Chapter 461 Friedrich
Ask who is most annoyed by the Hechingen consortium raising the Austro-Hungarian Empire, and the answer is the Jewish consortium, especially the Rothschild family.
There is a saying in the Austro-Hungarian Empire that "Austria has an Emperor Ferdinand and a King Solomon". In 1848, Solomon was referring to the Rothschild family, which at that time had completely controlled the Austrian Empire. Economics and Finance.
The Austrian government relies heavily on Jewish capital, but all this has changed with the rise of the Hechingen Consortium. The two sides have launched a fierce competition for the financial industry in the German region. With the impact of the economic crisis, the current dominance In the hands of the Hechingen Consortium.
The economic crisis is uncontrollable, so even the experienced Rothschild family cannot avoid losses. Under normal circumstances, looking at the strong capital, they can still make a profit through bargain hunting when they suffer losses, but this This time they met the Hechingen Consortium with abundant capital.
The Hechingen Consortium relied on the abundant funds accumulated before the economic crisis to aggressively acquire companies during the economic crisis, especially in emerging industries. After all, Ernst knew that the economic crisis in 1873 lasted too long and the prospects for traditional industrial fields were not clear.
At the same time, the construction of the East African railway has greatly helped the Austrian government maintain stability, which is much better than the Jewish capital that was embarrassed during the economic crisis.
Coupled with the favoritism of the Habsburg family and other nobles towards the Hechingen Consortium, the Hechingen Consortium successfully squeezed out the Jewish consortium and became the largest capital group in the Austro-Hungarian Empire.
However, Jewish capital still has a dominant position in Britain, the United States, France and other countries. The Hechingen Consortium only has a dominant position in the German region. However, there are many factions within Jewish capital, so there is nothing that can be done against the Hechingen Consortium.
In fact, Jewish capital is not as powerful as people imagine. European countries actually use Jews more often as cash machines. No matter how powerful the capital is, it is still unable to withstand the guns held by the European aristocratic group. son.
The Jewish community really wants to have the right to speak in the world, but unless the United States completely becomes the world's hegemon, they will have no chance.
Evaluation of the Jews: In fact, European writers have described their true humanity to the point: such as "Shylock" in Shakespeare's "The Merchant of Venice", Balzac's "Eugénie Grand" "Old Grandet" in "Taiwan".
European literati such as Shakespeare and Balzac, regardless of their positions, are literary masters who can discover human nature through social phenomena, so the description of Jewish businessmen is very consistent with social reality.
Of course, this is only for those Jewish profiteers who are unkind to get rich, but the vast majority of Jews are profiteers. But apart from the businessmen, Ernst still has a very positive evaluation of Jews, especially those thinkers and scientists. Facts have proved that The Jewish mind is indeed useful in other fields, but it is a crooked way to use it in the fields of business and politics.
However, this only shows that Jews are more suitable for scientific and theoretical research. After all, the level of education of Jews is definitely the highest in the world.
Ernst believed that if black people enjoyed a complete education, they would be able to produce many "geniuses" who would illuminate human history, but they would not have the chance. There are definitely deviations in human intelligence, but this deviation is reflected in all human beings, rather than divided according to ethnicity and race.
If we really distinguish them based on these things, the Jews are just what Adolf calls an "inferior race", not much better than black people.
In more traditional countries, Jews are actually not a big deal, but the United States is the most untraditional country. If there had not been two world wars and the voice of the European aristocracy had not declined, then I am afraid that there would be widespread opposition in Europe. The social atmosphere will not change much.
In Ernst’s view, although economy is the basis of politics, politics is obviously higher than economics. Ernst is most familiar with this situation. Rich people in previous lives did appear to be very powerful, but they were among the "aristocratic" "There is no advantage in front of you.
Except for American-style democracies, the top-level design is controlled by a group of businessmen. American politicians are strictly restricted. A strong president like Roosevelt can only appear once. Lincoln, Kennedy and the like are the norm.
