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Chapter 136 What a big deal

"Are you happy? Go on and jump? Now you know you're scared? You know you regret it?" Bismarck was like an angry bull standing against Gustav Krupp in front of him.

"Do you know how much trouble you have made for the empire? You can make the Bavarian royal family bend down and sue you, which is also a skill. When you did it, you didn't know how to narrow the scope of the attack? You offended the Junker nobles of Württemberg, Saxony, and East Prussia! Are you looking for death, looking for death, or looking for death?" the Prime Minister continued.

"Only one of them is done by me. Those who attack Catholicism have nothing to do with me. I just said that the expansion of Bavaria has seized our market." Gustav shivered and immediately defended.

"What's the use of saying this? They insisted that it was you who did it! Those guys are eager to let you take the blame now? You reason with the king? You don't think about it. Can you get to this point now? Isn't it the support of the German Emperor? But the German Emperor will never break up with a country for you! Are you too self-righteous?" Bismarck also knew that at the beginning, there were so many people in Germany, and no one was careful. Krupp took the lead, and other religions and other scholars followed. As a result, something happened, and they naturally found trouble for the leader!

"What should I do now?" Gustav said tremblingly. He found himself in so many things, and with the insults of his peers, maybe Krupp will really fall... What Prussia needs is Krupp's industry, and this industry is not necessarily controlled by this family!

"Do you still want the Navy order?" asked the Prime Minister.

"I don't want to do it anymore!" Gustav Krupp said very simply.

"Actually, the normal way of competition is not without a chance of winning. After all, the Navy is not sure. Well, I admit that your probability of success is no more than 30%. But now, 10% is gone! Go back and do your current affairs well, don't think about it. This time I can save you for the sake of the emperor. If you use this time, it will be gone!" The Prime Minister waved his hand and asked the latter to leave quickly, looking at the annoying look.

The so-called "shot bird" is shot, Krupp has been beaten half dead. So what should I do with this bird in Bavaria? How to fight? For the German Central Committee and the Prime Minister, this bird is simply a hob meat. People don't care about it. They want to be more powerful? How can you be more powerful? To put it bluntly, it is a bloody crime caused by an order. But it doesn't work. If Bavaria does something like this in the future, how can you let the boss take care of it?

In general stories, the second brother who is awkward with the boss is usually left to the third brother and the fourth brother to check and balance, but the third brother Saxony and Bavaria are still good, but in history, they have not dealt with Prussia. Wurtemberg has always had a good relationship with Bavaria since the founding of the empire. From time to time, the two sides join forces to find the boss, and you are a little depressed to say that the boss is Prussia.

"First cut the agricultural subsidies to Bavaria this year. If they are willing to admit that they have done something, then they can consider reducing the penalty." Frederick III said.

"Is this over?" Bismarck also felt a little incredible.

"Of course it's over, what can you do?" Frederick III asked. "It would be great if this punishment could be implemented. The amount of allocation of funds needs to be passed through the Federal Parliament. In this case, if South Germany and Saxony join forces, it is hard to say whether this bill can be passed!"

At the same time, the two sides were also secretly exchanging interests. What the Bavarian Kingdom wants is the inner world, and what Prussia wants is face. So there are some talks. The focus of the two sides' discussions is how to maintain Prussia's face! If such a big thing comes out, you must make concessions on face.

Ruprecht's grandfather, the regent of Louise Bold in Bavaria, understands this truth. The German central government will temporarily reduce the allocations received by the Bavarian royal family from the central government, and at the same time, agricultural subsidies will be reduced in moderation. This reduction is more about face-saving things, probably only a few hundred thousand marks. When the latter needs to be passed in the federal parliament, all Bavaria has to do is not to prevent the passage of this proposal to show Prussia's control over the federal parliament.

Of course, this matter not only ended Bavaria's face, but also hurt some of the inner world. As the one who is already reasonable, if you ask me to cooperate with you, the inner world must be compensated! First of all, there is no need to mention the navy's military bidding, Krupp was directly eliminated, and other factories did not even have the qualifications to compete. The Bavarian-Austrian military-industrial complex directly received the order, including the turret, internal servo equipment and artillery set. Of course, the German Emperor will definitely reiterate that if Bavaria does not do well in the next competition, the order will run to others. As for whom, everyone knows.

Before this incident started, it was a matter between the Bavarian royal family and the Krupp, but after it started, it was not a matter between Prussia and Bavaria! The conflicts between Wurttemberg, Saxony, and the Prussians who believed in Catholicism, Juncker landlords and capitalists were coordinated. This series of things was not settled just by just breaking them up. Bismarck suddenly discovered that there was a situation that he returned to ten years ago overnight! He had a great effort to coordinate various relationships within Germany. As a result, because of several articles, the entire society was in turmoil. Although the impact was not very big, it was terrible to think about it carefully!

Bismarck fought to unify the empire in the first half of his life, but what did he do in the second half of his life? He was to coordinate various relationships, the relationship between the central and localities, the relationship between the Junker aristocrats and capitalists, the relationship between Catholicism and Protestantism, the relationship between industry and agriculture, the relationship between capitalists and workers, and the relationship between domestic and foreign countries... But after coordination, Bismarck found that Germany's rise was still fragile and lacked a real cohesion. And under the German constitution, the only way to increase this cohesion was to not cause trouble for each other at the top...

"German's sword can only be used to the outside, but internally, it is the prelude to the collapse of the empire. Compared with his father and grandfather, Prince Ruprecht had stronger abilities and vision. He had his own ambitions, but he could recognize the situation and know how to advance and retreat. We can have a good talk with him." Frederick III finally set the tone for this matter.

Ruprecht eventually had to go to Berlin for a walk, but this time, he was not chatting with William II, or discussing how much money he should make with the people of the Admiralty, but talking to the master of this empire about the future relationship between the two sides. To put it bluntly, what do you want and what both sides can give to each other. Prussia can use a saber to achieve unity, but it cannot use a saber to rule!
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