The Rise of the Empire

　　 "Our little brother in southern Germany seems to have done a lot of things recently." Frederick III, sitting in the middle of the study at the Berlin Palace, said thoughtfully. Some recent events in the south can be said to have followed one after another. The first is that the Bavarian royal family fought a lawsuit with the Imperial Admiralty, which led to a major change in the personnel of the Imperial Admiralty. The German Emperor said that he could tolerate it, after all, it was a problem with the Imperial Navy. Then his son and the prince of Bavaria had a fight with many shipyards in the newspaper. And he was prepared to set up a ship design bureau. These are okay, I haven't ascended the throne yet, so I just want to play.

　　 But then one thing made him feel a little dissatisfied. According to intelligence reality, it seems that the Bavarians have also come up with an army rapid-fire artillery! The rate of fire is at least 4 times that of the artillery currently used by the German Army! In terms of performance, it would completely crush all field artillery currently known in Germany! If the Army bids for artillery again, if it is in accordance with the principle of fairness and reasonableness, wouldn't the German Army use Bavarian artillery? Although everyone is a family, I always feel a little uncomfortable!

"In fact, there is no need to worry. Bavaria's production capacity is not enough to meet the needs of the whole of Germany. We can purchase production licenses and then produce them at the Krupp gun factory. After we contacted the Bavarian side, they also have this meaning. From the current point of view , Their purpose is only one, and that is to make money. There is nothing wrong with this." The Prime Minister on the side looked at it lightly.

　　 The emperor felt uncomfortable, and this uncomfort was mostly a psychological blow. The Kingdom of Bavaria has no two minds towards Germany. After all, Bavaria was almost neutral in the German-Austrian War. At that time, it did not really compete with Prussia, and it is even more impossible now. But at the same time, Germany cannot do anything to Bavaria. This is not just because Prussia and Austria announced the guarantee of the territorial integrity of the kingdoms and grand duchy of Bavaria and Sax during the armistice. This treaty is only a superficial phenomenon. The root cause lies in the chaos within Prussia!

　　 Why did the Prime Minister say that he should exclude Austria instead of destroying Austria when he formulated the German unification strategy? Austria is stronger than France? Obviously this is not the case. The fundamental reason is that if Germany swallows Austria, (let's just swallow it) then the various problems facing Germany will be more serious! First of all, the religious issue is the first hurdle that cannot be avoided!

　　 The North German Federation headed by Prussia is Protestant, and the South and Austria are Catholics. Religious issues were still a problem at this time. In history, a relative of William II converted to Catholicism, and William removed him from the family. And his sister, the Queen of Greece, also made the emperor very angry because of her conversion to the Orthodox Church, and announced that she would not meet with her within three years. This decision was made after the Queen’s persuasion! This is the sister of the Kaiser!

　　 If Austrians enter Prussia, Germany will directly add more than 10 million Catholics! Protestants immediately became a minority! Even in 1906, German Prime Minister Birov was worried about the influence of the German-speaking Catholics on the dominance of Prussia after the dissolution of Austria-Hungary! As a Protestant emperor, how do you ask Germany to deal with this religious issue? Well, apart from religious issues, there are many internal problems in Germany. Don't think that Prussia will do whatever it wants within the empire! If those little princes are determined to resist, the Kaiser has nothing to do, unless you fight a civil war! After the Franco-Prussian War, Germany fought a civil war. Wasn't it looking for death?

　　 For example, in 1871, when King William I of the Kingdom of Prussia was most proud, the King of Prussia held the coronation ceremony of the Kaiser at Versailles! With a great victory over France, the Kaiser tried to use the title "Emperor of Germany". But because this title has the meaning of sovereignty over all states in Germany. So it caused the dissatisfaction of the little brothers. The Kingdom of Bavaria and Württemberg refused! The final result was that the German emperor recognized him and replaced it with the title of "German Emperor", because the latter was only in national significance.

