Chapter 546: A Powerful Führer

Hitler rushed into Vienna without firing a single shot, and the European city finally fell into German hands, and it was almost a dream for all this, until Hitler succeeded in doing so, that the German generals looked up to the Führer with great admiration.

You must know that Austria is located in the heart of Europe, its strategic location is very important, and it is the same root as Germany, and if it is annexed by Germany, Hitler's strength will at least skyrocket.

Moreover, the Treaty of Versailles had clearly stipulated that the two countries would never be allowed to merge, and now Hitler's actions undoubtedly trampled this sacred treaty under his feet, and he spat on it contemptuously.

The Treaty of Versailles was the legal basis for Britain to dominate the world, and if this treaty was torn up, then how could Britain become the world hegemon, so many German generals insisted that this expansion would inevitably be stopped by Britain and France, and even a war would occur.

Hitler, on the other hand, insisted that Austria could be annexed without the use of force, and that Britain and France were far more cowardly than they imagined, and they did not dare to choose war at all. However, there were not many people in the German army who believed Hitler's words, and as long as Britain and France were in their right minds, they would take strong measures to keep Austria.

When the German army entered Vienna with enthusiastic cheers, all the German generals began to believe that their leader was a genius with some special ability, and that such a genius could lead Germany to a greater future.

Hitler really won the support of the German generals at this moment, and of course Vienna was also of great significance to Hitler himself, he was born here, and spent his most depressed time here, and more than ten years later he entered this historic city as a conqueror, staged a perfect counterattack, putting aside other ideas, Hitler was able to do this, absolutely inspirational model.

As a result, there are a considerable number of people in China who agree with fascism and even hope to emulate the German system. Transform China. The most important of these is to expand the power of the president and push Qiao Yu to the supreme position.

Most of those who hold this view are young military officers, as well as the latest generation of young students, who have experienced the upheaval of China since childhood, have a heartfelt respect for the leaders who brought it all about, and are the most exposed to new things. Therefore, it is not surprising that the fascist system is firmly believed.

In their view, if power in China could be more centralized, the country would develop more rapidly, and these people saw the chancellery as the biggest obstacle, and they advocated the abolition of the chancellor, the union of the president and the chancellor, as in Germany, as the head of state.

But they didn't figure it out at all. This kind of decentralization is completely the result of Qiao Yu's deliberate creation, otherwise the Prime Minister's Office has no ability to divide Qiao Yu's rights, Qiao Yu has always been very concerned about the restraint and balance of power, in the political framework, anyone, including his own power, must be controlled, otherwise any loss of control will cause serious consequences.

In fact, the current German system is very imperfect, and it is entirely based on Hitler's personal prestige. and the strong control of the Nazi Party. This regime will continue to develop, if not destroyed in World War II. It is bound to fall into a difficult situation, and the Soviet Union has set the best example for this.

The system of the Soviet Union was very incomplete, this huge country did not even have a real head of state, and the entire bureaucratic system was also very imperfect, not only did it not have checks on the top, but it did not even have a special anti-corruption agency, which is extremely rare in the world.

Anti-corruption has always been the basis for the safe operation of a bureaucratic system, just like the white blood cells of the human body, for the mutated cells, invading bacteria and viruses to defend and kill, only in this way can the health of the body be guaranteed, ancient China has established a strict supervision system, and officials at all levels can even hear about things and not be held accountable.

Germany is also the same as the Soviet Union on this issue, Hitler has a powerful Gestapo, and the Soviet Union has a world-famous People's Security Council, but these are all intelligence organizations, and there is a lack of special self-cleaning institutions, so these two countries are unsustainable, and the Soviet Union will inevitably disintegrate in the future.

Qiao Yu is very concerned about any call for political reform, and at the same time he can't help but think, at present, China can run smoothly, to a large extent, relying on Qiao Yu's personal prestige, but this is not a normal phenomenon, if he leaves the position of president, whether the country can go on steadily, this is already a problem that Qiao Yu must think about, and it is also something that must be done well.

After repeated discussions with several henchmen, Qiao Yu came up with three reform measures, the first is to limit the retirement age of officials, which is temporarily set at 60 years old, and individual high-level officials can relax to 70 years old, but they must retire after this age; The second measure is the establishment of a dedicated anti-corruption body; The third is to establish a comprehensive evaluation and accountability mechanism.

In the final analysis, it is the current imbalance in social development, and China's overall progress is great, but the gap between the rich and the poor is significant, the differentiation between urban and rural areas is becoming more and more serious, and the international community is also in a period of drastic change, and it has become very normal for various problems to occur.

Qiao Yu's three reform opinions for the domestic political shock can be called thunder, many officials think that they are from the dragon heroes, naturally should have been sitting on the throne, waiting for natural elimination, now the first batch of officials in Sichuan has actually reached the age of retirement.

