Chapter 807 Exaggerated Ceremony Budget

If in the first half of 1932, people lamented the demise of the Russian Empire and the collapse of a huge empire that had lasted for hundreds of years,

Then in the second half of 1932, people were excited about the possible establishment of the Australasian Empire that was repeatedly mentioned in the news.

The people of Australasia are of course excited about this, and people abroad have also expressed curiosity and recognition.

After all, being able to witness the establishment of a huge empire with your own eyes is a very lucky witness for an ordinary human being.

After the public opinion fermentation was completed, Arthur did not hide his ambitions. In an appearance, he publicly stated that he would establish an empire for all Australasians.

Such a statement naturally excited most Australasians, because they were also very happy to see the establishment of an empire.

For the cabinet members, they were definitely lucky. Because the empire was about to be established, they were also authorized to continue their cabinet status until a new round of cabinet elections after the empire was established.

But at the same time, they are unfortunate. Because their so-called merit of following the dragon only bought them almost half a year of tenure.

If you want to stay in the cabinet government after establishing the empire, it will definitely be much more difficult than the current royal government.

After all, the first cabinet of the imperial government is much more important than the countless cabinets of the royal government.

And Arthur mentioned the importance of preparation for war many times. If war really broke out during the term of the first imperial government's cabinet, it would be an unprecedentedly huge opportunity for the first imperial government.

Not only was he famous as the first imperial cabinet government, but he also had the merits of winning the war. This was fully guaranteed by the title of baron.

If there is still a lot of credit accumulated in the past,

Coupled with certain contributions later, it is not impossible to become one of the few earls in Australasia.

After all, after the empire was established, the promotion of nobles was destined to be simpler than before.

After the establishment of the empire, the count, which was previously very difficult, also requires a lot of achievements, but at least it is not so unattainable.

For Arthur, there is naturally a corresponding plan to expand the aristocratic class.

The new aristocracy of Australasia did not pose any threat to Arthur, but was an important helper for the future monarch to maintain his rule.

In this case, Arthur would not mind adding a few more earls to Australasia, so that the number of nobles would usher in a recent increase.

Of course, there are not many opportunities to legitimately upgrade a noble title. The establishment of the empire counts as one, and the other is the achievements of World War II.

While the Philippines and Kalimantan were frantically expanding their armies, Australasia was also nervously preparing for the ceremonies related to the establishment of the empire.

Not only Arthur, the government also attaches great importance to the establishment of this empire. Australasia invited almost every recognized country in the world, even extinct monarchs like Nicholas II were invited.

Of course, all countries agreed to Arthur's invitation, even the countries at war sent their own foreign ministers to participate.

Arthur also seemed very generous about this. Not only did they promise to use planes to pick up these foreign guests who came to attend, but they also arranged for all these foreign guests to stay at the Sky Hotel in the Kingdom Building.

However, this building, which was just built not long ago, will soon be renamed due to the establishment of the empire.

Arthur also didn't expect that after going around and around, this building, which is highly similar to the Empire State Building in history, would eventually be named the Empire State Building.

As the time came to 1933, the time for the establishment of the empire planned by Arthur was getting closer and closer.

In order to make people more adaptable to the establishment of the empire, Arthur deliberately chose the National Day of Australasia, January 10th, to announce the establishment of the entire empire and hold the enthronement ceremony.

It is worth mentioning that Arthur’s birthday is on January 13th, which is the fourth day of the National Day.

Although Arthur has never celebrated his birthday with much fanfare, many people in Australasia already call January 13th the King's birthday and celebrate it as a very important festival.

In addition to the public's high recognition and good impression of Arthur, January 13th is also a very important reason.

The people had enough time, so they naturally didn't mind celebrating with Arthur on this day.

If everyone is working on this day, I am afraid not many people would be willing to take time off to celebrate this day.

The British were somewhat reluctant to the imminent establishment of the Australasian Empire, but there was nothing they could do about it.

Although the United Kingdom is called the British Empire, it is actually just the United Kingdom. The British throne comes from India. Unexpectedly, Australia, which is independent from Britain, has actually gone to the extent of establishing an empire.

But thinking carefully about Australasia's current strength and the fact that Australasia occupies the entire Pacific Ocean, it seems reasonable to establish an empire.

The British have no reason to object. The British government will naturally not oppose the Australasian action out of its own interests.

After all, Australasia's strength has long been confirmed, and it is a superpower that is not weaker than France.

