After the lamb chops dinner on Easter Sunday, Joey was called to his father's office as usual, this time not by his father alone, but with his own godfather, Uncle Herman, Prince Karl, the "Prince of Blood", and Prince Carl August.

In front of his father, Crown Prince Frederick made a straightforward request to his son, "Jojo, do you remember what you talked to your Uncle Herman about the adult re-education training course with me?" ”

Seeing Joey's nod, the crown prince continued to ask, "How are you talking to Professor Ernst Mach, and is there any of Professor Mach's friends who would like to help you?" ”

"Professor Maher was very supportive of the idea, and he recommended Professor Avenarius, Professor Robert Wiley, and," Joey said, scratching his head, embarrassedly, "and Mr. Victor Adler of Austria. ”

"Mr. Victor Adler? The guy wanted by Emperor Franz and the Austro-Hungarian government? Prince Carl August asked in surprise.

"Your Royal Highness, this Mr. Victor Adler is not on the Empire's list of political prisoners, is he?" Herman asked Prince Karl with a smile.

Prince Karl, who was in charge of the supreme power of the imperial judicial prosecution system, thought about it carefully, shook his head and said, "No, the people on the list of political prisoners appointed by the Prime Minister are all Germans, and there are no Austro-Hungarian nationals. ”

Sir Gruson nodded to Prince August, and then asked Joy, "I remember that this Monsieur Victor Adler, who is said to be a pupil of Marx's tutor, now does not believe in scientific socialism, but in Professor Mach's critical socialism?" ”

"Professor Maher said that since the incident of the mentor and the maid giving birth to an illegitimate child, Mr. Victor Adler did not appreciate the Jewish mentor very much, after all, while talking about the liberation of the oppressed class, and at the same time enjoying the services of the oppressed class, he did not admit that he had an illegitimate child, and insisted that he was a morally pure person. Ideally, this is, after all, difficult for these people who pursue pure socialism to accept. ”

"So, Mr. Victor Adler, I feel that criticizing socialism is more to my liking." Joey smirked.

Seeing his father's unhappy look, Joey immediately shut up, quickly stopped gossiping, and said, "According to Professor Mach, Mr. Victor Adler is pursuing to systematize the existing socialist experience in order to discover and summarize the persistence and regularity of socialism, so Professor Mach predicts that Mr. Victor Adler will be able to smoothly put the experience of socialism into economic life." ”

"Well, since we are not on the list of political prisoners of the Prime Minister, and we have the recommendation of Professor Mach, my father and I welcome these three to the Grand Duchy of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach to help us advance this adult re-education training course for Joey." Prince Carl August said with a smile.

"Isn't it a bit of a waste for all three masters to go to Saxony-Weimar-Eisenach?" Joey asked his godfather quietly.

Sir Grusen looked at the others and said with a smile, "The situation compels these three masters to go to Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach first." Prussia can't move forward for the time being, because the prime minister doesn't like this set of socialist things, so the re-employment training here is mainly based on skills for the time being, and the ideological training is ready to communicate with the prime minister again, after all, the prime minister is now supportive of your father's economic policy, so in Prussia, there must be appropriate compromises with the prime minister. ”

"In exchange, the Chancellor agreed to advance our idea within the German Confederation, the original plan was to carry out the Hanseatic Union, Baden, and Saxony at the same time, but suddenly there was some change, and your father, as well as the fathers of Prince Karl and Prince August, decided to focus on the Grand Duchy of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach first." Sir Grusen went on to explain.

"Change, what change?" Joey asked curiously.

Several adults looked at each other, and finally their eyes fell on Crown Prince Frederick.

Frederick's face was a little embarrassed, and after thinking for a moment, he said, "I have news from the Prime Minister that some of your mother's friends, dissatisfied with your mother's request for them to suspend the strike and support my economic work first, have decided to use the strike in response to your mother's interference in their political ideas, so they are preparing to hold a strike in the city of Eisenach. ”

"This news has been proven to be true, Karl's father, Archduke Alexander, is staying in the city of Eisenach to deal with this matter now, which is why your cousin Alexander did not come to the palace this time."

"Qiaoqiao, although this incident started because of your mother, I don't blame her, so it's good that you know about it, don't say anything to your mother anymore." The crown prince said solemnly to Joey.

"Of course, Dad, I'll forget what you just said now. But how are you going to deal with this strike, and how urgent is it? When it comes to his mother, Joey immediately chooses to forget, but Joey is concerned about the impending strike.

"It's not to the point of burning eyebrows, but there haven't been any general strikes in Germany in the last two years, and if your father has just taken the position of Minister of Economy, and the work has not even started, it will be very bad. People who don't understand whether your father's NEP is good or bad are likely to be affected by this strike and add trouble to your father's job. Sir Grusen said.

