Chapter 2636 Troubles 3
It seems that you have deliberately hidden many things. "Ruprecht frowned. He could feel that the two of them had been talking for a long time. The Grand Duke of Baden still had many questions that he had not said. The Crown Prince was contrary to his previous plan on the Turkish issue, as well as on the new territory. The barbaric behavior seems to be just the tip of the iceberg of these recent things? "If you think you really need to come to me to solve the problem, then we should be honest with each other. You obviously still have some concerns. "
Ruprecht still clearly felt that the Prince of Baden was hesitant on some issues. Although Prince Baden is very dissatisfied with the attitude of the Crown Prince when it comes to the issue of new territories, but whether this matter is big or small, for ordinary people, the Crown Prince's anger must be considered, but for Baden At the level of Prince Baden, it's not a big deal. There is no need for Prince Baden to be so secretive. Therefore, the Crown Prince believes that Prince Baden must have received some other inside information.
"His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is running some small groups. This group has begun to penetrate the Kingdom of Prussia and involves various departments of the military, economy and culture. In nature, it has the same effect as the original Naval Association, but it is more radical and rich. Aggressive. They safeguard the interests of the nobility and some capitalists, while advocating to ensure the dominance of Protestantism within the empire," said Prince Baden.
"And His Royal Highness the Crown Prince has also established a new political party, a political party whose principles cover the original Prussian region. This is a pure interest group, so they can accept everyone including the right-wing members of the original Social Democratic Party. And this way If a group of people are mixed together, there must be a common goal to unite them." Prince Baden hesitated and did not dare to say the rest of the words.
"I'm afraid this target is aimed at us, right?" Ruprecht sighed leisurely. Bavaria has never been a popular existence among Prussian senior officials, especially in this dimension, because it is simple that the rise of Bavaria will definitely take away part of the cake that originally belonged to the Prussian nobles and capitalists. The division of Prussia will also make a group of originally neutral Junker nobles dissatisfied with Bavaria. Although the crown prince seems innocent on the surface, sometimes people's feelings are so unreasonable.
In the final analysis, it is still a matter of interests, but because of the pressure from foreign wars, this internal conflict was suppressed by the Kaiser and the Crown Prince. But now, when this pressure is gone, the external fighting is over, and internal fighting will definitely arise. This is a natural thing, not only in Germany, but also in other countries. After the Americans defeated the British, they still had to fight a civil war. Looking at the previous history of Europe, which powerful country has not fought a civil war or experienced large-scale political turmoil?
What Prime Minister Bismarck said is very correct, and it remains true even to this day, that is, the Germans lack the concept of a country! Historically, the Weimar Republic eliminated the barriers between states to a certain extent. But what now? Because Germany won the war and the state-state system still exists, then this gap still exists. To a certain extent, this is one of the few negative impacts left on Germany after the crown prince won the First World War. !
To be honest, the Crown Prince is somewhat capable of thinking about this.
It's not that the Crown Prince thinks that he can unite a group of people to defeat Bavaria with his current situation. If before the war, the Kaiser had the ability to destroy Bavaria after paying some price, then now, even though the Kaiser and the Crown Prince have the same views ideas, but they are unable to execute them.
But no matter what, if the Crown Prince uses the slogan of countering Bavaria and ensuring the interests of North German Protestants, he can indeed win over a considerable number of people! A considerable number of German nobles, capitalists and financiers who are in conflict with Bavaria, and even some major forces in the Prussian Federation that originally supported the Social Democratic Party may join this alliance. Even some civilians whose living standards have declined due to the addition of cheap labor in the territory may also join this group.
In the future, the population of the German Empire is estimated to be hundreds of millions! No matter how well the Crown Prince does, to be honest, it is not difficult at all to find 20 million people in this country who are dissatisfied with Bavaria! Don’t Germans like associations? Obviously not! Think of the Historical Naval Association, which has millions of members, and the influential World War I Veterans Association. There is no doubt that the crown prince's flag caters to the needs and ideas of a considerable number of people. Economically, they need to compete with Bavaria. Politically, they need to find an enemy to divert dissatisfaction within the state. In terms of interests, they You can use this as a banner to rally!
As for William's attitude in this matter? That would be intriguing. Should we say that there is no bad blood between the Kaiser and Bavaria? That is obviously impossible, and there is indeed a competitive relationship between the two parties. But compared to the Crown Prince directly establishing a political group for this purpose, the Kaiser's methods may be much milder. As for the Kaiser, does he support the Crown Prince's behavior? The Crown Prince believes that under the current situation, the Kaiser is probably acquiescent or neutral!
The reason for this is not only the competitive relationship between them, but also, to a certain extent, the Kaiser believed that this was also one of the ways to strengthen the imperial power. First of all, according to the Crown Prince's understanding, although the Kaiser has frequently improved Prince Albert's status in recent times, at least for now, the Kaiser has no intention of deposing the Crown Prince. The Crown Prince and Prince Albert are actually in a competitive relationship! And the power in the hands of the Crown Prince is equal to that of the Kaiser to a certain extent! Therefore, the Kaiser may be aware of some of the problems in this way of intensifying conflicts and going astray, but at present the Kaiser may still think that the advantages outweigh the disadvantages.
Okay, now the question is, why did the Prince of Baden, a die-hard member of the Kaiser's family, travel to Bavaria to talk to the Crown Prince about these things? On the one hand, it was naturally because the Prince of Baden was very dissatisfied with some of the crown prince's actions in the newly added territory. Another aspect is that although the Grand Duke of Baden is a die-hard supporter of the Kaiser, and the personal relationship between the Kaiser and the Prince of Baden is also very close, there is one point in which the Grand Duke of Baden thinks that the Crown Prince’s behavior of engaging in religious opposition will bring great harm to Baden. It brought great instability within the Grand Duchy! Because unlike North Germany where Protestants dominate and Bavaria where Catholics dominate, in Baden the Protestants and Catholics are almost evenly matched!
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