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Due to the outstanding contribution of the indigenous soldiers of the Congo, Constantine felt sad when he saw the wounded indigenous soldiers with white bandages on their bodies, either on crutches or on stretchers, struggling to board the ship bound for the Congo. Feeling compassion, he wrote a letter specifically asking Banning, the governor of the Congo, to treat the injured indigenous soldiers kindly.

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

Thousands of people are suffering from maiming and maiming, and I would be sincerely gratified if these poor soldiers could be treated justly and generously.

Constantine

This letter will be given to Banning, asking him to find a job within his ability for these soldiers who were disabled while fighting on the battlefield, instead of being discarded in an unnoticed place like lemons that have been squeezed out of their juice. corner.

It's not that Constantine was hypocritical, this 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 wars will it face in the future?

After a certain period of training, these Congolese soldiers are very cost-effective when used as infantry.

In contrast, Greece has a sparse population. After the foundation popularized compulsory education, almost all Greek school-age children have received a complete primary school education. Using such soldiers to fight with illiterate cannon fodder from other countries has no technical content. Constantine always felt a little disadvantaged due to the different types of troops.

During 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 a unit composed of high-quality soldiers has a higher combat level.

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

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After signing the controversial Treaty of London, Greek Prime Minister Trikoupis was criticized by members of Parliament for being too weak, succumbing to the Ottomans, and depriving Greece of the most unsatisfactory results of the war, which it had spent a high cost on. One piece was returned to Osman, an act that is questionable.

There are also complaints from the public about this result - the trigger of this incident was that Crete did not clearly realize its merger with Greece, but was handed over to international supervision.

In most people's minds, the cost of this war was high, but the goods received were few.

Trikupis, who was under great pressure and at an advanced age, formally submitted his resignation to King George.

Standing next to King George in the meeting hall of the Royal Palace in Syntagma Square, Constantine was very surprised to see the Prime Minister's resolute attitude.

"Prime Minister Trikupis, are they exerting too much pressure?" King George asked.

Trikupis shook his head, with a look of reminiscence on his face: "Your Majesty, from being a newspaper reporter to entering politics as a member of parliament, I have been in politics for more than 30 years. If I want to talk about political achievements, I am afraid it is still in the last few years. , with the cooperation of Crown Prince Constantine, a series of policies implemented in Greece accelerated the development of Greek industrialization."

"Otherwise, Greece would not have been able to win this victory no matter what," Trikoupis said with emotion.

"After signing the London Treaty, I feel extremely happy for some reason. It seems that the hard work spent over 30 years has finally been rewarded."

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

"Now, if I delay, I will only delay Greece's national affairs."

After seeing Trikupis's resolute attitude, King George had no choice but to approve his resignation.

To be fair, during his tenure as Prime Minister, Trikoupis reorganized finances, built railways and roads, developed industry, built Greece's army and navy, and expanded public education (Greece has some government-established schools, independent of the Royal Foundation) , the action is not small.

However, the cost of his policy measures was very high. Almost all of them were completed by borrowing, and the financial expenditure was too huge. Historically, he had an unshirkable responsibility for Greece's financial bankruptcy in 1892.

In the later years of his administration, the shortcomings of this model were already very obvious.

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

If Constantine had not relied on diplomatic means to obtain management rights for the Congo colony for Greece, allowing Greece to obtain additional sources of funds, Greece might still not be able to escape the fate of bankruptcy in the history of the original time and space.

After Trikoupis resigned, the Greek parliament eventually elected Alexandros Chaimiis as Prime Minister of Greece.

As soon as Pu took office, the new prime minister faced a thorny problem. Crown Prince Constantine submitted a list of canonizations to the Parliament and the King.

The royal family announced that it would ennoble several officers who performed outstandingly in the 1896 war and laid the foundation for the Greek army's victory as nobles to encourage the Greek army to fight bravely.

This was the first time in Greece that nobility had been ennobled.

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

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

This led to the fact that although Greece was a kingdom, its domestic social structure was more like a republic. Especially after the Greek constitution was approved by King George, apart from interfering in internal affairs in the early stage when Greece's national management was not on the right track, it Government affairs were liberalized and almost all were handed over to the prime minister elected by the parliament.

After Greece became independent, there have been no wars in Greece in recent years, so naturally no one will receive a knighthood for military merit.

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

The list drawn up by Constantine included:

Banning and Brut opened and managed the Congolese colony for Greece. This time, the Congolese indigenous army became an important force in Greece's defeat of the Ottoman Empire, and they played an important role.

Manougianaski, during the war, led the Greek First Division to firmly hold Salonika when the enemy had an absolute advantage twice that of his own, creating conditions for the main force of the Greek Army to completely annihilate the enemy Macedonian Army. The Greek army was able to win because of its great contribution.

During the war, Captain Kontoriotis of the Navy commanded the Greek Navy to raid the enemy's weakly defended city of Salonika, successfully breaking the stalemate in the war and effectively controlling the sea power in the Aegean Sea, with outstanding achievements.

The list sparked a strong reaction in the Greek parliament.

The question of whether the aristocracy, a feudal system with a long history, should be "restored" now that we are about to enter the 20th century has become a focus of debate.