The London diplomat opened his mouth wide and felt that Frederick's words were reasonable, and he wanted to refute but could not find an excuse, and he could not help but gradually release his clenched fist. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 ｉｎｆｏ

Filia thought, it makes too much sense, since it does not recognize the presidential palace as the successor to the HRE regime, then why should the presidential palace be asked to repay the debts of the HRE. She rolled her eyes and laughed out loud, and when the flowers and branches trembled, the wine would ripple with laughter, and the atmosphere suddenly became cheerful.

The representatives of London and Paris were extremely uneasy. They were so nervous that they didn't fit in with the atmosphere of the party, and the two men looked at each other and decided to correct the logic on their own initiative, forcing Frederick to pay his debts.

So the representative of Paris relented: "Suppose - I don't mean that this will happen, but only that - assuming that Paris recognizes the ruling position of the new presidential palace, will Frederick be willing to fulfill his obligation to repay the HRE loan?"

In an instant, the loud chatter and laughter fell silent again, and everyone stared silently at Frederick, countless pairs of eyes staring at the two lips that had decided the fate of Germany.

It is clear that Paris is offering a deal: Paris will recognize Frederick's ruling position as long as the new presidential palace agrees to repay the old debt of 200 million marks of the HRE. After all, protecting profits is what Paris is most concerned about.

Would President Frederick the Great, who had just come to power and had not yet gained a firm foothold, betray Germany's interests in order to gain recognition from the international powers?

A debt of 200 million marks, all of which had been invested in infrastructure and could not be recovered, would be saddled with a debt that would allow Germany to survive under the Treaty of Mirrors and continue to be impoverished.

Time seemed to freeze for a second, Frederick's smile stiffened, and everyone stared at his lips.

Then Frederick nodded politely and reasonably: "Although the HRE Empire is bankrupt and collapsed, the new presidential palace, as the supreme governing body of Germany, will bear limited responsibility for debt repayment." ”

The representative of Paris breathed a sigh of relief. He finally heard Frederick's positive reply, and heard that the new president agreed to "take responsibility for the repayment of debts", and the two diplomats completely relaxed, sweating coldly, and their shirts were soaked.

"The debt of 200 million marks can be repaid in installments...... "The British began to take advantage of the victory.

"Note that the new presidential administration will only assume 'limited debt repayment obligations', that is, it will not be able to repay the debts of the old empire 100 per cent, but will compensate the losses of the international banks in accordance with the existing national conditions. Frederick kept smiling, rudely interrupted the Englishman, and chased away the guest with a smile: "As for the amount of compensation, it involves a huge amount of data processing and complex internal calculations, so I can't know it for the time being, please always pay attention to the debt compensation announcement issued by the Financial Secretary, and the details will be checked by the relevant departments." ”

Hearing the words "relevant departments," the Paris deputy's head "boomed" and rang for a moment. He had a bad premonition.

"So where exactly can you find out?" asked the representative of Paris. He was worried.

"As I said, the Financial Secretary is responsible for the specific calculations, the Chief Secretary for Administration is responsible for the handover, and the cooperative bank is responsible for the appropriation. "Frederick was getting impatient. He waved his hand and ordered the guards to see off the guests.

"When will we be able to find out?" said the Parisian delegate, who was stopped by the guards, and he did not leave, but stood still and tiptoed to ask.

"Theoretically, the relevant information can be found within 100 working days. Frederick left nobly and coldly with his wine, and his voice floated back: "However, in view of the fact that the new presidential palace has just been established, the affairs are huge and complicated, and the division of labor is chaotic, so the results of the inquiry may be postponed as appropriate." ”

"So what the hell is the 'relevant department'!" the Parisian delegate cried out in despair as he tiptoed over at the distant president.

"The relevant departments are the departments that are related to this...... But the affairs are huge and the rules are vague, so the Financial Secretary, the Chief Secretary and the Bank will ......" Frederick's voice gradually faded away and gradually disappeared.

