history and language, which promoted the national awakening. In 1845, the petty-bourgeois radical revolutionary political group "Lebiri" began its activities, and its leader was Fritsch.

In 1848, the February Revolution in France inspired the whole of Europe, all countries declared the revolution of the bourgeoisie, and the revolution broke out in the Czech people as well. However, this revolution made the Czech Republic still obey the Habsburg family for various reasons, and Fritsch's remarks about Czech independence were ignored by everyone.

Today, these Czech parliamentarians will cast a valuable vote for the independence of the region.

On the stage of the parliament, the leader of the Czech Progressive Party, who secretly returned from abroad, will serve as the three-term Czech president in the future until Masaryk, who can't do anything, is standing here, giving a generous speech to the parliamentarians and the crowd. speech.

"My compatriots, today is a holy day, a day when we Czechs decide our own destiny. From today on, we don't have to bow down to anyone, and we don't have to do anything without obeying the emperor's will. Today We want to cheer for our independence: long live the Czech Republic, long live the people."

"Long live the Czech Republic and the people."

Masaryk's words successfully raised the voices of the people. Everyone made their own cries. This voice was so real and full of their hopes.

Masaryk was very satisfied with the situation, after the shouting died down. He declared loudly: "It is now up to the parliamentarians to vote on whether our Czech region should be independent."

After Masaryk's voice fell, someone in the crowd shouted. "independent."

This sentence ignited the enthusiasm of the crowd, and then louder and more tidy voices sounded.

"independent."

"independent."

"independent."

Faced with this situation, the MPs present knew what choices to make. Many of them signaled to the crowd the votes that said they agreed to be independent before putting them into the ballot box. And the actions of these congressmen have made the voice of "independence" even louder.

Masaryk stepped aside to watch the votes of the MPs with his deputy, Stefanik, and the leader of the National Party, Benes.

"I have spoken to the leaders of other parts of the country and they will also hold an independence vote in the final days."

Benes, who was on Masaryk's side, told him what he had done.

"thanks."

"You're welcome. This is all to ensure the independent cause of the Czech people. I didn't expect your decision to be the right one."

Facing Benez's words, Masaryk replied: "I can't say, my decision is correct. And this is the choice of the people, I just let the people speak their inner voice."

"Yeah, it's the people's choice."

Benes thought about the days when they fought for Czech independence, and now that he finally saw Czech independence happening right in front of him, he felt that it was all worth it.

And Masaryk felt the same way. And he knows that now is the first step for Czech independence, and there are a lot of things they need to do next. But there is one very important thing right now, which is a top priority.

I saw Masaryk turned his head and asked ShStefanik on the other side: "The next conscription must be done quickly."

"I'm almost done. We are ready for the 200,000 places. After the independent voting is completed, it will be issued by the order of the interim government immediately."

Stefanik's words temporarily calmed the hearts of Benes and Masaryk. All three know that the current vote is only to go through the legal situation, and no one can stop Czech independence.

But after independence, defending the results is a matter of urgency. The result of their deliberations was that they recruited troops to form their own armed forces. As for the Czech soldiers and officers in the Austro-Hungarian army, they were mainly called by patriotism. In this way, after mobilization, the Czech Republic has at least a certain ability to protect itself. It will allow Austria-Hungary and Germany to have more concerns when considering intervening in Czech independence.

The result was not unexpected, and all the MPs present voted for independence. Then the newly-baked Czech government was announced in Parliament. And a photo of Masaryk, Benes and ŠStefanik hugging and cheering for Czech independence appeared in the newspaper the next day. At the same time, there is a bold title on it, 'Czech Independent Big Three'.

After the independence of the Czech Republic, Croatia and Slovenia also declared their independence and formed their own governments. The successive independence finally aroused strong dissatisfaction in Hungary (Croatia and Slovenia are both territories of the Kingdom of Hungary). To this end, Prime Minister Tisza of the Kingdom of Hungary sent a message to Karl I, requesting that the Empire must do something about it.

And Karl is completely overwhelmed now, because something big has happened in Austria.