Greece’s Roman Road

Due to the outstanding contributions of the Congolese indigenous soldiers, when he saw the wounded indigenous soldiers wrapped in white bandages, either on crutches or on stretchers, struggling to board the ship heading for the Congo, Constantine was heartbroken. Compassion, he wrote a letter to ask Congolese Governor Banning to treat the injured indigenous soldiers kindly.

The content is as follows: The soldiers of the Congo Kingdom governed by His Excellency Governor Banning defended the dignity of their monarch, His Majesty Constantine, fought bravely for their monarch, and won the monarch's approval.

Thousands of people are being tortured and maimed. If these poor soldiers can be treated justly and generously, I will be sincerely pleased.

Constantine

This letter will be handed over to Banning to find a job where he can for these disabled soldiers fighting on the battlefield, rather than being discarded like a drained lemon in an unnoticed place. corner.

It's not that Constantine was hypocritical. Such a move was out of consideration for future wars.

Greece is a broken place, located in the powder keg of Europe - the Balkan Peninsula. How many times will it face wars in the future?

After a certain period of training, these Congolese soldiers can be used as infantry, which is very cost-effective.

In contrast, Greece has a sparse population. After the foundation popularized compulsory education, almost all Greek school-age children have received a complete primary education. Using such soldiers and illiterate cannon fodder from other countries to go shopping is not technical. The type of arms made Constantine always feel a little disadvantaged.

In this war, the literacy rate among Greek native soldiers reached 78%, far exceeding the 30% of the Ottoman Empire.

Such soldiers can play a greater role in economic production, although troops composed of high-quality soldiers have a higher level of combat.

In order to save manpower, it is a good method to use Congolese soldiers to enter the army.

Greek Prime Minister Trikupis, after he signed the controversial London Treaty, was criticized in parliament for being too weak, succumbing to the Ottomans, taking Greece's costly war gains as the worst One piece was returned to Osman, and such behavior is debatable.

There are also complaints from the people about this result - the fuse of this incident, Crete did not explicitly realize the merger with Greece, but was handed over to international supervision.

In the impression of most people, the cost of this war is high, but the receipt of goods is very small.

Under great pressure, Terry Kupis, who was also very old, formally submitted his resignation application to King George.

In the Council Chamber of the Palace of the Constitution Square, Constantine, who was standing beside King George, was very surprised to see the resolute attitude of the Prime Minister.

"Prime Minister Terry Kupis, are they putting too much pressure?" King George asked.

Trikupis shook his head with a look of reminiscence on his face: "Your Majesty, I have been in politics for more than 30 years, from a newspaper reporter back then to being a member of parliament. , with the cooperation of Crown Prince Constantine, a series of policies implemented in Greece to accelerate the development of Greek industrialization”

"Otherwise, Greece would not be able to win this victory," Trikupis sighed.

"After signing the London Treaty, I feel extremely relieved for some reason. It seems that the hard work spent over the past 30 years has finally paid off."

"When dealing with those trivial documents, I have no motivation." Standing in front of the king's desk, Trikupis said calmly.

"Now, if I don't delay it, it will only delay the state affairs of Greece."

After seeing Terry Kupis' firm attitude, King George, who had no choice, had to approve his resignation.

To be fair, during Trikupis's tenure as prime minister, he reorganized the finances, built railways and roads, developed industry, built the Greek army and navy, and expanded public education (Greece has some government-run schools, independent of the Royal Foundation) , the action is not too big.

However, the cost of his policy measures was very high, almost all of which was done by borrowing, and the financial expenditure was too huge. Historically, Greece went bankrupt in 1892, and he has an inescapable responsibility.

In the later period of his administration, the drawbacks of this model were already very obvious.

A considerable part of the Greek fiscal revenue is used to repay the interest of foreign creditors every year.

If it wasn't for Constantine's reliance on diplomatic means to obtain the management rights of the Congolese colony for Greece, which gave Greece an additional source of funds, Greece would still not be able to escape the fate of bankruptcy in the history of the original time and space.

Following the resignation of Trikupis, the Greek parliament finally elected Alexandros Chaimiis as the prime minister of Greece.

As soon as Pu took office, the new prime minister was faced with a thorny issue. Crown Prince Constantine submitted the canonization list to the parliament and the king.

The royal family announced that several officers who had outstanding performance in the 1896 war and laid the foundation for the victory of the Greek army would become nobles to inspire the Greek army to fight bravely.

It was the first time in Greece that the canonization of nobility had occurred.

Due to the special history of Greece, there are no noble families with a long history in mainland Greece.

So far, all the nobles in Greece are limited to the king's family, and nothing else.

This has led to the fact that although Greece is a kingdom, the domestic social form is more like a republic, especially after the Greek constitution was approved by King George~www.wuxiaspot.com~ Except for the early period when the state management of Greece was not on the right track, interference In addition to domestic affairs, government affairs were released, and almost all of them were handed over to the prime minister elected by the parliament.

After Greece became independent, there has been no war in Greece in recent years, and naturally no one will get a title because of military exploits.

Although the number of people to be awarded the title is not large, it still caused heated discussions in the Greek society.

The list drawn up by Constantine was:

Banning and Brut, they pioneered and managed the Congo colony for Greece. This time, the Congolese indigenous army became an important force for Greece to defeat the Ottoman Empire.

Manu Giannaski, during the war, led the Greek 1st Division, and under the absolute advantage of the enemy twice as much as himself, he firmly defended Thessaloniki, creating conditions for the main force of the Greek Army to completely wipe out the enemy Macedonian Legion, The Greek army was able to win, and its credit was great.

Colonel Kontoriotis of the Navy, during the war, commanded the Greek navy to raid the city of Thessaloniki, which was weakly defended by the enemy, successfully breaking the deadlock of the war, and effectively controlled the sea **** of the Aegean Sea, with outstanding achievements.

The list sparked a backlash in the Greek parliament.

As to whether the aristocratic system, a feudal system with a long history, should be "restored" when it is about to enter the 20th century today, it has become the focus of debate.

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