Hoffman looked at him for three minutes, and finally squeezed out a sentence: "Hess, some comrades in the party do not want you to come back, or rather, do not want you to come back alive." Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info”

Goebbels, who was next to him, said that this sentence was not Hoffmann's intimidation of Hess, after learning that Hess was going to return home, including Ribbentrop, Himmler, and Baumann, they all believed that Hess was very likely to have a problem: not only mentally ill, but also possibly on a special mission - such as receiving instructions from Britain to assassinate the Führer.

As long as the Führer shows the slightest sign of suspicion, both Himmler and Bowman are likely to pull Hess out to seriously "screen", and the consequences of screening Hoffman wants to know with his heels, it must be another ** group.

"I know, thanks to the Führer's forbearance in large quantities." Although he was under house arrest for several years, Hess's physical condition and mental state were not bad, and he was able to read newspapers in these years, although all the news was published in England, but he could find a lot of information between the lines: for example, the Nazi power dump - Goering died, this can only be a purge of the Führer; For example, Britain has been victorious every day, from North Africa to the mainland; Another example is that Britain and the United States have the best strategic airlift in the world -- which shows that Great Britain is extremely blockaded.

On the way back, he tried to find out what to expect from Goebbels about the Führer, who warned him that there had been many new adjustments to the Führer's policies and tactics, and that if he did not adapt to them as soon as possible, he would probably ......

But Hess said calmly: "I know that he adjusted the tactics of the Jews, and it was no longer to exterminate them but to deal with them gently; He adjusted his policy in the East, where it was not the living space of Germany, but the existence of Germany as the liberator and protector of Europe......"

He said a lot about Hoffmann's adjusted strategy, but there was one thing he didn't ask about Goering.

"So, you're not crazy."

"It's not necessarily, the Führer says I'm crazy, I'm crazy; He said no, then I wasn't. ”

Goebbels nodded in satisfaction.

Among the Big Four, Goebbels and Ribbentrop also had a good relationship with Hess, Speer was neutral, and Baumann and Himmler were hostile to Hess. That's why Hoffmann chose Goebbels to pick him up. Of course, there is also a complicated relationship between Goebbels and Hess, when they were engaged in party affairs and theory, the two were rivals, and now after Bauman has taken over the party affairs, there are fewer points of conflict between the two.

"I understand the concerns of the comrades, Führer......" Hess said calmly, "I wish to start from the grassroots, and I do not think I am in a position to complete the negotiations with the British, given that I do not know the British well enough." ”

Hoffmann tapped the table and pondered the use of Hess: On the night of May 12, 1941, Goebbels had a communiqué publicly broadcast by Deutsche Radio, saying that Hess "took off against orders and has not returned; The letters left behind by Hesch unfortunately show signs of insanity, which gives the impression that Hess, a party member, may have fallen victim to paranoia, and that Hess may have crashed somewhere. By this time, it had not been revealed that Hess had flown to England to make peace.

The next day the British government publicly declared Hess in their hands, and Hitler was compelled to state at a high-level meeting: "Hess left me at a time when the commanders could be ordered to begin the most difficult military operations [referring to Barbarossa]." How can I expect generals to obey this order when a senior political leader leaves the battlefield according to his own plan? ”

But no matter how high-sounding he may be, there is one factor that cannot be erased: Hess flew to England to make peace on the orders of Hitler himself -- by implicit, implicit orders, and the Führer's mood for peace with the British Empire was urgent and even unscrupulous, and once Hess poked this out, it was bound to affect the Führer's image in the public -- and this was the reason why Bowman persuaded Hoffman to kill Hess.

However, after careful consideration, Hoffman believed that Hessfeiying's inside story was known to several party bigwigs, and the purge of Hess was bound to bring unease to everyone; Secondly, now Hoffman has told many people to carry out secret missions, and if the final outcome of such a mission is to be killed, who will be willing to sell his life in the future; Last but not least, Hoffman now made it clear that he wanted to make peace with the British, and whether the outside world revealed it or not, he thought it was insignificant, and Bowman's so-called "image influence" was not to be a concern.

Therefore, he could not cleanse Hess in public or private. As for whether the other party will think that he is a "fake Führer", if it is just crossed, he may be very nervous, now that nearly 2 years have passed, he is not too worried, he has done a much better job than the Führer, even Eva has accepted himself, and whoever dares to doubt in Germany is really a "madman"!

"Do you know the terms of my peace with the British?"

"You know, they also brought me a couple of counter-suggestions."

"What do you think about these issues?"

"It's just a ploy by Churchill's old dog to stall for time." Hess gritted his teeth and said, "If he has what it takes to defeat us on the battlefield, he will never have that attitude. ”

"Very well, so how do you think we should deal with it?"

"Seek further military deterrence and stir up Churchill's opposition."

