In mid-April, the German general election, which attracted the attention of the whole world, was held as scheduled.

More than 2,000 delegates from various political parties are seated in the huge parliament hall of the Berlin Reichstag.

They were divided according to the strength of the parties, with the strongest People's Will and the Social Democratic Party occupying the front of the hall, and the other parties sitting behind them.

On the podium, presiding over the parliamentary elections was Friedrich Wilhelm Victor August Ernst, the last crown prince of the Second German Reich.

Although Germany is now a republic and there is no emperor anymore, all Germans still respect their former emperors, so every time the Weimar government elections are elected, a former member of the imperial family is invited back to preside.

At 10 a.m., the general election began on time.

After the bell had struck ten times, an official walked briskly from the backstage to the rostrum and handed Crown Prince William an envelope.

Everyone in the room was glued to the envelope, knowing that the future of their party and of Germany as a whole was written in that small envelope.

Crown Prince Wilhelm opened the envelope with a solemn expression and began to read out the results of the general election: "The referendum lasted half a month, and a total of 40 million voters in Germany participated in the vote, and the results are as follows. ”

"The German Workers' Party received 310,000 votes, or 0.775 percent, and won three of the 450 seats."

"The German Peasants' Party received 630,000 votes, or 1.575 percent, and won seven of the 450 seats."

"The Catholic Centre Party in Germany received 2.77 million votes, or 6.925 percent, and won 29 of the 450 seats."

"The German People's Party received 3.12 million votes, or 7.8 percent, and won 33 of the 450 seats."

"The Communist Party of Germany received 9.8 million votes, or 24.5 percent, and 103 of the 450 seats"

Hearing this, Lyon was taken aback, and the little-known Communist Party of Germany had surpassed two of the three old strong parties in a row and squeezed into the top three.

But at the moment, apart from the surprise of the KPD, Lyon was only nervous, because the next thing to read out was the fate of the Popular Will Party - whether it would overtake the Social Democrats to dominate Germany, or whether it would wait for the next general election.

"Next in second place is." Crown Prince William seems to be deliberately selling Guanzi.

"German Social Democratic Party! They received 11 million votes, or 27.5 percent, and won 116 of the 450 seats. ”

At hearing this, Leon was stunned for a moment, and then in ecstasy, while the other representatives of the Popular Will Party were flushed with joy, but absolute discipline kept them from making a sound.

"In the end, it's our winner of this election." Crown Prince Wilhelm looked in the direction of the People's Will Party with a smile and said, "Congratulations to the German People's Will Party, they won 15.14 million votes, accounting for 37.85%, and got 159 of the 450 seats, becoming the largest party in the next parliament, and the new Weimar cabinet will be formed by the German People's Will Party!" ”

"Next, let us invite General León Andrés, the leader of the Popular Will Party, to come to the stage to give us a speech, the way forward and the members of the new Cabinet."

Hearing this, Leon stood up, smoothed the folds on his military uniform, and then strode up to the rostrum amid everyone's eyes and applause.

"First of all, I am very grateful to the German people for their trust in me, long live Germany!" Leon said with a standard German salute.

"Long live Germany!" All those present, regardless of their party, stood up and shouted in unison after hearing Lyon's "Long live Germany".

"Then I talk about the way forward. As for the future development direction, we will focus on economic construction and strengthen economic cooperation with Europe and even other countries in the world. ”

"Let me conclude by giving you a few of our tentative cabinet members. Minister for Foreign Affairs, Mr. G. Straesmann. Minister of Finance, Mr. Schacht. Minister of Science and Technology, Mr. Albert Einstein. Minister of Industry, Mr. Bertold-Speer. Minister of Aviation, Mr. Erhard Milch. Minister of Defense, I am the Minister. Prime Minister of the country, Mr. Hans Luther. President of the country, Mr. Paul von Hindenburg. ”

With that, Leon nodded to everyone, then stepped off the rostrum and returned to the camp of the People's Will Party.

"This is the end of the current parliamentary elections, and all political parties are invited to leave their representatives to register after the rostrum and become the new parliamentarians." Crown Prince William finally said, and then left the parliament hall.

Leon stayed where he was with 157 people, including members of the provisional cabinet, and then motioned for the other delegates to leave the Capitol first.

"Leon." Hindenburg left the camp of the Social Democrats and came to Lyon, "Can I talk to you?" ”

"Okay." Leon gladly agreed, and followed Hindenburg to a corner.

"Leon, thank you for your kindness, but I really can't accept this gift." Hindenburg laughed and said, "I'm 79 years old, and I don't have the ability and energy to be president anymore." ”

Lyon was a little stunned when he heard this, why did Hindenburg, who had always been greedy for power, refuse the presidency?

"How so?" Leon advised, "79 years old is not particularly old, you are fully capable of being president for another term." ”

"Haha, Leon, you don't have to comfort me anymore, 79 years old is not old, so how old is it?" Hindenburg laughed, "I see what you mean. Perhaps you think I'm greedy for power and wonder why I should refuse this generous gift. ”

"Yes, I admit that I was really greedy for power in the past, and I wanted the whole of Germany to be under my control, and I also thought that Germany could return to the top under my leadership, and I could become Frederick of the new era. But it wasn't until I got to know you that I realized how ridiculous my own ideas were, and how arrogant I was. Hindenburg shook his head with a wry smile.

"Every step you take is extremely dangerous but precise, and I don't think I have the ability or courage to do these things that I can't think of, so I gradually got to know myself, and I gradually realized that I was just a bad old man." Hindenburg said and took a few breaths, rested for a while, and then continued to finish his words, "If I don't have that ability, why should I hold the position of president?" It should belong to you, you are the one who can lead Germany back up, you are Frederick of the new era! ”

Leon was silent, he didn't expect Hindenburg to love his country so much, so much so that he was willing to give up the power he had for the sake of his country.

"Leon, promise me, promise me! Become the president of Germany and lead it down. Hindenburg saw that Leon had not answered for a long time, and he was a little anxious.

"What about you? What will you do in the future? Leon said as he looked at Hindenburg.

"Me? I can finally get some rest. "I bought a small house in Füssen, where I plan to spend my last years." ”

"It's good, the view is beautiful."

"Then you promised me?" Hindenburg said happily.

"I promise you." Leon nodded, "I'll lead it on." ”

"Good, good!" Hindenburg's face flushed, "Then you hurry up, there are still many things to deal with for you." ”

Leon stepped forward and hugged the aged Hindenburg, and then walked to the camp of the People's Will without looking back.

Behind him, Hindenburg looked at Lyon's young back, wiped the corners of his eyes, and staggered away, leaving only a lonely silhouette in contrast to Lyon's youth.

"Chairman!" Gustav saw Leon coming back, and hurriedly asked, "What does Mr. Hindenburg say, is he willing to join us?" ”

Leon shook his head.

"So, what then?"

"You go and arrange for another party representative to be a member of Congress." Leon patted Gustav on the shoulder, "I will personally take the presidency!" ”