"Ladies and gentlemen, since the beginning of 1907, Germany has been shrouded in a conspiracy in which certain countries have complied in the pursuit of their aims, in defiance of international conventions, in defiance of our demands, and in the private sacrifice of our interests!

However, in the face of our reasonable request, they chose to ignore it! International conventions are like waste paper in front of them. When we had to choose to defend our rights, they chose to obstruct, oppress and threaten! They are trying to put pressure on us through guò alliance to force us to give up our reasonable rights!

When we say no to them, they threaten them with force! ”

Jochen, dressed in a naval uniform, stood on the podium in the council hall and made an impassioned statement that as an emperor, he could not interfere in the deliberations and votes of the council, but he could use guò to win supporters. It does not allow opponents to change their attitudes, but it can incite wavering centrists. Anger, this is the sentiment that Jochen wants to see in the councillor.

"I hesitated in the face of such a threat, and some of the gentlemen here hesitated. Yes, maybe our army will be able to easily tear through the enemy's lines and bring them destruction, but our seas will be blocked, and our economy will be hit hard, which is not alarmist. Just because our enemies declared a blockade of the North Sea, the number of voyages of our merchant ships was affected, and our stock market fluctuated!

So I hesitated, I hesitated whether to go to war with a powerful enemy because of a promise to a nation that was not a civilized world, or to make our economy plummet because of a place that brought the empire a small amount of wealth every year.

I had hoped that we could sit down at the negotiating table with our enemies and settle the dispute by talking to each other, but they still did not want to accept our request, they tried to turn a bilateral issue into a multilateral one, using their combined power to isolate us and force us to submit! It's an insult!

This is a violation of international justice! A trampling on the dignity of the German Reich! A trampling on the goodwill of the German people! However, in the face of such insults, we can still endure it. Because we don't have enough strength to defeat the enemy at sea!

Please don't blame the Navy, it's not that they're not brave, it's not that they're disloyal, I'm sure all of them will charge at the Empire's command, even if they know that victory awaits them!

However, as the Emperor of the Empire, I cannot send these excellent lads to a hopeless battlefield!

Finally. I don't have to face such a difficult choice, our enemies are willing to sit down and negotiate with us bilaterally, we don't have to go to war, our economy won't suffer, and our good lads don't have to let their young lives die prematurely.

However, it is not the conscience of our enemies who has found it! It's that we have weapons in our hands that will make them fearful! They were afraid, and we had more power than they could have imagined, so they gave in!

However, this does not make me happy, because the reality tells me that there is no justice in this world. Without credit, the only qualification I want to keep my credit is the sword in my hand! The weak are not qualified to choose peace, then we can only be the strong, so that we are qualified to choose whether to go to war or not! So let the artillery and warships be our credit credentials!

Thank you. ”

As soon as he finished speaking, there was a round of applause in the entire council hall, as if he was about to tear off the dome of the parliament building, and Jochen was very satisfied with this effect, and smiled slightly. He waved to everyone and stepped off the podium.

Tirpitz, who was sitting in the distance, nodded to the Emperor, and Jochen nodded with a similar smile.

Today is the meeting of the Imperial Diet to consider and vote on the second amendment to the Navy Law submitted by the Navy. This directly determines the level of investment in the construction of the navy by the future imperial government. Nine years have passed since the introduction of the Naval Act in 1899, and with 1908 approaching, the plan is also in its 10th year, and nearly half of the 20-year cycle according to the first amendment has passed, and the result of this vote in Parliament will directly determine the size of the Royal German Navy in the next 10 years!

Then it was time for the MPs to give their opinions, as planned. At the beginning, some Austrian parliamentarians began to loudly accuse the German Navy of ignoring and partiality in the Mediterranean Fleet, and the entire German Navy, including a total of 29 battleships in service and under construction, had only 7 battleships in the Mediterranean, and 3 of them had reached the end of their retirement years, and now the Mediterranean Fleet could not even assemble a battleship detachment, which was a disregard for the maritime security of the Kingdom of Austria. It is extremely irresponsible, and I strongly protest against this kind of behavior. Naturally, such a statement was echoed by a large number of Austrian parliamentarians

Although he faced criticism, Tirpitz's face did not change at all, he was still full of smiles, and even immediately said that he would immediately transfer 5 Caesars next year? The battleships of the Frederick III class were transferred to the Mediterranean to form a full-fledged fleet of battleships.

