On 1 June 1923, Hersmann returned to Berlin after a trip to the Ruhr area. He spent 200,000 marks on a loaf of bread near the train station, then took a taxi for another 250,000 marks, and went straight to his house in Charlottenburg.

It is now a meeting place for "conspirators", closely monitored by Stasi's agents, and a squadron of Miuta operatives lurking in several surrounding houses. It can be said that it is foolproof.

When Hersman returned home, many people had already arrived early, drinking coffee in the spacious and luxurious living room, discussing the way out of the country. They were Hitler, the leader of the Nazi Party, Dr. Schacht, the co-chairman of the Democratic Party, Stresemann, the co-chairman of the Fatherland People's Party, Brüning, the trade union leader of the Catholic Center Party, and the parliamentarian von Schacht. Papen, the chairman of the Industrial Promotion Council, Dr. Haushofer, and the head of the Political Department of the General Staff, Colonel Schleicher.

Although the leading figures of the "conspirators", such as Ludendorff, Hindenburg, Seckert, and so on, did not show up, today's meeting was extremely crucial.

"No, we shouldn't give the enemy a respite! The time is ripe to overthrow the Albert government, and any delay is unwarranted. What if he dissolved Congress? We can overthrow him with street protests. Just like Mr. Mussolini did in Italy! I can immediately go to Munich and mobilize the masses to overthrow the Albert government! ”

When Hersman walked into the parlor, Adolf. Mr. Hitler was talking a lot. Although he was a member of Congress, he had little interest in a majority vote. Rather, it was the actions of the National Fascist Party that seized power in Italy last year that gave him a glimpse of the country's hope.

Seeing Hersmann walk in, Hitler seemed to see a comrade and went up to hug him very warmly.

"Ludwig, you've come just in time!" Hitler took Hersmann's hand, "Tell me, should we act immediately?" Are we going to give sinners like Albert the opportunity to continue to plague Germany? ”

"The Entente will not agree to the conditions put forward by the caretaker government," Stresemann seems to disagree with Hitler, "as long as the government hits a wall, we can win the next election by a big margin." When the time comes, Albert will have to resign! ”

"Maybe the Entente will support him!" Hitler shouted, "They need Germany to remain weak, in fact the wealth they have stolen from Germany in this currency war has far exceeded 100 billion gold marks!" Now, anyone with a few dollars or pounds can live like a king in Germany! They can buy everything from us with paper, shouldn't we immediately stop this unreasonable system? If we agree to the continued existence of the traitorous government of Albert for two months, then the German people will suffer great losses! I will not allow this to happen! ”

Hitler was telling the truth! The result of the collapse of the mark was a collapse in asset prices in Germany! A couple of dollars and pounds have now turned into "huge sums". Properties, antiques, minerals and factories that were once worth a fortune are now worth nothing in dollars and pounds.

For foreign capital, this is simply a carnival of depriving the German people of their wealth! And among them, the most profitable are, of course, the big experts in playing finance......

"Monsieur Hitler is right! We should not give the enemy more time, and the Albert government must be overthrown as soon as possible. ”

Hersmann looked at Hitler and nodded his head in support of him.

"Ludwig, you want to stage a military coup d'état!?" Colonel Schleicher was taken aback and cried out.

A coup d'état is not in the military's plans! The current German army has a total of 200,000 people, and it is barely able to hold the domestic field. In the event of the Entente's intervention, things could get out of hand.

"No, there can be no military coup!" Hersman shook his head. If you can make a military coup, what will you do with so many twists and turns?

He glanced at Hitler, "But if we don't do it, it doesn't mean that the National Socialist Workers' Party can't do it!" ”

"Like the fascists?" Colonel Schleicher shook his head. "You can't do that in Germany!"

If there is a situation in which fascism is in power in Germany, France will most likely intervene.

"Not exactly." Hersman said, "The revolution could force Albert to resign himself." According to the Constitution, Mr. Gounod will be able to act as President. ”

Caretaker Prime Minister and Acting President! It's better to simply hang a "puppet" brand, and it will definitely be the army that will hold the real power at that time.

"Then we can use the state of emergency to authorize the country before the congressional elections," Hersman added. ”

This would make it possible to form a provisional government with a term of office of only two months! The interim government would have de facto control over the Honorary Officers' Corps, which could use the presidential state of emergency to authorize the issuance of decrees. For example, the implementation of rationing, foreign exchange gold control, capital flow control!

This temporarily cut off the plundering of Germany's wealth by international financial capital, and at the same time gave Germany the bargaining chips to negotiate a solution to the currency crisis -- Germany was not the Soviet Union after all, and it was impossible to turn it into a planned economy in one step. The question now is how much of a planned economy should be part of Germany's economic life?

And this issue must now be discussed with Britain and the United States.

Hersman glanced at Dr. Schacht. Shaht nodded, "It is necessary to have a monetary policy pegged to the pound or the dollar, and at the same time we must borrow money from foreign countries to repay the reparations." ”

His plan was no different from what the Albert government was now proposing, and Hersmann was not happy with it.

"We shouldn't use the loan to pay the reparation." "I don't agree with this plan, and I think it should be compensated in kind." A loan borrowed from the UK can be used as a guarantee for the issuance of a new mark.

At the same time, we raise funds through the issuance of long-term bonds, which will be used to mine coal, timber, steel, aluminum, ships, aircraft, automobiles, cement and petroleum products. And then give it to France, England, Belgium, Luxembourg and Italy. ”

"Why are we doing this?" Hitler clearly did not understand Hersmann's thoughts.

"I'm going to keep our production capacity and jobs in Germany," Hirschmann explains, "and in order to deliver those things, we have to develop our production, build new factories, mines, use more advanced machinery, hire and train more workers and engineers." This will increase our power, while also depriving our enemies of some industrial production capacity. ”

The ability to produce coal, steel, aluminum, ships, aircraft, automobiles, and petroleum products will turn into a war capability after 1939!

Therefore, it is much more cost-effective to produce an extra £100 million or 150 million pounds of heavy industry products a year to give to the French than to give gold and foreign exchange directly, and it also stands on the ground.

Because the British and French rupees did not lose gold in the war, but fixed assets and various materials. Now it is perfectly reasonable for Germany to compensate for the things and materials that can be used to build fixed assets.

Moreover, Hersmann was sure to influence the British and French left Pai through the Third International - the people lost what they needed for production and life, and the imperialist government only wanted to get gold from Germany and put it in the coffers of the Central Bank. This is imperialism that cares less about the people's livelihood!

"Theoretically possible!" Schacht agreed with Hersmann. "If we are willing to surrender to the British, the British will support this option because it will be good for them as well. In the future, the trade surplus of German industry will be turned into gold reserves in the Bank of England. ”

"Well, I agree!" Hitler exclaimed, "Then I will go back to Munich now and start a revolution." I must ......."

"Wait!" Hersmann abruptly interrupted the Führer, who was about to make a tirade, and he said very seriously, "Monsieur Hitler, this revolution is about compromise and not about bringing the Nazi Party to power...... Because the current Germany cannot survive a civil war, let alone a world war. After the Munich Revolution, the Nazi Party had only more seats in the Reichstag. As the leader of the revolution, you will probably spend a few days in prison. But I promise, you'll be very comfortable in prison! ”

"It's okay, I'm not afraid of jail!"

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