Chapter 36: The Lion Who Is No Longer Silent
In the quiet presidential office in Berlin's presidential palace, German President Albert is sitting quietly on a black sofa next to his window. His office desk was full of documents sent by his secretary today, but he was not in the mood to read any of them.
Albert's entire gaze was on the celebratory procession outside the window. Tears gleamed in old Albert's somewhat cloudy eyes, and the people of Germany had not been so happy for a long time. Decade? Twenty years? It seems like too long, too long......
After a long time, he stood up and slowly walked to the huge floor-to-ceiling window, through the glass, in this quiet office, listening to the cheers coming from the streets outside the presidential palace.
Outside the door, there was a knock on the door. The young female secretary reported through the door: "Mr. President, the representative of the Junker aristocracy, Mr. Hall has asked to see you at once. ”
"Ask him to come in." Alberta closed the curtains, did not turn around, and said in a low voice.
Almost as the female secretary was about to answer, the door to the office was opened. A small, somewhat rickety old nobleman shouted in a shrill voice: "President Albert, you need to speak to the nation at once." Now the mood of the people in the whole country is very unstable, and the parade they hold will have a great impact on social stability, and their emotions need to be guided! Once the rightists in China take the opportunity to raise their heads and plunge Germany into the abyss of war again, all the major domestic conglomerates will suffer irreparable losses......"
"Enough!" Albert turned around sharply and scolded the shameless aristocrat who had been colluding with the parliamentarians to attack him a few days ago.
If it weren't for this victory, these Junker aristocrats would have removed themselves and Sickert from power by now, Albert thought disdainfully.
In fact, Albert, who had been making compromises, did not have the slightest affection for the Junker aristocracy.
At the beginning, Albert was nothing more than a scapegoat who was pushed to the fore by a group of Junker aristocrats, capital conglomerates, and selfish politicians to sign the humiliating Treaty of Versailles.
Albert knew this. He doesn't mind, though!
Judging from the situation at that time, all the rules and regulations of the Treaty of Versailles had been secretly manipulated by the nobles and negotiated. All they need is a signed hapless.
Albert is willing to be this unlucky bastard! For him, this is not only a shame, but also an opportunity!
Even if he is spurned by the people, even if he is scolded as a traitor, even if he lives in the contempt of the people all his life, Albert doesn't care!
Or rather, Albert cares about something more important, he cares about the future of Germany! Only by sitting in this position will he Albert have a chance to realize his ideals!
As a mature politician, Albert knows better than anyone else. Even if he doesn't sit in this position, those Junker nobles who control the situation can still find Cowbert, Marbert...... Come sit on this infamous president.
Rather than let the Junker aristocracy, who regard the interests of their families as ten times more important than the interests of the state, find a puppet who is convenient for them to control as president, it is better for him Albert to sit in this shameful position. At the very least, I can do something practical for Germany.
What is it to be nailed to the pillar of shame by the people for the time being? After his own efforts and dedication to the fact that Germany can get out of the present desperate situation, the court of history will finally give itself justice!
It's a pity that Albert still underestimated the appetite of the Junker aristocracy. The Junker aristocracy, not satisfied with the reform policies of the Albert government (in fact, this reform only required a small part of the interests of the Junker aristocracy), tried to overthrow the Weimar government of Albert.
The Junker aristocracy first secretly instigated the German left, accusing Albert's Weimar government of being a "traitor to the revolution" for its work on the workers' uprising and the killing of prominent left-wing leaders such as Karl Liebknecht and Rosa Luxemburg.
Subsequently, the Junker aristocracy, together with the German right, accused the Weimar government of being a "traitor to the nation" on the grounds that the Weimar government had forced the Kaiser to abdicate and sign a peace treaty with the Entente during the November Revolution.
All these obstacles made Albert's Weimar government exhausted, and the reforms had little effect.
Albert was tired, and he began to compromise with the Junker aristocracy. For the sake of Germany, he once again bowed his head high.
Despite all the hardships, Albert made a lot of contributions to Germany. During his tenure, he fought for women's suffrage and education for civilians. He was also helping Sikert secretly strengthen the Wehrmacht and install retired officers. He led Germany through a difficult journey and won the respect and support of the people.
(Historically, Albert was a moderate leader of the Social Democratic Party, who devoted his life to practical work and avoided theoretical strife.) For example, he was not interested in Marxism at all, but he was always concerned with how to advance the practical interests of the working class. )
Now, the altruistic president has finally begun to roar at the selfishness of the Junker aristocracy!
As if he had been slapped in the face, Hall, who represented the entire Junker aristocratic class in the country, suddenly opened his mouth wide and stared blankly at the plump, gentle, and moody president in front of him. He suddenly realized that he did not seem to know the leader of the Weimar Republic at all.
"Inform those behind you who are trying to stretch out their hands, and they will stretch their hands back for me!" Ignoring Hall, Albert walked straight out of the office, and when he passed the female secretary, he said in a deep voice, "Prepare the car, contact Congress, I need to call an emergency meeting immediately." In addition, call two Generals Sickert and Reinhardt of the Wehrmacht Army Command and tell them ......"
Albert paused and said excitedly, "...... They're beautiful! ”
Albert strode out of the office, his body straight.
This country has taken too many detours. There is only more than a year left in his term.
Too many calculations of gains and losses, too many complicated constraints, confused their eyes. Only today, when the young Major General Reinhardt led the SS to resist, when the people erupted in cheers, did he suddenly wake up to what the people of this country really wanted!
In this era of alternating between the old and the new, if you want Germany to get out of the control of the Junker consortium and jump out of a desperate situation, what you need is definitely more than forbearance!
At this moment, no one can give any restraint or restraint to the hot-blooded soldiers of this country. Everyone, including myself, can only support, do their best, and support without reservation!
Compared with freedom, dignity, and the glory of Germany, compared with the cheers of the people outside the window, and compared with the irrepressible boiling of blood in the whole body at the moment when I heard the victory and believed it, the intrigue in the officialdom is so insignificant!
History will remember the bravery of desperate efforts, and will not remember the forbearance of self-preservation!
The female secretary, who had been with Albert for three years, was stunned by the sudden outburst of hard-line attitude of the usually mild President Albert. However, she quickly came to her senses and hurried after the president excitedly.
Approaching the corner of the corridor, the female secretary looked back at the silent presidential office, and silently laughed at the self-righteous representative of the Junker aristocracy in her heart!
When Major General Reinhardt and Admiral Sickert resolutely defended the dignity of Germany with the burden of bearing all the consequences of responsibility; When a group of SS militiamen, who were not supported by the government, shed their blood for the Motherland; This group of Junker aristocrats, who are far away in the rear, actually think of something to guide the people's emotions and ensure the stability of their vested interests!
A person who doesn't even care about the dignity of the country deserves to be called a German aristocracy?
They don't deserve it!
With Albert's brisk walk with the confidential secretary immediately. In the empty president's office, only Hall was the only one who came to make a request to Albert on behalf of the Junker aristocracy......