"Oh God! I can't guarantee that such a big thing will be done, you can talk to Windsor people about biscuits and black tea, but it's better not to talk about such 'toys'. As soon as Max said this, Eric and Brauchitsch burst out laughing.

After the start of World War I in 1914, the British people were unhappy with the royal family members with German surnames in their country, so in order to comply with public opinion, the reigning King George V issued a Privy Council decree on July 17, 1917, announcing that the name of the British royal family and the private surnames of the royal family paternal heirs would be changed to Windsor.

Windsor is one of the oldest royal palaces in the United Kingdom, and is said to have been laid by King William I the Conqueror.

"I wonder what I can do in exchange this time?" Max was accustomed to thinking that Germany still had chips to trade.

Eric stretched out his two hands, made a very helpless movement, and then said: "I have changed everything that Germany can change, and I haven't thought about what I can change in the future, but even if we can change, the British will definitely not agree, and that's the way it is." ”

Maxton felt a headache, touched his temples and said, "I have learned the tricks of Mr. President, don't you want me to go to the white wolf with empty gloves." It's clear that I'll eat a closed-door errand, and you want me to get stuck in the English Channel. ”

Eric put his hands in his pockets, turned the pockets on both sides and said: "The current German navy is like my poor president, poor and white, and the overseas colonies are being swallowed up by the great powers step by step, without the protection of warships, sooner or later they will be lost, I think the chief Gu knows this." The people of Vinza are right, I am a scoundrel, there is nothing wrong with people who have no money to be scoundrels, and Americans are not the first to be scoundrels. Our warships are bigger, but we can build less, and the final tonnage is also written in the treaty, and we haven't crossed the limits of the clauses, haven't we? ”

Max is a notoriously honest man, as the chief counsel of the federal state, has always been a fair and law-abiding nobleman, among the members of the European royal family, his conduct is very good, and always let others look up to him, therefore, for Eric's various practices, especially the style of acting in the wrong place of neighbors, however, he also knows that Germany will definitely not work without Eric, if the president of Germany is as polite as himself, sooner or later it will be a rotten dish for insects to eat, so, Although Eric's tricks have always disgusted him, he has been desperately helping him to do these things that he dislikes again and again.

"The British don't care whether the size of your warship is within the treaty or not, even if we have a fishing boat that threatens them, it will be resolutely opposed, when have Western countries ever looked at the normal development of other countries as equals?" Max is talking about the so-called bottom line of Britain. Britain, which has a navy as its way of survival, is unlikely to concede many steps on the issue of naval construction.

"I don't care what Westerners think, it's their business, we have to do our best, otherwise everything is in the vernacular. It's been so long since the First World War, and we've been paying the reparations, so we can't even guarantee the core interests of our country! It's not a trivial matter, and it's not easy to do, so we want to make it happen again. "Eric is very resolute and very sincere.

Max sighed and said: "National affairs are unshirkable, success or failure aside, since you have decided, I have to try it hard." ”

"I'll leave this matter to the chief consultant. Of course, no matter what the British say, just listen, don't reply easily, don't argue with them, let you do the things that are face-saving, and I will do the things that offend people. Eric was very happy to see that Max had agreed to visit the UK.

Max said to go back and pack up and prepare to leave for England immediately, and Eric gave him another encouragement and returned to his office with Brauchitsch.

Suddenly, Eric gritted his teeth, his face turned pale, and he slapped him his desk, "My country's national defense construction needs to be notified and approved by others from time to time!" I hate it so much! Days like this can't be again! ”

Brauchitsch was startled by the sudden outburst, but because Eric was so angry, Brauchitsch had to keep his head down and did not dare to interject.

Brauchitsch knew that Eric was a man of his word, but he didn't know when this sentence would be fulfilled, and if the president had to fight the British to the end, there would be only two results, either Britain and France would make concessions, or there would be only a sword and a gun.

"Please don't be angry, Mr. President, Germany must decide to do its own thing, and let the Westerners say it. Wen Lai Wen block, Wu Lai Wu is right, we don't have to look at the faces of Westerners now! Brauchitsch chimed in.

"Sooner or later, I'm going to turn the 'Berlin Peace Treaty' into a piece of waste paper! Your Excellency, from now on, we must hurry up and do our own thing, so that our army will gradually become stronger, only in this way will what we say be heard, understand? Eric stared fiercely at Brauchitsch.

