Chapter 165, Prudential Transaction

Due to the factors of the world war, many overseas colonies of Britain and France have been unstable.

Evidence? I'm sorry for Britain and France, the evidence is really not that important, as long as there is an object of suspicion, anyway, there are only a few companies that have the strength and courage to do this kind of thing!

The Paris Peace Conference continued, and after knowing the plans of the French, the Germans naturally did not sit idle, perhaps their diplomatic response was a little slower, but they still knew what to do.

At this moment, Hindenburg appeared in the Bulgarian embassy in Paris, still talking and laughing with Konstantin, but the sorrow between his brows lingered.

The conversation between the two soon got to the point, and Hindenburg said cautiously: "Honorable Prime Minister Konstantin, once the French have achieved their purpose, they will become the new masters of the European continent, which will certainly endanger world peace......

Konstantin interrupted: "Mr. Hindenburg, the rise of the French has little to do with Bulgaria, and even if the French really dominate the European continent, it will not affect Bulgaria's core interests!"

You should know that from the beginning of the preservation of Austria-Hungary, Bulgaria's strategy has already begun to shift to Asia, and we have no intention of dominating the world, so there is no need to fight the French on the issue of the European continent!

Besides, even with the dismemberment of Germany, the French dream of European hegemony still has a long way to go, I don't think they have the strength to swallow you in one bite, and the British will not agree!

Before the annexation of Germany is completed, even if the French become the hegemon of Europe, it will not affect Bulgaria, and there is an Austro-Hungarian Empire between us as a buffer!

So Mr. Hindenburg, we are not interested in your plans, and it does not matter to us whether the French rise to dominate the continent or the German revival dominate Europe!

When you rise again, I believe that Bulgaria has also developed to a new level, and as a new country, you should know that in terms of the speed of development, we will be much faster than the old empire! ”

Hindenburg's face sank, they were not afraid that Bulgaria had ambitions for the European continent, as long as Bulgaria wanted to develop to Europe, then the relationship between Britain, France and Bulgaria would inevitably break down, and their opportunity would come.

It will be different after Bulgaria turns to the Asian continent like now, and Bulgaria, which has eaten and drunk enough in this war, has a great possibility that it will fall silent and sit and watch the situation in Europe after practicing its internal skills, then the Germans will not have a good time!

After much hesitation, Hindenburg spoke: "Monsieur Constantine, even if you have no idea about the European continent, it is still good for your country to check and balance the French!" ”

Seeing Konstantin roll his eyes, the meaning is very obvious, if there is a condition, open it quickly, if it is just empty and white-toothed and want Bulgarian support, then don't dream!

After a pause, Hindenburg smiled bitterly and said, "Mr. Constantine, as long as your country can guarantee the integrity of Germany itself, we can transfer all the colonies to your country!" ”

Konstantin sneered and said: "Mr. Hindenburg, do you think that the current German colonies are still yours?" I'm sorry that the Entente has decided to confiscate it, so now it has nothing to do with you! By the way, even your navy has been confiscated, and we have reached an agreement to go to the British!

So you still show your hole cards, with the strength of the German Empire across Europe, the family foundation left behind is still very thick, and you should also know what we are interested in! ”

That's right, what the German Empire can now be worth thinking about in Bulgaria is not land, not machinery, not even more money, and the talent that the Germans have accumulated from the Prussian era to the present!

Since the Bulgarian army occupied South Germany, the first thing they did was not to confiscate the property of the nobles and capitalists, but to search for talent!

In order to recruit more talents to serve Bulgaria, the Bulgarian army not only did not expropriate in the occupied areas, but also distributed relief food very generously, just to buy people's hearts!

Even after the Bavarian crown reached a compromise with Bulgaria, the Bulgarian army has now withdrawn from Munich at the cost of cooperating with Bulgaria in the mobilization of scientific researchers and engineers.

To put it simply, everyone cooperates with each other, and even coaxes and deceives these elite talents, for example, as long as they are willing to serve Bulgaria for 20 years, not only can they get a rich reward, but they can also protect their homeland from destruction, and even make them think that the relief food that the civilians are getting now is in exchange for them after they promised to work for Bulgaria, and use their patriotic festival to fool them into willingly giving Bulgaria their lives!

And this is precisely to pluck the foundation of the Germans, once a large number of talents are lost, it will be even more difficult for the future German Reich to rise again!

The Bavarian royal family can compromise, and that's to keep the throne!

The supplies they received from Bulgaria alleviated the crisis in the country, and a large amount of supplies were distributed to the civilian population for free, which soothed everyone's resentment against the royal family, and the death of the prince in the war won them enough sympathy points, and Bulgaria has promised that they will not be held accountable for war crimes in this war!

Now it's Hindenburg's turn to decide, even if he has resigned, but it is still the Junker aristocracy who holds the power of the country!

After hesitating for a while, Hindenburg nodded with a wry smile and said, "Okay, as long as Bulgaria is willing to keep the integrity of Germany in the Paris Peace Conference, we are willing to cooperate with you to introduce talents and do a good job in their ideological work!" ”

Konstantin shook his head and said, "You are a little late, and now the Assembly has agreed that the French will take back Alsace and Lorraine, and that the eastern border of France can also be pushed to the Rhine."

