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"We need to unite more people and groups, such as the Federation of Industrialists, the Federation of German Industrialists, the Colonial Society, the Bankers Association, and the Lutheran Church in East Prussia. These are the help we can seek. After all, German tanks need power for industry, funds for banks, and religious groups to stabilize the sentiment of the people." Sheldman thought for a while and continued: "And from a class perspective, we are natural allies with them. We have a common goal to make German products and capital go all over the world and replace the shackles imposed on us by the decaying Junker nobles and imperial power!"
"Did someone say something to you?" Albert frowned slightly and looked up at Shederman, who was a little unnatural on the other side.
"Yes, Rissell, chairman of the Bankers Association, and Stresman, legal counsel for the German Federation of Industrialists, found me in Hamburg, and expressed his dissatisfaction with the current distribution of rights and suggested that they could provide us with all kinds of help." Shederman did not deny it.
"Then you promised them?" Albert asked with a gloomy face?
"No, I'm showing our kindness." Shedman looked at Albert with a gloomy face and felt a little guilty. He really couldn't understand why his boss was unhappy when he brought such a bunch of foreign players.
"They are definitely not helping us in time, but are using us to deal with an enemy that had nothing to do with us but was even more terrible. Our goal now is to solve the Prussian problem, not the German problem." Albert said in a deep voice.
"Is this different? If we control Prussia, we control Germany. The Prussian Prime Minister and the German Prime Minister are the same person. If the German Prime Minister is born from the parliamentary majority and is responsible to the parliament rather than the emperor, then we are equivalent to controlling the administrative power of Germany." Sheldman said.
"I know what you are worried about, you are worried that the Kingdom of Bavaria will be hostile to us, however, we are solving the Prussian problem, and have not taken action in the Imperial Parliament, and they have no reason to interfere in the internal affairs of Prussia," said Shederman.
"But what if the German Emperor asked the Bavarian military to interfere in the internal political situation of Prussia?" Albert asked back. "If we do not have the ability to limit the imperial power in peacetime, and now, the most fundamental reason why we have this opportunity is that the country is in a state of war and the army has not captured the internal strength? As long as the German Emperor has the ability to dissolve the parliament, we will never win!"
"Even if the military power is enough, the German Emperor will never do this unless they are willing to lose the war. Without the support of big enterprises, bankers and our support, war is unsustainable!" Sheldman said.
"What do you think?! Although we are the largest political party in the country, we only have 1 million members! How many people are there in Germany now? 79 million people! Do you really think that those big capitalists will fight with us to the end?! It's impossible! They are fence-bearers and will only stand with the winners. The Krupp family sold part of their shares to the German Emperor. Siemens and the Bavarian royal family were close ties. Daimler-Benz had a dual background of Wurttemberg and Bavaria. The Germanic shipyard and the William Royal Shipyard were the German Emperor's private property. They were ready to retreat. As long as the German Emperor raised the sword in his hand, they would point the gun at us when they turned around!" Albert said.
"The German Emperor is ready. Bavaria, Skoda, and military-industrial enterprises that the German Emperor can control can provide arms to the front-line army in a short time. As for other industries? Those industrial associations, corporate associations, etc. do have some influence, but during the war, their role was reduced to the minimum! Believe me, with some of the weapons they hid privately and some so-called paramilitary personnel, it is impossible to force the German Emperor to make concessions? The Catholics in the south will not show mercy to them!" Albert sneered.
"But the Bavarian Legion was confined to the Eastern Front! They could not have enough troops and time to deal with domestic emergencies." Shederman said.
"Do you know how many people there are in the Bavarian Legion? Tell you that even the German General Staff do not know what the mobilization limit is for the Bavarian Legion! I tell you that 70,000 elite light infantry is enough! Relying on the transportation network in Germany, the poor armed forces of those guys can be torn to pieces within a week, and then these master envoys will be executed for treason." Albert said.
"We even have to object to the Emperor of Germany, but now we have to be afraid of a king. If you follow your ideas, we will never succeed." Shederman wanted to refute Albert's statement, but he didn't know where to start, so he could only say an angry word.
"Bavaria is also our enemy, not our friends, we will face them sooner or later, but not now! What we have to do now is to use some people in Prussia to create a conflict between Prussia and Bavaria. If we can ensure neutrality when we take action in Prussia, then our chances of victory will be great."
"Don't forget that some of the Junker nobles in the Prussian army, as well as the Lutheran groups in the Prussian army, and some other economic and social groups have great opinions on Bavaria. Especially now, in the distribution of newly acquired areas in Germany, some people in the parliament have proposed to receive the newly acquired territory as soon as possible and allocate the benefits of war. In this regard, some Junker nobles are more anxious than us. They are eager to obtain Russian Poland's land and resources. This is something we can use!" Albert said meaningfully. "Let the Junker nobles deal with Bavaria, and then we deal with Junker nobles!"
"So, the task we are currently doing is not to continue to promote political reforms, but to focus on the distribution of war dividends. We must promote the distribution plan for occupied territories in the parliament! Force Bavaria to hand over their control areas, and then quickly establish an administrative system to effectively manage the colonies. These places have sufficient interests, enough to allow us to bribe some middlemen." Albert and Pan revealed his plan.
"This is also a good stopgap measure," said Shederman.
"No, this is not a stopgap solution. If we want to establish a centralized parliamentary state, then suppressing and weakening the Bavarian Kingdom will be an important task for us!" Albert said firmly.
Chapter completed!