"Our little brother in southern Germany seems to have been doing a lot of things lately." In the Berlin Imperial Palace, Frederick III sat in the middle of his study and said thoughtfully. Some of the things that have happened in the south lately have come one after the other. First of all, there was a lawsuit between the Bavarian crown and the Imperial Admiralty, which led to a major change in the personnel of the Imperial Admiralty. This Kaiser said that it was tolerable, after all, it was the problem of the Reich Admiralty. This was followed by a war of words between his own son and the prince of Bavaria in the newspapers and numerous shipyards. And he is preparing to set up a ship design bureau. These are no problem, they haven't ascended the throne yet, and they can play if they want to.

But then there was one thing that made him feel a little dissatisfied. According to intelligence reality, it seems that the Bavarians also came up with a rapid-fire artillery for the army! The rate of fire is at least 4 times higher than that of the artillery currently used by the German Army! If it is about performance, it is to completely crush all the field artillery currently known to Germany! If the army bids for artillery again, then according to the principle of fairness and reasonableness, 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 whole of Germany, we can buy a production license and then produce it at the Krupp gun plant. When we got in touch with the Bavarian side, they meant the same thing. From the current point of view, they have only one purpose, and that is to make money. There is nothing wrong with this. The Prime Minister on the side looked very lightly.

The Kaiser also felt uncomfortable, and most of this discomfort was a psychological blow. The Kingdom of Bavaria had no second heart for Germany, after all, in the German-Austrian War, Bavaria was almost neutral, and it did not really confront Prussia at that time, and it is even more impossible now. But at the same time, the current Germany cannot do anything with Bavaria. This was not only because Prussia and Austria declared at the time of the armistice that they would guarantee the territorial integrity of the kingdoms of Bavaria, Sax, and the Grand Duchy. This treaty is only superficial. The root cause also lies in the problem of confusion within Prussia!

Why did the Chancellor say that Austria should be excluded rather than defeated when he formulated the strategy for German reunification? Austria is stronger than France? Apparently not. The fundamental reason is that if Germany had swallowed Austria, it would have been much more problematic! First of all, the religious problem is the first hurdle that cannot be bypassed!

The North German Confederation, led by Prussia, was Protestant, and the south and Austria were Catholic. At this time, the issue of religion was still a matter, and one of the relatives of Wilhelm II was removed from the family because he converted to Catholicism. And his sister, the Greek empress, also made the emperor very angry because of her conversion to Orthodox Christianity, and announced that he would not meet her for three years, which was still a decision made by the empress under the persuasion of the empress! This is the Kaiser's own sister!

If the Austrians had entered Prussia, Germany would have directly had more than 10 million more Catholics! Protestants immediately became a minority! Even in 1906, German Chancellor Birov was worried about the impact of the German-speaking Catholics on Prussian dominance once they were annexed to Germany after the disintegration of Austria-Hungary! As the emperor of Protestantism, how did you ask Germany to deal with this religious question? Well, apart from religious problems, there are many internal problems in Germany, do not think that Prussia will do whatever it wants within the Reich! If those petty princes want to resist with all their hearts, the Kaiser can't do anything unless you fight a civil war! And after the Franco-Prussian War, wasn't Germany looking for death when it fought a civil war?

For example, in 1871, when King Wilhelm I of the Kingdom of Prussia was at his proudest, the King of Prussia held the coronation of the Kaiser at Versailles! With a great victory over France, the Kaiser tried to use the title of "Emperor of Germany". But because of this title, it means that it has sovereignty over the various states of Germany. So it caused the dissatisfaction of the little brothers. The Kingdom of Bavaria and the Kingdom of Württemberg refused! The end result was that the Kaiser relented and replaced himself with the title of "German Emperor", because the latter was only a national significance.

At that time, when the Prussian saber made the whole of Europe tremble, the younger brothers dared to do this. It can be seen how powerful the mountains inside Germany are. Well, let's talk about something else! Army! To put it bluntly, the German Army was made up of various states, taking World War 1 as an example, the German Army had a total of 25 armies before the start, Prussia accounted for the most, with 19 armies, and then Bavaria 3 armies, Württemberg and Saxony were 2 armies and 1 army respectively! Cavalry is counted separately. These armies are under the command of each kingdom in peacetime, and they will fight under the command of the General Staff when there is a war. But you're going to say the muzzle is inward! For example, if you were to move Bavaria, what would the other two kingdoms think? What will France, Russia think? Do you dare to do it?