Hoffman nodded: "There will be a high-level meeting of the party tomorrow, you go back to prepare and say a few words to everyone." ”

On May 15, on the third anniversary of the Hess Feiying incident, Hess re-met with the public and gave a special report at a high-level meeting of the Nationalist Socialist Party:

First, Feiying was Hess's own immature move, wanting to be in the limelight and doing great things, which violated the principles of the party and deviated from the direction of the Führer;

Second, some of the secret operations carried out in the process of preparation violated party discipline and state law, smeared the face of the Führer, had a negative impact on the party's reputation, and caused confusion among the people's minds;

Third, instead of completing the task, he was imprisoned and could not die, which damaged the image of party members.

Hess also emphasized the following:

First, he did not confess any party secrets during his time in England;

second, not to be a traitor or to be bribed by British intelligence;

Thirdly, they did not accept any special mission that was unfavorable to the Party and to Germany.

Everyone was skeptical about his review, but everyone knew that whether they believed it or not, and the final handling was in the hands of the Führer, so they turned their heads together and waited for Hoffman to make a statement.

Hoffman did not express his personal opinion, but asked Bauman: "Comrade Baumann is the secretary general of the party, and I would like to ask him to talk about his views on the handling of Comrade Hess from the perspective of party discipline and state law." ”

"In view of the fact that Comrade Hess ignored the Führer's education, arbitrarily discussed the major policies of the Party, and put his personal status and interests above the interests of the Party and the State a few years ago, I believe that he has made a serious mistake of personal activism, bureaucracy, and opportunism, which requires deep introspection and examination. In view of the fact that his behavior did not cause serious damage to the Party and did not cause irreparable bad consequences, and that he himself had a good attitude of admitting his mistakes and showed sincere remorse, he may be dealt with lightly as appropriate. Bowman glanced at Hoffman, saw that he nodded slightly, and continued, "Considering that Comrade Hess has always followed the Führer in his early years and made useful contributions to the cause of the party, in line with the principle of 'punishing the former and punishing the latter, curing the sick and saving the people', the comrades of the whole party have taken this as a warning, and the specific handling opinions and suggestions are as follows:

1. Order it to conduct a serious, serious and profound review within the party;

2. Remove all positions in the party, retain party membership, and stay on party probation for two years;

3. Remove from all administrative posts, including the deputy head of state, and henceforth serve as a researcher at the EU Policy Research Office (non-leadership position at the level of deputy director-general) and carry out work, under the leadership of Comrade Goebbels. ”

Of course, this was not the opinion of Bauman himself, and if he were, he would have been willing to be put to death, but Goebbels conveyed the Führer's intentions, and he did not dare not listen.

It immediately dawned on the congregation that this was the main intention of the Führer to be raised high and gently lowered. Whether he is dismissed from office or placed on probation in the party, as long as the head of state trusts him, he will still have a chance to turn around in the future, which shows that the head of state is still restrained from him. Of course, the Big Four or the Big Five can also breathe a sigh of relief, at least they don't have the scary title of "Deputy Führer", and if they do so, even if they are reused in the future, they will have a "stain", at least they will not be able to be "successors".

"I think it's okay, Comrade Bowman's disciplinary handling of the opinion shows fairness and fairness, what does Comrade Hess himself think?"

With tears in his eyes, Hess bowed to the crowd and saluted: "I'm sorry comrades, I have made a serious and self-righteous mistake, which has had a great bad impact on the Führer and the Party...... After several years of introspection, especially the criticism and education of the Führer and Goebbels and other comrades, I have profoundly realized my mistakes and accepted everyone's criticism with an open mind...... (More than 3,000 words of statement are omitted here)"

In the ensuing voting process, the disposition was unanimously adopted - just kidding, this is the caliber set by the Führer himself, who dares to oppose it? No matter how reluctant you are, you have to raise your hands high.

Finally, Bowman talked to Hess on behalf of the organization: I hope he will put down his baggage, travel lightly, and continue to play to his strengths and make more useful contributions.

Only Goebbels knew that in the future, the EU Policy Research Office would integrate the spirit of the Führer's series of ideas and speeches on the formation of the European Union into a systematic and comprehensive political programmatic document -- this work was as important as the compilation of Mein Kampf. Moreover, Hess stopped all the culpability, without mentioning the contents of "the Führer's request, the Führer's hope, the Führer's order", etc., completely clearing the Führer from the matter of "Feiying". Of course, don't think about the successor or anything, and I believe that Hess will not rush forward stupidly again. Isn't that a good thing for Hess - at least he's no longer the target of public criticism!

For Hoffman, now that there is no deputy head of state and successor, the group of five has become a group of six again, and there is inevitably an internal struggle between you and me. However, "there is no faction in the party, and there are all kinds of strange things", he just needs to control and rudder well, and there will be people to worry about him below.