Chapter 2380 Plaintiff and Defendant One
"Your Excellency, don't you think that after we have just reached an agreement with the Kaiser and worked out a plan for dealing with Prussia in the Parliament, is it too disobedient for us to see the representatives sent by the Parliament today?" Crown Prince Christian of Saxony looked a little pale Said embarrassingly to the Duke sitting next to him.
The crown prince believes that Ruprecht's decision to tell the Kaiser only the day after his meeting was solely so that he could get a good night's sleep! Although I had already made some mental preparations, I still felt very awkward when I was sure that the people I wanted to meet were Hassey, who was a middle-of-the-road social democratic party, and Buhler, who was originally a rightist. How to describe it? I always feel that Ruprecht is on both sides!
"What's wrong with it? Remember what the Marshal of the Empire said to you, you can hate some people, but at the same time you have to associate with them, not to mention, this time, the people who come here are not so annoying to us." Duke Albrecht said with a smile. This time, the representatives of the two kingdoms were a little low-key, and they were sitting in the same car. Of course, there were still quite a few accompanying convoys. When you are the marshal of the empire, you still have to have the ostentation you should have.
"But we have reached a unified intention with the Kaiser. It is impossible for us to change it?" Crown Prince Christian said.
"Of course, Crown Prince Ruprecht's reputation is still good, and the agreement reached with the Kaiser will be fulfilled according to the agreement. We talked to them about something else," the Duke said.
"Don't they have any objection to this agreement?" Christian asked.
"So what if you have opinions? The Reichsmarshal once used a very apt metaphor to describe the current relationship between the Parliament faction and us, that is, I am a knife and he is a fish! They have no right to refuse, and in the agreement we reached with the Kaiser Among them, the parliamentary faction is not without a chance to come back!" said the Duke.
"I do not understand."
"First of all, we did agree to let the Kaiser take charge of the next imperial government, but the imperial government has only one term, so what about the next term? This term, the parliamentarians have no chance, so there may not be no possibility of a comeback in the future, but On the issue of compensation, we also tried our best to safeguard the interests of the parliamentarians. That is to say, from the perspective of development, the parliamentarians will not suffer too much loss, but what about the internal conflicts in parliamentary Prussia? Such an outbreak of internal conflicts It may not be all bad things, because, after all, we have made the high-level members of the parliamentary faction aware of their position, and made them more inclined to the middle and lower levels in future policy formulation. It will be less. In the long run, it is really difficult to say which of the two Prussians is stronger!" Albrecht patiently explained to Christian.
Although, as a hereditary nobleman, Duke Albrecht didn't like the rising bourgeoisie, he had to admit that those money supremacists did better than the Junkers in quite a few fields. And parliamentary Prussia, controlled by these people, will be more flexible in terms of economic policy. After a long time, it is really impossible to say which of the two Prussians will develop better!
If the negotiations between Ruprecht and the Kaiser represent Bavaria's demands at the center of the empire and at the political level, then in terms of economy, Ruprecht needs to negotiate with the parliamentarians and the forces behind them. After all, a Half of the country's problems are economic problems! In the field of economic cooperation, the two sides have too many things to discuss. Of course, the crown prince will also talk to them about the positioning of Prussia in the future parliament.
"If it's a simple issue of economic cooperation between states, there's no need for us to discuss it in person, right?" Crown Prince Christian said.
"Of course we don't need to discuss such trivial matters. What we are discussing is the distribution of rights and interests in the colonies. Don't forget that the compensation from Britain and France is only a small part of the benefits we gained in the war, and the interests of the colonies are equally huge. All the colonies and vassal states of Britain in Africa have been included in the sphere of influence of the empire, and the French Madagascar is also a spoil of war of the empire. And these are different from the funds that can be directly allocated. These treasures need to be developed and managed to play their role It works," said the Duke.
"Isn't the colony the responsibility of the Imperial Colonial Bureau?" asked the Crown Prince.
"It was like this before, but it is not now. After all, the British colony we have received has been developed by the British for a long time. There are a large number of industrial and mining enterprises there. It is impossible for these things to be directly nationalized. The imperial government actually The government is just a coordination and management organization, and in the end, these benefits still have to be distributed among the various states, but some of the benefits have to be handed over to the imperial government as funds." Duke Albrecht said.
"I thought the Kaiser would use the convenience of controlling the government to put everything into the pocket of the Kingdom of Prussia." The crown prince said with some surprise.
"This is a trap. Even the old Prussia was absolutely impossible to eat up all the colonial interests. If anyone dares to take it all by himself now, he will definitely become the target of public criticism. But now, whether it is the Kaiser or the Parliament Both Pai and us in South Germany are aware of this problem, so we have maintained a tacit understanding with each other, and no one has acted. However, the British have already begun to hand over the colonies, and these things will be distributed sooner or later. And now, what we need is not snatching A certain mine, but formulate a distribution rule, a rule that takes into account both fairness and efficiency!" Duke Albrecht said.
"I feel that His Royal Highness Ruprecht is more concerned about dealing with the empire than the Kaiser." Christian said thoughtfully.
"This is normal. The Kaiser's talents are limited, so Ruprecht needs to pay more attention. Remember one sentence, this is the principle of our future conduct, that is, the interests of the empire come first in everything. Only then can it be the interests of the kingdom. We are detached from all classes and groups within the empire. We represent the interests of the country. Don’t easily tie yourself to a certain class or group. We lost our way and eventually lost our authority. The fundamental reason why we can hold power is that most people in the empire trust us and believe that under our leadership the empire will develop better and the people will benefit. Only in this way, we are kings!" Duke Albrecht said word by word, as if he wanted the latter to engrave this sentence in his heart!
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