Chapter 1267: Harboring Evil Intentions 2
Chapter 1267: Concealing evil intentions 2
Therefore, the competition for leadership among the major political parties and the bourgeoisie in Germany is not just because Germany is about to lose, but they have been fighting for it. When Germany is not defeated, it is more effective through parliamentary struggles or strikes. They fought in a gentle way, but when Germany was about to lose, they directly took up arms to fight...
And what about this plane? Germany's major political parties and the capitalists behind them are still fighting for their rights. However, because of the change in form, the political struggle within Prussia took on a different situation. To a certain extent, in some aspects, the conflict between the bourgeoisie and the nobility and imperial power is stronger than in history! Of course, some of these changes have something to do with the prince.
For example, now, the lives of German capitalists are far less prosperous than they were in history. Compared with history, Krupp's military production has completely collapsed. Not only has it lost its hardened armor, but the Royal Wilhelm Shipyard and Germania Shipyard, which were originally controlled by Krupp, are still dominated by royal funds. Another example is Speaking of Rheinmetall, while German military orders are much higher than in history, the orders they received are actually worse than in history. Part of it is naturally the fault of the prince's Bavarian national industrial system, while the other part is caused by the German royal family and aristocratic capital headed by the Kaiser starting to re-enter industry on a large scale!
In fact, the German royal family maintained a large number of physical industries a long time ago, such as the Wilhelm Royal Shipyard mentioned above. Another example is that when Mauser Company made its fortune, it also started after buying the royal company. However, now, after seeing the booming development of Bavaria's state-owned economy, William II also wanted to return the royal family to control part of the country's economic lifeline. And with the help of the prince representative, it was very effective! Well, as far as the capitalists are concerned, the Kaiser is competing with them for their jobs!
The internal fighting in Prussia cannot affect Bavaria, but it does not mean that the prince does not care. In fact, the prince's compromise with the Kaiser in many previous physical industries was actually just for today! When the interests of capitalists are harmed and when the rights demanded by the Social Democratic Party cannot be implemented, then it becomes inevitable for both parties to come together and unite closely!
But now it seems that because of the stability of the war situation, the political demands of the reformists and capitalists in Parliament and Congress have not been met. Conservative forces are stronger than ever. If nothing happens, it can be expected that after the war, Prussia will still be Prussia, and Bavaria will still be the second largest country in the world. And the prince's plan will probably come to nothing...
However, these reformists have some brains after all, and they seem to realize that they cannot achieve the final victory simply by relying on words, and the military capitalists have weapons... And there is no shortage of extreme figures in the Social Democratic Party. Judging from the clues analyzed so far, this may shift to the direction of "military fighting"!
The reformists are not strong enough to defeat the army? it does not matter. Historically, even counting the tens of thousands of naval officers and soldiers who participated in the naval uprising in the port of Kiel, how many armed personnel could the uprising Social Democrats and parties like the Spartacus Regiment have? How could they be opponents of the German front-line troops? In the end, the government led by Ebert pushed back the Hamburg Uprising and how long did it take for the Bavarian Soviet Republic to use many troops?
The fundamental reason for the reformists’ final victory lies in two points:
The first point is that Germany had fallen into the abyss of defeat, despair enveloped the entire Germany, and the fighting was no longer sustainable. The second point is the military's inaction. William II asked 28 generals if they could suppress it, but only one said it could. It is undeniable that some of the Junker nobles supported the Kaiser. But generally speaking, they chose to wait and see and wait for the price. And when Albert agreed that the new government would not touch the interests of the military, look at the actions of the German army, how clean and neat it was to kill the opposition was really devastating. It seems that the Bavarian Soviet government did not survive the week? (This author really can’t remember clearly.)
In today's environment, it is unlikely that the reformists and conservatives will really get into trouble so much that one side needs to die completely, because this will lead to Germany's defeat, and no matter which faction I'm afraid they don't want this! Of course, this was in the original plan of both parties. The Kaiser holds nominal supreme command and monarchy. The reformists, composed of parliamentary parties such as the Social Democratic Party and big capitalists, control Prussia's economic and military production lifeline, and are in secret collusion with some Junker aristocrats.
In the end, it is almost impossible to break up directly and launch a large-scale civil war, but there will definitely be a very fierce confrontation in terms of parliamentary reform, government agency reform, constitutional monarchy, and national economic reform. The two sides may sit down and negotiate, but that must be when both sides are almost equal.
And if this time comes, then the attitude of Prince Ruprecht and the Kingdom of Bavaria behind him will become very important. In fact, in the future, the only ones who can really enter the game are the three political forces, the Prussian reformists, the Prussian conservatives, and the Bavarian Kingdom system.
Prussia as a whole is indeed much stronger than Bavaria, but if there is internal strife, it will be a disaster. As for the two kingdoms of Saxony and Württemberg, as well as the grand duchies such as Baden, Hesse, and Oldenburg, their strength is actually very weak. The Kingdom of Saxony and the Kingdom of Baden are only 15,000 square kilometers, and the Grand Duchy of Oldenburg is larger, probably 20,000 square kilometers. And what about the prince? The Kingdom of Bavaria itself occupies about one-seventh of the empire's area (78,000 square kilometers) and more than one-fifth of its industrial output. With a population of 13 million, and more than 500,000 troops mobilized. After such a force had problems within Prussia, it had a completely subversive impact on Germany's political situation! And what makes Bavaria different from Prussia is that the power of the Bavarian royal family in this dimension has an overwhelming advantage in the country, and there is no internal friction!
What? You say it's not enough? Then add Bohemia and Moravia! The power of the prince who had the power to dominate Czechoslovakia in the future was doubled! There was no way to deal with intact Prussia. But if something goes wrong within Prussia. So no matter which side wants to win, it must obtain the support of the prince, or at least the tacit approval. Because once the Bavarian Legion enters the game, the weaker side may collapse directly without even taking a real action! Because no one wants to die! Not to mention that the entire army is under pressure, if the conservatives and reformists in Prussia really get into trouble, and the Prussian army is firmly nailed to the Western Front, the deterrent power of 200,000 troops can completely solve all problems!
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