1858 Split 1
"The situation is already very obvious. We cannot achieve our goals in the old system, and we cannot destroy this system! Then we have only one way." Bart looked at his colleagues, weighed the pros and cons, and finally decided to say this suggestion that might make him doomed!
"We can refer to the partition of Rome!" What Barth said in a few seconds caused at least 5 minutes of silence on the scene! Everyone knew what Barth said and was considering the possibility of this matter!
Isn’t the so-called Roman partition the Roman Empire turned into two Romes in history in 395? What Barth said about reference to Roman partition is also about making Prussia two countries.
"So, what you mean is to turn Prussia into two countries, one is the Prussian Federation controlled by a political party, and the other is the Prussian Kingdom controlled by the emperor? This will make the entire empire lose a core of its strength! The empire will be in a mess." Albert said.
"It's just to turn the empire from binary to triple. Even if Prussia does not split, it will lose its ability to restrain Bavaria in the south. After the war, Bavaria and the German states in the south can easily reject all resolutions they are unwilling to accept. In terms of strength, the area is more than 300,000 square kilometers, and Bavaria, whose national strength is comparable to France, will not be subject to us economically, let alone Austria's backing. All this determines that if we want to make the empire stronger after the war, we can only choose to cooperate rather than confront Bavaria." Balter said.
If you want to make an empire powerful, either have a strong center of power that can suppress everything, or the major hills in this empire can cooperate with each other. For Prussia today, it is impossible to use its strength to defeat everything. Even if Prussia is complete, what can it be? Bavaria, Austro-Hungary will not be emptied from Prussia in terms of economic and political terms. So when things cannot be done, then you can only choose to cooperate. In the opinion of Balter, the future heir of the Bavarian Kingdom did a good job in major events!
"The votes of the Federal Parliament are proportional to the population. After the war, the total population of Bavaria is estimated to reach about 27 million, including 13 million people before the war, as well as the new population in Poland, Belarus and Ukraine. The total population of the empire will exceed 110 million. In terms of proportion, Bavaria should obtain one-quarter of the votes. Even if the votes are compressed to a certain extent, as long as another kingdom agrees with Bavaria's suggestion, no resolution will be passed." Barth began to analyze the problem from the perspective of the Federal Parliament.
"After the split Prussia, neither we nor the German Emperor, had the right to veto it. We can only accept the unfavorable resolutions for us." Albert said. The population of Prussia was 40 million after the war. If an equal split occurred, the population of each kingdom would be about 20 million. If new territory was included, the population would increase a little, but how many territory the two kingdoms could divide into is an unknown number! Even the Prussian army is now
I don’t know how to divide the places controlled by the team after the war. If we consider the powerful states, we must even make a part of their votes for the weak states (because their population is not enough!), so whether it is the split Kingdom of Prussia or the Prussian Federation, their votes will not reach a quarter, and they are far less than! After all, in history, the federal parliament had 58 votes and Prussia had 17 votes. If there were half of the votes, 9 votes would be the best!
"This may be the only disadvantage." Barth thought for a while and said. "Let's imagine the situation of the Federal Parliament after the war. If there were 64 votes in total, the Kingdom of Prussia, the Prussian Federation and Bavaria were the three largest states, each with 9 votes. Wurttemberg and Saxony remained unchanged as before the war, that is, 4 votes per person. After the war, Wurttemberg will definitely be with Bavaria, that is, the crown prince can have at least 13 votes. Saxony will also tend toward Bavaria, and their votes are enough!"
(The 64 votes statistics are out like this. With the increase of the population in Bavaria, it is reasonable to increase the number of votes from 6 votes to 9 votes. After all, the population doubles, and the number of votes increases by 50%. The proportion of the complete Prussia before the war was 60%, with 17 votes. The population ratio after the war did not change much, so it is still at the level of around 17 votes. However, considering the division of the two countries and having the same status, it is just a good idea to divide the 18 votes evenly. The three states are first-class countries, and 9 votes per person is acceptable. In this way, 4 votes are added. As for the remaining two votes, the remaining two votes are reserved for new countries that may appear. Of course, the total number may change, which is just a rough analysis.)
"Even if we can change the number of votes passed by the Federal Parliament to two-thirds! After all, in addition to the three kingdoms that are now more grouped, Bavaria will also have a strong foreign aid in the north, which is Mecklenburg-Shmolin Grand Duchy of Mecklenburg and Stralitz Grand Duchy of Mecklenburg!" said Bart.
Who said that a family cannot have two fiefs? In addition to the Habsburg family in history, there are also in the Second German Empire. For example, the Mecklenburg family. In fact, this family has 3 branches, one of which disappeared because of the extinction of his descendants. After the founding of the German Empire, the remaining two families were at the level of the Grand Duchy of Grand Duchy of Shmolin. Among them, the Mecklenburg-Shmolin is not small in area, with a total area of 13,000 square kilometers, which is about the same size as Saxony. The other Mecklenburg-Strelitz Grand Duchy of Stratelitz is much worse, only more than 2,000 square kilometers...
"These two grand priests can also bring three votes of support to Bavaria." Albert nodded in agreement. After all, Bavaria asked the parliamentary faction to give up control of non-Prussian states, and Crown Prince Ruprecht clearly supported the restoration of the Mecklenburg family. This matter has almost become a precarious matter. No matter the future changes, the two grand priests under the Mecklenburg family have been marked as Bavaria and will also be tied to their benefactors in the future federal parliament.
Chapter completed!