Because as long as its own amendment is approved, the German Navy will receive a huge amount of 1.28 billion marks in the next eight years, and it will also officially approve the requirement that heavy cruisers be built to the standard of capital ships.

According to this plan, Germany will receive 160 million marks per year, or about 8 million pounds, from 1908 onwards, and plans to start construction of 5 capital ships (including heavy cruisers) every year, so that by 1919 the German Navy can ensure that the German Navy has 65 capital ships, including capital ships, heavy cruisers and former dreadnoughts.

Perhaps the size of the capital ships is still not comparable to that of the British Royal Navy, but it can be guaranteed that the German Navy has no problem with the 2:3 ratio of the British's capital ships, and may even reach 3:4 (Tirpitz did not know that the British armored cruisers had also been capitalized).

Tirpitz was of course excited about the plan he had made with his own hands.

The damage inflicted on German interests by Britain and France on the Moroccan question, as well as the previous intransigence, greatly hurt Germany's pride, and at the height of the situation, everyone in Germany once again felt that it was impossible to deal with the discredited arbiter of the world order without a strong fleet.

Therefore, from the big capitalists to the common people, they all demanded to speed up the pace of naval construction with a shameful mentality, and when the German class was exposed, the concessions of Britain and France made everyone realize what role a strong fleet can play, and this is only 4 warships that have not formed combat effectiveness, so no one accuses the navy of concealing the news and deceiving the masses, and the public's tone is surprisingly unanimous in praising the navy for playing its trump card at the best time.

In addition, the news that the British would build six new battleships was greatly stimulated by the news that the British would build six new battleships that had been promoted by the Navy Office and the Naval Alliance, and the reaction of the British was like a basin of cold water, making them realize that the British would not give up so lightly, and Germany had to respond.

Coupled with the reaction of the entire council hall after the Emperor's speech, Tirpitz knew that there would be basically no problem with his proposal.

At the request of the Speaker, the Speaker, including Tirpitz, got up and left the hall very consciously, and it was time for the Parliamentarians to vote, and Jochen had no right to vote, but as Emperor he had the right of veto, so he could sit in the hall and wait for the result.

However, even so, Jochen still thought in his heart that 1.28 billion marks was not a small amount, and according to the current expansion of the navy, the German Navy would gradually approach the British in terms of expenditure, although the British retained a large number of overseas ships, so they still spent a lot more money than Germany in terms of maintenance and personnel, but according to the British Royal Navy's expenditure is generally about 4 times the cost of building ships, Germany will be very close to this proportion in the future.

That means that the actual expenditure of the navy is more than 500 million marks per year, and the funds approved by the 1906 amendment to the German "Navy Act" in history were 940 million marks, and now 1.28 billion marks even exceed the historical approved funds for shipbuilding plus the widening cost of the Kiel Canal by nearly 100 million.

Even if the Navy tried to connect so many people, although his speech was full of applause, although the proposal was already considered to be nine out of ten, the slightest possibility of failure made Jochen feel that his heart was difficult to calm down, because everything was unknown until the results came out.

Jochen was still very anxious in the hall, and it was even more torment for Tirpitz who was pacing back and forth outside the hall, and the short voting session of ten minutes seemed like a long time, and the chief of the naval staff paced outside the door of the parliament hall, but no one felt the persuasion, and could only watch Tirpitz keep walking back and forth, making them dizzy.

Tirpitz finally breathed a sigh of relief when cheers and applause rang out from the hall. Everyone outside congratulated Tirpitz, who shook hands with everyone with the same excitement.

Tirpitz was the first to walk through the door after all observers were informed that they could enter the hall to hear the Speaker announce the final vote.

He pushed open the heavy wooden door of the hall with all his might, and the moment the door opened, the cheers and applause became clearer and more deafening, and almost all the deputies stood up and applauded in the direction of the gate, congratulating the chief of the General Staff of the Navy, the second amendment to the Navy Act! (To be continued......)