If there is anyone in this plane who is most worthy of Prince Ruprecht's trust and understanding, apart from the Bavarian royal family, there is only one person who can be trusted, and that is Her Royal Highness Mary, the little princess of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, and even to some extent, the latter is more suitable as a partner of the prince than most of the Bavarian royal family, because the latter sees the future of the Germanic royal family, and the prince can say a lot to her, but he must not say it to others, even his own father, and there are some things that can only be done by both!

"Your Royal Highness, you seem to be in some trouble?" Looking at Her Royal Highness Princess Mary with a sad face, Ruprecht asked with concern.

"For our future. For the future of both countries. Princess Mary said with a sigh. If a major European war broke out, do you think Austria-Hungary would be spared? ”

"King Fritz has something to praise politically and domestically, though. But it has to be said that the Austro-Hungarian army was really not an army suitable for a big war. And His Majesty the Emperor did not have a clear understanding of his own power. You always want to make big moves in the Balkans, but you don't know that the results of those moves are not necessarily what you can afford. His Royal Highness said mercilessly.

"So what do you think about the future of Austria-Hungary?" The princess said worriedly.

"If it continues like this, once a big war breaks out, it doesn't matter if the war is won or lost. Austria-Hungary will eventually become a loose confederation, which is the best outcome, and in the future it may be divided into several small states, and some regions may even be annexed by other weak states! The prince thought for a moment and said.

"That is, in any case, the crown of the Habsburgs will finally fall into the dust?" The princess said with some trembling. "Why?"

"Other nations are not willing to let a German royal family rule a country, those capitalists are not willing to have a noble leader rule a country, and the Habsburgs cannot even hold the basic plate of the Germanic nations, so how can this country ensure its combat effectiveness once it faces a major challenge?" The prince asked rhetorically.

For the first one everyone understands that more than half of the population of the entire Austro-Hungarian Empire was made up of ethnic minorities, and these minorities had long been distracted from the Empire. It is also easy to understand the reluctance of the capitalists to let the aristocracy rule. Because the aristocracy limited their development. As for the last point, Her Royal Highness did not immediately understand!

"If I'm not mistaken, in Bohemia, government officials give preference to people who can speak both German and Czech. This directly led to the loss of the opportunity for many Germans to enter the government, after all, there are always many fewer Germans who learn Czech than Czechs who learn German, and Germans who have lost their jobs will be hostile to the Czechs, and the Czechs, after tasting the benefits of power, will challenge the Germans in order to obtain greater rights and more benefits. This in itself is cultivating enemies! ”

Just last year, the Reich government enacted the Law on Language Reform, which not only allowed ordinary government offices to communicate in the language of foreigners in Bohemia and Moravia, but even gave equal status to Czech and German, a decision that almost all German officials lost their jobs! And the status of the Czechs was further raised. ”

The results of this are gradually being reflected in the upper echelons of the government, and now there are not even half the number of German members of the parliament of the Kingdom of Austria! The government simply has no capacity to develop a stable plan, and every proposal is hampered by others. With such a cohesive country, it is difficult for me to understand how he faces the challenges. The prince said bitterly. (All of the above are historical facts)

"That is to say, we have given the Czechs too many benefits, but instead of gaining their friendship, they have to gain more rights, and when the conditions are ripe, these Czechs, or people of other nationalities, who have a lot of experience in the administration of the empire, will choose independence? Is that so? Princess Mary thought for a moment and said.

"You're quite right. But it's a pity that His Majesty the Emperor doesn't have a full understanding of this, and it's a little late now, plus His Majesty the Emperor and the empire itself, it can't solve this problem with an iron-blooded policy, so, the result you know. Summing up, I don't see the future of Austria-Hungary. Prince Ruprecht said very sincerely.

He is the prince of Bavaria and the future heir. The internal problems in Germany were much better than those of Austria-Hungary, and as a result, all kinds of problems, contradictions between the central and the local, between the aristocracy and the capitalists, arose. And Austria-Hungary can really only be said to be terminally ill, and it is a miracle that it can survive to 1 war! His Royal Highness the Prince can't even settle the affairs of Germany, so how can he care about the affairs of other countries?

"Hehe, it looks like everything I've worked hard is going to come to naught?" Princess Mary said with a miserable smile. "So what will be my end? As a ruined aristocrat who has lost his past glory, or will he simply disappear in the fire that burned the entire empire? ”

"Your mother was, after all, a side branch of the Wittelsbach family, and so was your grandmother. You will still enjoy the glory of being a Wittelsbach family, and even if the Habsburgs fall, that will not change. His Royal Highness the Prince comforted.

"Hehe, you've thought a lot about me. Maybe I might have been satisfied before, but now, or after seeing what your cousin did, my thoughts have changed a little, and a nominal princess can't satisfy me. Princess Mary said meaningfully: "Cousin, you are very confident that the Bavarian royal family will avoid this catastrophe?" ”

"The German Empire will not fall, I will not allow him to fall, the crown that belongs to me will surely fall on my head!" The prince said with a straight face.

"But you're still just a king, and while you're prominent within the Empire, you're still no match for the Hohenzollerns." The princess said faintly, and her words were full of a different kind of temptation.

"Hehe, is it like the struggle between Austria and Prussia against the German states?" Although the prince did not say it explicitly, his tone already explained his attitude at this time, he was not optimistic about this plan of two kings, and he did not think that the current Bavaria could take care of Prussia!

"And what if an outside force intervenes? Bavaria is now strong, and if it can make up for its territorial and demographic inferiority, it may not be able to compete with Prussia. Princess Mary continued.

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