Chapter 664 Hidden Internal Crisis
“The underlying reason that actually pushed Germany and France to agree this time is that France has invested more energy in Southeast Asia in recent years. France has achieved considerable results in Vietnam and Cambodia. This huge advantage basically formed the core of France's colonies in the Far East. "
"In 1883, France had expanded the scope of its Far East colonies to the vicinity of the Gulf of Tonkin in the Far East Empire, and the Nguyen Dynasty of Vietnam had completely become the protection of a great power. "
"The biggest progress of France in Africa is the northward expansion of Gabon's coastal colonies, annexing the Orungu Kingdom in the west (the ancient kingdom of central Gabon), and the road to the west and south is occupied by the Belgian Congo. Colonies are blocked. "
"Germany also has certain offensives in Africa, mainly in the Kingdom of Bam (part of German Cameroon) in the Gulf of Guinea. This area is adjacent to the Spanish colony of Guinea to the west. British Bonny Colony ”
From these points, it can be seen that France cannot use its full strength in West Africa, and Germany's colonial enterprise survives in the cracks.
There are many methods of colonization, and Germany's colonial policy is conservative. In contrast, East Africa is radical. Even East Africa was not "colonialism" from the beginning, but Hechingen. The cause of “overseas nation-building” promoted by the royal family.
The two are very different in nature. Colonization is the search for a reservoir for the industrial and commercial capital of various countries to serve the local interests of each country, seek to obtain huge benefits from the colonies, and promote the development of the local area. The local area is always the core .
As for the royal family of Hechingen, there was no "native core" from the beginning, because before Ernst crossed over, the princely kingdom of Hechingen had been de facto incorporated into Prussia, and there was no "native" Hecheng core. There is almost nothing between the Xinggen royal family and a large number of ordinary nobles in Europe. The difference is that it can be said that the Hechingen royal family has almost no advantages except personal connections, and the connections need to be consolidated by strength. The loss of the Hechingen royal family's "fiefdom" will greatly reduce its political value, and it is also "comparative" "Poor", it's fine for one generation, but it will only get weaker in the future.
This is also the fundamental reason why Ernst actively promotes "overseas nation-building". Playing tricks on the European continent is nothing more than becoming the wandering "capital" of Jews. In fact, every country has blocked it, and Jews have been banned for generations. Most of the accumulated wealth has been plundered, and it can even be said that the current state of the Jews is like "leeks" cultivated in Europe.
Therefore, the consortium route has never been the ultimate goal of Ernst's development. Having money at any time can solve a lot of problems, but power is the foundation of the Hechingen royal family.
In Europe, the Hechingen royal family has changed from a "fiefdom noble" to a noble family vassal to the Kingdom of Prussia. This fact represents the decline in the importance of the Hechingen royal family. No matter how Germany develops, the upper limit is there, and it will never surpass the Prussian royal family. Moreover, the Hechingen royal family is so thin that its political development in Europe will not go smoothly. This was very obvious before the Hechingen royal family expanded into Africa. .
After the establishment of the East African Kingdom, the Hechingen royal family was directly promoted to the leader of an important political entity in the world. Even though many European countries have prejudices against the identity of African countries, it cannot change the fact that the East African Kingdom exists and develops.
This is the development strategy of the royal family of Hechingen. In fact, the Jews have a similar strategy. However, the Jews have never had the concept of "self-reliance". Instead, they continue to develop the tradition of "parasitism". In Europe, the Jews cannot find a way out. , so they devote more energy to the United States, an emerging fully capitalist country.
Germany's current colonization is still mainly driven by civil forces. When Bismarck held the Berlin Conference, there was also public opinion promotion, but it was not as strong as in history.
Because now Germany has a better option, which is the "Greater German Economic Circle" spread by the German business community.
The so-called Greater German Economic Circle is very targeted and is actually the "fat meat" of East Africa. "The potential of East Africa has been reflected. At the same time, for economic development, East Africa exports a large amount of grain, minerals and other raw materials, and has relatively strong market consumption power except Europe and the United States, which is quite attractive to any country in the world.
