The Far East's affairs are nothing more than Richie's casual actions, and it is gratifying to succeed, but it is only a slight pity to fail.

What Li Qi is doing now is not much different from what he has done in the past, focusing on Bavaria is the first priority, and after the three-year plan for agricultural development, if the international situation allows, it should be the time to develop industry.

Germany's industrial base is not bad, and it is only forced to lose the war and the situation is difficult, such as the shutdown of factories and the removal of machinery are part of the blow, but as long as the situation is stabilized, with the foundation and relevant talents that still exist, it is definitely not difficult to develop again.

In 1925, Litchie came to Berlin again. Feng. Falkingham, Manfred. Feng. Richthofen, Wasser. Funk, Adolf. Hitler, Hermann. Goering arrived.

They went to Berlin for no other reason than Friedrich. Albert still died, even one month earlier than in history, in the early hours of January 28, 1925.

Friedrich. Albert was stuck to his post until the last moment, and there was some bad evaluation of what he did, and there was no conclusion about what should be written on the inscription on the tombstone, but as the head of state, he passed away, and naturally needed a funeral that matched his identity.

Friedrich. After the death of Albert, the German National People's Party Hans. Luther served as interim president, originally as chancellor in the Weimar government.

When Litch and others arrived in Berlin, they were led by Gustav. Strezemann received him, and the two sides did not engage in too much small talk, just made contact, and then went their separate ways.

The situation of the Weimar government has not been very good, the domestic turmoil coupled with the pressure of the external environment, and even the army has not paid much attention to it. Albert was too exhausted.

On the night of the stay of Li Qi and the others, without waiting for them to pack their luggage, the manager of the hotel came to convey that it was Hans. Luther came over to see the leader of the National Socialist Workers' Party.

The National Socialist Workers' Party is currently the second largest party in the country, and the first largest party is the Heaven~Episcopal~Catholic Central Party.

It is true that the German Social Democratic Party lost much of its support in the new parliamentary elections, but it did not become the largest party in the parliament, as some commentators have suggested. In fact, pre-election polls can only be used as a reference, not as a final result of the election.

The Catholic~Catholic Central Party has 40% of the seats in the National Assembly in the new round of elections, becoming the largest party in the National Assembly.

The National Socialist Workers' Party won 39 percent of the seats in the new parliamentary elections, making it the second largest party in parliament by just 1 percent.

The third largest party in the parliament is the Social Democratic Party of Germany with 6% of seats, and the decline is fast but expected. For many years in power, nothing improved at home in Germany, because the constant compromise had left a bad reputation as a traitor. However, no one thinks about what it is like to compromise in such an environment of international pressure.

"Your Excellency." Litchie meets Hans. Luther, after greeting each other, said, "Is there anything I can do?" ”

Hans. Luther was a somewhat serious-looking man, with a Chinese face, very short hair, and a slightly bald head. He looked at Li Qi deeply and said, "Yes, there is a place where you need help, so I came." ”

Richie is purely a phrase akin to "How are you?" "Have you eaten?" Kind words like that, I didn't think of Hans. Luther would be so unceremonious, stunned for a moment, then smiled and nodded, but did not speak again.

"Because the president died in office, a lot of things that should be dealt with are halfway through." Hans. Luther had no expression on his face and said, "As for external matters, it will be decided by Gustav. Stresemann continues to be responsible. Internal Problems by Martin. Scheller is responsible. He introduced a number of people, most of them members of the current Weimar cabinet, before finally saying: "Because I have become interim president, I am now equal to the presidency and chancellor." Such a situation does not happen in international practice, and we need an interim Prime Minister. ”

The president can be temporary because of the lack of manpower, but I have never heard of the prime minister being temporary. Richie had to wonder a little if Hans. Does Luther want the presidency and now take out the premiership to make a deal?

"In view of the exceptional circumstances, the Cabinet deliberated...... "Hans. Luther paused at this point, a smile appeared on his face, and suddenly changed the subject, saying: "Your party has 39% of the seats in Congress, and it is normal to be able to participate in the cabinet, but your party has long refused to join the cabinet. Now that the situation is very special, should your party make some new considerations appropriately? ”

In that case, Richie cannot be said to be excluded from participating in Berlin's politics, otherwise how could he have 39% of the seats in the Reichstag? It's just that for a long time, they really haven't participated in the formation of a cabinet, let alone in the formulation of national policies, and their attitude is very simple, that is, to act as a "no matter what parliamentarians", no matter who wants to do what and what goals, anyway, they just ignore and do not participate.

This attitude has given the National Socialist Workers' Party a good and bad reputation in the past few years, and the good reputation is mostly due to the fact that some people think that the National Socialist Workers' Party is a rational and moderate party, and that the bad reputation is nothing more than not doing anything in its position.

Hans. Some of what Luther said was very clear later on, the National Socialist Workers' Party could not continue like that, and it could not use a hard-line attitude to get Li Qi to change its party strategy, so it could only be an inducement, and now it was the post of prime minister, and then asked Li Qi to send someone to join the cabinet.

Since the beginning of democracy, the Cabinet has been a multi-party coalition model. The cabinet composed of different political parties is indeed democratic, but many times it shows that it is not an efficient cabinet, and any trivial matter needs to be talked about for a while, and there will be an answer when the noise is enough.

The current cabinet membership is very complex, with eleven cabinet members from six parties, and even members who are independents themselves. Albert names joined, like Hans. Luther's becoming chancellor was himself a result of Friedrich's own efforts. Albert's assignment.

By 1925, the situation in Germany was still bad, and apart from the constant annexation and merger of various socialist parties, the chaos was still in disarray.

