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1865 Contact 1

"If we give them the territory of three provinces, can they give up the right to the central government?" The Emperor of De thought about it and asked.

"First of all, Brandenburg Province is really important. It surrounds Berlin, the capital of the empire. Such an important province cannot be given to the parliament, otherwise you will not sleep well. Secondly, they cannot give up the right to the central government." said Grand Duke Baden. "But we can contact the parliamentary faction through private channels." We can at least explore their tone.

"So who will go to this matter?" Emperor De looked at the three people in the room and said in a little embarrassing manner. After experiencing a series of things, Emperor De had fewer trust in others, and now there are fewer people. At this time, there are really not many people who can trust.

"I'll go there in person. If I go there, according to the principle of reciprocity, their status will not be low. We are likely to find out their true thoughts." Grand Duke Baden sighed and said. There is no way, there are too few talents on the German Emperor now. Grand Duke Baden wishes to be a person who is two people.

"Okay, then that's it." said the German Emperor.

At the same time, the Social Democratic Party is also making final preparations before contact. The middlemen have already agreed and can send invitations to the German Emperor at any time. Now, for Albert and others, all they need to do is choose a suitable person to contact each other and think about their own conditions.

However, Albert cannot go now, Hasai is in Vienna again, and Bulle is the internal military supervisor of the parliamentary sect, so the one who can go to is Barth. And although Albert did not make a formal statement, it has to be said that Barth's opinions are indeed very attractive.

"We must at least ensure that we can control the grassroots regime in the region now. This is the key and basis for our future party development. For the parliament, it is acceptable for us to control the upper house of the Kingdom of Prussia, and it is acceptable for the nobles to temporarily control the lower house. However, the lower house must also arrange seats for people of its class. It is our insistence on the responsibility of the Prime Minister of the Kingdom to the Parliament. The appointment and removal of cabinet members in the Kingdom must also be recognized by the upper and lower houses of the Parliament." Albert said to Barth.

"There is another military power. We are always unsafe without the ability to protect ourselves. I think the German Emperor also has this idea. If possible, we'd better try to talk to the German Emperor about this issue." After hesitating, Albert decided to interfere in military power. This is not a general decision, because it is very likely that the division of the army will have a head-on conflict with the officers!

"Okay, I will pay attention to these things," said Barth. Three days after this conversation, the German Emperor finally agreed, and in the end, both sides set the location of the meeting in Hannover.

When Barth saw that the representative of the German Emperor was Grand Duke Baden, he was quite surprised. In his opinion, the corresponding one to Grand Duke Baden should at least be at the Hassey level. From the fact that the German Emperor sent such an important person to conduct prior contact, it can be seen that the German Emperor still attaches great importance to this negotiation. So Barth decided to cheer up and deal with this difficult opponent. After all, if it weren't for Grand Duke Baden's disruption, maybe the parliamentary faction had already obtained the imperial regime when the German Emperor was the weakest!

The meeting between the two sides was not as full of gunpowder as outsiders imagined, because both sides understood better that in this unpublic negotiation, there were many ways of confrontation, but it definitely did not include meaningless bluffs! After a simple polite conspiracy, Grand Duke Baden decided to launch an "attack" first.

"First of all, I need to inform you about something. During your time in Hannover, riots occurred in some places in Heinover, but they were quickly suppressed by the local government. Many of them were Social Democratic Party members. Before the two sides were about to negotiate, it seemed very out of place for your actions. We have contacted General Crook on the Western Front. He said that the officers' regiment would not tolerate such incidents that undermine the negotiation atmosphere and expressed that they would come forward to maintain order." Grand Duke Baden said.

"Damn, what's the situation?" After just two minutes of sitting down, Barth felt that the great master was difficult to deal with and that strong aggressiveness! First of all, the other party did catch a blind spot of his own, that is, he received too little information during the period when he rushed to the venue. Barth didn't even know whether the Social Democratic Party did these things in Hannover. He didn't even know whether the German military and local governments had suppressed it. It can be said that it was completely dark.

Now no matter how he answers, he is at a disadvantage. If he denies it, then if this matter really happens, the Democratic Party members who are causing trouble will obviously be sold. If he admits, the charge of sabotaging the negotiations will be blamed, and this behavior will definitely cause dissatisfaction from the military. As for whether this matter was fabricated by Grand Duke Baden? This is really possible, but Barth is not clear, so he cannot make an effective response.

So, in the face of this situation, Barth decisively carried out blurring and making a fuss. "The current situation is quite complicated, and we cannot even determine whether this matter is true. After all, that is just a side word for your side. Compared to this kind of incident, General Markensen's East Prussian Legion's large-scale retreat is a fact. While the Western Front Legion remains the same, the movements of the Eastern Front Legion make people very doubt your motives. Of course, you have a certain sincerity to sit here. If you are here to discuss the issue today, rather than to sue, can we say something more constructive?"

"The mobilization of the Eastern Front Legion is only a normal operation. The troops need to be replaced. It is impossible to fight on the front line all the time. If you want to understand the situation in this regard, I can arrange for relevant personnel to explain it to you." Grand Duke Baden said with a smile: "But as the premise of negotiations between the two sides, one thing must be done, that is, we should no longer do things that destabilize. I suggest that the military will create an isolation area between the areas controlled by both sides, and personnel on both sides cannot enter the areas controlled by each other."

"Awesome!" Barth praised the other party. The move of Grand Duke Baden was actually targeting the infiltration of neutral areas by the Social Democratic Party. The parliamentary faction was very clear that the area they controlled was not large yet, so it was urgently necessary to use various means to increase their influence.
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