Chapter 160, William's Preparation
The German-Russian United Kingdom is short for the United Kingdom of Texas and Oklahoma, and from the very beginning the country was founded on mutual compromise.
Including the name of this country, it was determined after a lot of fighting.
If you open the map, you can see that Oklahoma is economically dependent on Texas, and as an inland state, Oklahoma has no access to the sea, so it must borrow from Texas.
Politically, neither state is well received by the federal government, and 80 or 90 percent of the people in Texas want independence and the establishment of the Lone Star Republic.
Oklahoma is not much better, as a landlocked state of the United States only joined the United States in 1907, so you can see what the attitude of the locals towards the American government is.
It can be said that the German-Russian United Kingdom was established completely voluntarily, and this is the will of the local population.
The economic crisis broke out, and the nascent German-Russian United Kingdom was not spared.
As a liberal capitalist country, the stock market is indispensable, so the current German-Russian United Kingdom is not having a good time.
It stands to reason that William had just been crowned king of the country, and he should have had a headache when he ran into such a big trouble.
In fact, on the contrary, His Majesty Wilhelm has been in a good mood lately.
As a constitutional monarchy, his rights as a king are very limited. The economic crisis was a disaster for the Cabinet government, but an opportunity for the king.
If nothing happens, why should he, a foreign king, meddle in government affairs?
Only if the cabinet does not do a good job, the king needs to clean up the mess.
In peacetime, the cabinets of almost all constitutional monarchies are subconsciously excluding the king from power.
Therefore, the cabinet officials are all masters of political struggle, and they are all successful people who have fought all the way out of thousands of troops, and most of the kings cannot compete for the cabinet in normal times.
Similarly, there is a problem with these elected cabinets, that is, their ability to govern is far less than their ability to brag.
In the face of a crisis, they can only rely on their individual talents, not step by step, from the grassroots level, and their ability has always been unknown.
William put down his NEP, and he is still waiting for the cabinet's bailout plan market. This new economic plan was prepared as early as five years ago.
Not only the German-Russian United Kingdom, but also several other fraternal countries have similar plans, and after many refinements and additions, they cannot now be said to be invulnerable, and basically there are no big loopholes.
"Your Majesty, the Progressive Party has made a move in Congress today, and they have attacked the Liberal Party's bailout plan as a cover for the retreat of the capitalists, leaving the losses to the government and ordinary shareholders!
Kazahi was questioned by Congress today, but he was not able to satisfy the parliamentarians, the situation is becoming more and more unfavorable for the cabinet, and the Progressive Party is still preparing for impeachment.
If the economic situation in the country does not improve for a long time, then Prime Minister Kazashi will become the first prime minister since the establishment of the kingdom to leave early before the end of his term! Monas whispered
There is no doubt that this Monas is the intelligence agent next to William, and the German-Russian United Kingdom has almost infiltrated his intelligence organization.
can develop so smoothly, of course, it is King William's identity that plays a role. It's not to do anything else, just to find out the internal news of the government, and few people will think about hiding it.
"Continue to monitor and wait and see what the cabinet will do next, so that our people can give Kazashi a little hint!" William said calmly
Even if he implements the new economic plan, he still needs someone who will carry the blame, whether it is this cabinet or the next cabinet.
No policy can satisfy everyone, so it is necessary to leave a target to attract hatred.
Only the cabinet attracted fire, and the king, who was hiding behind the scenes, was safe. Everyone's struggle is nothing more than to oust the cabinet and replace it with one of their own.
Instead of the king standing in the foreground, pulling hatred himself, and then inducing the emergence of a revolutionary party.
The lessons of history taught him that the king who goes to the guillotine is not necessarily a faint king or a tyrant, but he must be a king who has pulled the hatred enough.
For example, Louis XVI of France, it seems that he didn't do anything angry, right?
handed over the power to the government, and he did research in the hardware shop every day, but didn't he end up on the guillotine?
The reason is too simple, the government did bad things under the banner of the king, and all the black pots were thrown to the king, so the French people rose up to punish the tyrant.
Then the high government officials were transformed into new high government officials, and all the blame was put on the king.
When he died, the French reacted, and it seemed that they had killed the wrong person, but in the end, they could only make the mistake and put the charge on his head.
In fact, Louis XVI has long been elevated, just playing mechanics in the hardware workshop.
There are cases where the kings of Europe have learned so well that they no longer let their governments do things under their own banners, and the measures introduced by the governments can only be in the name of the government.
William is naturally the same, since ancient times, how many reformers can have a good end?
The American people have always had a tradition of killing presidents, and for the sake of safety, he had to find a prime minister to stand by.
Just as Ferdinand always put Constantine in the foreground, even if someone is dissatisfied with the government, it is only with the cabinet government, and everyone thinks that the king is still a good king.
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Prime Minister Kazashi is indeed having a hard time now, and since the outbreak of the economic crisis, his good life has come to an end.
Although he supported William's succession, he was actually opposed to William's succession, right? That's politics!
