In October 1895, the people of Greece all received exciting news-the rebels in Crete once again launched an uprising, demanding integration with Greece.

The incident caught the Greek government by surprise.

People in the business community in Greece have suffered serious losses due to the trade barriers of the Ottoman Empire, and a lot of dissatisfaction is accumulating.

The uprising of the people of Crete was like pouring oil on the fire, and the whole of Greece was full of anger.

All of a sudden, Greek nationalism was on fire, and the whole country was clamoring to teach the Ottomans a lesson.

There is no doubt that the Greek people sincerely sympathize with the Trites who have experienced ups and downs and suffered for hundreds of years.

The history of the suffering of the Cretans is really a long story.

In the Fourth Crusade, the crusaders sacked Constantinople. Since then, the Eastern Roman Empire has been in a state of decline, and the territory of the former Eastern Roman Empire has been torn apart.

Crete first became the fief of Bernie Hair, and in 1204, he sold it to the Venetians.

Since then, the Venetians have established their rule in Crete and built many castles on the island.

Under the rule of the Venetians, the knights of Venice stole the land from the Cretans, and the Cretans turned into serfs.

Heavy taxes and labor made people feel the hardships of life, and the Cretans' resistance led to brutal repression and torture.

In 1669 Crete was again captured by the Turks - after 22 years of fighting, Venice was finally defeated.

The government of the Turks once again brought serious disasters to the Cretans: murder, looting, heavy taxation, arson and slavery.

The brutality of the Turks' rule was even worse than that of the Venetians.

In Crete under the rule of the Turks, popular resistance has become a form of life.

The most recent and most influential Cretan uprising occurred in the spring of 1866. The Turkish army and the Cretans fought a decisive battle in the Akkadian monastery - the weaker Crete. The trolls failed again.

Volunteer officers from Greece played an important role in this battle.

There is also an episode in which the Coptic Christian soldiers from Egypt refuse to fight the Greek Christians and are eventually executed.

Throughout the history of Crete in the past 500 years, it is really tragic and misery intertwined, which is unspeakable.

It is precisely because of the origin of Greece and Crete that the statement of the Crete uprising army - announcing the merger with Greece, aroused the indignation of the Greek people.

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In front of Syntagma Square, the citizens of Athens gathered densely, facing the direction of the National Assembly Building, shouting: "Agree to the merger of Greece and Crete"

The young-looking students and children in the crowd had a particularly fierce opinion: "Destroy the Ottoman villains and help the Greek compatriots to be free"

Every time a slogan was shouted, the people around, either still flying with their hats or waving their coats, shouted "Ow Ow" excitedly.

Constantine, who was riding in the carriage, sat in the carriage, pulled the curtains in front of the car window, and looked at the enthusiastic people.

After Constantine got out of the carriage, the guards surrounded Constantine in the middle, crowded together, passed the crowd on the front steps of the building, and entered the parliament building.

The parliament hall is a spacious hall with a high dome, two columns of Roman columns stand in the hall, and rows of chairs are bent into an arc, surrounding the rostrum.

The councillors who were sitting together in twos and threes on the surrounding chairs, discussing in a low voice, saw Constantine who came in, and they all stood up to pay their respects, and at the same time had a strange look on their faces: This crown prince, this is the first time in his life that he has come to sit in parliament.

After nodding, Constantine came to the front row and sat down, waiting for today's protagonist to appear.

After a while, the venue suddenly became quiet, and Prime Minister Terry Kupis slowly stepped onto the podium.

Before he could make any move, a gray-haired, serious-looking member of about 50 years old below stood up and asked the Prime Minister on the stage: "About the Crete uprising, Mr. Prime Minister, what should we do? How to reply?"

"Yesterday, the leader of this Cretan uprising, Mr. Vezenilos, has issued a statement to Greece, demanding that Greece merge with Crete"

After this statement was issued, the Greek government felt tormented as if it had been put on the grill.

Now Crete is the territory of the Ottoman Empire, and the change of territory usually involves war.

For a country, there is nothing more shameful than the loss of territory.

For a government, there is nothing more disappointing to democracy than the loss of territory.

Therefore, the Greek government's announcement to agree to the merger statement of Crete is tantamount to directly declaring war on the Ottoman Empire.

As for rejection, it is unlikely.

Whoever dares to say the words of rejecting the Greek compatriots, the Greek nationals who are enthusiastic about nationalism will be able to scold him and discredit him.

At this time, the Greek government was almost driven to a dead end, and there were not many options.

Trikupis, who was on stage, did not directly answer his question. Instead, he gave a government work report: "With regard to the government's large-scale infrastructure construction plan, after the unremitting efforts of the Greek people, it has recently been Got quite a lot of results”

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"Greece's railway mileage. When I first took office, Greece only had a 12-kilometer railway linking Athens and the port of Piraeus."

"So far, the railway mileage in Greece has reached 1,000 kilometers, connecting Athens with the Peloponnese, central Greece and Thessaly"

"Our total road mileage has reached 5,000 kilometers"

"The telegraph line is 9,000 kilometers long, and there are 186 telegraph stations"

"The number of students at various stages has also increased on a large scale. From 1860 to 1895, the number of students enrolled in the school reached 450,000, an increase of nearly 10 times."

"Obviously, our education has also made great progress"

A member of parliament sitting next to Constantine whispered to Constantine: "But at the same time, I owe a huge amount of foreign debt. In the end, it is nothing more than a lot of debt."

"Now the Greek government has to pay back tens of millions of drachmas to British and French creditors every year just in interest."

"As for the principal, I don't know when it will be repaid."

Obviously, this congressman has an opinion on Terry Kupis's massive borrowing for the construction of enlarged infrastructure.

Trikupis on stage continued: "So far, Greece's economic aggregate has reached 1.2 billion drachma"

"After the army was reorganized, its combat effectiveness improved rapidly"

"We have the confidence to face any challenge"

Everyone in the audience shouted "Weng" and made a mess. The members helped each other and discussed in a low voice, the Prime Minister's last sentence.

Combined with the current situation in Greece, the Prime Minister's words seem to be a response to the current situation.

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