Welcome to 19th-century Europe, where strength reigns supreme

On January 1rd, Tina was sitting on a chair in the regent's office early in the morning, thinking about life. Two or three days had passed. No matter how hard Tina tried, she couldn't do anything. She even went to the liberals in private, and the result was that They don't agree either.

At first she thought it was a gender issue, which was relatively easy to solve, and asked Liszt to give a speech. What was the result? The scolding has decreased, but it still has not been passed. The National Economic Relief Act, the Agricultural Adjustment Act, and the Prussian Industrial Recovery Act are designed to save Prussia from the current crisis from three aspects: economy, agriculture, and industry. Not to mention There are two latter ones, and Tina couldn’t even convince the parliament to pass the first one.

August returned to the Prince Regent's office. Her throat was hoarse now, she was sleepy and tired, and she hurried back to the Prince Regent's office without even changing her clothes.

She had long guessed that Tina would not be able to advance these bills, so she tried to exaggerate Tina's contribution during her speech, but Tina still had to move the parliament on her own, but she was a little tired of it.

"Miss August, are you back?" Valentina, who was sorting out the proposal, immediately stepped forward and gave August a hug when she saw him.

August touched her head and said, "I'm so tired right now. Is the council done?"

Tina said angrily, "They refused, using various reasons to refuse. I know their tactics very well. If the gold standard is abolished, the currency in their hands will depreciate, but for their kind of hoarding of hard currency, For people, this depreciation is nothing. They think that they can get too little profit from this bill, so they deliberately slow down the pace.

When the people get impatient with waiting and take out their anger on us, they can charge all the money. "

"This is indeed a trouble, but their calculations may come to nothing, but it is indeed impossible for us to postpone this matter to next month, otherwise the government's credibility will be lost."

Now there are about 2600 Junkers in Prussia, and there are more than 500 tax-free Junkers. These messy people are the most troublesome. They are powerful. August is certainly not afraid of any of them, but if they unite, they will be in trouble.

As the saying goes, Junkers who pay taxes are good Junkers, and Junckers who don't pay taxes are insects. No matter whether you are alive or dead, you have to pay taxes to me.

The opposition is nothing more than not eating enough into their mouths. They all hope to get a piece of the big cake in this series of reforms.

Tina has revised it three or four times, and she has done her best to give them priority, some initial resources and markets, and if they still don't do it, then August can only say that it is a good idea.

"Tina, you go to the council again next week. My patience has reached its limit. Since the people in the council won't give you face, we don't have to be too polite to them."

"Well, I just don't have the patience anymore, do you still want to make concessions?"

"Tina, the Prussia we love is not an abstract concept. The people of Prussia are this country. Those nobles who made meritorious service during the war can certainly get some privileges because of their bravery, but if they want to drag the entire country into the abyss , then Prussia doesn’t need these people at all.”

August's tone was very firm. The proposal was just like this. No step back. So many things had already been given away. If they really wanted to do things seriously, they could have more means of production, but they were too lazy to do so. , they want to put money directly into their pockets. There is no such good thing in this world.

A week later, Tina still held the previous proposal, and August refused to modify it. Anyway, Tina had long been annoyed by these people whose brains were not fully developed and their cerebellum was not fully developed.

She is a Junker landlord, but now her sense of belonging to her class has become very weak. In fact, compared to landlords, Tina's family is more like land-owning farmers. Of course they are rich farmers, but compared to real rich people Much worse.

After seeing the bill this time, those officials still had the same ugly face towards Tina. Tina didn't dare to shoot them to death. How could she do well in Prussia if she worked with this group of people?

As expected, she refused, with a black label and overwhelming opposition votes. Tina couldn't bear it any longer and was about to make a big move.

"Okay, I officially declare that the proposal has been passed. I am not here to solicit your opinions. I am here to inform you that I have agreed."

The members were stunned in place, and Tina turned around and left without paying any attention to them, but this was just a scene. Tina had no right to cross the parliament, and neither did August, but so what, the parliament was It didn't matter what happened to them. Since these old men were toasting and not being fined with wine, then there's no reason to blame August for being rude.

At nine o'clock in the evening, a special meeting of the Prussian Army General Staff was held at Sanssouci Palace. The attendees were all senior generals of the army. In a huge round table, August occupied the middle position, highlighting her imperial appearance. of majesty.

Then came Tina, Valentina did not sit down, she stood beside August, followed by the marshals of the Army General Staff, including Deputy Minister Marshal Steinmetz, General Ron, General Moltke.

"Marshal, aren't you going to sit down?"

Steinmetz looked a little embarrassed at this situation. August seemed really angry today. Although he was older than August, after all, the person in front of him was the regent and the person who promoted him, so he had to be polite. of.

"No, His Highness August, what's the matter with us?"

"I would like to ask what the army needs recently? Is there anything I can satisfy?"

"Well...I still say what I said. The army needs more people and military expenditures. If His Highness can satisfy it, I have nothing else to ask for."

"Okay, I will meet your request. After the economy recovers, I will send money to the Army General Staff. Now I need your help."

August gave the old marshal a list, "This is the list of those old immortals. I need to get rid of some rotten old stubborns, and I don't understand your intricate relationship."

Marshal Steinmetz narrowed his eyes. It seems that the regent is playing a big role. I like it.

After reading the list, Steinmetz said, "Your Highness, I don't quite understand what it means..."

August said with a smile, "You have three days to cross out the people on the list. Cross out all the people who are good to the army. For those who are still left, you can only treat them with dignity."