Chapter 141: Huddle for Warmth (II)

By 1922, there were many changes in Germany, but there were few changes.

Politicians of all parties, especially those of small parties, seem to have their goal in life to eat, sleep, and scold the ruling party. This was the case from the very beginning, before the Treaty of Versailles was signed, after the Treaty of Versailles was signed, and there was no change after the deterioration of the German economy.

Most surprisingly, in June 1921, several small political parties came together, a coalition of 6 percent of the seats in the National Assembly, and they raised the issue of holding elections.

Friedrich. Albert assumed the presidency of the Weimar government in Germany in 1918, and by 1921 he had been president for almost four years. Considering that many democracies are elected every four years, the parliamentarians who raised the issue were quite justified in arguing that Germany was not now at war and that there was no legal basis for the election to be postponed or cancelled. So, was it really time to vote in 1922?

In a democracy, it's about who can please the people and get the votes from the people. The Weimar Charter stipulates that anyone who has German nationality is automatically entitled to a vote at the age of 20, regardless of physical disability, tax amount, male, female, or creed, as long as he reaches the age of 20.

The Weimar Charter seems to be so democratic that it is impossible to add to it, and you must have votes in the UK, which requires men to pay taxes to a certain amount to be eligible to vote; In some democracies, such as France and the United States, people are also required to have tax records in order to have a ballot, and women are not eligible to vote.

Presidential elections? Friedrich. If Albert is really a democrat, even if he has only 8% of the legislature, he should give a precise time and then hold a new presidential election. However, he replied much later, and his answer was that, in view of the current civil chaos in Germany and the deterioration of the economic situation, the President's Office had decided that it was not suitable to hold elections.

Hey!? It turns out that you can still play like this??? That is to say, as long as the president is thick-skinned enough to withstand the pressure, and he is not happy to hold an election, then he will always be the president?

It seems like that's really the case! This is because, according to Article 48 of the Weimar Charter, the President has the prerogative to declare a state of emergency, and in the event of a state of emergency, the right to partially or completely cancel the democratic freedoms provided for in the Constitution.

Since the right to democratic freedoms can be abolished, elections are naturally part of it. Albert, who is now president, said that there would be no elections, and that there seemed to be no other way than to scold him, and there was no other way than armed insurrection to overthrow him.

The turmoil was soon overshadowed by something else, but Friedrich. The thickness of Albert's face has obviously been tested, and no one knows what he thinks, but the German Social Democratic Party is embarrassed, very, very embarrassed......

Germany's initial contact with democracy, although there is a charter, but I don't know whether it is intentional or unintentional, there are many loopholes in the constitution, and too many back doors have been left, the biggest loophole is nothing more than not specifying the election year, and the biggest back door is that the president can declare a state of emergency.

By 1922, Germany's economic deterioration had worsened, and this time the presidential election was again being introduced.

This time it was not a simple 8%, but 16%, which is equivalent to a doubling. Moreover, this time it is not like a small fight, in addition to some merged political parties, some members of the Heavenly ~ Episcopal ~ Church Central Party are also involved.

What is the Heaven ~ Episcopic ~ Church Central Party? In fact, it is a sect~religious political party. According to some interpretations, this party was formed to protect the interests of the capitalists, and then organized households according to faith, such as 20 to 40 households into a "patriarch". Read on deeper...... The book will be sealed.

This time, the reason why the Tian~Episcopal Central Party got involved was because the capitalists they needed to protect were seriously threatened. In fact, there may be some problems when talking about threats, but more importantly, Friedrich. It was no longer in their interest for Albert to govern.

