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Chapter 128 Adolf's Past(2/3)

But the soldiers on the front line were all ordinary Prussian people. Some of them were from Bavaria, some were from Hanover, and of course, many were from Prussia.

Sacrifice them...! Frederick couldn't bear it.

Moreover, if all the troops are sacrificed, even if the military power is won, how will the war continue in the future?

"As they attack us, we will attack them.

After the defeat, we incited the people in the newspapers.

All responsibility for the defeat was placed on the General Staff.

Moreover, His Majesty the Emperor is required to have the highest authority.

Including the right to appoint the Chief of General Staff and Prime Minister!

Put your rights before the Federal Parliament.

In this way, it would be useless no matter how many federal congressmen Wendt got to support them.

Because their rights have been eclipsed.

You are the master of all Prussia.

The only master!"

Bismarck's words made Frederick's eyes gleam, and the worries just now were swept away.

This is indeed a way to overthrow Winter!

Although the cost is huge, it is very easy to succeed.

Bismarck's plan can be said to be impeccable and almost impossible to crack.

But Bismarck ignored one person, and that was Kong Tingxun, who changed his name to Hans.

As a top student who graduated from the Army Officer School of the Ming Empire, he grew up in a family of high-ranking officials.

He is more sensitive to rights than others.

As a Ming Dynasty man, he believed that imperial power was the highest right.

But when I arrived in Prussia, I didn’t know that there was such a thing as a federal parliament.

With a bunch of fat-minded congressmen, no matter what kind of proposal, these people have to pass it.

Even the bills proposed by the emperor had to be approved by this group of people.

Kong Tingxun made perfect use of this system. He worked hard to help Duke Winter win over many parliamentarians.

In fact, Emperor Frederick had been deposed.

If it were not considered, impeaching Frederick would cause a strong backlash from Frederick, leading to the disintegration of Prussia, which had only been integrated for a few decades.

Perhaps, through Vyazma's failure, even Frederick would be impeached and removed from office.

However, in terms of political vision, Kong Tingxun and Bismarck were surprisingly consistent.

They all believe that the Federal Council is garbage, a blood-sucking cyst worm lying on the body of the empire, and must be eliminated.

"Uncle Winter, I think the war can be slowed down for a while. We need to deal with the Federal Parliament first."

Kong Tingxun sat opposite Winter, already tipsy.

That's the only bad thing about the Prussians. They just drink dry and don't have any food or drinks.

"Dissolution of the Federal Assembly?

hehe!

As easy as you think!

These people are hereditary nobles from various places, and they have huge influence in all walks of life.

He even tried so hard to win over them and wanted to dissolve the parliament.

Easier said than done!" Winter glanced at Kong Tingxun contemptuously.

This man from Ming Dynasty who came from afar is a little clever, but his ideas are a bit too unrealistic.

"Since it can't be disbanded, then replace these people." Kong Tingxun said with a smile.

"I told you, these people are very powerful." Duke Winter was very dissatisfied. If Kong Tingxun had not just made great achievements, he would have started shouting and scolding him.

"They are very powerful, but there is a force even greater than them."

"Bigger than them?" Duke Winter immediately became serious.

You must know that these hereditary nobles have huge power in both political and military circles.

There is someone who is more powerful than them, and they don't even know it.

This couldn't help but make him alert. The slight drunkenness just now was gone.

"That's the people!

People of Prussia!"

"What can ordinary people do!" Duke Winter said with disdain.

“The people are the cornerstone of a country, and the people today are not the same as they were a hundred years ago.

The call for a democratically elected government is getting louder and louder, and according to our federal laws, legislators are actually elected by the people.

It's just that... the inertia of the previous feudal lords continued, allowing them to proudly sit in the position of parliamentarians.

Uncle Winter, the Prussian people today are no longer the people they were a hundred years ago.

They start to have ideas of their own!”

Kong Tingxun's words made Duke Winter think deeply.

Indeed, people today are far less manageable than they were a hundred years ago.

In the past, only aristocrats could receive education, but now some children of wealthy non-aristocratic families also receive a good education.

Since the industrialization of Prussia, many people have made a lot of money by opening factories.

These people who control a lot of wealth also have the urge to ask the government for their rights.

These are the people that Kong Tingxun should be talking about.

"Whatever you want to do, if you don't do it well, you will get burned." Duke Winter knew deeply how powerful the traditional nobles were.

Because he himself is a traditional nobleman.

"It doesn't matter!

We can just find a spokesperson and let him handle this kind of thing.

Even if one day they cause fire and burn themselves, the fire will naturally burn them.

It won’t hurt us!”

"Is this person reliable?" Duke Winter immediately became interested.

Since all the benefits belong to oneself, all the consequences must be borne by others.

This kind of business that guarantees profit without losing money is a waste of money.

“Very reliable!

I sent someone to find out about his past!

He is an Austrian, born in Braunau, Austria.

I’ve never been to that place, but I heard it’s a very small town.”

"I've been there, and the scenery is pretty good." Duke Winter nodded.

"Uncle Winter is really well-informed!

This boy's name is Adolf, and his father is a customs civil servant.

His father wanted him to be a civil servant, but he wanted to be a painter.

At the age of seventeen, he applied for the Vienna Academy of Arts.

But the Vienna Academy of Arts rejected him twice in a row!

Later, his father and mother died one after another.

It happened that the Austro-Hungarian Empire was recruiting troops, so they went to Munich to wander.

In the last war, he joined the army.

Because of his outstanding combat performance, he was promoted to corporal and received the Iron Cross."

"It's not easy for ordinary soldiers to win the Iron Cross!"

“During the Battle of the Somme, his thigh was wounded by shell shrapnel.

During the fighting near the village of Wilwick, his eyes were exposed to chlorine gas and he was temporarily blinded."

"What a lucky guy!" Duke Winter became interested in this man.
To be continued...
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