"Understand that people have a herd mentality, and the good or bad of an unknown thing is not necessarily judged from the result, it is likely to be infected by other people's emotions, and only judge right and wrong from their own emotions." Joey, who had studied psychology, immediately understood the key.

"As for how to prepare for this strike, your father and I want to hear your thoughts." Sir Grusen said with a smile, then smiled at Crown Prince Frederick, and said to himself, "Fritz, I also want to enjoy the pleasure of letting Joey come up with an idea, and I will pick on the thorns." ”

Joey was completely oblivious to the careful thinking of his godfather and father, and was preoccupied with what to do to deal with the strike.

"Put aside the contradictions for the time being, concentrate on economic construction, now the whole of Europe is in an economic crisis, let's work together first, so that everyone has food, clothing, flowers, safe and happy through the economic crisis, and then we discuss what posture is the most comfortable to eat, dress, and sleep, isn't it?"

"Why do we always emphasize contradictions and antagonisms, intensify contradictions and engage in struggle? Among the many factions of socialism, it is your faction that is the most inexplicable, you have to fight when you are happy, you have to fight when you are unhappy, you have to fight when you are unhappy, all day long is class struggle, what is the point of infighting? Joey scoffed, and grumbled in his heart.

"A strike is a crisis, and since it is a crisis, then use the principle of crisis resolution to deal with it." Joey quickly made up her mind and began to speak.

"First of all, Germany has always respected everyone's legal rights, so strikes have been, are and will be, and we cannot expect to eliminate strikes, which is unrealistic in Germany."

"Since a crisis like a strike will never go away, the government needs to set up a department, or at least a team, to deal with the strike crisis, or crises in other areas." Joy first gave an attitude to solve the crisis that can only be found in the 21st century.

The adults glanced at each other, and from each other's gazes, they all felt that Joey's statement was a little interesting.

"What is the purpose of the strike, in addition to the simple demand for increased wages and benefits, there is also a kind of political opinion, the expression of political voice, one person's voice may not be taken seriously, but a group, a large group of people's voices and opinions, no matter what, must be taken seriously by the government."

"I believe that the vast majority of workers are simple people, simple people, and there are not so many high-level people, why they want to unite, is because no one listens to their voices, no one cares about the joys and sorrows of each worker, no one cares about him as a person, so they must keep the weak together, only in this way, the so-called strong will pay attention to them!"

"So, what I want to say is the first principle of crisis management, sincere communication." Joey uttered the first of the principles of crisis management that later generations learned.

"If Professor Avenarius, Professor Wiley and Mr. Adler come to the Grand Duchy of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach, I hope that the problems of any worker at the bottom of society, as reflected by these three masters, will be listened to, communicated sincerely, and treated with sincerity to every worker." Joey earnestly asked.

"Kind of interesting, isn't it, guys." Sir Gruson smiled and said to the crowd, "Joey, why do you think honest communication is so important? ”

"Respect, everyone wants to be respected, no one wants to be treated as a useless person, the best way to show respect for others is to communicate with people sincerely." Joey said firmly. "If you respect every worker through honest communication, then every worker will respect you doubly, because no one has ever treated them like that."

"Isn't it that we need to be more humble? After all, I have seen the way of the socialists, who have gained a lot of benefits by showing humility in front of the workers. Prince Carl August interjected.

"No, no, no, we are respecting every worker equally, we are not being a man with our tail between our legs, we are equal to the workers, we represent the government, we just need to use an equal attitude, a posture of respect for others, and a calm and direct expression of the problem." Joy rejects Prince Auguste's idea that government stands for power, that self-indulgence can only undermine the majesty of government, and that equality is the only attitude that needs to be maintained.

"Of course, arrogance and arrogance are attitudes that must not appear, and if there is a person with such thoughts and attitudes, please do not let him come into contact with any worker, please transfer such a person from the realm of the officer, and I do not like this kind of person even in the field of the officer. We all know that arrogance and hubris are original sin wherever they are, and we cannot use sinners as bureaucrats. Joey reminded again.

After thinking about it carefully, everyone nodded their heads to show that they understood what Joey meant.

"In addition to the respect of sincere communication, the second principle of crisis management should be quickly clarified."

"All strikes, all crises have a fuse, whether this fuse is real or false, we need to clarify."

"German officials are notoriously bureaucratic and old-fashioned, and I can't say that this characteristic is good or bad. However, in the face of a crisis, speed and time come first, and if the bureaucrats are allowed to follow the bureaucratic system and report one by one, then we will lose the most important factor in crisis management, time and speed. ”

"So in response to any rumors of inciting strikes, we have to strike quickly, react quickly, and clarify it quickly."