Through Ferdinand's efforts, most of the people in the German-Russian United Kingdom chose Wilhelm as king, but they were afraid that the king would be restless, so they elected an opposition cabinet to check and balance the king's power.
As a result, when William succeeded to the throne, everyone found that all this work had been done in vain, and the king was very peaceful, and traveled all over the country when he had nothing to do, and occasionally made a speech.
Except for the one-third acre of land in the palace, the king seems to have little interest in politics and never takes the initiative to meddle in government affairs.
In this way, the war between the king and the government that everyone expected naturally also exists, and everyone is hello, hello, hello, everyone.
Kazasi's role as a counterweight to the king no longer exists, and the economic crisis broke out again, and the people's support for him naturally decreased, and at this time political opponents began to attack.
The new German-Russian United Kingdom needed a king who strengthened the centripetal force of the people, not a king with real power.
William did a very good job of this task, and since his accession to the throne, the people's sense of identity with the country has greatly increased.
The cabinet and the king almost did not interfere with the water of the well, and most of the time had passed, and the number of times that Kazahi and William had seen it was only a handful.
William never summoned him, his dislike was well known, and he would not take the initiative to come to the door if he had nothing to do.
"Your Excellency Prime Minister, our previous plans have all failed, and if we don't take strong measures, the opposition will not let us pass easily!" Chancellor of the Exchequer Saas said with a frown
"There's no doubt about that, but what do we do now? The damage caused by this economic crisis is so great, so many governments around the world are trying to find a way to get through it, but so far, none of them have succeeded!
Strong measures? You mean let's intervene in the market economy, is that okay? Kazashi said with a headache
This is the first time they have encountered this situation, and they have no experience at all, and the so-called bailout measures are also copied from other countries, and then localized and modified.
Now that they have failed, they must take new measures, whether they work or not, they must act until the economic crisis is over.
This is the most conventional way to deal with it, anyway, the economic crisis cannot last forever, as long as it survives this period of time, and when the excess capacity is eliminated, everything will return to normal.
In a short-term economic crisis, it is possible to do so, but this time it is different, the losses are too great, there are too many unemployed, and it has exceeded the capacity of the country to collect.
"Yes, Your Excellency Prime Minister! In this economic crisis, there are only two countries in the world that have suffered the least damage, one is Soviet Russia and the other is Bulgaria.
Needless to say, Soviet Russia itself has no industry, and there are no market laws, and we can't learn from them.
After the outbreak of the economic crisis in Bulgaria, the government took measures to intervene in the market and directly shut out the economic crisis.
Of course, our situation is not the same as theirs, they have become their own system, they can not be restricted by the outside world, and ours cannot reach that point.
However, we can also learn some things, such as suspending stock market trading, strengthening the regulation of the banking industry, and investing in infrastructure construction with the government to create a number of jobs. Chancellor of the Exchequer Sass proposed
"Is this going to work?" Kazahi said with a frown
The suspension of stock market trading and the regulation of the banking sector are all moving the pockets of the capitalists. Although it can stabilize the market in the short term, the capitalists are not easy to mess with, and they will kill people if they are in a hurry!
"Your Excellency Prime Minister, we have no choice, and if we don't take any more action, we will leave here!
The people have endured to the limit, everyone's dissatisfaction with the government has reached the limit, and the next opening of the National Assembly is the time for us to leave! Sass said solemnly
The capitalists are not easy to mess with, but are the people easy to mess with? It's a tough Texas here, and they're not going to sit back and grab food when they don't have the money to buy food!
Once that happens, their current government is finished, and no one will let them go!
The control of the banking industry is only the first step, and the more important thing is to take the right to issue money, the United States is responsible for printing money by the Federal Reserve, although the German and Russian United Kingdom does not have a Federal Reserve, but their right to issue money is still divided by the capitalists.
However, Texas and Oklahoma in this era were synonymous with backcountry, and local conglomerates had not yet developed.
The strength of the capitalists was not so strong, and William dared to dismiss the doctrine of money power. If there were a few big conglomerates, he would definitely not do it at this time.
Letting the government supervise the banks is just a test for the capitalists, and it is good to succeed, but if it fails, it is a big deal to be more careful in the later actions.
"Alright then, let's give it a try! Anyway, in the current situation, don't expect these capitalists to support us! ”
"By the way, what has our King been up to lately? In the past half a year, he seems to be a little unreasonable, it can't be really a trip to the mountains and rivers, right? Kazashi said with a wry smile
In order to ascend to the throne, he became William's political enemy, so naturally he didn't want His Majesty William to cooperate with the actions of their cabinet?
At this time, if King William stood up and caused trouble for them again, their lives would be even more difficult.
"I have given several speeches to encourage people to be strong in the face of the crisis, I have organized several charity donations, and now we are making a public welfare film!" The Home Secretary said with a frown
"Forget it, don't worry about him, as long as you don't come out and make trouble for us!" Kazahi said with a frown
There is no doubt that what William is doing now is all about buying people's hearts and increasing his influence.
However, they can't stop His Majesty the King from coming out and being a good person, even if they know that all this is a show, they can't stand up and tear it down!
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