Chapter 1858: Split One
"The current situation is obvious. We can't achieve our goals on the old system, and we can't destroy this system! Then we have only one way." Barter looked at his colleagues, weighed for a long time and finally decided Speak this suggestion that could cost him his life!
"We can refer to the partition of Rome!" Barthes said within a few seconds, causing at least 5 minutes of silence on the scene! Everyone knows what Barter said, and they are all considering the possibility of this matter!
Doesn’t the so-called partition of Rome mean that in 395 years in history, the Roman Empire became two Romes, East and West? And the reference to the partition of Rome that Barthes said was also about turning Prussia into two countries.
"So, you mean to turn Prussia into two countries, one is the Prussian Federation controlled by political parties, and the other is the Prussian Kingdom controlled by the emperor? This will make the entire empire lose a core of power! The empire will be in a mess." Ai Burt said.
"It's just changing the empire from duality to trinity. Even if Prussia does not split, it will lose the ability to contain Bavaria in the south. After the war, Bavaria and the southern German states can easily veto all they do not want to accept. In terms of strength, Bavaria, which covers an area of more than 300,000 square kilometers and whose national strength is comparable to France, will not be subject to us economically, not to mention, with the backing of Austria. All this has been decided. If we want to If you want to make the empire stronger, you can only choose cooperation with Bavaria instead of confrontation." Barthes said.
To make an empire strong, there must either be a powerful center of power that can overwhelm everything, or the various mountains within the empire can cooperate with each other. For Prussia now, it is impossible to overwhelm everything with strength. What if Prussia is completely capable? Bavaria plus Austria-Hungary will not be inferior to Prussia economically or politically. Then in the situation where nothing can be done, then the only choice is to cooperate, and in Barth's view, the future heir of the Kingdom of Bavaria has done a good job in major events!
"The number of votes in the Federal Parliament is directly proportional to the population. After the war, the total population of Bavaria is estimated to be around 27 million, including the 13 million population of the pre-war mainland, as well as the regions of Poland, Belarus and Ukraine. The new population of the empire. The total population of the empire will exceed 110 million. According to the ratio, Bavaria should get a quarter of the votes. If it is not recommended, then no resolution can be passed." Barthes began to analyze the problem from the perspective of the Federal Parliament.
"In post-split Prussia, neither we nor the Kaiser have the right to veto, and we can only accept resolutions that are unfavorable to us," Albert said. Prussia has a population of 40 million after the war. If there is an equal split, the population of each kingdom will be about 20 million. If new territories are included, the population will increase, but how much territory the two kingdoms can share depends on An unknown! Even if it is a place controlled by the Prussian army now, I don't know how to divide it after the war. If you consider that the powerful states have to allocate part of their votes to the weak states (because their population does not even have one vote!), so whether it is the divided Kingdom of Prussia or the Prussian Federation, their votes are not It will be a quarter, and far from it! After all, in history, the Federal Assembly has 58 votes, and Prussia has 17 votes. If half of the votes are given to each person, 9 votes will be the sky!
"This may be the only disadvantage." Barter said after thinking about it. "Let us imagine the situation of the Federal Parliament after the war,
If there are 64 votes in total, the Kingdom of Prussia, the Prussian Confederation and Bavaria are the three largest states, each with 9 votes. Württemberg and Saxony remained the same as before the war, that is, 4 votes each. Württemberg will definitely be with Bavaria after the war, that is to say, the crown prince can have at least 13 votes. Saxony will also lean towards Bavaria, they have enough votes! "
(The statistics of 64 votes came out like this. It is reasonable for Bavaria to increase from 6 votes to 9 votes with the increase of population. After all, the population has doubled, and the number of votes has increased by 50%. 60%, with 17 votes, the proportion of the population has not changed much after the war, so it is still around 17 votes, but considering that the two countries are divided and have the same status, then 18 votes can be equally divided, The three states are all first-class states, and 9 votes per person is acceptable. This increases 4 votes, and the remaining two votes are reserved for possible new states. Of course, the total Subject to change, this is only an approximate analysis.)
"Even if we can change the number of votes passed by the Federal Assembly to two-thirds, it is impossible! After all, in addition to the three kingdoms that are relatively united now, Bavaria will have a strong foreign aid in the north. This foreign aid is May Kronburg-Schmerin Grand Duchy and Mecklenburg-Strelitz Grand Duchy!" Barth said.
Who said that a family cannot have two fiefs? In addition to the Habsburg family in history, there are also within the Second German Empire, such as the Mecklenburg family. In fact, this family has 3 branches, one of which disappeared due to extinction. In the German Empire After its establishment, the remaining two family branches are at the Grand Duchy level. Among them, the area of Mecklenburg-Schmering Grand Duchy is not small, covering 13,000 square kilometers, which is about the size of Saxony. And the other Grand Duchy of Mecklenburg-Strelitz is much worse, only more than 2,000 square kilometers... .
"These two grand duchies can also bring 3 votes to Bavaria." Albert nodded in agreement. After all, Bavaria asked the parliament to give up control of the non-Prussian state, and Crown Prince Ruprecht even Clearly supporting the restoration of the Mecklenburg family, this matter has almost become a certainty. No matter what changes in the future, the two grand duchies under the Mecklenburg family have been branded with the brand of Bavaria. In the federal parliament, he will also be tied to his benefactor.
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