1878 Quasi-Federal Conference 2
The second is the division of interests on the Eastern Front. In this meeting, the Federal Parliament will finalize the issue of new territory on the Eastern Front. The four strongest states will obtain some places from the Eastern Front, among which Prussia and Bavaria will take more than 80% of the territory. There is no way. Almost all the Bavarian and Prussian troops on the Eastern Front were fought by the troops of Bavaria and Prussian countries, and the armies of other states were on the Western Front!
I feel that the remaining 20% is very small? In fact, it is not small for the size of the states within Germany. After all, this time the German army invaded at least 700,000 square kilometers of Russian territory this time. (It is concluded that the existence of independent as a vassal state and the territory that the Austro-Hungarian Empire should allocate) The most conservative estimate is that other states within the German Empire can also be divided into 150,000 square kilometers. In fact, after deducting Bavaria and Prussia, how big is the territory of all remaining states? It is only 120,000 square kilometers. If they are divided into 150,000, the average territory area will probably be more than doubled!
It is actually easy to say, a kingdom like Bavaria, close to Poland. Just give a part of the Polish territory close to Bavaria. What about Saxony and Württemberg? Just give a piece of enclave. After all, Bavaria also has enclaves. Everyone is the same empire, and the enclaves are enclaves. Moreover, Württemberg is relatively strong and can control some areas.
As for the remaining grand priests, priests and marquis, to put it bluntly, the small area is only four digits, and even if you give them territory, they are not able to manage them! This is actually more about giving face to those small states, which means that the bosses have not forgotten you, and you can drink soup when we eat meat. Of course, the specific operation depends on the situation of the talks. According to the prince's idea, the final result may be to use "entrusted management" method, and the major countries manage these areas, and at the same time give some benefits to those small states every year.
The third problem is that the prince wants to establish a committee to manage major national projects and projects. In fact, the third point is almost equally important. If the distribution of the victory fruits of the Eastern Front is to cut the cake from the itinerary within the empire, then the third point is to plan the development trend of the empire in the next 20 years from the national development level! This is actually equivalent to independent part of the empire's rights from the imperial government and establish a new department, and Bavaria will gain control of the new department! I am really worried about giving it to others!
The biggest feature of such a committee is that once it is included in the committee's engineering project list, unless it cannot continue, the project will never be abolished due to government changes and parliamentary budget review. Does it feel a bit like the "Naval Act" created by the German Emperor and Tirpitz in history? Once it is formed, a considerable part of the annual naval development allocation will be directly allocated without passing parliamentary review?
That's right, that's what it means! Once the Federal Parliament passes a project and gives it to this special committee for jurisdiction, the operation of the entire project has nothing to do with the government and the parliament. If you want to suspend this project, unless the committee suspends or someone proposes a proposal and passes it continuously in the upper and lower houses of the Empire and the Federal Parliament, then the project can be denied.
Unfortunately, with the Bavarian Kingdom and allies, unless Ruprecht himself is willing to give up, no one can stop the project! The prince believes that as long as he is there, there will never be any Tiger tanks with vertical armor on the front. He177 requires dive bombing, and with Germany's national strength, it can definitely support Germany's own Manhattan project!
The fourth problem is to define the functions of the imperial central government. Obviously, when the prince led the newly established committee and began to perform his mission, a considerable part of the rights of the imperial central government were diverted. As compensation, the prince decided to compromise with the central government on issues such as postal and road traffic. At the same time, better divide local taxes and central taxes, so that the central government will not be too weak.
Another very important question is who is responsible to the Imperial Prime Minister and the Cabinet. The Emperor of Germany is definitely not able to do so, so he can only go to the parliament. However, in order to prevent the Social Democratic Party from becoming bigger in the parliament, Ruprecht means that the Imperial Prime Minister and Cabinet members are responsible to the Federal Parliament. The Federal Parliament has the right to skip the Imperial Parliament and directly remove the Prime Minister and dissolve the cabinet!
As for whether doing so will arouse opposition from the Social Democratic Party, after all, the veto power of the Federal Parliament is too great. Not only does it have the ability to kill the last blow, but it also has the right to dissolve the government. This is really terrible. This situation is the result that the crown prince wants. German political parties cannot have too much power. They only have the right to propose and decide on general things. No matter how powerful the power is, it will not be beneficial to the empire for Bavaria! Because it is foreseeable that many new territories will also have political parties sooner or later, and they can completely influence the decision-making of the empire through party politics. And these people may cause some trouble to the prince's plan!
After some adjustments, the main function of the future central government of the German Empire will be management rather than decision-making, and the decision-making power is still in the hands of the Federal Parliament and various states. In addition to the above four points, Ruprecht also wanted to change the army's institutions, but this matter must be approved by the German Emperor and the parliamentary faction. He is not sure about the determination of both sides for the army now. He can only confirm that the German Emperor and the parliamentary faction are very afraid and dissatisfied with the independent army and the sharp blades in the hands of the army, but the prince is not sure whether he can really take action.
However, this question was not long before it was answered. Two days after Earl Schelling began to arrange related matters, the German Emperor and the parliamentary delegation sent a telegram, and the content of the telegram was revealed that a Ministry of Defense was arranged above the Future Imperial War Department and the General Staff Department, and the Minister of Defense was held by civil servants or nobles.
"It seems that the German Emperor and the Parliament are really going to attack the army. The last insurance to maintain Prussian unification will be destroyed by the Prussian power. This is really a pity." After reading the telegram from the German Emperor and the parliamentary, Ruprecht sighed. So far, Ruprecht knew that he was almost sure to win!
Chapter completed!