Filia looked at the desperate Parisian delegates, and she had a premonition: even if these two poor creatures died of old age in the imperial capital, they might not be able to find the "relevant departments" and find out the "information details" in their lifetime.

She had heard Frederick complain about the malaise of the civil service, and the president claimed that "the only thing that can limit the harm of the civil service is its own inefficiency", and in order to improve efficiency, Frederick has begun to streamline the department, revise the regulations, and implement the national recruitment system with an iron fist. In fact, the internal efficiency of the new presidential palace will be much more efficient than that of the old empire.

But Filia never expected Frederick to use the inefficiency of the civil service as a weapon to pay off debts.

She felt that this great president was cunning, and he had beaten the hooligans. Thinking of him, Filia looked down and smiled again, and snorted and clutched her mouth.

That night, Frederick quickly ordered his troops, gathered two squadrons of dragoons, three infantry divisions, and two artillery brigades, totaling 8,000 men and nearly 2,000 horses, and marched towards Bafaria. The elite units that had been held at the parade were immediately put into use and drove to the battlefield in a breathless manner.

Filia personally led the second squadron of dragoons. Elena and Fairy Heavy Industries' engineers repaired a batch of cold weapons overnight, and then set off three days later, catching up with Frederick's baggage troops and going to battle. The security of Wiener was supervised by Admiral Farina's dragoons, and the garrison was about 12,000 men, enough to maintain law and order.

During the day of the next day, the diplomat in Paris really went to the financial secretary to ask about the debt settlement, but the financial secretary looked confused, saying that he had not received the document from the secretary of administration, and asked the diplomat to ask the secretary for administration.

The diplomats rushed to the government secretary and found that the Germans were leaving work at 12 o'clock sharp, and the office was empty.

The representative of Paris was in a hurry, and he had to ask about the date of repayment of the debt. So the dignified Parisian diplomat, accompanied by the British envoy who was sympathetic to the same disease, squatted on the curb outside the hall and nibbled on bread, exposed to the sun for an hour, and finally waited until the chief secretary for administration appeared outside the hall door with a full meal and slowly returned to work.

The diplomat hurriedly jumped up, went up and grabbed the sleeve of the chief secretary of administration, and asked for details.

The chief secretary for administration had just been promoted, and after witnessing the violent death of the former secretary and the sick leave of the previous deputy secretary, he had long since learned to be obedient, and he did not dare to make his own decisions at all, but told the deputies in Paris step by step: "Of course, the presidential office must issue an official document for what the president has promised, and we can only do things when we see that the seals and documents are complete." If we don't receive the documents, we won't be in charge of this matter, so you can go to the presidential palace and ask. ”

In despair, Parisian diplomats rushed to the presidential palace.

The staff of the presidential palace received the two exhausted diplomats with a bewildered expression. He innocently said that the president had already led his troops out of the city, and if there was anything to discuss, please wait for the president to return and discuss it, and he was very sorry.

The representative of Paris was in a hurry, where could he wait, God knows when Frederick would return? He hastened to tell his staff that President Frederick had said that he wanted the Treasury to settle the debts left over from the old empire, and this was what he promised in public and could not be reversed.

The staff officer said that he didn't say that he would regret it.

The representative of Paris asked, what about the liquidation of debts?

The staff officer asked innocently, who did the president say would be responsible for settling the debt?

The representative of Paris said, "O the Financial Secretary."

The staff officer said, "Then you go to the financial secretary."

The diplomats in Paris had no choice but to rush to the hall of the financial secretary with their red-faced British friends in the scorching sun. However, as they stood outside the hall of the Financial Secretary, exhausted, they seemed to understand something, and suddenly burst into tears.

The representative of Paris sat on the ground, fanning himself with his hat uneducated, sweating like rain and hot like a dog with a sticking out tongue.

He finally understood that the so-called relevant departments are actually departments that need a lot of relationships. They have no relatives in Wiener, so it is difficult to move an inch in the relevant departments.

He felt that the matter of repaying his debts seemed to be empty-handed. As a diplomat, that's a failure.