Chapter 58: The Will of the People

Alexander was a young ordinary worker, and like other young people, his spiritual leader was a young general named Leon AndrΓ©s.

Work is intense and tiring, so in the short spare time after dinner, everyone always gets together to play cards, chat, and relax.

"Hey, Alexander, have you heard of some organization in our factory lately?" A worker threw out a card and said casually.

"Organization? What kind of organization can there be in the factory, the Fellow League? Haha, Andrew, what a funny joke you said. Alexander laughed.

"I'm not kidding you, I heard that it's a party of will." Andrew seemed a little angry that Alexander didn't believe him.

"Partisanship?" Alexander scratched his head, "What are they doing joining the party?" It's better to work hard and earn more money. Also, does he know about the factory director? Didn't the factory director tell us that workers were not allowed to join any organization without permission? ”

Andrew shrugged his shoulders and said, "You should know, after all, this matter is too popular." ”

"That's strange, why does the factory director know but don't care?" Alexander put down the cards in his hand and said.

"Perhaps, he'll join in himself." Another worker on the side said with a smile.

"Haha, then this party is too charming, right? Didn't the director hate politicians the most? Alexander laughed as well.

"What if even General Lyon joins this party?" A voice from behind Alexander appeared.

The other workers looked up and hurriedly hid the cards in their hands, stood up and shouted, "Good section leader!" ”

Alexander also hurriedly hid the card behind his back and stood with the other workers.

"Don't hide, I've seen you play cards a long time ago, how many times have you said that you are not allowed to play cards in the factory!" The section leader first criticized everyone, and then slowed down, "Forget it, I just joined the People's Will Party today, and I'm in a good mood, so I won't pursue you, but don't let me see it a second time!" ”

Seeing that the usually serious section leader was in a good mood at the moment, they couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief, and then posted it with a hippie smile and asked: "Section chief, tell us, how did General Lyon join the party?" ”

The section leader looked at the workers surrounding him, looked helpless, and said, "Okay, I'll talk to you." ”

Then he pulled a group of people to sit on the ground, cleared his throat and said: "Do you remember the last battle in Munich? General Lyon saved many Jews, but thousands of them were slaughtered. We Jews in Germany, fearing that something similar would happen again, have recently united people of other races to form a political party to eliminate racial discrimination and ethnic contradictions, and to seek welfare for the masses of people in the middle and lower classes, so that Germany will be more united, but they also face a problem. ”

Speaking of this, the section was slowed down, deliberately hung everyone's appetite, looked at everyone's anxious faces, and then proudly continued: "They lack a leader, there is no party leader with sufficient strength, and this party is destined to not go far." So they thought of our German hero, General Lyon, who persuaded him to join their party. Originally, General Lyon was going to reject them, and as you know, General Lyon was most disgusted by the fact that the military was involved in politics. But this party is different from the others, they do not represent a few, but all Germans. So General Leon thought about it carefully and agreed to join. ”

"I said, how could General Lyon suddenly enter the political arena, it turned out that it was for the unity of the people, in the next parliamentary election, I will not vote for the Socialist Party, I will definitely vote for the will of the people." A group of workers showed their expressions and expressed their support.

This scene is not limited to this, similar things are happening almost everywhere in Germany.

The Social Democratic Party and several other major parties were initially dismissive of the establishment of the People's Will Party, admitting that Lyon's prestige was very high, but not to mention that Lyon, as a soldier, did not know how to run a political party, and that his propaganda of serving the interests of the people at the bottom conflicted with the interests of the capitalists.

But reality slapped them in the face a week later, and it took only a week for the People's Will Party to have more than 2 million supporters, and in the new round of opinion polls, the People's Will Party overtook the German Democratic Party to become the third largest party after the German People's Party and the largest social democratic party.

The reason for such rapid success is due to the help of capitalists who, in the opinion of other parties, "will never finance the People's Will Party".

Most of these capitalists were Jewish capitalists, who were already indebted to Lyon, and who decided to join the Popular Will party almost immediately after the slogan of eliminating racial discrimination.

So all the workers in the factories they controlled heard the above statement, and under the double impact of the cult of personality in Lyon and the deliberately promoted welfare of the factories, almost all the workers ignored the loopholes in that statement and chose to change the party they supported to the People's Will Party.

Of course, as the other parties think, most of the Germanic capitalists, with the exception of the Jewish capitalists, did not support Lyon, after all, no amount of prestige could make them give up some of their vested interests.

"Lyon, the propaganda programme is proceeding smoothly as planned, and so far all objectives have been accomplished, except for the fact that it has not been supported by the majority of the Germanic capitalists." At the first party meeting of the Popular Will party, Gustav reported to Lyon.

"It's okay, I think all of you here have enough weight." Leon smiled and looked at the people around him.

Although the majority of the Germanic capitalists in Germany did not support Lyon, the presence of a few alone was enough to make anyone appreciate the power of the party.

Gustav from Krupp, Reusch from MAN, Porsche from Porsche, Karl Benz from Mercedes-Benz, LehΓ‘rg from Rheinmetall, Franz from Bavaria Maschinenbauk and Messerschmitt from the newly independent Messerschmitt company, almost the entire German industrial community gathered here.

"Before the party begins, I suggest we have a drink for our country." Leon raised his glass and smiled at the crowd, "To the great Germany!" ”

"To the great Germany!" Everyone laughed and raised their glasses and drank them all.

Putting down his glass, Leon looked at the crowd and said, "The nascent People's Will Party has 2 million supporters so far, and this number is still increasing rapidly. But at the top of the government, we don't have the power. ”

Everyone nodded in agreement, the People's Will Party had just been formed and had not yet participated in parliamentary elections, so despite its large number of supporters, it did not have a seat in parliament, which they did not even compare to many weak, vulnerable parties.

"So in order to have some power before the next round of parliamentary elections, I found a friend to join us." Leon stood up and said to a man standing behind him, "We all know this person, Mr. Hans Luther, welcome to you!" ”