Chapter 1878 Quasi-Federal Conference II
The second is the division of interests on the Eastern Front. In this meeting, the Federal Parliament will finalize the issue of new territories on the Eastern Front. The four strongest states will all obtain some places from the Eastern Front, of which Prussia and Bavaria will take Take more than 80% of the territory, there is no way, the eastern front is almost all fought by the Bavarian and Prussian troops, and the armies of other countries are all on the western front!
Does the remaining 20% feel like a small amount? In fact, the size of the states within Germany is not too small. After all, this time the German army on the Eastern Front invaded at least 700,000 square kilometers of Russian territory. The most conservative estimate is that the other states within the German Empire can also be divided into 150,000 square kilometers. In fact, after Bavaria and Prussia are excluded, how big is the territory of all the remaining states? But it's only 120,000 square kilometers. If they were to share 150,000, the average territorial area would more than double!
Bavaria, a kingdom close to Poland, is actually easy to say, just give a part of the Polish territory close to Bavaria, what about Saxony and Württemberg? It is enough to give an enclave. After all, Bavaria also has an enclave. Everyone is an empire, and an enclave is an enclave. Moreover, Wurttemberg is relatively strong and can control some areas.
As for the remaining grand duchies, principalities, and marquis states, to put it bluntly, the small ones are only in the four digits. Even if you give them territory, they will not be able to manage it! In fact, this is more to give those small countries a face, which means that the bosses have not forgotten you, and you can also drink soup when we eat meat. Of course, how to do this depends on the situation of the meeting. According to the prince's vision, the final result may be to adopt the "entrusted management" method, and the big countries will manage these areas, and at the same time give some benefits to those small states every year.
The third question is the prince's plan to establish a committee to manage major national projects and projects. In fact, this third point is almost as important as the second point. If the distribution of the fruits of victory on the Eastern Front is to let If the empire cuts the cake from the itinerary, then the third point is to plan the development trend of the empire for at least 20 years in the future from the perspective of national development! This is actually equivalent to separating the rights of a part of the empire from the imperial government and establishing a new department, and Bavaria will gain control of this new department! Prince Ruprecht is really worried about leaving it to others!
The biggest feature of such a committee is that once it is included in the list of committee projects, the project will never be abolished due to government changes and parliamentary budget review unless it becomes impossible to continue. Does it feel a bit like the "Navy Act" created by the Kaiser and Tirpitz in history? Once it takes shape, a considerable part of the annual naval development appropriation will be directly allocated without going through parliamentary approval?
That's right, that's what it means! Once the federal parliament approves a certain project and hands it over to this special committee, the operation of the entire project has nothing to do with the government and the parliament. If you want to suspend the project, unless the committee suspends it or someone makes a proposal, and This project can only be rejected if it is passed in both the upper and lower chambers of the empire and the federal parliament.
Unfortunately, with the Kingdom of Bavaria and its allies, no one can stop this project unless Ruprecht himself is willing to give up! The prince believes that as long as he is here, there will never be such a thing as the Tiger tank with vertical armor on the front and the HE177 requiring dive bombing, and with Germany's national strength, it will definitely be able to support Germany's own Manhattan Project!
The fourth question is to define the functions of the central government of the empire.
Obviously, when the prince led the newly established committee to perform its mission, a considerable part of the power of the central government of the empire was diverted. As compensation, the prince decided to compromise with the central government on issues such as postal services and road traffic. At the same time a better division of local taxes and central taxes. So that the central government will not be too weak.
Another very important issue is who is responsible to the Reich Chancellor and the cabinet. To the Kaiser is definitely not possible, so it can only be to the Parliament. However, in order to prevent the Social Democratic Party from becoming bigger in the Parliament, Ruprecht It means that the imperial prime minister and cabinet members are responsible to the federal parliament, and the federal parliament has the right to directly remove the prime minister and dismiss the cabinet, skipping the imperial parliament!
As for whether doing so will cause opposition from the Social Democratic Party, after all, the veto power of the Federal Parliament is too great. Not only does it have the ability to kill with the last blow, but it also has the right to dissolve the government. This is really terrible. This situation is what the crown prince wants. German political parties cannot have too much power. They just have the right to make proposals and make decisions on general matters. No matter how powerful the power is, it will not be good for the empire or Bavaria! Because it is foreseeable that sooner or later there will be political parties in many newly added territories, and they can completely influence the decision-making of the empire through party politics. And these people might bring some trouble to the prince's plans!
After some adjustments, the main function of the central government of the future German Empire will be management rather than decision-making, and the decision-making power will still be in the hands of the Federal Parliament and the states. In addition to the above four points, Ruprecht also wants to change the organization of the army, but this matter must be approved by the Kaiser and the parliament. He is not sure about the determination of the two parties to the army. The emperor and the parliament faction are very afraid and dissatisfied with the independent army and the sharp knife in the hands of the army this time, but the prince is not sure whether they can really make a move.
However, it didn't take long for this question to be answered. Two days after Earl Schelling began to arrange related matters, both the Kaiser and the parliament faction sent telegrams, and the contents of the telegrams were revealed. A Ministry of Defense is arranged above the General Staff, and the Minister of Defense is held by a civil servant or aristocrat.
"It seems that the Kaiser and the parliament are really going to attack the army. The last insurance to maintain the unity of Prussia will be destroyed by the Prussian authorities. This is really a sad thing." After the telegram sent by the emperor and the parliament, Ruprecht sighed. So far, Ruprecht knows that he is almost certain to win!
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