"Our little brothers in southern Germany seem to have done a lot of things recently." Frederick III sat in the middle of the study in the Berlin Palace and said thoughtfully. Some things that have happened in the south recently have come one after another. First, the Bavarian royal family and the Imperial Admiralty fought a lawsuit, which led to a major personnel change in the Imperial Admiralty. The German emperor said that it was tolerated, after all, it was the problem of the Imperial Admiralty. Then his son and the Bavarian prince fought with many shipyards in the newspaper. He was seriously prepared to set up a ship design bureau. These were fine. Before he ascended the throne, he would play with it if he wanted to.

But then something happened a little dissatisfied with him. According to the intelligence reality, it seemed that the Bavarians also created a rapid-fire artillery for the army! The rate of fire is at least 4 times that of the artillery used by the German Army at present! In terms of performance, it would completely crush all the field artillery known to Germany! If the army bids for artillery again, then according to the principle of fairness and rationality, wouldn’t the German Army have to use artillery produced in Bavaria? Although we are a family, we always feel a little uncomfortable!

"Actually, there is no need to worry. Bavaria's production capacity is not enough to meet the needs of the entire Germany. We can completely purchase production licenses and then produce them at the Krupp gun factory. After we contacted Bavaria, they also had this meaning. From the current perspective, they only have one purpose, that is, to make money. This is understandable." The Prime Minister on the side saw it lightly.

The German Emperor just felt uncomfortable, and this discomfort was mostly psychologically hit. The Bavarian Kingdom had no intention of Germany. After all, in the German-Austrian War, Bavaria was almost neutral. At that time, it did not really compete with Prussia, and it was even more impossible now. But at the same time, Germany could not do anything about Bavaria. This is not just because Prussia and Austria announced the guarantee of the territorial integrity of Bavaria, Sachs and other kingdoms during the armistice. This treaty is just a superficial phenomenon. The fundamental reason is also the relatively chaotic problem within Prussia!

Why did the Prime Minister say that he should exclude Austria rather than defeat Austria when formulating the German reunification strategy? Austria is stronger than France? Obviously not. The fundamental reason is that if Germany swallows Austria, (let's swallow it for the time being) then the various problems faced by Germany will be more serious! First of all, religious issues are the first hurdle that cannot be avoided!

The North German Federation, led by Prussia, is a Protestant, and the South and Austria are Catholics. At this time, religious issues were still a matter. In history, a relative of William II changed his name to Catholicism, and William removed him from his family because he converted to Catholicism. His sister, the Greek queen, also made the emperor very angry because she converted to Orthodoxism and announced that she would not meet her within three years. This was a decision made under the dissuasion of the queen! This is the German sister!

If the Austrians enter Prussia, Germany will directly add more than 10 million Catholics! Protestants will immediately become a minority! Even in 1906, German Prime Minister Birov was worried about the impact of the German-speaking Catholics in the German-speaking region after the disintegration of Austro-Hungary, once the German-speaking Catholics were incorporated into Germany, they would have the impact on Prussia's dominance! As the Protestant emperor, how do you let Germany deal with this religious issue? Well, besides religious issues, there are many internal problems in Germany. Don't think that Prussia will do whatever they want in the empire! If those little princes were determined to resist, the German emperor would have no choice, unless you fight a civil war! And after the Franco-Prussian War, wouldn't Germany seek death?

For example, when King William I of the Kingdom of Prussia was most proud in 1871, the King of Prussia held the German crown ceremony at the Palace of Versailles! With the great victory over France, the German emperor tried to use the title of "Emperor of Germany". However, because this title means sovereignty over the various states in Germany, it aroused dissatisfaction among the little brothers. The Kingdom of Bavaria and the Kingdom of Vuttenburg expressed their rejection! The final result was that the German emperor admitted defeat and replaced it with the title of "Emperor of Germany", because the latter was only of national significance.