When we first came into contact with democratic Germany, Berlin had the chaos of Berlin, and other states also had their own chaos, and the number of individual states and even political parties exceeded the thousands......

The feast of democracy has become more and more lively in the history of Germany, but for the Germans it has not seen any good, and now the majority of the people have changed from the previous ignorance to the disgust of democracy, hoping that powerful people will stand up and change the situation. Of course, people in power who stand up can't do things too badly, like Friedrich. Instead of making the situation better, Albert made it worse.

Because Friedrich. Albert had long been committed to the repression of certain Socialists, whose power in Germany had been declining and had reached the role of a foil, but new parties, such as the National Socialist Workers' Party, were beginning to show their fangs.

The National Socialist Workers' Party completely dominates Bavaria and is increasingly influential in Saxony and Baden-Württemberg, as in the new parliamentary elections, in which the entire state of Bavaria can elect 28% of the seats, and the National Socialist Workers' Party is able to occupy 39% of the seats in the parliament by joining some seats in Saxony and Baden-Württemberg.

It must also be mentioned that even if Prussia ceded most of the land, Prussia's share in the Reichstag would still be 50%, not only on land, population, and industry, but also on historical influence and political influence.

"We're going to be in the cabinet, but ......" Richie knew it was time to make some compromises...... Perhaps it was not a compromise, but a real entry into the domination of the country, and he dragged on for a long note before continuing: "What position can we get other than the prime minister?" ”

Hans. Luther was obviously stunned: "Does your party not accept the post of prime minister?" ”

Li Qi just laughed and didn't say anything.

What a joke! They have all set their sights on the throne of the president, how can it be rare to become an interim prime minister appointed by an interim president.

Hans. Luther thought for a moment and asked, "What position does your party want to get?" ”

Li Qi was not pretentious, and said: "According to our seats in Congress, maybe the three positions of Minister of the Interior, Minister of Justice, and Minister of Transport, are a good choice." ”

In fact, Richie still wants a position as secretary of labor, but for the first time they are in the cabinet, asking for three positions to match their seats in Congress would be too grandiose and would make some people perceive in advance that they are beginning to show their fangs, which is not good for the next presidential election.

"Given that your party holds 39 percent of the seats in Congress, I personally think this is a fitting proposition." Hans. Luther looked rather pleasant, and he said, "I will communicate with the necessary personnel, and I believe it will not be too difficult." ”

It is actually nonsense to say how many seats occupy what position, and when encountering an unreasonable president, wielding the "big stick" given by the "Weimar Charter", even if a certain party occupies 100% of the seats in the parliament, the president can not give it if he says not to give it.

Therefore, it all depends on whether the current president is unreasonable, or whether he is willing to engage in some political bargaining chips. (Historically, Hindenburg did not bird mustaches, and if you say no birds, you don't have birds)

In fact, Friedrich. Albert died, Hans. Luther became interim president, and Hans, as interim president. Luther couldn't be tough at all.

Hans. Luther was hard-pressed and could only swap chips. Thinking that he had reached a consensus with Li Qi and had the support of the National Socialist Workers' Party, he left happily.

"Didn't you say that Luther would only be a transitional interim president, Leader?" Herman. Goering's face was full of puzzlement: "Do we need to compromise with him?" ”

Richie looked at Herman. Goering, smiling and not speaking.

"Luther was a good prime minister." Adolph. Hitler waved his hands to dispel the drifting second-hand smoke and said, "Just destined to be a tragic figure." ”

While everyone was chatting, the manager of the hotel appeared again. This time he came to report that a few guests had come and invited Richie and Erich. Feng. Falkingham met in the past.

"The guest did not self-declare." The manager looked embarrassed and said flatteringly: "He said that when it comes to Reese, Mr. Richie will understand." ”

Richie really understood at once that there must be Hans among the people who came. Feng. Seckert was one, and the others could guess with a little guessing. Even if there were no other important people, just Hans. Feng. Seckert's words, Richie should also pass.

Joseph. Dietrich, who was now Rich's chief of guard, had taken some men with him to carry out the necessary security work, and when he returned again, he said with a strange expression: "Your Excellency Hindenburg and Your Excellency Ludendorff are also over there. ”

Hearing that, the people who were chatting easily were stunned, and then everyone looked at Li Qi.

It's no wonder that it's both an invitation to Richie and an invitation to Falkingham.

The smile on Rich's face disappeared, whether it was Hindenburg or Ludendorff, they were not small characters, in a sense, they were more than the current interim President Hans. Luther was more able to decide more of Germany's fate.

"Leader, I ......" Adolf. Hitler frowned and continued: "I advise you not to go there. ”

The two sides have not been in contact before, but most of them have ended in unpleasantness. The contact was mainly about the future of Germany, Paul. Feng. Hindenburg seemed very domineering in the process of contact, completely on the strong side, without considering that Litch was already the governor of Bavaria, and at the same time he also had a private armed force recognized by the Entente countries, which was completely a posture of "chatting with you is to give face". In view of this, it is no longer a matter of losing face, it is completely an attitude of suppression, suppression, and re-suppression.

Li Qi is also considering that his disagreement with Hindenburg is almost a well-known problem, and winning over Ludendorff has been put on the case, but it is only a beginning.

Paul. Feng. Hindenburg's extraordinary influence in Prussia was not entirely due to its extraordinary performance on the Eastern Front during World War I, but also because of his family's heritage. Germany has once again reached a crossroads, and he chose this hungry time to come to see Li Qi in person, but he didn't know if it was another pressure, or did he want to have a good talk?

………………

The tragedy, it seems, is what bottoms out, was warned. Another 146 chapters were swallowed. (To be continued.) )