Nine Hundred and Twenty-Three Hurt Parting

"Old man. I'll go back." Akado forced a smile, and stretched out his hand to support the old man's haggard palm. The long-term torment of the disease has made the old man lifeless, and the eyes that are barely open have long lost the brilliance of the past.

"It's good to be back! It's good to be back!" Augustus laughed, the wrinkles on his face were like a blooming flower, but Akado was not in the mood to carefully observe the old man's expression, he just supported the old man's Palm, did not speak for a long while.

When the old man saw Akado come back, he was obviously in better spirits, so he didn't have the up and down panting that he had when he was talking yesterday. His mind does not seem to have become slow and dull because of the rapid aging of his appearance, but because of the growth of age, he has become wiser and more sensitive.

&nbsp~~~m; He squeezed Akado's palm with his hand, and said: "You know, I have always had a wish, that is to assist you to ascend the throne of the emperor of the empire, and now it seems that I don't have this chance Yes, very sorry."

Akado wanted to say something, but was interrupted by the old man talking to himself: "My funeral has been handed over to Dominis. Although he still has a little lack of adaptability, he is already competent for the job I left behind. As a prime minister in transition, it's still very good ... at least he won't mess with you, I'm sure of that."

"Old man... don't say that, I know Dominis will be a good prime minister, but I hope you can see the moment when we finally won, the war is over, and the empire is thriving..." Akado sincerely said to Augustus Said: "You can tell me these words at that time, and we will have a lot of time to discuss these issues at that time."

"It's too late, Your Majesty...it's too late." Augustus shook his head lightly. If he didn't observe closely, he wouldn't even notice that his head had moved: "Diplomatic matters can be left to Li. Bintrop will do it, this diplomat is a talent I deliberately cultivated in diplomacy, I know you have paid attention to him for a long time, I am very relieved about this."

Akado had to repeat what he had just said: "Old man, I said that the war will soon pass and peace will come, and we will have a lot of time to discuss these issues later, what you need now is a good rest. I assure you, the future empire will be very beautiful, you must see it with your own eyes!"

The old man smiled, and after closing his eyes for a while, he suddenly opened them. At this moment, his eyes were extremely bright, just like when he met Akado for the first time. He spoke in that very gentlemanly tone, and said what he wanted to say: "Your Majesty, please allow me to call you that stubbornly at the last moment."

He paused and then continued: "I know that I don't have much time left, and this may be the last period of my stay in this world. So I have a few questions that I am very concerned about, and I want to ask You...or rather, want to help you solve it."

Augustus stretched out a finger vigorously: "The first question,

You and I both know that the current economic situation of the empire will eventually come to an end. I really want to know how you plan to solve this problem. "

Without explaining in detail, Akado knows that what the old man is talking about is the long-standing problem of the empire’s wartime economy: Akado is still doing the same thing that Schacht designed for Hitler. He borrowed money to start the war, and then used the war If the proceeds are used to repay part of the debt, this economic system will eventually collapse due to the end of the war, and the empire will inevitably pay the price for this behavior of borrowing chickens to lay eggs.

To put it bluntly, Akado has not had enough funds in his hands to repay the empty check he wrote. Including his own Bailanhua Group and Krupp and other giant chaebols are looking forward to the huge dividends of winning the Soviet Union, but the dividends of the war are actually unable to repay many capital groups at all.

Monopoly, annexation, and then turning into a behemoth comparable to a country, these financial groups are absorbing the people's fat and cream of the entire empire, and are also feeding back the arms and funds of the empire-as long as the foreign war continues, these interest groups will eventually form an unprecedented "asset empire" ".

As for Akado's method of dealing with this problem, in fact, he had already thought about it himself. Now he has no intention of lying to Augustus, so he replied softly: "Capital will be infinitely concentrated in 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 the strength in my hand to destroy them."

Let the plutocrats collapse and leave the last dividend of the war to the country and the grassroots people. This is Akado’s final solution to this economic scam. He has failed too many people, so he doesn’t care about continuing to fail. Some consortia that had helped him.

He even has a specific implementation plan in mind: that is to mobilize the most loyal special forces, attack the Imperial Capitol by himself, and kill all those who disagree with him to forcibly nationalize the dividends obtained from the war. Then he used his life's prestige to overwhelm everyone, striving for a smooth landing of the empire's economy and completing the final transition from war to peace.

It’s bloody, but it’s very effective: gradually transfer the country’s war dividends to a few monopoly plutocrats, and when these invisible funds are transferred to a few people, use the power of the state to obliterate everything arbitrarily to complete this huge loan The elimination of borrowing money and then killing the creditor, this method of not paying back the money is simple and logical.

"Even my own assets are not spared. I really did not misunderstand you, Your Majesty." Augustus seemed to be very satisfied with this terrifying answer. He didn't even argue for his friend Krupp, so he nodded in agreement: "This is a good way to be radical. At least in terms of prestige, everything you do will be supported by the people. So I said that you are a heroic emperor, but you never admit it."

Immediately afterwards, he stretched out his second finger, looked at Akado with some curiosity, and then asked: "Then, Your Majesty, can you tell me what exactly you came to Germany for? 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 about to close his eyes?"

Akado was taken aback for a moment, then smiled wryly. Sure enough, his turning out to be born has never made the old man feel at ease. Even if he pulled out some distant mysterious east and the well-known Sun Tzu's Art of War, he didn't convince this wise old man even a little bit.

The reason why this lie was not exposed is because Akado has been doing things that are beneficial to the entire country. He did not interfere too much in the economy, and his contribution to the military is obvious to all, so his origin, or the reasons behind his rise, are not so important. Perhaps Augustus had also hypnotized himself, convincing himself that the Führer was "a gift from God."

But when he was about to leave this world, the old man's curiosity flooded. Now he seemed to want to know whether Akado was a gift from God, or really just a genius. So he looked at Akado with a pair of bright eyes, waiting for Akado's answer.

"I come from the future in 2015. I don't know how I came to this world, but when I thought I was dead, I opened my eyes and became the current Akado." Akado thought After thinking for a while, he opened his mouth and told the old man a story similar to the Arabian Nights: "In the history I know, Germany took many wrong detours, so it lost this war..."

"Really? So we lost." Augustus sighed desolately, and seemed to believe everything he said without asking Akado to explain too much. He was sentimental 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 changed some things, so that Germany has avoided a lot of detours. Now we are much stronger than the history I know... The current situation is also more favorable to us." Akado looked at the expectant expression on the old man's face , and replied honestly: "But the history I know has been changed beyond recognition by me, so I don't know whether we will win the final victory of this war."

"That makes sense... that makes sense!" Augustus nodded slightly, and then let go of Akado's hand: "This can explain why you developed so many excellent Weapons also explain why you can discover so many talents in advance..."

Then the old man asked again: "If only I could go back to the past..."

Akado froze for a moment, then nodded: "Yes, you will definitely return to the place you want to return!" As he spoke, he stretched out his palm and stroked Augustus In the old man's dimmed eyes, he couldn't feel the breath of life, but could only feel a little coolness, which pierced his palm.

Then he approached Augustus's ear, and said softly to the old man, "My original name was Gu Changge. Nice to meet you, Mr. Augustus von Bismarck."

On the evening of April 25, 1939, Prime Minister Augustus of the Third Reich died of illness in the ward of the Imperial Hospital in Berlin at the age of 73. When he passed away, the head of the empire, Akado, came in person, and the two had a secret conversation for about an hour, the content of which was unknown.

The next day, Dominis became Chancellor of the Third Reich, the same day the isolated Japanese army retreated to the port of Darwin.