Chapter 1266： Hidden dangers

Slide 1266

The prince repeatedly weighed in his mind the problems he might encounter and the possibility of breaking the game a long time ago. If Germany wins the victory safely, and if there is no major turmoil in Prussia, then the prince can guarantee that he will end up as a king of the Kingdom of Bavaria and possess the power of Bohemia-Moravia. His own wife may not even be able to lead the crown of the Kingdom of Austria. Because the Kaiser will absolutely not allow it! The resulting fierce confrontation is possible. After fighting the foreign war, still risking a civil war? The prince is not willing. Because the result may be that everyone is finished, or Bavaria is finished.

Therefore, even if the relationship between the prince and the emperor is good, the emperor will never be soft at a critical moment, and this sign may be when Princess Mary becomes the crown prince. Fortunately, there is a tacit understanding between the prince and Fritz. The latter did not publicly express support for his daughter, but instead added several new heirs "competitors". The dispute for the crown prince, which was originally somewhat intriguing, has become even more confusing.

But in fact, this move actually distracted the support of Her Royal Highness's biggest rival-Archduke Karl, because Princess Mary’s supporters have been slowly accumulated over more than ten years, and their interests have been tied to Bavaria and Princess Mary. Together, loyalty is guaranteed. They will not be shaken by the emergence of a few unknown competitors, but Duke Carl is different. After all, Duke Ferdinand is the heir before. Before the assassination of Duke Ferdinand, what was Duke Carl? After Carl became a contender for the heir, it was a battle, and he didn't have much time to cultivate his direct lineage. And if the new heir wants to get support, it is naturally better to dig the corner of Duke Karl!

For the time being, abandon the internal situation of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, because in the eyes of the prince, it is not difficult to get the Austro-Hungarian Empire under the circumstance of abandoning, and for some troubled nationalists, the prince believes his knife is fast . In history, Horti used thousands of naval officers and soldiers to quickly seize power in Hungary. I have hundreds of thousands of troops in my hands, so afraid of wool?

Therefore, the most critical issue is still the issue of Germany, or Prussia! When the prince wanted to make Princess Mary the Queen or Queen, the biggest resistance came from the Kaiser. After all, after Princess Mary became Emperor of Austria-Hungary, Ruprecht's family power was too strong!

The so-called flies do not bite the unsealed eggs. If there is enough unity in Prussia, then the prince should go to sleep. Temporarily control Bohemia-Moravia, and then according to the agreement with Prussia before, get some territory and do a thousand-year-old thing. But unfortunately, although Prussia is strong, there is a group of sharks waiting for profit sharing! In this once-in-a-lifetime feast, too many people want to jump out and divide it up! To clarify, some people want to make trouble! But the nature of the disturbance is very different from the history!

How did the collapse of the Second German Empire in history begin? Naturally because Germany's defeat is inevitable, the German Social Democratic Party will naturally not let go of this opportunity to transform from the largest party in the Reichstag to the ruling party! It's just that the Social Democratic Party later got rid of it. It became the Social Democratic Party, the Independent Social Democratic Party, and Germany (Communist Party). Only then did Friedrich Albert finally establish the Weimar Republic through compromise with the military.

This is the collapse of the Second German Reich in history, but it is clear that this process can only be used for reference now and cannot be copied, because Germany will not fail this time! But the Social Democrats and the big bourgeoisie in Germany still have trouble! In the final analysis, it is still a matter of interest.

In fact, the struggle for power between democrats and conservatives in Prussia has never stopped. For example, as early as the summer of 1916, when German workers first demonstrated their existence through a radical political strike, it happened to be when Gustav Stresemann, an important member of the German National Liberal Party, proposed to strengthen the power of the imperial parliament. At the beginning of time, a huge political alliance including the German Social Democratic Party, the German National Freedom Party, the Progressive People’s Party, and the Central Party began to form. Although their understanding of the purpose of the war was not the same, it was somewhat certain, that is, the requirement The imperial parliament has greater powers in the future, and in October 1916, it was the same buddy who proposed to establish a constitutional committee.

In order to coordinate the reform requirements of the German four-party coalition, the German Prime Minister Bateman Holvig proposed a controversial "new route" plan on February 17, 1917. In simplified terms, this plan is to oppose Western-style democracy and implement "democracy plus imperial system." Incorporate new classes into the existing system.

However, even so, the conservatives within Prussia still did not buy it. The Prussian Upper House (the House of Nobility) attacked the Prime Minister’s actions on March 19th and attacked the Imperial Parliament. However, Prime Minister Holvig was not a human being inside or out. The Prussian aristocracy, which had violated its interests, naturally disliked him. Although the four reformist parties had forgotten Holvig’s speech on internal unity on March 14th, They still believe that the reform must be carried out during the war After reading the reformists, they also know that once the war is over, what they said today is very likely to be invalidated...

If you postpone the time a little further, the situation will become more complicated. On April 8, 1917, Holvig issued a new announcement, proposing the reform of the aristocracy, and the general, anonymous but not The equal electoral system is actually a compromise with the conservatives in Prussia.

The German Social Democratic Party naturally did not buy into this announcement. On April 19, 1917, the majority of its party "immediately abolished all inequalities in civil rights across the country and within the states, and eliminated bureaucratic rule." To replace bureaucratic rule with the decisive influence of the people’s representative"

At this point in time, Germany is still more than a year away from its final defeat! At that time, the Normanov dynasty had just finished, and Germany had every opportunity to concentrate its forces on a large-scale attack on the western front. From the perspective of the battlefield, it is too early to talk about Germany's defeat! And then there was a long-term confrontation between the Prussian upper house and the various parties in the parliament. In the end, Germany's defeat was determined, and the Social Democrats and the radicals launched an uprising, and this battle finally came to an end!

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