Chapter 2339: Qunhao III
"Well, let's not talk about political differences for now, let's just talk about the immediate matter. At least on the current issue of the distribution of reparations, His Majesty the Kaiser and the parliament faction are in agreement. We should at least be allies rather than enemies .” Gustav Krupp said.
Inadvertently, Gustav made another mistake, that is, he made his political attitude towards the Kaiser too obvious, and threatened to restore the old Prussia, which naturally aroused Heinrich Lehard dissatisfaction with the latter, who tended to be parliamentarian. And there is some evidence that Rheinmetall had "abnormal connections" with the parliamentarians during the civil turmoil.
Of course, all these problems were settled with the later reconciliation between the Kaiser and the Parliament faction. But if you want to say that the person who is the least willing to return to the state of old Prussia among all the people here, then it must be Heinrich, because back in the past, it does not matter that the Bayer Group is neutral, and Siemens has not done anything excessive. Bavaria offered asylum, and it was fine. But for Rheinmetall, wait to be liquidated! The Kaiser has never been a tolerant person, and the people under the Kaiser also want to get a share of the fallen Rheinmetall!
Therefore, there is no doubt that Gustav's statement, which can be regarded as a mistake, touched Heinrich's sensitive nerves, which made the head of Rheinmetall's perception of Gustav rapidly deteriorate.
"Everyone, the first thing we need to do now is to admit the reality. It is meaningless to dwell on the past and things that haven't happened. Mr. Gustav believes that His Majesty's proposal is correct, and he and the parliament faction represent the majority of the empire Opinions, so we should support it. However, Mr. Heinrich is not very concerned about this, or he does not want to get involved. Bayer Group is even more neutral. Well, now that everyone has expressed their views, as this time Participants, should I also say something about my own attitude?" Arnold Siemens said.
"Please." Heinrich said respectfully.
"You all know that Siemens Group has a very close relationship with Bavaria. Some of you think I am a traitor to Prussia. Bavaria's economic spokesperson in Prussia." Arnold smiled wryly. "As for me, I don't want to argue. After all, I did make a lot of money from Bavaria, and we have technical and administrative contacts. These are all true. Now, let's temporarily put aside each other's business identities , let us discuss a question as a citizen of the German Empire. That is, from the rise of Bavaria in 1890 to the present, is there anything I can do to the Empire?"
"This..." For a moment, Gustav thought of a lot of evidence of Bavaria's "treason", but on the one hand, these things have no evidence, and on the other hand, they really cannot be said. For example, during the civil strife in Germany, Bavaria sat back and watched the split of Prussia. According to Gustav, Bavaria must have promoted this matter behind the scenes, but it is a pity that you have no evidence, even if it is purely from a rational analysis , is also impossible.
The reason is simple. During the civil strife in the empire, the Bavarian Legion's military strength was released as a whole, and the powerful Bavarian Legion was scattered in Ukraine, the Balkan Peninsula, and Asia Minor. Even military production is trying to maintain the army's fighting. During this period of time, the Krupp Group has received a large number of orders from the German military. One of the fundamental reasons is that the Bavarian military industry is overloaded to support the front-line battles. Then, there was civil strife in the Austro-Hungarian Empire, and Bavaria invested the remaining power in the Austro-Hungarian Empire. According to the information collected by Gustav later, the parliamentary faction also determined that Bavaria was unable to handle domestic affairs before launching the rebellion. Therefore, this is what the Kaiser’s fans may believe,
Most people don't believe it.... And considering the conflict with Heinrich just now on the Kaiser's issue, it is obviously not suitable to mention this matter at this time.
"With all due respect, Bavaria and the Austro-Hungarian Empire are too close. The connection between him and the Austro-Hungarian Empire has surpassed the level of being a state. This matter can even start from when Princess Mary was crowned Bohemia— The Grand Duchess of Moravia begins! Bavaria has revealed inappropriate ambitions. Now, under a series of coincidences or arrangements, Bavaria and the Austro-Hungarian Empire can already be regarded as one country, which is obviously very wrong." Gustav said.
"Well, the first question, is it okay for His Majesty Fritz to give his daughter the status of an actual Grand Duchess? This is the internal affairs of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, right? Is it a violation of the treaty between each other, or is it a violation of the German Empire? The law? Of course, the latter seems to have nothing to do with it." Arnold asked.
"Second, from the perspective of the war situation, the Bohemian Legion trained in Bavaria has a very high combat effectiveness! It is not worse than the German army on the Western Front. From the perspective of the original Kaiser and Austrian Emperor, this is A good thing for both countries, after all, it saved us a lot of troops. And let us end the war in a little over 2 years. Marshal Moltke once said that if there is no upgraded Bohemia Legion, it will take at least 4 years for the German Empire to win the war. That's credit, isn't it?"
"As for the fact that Princess Mary became Queen Mary in the end, I can only say it was an accident. After all, Crown Prince Ferdinand died unexpectedly. The performance of the other prince was really terrible. The fact ended up like this, Ruprecht is not wrong, at least subjectively, we can only say that it is a trick, don't you Mr. Gustav? And to be honest, I don't think this is a difficult thing to understand in Europe Things, isn’t it very common for a family to control multiple countries at the same time? For example, the Habsburgs in the past, such as the Windsor family who once ruled the Kingdom of England and Hanover at the same time.” Arnold said.
"If the law and treaties are used as the yardstick, I can only say that Bavaria did not do anything wrong to the empire. On the contrary, because of Bavaria's strength, it allowed him to assume more national responsibilities, which allowed us to quickly and relatively small On the Eastern Front, the blood of the Bavarian Legion or the Bohemian Legion is on the land of every newly added imperial province, you don’t deny this, right?”
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