It would be great fun if the British opposition led to Arthur's anger and forced Australasia to the French side, and France and Australasia jointly fought against the British.

The British were less willing to see the union of France and Australasia than to recognize Arthur's throne.

For King George V of England, his attitude towards Arthur was one of complete envy.

Having said that, Arthur and George V were contemporaries, and George V was technically Arthur's cousin.

But the difference between George V's status in Britain and Arthur's status in Australasia is really too far.

Many British people even have a higher favorable impression of Arthur than they do of George V. After all, Arthur is the ruler of the Victorian era that the British miss most, and the favorite grandson of Queen Victoria. The inheritance of this relationship is not Others can replace it.

Even now, Arthur's family has the right to inherit the British throne, but the order of succession has changed to dozens of people.

But because he also comes from Victoria's bloodline, Arthur can currently be regarded as a direct descendant of the British royal family.

But by William's generation, the blood relationship with the British royal family has become more distant. Arthur has no interest in the British throne for the time being, and it is naturally impossible for Arthur to destroy the relationship with the British government for the sake of an illusory throne.

For Arthur, it was good news as long as the British agreed to allow themselves to establish an empire.

As for who will take the British throne in the future, Arthur is not interested.

In fact, not many people doubt the legitimacy of the establishment of the empire. Even if Arthur did not express his intention to inherit the legal principles of the Russian Empire from the Eastern Roman Empire, not many countries and people questioned the legal principles of the empire.

After all, in this era, strength is the most powerful. It is impossible to build an empire by relying on legal principles, but strength can.

As long as Arthur's bloodline is a pure European royal family, and as long as Australasia is a standard Western power, then everything else doesn't matter.

What's more, Arthur himself has a high status among the European royal families and has long received the support of many European royal families.

Especially this time, the public and the British chose to rescue the Russian royal family, which won the favor of many royal families.

After all, Arthur's actions may seem to have nothing to do with them now, but may become the only way to save their lives in the future.

A monarch who controls the country is willing to save their lives, which is much more important than the loyalty of hypocritical officials in the country.

As long as Arthur is around, even if they lose their throne, they don't have to worry about the safety of themselves and their families being threatened.

If such a guarantee can't make them support Arthur, then their support is no longer important.

Especially after several kingdoms that had existed in Europe for a long time came forward to support Arthur and the establishment of the empire, there was no longer any controversy about the legal issues surrounding the establishment of the empire.

After all, these established kingdoms have agreed, so what does it matter if ordinary people don’t agree?

In particular, the Saxe-Coburg-Gotha family was very happy to see Arthur establish the Australasian Empire and become the first emperor of Australasia.

Compared with the British royal family changing its name to Windsor, Arthur insisted on the surname Saxe-Coburg-Gotha, which was undoubtedly more popular with those European royal families and German nobles.

Whenever the Saxe-Coburg-Gotha family is mentioned, people will first think of Australia's famous ruler Arthur.

This was also very effective in raising the profile of the Saxe-Coburg-Gotha family. It was impossible for people within the family not to support Arthur.

What was rare was that even Kaiser Wilhelm II, who had not been seen for a long time, came out to support Arthur in establishing the empire.

It is precisely because of the support of these people that in terms of public opinion, no one expressed opposition to the establishment of the empire. After all, standing up at this time is the real target of public criticism.

Half a year of preparation was barely enough for Arthur. Because it was the last coronation ceremony in his life, and he was becoming the first emperor of Australasia, Arthur still took it very seriously.

Only if Arthur, the first emperor, does well, will the Australasian Empire be recognized by more domestic people, and the throne can be passed down in the royal bloodline.

In addition, Arthur also wanted to improve national cohesion and make the people more aware of the empire, so he paid even more attention to this coronation ceremony.

The government naturally understood the importance of Arthur and specially allocated more than 30 million Australian dollars as the budget for this coronation ceremony.

Nearly one-tenth of the government's fiscal revenue can already show the government's loyalty to Arthur and the importance it attaches to this coronation ceremony.

Arthur was naturally very satisfied, and added 15 million Australian dollars in the name of the royal family as reserve funds.

This also brings the maximum budget for this coronation ceremony to 45 million Australian dollars, which is definitely quite exaggerated.

45 million Australian dollars may not be a big deal to the big powers, but it may be more than a year's income to a small country.

Judging from the cost of one of the most powerful battleships, 45 million Australian dollars is enough to order more than four super-dreadnoughts. These expenses are only used for one enthronement ceremony, which already shows the hugeness of this enthronement ceremony.

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