"Your party is the third largest party in the Diet, and it has basically not put forward any bills since it entered the Diet. At the same time, as the third largest party in Congress, you never vote on any bill when faced with a resolution, and you abstain from voting. "Falkeno. Frank is a lobbyist, and he is a member of the Heaven~Episcopal~Church Central Party who is a godfather-level figure. He looked at the smiling Li Qi and said in a serious tone: "This election issue is the voice of the whole German people, and your party should participate in it." ”

The National Socialist Workers' Party is a very interesting party, with 28 per cent of the seats in parliament, but it has never been much of a voice. Not only did they keep silent, but even when some votes were held in Congress, they really abstained repeatedly, with the effect that even if any bill passed by Congress, it was at least less than 72% support. Not passing? Then it didn't pass.

A new round of parliamentary elections will soon begin again, given the performance of the German Social Democratic Party in recent years...... It should be said that the performance is extremely bad, and it is conceivable that the support of the German Social Democratic Party will inevitably fall. Since the support of the German Social Democratic Party will fall, the support of other parties will naturally rise.

This time they were clamoring for a presidential election, and Litchie knew very well that it was just a political ploy before the Reichstag election, and that he wanted to show the people of Germany Friedrich once again. What kind of person was Albert, who undermined the trust of the whole German people in the German Social Democratic Party, so as to poach the voters of the German Social Democratic Party during the Reichstag elections.

There will also be an election in Bavaria this year, and there will be no surprises, as the support of the National Socialist Workers' Party in Bavaria is bound to rise, most likely reaching a height of 95%.

In addition to Bavaria, the National Socialist Workers' Party will also gain seats in Saxony and Baden-Württemberg. According to the latest round of opinion polls, the support of the National Socialist Workers' Party in Bavaria is 95 percent, Saxony is 35 percent, Baden-Württemberg is 29 percent, Mecklenburg is 48 percent, and support in regions such as Prussia is between 4 and 8 percent.

Before you know it, the National Socialist Workers' Party has only been in existence for three years, but it is because of its good performance in governing Bavaria...... It may be impossible to promise a good state, but the reality is that Bavaria is one of the most stable and happiest states in Germany. Given how well the National Socialist Workers' Party has governed Bavaria, it is not surprising that people in other regions would want to be governed by the National Socialist Workers' Party.

Isn't there a new round of elections in Congress? After this election, the National Socialist Workers' Party is likely to hold 39 to 42 percent of the seats in Congress.

Even the ruling party's support for the German Social Democratic Party did not exceed 40%, and now the German Social Democratic Party has lost support due to its ineffective governance, and it is very likely that it will fall below 20%.

The support rate of the Central Party of the Heaven~Episcopal Party is relatively fixed, after all, they have engaged in a system of arranging a "patriarch" for 20 to 40 households (similar to the system of protecting armor and sitting together). This time, the support of the ~Episcopal Central Party will definitely increase, absorbing some small parties, and then poaching some voters of the German Social Democratic Party, which should reach 37% according to the survey.

This time Fakeno. Frank came here with the attitude of cooperation between the first and second largest parties in Congress, hoping that the two political parties could unite, and it was naturally impossible for them to cooperate to storm the presidential throne, but in some respects they could indeed work together.

"If we just sway public opinion, our party will not be of much interest." Adolph. Hitler looked much more mature, and he looked at Falcon'o. Frank, very seriously, said: "We are a party that does practical things and does not want to be involved in anything that is destined to not come to fruition." ”

Persecution of Friedrich. Is it necessary for Albert to agree to a new presidential election? Even if it's Friedrich. Albert agreed to run for president, and Mr. Richie was unlikely to run now.

Yes, yes, Richie was able to govern Bavaria well because he had the biggest machine of violence outside of the Wehrmacht...... That is, the army of the Free Corps can silence or disappear those socialists who like to be blind **** and like to jump around.

In Baden-Württemberg and Saxony they were able to gain support, partly because they had reorganized their social continuity, and then partly because of the implementation of the social welfare system, but it was indispensable for the same strata that had supported the royal family to join them.