　　 At that time, when the Prussian saber made the whole of Europe tremble in that situation, the boys dared to do this. It can be seen that the mountains inside Germany are so powerful. Okay, let's talk about something else! army! To put it bluntly, the German Army was assembled by various states. Take the first battle as an example. Before the start of the German Army, there were 25 corps. Prussia accounted for the most, with 19 corps, and then Bavarian 3 corps, Wurttemberg And Saxony are 2 army and 1 army respectively! Cavalry is not counted. These armies are usually under the command of the various kingdoms, and they will be unified under the command of the General Staff until they have fought. But you have to say the gun is inward! For example, if you are about to move to Bavaria, what will the other two kingdoms think? What would France and Russia think? Do you dare to do it?

　　 More importantly, your resolution will never pass in the Federal Parliament! There are two parliaments in Germany, one is the Federal Parliament and the other is the Imperial Parliament. People like the German Social Democratic Party and the Conservative Party can only hang around in the Reichstag. They theoretically have the right to veto the proposal of the German government, as long as the votes are enough! But there is no right to propose major policies! Who made the decision? It's the Federal Parliament! And who constitutes the Federal Parliament? Naturally, the kings and princes of Germany!

　　 There are 58 seats in the Federal Parliament. Basically, the votes are distributed in proportion to the population. Of course, in order to ensure that all the small princes have at least one vote, Prussia and some large countries need to transfer some benefits. The distribution of votes is like this: Prussia has 17 votes, Bavaria has 6 votes, Saxony has 4 votes, Wurttemberg has 4 votes, and Baden has 3 votes! Most of the remaining small states have 1 vote, and some have 2 votes! In the Federal Parliament, there is an absolute majority, and you have to get three-quarters of the votes to pass the proposal! It is true that Prussia can veto all proposals that are unfavorable to itself, but in the same way, it is not difficult for others to veto your proposal, isn't it 15 votes? South Germany is not just three kingdoms!

　　And the most important thing is that the imperial assembly. His Majesty the emperor feels uncomfortable. You can declare the dissolution directly. Do you dare to dissolve the Federal Assembly? That's the rhythm to split! The Reichstag has been disbanded several times in German history. When have you heard of the Kaiser going to move the Bundestag?

　　 Why didn't Bismarck go to get a colony in the 70s? I haven't done anything in my own family, so I went out and got a hairy colony! Bismarck mentioned an internal problem in Germany in his memoir "Meetings and Thinking"! The people of Germany do not identify with a nation! But more agree with your own king or leader! They can take up swords and go to war with their neighbors of the same race at any time under the king's order! In fact, thinking about it, you can understand how many times has Germany played internally in history? It is normal for a war to break out between the lords and the electors! In this kind of ethnic identity, religious opposition, and even when everyone has ever fought a war, something will happen if something is not handled properly. There is a reason for the conservativeness of the Prime Minister!

　　 Now the question is here. Since his little brother is so dishonest, how can Prussia as the boss be disciplined? Prussia has a talented and talented prime minister who can be called a generation of talents! Suppress them directly, can UU read www.uukanshu.com let them be grandchildren one by one? In fact, on the contrary, Prussia mainly buys these little brothers! It stands to reason that everyone is a family, the central government spends, you always have to show it! Say okay, my brothers, according to the discussions between the Federal Assembly and the Imperial Assembly, countries other than Prussia will need to share a total of 1900 to 31 million marks in the 10 years after the establishment of the empire! Isn't that good?

　　 But one of the weird things in Germany is that in addition to making money from each state, the central government also allows each state to collect some benefits from its own customs taxes! And according to the Customs Tariff Act of 1879! This benefit is more than the money given by the federal countries to the central government! This was the case from 1883 to 1898! In the end, the government's fiscal expenditures rose sharply in 1899, (the naval plan was a big reason) that changed this situation.

　　 After most of the younger brothers have benefited from the naval construction plan, they no longer worry about this small share of money. In addition to the obvious, the German central government has never given less money to the royal families! In 1910, more than 5.7 million marks were given to the Bavarian royal family! At that time, the government expenditure of all German states that exceeded the imperial denial was only 17.3 million marks...

　　 The problem of relatively strong small hills in Germany has not been resolved by the prime minister, nor has William II. However, as Ruprecht, he enjoys these benefits. So I don't intend to help solve it. Nonsense, that is to weaken the cheap Prussia, why should I be so selfless?

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