"Old man. I'm back. " Akkado forced out a smile and held the old man's withered palm. The long suffering of the disease has made the old man lifeless, and his eyes barely opened have long lost their luster.
"Come back! Just come back! " Augustus laughed. The wrinkles on his face were like a blooming flower. However, akado was not in the mood to observe the old man's expression carefully. He just held the old man's palm and didn't say anything for a long time.
When the old man saw akado coming back, he was obviously in a better spirit, so he didn't gasp up and down like he did yesterday. It seems that his mind is not slow because of the rapid aging of his appearance, but becomes more intelligent and sensitive as he grows older.
He squeezed the palm of acardo's hand and said, "you know, I always have a wish to help you to ascend the throne of the emperor. Now it seems that I don't have this chance. It's a pity."
Akkado wanted to say something, but he was interrupted by the old man himself: "my future affairs have been explained to dominis. Although he still has some lack of adaptability, he is competent for the work I left behind. As a prime minister in the transitional period, he is still very good... At least he won't give you 4, make trouble, which I am sure."
"Don't say that, sir. I know dominis will be a good prime minister, but I hope you can see our final victory, the end of the war and the prosperity of the Empire..." akado sincerely said to Augustus, "you can tell me these words at that time. At that time, we have a lot of time to discuss these issues."
"Too late, sire... Too late." Augustus shook his head slightly. If not for close observation, he would not even find his head moving: "diplomatic affairs can be handled by Ribbentrop. This diplomat is a talent I deliberately cultivate in diplomacy. I know you have been paying attention to him for a long time. I am very relieved about that."
Akado had to repeat what he just said: "Sir, I said that war will soon pass and peace will soon come. We will have a lot of time to discuss these issues later. Now what you need is a good rest. I promise you that the future empire will be very beautiful. You have to see it with your own eyes! "
The old man smiles. Then he closes his eyes for a while and suddenly opens them. At this moment, his eyes are as bright as when he first met akkado. He spoke in a very gentlemanly tone and said what he wanted to say: "Your Majesty, please allow me to obstinately call you that at the last moment."
After a pause, he continued: "I know I don't have much time left for myself. Now it may be the last time I stay in this world. So I have a few questions that I really care about, and I want to ask you... Or I want to help you solve them. "
Augustus stretched out a finger: "the first problem, you and I know, the Empire's current economic situation, will eventually come to an end, I would like to know, how do you plan to solve this problem."
Without detailed explanation, akkado knew that the old man was talking about the hard problem of the Empire's wartime economy: akkado did the same thing that Schacht designed for Hitler. He borrowed money to start a war, and then used the proceeds of the war to repay part of his debts. This economic system would eventually collapse because of the end of the war, The Empire must pay for this kind of behavior.
To put it bluntly, akado does not have enough funds in his hands to repay his bad checks. Giant plutocrats, including his own white orchid group and Krupp, are looking forward to the huge dividend of the Soviet Union, but the dividend of the war can not repay many capital groups at all.
Monopolizing, annexing, and then becoming a behemoth comparable to the state, these consortia are sucking up the fat and cream of the whole empire, and also feeding back the arms and capital of the Empire. As long as the foreign war continues, these interest groups will eventually form an unprecedented "asset Empire".
In fact, akado has already figured out his own way to deal with this problem. Now he didn't intend to lie to Augustus, so he gently answered, "capital will concentrate infinitely on monopoly plutocrats, and eventually these people or groups will become enemies of the Empire... If they don't give up their excessive demands, then I can only use my power to destroy them."
Let the plutocrats collapse and leave the last bonus of the war to the country and the grassroots people. This is the final solution for akado to solve this economic fraud. He has failed too many people, so he doesn't care to continue to fail some of the consortia that helped him.
Even he has worked out a concrete implementation plan: that is to mobilize the most loyal special forces to attack the Empire State Capitol and kill all those who do not agree to his forcible nationalization of the war dividends. Then he subdued everyone with the prestige of his life, striving for a smooth landing of the Empire's economy and completing the final transformation from war to peace.
It's bloody, but it's very effective: gradually transfer the country's war dividend to a few monopolistic plutocrats. When these invisible funds are transferred to a few people, we use the country's power to arbitrarily wipe out everything to eliminate this huge loan - borrow money and then kill the creditors. This method of not paying back the money is simple and logical.
"I will not let go of my own assets. I have not mistaken you, your majesty." Augustus seemed very satisfied with this terrible answer. He didn't even argue for his friend Krupp, so he nodded and agreed: "this is a radical and good way. At least in terms of prestige, everything you do will be supported by the people. So I say you are a mighty emperor, but you never admit that. " Then he held out his second finger, looked at akado curiously, and asked, "well, your majesty, can you tell me what you are doing in Germany? Or, who are you, where are you from, and what do you want to do here? Would you like to talk to me, an old man who is closing his eyes? " Akado was stunned and then gave a wry smile. Sure enough, his birth has never reassured the old man. Even if he pulled out the mysterious oriental far away and the famous art of war of Sun Tzu, he didn't let the wise old man believe even a little bit. It's because akado has been doing something good for the country. He did not interfere too much in the economy, and his contribution to the military is obvious to all. Therefore, his origin, or the reasons behind his rise, is not so important. Perhaps Augustus had hypnotized himself to make sure that the Fuehrer was "a gift from God". But when he was about to leave the world, the old man's curiosity became rampant. Now he seemed to want to know whether akkado was a gift from God or just a wizard. So he looked at akado with a pair of bright eyes, waiting for his reply“ I come from the future of 2015, and I don't know how I came to this world, but when I thought I was dead, I opened my eyes and became the present akado. " Akkado thought for a while, and then began to tell the old man a story similar to Arabian Nights: "in the history I know, Germany took many wrong detours, so it lost the war..." "right? So we lost. " Augustus sighed lonely, and didn't let akado explain too much, so he believed everything he said. He was sad for a few seconds, then raised his head slightly, looked at akado and asked, "what about this time? Will Germany be defeated this time? "“ I have changed some things and made Germany go a lot less detours. Now we are much stronger than the history I know... And the situation is better for us. " Akado looked at the old man's expectant expression, and said frankly, "but the history I know has been changed beyond recognition, so now I don't know whether we will win the final victory of this war."“ That makes sense... That makes sense! " Augustus nodded slightly, then released akado's hand: "this can explain why you develop so many excellent weapons ahead of time, and why you can discover so many talents ahead of time..." then the old man asked: "if only I could go back to the past..." akado was stunned, Then he nodded: "yes, you will go back to where you want to go!" As he said this, he stretched out his palm and stroked the dark eyes of Augustus. He could not feel the breath of life, but felt a little cool and pierced his palm. Then he came close to Augustus' ear and said to the old man in a soft voice, "my original name is Gu Changge. Nice to meet you, Augustus? Feng? Mr. Bismarck On the evening of April 25, 1939, Augustus, the Prime Minister of the Third Reich, died in the ward of the imperial hospital in Berlin. He was 73 years old. When he died, akkado, the head of the Empire, came in person. They had a secret talk for about an hour, but the content was not clear. The next day, dominis became Prime Minister of the Third Reich. On the same day, the Japanese army retreated to Darwin harbor.