At that time, when the Prussian sword made the whole of Europe feel trembling, my brothers dared to do this. It can be seen that the hills inside Germany are so powerful. Well, let’s talk about something else! Army! The German Army is all made up by various countries. Taking Battle 1 as an example, there were 25 armies before the start of the German Army, with Prussia occupying the largest number, with 19 armies, and then there were three armies in Bavaria, and there were two armies and one armies in Voutenburg and Saxony respectively! Cavalry counted separately. These armies are usually under the command of each kingdom, and they will fight under the command of the General Staff after fighting. If you want to say unanimously to the outside world, then you don’t say it. But if you want to say guns are against the inside! For example, if you want to move Bavaria, what will the other two kingdoms think? What will France and Russia think? Do you dare to take action?

More importantly, your resolution cannot be passed in the Federal Parliament! There are two parliaments in Germany, one is the Federal Parliament and the other is the Imperial Parliament. For example, the German Social Democratic Party, the Conservative Party can only wander around in the Imperial Parliament. In theory, they have the right to reject the proposal of the German government, as long as the number of votes is enough! But they do not have the right to propose major policies! Who is the decision? It is the Federal Parliament! And who is the federal Parliament? Naturally, the kings and grand dukes of Germany!

In the Federal Parliament, there are 58 seats in total. Basically, votes are allocated according to the population ratio. Of course, in order to ensure that all the little princes have at least one vote, Prussia and some major powers need to transfer some benefits. The distribution of votes is like this: Prussia has 17 votes, Bavaria has 6 votes, Saxony has 4 votes, Vintner has 4 votes, and Baden has 3 votes! Most of the remaining small states are 1 votes, and some are 2 votes! The absolute majority is implemented in the Federal Parliament. You have to get three quarters of the votes before you can pass the proposal! Prussia can certainly reject all proposals that are unfavorable to you, but by the same token, it is not difficult for others to reject your proposal, isn’t it just 15 votes? There are not only three kingdoms in southern Germany!

And the most important thing is that the Imperial Parliament, His Majesty the Emperor feels disliked, and he can announce the dissolution directly. Do you dare to do the Federal Parliament? That is the rhythm of division! The Imperial Parliament has been disbanded several times in German history. When did you hear that the German Emperor went to move the Federal Parliament?

Why didn’t Bismarck go to a colony in the 1970s? He didn’t even make a quick move at home, so he went out to build a Mao colony! Bismarck mentioned a problem within Germany in his memoir "Conferences and Thoughts". The German people do not agree with a nation! Instead, they identify with their kings or leaders more! They can pick up swords and fight with their neighbors of the same race at any time under the command of the king! In fact, if you think about it, you can understand how many times have Germany fought in history? It is normal for a war between the lords and the electorate! In this kind of national identity, religious confrontation, and even when everyone has fought a war, something will happen if they don’t handle it well. There is a reason for the Prime Minister’s conservatism!

So now the problem is. Since my younger brother is so dishonest, how can Prussia, as the boss, discipline it? Prussia has a strong and powerful iron-blooded prime minister who is a genius of a generation! Isn’t it enough to directly suppress him and let them be grandsons one by one? In fact, on the contrary, Prussia mainly buys these younger brothers! Logically speaking, everyone is a family, and the central government spends, you should always express it! Everyone said, okay, according to the matter discussed by the Federal Parliament and the Imperial Parliament, countries other than Prussia need to share a total of 19 million to 31 million marks of money in the 10 years after the founding of the Empire! Isn’t this good?

However, there is a strange thing in Germany that in addition to making money from various states, the central government also needs to let each state collect some benefits from its own customs taxes! According to the Customs Tax Act of 1879, this benefit is more than the money given to the central government by the federal states! It was the case from 1883 to 1898! Finally, it was because the government's fiscal expenditure rose sharply in 1899 (the naval plan was a big reason). This situation changed.

Most of the younger brothers no longer struggled with the small amount of money they shared after gaining benefits from the naval construction plan. Moreover, in addition to the open, the German central government has never allocated less funds to the royal family! In 1910, the Bavarian royal family was given more than 5.7 million marks! At that time, the government expenditure shared by all German states exceeded the imperial counter-address amounted to only 17.3 million marks...

The Prime Minister did not solve the problem of a relatively strong hill in Germany, and William II did not solve it either. However, as a time traveler, I enjoyed these benefits. So I don’t intend to help solve it. Nonsense, that is to weaken my cheap Prussia, why am I so selfless?
Chapter completed!