"Yes, my Führer! We will obey the Führer's orders! Brauchitsch stood up and said.

Eric stretched out his palm and pressed it down, motioning for Brauchitsch to sit down, but Brauchitsch remained still.

"You want to go back to the Ministry of Defense, right?" Eric saw Brauchitsch pestle there like a stake: "Alright then, by the way, help me call Director Annata in." ”

As if he had been savior, Brauchitsch hurriedly withdrew from the president's office.

"Please inform Chancellor Stresemann and Minister Hans to come over." Eric was so upset that he didn't even look at Anata, picked up his cigar, fiddled with it a few times, and threw it on the table. Ananta didn't know what was going on, and didn't dare to ask more, so she went to give notice.

Germany's economic strength, and even the overall strength of the country, has reached the United States, becoming the world's second largest economy, but it still has not escaped the fact that it is constrained, which makes Eric always try to change this situation. Some people suspect that Eric has begun to use his army and go dangerously on the path of the former empire, but he does not know that in today's world, if the country does not have enough armed forces, it will be eaten by the great powers sooner or later.

On the European continent, Germany's geopolitical relations are very special, with the hegemonic Britain and the United States in the west, the powerful enemies of Soviet Russia in the east, the shrinking overseas interests, and the friction with France in the near future. Whether to become a bridgehead between East and West, or to become the center of war, is between oneself and the great powers.

Just as Eric was getting more and more irritated the more he thought about it, there was a knock on the door of the president's office.

Chancellor Stresemann and Minister Hans Luther walked in at the same time, and Hans had red eyes and didn't know what was going on.

"You may be seated." Eric tried his best to control his emotions and said politely: "I am looking for two people today to have an 'internal planning meeting' before next year's fiscal year report meeting." ”

"Mr. President, please make it clear what kind of 'internal planning meeting' we are going to have, so that we can prepare in advance." As Home Secretary, Hans Luther was sensitive to this new policy vocabulary, but he didn't know what kind of extraordinary political strategy Eric had.

Eric took out a blank piece of paper from a drawer, wrote down the years 1921 to 1926, and framed each one in a box.

"You two come over first, optimistic, I take these five years as a plan year, before starting, sort out the things to be done in these five years one by one, so that everything is in detail, all are complete, and then in the following time according to the established order to start one by one or at the same time, to complete it meticulously. When this five-year plan ends, go back and see what work has been done and what hasn't been done, and then plan for the next program year. Eric stared at them with straight eyes, wondering if they understood, for this was the first time in Germany.

To put it bluntly, the political structure of Germany is that small interest groups form large group alliances, and only then do they think of doing things for the country, which is a distorted unspoken rule. As the president of the federal state, Eric will also have the behavior of using power for personal gain, everyone knows it, but no one dares to lift the lid.

Every ruler has his own view of governance, or he is selfless, or he is corrupt, or he forms a clique, or he evades taxes. It is natural for a ruler to co-opt his subordinates, and it is only natural for his subordinates to show loyalty to the Führer. If there is no spiritual unity, the ruling body will be useless, but if everyone can consider trading power for money, then on the surface it will be possible to achieve harmonious coexistence.

The reason why Eric was able to succeed in being the first president of the federal state was nothing more than a strong military power in his hands, and of course, it was very important to be able to collude with Hindenburg to a large extent. When the First World War exhausted the last penny of the German Empire, Eric took the opportunity to shed the last drop of blood in the German Empire by means of a civil war, and securely won this reign.

Looking at the whole country, the only people who really share Eric's like-mindedness are those newcomers who were later promoted by Eric from the grassroots, entrepreneurs who want to use capital and politics for their own benefit, and those Junkers who call themselves nobles, who forcibly incorporate Eric's family background into their team, and Eric just can't ask for it.

However, since everyone is a member of the Junker class, they have to do things for their own family, and once Eric does something that hurts the fundamental interests of the "family", the result can be imagined, isolation is a small matter, persuasion is a big thing, maybe those who have been suppressed are even more rampant, and even let him fall to the ground when he walks out of the Hanseatic Palace.

Eric sweats for his future, and he has to choose carefully!