The Rise of the Empire

All the high-level officials in Germany knew that Crown Prince Ruprecht’s dual identity was embarrassing. In fact, this identity was not only embarrassing in Germany, but also somewhat embarrassing in the Austro-Hungarian Empire. After all, in the eyes of the outside world, the crown prince’s eldest son Will inherit the throne of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, the second son will inherit the throne of the Kingdom of Bavaria.

This is actually a very difficult question. For example, how to define the surname of the eldest son Albrecht? Habsburg or Wittelsbach? Although this issue was temporarily shelved when the succession system was established a long time ago, there was a reason for the shelving, because at that time Albrecht was only the heir of Bohemia, not the entire empire, but the situation is different now up. At this time, his old father-in-law, Emperor Franz once again played a role and temporarily suppressed this problem. After all, the number one heir to the Austro-Hungarian Empire is now Princess Mary, not Albrecht. But when the princess becomes the queen, this problem cannot be avoided!

This is even more so when it comes to the positioning of the two countries. The current Austro-Hungarian Empire is still stronger than Bavaria. After the Austro-Hungarian Empire settled Hungary, it finally changed from a dual empire to a centralized empire, but the problem is , because of the special relationship between the crown prince and the princess, Bavaria and the Austro-Hungarian Empire became another form of dual empire! From the perspective of political structure, there is greater independence between the two. After all, Bavaria still belongs to the German Empire.... But in terms of decision-making, the two sides have maintained a high degree of consistency, which is even better than the original dual empire period.

Of course, from the perspective of Vienna, or from the core of the Austro-Hungarian Empire-Austria, they know the importance of maintaining a close relationship with Bavaria. It is very close, it has been like this for hundreds of years! Moreover, with the rapid expansion of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, a large number of Russians, Belarusians, and Ukrainians have poured into the empire. From the perspective of nationality alone, the cohesion of the Austro-Hungarian Empire has been reduced even more. The dominance of the empire must rely on the help of Bavaria!

However, maintaining a high degree of consistency in the strategic situation cannot solve all problems, because it also involves the issue of interests. Although Crown Prince Ruprecht and Princess Mary, as the supreme rulers, know what to do, but at the core of this right Next, there are two administrative systems! Both Bavaria and Austria need interests. In this case, how to balance the relationship between the two is very important. For example, when the Crown Prince is dealing with Middle Eastern affairs, it is the representatives of the Kingdom of Bavaria who are in contact with Kemal and the Turks. The people who came into contact with Persia were from the Austro-Hungarian Empire. This is a kind of compromise and cooperation. Everyone has something to do, and everyone has their own interests after doing it, um, that's it!

"Actually, if the Kaiser wants to do something against Turkey this time, he will definitely ask the Austro-Hungarian Empire for help. Taking this opportunity, we can take advantage of the opportunity to draw the Austro-Hungarian Empire into this feast, and then share the cake together. Wouldn't that be better?" asked Earl Schelling.

"It won't be better. You have to know what the Kaiser's goal is this time! Obtaining benefits is indeed an important goal, but at the same time, the Kaiser also needs to use this opportunity to demonstrate his influence and presence within the empire.

They need to do this by themselves, and it is best to solve a problem cleanly. They are confident that they can handle it by themselves, and they don’t even need our direct help, so naturally they will not agree to the Austro-Hungarian Empire’s accession. "The crown prince shook his head and said.

"Then we will bring in the Austro-Hungarian Empire when we regain the dominance? This time, we will redistribute the interests of the entire Middle East. If Vienna does not benefit, it may not be very good." Earl Schelling asked.

"Don't worry, I have already figured out a way to deal with it. Even if the Turks can't get benefits, at least they can get compensation from the Persians. Turkey can have multiple oligarchs in the empire to distribute benefits, but Bavaria and Austria will jointly control Persia. .” The crown prince thought for a while and said.

"Then why?" asked Earl Schelling.

"First, Turkey's interests are already big enough. Second, the cost and price. After the huge loss in the early stage, they have no spare power to start the competition in Persia." Ruprecht said.

"That is to say, the affairs of Persia can only be left to us? Will the cost be a bit high? After all, we still have to deal with the affairs of the Mesopotamia and the entire Turkish political situation." Earl Schelling said.

"It's already very good. If the Kaiser and the others don't jump out, then we will deal with everything. The best result I thought about before is to let them contribute some power through the transfer of interests, but I didn't expect that they Actually wanting to jump out and solve all the problems by myself, this is simply better than the best result I imagined, sometimes things are so unpredictable." The crown prince said with some emotion, there is a saying, pig Teammates are also useful sometimes. Not only will he hold you back, but sometimes he can help you block knives by the way...

"Yeah, people can't be too greedy." Earl Sherin said.

"Okay, now that all the doubts have been resolved, let's prepare now. The crown prince will come soon. We need to make preparations. Our layout in the Mesopotamia must also be accelerated, and the Persian side cannot be interrupted." Contact. The weapons and supplies that should be sent over must be in place. In addition, send a telegram to Vienna and tell them that I will allow Kemal to enter Bavaria in 3 weeks." The crown prince thought for a while and said.

"Well, His Majesty the Kaiser has already decided to support the Sultan, so it might be inappropriate for us to let Kemal come to Munich?" Earl Schelling said.

"The Kaiser and the Sultan won't pay attention to such small things." The crown prince answered very simply.

"But when the Kaiser is in charge of this matter, what kind of attitude will Marshal Kemal have towards us? I am afraid that the relationship we have maintained before may crack." Earl Schelling said.

"Kesmal will not care about these things. As a qualified politician, he knows the trade-offs. Now only we can help him, and our actions are more important footnotes than words!" the crown prince said.

"Okay, I'll do it now." After speaking, Earl Sherin left the study.

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