Chapter 2331 Banquet in Sanssouci Palace One
"Your Excellency, His Majesty's messenger sent an invitation just now. Later today, His Majesty will host a banquet for Grand Duke Albrecht and Marshal Mackensen at the Palace of Sanssouci. I hope you will be there on time." As soon as he boarded the car, The attendant of the Grand Duke of Baden said in the Grand Duke's ear.
"Okay, let's go to the Sanssouci Palace now." The Grand Duke of Baden looked at his watch, today's meeting was not smooth, and the time was a bit late, so it was obviously not enough time to go back to his official residence and then go to the Sanssouci Palace , Therefore, His Excellency the Grand Duke decided to rush directly to the Sanssouci Palace, anyway, the Kaiser will definitely be prepared!
"It's tiring. I just finished a battle on one battlefield, and now I have to go to another battlefield." The Grand Duke of Baden said with a sigh.
Do you want to say whether the Kaiser faction has considered that Ruprecht may use the veto? I must have thought of it! After all, according to the Crown Prince's usual style before, the Crown Prince will be very firm on such issues concerning major interests. And now that he has thought of this point, he will definitely make relevant preparations, and this time, the banquet in the Sanssouci Palace is one of the relevant steps!
The Kaiser knew very well that in the face of Ruprecht, you must never use force. Bavaria was not afraid back then, let alone Bavaria, which is now backed by the Austro-Hungarian Empire and will not be weaker than France in the future? Therefore, the strategy of the Kaiser and the Grand Duke of Baden is a curved strategy, hoping to persuade the crown prince to make concessions through the Kingdom of Württemberg and some people close to the crown prince. Of course, this is a process of mutual concessions. Bavaria takes a step back, Germany The emperor also took a step back, and even distributed the parliamentary share to Bavaria and Austria-Hungary when necessary... .
Yes, you read that right! Hassey wants to plot against the Kaiser, and the Kaiser always wants to plot against the Parliament faction. In the Kaiser's view, if the Kaiser, Prussia and Bavaria can reach an agreement acceptable to both parties, then the Parliament faction can naturally throw go aside! This is politics! No one knows who is the enemy and who is the friend until the result comes out!
Let's take a look at the honored guests invited tonight, the Grand Duke of Württemberg, Duke Albrecht, has been serving as the commander of the Army Group on the Western Front, and his record is remarkable. Prestige is also high on the Western Front. Now in Berlin, it represents the Kingdom of Württemberg. As an important mountain in the empire, both the Kaiser and Bavaria must listen to his words, and give some face when necessary.
The other distinguished guest is of course Marshal Mackensen, not to mention that this marshal was one of the rare high-ranking military officers who firmly stood on the Kaiser's side during the German civil strife, and he has been leading the entire non-Bavarian system on the Eastern Front For the German army, Mackensen should be awarded the rank of marshal, and to be honest, Mackensen played really well. At present, all the North German states have Mackensen's footprints on the territory of the Eastern Front. In terms of prestige, Mackensen is higher than Moltke. After all, he has always been the commander of the army group on the Eastern Front, and Moltke was ordered to retire by the Kaiser!
These two people are important people in the empire, not to mention Duke Albrecht, Mackensen may directly enter the empire's general staff as the chief of staff in the future. (Little Moltke is also possible, but he is now in charge of the Kaiser’s internal military work in Prussia.) This is the result of multi-party coordination. At the beginning, Mackensen supported the Kaiser, so the Kaiser’s faction naturally hoped that Mackensen would be the chief of the Imperial General Staff. Mackensen had a good relationship with Crown Prince Ruprecht on the Eastern Front, so Bavaria did not object. Rather, it is tendentious support. The parliamentary faction couldn't come up with a suitable candidate, and the opposition was invalid, so if nothing else, then Mackensen has a high probability of being in power!
This time, the idea of the Kaiser and the Grand Duke of Baden was to let the Grand Duke Albrecht and Mackensen come forward to persuade Ruprecht to make some concessions. After all, a representative of the kingdom,
A representative of the future Imperial General Staff, even if Ruprecht doesn't want to, you still have to make some good gestures, right? Back then, the Kaiser couldn't do whatever he wanted, let alone Ruprecht now? Of course, this time Xiao Maoqi definitely wants to accompany him.
As for the result of this banquet? The Grand Duke of Baden also made a prediction. Maybe the Kaiser could not completely convince the Grand Duke Albrecht. It is not a big problem to convince Mackensen, right? After all, the latter is a hard-core Kaiser faction, and he was booked as the chief of staff because of the power of the Kaiser. The Grand Duke of Baden couldn't even think of a reason for Mackensen's rejection! And if Mackensen voted, then Albrecht wouldn't even say a soft word, right? Therefore, the Grand Duke of Baden is very confident about the banquet tonight!
The banquet was scheduled for 7 pm, and the Grand Duke of Baden arrived at the Palace of Sanssouci at 4:30 pm, and explained the results of today's negotiations with the Kaiser. Little Mao Qi was in charge of visiting Mackensen in advance to say hello to this former colleague. As for Duke Albrecht? Then there is no need to notify, he is similar to Ruprecht, and has two identities at the same time, a soldier and a politician! How could he not know the purpose of the emperor inviting him at this time? But at this time, the Duke agreed to attend the banquet, which is good news for the Kaiser, right? After all, this means that the Kingdom of Wurttemberg is willing to contact itself.
The banquet started smoothly as expected. This time the Kaiser will not be as fanciful as before. After all, this time it is not a nobleman's communication, but an important matter to be discussed. The Kaiser does not want this matter to make the city full of storms. Therefore, there were only five main people attending the banquet, the Kaiser, the Grand Duke of Baden, Moltke the Younger, Duke Albrecht, and Mackensen. When talking about things, even the attendants are saved!
"Your Excellency, go and meet Little Moltke. I'll make preparations first," the Kaiser ordered.
"Okay." Grand Duke Baden nodded and walked out. The Grand Duke of Baden is not disgusted with this order. After all, Little Moltke's status can be regarded as respected, and when welcoming the little Maoqi, the Grand Duke of Baden needs to exchange information with the other party.
"What's going on? Isn't it going well?" Looking at the little Maoqi with a gloomy face, the Grand Duke of Baden frowned involuntarily. He now wonders if today is not suitable for negotiating work. Ruprecht's talks have collapsed. Is there going to be a problem with the Kaiser? Shouldn't it?
"Marshal Mackensen's attitude is very subtle. I didn't directly talk about the issue of benefit distribution. I just talked to him about some things about fighting on the Eastern Front and his attitude towards the Austro-Hungarian Army. The latter seemed a little displeased." Xiao Maoqi thought for a while. Said. Little Maoqi followed the principle of his uncle, Old Maoqi, that soldiers should stay away from politics. In addition, Little Maoqi was smooth sailing before, so his political acumen was a little lower, and he couldn't see Mackensen's attitude.
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