The Rise of the Empire

"Are you happy? Keep jumping? Are you afraid now? Are you regretting it?" Bismarck was like an angry bull against Gustav Krupp in front of him.

"Do you know how much trouble you have caused the empire? You can get the Bavarian royal family to bend over and file a lawsuit with you, which is considered a skill. When you did it, you didn't know how to narrow the scope of the attack? Württemberg, Saxony You have offended the Junker nobles of East Prussia over and over again! Are you looking for death, are you looking for death, or are you looking for death?” the Prime Minister continued.

"Only part of this was done by me. Those who attacked Catholicism have nothing to do with me. I just said that Bavaria's expansion seized our market." Gustav shuddered and immediately argued.

"What's the use of you saying this? People just insist that you did it! Those guys are eager to let you take the blame now? Are you reasoning with the king? You don't even think about it. You can get to this point now, isn't it the Kaiser? Do you support me? But the Kaiser will never break up with a country for you! You are too self-righteous, right?" Bismarck also knew that there were so many people in Germany, who didn't think carefully, Krupp Uncle took the lead, and the other three religions followed suit, but something happened, and they would naturally find trouble for the lead!

"Then what do we do now?" Gustav said tremblingly. So many things have been found on my head, coupled with the troubles of my colleagues, maybe Krupp will really fall...  What Prussia needs is Krupp's industry, and this industry is not necessarily in the hands of this family!

"Do you still want the Navy order?" asked the Prime Minister.

"I don't want to!" Gustav Krupp said very simply.

"Actually, the normal way of competition is not without chance of winning. After all, the navy is uncertain. Well, I admit, your probability of success is no more than 30%. But now, 10% is gone! Go back and do your current job well. Things, don’t think about it. This time I can save you because of the emperor’s face. If you use it this time, it will be gone!” The prime minister waved the latter to leave quickly, looking intrusive.

The so-called shooting the head bird, the bird Krupp has been beaten half to death, so what about the bird Bavaria? how to spell? For the German Central Committee and the Prime Minister, this bird is like meat with a hob. People don't care about the usual sanctions. Want to be more powerful? Where can you go? To put it bluntly, this is a murder caused by an order. But no matter what, if nothing happens in Bavaria in the future, something like this will happen, what do you want the boss to do?

In general stories, the second child who has an awkward relationship with the boss is usually handed over to the third and fourth child to check and balance, but the relationship between the third child, Saxony, and Bavaria is okay, but historically, he has not dealt with Prussia. And Württemberg has always had a good relationship with Bavaria since the establishment of the empire. From time to time, the two sides have joined forces to find the boss uncomfortable. You said that the boss of Prussia is a bit depressed.

"First reduce the agricultural subsidies to Bavaria this year. If they are willing to admit that they have done something wrong, then they can consider reducing the punishment." Frederick III said.

"Is this the end?" Bismarck also felt a little unbelievable.

"Of course it's over, what else can you do?" Frederick III asked. "It would be great if this penalty could be implemented. The amount of appropriation needs to be approved by the Federal Parliament. In the current situation, if South Germany and Saxony join forces, it is hard to say whether this bill will be passed!"

At the same time, the two sides are secretly exchanging interests. What the Kingdom of Bavaria wants is lining, what Prussia wants is face. So everyone has something to talk about. And the focus of the discussion between the two sides was how to maintain Prussia's face! When such a big thing comes out, you must have made some face-saving concessions.

In this matter, Ruprecht’s grandfather, Regent Luitpold of Bavaria, understands this truth. The German central government will temporarily reduce the appropriation received by the Bavarian royal family from the central government.

At the same time, agricultural subsidies will also be reduced appropriately. This reduction is more a matter of face, probably only a few hundred thousand marks. Of course the latter needs to be passed in the Bundestag, and all Bavaria has to do is not block the passage of this proposal to show Prussia's control over the Bundestag.

Of course, this incident not only lost face to Bavaria, but also hurt part of the face. As the party who was already reasonable, if you let me cooperate with you to gain face, then the face must be made up for! First of all, it goes without saying that the navy's armament bidding this time, Krupp was directly out of the competition, and other factories did not even have the qualifications to compete. The Bavarian-Austrian military-industrial complex received the order directly. Including the turret, internal servo equipment and artillery, of course, the Kaiser will definitely reiterate that if Bavaria does not do well in the next competition, then the order will go to others. As for who, everyone knows.

Before this incident arose, it was a matter of the Bavarian royal family and Krupp, but after it arose, it was not simply a matter of Prussia and Bavaria! The contradictions and coordination between Württemberg, Saxony, Catholic Prussians, Junker landowners and capitalists, this series of things are not just settled. Bismarck suddenly discovered that there is a situation where he can go back to ten years ago overnight! I spent so much effort to coordinate various relationships within Germany, but because of a few articles, the whole society was in turmoil. Although the impact was not very big, it is extremely scary to think about it!

Bismarck fought to unify the empire in the first half of his life, what did he do in the second half of his life? It is to coordinate various relationships, the relationship between the central government and local governments, the relationship between Junker nobles and capitalists, the relationship between Catholicism and Protestantism, the relationship between industry and agriculture, the relationship between capitalists and workers, the relationship between domestic and foreign countries... . But coordination came and went, and Bismarck found that Germany's rise was still fragile. There is a lack of real cohesion. And under Germany's physique, the only way to increase this cohesion is for the top management not to make trouble for each other...  

"The sword of Germany can only be used externally. If it is internally, it is the prelude to the collapse of the empire. Compared with his father and grandfather, Prince Ruprecht is stronger in terms of ability and vision. He has his own ambitions , but he can recognize the situation clearly and know how to advance and retreat. We can have a good talk with him.” Frederick III finally set the tone for this matter.

Ruprecht will eventually go to Berlin for a walk, but this time, he is not chatting with William II, not discussing how much money he should make with the people in the Admiralty, but talking with the ruler of the empire The relationship between the two parties in the future, the clear point is, what do you want, and what can the two parties give each other. Prussia can be unified with a saber, but it cannot be ruled with a saber!

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