"Wait, Jojo, every rumor is cleared up, why bother so much? My suggestion is to simply block the channels of rumors, to block the newspapers and magazines, which can be done by a small team of Imperial police, so why bother so much? "Prince of Blood," Prince Karl asked, puzzled.

Prince Karl's approach was immediately echoed by Prince August, "I agree with Uncle Carl's statement, Jojo, why bother? ”

"Well, my idea is that the workers are not the trouble of Germany, they are the creators of German wealth, or I would like to use an inappropriate analogy, what do you do with a goose that lays golden eggs, do you destroy and abuse it, or do you feed it well?" Joey asked.

"I think most people will willingly serve a goose that will lay golden eggs." Joey added with a smile.

"If the goose wants to rebel or even peck at its owner, I will not hesitate to slaughter it and eat meat." "Blood Prince" Prince Karl suddenly interjected murderously.

Speaking of killing, although the four adults here have all had the experience of serving in the army, they are not interested in killing their own German compatriots..... The atmosphere was still cold.

Joey smacked his lips and said in his heart, "This murderous aura is too heavy...."

Joey spread his hands, "Since Uncle Carl said this, I want to make it clear that we are not judges, so I think it is better not to personally order the killing of my own people, or to personally order the killing of my own people." My emperor's grandfather just ordered 28 people to be hanged, and these 28 people were still convicted by the court, and you all know that there are still people who scold him for something. ”

"The empire has laws, there are courts, the police can arrest suspects, the prosecutor's office can prosecute suspects, but whether the person is guilty or not, I think the verdict should be handed over to the court. I'm not defending those 28 people here, but I think that even if they are to be hanged, it should be carried out by the courts, not by my emperor grandfather. ”

"After all, in Germany, the iron law of the king under the law was written into the Prussian charter by our ancestor Frederick the Great." Joey looked at his uncle, Prince Karl, and said.

Prince Karl stared at Joey's stern gaze, gradually softened, and then the prince smiled and said to Crown Prince Frederick, "It is indeed a child of the Hohenzollerns, always keeping in mind the teachings of Frederick the Great, and Joey passed my test." ”

Joey touched his forehead and made an exaggerated gesture to wipe the sweat from his forehead, and then everyone was amused by his action.

"Jojo, go ahead and say your clarification." The crown prince urged.

"Every rumor that has caused a strike must be quickly cleared up, and must not be deceived or suppressed. In any case, you can't believe it, a lie repeated 10,000 times is a foolish thing of truth, a lie is a lie, a lie has to be made up for with ten lies, and when the balloon of a lie blows bigger and bigger, the only result of the balloon is to explode. ”

"The truth is never hidden."

"A strong, confident German government doesn't need lies, because a government that speaks the truth openly will be believed by the German people. Now that the literacy rate of Germans is 96%, which means that every German has an independent mind, we must not build our government on the dunes of lies. Joey said with a smile.

"Well, I agree with what Joey said, an honest person is more trustworthy than a person who is full of lies, and the same is true of a government, no matter how many shortcomings it has, as long as it is honest, the people will believe the government." Sir Gruson said.

"Yes, Uncle Herman is right, there is no perfect government in the world, the people need to know this, we have to know this, and what the government has to do is to be honest with its own people. Honesty is the most important thing! Joey continued with Sir Gruson's words.

Crown Prince Frederick looked at Prince Karl and Prince August, and after receiving an approving look, he continued to ask, "Jojo, what should this crisis response team do to clarify this matter?" ”

Joey smiled, he was involved in this matter, and he was good at it!

Then, the basic principles clarified in crisis events began.

Starting from how to ensure the timely and accurate information, he then talked about how to ensure the German people's right to know, and then talked about how to communicate with the German people with a frank attitude, and how to publish information under authoritative support through concise language under the premise of ensuring that all published information sources are consistent, and finally how to work effectively under the supervision of the news media.

Joey's crisis management experience in his previous life opened the eyes of the four people here, especially Prince Carl August, who has always dreamed of being a politician, not a boring prince, and today I heard a crisis management theory from my little cousin Joey, and I instantly had the determination to be a politician who is good at dealing with political crises.

"Uncle Herman." Prince August also learned from Joey to call Sir Gruson. "Back in Eisenach this time, please let me follow you, I also want to try Joey's theory."

"Okay, Carl welcomes you." Sir Grusen put his arm around Prince August's shoulder and greeted him warmly.

"Jojo, it seems like you still have ideas?" Prince Karl keenly felt that Joey was about to stop talking.

"Oh yes, and the last bit of government crisis management." Joey thought for a moment and said.