"Hehe, I really can't imagine that Ruprecht has also begun to pin his hopes on external forces, should I say that you are naïve, or are you deceiving yourself?" Princess Mary stood up, walked slowly behind the prince, and then slowly leaned down and said. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

"Actually, the three kingdoms of South Germany can have their current status largely because of our Austro-Hungarian Empire, don't you deny this?"

"After the Austro-Prussian War, Prussia won the victory, gained the dominance of the whole of Germany, Prussia annexed the Kingdom of Hanover, Nassau, Hesse-Kassel, and the Free City of Frankfurt, but at the same time, we also reached an agreement with Prussia that the three kingdoms of Bavaria, Saxony, and Württemberg could be incorporated into Germany, but they had to remain independent!"

"Imagine if there had been no Austro-Hungarian Empire, Bavaria had not been mentioned for the time being, and Saxony and Württemberg might not have escaped the fate of being annexed in the end, right?" Princess Mary had taken the prince's face into account and had excluded Bavaria for the time being, but the prince knew that if Austria-Hungary had not taken a stand, Prussia would have been more daring in the matter of annexing other countries. Even if Bavaria remained independent, what was the point of Bavaria's independence if the other two kingdoms were gone?

And if the First World War is over and everything goes according to your expectations, what will the outcome be? Russia has collapsed, and its successors are re-establishing their state from the ruins. Austria-Hungary collapsed, and my country became fragmented. France and Britain have been battered and are cowering in a corner of Europe to heal the wounds of war. Don't mention him for this kind of garbage in Italy. So you tell me, who can now restrain the exceptionally powerful Prussia from doing what it wants? Princess Mary had a triumphant smile on her face.

Princess Mary's words dispelled the last trace of luck in the prince's heart! If Prussia's unprecedented strength gave it the strength and confidence to crush the other kingdoms without any damage, then after the Great War, the collapse and weakening of the other powers made Prussia no longer have the slightest fear of action! The rest of the countries were all scared of being impoverished by the First World War, and who cares about Germany's internal strife?

One of the important reasons why Prussia was unable to move the three kingdoms now was the containment of other powers, and once the First World War was over, the whole of Europe was in chaos, and at that time, Prussia would have no external constraints! And after the victory in the First World War, the popularity of the Kaiser must have increased greatly, and in this case, who would carefully consider the contribution and sacrifice of Bavaria in this war?

At that time, it would only be a matter of a few days for the three kingdoms of southern Germany to succumb to the exceptionally powerful Prussia, anyway, the prince did not think that with a few Bavarian armies, he would be able to stop the huge Prussia! Not in Bavaria, not even in Saxony and Württemberg!

As for the personal friendship between himself and the Kaiser? This is completely based on the exchange of interests, and Prussia can't eat Bavaria, as a monarch, he needs a powerful courtier, not a powerful and independent prince! In all dynasties, there was such a thing as cutting feudal domains both inside and outside, and the rulers would always try their best to strengthen the centralization of power!

If the prince thinks about it, in addition to the unification of the decree, the German capitalists also want Bavaria to collapse, for the simple reason that the prince has already reaped too many benefits by using Bavaria's political status and national strength, and with the support of a national government, the prince can ignore some local protections to expand his market. Among other things, the naval guns of the Navy are a very clear example.

At the same time, because of the royal government, until now, the technology and profits of hardened armor are still firmly in the hands of the prince, and neither other companies nor the Kaiser can interfere! And using the kingdom identity, the prince circled the most profitable places in the German colonies, and it can be said that this kingdom status brought too many economic benefits to himself and the entire kingdom of Bavaria! At the same time, it has also damaged the economic interests of too many enterprises, and if no one is jealous, the prince does not believe it, but they don't have the ability to do so now!

And once the First World War is over, then considering the industries and huge interests controlled by the Kingdom of Bavaria, even if the Kaiser has a good relationship with himself, I am afraid that there will be people in Germany who will provoke the Kaiser to take action against Bavaria, right? When the time comes, what will the prince rely on to protect himself? The answer is simple, there is no way to .......

By now, the prince had figured out that if the German Empire could still exist after World War 1, then Prussia would have 10,000 reasons to weaken the independence of other kingdoms, both politically and economically! Then the prince suddenly finds himself in a cycle of death, Germany lost World War I, the kingdom of Bavaria is finished, and even if he wins, he still seems to have little to gain.

As for whether the First World War could be used to gain some benefits from the new territories in the east? This prince is really not sure, not to mention that the central government of Prussia will not agree, even if it does? Bavaria is deep in the interior of Europe, and if you want to reach out to Eastern Europe, don't you think it's a little too far?! How could Bavaria, with a population of only about 10 million, have the human and financial resources to control and build new fiefdoms?

You know, Prussia is not only strong because of a simple Prussia, but also a large number of Grand Duchies, Princes and Free Cities! Baden, Hesse, Oldenburg, Braunschweig, Bremen, Hamburg, etc., these places are Prussia's little brothers. Although they are all very small, when they are all combined, they are also a powerful force! So Prussia can digest these new territories, and it is absolutely impossible to simply want Bavaria to digest the new territories!

Unless, really as Princess Mary envisioned, if during the war, after the collapse of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, Bavaria can take advantage of the situation to receive part of Austria's resources, then after the war, it will also have the confidence to bargain with Prussia, no, it cannot be after the war, and the relevant details must be finalized with Prussia after the end of the Eastern Front campaign! In any case, Britain and France alone could not break through the defensive ...... of Germany's Western Front.

The prince was also a two-life man, and after realizing that once the First World War was over and Bavaria did not develop rapidly, the kingdom would become a half-dead salted fish, he also began to think about what to do after ......the German victory.

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