Chapter 2379: Bargaining Four

"This way of handling is meaningless." William II said dissatisfied.

"Your Majesty has actually gained a lot of benefits. Your Majesty is just a bystander in this matter, plus a speculator. As the actual implementation of this plan, we have not gained as much benefit as Your Majesty. If you want more benefits If so, then it is very likely that the final result will be a separation. The various agreements we have reached before will be invalid. We have already made the parliament faction aware of our strength through practical actions. At the same time, your actions have made the parliament Pai is aware of your deep malice, so if it really gets to the point where no agreement can be reached, wouldn't it be clear who the Parliament faction chooses to cooperate with?" Ruprecht also stopped going around in circles with the Kaiser, saying in words Very blatant!

In the final analysis, Bavaria is the one who is responsible for this matter. The fundamental point of re-judgment of Prussia is in Bavaria and not in the Kaiser or the imperial government. right to interfere. If you want to interfere, you can do it, but you must be authorized by the Federal Parliament, and if the Federal Parliament does not meet, or there is no authorization, then the Kaiser and the Imperial Government have no right to deal with it!

If Ruprecht wants to calm down, it is very simple. At this time, the parliamentary faction is definitely willing to reach an understanding with Ruprecht, Crook and others to avoid this issue being submitted to the Federal Parliament. If you do this, then the Kaiser will not get any benefit!

And even if the Kaiser forcibly mentioned this matter in the Federal Parliament, without the support of Bavaria, it would be impossible for him to obtain the two-thirds of the votes necessary to pass the resolution! Therefore, in this matter, Ruprecht has always firmly grasped the initiative. If it hadn't been for the Kaiser's strength to make the parliamentary faction approach Bavaria, if it hadn't been for reaching an understanding with the Kaiser on the issue of the center of the empire, Then the crown prince did not intend to give the Kaiser so many benefits.

"Your Majesty, at this time, what we need is stability. The empire has just experienced a major war and civil strife, and we need a period of time to recover. It is unpopular to provoke new conflicts without authorization at this time." Just as the Kaiser was about to When he couldn't help it, the Grand Duke Oldenburg, who had been silent for a long time, finally spoke. As the Kaiser's in-laws, his words are sometimes quite useful, at least in terms of face, the Kaiser must take care of it.

"If Hanover and other places are included in the management of the imperial government, if they enjoy the imperial finances, then the tax must also belong to the empire. The center cannot pay in vain." The Grand Duke of Baden said, two grand dukes, one to discourage the Kaiser , One fights for interests, but the situation is under control. Of course, what the Grand Duke of Baden said was acquiescing to the Crown Prince's suggestion.

"I'll add one more condition, Albert must go to prison!" The Kaiser said with a bit of anger, of course, this is actually a very small additional condition, and Ruprecht still supports this.

"So what about the issue of war reparations?" The Grand Duke of Baden said finally.

"This, I suggest dividing the discussion into two issues. The first issue is the distribution of indemnities between the German Empire and the Austro-Hungarian Empire, and the second is the distribution within the empire." Ruprecht thought for a while and said, this is another It is a clever split. As long as the 20% war indemnity that the Austro-Hungarian Empire should receive can be settled, then the remaining domestic distribution will be much easier, because the 15% ratio of other states and Bavaria is indispensable! This is actually equivalent to letting the two Prussians compete for the final 50%! And who can make the final ruling on the amount of compensation?

There are only two options. The first option is that the Kaiser and the parliament reach an agreement on this issue in private, and then just go through the motions when it is passed.

Another problem is that the two sides pull allies and then vote in the Federal Parliament. And no matter which solution the Kaiser and the parliament choose, Ruprecht at least has nothing to lose! Because Bavaria wants to get its own 15%, there is no legal or moral difficulty, the real difficulty is to give 20% to the Austro-Hungarian Empire! And if the latter can be finalized first, then both the Kaiser and the Parliament faction will ultimately need the support of Bavaria to gain an advantage! Yes, it is like that!

"We need a guarantee!" After several minutes of silence, the Kaiser said, "A guarantee that we will never suffer."

"The Kaiser Prussia can at least get more than 26% of the war reparations. Is this okay?" Ruprecht said.

"26%? Is this too little?" The Kaiser said dissatisfied.

"The United Kingdom alone will give us more than 5 billion pounds in compensation. If you calculate the benefits arising from this and the loans provided by the French as compensation, then every percentage point of deviation represents more than 100 million pounds, 2 billion pounds. Reichsmark funds! You know what I mean, everyone here knows the horror of these funds! The funds represented by this percentage point are enough to make some people take risks!" Ruprecht said seriously .

"27%!" said the Grand Duke of Baden.

"26.5%! We guarantee that the Kaiser Prussia can get at least 26.5% of the funds, there is no upper limit! If you can get 40% of the compensation by your own ability, I will not interfere! That's it!" Ruprech Te said decisively.

"Well, I agree with your suggestion, Crown Prince." In the end, the Kaiser said, which also means that the hours-long negotiations have finally come to an end. Of course, some details will be finalized between the two parties, but most of these things Just leave it to the subordinates to do it, the real boss will not go directly to the field.

"For the sake of the German Empire, I hope that our future cooperation will be more pleasant." Ruprecht said.

As the meeting ended, Ruprecht, Duke Albrecht, and the Crown Prince of Saxony came outside the Palace of Sanssouci. The Grand Duke of Baden and others stayed in the palace in the name of family gatherings. (There's nothing wrong with that.)

Looking at the time now, it seems to be around 10 o'clock in the evening. After fighting for several hours, everyone was a little exhausted.

"You two go back to rest first. In three days, at 2 o'clock in the afternoon, I hope you two can come to my official residence. Here, we have to meet some special guests, that's it." Ruprecht said with a smile , he is very satisfied with today's results!

"Special guest?" asked the Crown Prince of Saxony.

"Tomorrow I will tell you. Today is the first lesson for you, and three days later, it will be the second lesson. In the German government, you can hate some people, but you still have to contact them." The crown prince's story Said mysteriously.

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