The rise of this kind of voice in Germany is understandable, but it is definitely not the result that the Hechingen royal family wants to see. This is also an important reason why East Africa sent Siweit, who is of Chinese descent, to participate in the Berlin Conference. . This also reflects one of the characteristics of the East African immigration policy in maintaining the rule of the Hechingen royal family, that is, the large number of immigrants from the Far East are the strongest supporters of the Hechingen royal family.
If all East Africa is populated by German immigrants, then Germany’s Greater German Economic Circle may become a reality. By winning over Germans, it is possible to completely control the politics, economy and military of East Africa. The purpose is to evacuate the royal family of Hechingen and thereby turn East Africa into its economic colony.
This is a social problem. For example, in the United States, so many people have no concept of home and country. However, this problem is more serious in East Africa than in the United States. The United States now has a history of a hundred years, while East Africa only has more than 20 years of history.
And the Americans and the British cannot deal with each other. The Germans in East Africa do not have this mentality towards Germany, so East Africa must be strict on this issue.
In fact, not only East Africa is opposed to the "Greater German Economic Circle", but also Austria-Hungary does not agree with this concept. In the final analysis, it is still a question of dominance. If East Africa leads, then East Africa will naturally agree, but in turn Germany and Austria The two countries will definitely not agree.
Of course, the "Greater German Economic Circle" is just the wishful thinking of some civil society groups. Although the German government also hopes so, it knows that it cannot be achieved. The Greater Germany Plan (German-Austrian Anschluss) and Possibly, there was not the slightest possibility of an East German merger.
First of all, East Africa has formed a set of self-contained interest groups with independent national consciousness. This interest group is separated from the European aristocratic system. Except for the Hechingen royal family, it cannot form with the European aristocratic group. network.
Of course, the more important thing at this stage is that European aristocrats do not agree with the aristocratic system in East Africa. Just like Europe does not agree that Russia is a part of Europe, Europe has a history of demonizing Africa for at least hundreds of years, so East Africa as Africa The country cannot get rid of all kinds of prejudices.
But Ernst doesn’t care. The backward things like the nobility don’t feel bad even if Ernst is eliminated. As for the nobility in East Africa, it is entirely because the Hechingen royal family is a royal family in a traditional feudal country, so the nobility is enfeoffed. It is a necessary means of governance.
And it doesn’t matter if Europeans don’t agree with it. Judging from the historical development of the past life, whether the European aristocracy can be retained is a question. Apart from other things, France has become a republic again. Although the aristocracy exists, the republicans The power grows day by day, and one day nobility will become just a title, and the title will not even be kept.
People like Ernst, who know that the monarchy will be eliminated in the future, will naturally not go against the trend of history, unless the Hechingen royal family wants to follow the path of the Tsarist Russian royal family in its previous life.
It’s just that the current system in East Africa is suitable for the monarchy, and other systems cannot be used in East Africa. However, with economic development and structural changes, the royal family must take the initiative to compromise in the future to seek other interests and ensure that the black The continuation of the Hinggen royal family.
In fact, the biggest crisis in East African countries is the internal crisis, which is extremely unstable from top to bottom. If it goes in the wrong direction, Ernst’s more than ten years of hard work will collapse. Now Ernst’s goal is to make East Africa, as a country, maintain a great If you make the right bet in the direction, and then continue to check and correct the flaws in East Africa's rough national system, it will take at least fifty or sixty years. Finally, all parties in society will integrate and compromise with each other, and East Africa will mature as a country.
If a country is immature, it will be like African countries in previous generations, prone to military coups, wars, and political instability.
So East Africa still has a long way to go, especially from the 19th to the 20th century, a period of intense change in the international situation. Only by ensuring the country's determination can it compete with other countries and become the final winner.
(End of this chapter)