Chapter 1857 Core Meeting
"Let Barth come, at least he comes from the grassroots level, both in government and party affairs, and he is not close to those factory owners and financiers." Hasai thought for a while and Albert agreed.
Hasai was still very satisfied with Albert's arrangement. First of all, Albert did not exclude the central faction. At any critical moment, he gave the centrist enough status to ensure the balance of the league.
Secondly, from Albert's words, Hasai realized that he had once again reached a consensus with Albert. He chose Barth instead of Dietman because the latter was too close to the financiers. At this time, Hasai also thought of taking this opportunity to clean up the domestic economic giants! What is tacit understanding? This is tacit understanding! In just a few words, both sides gained insight into each other's views! Then they reached an agreement!
"Okay, everyone has understood the general situation. The good news is that we will at least not be treated as a rebel and then taken to the gallows. The bad news is that we are getting further and further away from the German central government! But fortunately, we can compete with the German Emperor for the Prussian regime." After introducing the basic situation, Albert said.
"No matter what the result is, we are destined to be unable to achieve our previous goals. Whether it is administrative power or legislative power, we can only obtain a part of it, and then be constrained by the nobles led by William II. Moreover, the biggest problem we have compared with the German Emperor is that we may lose dominance in the parliament, and the German Emperor has been the emperor for the rest of his life." Hasai said.
In Hasai's view, in general, both the military and other states, their top leaders are more inclined to the German Emperor, at least they are kind-hearted and neutral. They are all trying to limit the rights of political parties. Although the Social Democratic Party can currently control the parliament, this is just a legislative power. The executive power from top to bottom is mainly Junker nobles, and the German Emperor's crown is very stable, and even this pitiful legislative power may be lost one day. After all, the parliament will also be re-elected!
Now, in addition to the legislative power of parliament, another right that the Social Democrats fought for in this coup is executive power in some regions. This is also the most precious weight of the Social Democrats so far, besides the support of some military forces. So, when Earl Schelling said that the power seized by the Social Democrats in the local area could continue to be retained, Albert immediately agreed.
"So, the purpose of our negotiations cannot be limited to parliamentary rights, because negotiations are exchanges. When our opponents accept our requests in parliament, they will receive compensation in other places! The key to this time is to create conditions for our people to enter the government, especially at the grassroots level. There is also the army, and the officers' group of officers controlling the entire Prussian army is not a good thing for the empire." Hasai put forward his own point of view.
"This is very difficult. It's not a day or two for the government official position of the German Empire being monopolized by the nobles. This can even be said to have been with Prussia for hundreds of years, and it is even more difficult to break this system than to overthrow the German Emperor. We want to use negotiations to establish a system that can promote our people to the government, which is tantamount to dreams." Albert shook his head and said.
"What about the army?" Hasai looked at Mr. Buller on the side and asked. To be honest, the Social Democratic centrist has a good impression of Buler. Not to mention that Mr. Buller is the only person in the entire parliamentary faction who can fight. His attitude towards people and things is also worthy of praise. Buler rarely interferes in matters that are not professional. He never does anything that does not understand or crosses the line! In other words, he is capable and has a sense of responsibility!
"Overall, after this war, the situation of military aristocracy monopolizing the army will change, but the position of the nobles in the army is still very strong." Bühler said.
"Why? Because of their network of relationships? As far as I know, in this war, thousands of noble families died out, and tens of thousands of noble people were sacrificed. In addition, the expansion of the army has led to too many positions being vacant." Hasai said.
"There are influences of the network of relationships, but the most powerful thing about the officers is their professional quality. Even if they are nobles and even if they can take shortcuts with the help of relationships, their spirit and professional qualities are absolutely strong! They can lead the Storm Commando and bear more than 50% of the losses in order to win without collapse. They can completely overwhelm our opponents tactically. Even from a fair point of view, these sword nobles who have been in contact with military affairs since childhood have too many advantages over civilians. These advantages are exactly what the army needs." Buller said very fairly.
"But now, many positions are vacant. Although the Imperial Army will be cut off after the war, its scale will definitely be larger than before the war begins. After all, our territory has more than doubled," said Hasai.
"That's right, but the top leaders are still monopolized. If a civilian still has the opportunity to gain a high position through war now (for example, Hindenburg, Ludendolf and others), then in peacetime, it would be difficult for civilians to be promoted. The top leaders of the army will still be solidified. Look at the generals on the Western and Eastern fronts, how many of them have the names of Feng in front of them?" Buller said helplessly.
Boole's view of the German officers' group is very contradictory. On the one hand, he was born in a civilian family and hoped to appear more non-noble classes among German officers in the future. But at the same time, he was very clear that if we look at efficiency, those noble officers did play some role in the war, especially the Bavarian sword nobles, which is really strong! The latter's sense of honor, dedication and military literacy are really not something that ordinary people can have.
"So, it is very difficult for us to make breakthroughs in legislative power, executive power and military power? As for judicial power, it is probably even more impossible, right?" said Barth, who was standing beside him.
"From the current situation, the people sitting in the audience tend to be more german than the German emperor." Albert sighed.
"So it seems that in this case, we only have one way to choose." Barth said: "And this road is very painful and will bear the infamous!"
"Can we solve our legislative, executive and judicial problems?" Albert asked.
"It must be." Barth said.
Chapter completed!