It's just that they are still unwilling to go on so quietly, many people have written to Qiao Yu, and even used various connections, for a while, all kinds of voices in the media are endless, and there are more and more arguments in the government.

However, Qiao Yu took practical actions to shut them up, the original Yunnan Provincial Governor, Vice Premier Luo Changqi officially asked to retire, he was the first group of people to follow Qiao Yu, and has always been regarded as Qiao Yu's right-hand man, although after Qiao Yu entered Beijing, Luo Changqiu's status has been reduced, but he is also the most powerful group of people, and now he takes the initiative to retire, and the impact is immeasurable.

After him, Zhang Taiyan, Liang Qichao, Tan Yanhong. Ren Kecheng. Zhang Bailin, Cao Kun and a number of other people successively put forward their requests for retirement, and at this time, everyone suddenly realized that the first period of the first major change of blood in the original Chinese officialdom had arrived, and the original political giants had come to an end.

In addition, Qiao Yu also set out to split the intelligence system, and Wang Lingji, the intelligence chief, also took a back seat, a person like him knew too many secrets, and it was very difficult to retire like an ordinary person. It can only take a back seat for the time being, and with it comes a major reform of China's intelligence system.

Qiao Yu stripped the National Bureau of Investigation of its anti-corruption functions and retained only the power of intelligence reconnaissance, promoted Dai Li to the head of the new Bureau of Investigation, and greatly limited the power of the Gendarmerie Department, which was only responsible for military law enforcement. At the same time, a separate military intelligence center was set up, which was mainly responsible for foreign intelligence work.

In addition, the divested anti-corruption supervision power was given to the newly established National Anti-Corruption Commission, and the director of the committee was Yu Peilun, who was honest and had little to do with the interests of all parties, which was just right for this position, and his prestige and qualifications were also good, and he was fully able to shoulder his due responsibilities.

Of course, the anti-corruption institutions are not checked and controlled. It also breeds new corruption. Even anti-corruption efforts can become a tool of political struggle against dissent. Attacking political opponents, this is what Qiao Yu absolutely does not want to see, and after repeated consideration, Qiao Yu split the anti-corruption agency into three parts.

The first part is the State Administration of Integrity under the government, which is under the leadership of the Prime Minister, the second part is the National Anti-Corruption Commission, which is directly responsible to the president, and the third part is the Bureau of Supervision of Officials, which belongs to the National Assembly, and the three parties supervise and check each other to ensure the health of the state bureaucracy to the greatest extent.

In addition, in the party of the United Democratic Party, Qiao Yu also greatly strengthened the power of the Commission for Discipline Inspection, supervised and managed all party members, and kicked out the black sheep.

In addition, the accountability mechanism of Article 3 is also very fatal, even if the mistakes of officials in decision-making in the past have caused huge losses, it is difficult to deal with them, that is, there is a lack of effective accountability, Qiao Yu has also formulated strict standards this time, and there are serious problems, all officials in charge must be completely dismissed from all public offices, and never resigned.

In addition to being punished for doing wrong, there is also punishment for not doing things, and those mediocre officials who do nothing and wait for death are actually a more disgusting group, so in the new system, officials who have no achievements will also be dealt with, demoted, or even removed from all positions.

This kind of large-scale action against the bureaucracy is actually more troublesome than foreign wars, involving the interests of all aspects, Qiao Yu has also been brewing for a long time, and it was pushed out at this critical moment, the world is about to change dramatically, if you don't solve all kinds of problems in officialdom now, after World War II, I am afraid that the collusion with each other will be closer, and the resistance will be greater, and Qiao Yu may not have enough courage to reform at that time.

The violent shock of officialdom made everyone feel real pressure, Qiao Yu has handed over the specific affairs to others to do all these years, the president's sense of existence seems to be weaker, but when he really takes action, no force can stop it, and this supreme authority is so powerful.

In the east of Eurasia, Qiao Yu used reforms to show his super control, while Hitler sounded the horn of expansion again in the west of Eurasia, this time Hitler aimed at Czechoslovakia.

Czechoslovakia was one of the countries that was founded on the corpse of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, concentrating a large number of the essence of the Austro-Hungarian military industry, and the Czechoslovakian weapons were once used in China and remembered, and now Hitler has set his sights on Czechoslovakia.

With its developed industry and abundant resources, it was an important base for further expansion, and Hitler had his eyes on it while the Germans were still basking in the joy of taking Austria.

It's easy to find an excuse for trouble, and the Sudetenland region of Czechoslovakia on the border with Germany had three million Germanic people, all of whom were close to Germany and formed a Nazi organization, and now Hitler was using them to start making trouble, and the most nerve-wracking of them were the British and French rulers, and Chamberlain and Daladier stayed up all night thinking about a solution to the crisis. (To be continued.) )