Why wasn't the National Socialist Workers' Party popular in Prussia? In fact, there is no special reason, the main reason is that the Prussians still have a kind of pride in thinking that the Yankees cannot rule them, so Prussia, as the largest in Germany, is still the party that supports the German Social Democratic Party, the Catholic Central Party, the Fatherland Party, etc., and only the poor 6% supports the National Socialist Workers' Party.

Richie is patient, confident, and persevering...... In any case, there is a desire to win the support of the Prussian people, and there is a plan for a long time, but now is not a good time to implement it.

In fact...... It was very simple to win the support of the Prussian people, it was really simple enough to shout two words. What words? Li Qi only needs to say the last sentence: "Cancel democracy, all listen to me." The next sentence is "All the soldiers are strong, brother will take you to challenge the world again", basically the Prussian people will listen.

Trifling? Haven't read "General History of World War II"? There are so many words written when I write about the mustache in it, but it can be summed up in the above two sentences. Very seriously, it's really child's play!

Adolph. Hitler and Falcono. Frank haggled on the side, and Litchie continued his musings.

[Now is obviously not enough, at least another 3 years should be messed up, waiting for 1925 is the time for me to play.] 】

What will happen in 1925? Friedrich. Albert will go to God, and there will be two transitional presidents in Germany. If nothing else, the presidential election will begin, and Paul. Feng. Hindenburg will jump out. He really just shouted "stop making trouble, listen to me", and the result was that the Prussians really listened to him and voted for him! The weirdest thing is...... At that time, there was only one presidential candidate, and that was him!

Paul. Feng. Hindenburg ran for president, with what approval rating was he elected? Not...... is less than 38%. In other words, less than half of the people in Germany expected a little from this marshal.

"Now, what's the bread market?" Richie turned to Herman and asked. Goering: "I mean in Berlin. ”

Do you know what is the maximum denomination of the Deutsche Mark now? It is a face value of 50,000. A face value of 50,000 will not be the final bottom line, so the maximum face value less than a month ago was 10,000 marks.

"500 grams is 100,000 marks?" Herman. Goering was a little unsure, and said: "Leader, the market is always changing, and it's hard to say. ”

Li Qi nodded slowly, the German economic system collapsed, the mark is no longer linked to gold, it is linked to the credit value of the government, however...... Does the Weimar government have any credit?

Next, the mark will print 100,000 denominations, then 500,000 denominations, 1 million denominations...... The face value is getting bigger and bigger, but the value is getting lower and lower, waiting for 500 grams of bread to pull tens of billions of paper marks to buy, the value of the mark is worse than the toilet paper, because to buy a roll of toilet paper, you need to pull a large cart of marks to buy!

[Running for president in 1925? It seems a bit early! 】

[Not true!] It's not too early to run for president in 1925, but I'm too young! 】

There is no doubt that Li Qi does not intend to let history go in the original direction, and he will kick the wheel of history to change the trajectory of the wheel.

In 1925, Lee was only 26 years old, and his words about running for president seemed a little strange.

Li Qi thought about it and looked at Erich on the other side. Feng. Falkingham, by 1925, the old marshal was 64 years old, and as a politician, 64 years old is a bit old to run for president, but it is very appropriate.

[Falkingham is a suitable person, but there is really no guarantee that his philosophy is the same as mine.] Even if it is the same now, after waiting for him to become president, can it still be the same? 】

A political party does not necessarily need a leader to run in the presidential election, but can elect a representative to run for election. A little suspicious that once that representative becomes president, then he will definitely seek to become the leader of the party, but Li Qi does not want to make so many efforts to make a wedding dress for others.

[Hindenburg is very unhappy with me, if he becomes president, he will not target me...... He must have felt uncomfortable inside. If he were against me, Germany would be de facto divided! 】

Li Qi thought about it, and suddenly beckoned to a person who seemed to be a clerk, and said, "Hess, you are related to Ludendorff?" ”

Hess? Isn't it Rudolph. Hess! He also did indeed work with Erich. Feng. Ludendorff came as a relative! (To be continued.) )