The Second Reich: Beginning with the Prince of Prussia

Empires are never defeated by external enemies, but are the first to collapse from within!

This sentence made everyone can't help but savor it, and the more they taste it, the more they feel that this sentence is really good.

How did the Roman Empire fall?

The internal land annexation was too strong, which led to the defect of a large number of homesteaders, so that the army could not recruit enough good people to fight on the battlefield, so the conscription system went bankrupt and had to implement the conscription system.

And the conscription system can easily cause the generals to have too much power, making the generals autocratic and frequent coups, which in turn destroys the order of the empire.

Although the result is that the Roman Empire died at the hands of the Germanic Visigoths, in fact, the Western Roman Empire at that time was already a dilapidated house.

If Rome had not had such serious internal problems, it would have been impossible for the Visigoths to reach Rome, capture their capital, and destroy Rome.

The empire seems to be in trouble at the moment, the sun never sets, Gaul, the woolly bear, each of them is eyeing them, and each of them has great strength.

Combined, the three of them have a terrifying strength that the empire cannot match.

But is this really the Empire's biggest problem?

The answer is no, the biggest problem of the empire was the contradiction between the growing bourgeoisie and the Junker aristocracy, a military group.

It was a serious contradiction between man and land that caused a large number of peasants to go bankrupt and be forced to move to the cities to make a living after the land annexation.

It is the contradiction that the factories that maintain the work of tens of millions of people are doing their best to produce, but it is difficult to find a sales market for the products they produce!

Each of these crises has the potential to cause great trauma to the Empire, and each one must be handled with care.

If they are not handled well, these are time bombs, and they may suddenly explode one day, and if they do, the consequences will be unimaginable!

After listening to Andrews's impassioned words, everyone fell silent.

Perhaps they are aware of the existence of these problems, but they do not think that they will be so serious.

And when they carefully examined the problems raised by Andrews, they were dismayed to find that the other party did not exaggerate the facts, and these contradictions were indeed big troubles that were difficult to solve!

They pondered and meditated, but they couldn't find a good solution to these problems, and in the end they were like defeated roosters, dejected and depressed.

Is it really like this to watch the empire tread on thin ice in the midst of these huge contradictions?

If these problems are left unchecked, sooner or later, the empire will blow itself up because of these problems, right?

"Andrews, since you have pointed out the existence of these problems, is there any way you can solve them?".

William I seemed to see through Andrews' thoughts, so he deliberately threw the question back to him and let him answer it himself.

He wanted to see what Andrews could say

"Quite simply, the problems in development must be solved in the course of development!".

The problems he just mentioned are indeed very serious problems at present, and he is not deliberately exaggerating.

But these problems did not have very serious consequences, at least not so severe as to bring down the Second Reich.

This shows that even if these problems are not completely solved, they must have eased a lot and there has been no major outbreak.

Considering the rapid economic development of the Second Empire after the Second Industrial Revolution, as well as the problems encountered by other countries in the process of rapid development in later generations, the chaos that occurred, etc., Andrews felt that these problems could be solved in the process of development.

Hearing Andrews's words, Wilhelm I and Bismarck looked at each other.

Both of them were a little curious, Andrews's solution was too general, it was not possible to fool around like this, and he had to be asked to give a very specific solution.

"Let's talk about it carefully, how can one be solved in the course of development?".

Andrews said with a smile

"For the enclosure movement, a large number of peasants went bankrupt and were forced to work in the cities to earn a living, thus creating a security risk for the stability of the empire.

I think we should accelerate the pace of urbanization, let these farmers settle in the cities, and change their identity from farmers to citizens. "

Bismarck nodded, this method was feasible.

The Second Empire was an agrarian country, but after the Industrial Revolution, more and more peasants went bankrupt due to land annexation and were forced to work in the cities and become workers.

These rural workers, who have no land in the cities and find it difficult to settle down, are the biggest hidden danger in urban security management.

If we can really help them settle down in the city, then this potential safety hazard can be completely eliminated, and in this way, a lot of security expenses can be saved every year.

"That's a lot of people, and it's been estimated that more than 12 million people have moved into cities in the last 30 years alone.

To resettle them, we need to provide them not only with a large number of houses to solve their housing problems, but also to provide them with jobs that allow them to earn a living and support their families, 12 million jobs, which is not something that can be solved by patting their heads!"

The Minister of Industry was not very satisfied with Andrews's plan, he felt that Andrews was a bit whimsical and had no idea how difficult it was.

For the ridicule of the Minister of Industry, Andrews was not angry, but smiled and said:

"If you don't try it, how do you know it won't work?".

"Would you like to try it?".

The Minister of Industry frowned and looked at Andrews earnestly.

He admits that the other side does have two brushes in diplomacy, otherwise he would not have been able to do the matter of Eagle Sauce.

However, domestic affairs are very different from foreign affairs, especially when it comes to highly specialized work such as industry.

To ask a person without any experience and expertise in internal affairs to deal with such a big difficulty, he thinks it is a joke!

"I want to give it a try!".

Andrews said firmly.

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