Chapter 1497： Internal disputes

Chapter 1497: Internal Disputes

Ruprecht really didn't guess wrong. After receiving Ruprecht's guarantee and a large amount of equipment as a guarantee, Kaiser Wilhelm II finally became a little unbearable and began to attack domestic political opponents! Among them, what he first did was to increase the imperial power to control the entire country!

The current situation of the war is generally very good. On the Western Front, even when the German Army was transferred to the east and carried out the Polish Pocket Campaign, the remaining Western Front Army successfully blocked the successive attacks of the British and French forces. Greatly embarrassed England and France.... And on the Eastern Front? The death of the Russians has become a consensus in Germany from top to bottom. The question people are discussing now is only when the Russians are finished. To the north, the Germans are expected to reproduce the achievements made by Napoleon. On the southern front, most of Ukraine and Belarus have fallen into the hands of the Bavarian Army.

In the Balkan theater under the command of Ruprecht, when the prince defeated the British offensive deployment in Greece, the entire battle situation has stabilized. Therefore, aware of the fact that there is no major external threat, the Kaiser believes that it is time for reform!

In fact, in this case, whether you are the Social Democratic Party or the Catholic Central Party, whether you are the left-wing Spartacus regiment or the right-wing Fatherland Party, the situation in the war is very good, the domestic civilians can eat their food, Germany What can these parties provoke when they are ready to share the benefits of war from top to bottom? A few strikes based on the treatment issue is the limit. In this case, the German government can easily deal with this situation whether it is through peace talks or violent means!

The timing of Wilhelm II's choice was good. Taking advantage of this opportunity, he began to strengthen the imperial control over Germany! The first is to strengthen the management of the army and military supplies. William II knew very well that a part of the capitalists and the Junker nobles were inseparable, and they were also carrying out their own calculations during the war. There are a large number of associations in Germany. At first they were only political associations, but according to reports from intelligence agencies, some of these associations have begun to penetrate into the military!

The deliberate delays of the army and police in some places have attracted the attention of the Kaiser, so he needs to clean up the opposition in the army. On the other hand, the Kaiser knew that the materials and equipment produced by certain military enterprises did not flow into the front line, but into certain other places. This made the German Emperor feel very uneasy. Problems with the troops stationed in the homeland and the illegal possession of arms by various societies constituted a serious challenge to the security of the empire! It was these people that the Kaiser had dealt with first.

However, William II was originally a person who was sometimes indecisive. This is manifested in diplomacy that is unscrupulous when he speaks, but he chooses to withdraw when things happen. (For example, the attitude of the Kaiser to the Boer Republic in history) This question is reflected in the internal affairs that the Kaiser only dealt with the fur, and did not touch the real high-ranking military officers, big capitalists and bankers. You can understand this phenomenon as stable, but it also makes it impossible to fundamentally solve the problem.

Secondly, the emperor required strict control over the rationing system. This is what the prince has repeatedly emphasized to the emperor. Only by guaranteeing the quality of life of the common people can social unrest be avoided to the greatest extent. Therefore, taking advantage of this opportunity, the Kaiser refocused the distribution of some materials in the hands of people he trusted, and strengthened supervision. In order to prevent the occurrence of strange hoarding, and to minimize the production of "non-war materials" and "non-necessities"!

The third point is that Prime Minister von Bergmann Holwig is fighting within the German parliament. The Kaiser has expressed his support for the current three-tier electoral system and expressed his absolute protection of the German imperial power! This statement has caused serious dissatisfaction among the right wing and centrists of the Social Democratic Party. According to the right-wing chairman of the German Social Democratic Party, Albert, "We have lost the results of a whole year of struggle in one night! We are angry and disappointed with the Kaiser’s repeated repetitions!"

On the surface, the Kaiser’s actions were very effective. In a very short period of time, the opposition within Germany was greatly reduced. Both the high-level parliament and ordinary civilians seemed to have accepted Wilhelm II's so-called "adjustment." But is this really the case? Just when the Kaiser was proud of his "competition", an invisible undercurrent was surging inside Prussia! The most important of these is that the right wing of the German Social Democratic Party and the centrist began to cooperate!

In a hotel in Berlin, the right-wing chairman of the Social Democratic Party, Albert, met with Philips Shedman, who had just returned from the field. And in this conference room, the content of the conversation between the two sides was like a butterfly inflaming its wings, which caused a series of subsequent political turmoil and changes in Germany. As a result, even the two participants at the meeting felt unexpected. Of course, this is not to mention for the time being. The main content of the conversation between the two parties this time is actually about how to restrict the imperial power!

"Our counterattack had little effect. The Hamburg strike was quickly suspended, and our personnel in Cologne were arrested at the police station. The only thing I did when I arrived in Cologne was to clear up the relationship~www.novelhall.com ~ Let our people come out. And the parliament? Those old nobles who should be swept into the garbage are shaking again. And the centrists are also caught in hesitation, even if the Kaiser agrees to discuss direct elections, I feel we The odds of winning are not great." Philips Schedman said with a sigh.

"It seems that the war going too smoothly is not a good thing. The Bavarian Army and the Austro-Hungarian Army are invincible on the Eastern Front. Russia may not be able to hold on to next year. If the main force of the German Army is concentrated on the Western Front, I feel this The war is about to end, and if the war is over, William II will never make concessions on the issue of imperial power and parliament. This is our last chance." Albert said.

"We cannot allow the Kaiser to make concessions solely by relying on the power of the political party. We mobilize party members to instigate the people, or hold strikes or demonstrations, are also useless. In addition to making the Kaiser hate us more, then There is no effect outside of us, this kind of thinking of trying to force the Kaiser to make concessions through peaceful means is inherently problematic." Scheidemann said angrily.

"So do you have any ideas?" Albert asked.

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