1853 In Berlin 2
To be honest, Albert is not just a politician. He has ideals and beliefs to get to this point. He really wants to establish a German empire with parliamentary system, and then weaken the autonomy of the German states and strengthen centralization. Albert believes that only Germany, which adopts the parliamentary system and achieves centralization, can develop better and stronger in the future. Therefore, at the beginning, his goal was to the authority of the entire empire, and he did not mind the annexation of several states during the coup.
However, ideals are beautiful, reality is cruel. In the end, the plan formulated by Albert and others became the regime that controls Prussia, and at the same time, it tried to ensure that there was no head-on conflict with other major states. For this, Albert could only comfort himself by finding trouble for Bavaria after the war. But looking at the current situation, let alone the parliamentary factions were in an unfavorable situation in the struggle for power, and what about Bavaria? Now it is even stronger. Even if he has obtained the Prussian regime, Albert has no idea about Bavaria...
Now, in addition to his great ideals failing, there is another thing that is very fatal, and Shederman was "forced" to get sick because of this matter. Of course, this matter cannot be said yet, and it may cause unstable morale in the military.
"So what are they doing here? Just to get one of us to visit Vienna? Or are we going to make what requests?" Dietman said.
"There is no formal contact yet, but it is foreseeable that they will tamper with the Imperial Parliament. I believe that Bavaria has no interest in Prussian rights, but they will certainly find ways to set various restrictions for us in the Imperial Central Government, and badly, the Imperial Army may have similar views," Albert said.
"But there is a good thing about this matter. At least, if the two sides negotiate, we will not lose completely, and we will also gain more rights than before. The empire will not go back to the past." Landzberg said after thinking about it.
"But the Prussian government will be in a quarrel. If no party can obtain complete authority, the efficiency will be very low. If the other party supports it, we will object. This is not just a saying! The problems within Prussia will be delayed for a long time, and the rights of the imperial central government will be greatly reduced. What have we done! This is simply self-destruction!" Barth said.
"But we have no way out." Albert made a quiet gesture and said: "Even if the German Emperor fails, he is at least a symbol of the country. If we fail, then what awaits us is the gallows. We didn't expect that things would develop to this point, but even so, we still have to persevere!" Albert said.
Before the meeting, Albert really thought of simply admitting defeat, let the empire be restored to its original state, and then exchange for the German Emperor's pardon. However, this idea just flashed through it. The pardon seemed good, but who can guarantee that the German Emperor would not cause trouble for other reasons afterwards? Even if the German Emperor did not cause trouble, would the big financial masters who supported him give up without achieving their goals? It is absolutely impossible! They sent the empire to the brink of civil war for their own purposes! Don't look at Albert and others' superficial glory, they are just agents of some people! With their merchants' way of dealing with things, if they pay money and risks without rewards, they will kill people! Of course, the way of killing people will be more elegant.
Even if he doesn't think about himself, Albert still cannot give up, because he is the leader. Even if he and a few people can get rid of revenge and even leave Germany through previous accumulation or exchanges. But what about other people? At least tens of thousands of Social Democratic Party members and supporters who participated in this matter with him? What should they do? If the German Emperor would forgive them? Albert would never believe it! As a politician, it is possible to say that lack integrity, but to his level, if there is no moral integrity at all, it is impossible.
"So how to negotiate? Let's exchange opinions with the German Emperor and then reach an agreement?" Barth asked.
"In addition to reaching an agreement with the German Emperor, we must also let other states, the Prussian officers' regiment and the navy agree to it before they can pass it. Otherwise, if either party objected, we will not be able to reach an agreement." Buller, who had not spoken, spoke.
"This is obviously an internal Prussian problem, why does it depend on the attitudes of other states and navy? Can the nobles of those officers still oppose it after we reach an agreement with the German Emperor?" Dietman asked angrily. As a civil servant, he himself had malicious intentions towards the Junker nobles in the army.
"Because, the only person with guns in his hands is the decisive person. We want to use this opportunity to change Germany, and the same is true for other forces. For example, the military officers who should have obeyed the central government, have opinions about us and the German Emperor! We have harmed their interests, and they are doubtful about the German Emperor's ability. A weak regime will always make soldiers have some unreasonable thoughts!" Albert said.
"I have always believed that Germany will have two enemies in the future, one is the powerful Bavaria, and the other is the army corps that are deeply rooted in Prussia and control the army. They are an existence beyond the control of the government. The former threatens the authority of the government from the outside, while the latter controls the empire." Albert paused and continued: "Even if we won't succeed in the end, we must pull one of the enemies together!"
"Do you die with Bavaria? It seems impossible, it can only be a military regiment." Dietman said.
"That's right, in any case, the highest commander of the future Prussian army can only be the Minister of Defense, and the Minister of Defense must be a civil servant! All officers must be controlled by civil servants!" Albert said viciously. Albert's idea is still possible, because the German Emperor cannot rest assured of this army now! Just when the officers' regiment was still trying to protect the interests of Prussia, Albert and His Majesty the Emperor had already begun to prepare to deal with the officers' regiment, which was unpredictable!
"So how do we face Bavaria?" someone asked.
"Mr. Hasai and Mr. Buller and I are responsible for receiving Earl Schelling. The rest of you continue to improve our negotiation plan. Our only advantage now is the support of the people. We must let the people know that Germany in the future will be better under our rule. Well, that's it." Albert said.
Chapter completed!