Junker aristocracy, originally referred to the children of the nobility without the title of knight, and later generally referred to the Prussian aristocracy and large landowners, in German literature Junkers are divided into different types such as war Junkers, court Junkers, parliamentary Junkers and village Junkers, and it is the rural Junkers who really played a greater role in German history. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

The Junkers of the countryside were mainly descendants of the German knightly lords who conquered and colonized the areas east of the Elbe, combining sovereignty and rural power. In the 16th century, in order to expand grain production for export to England and the Netherlands, the Junkers forcibly seized a large number of peasants' land east of the Elbe, and ran a commodity-productive hacienda economy with serf labor. The rural Junkers are rugged, violent, and narrow-minded. In 1653, Frederick Wilhelm, Elector of Brandenburg, granted Juncker the right to "complete control" over the peasants, as well as numerous economic benefits, including tax exemptions. In the Stein and Hardenberg reforms that began in 1807, Juncker's dominance over the land and peasants was dealt a certain blow, which can be said to be the German version of the "serfdom reform".

The rapid development of Prussian capitalism since the 19th century dismantled the economic basis of the Junkers - the feudal estates. To this end, the Prussian dynasty gave important military and government positions to the Junkers as "compensation". After the German Revolution of 1848, the bourgeoisie stepped onto the German political scene, and the Junkers' manor economy gradually transformed into capitalist farms, and most of the Junkers began to be bourgeoisified, but still retained many feudal remnants. In the Junker estate, hired peasants remained in the status of semi-serfs. This way of gradually replacing the exploitation of serfdom with capitalist exploitation, while preserving feudal land ownership, was called the "Prussian road".

Wolrich was a member of the German Junker aristocracy, his ancestors were once made counts during the Kingdom of Prussia, but when it was passed on to his generation, because of his own inability and frequent casinos, his life was even more poor and luxurious, not only lost the small factory founded by his grandfather, but also the fiefs and estates left by his ancestors could not be kept.

But today in his own estate, as the master Friedrich. Feng. Wolrich was particularly pleasant, and the other day a friend of his who had met him in the casino had introduced him to a tycoon from Russia, who, after seeing his family's estate and the only remaining small factory, had promised to give him, the bankrupt Junker nobleman, a loan of money to help him retain the glory of the nobility.

"Mr. Aniyev, I wonder how long you will be able to give me this loan?" Wolrich cautiously asked the Russian tyrant.

Aniyev crossed his legs on the sofa, took a slow puff of an authentic Cuban cigar in his hand, and then spit out a puff of white smoke, looked at Wohlrich and said slowly: "Mr. Wohlrich, since I have agreed to this loan, it is impossible not to give it to you, we Russians have always been very honest." ”

Volrich stood beside Aniyev and nodded, but Aniyev continued leisurely: "It's just that I think you should understand that I am also taking a lot of risks now, after all, you don't have much ability to repay now." What should I do in the event of a crisis? After all, this is your territory, and I, an outsider, am definitely not as good as yours. ”

"Mr. Aniev, don't worry, I am willing to swear with the honor of my family: I will never default on my debts, and I will definitely repay the loan on time." As soon as Volrich heard the worry in Aniev's mouth, he immediately swore.

Aniyev just glanced at it lightly, and then a figure who looked like a butler next to him said: "Mr. Volrich, I think that since it is a loan, it is better to sign a contract, and the main content of the contract is: Mr. Volrich, you borrow 500,000 gold marks from Mr. Aniyev with the mortgage of the manor property and factory building you now own, and then Mr. Aniyev rents your mortgaged manor to you free of charge. Mr. Wohlrich is in debt and the repayment is made on time according to the agreed repayment date, and Mr. Aniyev will be entitled to repossess the estate. What do you think? Of course, this is a contract that only we and Mr. Wolrich know, and externally you are still the owner of the estate, and you will continue to live the life you used to. ”

After hearing this, Wolrich thought about it carefully, the expression on his face changed, and finally replied ruthlessly: "No problem, I agree to your request." But you must ensure that this contract is known only to both of us, and if it is known to outsiders, then I will not recognize this contract. ”

The housekeeper looked at Aniyev, but he didn't expect Aniyev to smile and say: "Mr. Wolrich, I agree to your request, who made us friends?" Then he said to the butler: "Bogdan, you go and draw up this contract, and then I will sign it with Mr. Wolrich." ”

The butler went down to draw up the contract, but Volrich said happily to Aniyev: "Mr. Aniyev, thank you for helping me with my urgent needs. Today I will be holding a cocktail party at the manor, and I hope you will join us. ”

"Of course, there is no problem, and I hope to get to know more German friends through this." Aniyev replied with a smile.

Headquarters of the General Staff of the Army in Berlin,

"It's been a few days, and you still haven't figured out the details of these Russians, what do you do?" Schlieffen was in his office in front of Andreas Leefen, the head of the intelligence department of the General Staff Headquarters. Feng. Beckman retorted.

Beckman replied apprehensively after Schlieffen finished speaking: "Your Excellency the Chief Chief, the intelligence department of our General Staff Headquarters has launched a detailed investigation, but these Russians have a complete set of identification documents, and we can't find anything ......out of it on the surface."

"I don't want to listen to these reasons, I just have to see the results, three days, I'll only give you three days, and after three days I'll see a detailed report on these guys, and you will go to the military court and explain it to the judge." Schlieffen interrupted Beckman without hesitation.

When Beckman heard this, he only felt that he had been forced to a dead end at this moment, either let those Russians go to hell, or he would go to hell himself, and seeing this, Beckman had no choice but to reply: "Yes! Then he walked out of the office under the angry gaze in Schlieffen's eyes.

Beckman returned to his office and looked at a group of worried subordinates, and sighed in his heart, but he still said with a serious face: "You all listen to me, the chief has given me three days, but I hope you can complete this matter in the shortest possible time." Otherwise, I will send you to hell and wait for me before I am court-martialed. ”

After Beckman's words were finished, the officers of the Intelligence Department of the General Staff Headquarters all looked at each other, how could this be done for three days or less? Then an official said: "Chief, I have heard that today the Wolrich family is going to have a dinner at their estate, and a Russian will be invited to the banquet. We have been following this Russian for a long time, and although there is no tangible evidence, we can conclude that this man is definitely not just a businessman. ”

"Evidence? What bullshit evidence. Beckman said indifferently, "Kaman, if you bring someone over tonight to bring that Russian back to me, I don't believe I can't knock him open." ”

Carman glanced at Beckman and said, "Chief, that's the Wolrich family. If we just show up at the dinner party and take people away, I'm afraid, I'm afraid it's ......" Carman didn't dare to say anything more when he looked at Beckman's increasingly gloomy face, but Beckman said angrily, "What can we do with the Wohlrich's family, which is already in ruins?" You tell him that if there is a problem, let him come directly to the staff headquarters to find me! ”

Beckman saw that his subordinates had not yet moved, so he said angrily: "What are you doing standing here stupidly, why don't you go and prepare?" ”

"Yes!" When the men saw it, they immediately responded, and then swarmed out of the office.

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I'm finally free today, so I'm going to make up for the arrears, and I'm going to make up for the six more today, depending on my energy, if I can still write, I'll write more.

Yesterday was the anniversary of the "October Revolution", I'm afraid many people don't remember it, no matter how the Soviet Union ended in the end, but when Soviet Russia was just established, it was the ideal country of the proletariat all over the world, ninety-eight years, let us also commemorate it~~

Today, everyone must remember to eat dumplings~~~