Chapter 107: My Bavaria (3)
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The Weimar government originated because of a Weimar Charter, but in reality there was never only the German state, and there was no "Weimar Republic".
After the Weimar government had signed the peace treaty with the Entente countries, they were afraid that too many concessions would be known to the Socialists at home and would be a reason for them to attack the government, and they tried to block all information as best they could.
The Entente countries, however, had no obligation to keep secrets from the Weimar government, and instead of having any intention of secrecy, they published in their domestic newspapers what the Weimar government had promised, and as a result, the German socialists did not need to go through any special way, and as long as they could obtain the newspapers of the Entente countries, it was not difficult at all to know what agreement had been reached.
There was no formal conclusion as to what kind of peace treaty should be signed, and the current process was to determine the defeat of the Second German Reich first, and the victorious powers were to supervise the retreat of the German army from the various occupied areas.
There was quite a lot of content in the newspapers of the victorious countries.
In the case of France, for example, their newspapers published a bit more content, including the German troops on French soil who needed to lay down their arms and follow the orders of the French army to meet where they would assemble and wait for disposal.
The French then demanded that Germany return any assets they had previously plundered, and they listed quite a few of them, even writing a long list of some of the looted works of art.
The withdrawal of German troops from French territory, which seems to have nothing to blame, was still ridiculed by some Socialists, most famously the phrase "Our army won the battle, but the incompetent government sent its soldiers to prisoner of war camps".
The return of the looted property from France also seems quite normal, the winner can plunder everything, and what the loser has robbed before must be spit out exponentially. Unless it is a victorious country with a sick brain, who will give up claiming losses after winning the war. (Heaven | Going Out)
"There's a big problem with this one." Li Qiyang pointed to the newspaper in his hand, pointed to the terms of the return of property, and said: "Only God knows how much machinery was dismantled from France at that time, or how much property was looted." β
Manfred. Feng. Richthofen was stunned when he heard this, frowned and said: "Indeed, there was no catalogue at that time, and it is impossible to verify how much was stolen from France. β
Adolph. Hitler, however, was very perceptive when he said: "I understand somewhat of what the leaders mean." The leader said that the French were paving the way for a draconian treaty. β
"That's right!" Richie was not at all surprised by Adolf. Hitler's agility. He nodded heavily: "This will make it more reasonable and convincing for France to propose to pay an exaggerated amount of reparations when drawing up reparations for Germany's defeat." β
Adolph. Hitler frowned and said: "At that time there was a vague amount, I remember that a figure was written in the newspapers of the country? β
"80 billion marks." Herman. Goering's voice was a little loud: "The newspaper writes that the army received 80 billion marks of booty from France. Whether or not they really grabbed the loot of 80 billion marks, the French will not just ask for this figure. β
"Huh! 80 billion marks, the previous exchange rate was 20 marks equal to 1 pound sterling, now ...... The depreciation of the mark was inevitable, and the French would not just ask Germany for 4 billion pounds. "Adolf. Hitler was sneering, he said: "In fact, the loot of 80 billion marks is definitely not a real figure, and even the loot of 80 billion marks has nothing to do with the people at all, and is mostly ...... by bureaucrats and aristocrats", he thought of something at this point, and involuntarily looked at Rich.
At the time of the looting of the occupied areas, the brigade led by Li Qi was also one of the enforcement forces. Because he participated in the whole robbery, and even carried out the contracting of certain areas or institutions alone, Adolf. Hitler was one in the know.
Richie also played the role of a vulture in that feast of plunder, with 15 tons of gold alone, and other categories such as French francs, pounds, and dollars, which seem to add up to nearly 3.8 million pounds? And that's not even counting some industrial machinery, or the machines that produce the military industry.
It was because I thought of what Richie had done that Adolf. Hitler knew better how ruthless the aristocracy and bureaucracy could be.
You must know that Li Qi was just a major at the time, although he was an executor and because he was trusted, he might still have a psychology of not being afraid of death? Anyway, Li Qi will definitely not be the one who swallows the most.
Adolph. Hitler had every reason to believe that the bureaucracy and the aristocracy were the ones who swallowed the most.
Li Qi immediately said: "Yes, basically there are more assets that have been swallowed by private individuals." He glanced at Adolf deliberately. Hitler only then continued: "In fact I am also one of the beneficiaries. β
Adolph. Hitler hurriedly spoke: "Leader, I didn't mean that, I ......"
Li Qi smiled disappreciatively, and said, "Adolf, you should be someone who knows me." I told you at that time that we could not win that war, and that we did so many things, including swallowing the spoils, for the sake of what we are doing. β
A lot of people don't know what exactly Litchie did in the past, but only Herman. Goering asked curiously, "The loot?" What do you mean? β
Litch did not answer, he said: "Yes, France will come up with a figure that Germany cannot bear, they have the status of a victim, and they are a victorious power, and everything seems to be taken for granted." β
Ernst. RΓΆhm was not very interested in the topic being discussed, and he muttered: "Leader, what the government will be blamed is, that is the government's business. We are not even in the opposition right now, so let's discuss our plans for how to develop a common cause. β
"That's the basis for discussing our common cause." Litchie doesn't blame Ernst at all. Rom, he knew that this man was upright, or that he wouldn't bend around. He smiled at Rohm and continued: "If we want our cause to develop, isn't the first condition for the local government to challenge the central government? The state government in Bavaria will certainly turn against the central government, but the state government is still facing the threat of armed Socialists. So that's where we come in. β
Ernst. RΓΆm kept nodding his head, but he didn't really understand, so he had to say, "Leader, no matter what, the warriors and I have been waiting for your orders. β
Herman. Goering first said to Manfred. Feng. Richthofen smiled flatteringly before speaking: "Yes, that's right, we are all waiting for the leader's orders. β
Li Qi seemed to let out a satisfied smile and said, "Soon, soon, our rise is unstoppable!" (To be continued.) )