1845 Condition 1
When Moltke walked into Frederick's Great Barracks again, he felt that things were changing, and the layout and furnishings were exactly the same as before. He knew all the people in charge of greeting, and they were all his subordinates. But looking at the alienated expressions of Crook and others in front of him, Moltke knew that the generals standing in front of him were not very welcome to their arrival.
"What time is it now?" asked Xiao Moltke.
"It's exactly 9 am, General." The attendant next to him replied.
"Very good, it seems that those old guys are still giving face." Xiao Moltke said in his heart. From now on, he has half a small time to communicate with the bosses on the other side, and after this period of time, the situation may be different. Because in half an hour, Prince Leopold will arrive!
"General Moltke, you must have received the telegram from General Markenson. He suggested that His Majesty the Emperor consider holding talks with the parliamentary group to resolve the problem as soon as possible. We want to know your opinion. Of course, I hope you should consider this issue from the perspective of the empire and nation, rather than being loyal to someone, after all, we are for this country." After a brief greeting, Krook first said that in terms of etiquette, the German generals on the opposite side gave Little Moltke a very high courtesy, and asked Little Moltke to express his opinions first. Everyone, the controllers of these German officers, will listen carefully.
"Albert wants to completely change the structure of the empire. He wants to break the situation where the Junker nobles and emperors control the empire, not only to expand the rights of parliament, but also to reform the government system. Of course, more importantly, the army. Perhaps it will not take long. The empire's Minister of War or Chief of General Staff may be held by a civil servant who is not sure where to pick it out. There is no doubt that all of us, the interests of the army and the interests of the aristocratic class will be seriously damaged."
"Although His Majesty's policy has some mistakes, overall, the empire is still extremely powerful. We have broken the order of the old world in this war, and the empire will inevitably usher in a more glorious tomorrow. Why can't we be more tolerant and give His Majesty a chance? At least, the emperor and us had maintained a very good relationship before. His Majesty understood our difficulties, so he would not blame us." Xiao Moltke said.
"So what is your majesty's purpose? To completely restore it to the past? Or agree to give up part of your rights and resolve it peacefully? Do you still think we can solve all problems with force?" Crook asked.
"Your Majesty still wants to go back to the past. He can give up the title of emperor, but he must be the king of Prussia and the king of real power." Xiao Moltke said embarrassingly. In fact, when Xiao Moltke considered the issue of peace talks a long time ago, especially now, relying on the obvious advantages of the German Emperor, Xiao Moltke believed that peace talks were the best time. Otherwise, when the parliamentary factions realized that the differences between the military and the German Emperor were somewhat large, it would be difficult to deal with. However, Xiao Moltke could not be the master of the German Emperor, so until now, the German Emperor still did not finalize his bottom line and conditions!
"Your Majesty's idea is too optimistic. The actual situation may disappoint Your Majesty. As for forgiveing Your Majesty's mistakes? Let everything go back to the past? I can only say that Your Majesty the Emperor is not ready to take over a new empire. Believe me, General Moltke, in the future, the problems that the empire needs to face are more complicated, because we are about to go from a country with a population of 70 million to a country with a population of over 100 million, and we will go from a single-ethnic country to a multi-ethnic country. The territory of the empire has more than doubled. And now, the emperor actually wants to govern the country in the way of the past? This is simply a dream." General Crook finished speaking, and made a cleanup, signaling General Moltke to listen to him finish his words.
"Authentic, under the current circumstances, His Majesty the Emperor does first need to consolidate the regime. I can understand this, but in this case, Albert and others have also put forward their future governance concepts. Of course, you can say that they are buying people's hearts, but we must say that they are indeed considering more in this regard than His Majesty the German Emperor." Crook said, taking out a piece of paper from his servant and handed it to Xiao Maoqi.
"First of all, the Social Democratic Party's opinion on the division of new territory in the future is that not only Prussia and Bavaria will participate in the division, but also other kingdoms and grand priests will also participate. This will help balance the power of various states within the empire, and at the same time, it will also avoid the imminent failure of the new provinces in the empire. In this regard, it is obvious that he showed goodwill to the vast majority of the forces within the empire. His Majesty the Emperor did not expect this." Crook said.
"Doing this is undoubtedly to exchange the interests of Prussia and Bavaria for the support of other states. Not to mention the Prussian side, the Bavarian Kingdom would not agree with this opinion. You should know that for part of Poland's territory, Crown Prince Ruprecht even turned against the German Emperor." Little Moltke shook his head and said.
"No, General, the Kingdom of Bavaria agrees in principle and says that it will divide some places from the part of the territory it is now controlled and will transfer it to other kingdoms." said Admiral Hausen.
"Why is this happening?" Moltke was a little incomprehensible. In his opinion, Ruprecht was reluctant to give in to his territory.
"His Crown Prince is not a person who eats alone. He has similar opinions to Albert and others on the issue of new territory. We must ensure the balance of strength within the empire. It is not necessary to have one or several people dominate. After all, we are winning this war together."
"From the perspective of the power composition within the empire, the most core is the Federal Parliament, and the population of each state determines the votes of the federal parliament. Previously, during the Prime Minister Bismarck's period, the empire compensated for weak states by weakening the votes of the powerful states. Now, there is a better way. If other states can also get a piece of the spoils on the Eastern Front, their population will also increase, and there is no need to force balance through administrative means. Moreover, if everyone can share Manulife from within the empire, it will be very beneficial to unity within the empire."
"Of course, there is another possibility that this time, Bavaria fought too easily in the winter offensive. They took too much and couldn't eat it themselves, so they gave it to others some." The Grand Duke of Württemberg said with a smile, making a kind joke.
Xiao Moltke didn't say anything. After all, from the perspective of wining over, Albert and others did much better than the German Emperor. You know, even in this situation, the German Emperor still had no idea of winning over other countries by sharing some of the war dividends! In the eyes of other countries, this behavior is obviously just eating alone!
Chapter completed!