So all we can do now is to ensure the integrity of Germany as much as possible, and I personally advise you to prepare for Polish independence, and even the worst possible outcome is that Bavaria-led South Germany has the possibility of independence! ”

Hindenburg's face sank, and he said excitedly: "Mr. Constantine, no matter what, we can't make South Germany independent, you should know that the religious beliefs of North and South Germany are not the same, and once there is a split, it will be difficult to reunify again!"

As long as you ensure that South Germany does not split, we can provide the metallurgy, chemical industry, and all kinds of scientific research personnel you want! ”

Konstantin replied without hesitation: "Happy cooperation!" ”

The goal was achieved, but there was no excitement on Hindenburg's face, which was trading the future of Germany for the unification of the country.

Of course, he didn't know that it was the Americans who had done this business with them historically, and even the Americans had bid a little higher and offered him a large loan to them, so that they could recover quickly after the war!

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Profit is always the best catalyst, and after striking a secret deal with the Germans, Konstantin immediately changed his position and sided with the British on the German question.

At the beginning of the new day, after the French president again proposed the dismemberment of Germany, Lloyd-Georges retorted: "A divided Germany is not in the interests of all of us, at least they will not be able to pay our war reparations!" ”

Konstantin, who had been with the mud, also echoed: "Mr. George is right, we still need the Germans to pay a huge amount of war reparations to make up for our war losses, then we must ensure the ability of the Germans to repay, I personally suggest that the integrity of German territory be preserved!" ”

Bulgaria's sudden statement upset the balance of the meeting, and the isolated Poincaré was now gloomy and terrible, knowing that the strategy of dismembering Germany was about to die.

Still unwilling to say: "As the culprit who started this war, if we don't punish it, then what if someone follows suit in the future?"

Both the Japanese and the Americans could become the second Germans, and we must punish the Germans to deter them!

And in order to guarantee the national defense and security of France, we have decided not to tolerate the existence of a strong Germany, which is the core interests of our France, and we must not make concessions! ”

Konstantin smiled and said: "If your country is worried about the threat of the Germans, this is also very simple, now the central government of Germany is a republic, we can support a few more local kings to come out, as long as the ideology of the local government and the central government are different, Germany cannot be fully integrated, and it does not have the ability to threaten your country!" ”

And this kind of operation? Poincaré did not keep up with Constantine's rhythm for a while, and once this plan was well implemented for the French, there was a high probability that the German Empire would be divided again in the future!

Poincaré thought for a moment and said, "Good! In addition to the preservation of the royal family that now exists in Germany, we can establish another kingdom in the east of the Rhine, as well as in East Prussia and German Poland! ”

Lloyd-George's face changed drastically, this style of painting is very wrong, Bulgaria, which had just opposed the dismemberment of Germany, actually put forward a proposal to actually split Germany, what the hell are they going to stand there?

There is no doubt that this constructive proposal was made up by Ferdinand himself, and he has not forgotten that he still owes two crowns, and the chiefs of Africa are not willing to do it, but the internal kings of Germany have no reason to refuse, and everyone is close in blood!

As for whether Germany will be divided over this, Ferdinand wants to say that if there is no war reparations, the German economy will develop normally, and due to the imbalance in economic development between regions, there is a great possibility that the country will collapse in the future!

But now that everyone is living a hard life together, they need to be in the same boat, and they have a common cultural foundation, so it is difficult for other regions except Poland to divide them!

Of course, infighting is indispensable, and with the rise of a united German San, Ferdinand is also a little worried! If it is a German empire with constant infighting and weakened strength, he will not be cowardly, let Austria-Hungary go first, and if it doesn't work, he will end up in person, there is nothing to fear!

Lloyd-George hesitated for a while, but finally chose to acquiesce, after all, the French wanted to dismember the Germans too strongly, and although the Bulgarian proposal broke up the cohesion of Germany, a united Germany could still block the way for the French to continue to expand into Europe!

Lloyd-George asked: "Well, we in the British Empire also agree, but what about the kings of these three countries, and our family appoints one?" ”

Konstantin said happily: "Then it's decided, please choose the two of you first, which country's throne do you need?" ”

Puengaré's face suddenly became ugly, Nima and the two of them are both monarchies, and it is naturally easy to choose a king, it is a big deal to support their royal children, and both of them are from the Gotha Dynasty, and they happen to be ancient nobles in Germany, and a bad Gotha family has to add two crowns!

This is different for the French Republic, they have more troubles, and the three royalists in the country are going to start fighting again!

Poincaré smiled bitterly and said: "Then I'll choose first, our French Republic chooses the Kingdom of Poland!" ”

This is also a matter of no way, with the relationship between France and Germany, even if they want to support the king of the Rhine Kingdom, the Germans will not recognize it! Except for the Poles who wanted independence, it is estimated that no German would be willing to accept their appointed king!

Lloyd-George smiled and said, "Then we will take the throne of the Rhine Kingdom!" ”

After thinking about it, Lloyd-George decided to plant another nail in the coffin for France, to counterbalance them if necessary, and an extremely anti-French Rhine kingdom would help limit the expansion of the French!

Konstantin said calmly: "Then everyone is decided, Bulgaria will be responsible for appointing the king of East Prussia!" ”

It just so happened that the Romanian royal family was born in the German royal family, and it was also with the Germans in this world war, and let them serve as the king of Prussia, and the Germans were also acceptable, which was not very difficult to operate!

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