Chapter 72: Hitler's Road to Mayorhood
Albert asked Hitler if he wanted to be mayor, and Hitler was confused for a while and could not decide, but Hindenburg quickly inquired about the matter and said to Hitler: "According to the principle, a soldier who has been awarded the Blue Max Medal is not allowed to leave the army, but you have violated the principle that soldiers are not allowed to participate in politics, and the army is no longer suitable for you. ”
Hindenburg's meaning Hitler also understood that Germany could not fight a large-scale war for the time being, and Hitler had no use, on the contrary, as the commander-in-chief of the army, the person in charge of Germany in the real sense, Hindenburg knew that Hitler had a lot of economic resources in his hands, and knew that the royal family gave him a lot of money, so Hindenburg simply released Hitler from the army.
At this time, the stability of the country is the most important.
Hitler just like that, again left the army.
He was appointed mayor of Regensburg, Bavaria, by the Albert government, and gave Hitler the greatest right to fulfill his political ideas.
Why was he appointed mayor?
There are two reasons for this, the first of which is that the Frankberg forest is located in the northwest of Regensburg and the Bavarian and Bohemian forests in the east, and almost two-thirds of the territory is covered by forests, with large quantities of timber and undeveloped mineral deposits, and the land is sparsely populated and barren. The result of Albert's negotiations with Hitler was to exploit the area with his cheap labour. The land in this place is the cheapest in Germany, and most of it is state-owned, and it is possible to build a large number of houses and factories, and there are many woods, and the raw materials for building houses are also solved.
Hitler also wanted to be the mayor of Bremen and Hamburg, so that it would be convenient to manage his own factories, but after thinking about it, he couldn't do it, on the one hand, the price of land in the coastal cities was too high to build many houses, and on the other hand, these two cities had his own enterprises, and in order to avoid suspicion, he could not be an official in these two cities.
The second reason why Hitler came to Regensburg as mayor was because of what Albert said he wanted to be a pioneer.
As the president of Germany, Albert seems to be a big official, but his actual power is not very great, because he is the prime minister who was urgently appointed when Germany was defeated, and he has no foundation, and he relies on the support of the German working class, but in the past two years of his tenure, on the one hand, he forced the Kaiser to abdicate and sign the Treaty of Versailles, causing the right wing to accuse him of being a "traitor to the nation" and have always opposed him.
On the other hand, the Left has been accused of being a "traitor to the revolution" for its history of suppressing workers' uprisings and killing many well-known Left leaders.
Therefore, the left and right factions in Germany are not very supportive of him, and he has been able to sit firmly on the high platform, in addition to the support of the army, as well as the support of some workers, civilians, and peasants, there is also a reason that he, as a moderate, can handle the affairs of the country fairly, and there is no one more suitable for the position of president than him for the time being.
In Parliament, there are already a few parliamentarians who support Albert, and now they want to propose "dangerous" reforms, and even less are willing to propose them, Albert is a political old fritter and will not take the risk of proposing housing tax reform.
It was Hitler who proposed reform in the parliament.
If Hitler wants to become mayor of Regensburg, Regensburg has a small number of people, and through relocation and immigration, so that the poor can afford to live in housing, he will win the support of the vast majority of the people in Regensburg, and it will be easy for him to become a member of parliament.
There are still a few months to go before the next election of parliamentarians, and Hitler will seize these months to capture the hearts and minds of the people.
"This is the oldest stone bridge in Germany, and you see, St. Peter's Catholic Cathedral on the other side is a representation of Gothic architecture in southern Germany."
According to the deputy mayor of Regensburg, the deputy mayor's name is Viseklian, a gray-haired old man, and there are more than 20 people in the group, including the minister of agriculture, the minister of the environment, and the chief of the police.
Almost all the main officials in the city of Regensburg came, and the funny thing is that almost all of these officials were old men in their fifties and sixties, and most of them were approaching retirement age, and it seemed that Regensburg had become a good place to retire.
Yes, Regensburg is located on the German-Austrian border, with a sparse population, quiet affairs, many mountains and forests, and an elegant environment, it is indeed a good place to retire, but for those young people, if they come to this place to be an official, it generally means that they have been assigned, after all, this place is far away from Berlin, and there is no opportunity for meritorious service, and it is very difficult to be promoted.
Hitler was also a young man, so at the beginning he came to the city government to take office, everyone thought he was a loser in the political struggle, and he was a little contemptuous, and one of the deputy mayors completely looked down on him and wanted to seize power, so he took Hitler to the city government, and did not let him do anything at all, and the deputy mayor dealt with the documents that should have been handled by the mayor, and after Hitler understood it, he directly recruited the border troops stationed nearby to imprison the deputy mayor who seized power.
This move completely frightened the government officials of Regensburg, how can a mayor have the power to order the army?
Later, Hitler showed them the order signed by Hindenburg and Albert, and they realized that Hitler was not only the mayor sent by the government, but also the mayor sent by Hindenburg and Albert, which frightened all the officials into a proper manner.
With the help of Hindenburg and Albert, Hitler was able to appoint officials from Regensburg freely, mobilize troops no larger than battalions with Hindenburg warrants, and set up militia patrols.
With these decentralizations, it was easy for Hitler to plot a rebellion.
Hitler did not come to Regensburg alone, but also Spandau Mitaka, Jonas, Hyde, and Springton.
Spandau Mitaka and Hyde were called because they assisted him in managing the city, and Jonas was called because Hitler was preparing to set up a rescue agency for Jonas to manage, although Hitler knew a lot of business friends, he still trusted the old squad leader Jonas, and as for Spudanton's task, it was to develop Regensburg on a large scale, so that more poor people could come to the city and have houses to live in.
In addition, Ludendorff, the god of the First World War, also came to this city with Hitler, and at the end of the world war, the German front suffered an unprecedented defeat and Bulgaria withdrew from the Central Powers, which was a double blow to Ludendorff, and his spirit quickly collapsed and began to become restless.
Forced to suspend himself by Hindenburg and Prince Maximilian, Ludendorff lived in Sweden, wrote numerous articles and memoirs, and after the armistice, he returned to Germany, embracing the policies of the far right and being extremely hostile to the existing regime. Participated in the so-called "national club", planning to plot the elimination of the Weimar Republic and the establishment of a military dictatorship.
After organizing a failed insurrection, he was ordered by Hindenburg to leave Berlin, just when he heard that Hitler was going to southern Germany to help the poor and build houses for the poor, he felt that this was a good opportunity, the poor have nothing, and they are not afraid of losing anything, the poor are more passionate and easier to use, so he followed Hitler to Regensburg to see if there was an opportunity to develop his power here and establish a military dictatorship.
However, at this time, there were no poor people coming, so he lived in seclusion and kept writing articles.
"Regensburg is actually a good place, the largest city in the southeast of Bavaria, but it has not been developed." Hitler looked at the Danube River flowing under his feet and sighed, Regensburg is actually a good geographical location, but unfortunately there are too many mountains and forests in the territory, there are no special products, and the population is small.
"Before the Napoleonic era, Regensburg was one of the political centers of southern Germany, a famous free city, but it was later incorporated into the Kingdom of Bavaria by Napoleon, and since then Regensburg has lost its political status and is declining more and more. ”
"It will get better and better, in this vast mountain forest, we will shed our sweat of hard work, and unyielding blood, and we will fight in this place." Looking at the slowly setting sunset, Hitler muttered.