What's more, your resolution simply won't pass in the Federal Assembly! There are two parliaments in Germany, one is the Bundestag and the other is the Reichstag. Like the German SPD, the Conservative Party, etc., can only hang out in the Reichstag, they theoretically have the right to veto the German government's proposals, as long as the number of votes is enough! But there is no right to propose major policies! Who makes the decision? It's the Federal Parliament! And who is the composition of the Federal Parliament? Naturally, the kings and archdukes of Germany!

In the Federal Parliament, there are a total of 58 seats. Votes were basically distributed in proportion to the population, and of course in order to ensure that all the minor princes had at least one vote, Prussia and some of the great powers needed to cede some interests. The distribution of votes was as follows: 17 votes for the Prussians, 6 for the Bavarian family, 4 votes for Saxony, 4 votes for Württemberg and 3 votes for Baden! Most of the remaining small states are 1 vote, and some 2 votes! In the Bundestag, you have an absolute majority, and you have to get three-quarters of the votes to pass a proposal! It is true that Prussia can veto all proposals that are unfavorable to it, but in the same way, it is not difficult for people to veto your proposals, isn't it 15 votes? There are more than three kingdoms in southern Germany!

And the most important thing is that the Imperial Parliament, His Majesty the Emperor feels that it is not pleasing to the eye, and can directly announce the dissolution, do you dare to dissolve the Federal Assembly? That's the rhythm of division! The Reichstag has been dissolved several times in German history, when have you ever heard of the Kaiser moving the Bundestag?

Why didn't Bismarck go to colonies in the 70s? I didn't make a profit at home, so I went out to get a hairy colony! Bismarck, in his memoirs "Meetings and Reflections", mentioned a problem within Germany! The people of Germany do not identify with a nation! It's about identifying with your own king or leader! They can take up their swords at any time at the king's orders and go to war with their own neighbors! In fact, if you think about it, you can understand how many times in history Germany has fought internally? It's normal for a war to break out between various lords and electors! In this kind of national identity, religious antagonism, and even the fact that everyone has fought in the past, something will happen if things are not handled well. There is a reason why the Prime Minister is conservative!

So now the question is, since his little brother is so dishonest, how can Prussia, as the boss, discipline him? Prussia has a strong talent, which can be called an iron-blooded prime minister of a generation! Just suppress them directly and let them be grandchildren one by one? In fact, on the contrary, Prussia is mainly buying these little brothers! It stands to reason that everyone is a family, and the central government spends, you must always express it! Well, according to the discussions between the Federal Assembly and the Reichstag, all countries except Prussia need to share a total of 19 million to 31 million marks in the 10 years after the establishment of the Reich! Isn't that great?

But there is a strange thing in Germany that in addition to getting money from the states, the central government also has to let the states collect a part of the benefits from their own customs revenues! And according to the Customs Tariff Act of 1879! This benefit is more than the money that the federal countries give to the central government! This was the case from 1883 to 1898! Finally, in 1899 government spending skyrocketed, (of which the naval program was a large part. That's what changed.

Most of the younger brothers, after reaping the benefits of the naval construction program, no longer bothered with this small amount of money. And in addition to the superficial, the German central government has never been less than the appropriation of various royal families! In 1910, more than 5.7 million marks were given to the Bavarian royal family! At that time, the share of government expenditures of all the German states in excess of the Reich compensation was only 17,300,000 marks.

The problem of the relatively strong hill in Germany was not solved by the Prime Minister, nor was Wilhelm II. However, as a traverser, it is to enjoy these benefits. So I'm not going to help solve it either. Nonsense, that's to weaken my own cheap Prussia, why am I so selfless?

The recent increase in the collection has been very slow! Lateral position in the heart of the cool ~~~. Today's side position is a little stronger, double more!! Can you support us?