Chapter 20, Fuse

Ferdinand with a righteous look blocked the cabinet's death bill.

What a joke, there are two, Bulgaria's financial gap is not a few million, but hundreds of millions of levs.

If all were transferred to the peasants, Ferdinand had already imagined that countless bankrupt peasants would rise up and set off a revolution to overthrow the government.

As for this dispute with the cabinet, Ferdinand could no longer care about it. Comparing the two powers with each other, whichever is less, the cabinet is obviously a soft persimmon compared to the peasant uprising.

Ferdinand was quite familiar with Stam's cabinet. The political means are rude, and they can be called novices. There are ways to deal with them Ferdinand.

After leaving the palace, Economy Minister Michael said worriedly: Your Excellency, the Archduke has vetoed the tax increase bill, what should we do?

What should I do! If that's the case, then we don't need to be polite to him. We still support Ferdinand's throne. It's a big deal! Interior Minister Yunas said angrily.

What! Everyone's expressions changed.

Stam-Bolov said angrily: God! Jonas, you idiot, shut up! Don't talk nonsense, you think it's a child playing the house, you can change people at will! You want to kill Are we?

Knowing that Yunas was in trouble, his face was pale, and he knew that if today's incident spread, he would be finished. Just after the appointment of the Grand Duke, Sofia was bleeding into a river, looking at everyone crying for help!

Wilson, who usually has a good relationship with Yunas, came out and said, Your Excellency Prime Minister, don't worry about that idiot Yunas, what should we do next?

After a moment of silence, Stam said: According to Bulgarian law, we can still convene the National Assembly now. As long as the assembly passes, the Grand Duke will never jump out to veto it!

Everyone was shocked, their faces changed slightly, and finally nodded. Everyone knows that bypassing the king and directly using the parliament to pass bills is equivalent to emptying the king.

Their current cabinet will no longer be able to get Ferdinand's support, and there will definitely be troubles in the future.

Sure enough, as Ferdinand expected. Stam's cabinet did not give up. After Ferdinand's veto, they directly convened the National Assembly.

Intended to rely on the Liberal Party's advantage in the National Assembly, forcibly passed the tax increase bill, while also attacking Ferdinand's prestige.

On April 28, 1888, Bulgaria reconvened the National Assembly. Stam-Bolov, on behalf of the cabinet, presented the Farm Tax Increase to Congress.

However, Ferdinand, who had already expected it, naturally would not do nothing. The controversy between him and the cabinet had already spread before Congress.

Will the opposition party that received the news let Stam's cabinet get its way? Ferdinand didn't know.

But what is certain is that public opinion is already on its side. Once the bill is passed, the cabinet will definitely be scolded with blood.

Knowing that today's Congress will definitely be very lively, Ferdinand will naturally not attend the meeting. He will just hide behind and watch the play. If he jumps out directly, he will undoubtedly surrender his identity.

Looking at the noisy Congress, Stam felt irritated for no reason. It is not a fool to be able to become the prime minister of a country from the son of a shoemaker.

Raising agricultural taxes and being scolded is certain, he had prepared in advance. For the industrialization of Bulgaria, Stam doesn't care if he bears a little infamy.

But looking at the current chaotic Congress, he is very doubtful, can this group of people lead Bulgaria's revival!

Stam, who is also the speaker, said angrily, Quiet, don't have to say more, let's just start voting!

Unexpectedly, this move has aroused strong dissatisfaction from the Conservative Party and Democrats. According to normal procedure, a bill should be debated before being voted on.

Stam, who was in a bad mood, actually skipped this link. After submitting the bill for clarification, he directly voted.

deprived them of their voice.

Angry Conservative MPs dropped out of the vote in protest.

Unsurprisingly, Liberals occupy seven tiers of Congress, and passing the resolution is not a problem.

Now the biggest opposition in Congress, the Conservative MPs simply withdrew from the vote, so it should be passed with a high vote!

The result was unexpected and to the regret of Conservative MPs. 26 votes in favor, 55 abstentions, and 18 votes against passed the resolution.

The scene embarrassed Stam's cabinet, and they were so unpopular as co-authors, with an approval rating of less than 30 percent. If the Conservatives don't quit, the Liberal-controlled Congress will have to veto their proposal today.

It is conceivable that a political battle over the cabinet is about to unfold.

If Ferdinand is here, he can clearly tell Stam that he thinks too much.

Most Bulgarian parliamentarians are students studying abroad, and they are most likely to be swayed by public opinion when they are young and energetic.

And a large part of them are feudal landlords, and their family will definitely not tell them how the land in the family came from. When they hear the tax increase, their first reaction is that their own interests are damaged.

Coming out to oppose the proposal is just out of instinct, not really dissatisfied with the cabinet.

Ferdinand, who received the results, knew that Stam's cabinet was about to make a fool of himself. This might be the trigger for the police government!

Since it could not be stopped, Ferdinand naturally followed the trend and maximized his benefits.

At the very least, Ferdinand's intelligence organization has already begun to act. Several newspapers have been secretly acquired, and they are cheering for Ferdinand.

Taking advantage of the fact that everyone did not respond, he gave him a wave of prestige. At least in the hearts of most people, Ferdinand, who opposed the tyrannical levy, was a benevolent king.

Ferdinand's eyes have now left Sofia and entered the vast countryside.

As early as last year, Ferdinand sent people to the Austro-Hungarian Empire to invite agricultural experts, and then ordered the Ministry of Agriculture to do a preliminary investigation.

His agricultural development plan was formulated by these experts. In order to ensure the smooth completion, Ferdinand also lowered the standard.

As early as a thousand years ago, during the Warring States Period, farmers realized that fertilizers could be used to improve the soil. Early farmers applied compost and animal manure to their fields.

Scientists in the 19th century discovered the important role of nitrogen. Farmers started buying sodium nitrate found in Chile's natural sediments and applying it to their fields.

However, Bulgaria's agriculture as a whole is still behind the times, the use of chemical fertilizers is very unreasonable, and the yield per mu is less than two-thirds of that in Western Europe.

Water conservancy projects are even more messed up, basically relying on the sky for food. If Bulgaria is not climatic conditions, vast and sparsely populated, it is estimated that there will be headaches for eating.

Ferdinand is no longer a sophomore, and he didn't plan to solve the problem in one go. He was going to pick Rongyi first.

First, let the agricultural experts compile the rational use of chemical fertilizers. Then it was handed over to the Ministry of Agriculture, and it was promoted to the lower level, and the results were obtained first, and then continued to deepen.