Lee Hayden does not want to abandon the binary empire now, but he used the throne as a threat to force the Magyar nobles to make some concessions to him, and now they need Austrians to provide protection for them.

The main contradiction of the empire stems from the growing sentiment of national autonomy, which are particularly evident in Hungary, and Bohemia. This requires some compromise, but the Magyar nobles are unwilling to give up their power. Croatia-Slovenia and Bohemia have strong autonomy, and the Romanians in Dransylvania cannot bear the oppression of the Magyars and are eager to merge with Romania.

After becoming the crown prince, Lee Haydn promised to give equal autonomy to the Czechs and Croats, which was conducive to resolving conflicts within the empire. However, in the government and parliament, his proposals were never implemented.

Since the Vienna Revolution in 1848, the administrative power of the empire has never been handed over to the royal family. The imperial political system designed in the Schwarzenberg era expected the Habsburg family to gain status during the Holy Roman Empire, which was the main body of the German nation, but this dream was broken by the Prussians.

The Habsburg family lost their influence on German principalities such as Bavaria and Saxony, and also lost the East Netherlands (Belgium) and the Holstein Schleswig obtained during the war with Denmark, leaving only the Austrian Empire composed of upper, lower Austria and Tyrol.

The complex historical connection between the Austrian Empire, centered on Vienna, and the Hungarian Kings, was rewarded by the Austrians who rescued the subjects of Saint Ivant from the Ottoman Empire, and the Magyars have been loyal supporters of the Habsburg family for many years.

The problem now is that the Magyars are unwilling to give up any privileges in the territory of St. Stephen.

This caused disgust and hatred by the majority of Slavs, Romanians and Slovaks in the territory. Relatively speaking, the various ethnic groups in the empire did not oppose the Habsburg family. This can be seen during the successful conscription in the early stages of the war. Not only the Germans and Magyars, but also the Slavs, Romanians, Czechs and even Poles in the empire, they signed up enthusiastically, and then went to the front line with high morale to fight bravely to defend the empire.

The Croatians also won the honor of independence for their bravery in combat.

As the crown prince, Lee Haydn rarely interfered in the political affairs of the empire, and his original main energy was basically devoted to the army and war. Now that he became the emperor, he had to divide more energy to reconcile various domestic conflicts. Although he was disgusted with some of the Magyar practices, he had to make concessions to Tissa.

Now in a war period, Austria's industrial areas had to rely on the Hungarian food loan to avoid the threat of hunger. After some bargaining, they agreed to give the Czechs and Croats greater autonomy, and Li Haydn decided to be crowned as the Hungarian king in January 1917 and endorsed the Magyars.

The reform began with the army. The imperial government in Vienna agreed that Bohemia and Croatia could form local defense forces separately and agreed to expand the size and organization of Polish and Ukrainian troops in the Galicia region.

Baron Condra Hetsendorf became the first general to be promoted to the Marshal of the Army in the war and became the new Minister of the Army. Admiral Bolojevic became the new Chief of General Staff. The Admiral was independent from the Army and became one of the components of the imperial cabinet. Negovan became the first Minister of the Navy. As a balance, Miklos Holtie, who was born as a Hungarian noble, was promoted to the Admiral and became the new Commander-in-Chief of the Navy.

When the whole world woke up from sleep, the snow covering the European continent was still the same, but the sky quietly changed color.

After being officially crowned as the King of Hungary, His Majesty Frederi, who was crowned by Austrian emperor and Bohemia, Hungarian king and Romanian king, held a grand military parade.

In the square in front of the Hofburg Palace in Vienna, the new owner of the empire, Emperor Fredrich, his wife Empress Erin and Crown Prince Maximilian, who was only 18 years old, sat in the middle of the huge viewing platform in the New Hofburg Palace. Beside them were Emperor William II and Empress from Germany. In addition to the hostile British, French and Russian countries, the politicians and representatives of various countries who participated in the New Emperor and the late crown of the Hungarian King ceremony participated in this grand military parade of the Austro-Hungarian Empire to show their military power.

Steel guns stand in front of you and bayonets shine.

The officers and soldiers of the empire were wearing brand new uniforms and walking neatly, forming a formation through the square.

The Austrian emperor had left the viewing platform, wearing a large army marshal's gown, standing on a convertible car, and began to review his troops. The Royal Tyrol Mountain Infantry Team, Croatian Infantry Team, Lower Austrian Infantry Team, Hungarian Defense Army Team, Upper Austrian Infantry Team, Royal Guard Army Team, Hungarian Hussar Army Team, Galician Infantry Team, Marine Team, Navy First Fleet Sailor Team... Among the dozens of speakers in the square, announcers were introducing the origin and achievements of each heroic unit, and arousing cheers from tens of thousands of people participating in the viewing ceremony.

"Long live the emperor!"

"For the Empire!"

When the new emperor saluted every squad, the officers and soldiers were shouting neat slogans. The clanging steps and the slogans of thousands of people were enough to make people excited.

"This is my army, my empire and my people, and I will do my best to defend the peace of the empire and protect the rights of the people!" A voice shouted in my heart.

"What did Emperor Ollidi want to express?" On the viewing platform, Jemal Pasha, the representative minister of the Ottoman Empire, who was sitting in a prominent position, said to the Foreign Minister Zia beside him.

"United forces!" Zia said, looking at the Austrian infantry and cavalry team that was passing through the audience, and said jealously, "He is showing his strength to the whole world and using it to maintain the hearts of the people of this empire." The Ottoman Empire and the Austro-Hungarian Empire are feuds, and the Austrians stopped the expansion of the Ottoman Empire in Vienna. The two countries have fought for nearly two hundred years, and they are full of suspicion and hostility between each other, but now they have to sit together.

"So far, the Austrians have obtained too much, but we have nothing." Gemal said. "Enver and I hope to recapture the Krim, Cuban and the Caucasus." He looked at the artillery team passing under the stage. On the battlefield, the Austro-Hungarian artillery, especially the heavy artillery troops, showed extraordinary strength. Their excellent equipment even surpassed the German army in some aspects. The 75mm-caliber m1898 cannon, the 105mm-caliber 1909 light howitzer, the 105mm-caliber m1903 heavy cannon and the 150mm-caliber m1905 heavy howitzer appeared in the Imperial Square. This made the Turks, who were struggling with finance, jealous.

"This is difficult to do. The Austrians are also coveting the Crim Peninsula. At most, we can get the Caucasus region. In terms of profit distribution, we have to see their eyes." Zia couldn't help but sigh. The Ottoman Empire suffered huge casualties in the war, but it did not receive corresponding returns. This is the gap between national strength.
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