Chapter 1878: Quasi-Federal Conference II
The second is the division of interests on the Eastern Front. In this meeting, the Federal Parliament will finalize the issue of additional territories on the Eastern Front. The four strongest states will obtain some places from the Eastern Front. Among them, Prussia and Bavaria will take Going more than 80% of the territory, there is no way, the eastern front is almost all Bavarian and Prussian troops fighting, and the troops of other states are on the western front!
Do you think the remaining 20% is small? In fact, it is not too small for the size of the states within Germany. After all, this time the Eastern Front German forces invaded at least 700,000 square kilometers of Russian territory. (Planning as a vassal state independent of existence, and the Austro-Hungarian Empire should The most conservative estimate is that other states within the German Empire can also be allocated to 150,000 square kilometers. In fact, after Bavaria and Prussia are excluded, how big is the territory of all the remaining states? But it is only 120,000 square kilometers. If they are divided into 150,000, I am afraid that the average area of the territory will more than double!
The kingdom of Bavaria close to Poland is actually very easy to say. It is enough to give a part of Polish territory close to Bavaria. What about Saxony and Württemberg? Just give an enclave. After all, Bavaria also has an enclave. Everyone is an empire. The enclave is an enclave, and Württemberg is relatively strong and can control some areas.
As for the remaining Grand Duchy, Principality, and Marquis, it’s not good to say that the area is only just four digits small. Even if you give them territory, they will not be able to manage it! In fact, this is more of a face to those small nations, which means that the bosses have not forgotten you, and you can also drink soup when we eat meat. Of course, how to operate this depends on the situation of the meeting. According to the prince’s vision, the final result may be to adopt the method of "entrusted management", where the big countries will manage these areas, while at the same time giving the small states some benefits every year.
The third question is that the prince wants to establish a committee to manage major national projects and projects. In fact, the third and second points are almost equally important. If the distribution of the fruits of victory on the Eastern Front is to make If the empire cuts the cake from the itinerary, the third point is to plan the development trend of the empire at least 20 years from the national development level! This is actually equivalent to separating part of the power of the empire from the imperial government and establishing a new department, and Bavaria will gain control of this new department! Leave it to others, Prince Ruprecht is really worried!
The biggest feature of such a committee is that once it is included in the committee’s project list, the project will never be abolished due to government changes and parliamentary budget review unless it becomes impossible to continue. Does it feel a bit like the "Navy Act" made by the Kaiser and Tirpitz in history? Once formed, a considerable part of the annual naval development appropriation will be directly allocated without going through parliamentary review?
Yes, that's what it means! Once the Federal Parliament has passed a project and handed it over to this special committee, the operation of the entire project has nothing to do with the government and the Parliament. If you want to suspend the project, unless the committee is suspended or someone makes a proposal, and The project can be rejected if it is passed continuously in both the upper and lower chambers of the empire and the federal parliament.
However, it is a pity that there are the Kingdom of Bavaria and its allies. Unless Ruprecht is willing to give up, no one can stop this project! The prince believed that as long as he was there, there would never be a tiger tank with vertical armor on the front. The HE177 required a dive bombing, and the German national power would definitely be able to support Germany's own Manhattan project!
And the fourth problem is to define the functions of the imperial central government. Obviously, when the prince led the newly established committee to perform its mission, a considerable part of the imperial central government was diverted, and as compensation, the prince decided to post Compromise with the central government on issues such as road traffic. At the same time, it is better to divide local taxes and central taxes. So that the central government will not be too weak.
There is also a very important question about to whom the Prime Minister and the cabinet of the Empire are responsible. To the Kaiser will definitely not work, so they can only be submitted to the Parliament. But in order to prevent the Social Democratic Party from becoming bigger in the Parliament, Ruprecht It means that the Prime Minister and cabinet members of the Empire are responsible to the Federal Assembly, and the Federal Assembly has the right to skip the Imperial Assembly and directly remove the Prime Minister and dissolve the Cabinet!
As for whether this will arouse opposition from the Social Democrats, after all, the Federal Parliament has too much power to veto. 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 terrifying. This situation is the result that the crown prince wants ~www.wuxiaspot.com~German parties cannot have too much power. They have the right to propose proposals and the right to decide on general matters. No matter how great the power is, the empire is for Bavaria. No good! It is foreseeable that political parties will be formed in many new territories sooner or later, and they can completely influence the decision of the empire through party politics. And these people may bring 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 decision-making power will still be in the hands of the Federal Parliament and various states. In addition to the above four points, Ruprecht is also thinking of changing the organization of the army, but this matter must be approved by the Kaiser and the parliament. He is not sure about the determination of the two sides to the army, he can only confirm the German The emperor and the parliament faction were very afraid and dissatisfied with the independent army and the knife in the hands of the army this time, but the prince is not sure whether it can really start.
However, this question did not take long to get a reply. Two days after Earl Schelling began to arrange related matters, the Kaiser and the parliament sent telegrams, and the contents of the telegrams were revealed. In the future, the Ministry of War and the General A Ministry of Defense is arranged above the General Staff, and the Secretary of Defense is a civil official or a nobleman.
"It seems that the German emperor and the parliament are really going to take action against the army, and the last insurance to maintain the unity of Prussia has to be destroyed by the Prussian authorities. This is really an embarrassing thing." After the emperor and parliament sent a telegram, Ruprecht sighed. So far, Ruprecht knows that he is almost certain to win!
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