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1877.
The Svet Palace is filled with flowers in March.
Sveter Palace combines the characteristics of Hohenzollern Castle and Schönbrunn Palace, so when it was built, it had the majesty and solemnity of Hohenzollern Castle and the bright and open space of Schönbrunn Palace.
In the palace, the family was surrounding a new life, and Ernst's first son was born.
"Baby, look at mommy!" Ernst held the little prince and smiled silly at Karina. The little prince couldn't open his eyes yet, so Ernst kissed Karina on the head: "Thank you for your hard work, my dear! "Karina lay weakly on the bed, but with a slight smile on her face: "Baby, our little baby"
Ernst held his wife's hand tightly. Holding his hand, he joked: "He is destined to become the future chief of East Africa when he is born."
Constantine and Ferdinand on the side have long been dissatisfied: "What chief of East Africa? Let me ( Grandfather hugs him first."
Finally, Constantine took the lead in hugging his grandson and said in passing: "My grandson is the heir to the Hohenzollern (Hechingen) family, the glory of the Germans. How can it be compared with those savages in Africa? The name of the East African Kingdom is too ugly. It’s better to change it sometime!”
Constantine, who dotes on his grandson, doesn't want his grandson to bear the name of an African chief. It doesn't matter if he is aggrieved and becomes the king of the East African Kingdom, but his grandson cannot.
Ernst said obediently: "Change, but wait two years first. I think it is more appropriate to change the country's name in 1880."
Archduke Ferdinand: "Why 1880? ”
“Because according to my expectation, our East African Kingdom will be founded in 1880!”
“Founded?”
Ernst nodded and said: "The East African Kingdom has actually been implementing a policy of isolation from the country, but I have never said that. We have almost no contacts with other countries, especially people-to-people exchanges are almost cut off. This is because we in East Africa used to As a weak colony, it takes time to develop and cannot enter the vision of a big country. However, as Europe With the increasing emphasis on Africa and the increase in the size of East Africa, there are no basic conditions for East Africa to continue hiding."
Archduke Ferdinand said: "What an interesting statement!"
Ernst's approach is indeed different from the mainstream thinking mode of European aristocrats, which also explains a series of policy quirks in East Africa.
"Okay, what politics are we discussing at this time? Hurry up and give our little baby a name!" Constantine said with some dissatisfaction.
So the family began to discuss the name of the little prince again, but what name to choose was more complicated.
"Let's call him Friedrich!" Constantine finally decided.
“Friedrich?”
“Yes, our ancestor Friedrich III put the word Hohen in front of the Sauron family, making the later Hohen The Sauron family is flourishing in Europe, and I also hope that little Friedrich will take the Hohenzollern family to a new level in the future!”
In 1185, Frederick III, Count of Sauron at the time! He married Sophia, the daughter of Conrad II, Count of Nuremberg. In 1192, Conrad II died without any children, so Friedrich III inherited the county of Nuremberg. He ruled the two counties of Sauron and Nuremberg. After the Kingdom, the power of the Sauron family increased greatly, so the Sauron family was named "Hohen", which means "noble", and was called the Hohenzollern family.
Ernst also agrees with the name Friedrich, because in his impression people named Friedrich generally have good abilities. As for the rate of duplicate names being too high, there is nothing that can be done about it, because Europe The name duplication check rate is higher than 100%.
Friedrich called Frederick in German, which means "peace, ruler", so people who could be called Friedrich in the past were generally either rich or noble.
In order to celebrate the birth of the prince, the whole country of East Africa had a seven-day holiday. Every city in East Africa held celebrations to pray for the little prince. As soon as little Friedrich was born, he was loved by people across the country.
To commemorate the birth of little Friedrich, Ernst ordered a top-grade ironclad ship from the Austro-Hungarian Empire and named it after Friedrich.
(End of this chapter)