Andrea's speech was so touching that even he himself was moved. However, it is useless, most of the people present are ordinary people, and their ideas are not so great, but they pay more attention to the immediate interests.

The number of people is more than 10,000, and the IQ is halved, and the crowd outside is more than 10,000? The people in front can hear Andrea's speech clearly, and when it reaches the ears of those behind, it is naturally indispensable to take it out of context and process it artistically.

Looking at the chaotic crowd, Andrea reluctantly admitted: It is impossible to reason.

Unless he has the energy to do ideological work one by one, with his incorruptible tongue, it is still possible to convince everyone. Obviously, this is impossible, there are so many people outside, he can't keep busy at all.

After hesitating for a while, Andrea finally decided: "The colonel ordered the soldiers to disperse the crowd!" ”

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It turned out that it was the army that was more deterrent. Andrea struggled to achieve his goal, and as soon as the army intervened, the crowd was quickly dispersed.

The fact that the crowd of demonstrators has dispersed does not mean that the matter is over. The army was able to maintain stability, and it was the first time that the Berlin government bought off soldiers.

For the vast majority of ordinary people, it is better to talk to them about their ideas, the overall situation, and the big truths, than to say that the interests are real.

The Berlin government promised the soldiers a large amount of settling-in allowances and arranged for their families to work at a rate not lower than their current jobs.

In fact, there was no chaos if you wanted to, and the army of the Kingdom of Prussia was stationed in a different position, and most of the soldiers stationed in the Rhineland were not natives.

In the case of not involving self-interest, it is still effective to be reasonable. These soldiers may sympathize with the local population, but they will never disobey the order.

The same method was not used by Andrea, and the Berlin government was willing to pay for the hearts of the army, that is, the number of troops was limited, and the soldiers whose families were in the Rhineland region were only tens of thousands, and their families were only a dozen or two hundred thousand.

However, the number of ordinary civilians is not so small, and the relocation fee allocated above is limited, and it is simply impossible to properly resettle all of them.

Such a large-scale relocation is not something that one or two people can accomplish. Now it is not only necessary to convince the ordinary people, but also the grassroots bureaucracy.

Remembering that most of the grassroots public officials were locals, Andrea sighed helplessly, he himself was unwilling to give up the Rhineland, let alone these people?

dragged his tired body into the conference room, picked up his cup and took a sip of water, moistening his hoarse throat.

"Sit down, everybody, you all know the thing. The Berlin government has already made a decision and the sale of the Rhineland is a foregone conclusion.

Everyone knows that the French have always been eyeing us, and the Rhineland region has long been under strong military pressure.

The current international situation is very obvious, our worst enemy is the Russians. While confronting the Russian Empire, we simply cannot keep the Rhineland.

Rather than let the Rhineland fall into the hands of the French, it should be sold to Belgium or the German Confederation, or at least to the German nation. ”

Speaking of which, Andrea also squeezed out a few tears.

"I know the result, it's hard for everyone to accept. Frankly, I can't accept it either. But for the sake of this country, we don't have a choice.

The Russo-Prussian War could break out at any time, and once the war started, we would simply not be able to divide our forces to defend the Rhineland, and the fall would be an inevitable result.

Britain, France and Austria have formed an alliance, and Britain and Austria do not want to see the French annex the Rhineland, but they will not turn against the French because of the Rhineland.

Now Britain and Austria are asking us to sell the Rhineland, of course, to suppress us, but more to prevent the French from continuing to expand into Central Europe.

The Berlin government had no choice but to reject Britain and Austria, and we had to face the pressure of the French alone. ”

The crowd bowed their heads and remained silent in protest. Andrea's heart sank, everyone understands the truth, but when it comes to self-interest, it is not so easy to make sacrifices.

The Berlin government has promised to resettle them properly. In fact, it was a blank check, a turnip and a pit, where did the Kingdom of Prussia get so many places to place them?

Even if it can be resettled, it will be allocated to the poor countryside where there is a shortage of officials, how can it compare to the prosperity of the Ruhr area.

In addition to interests, the inseparability of one's homeland is also an important factor. Not everyone is willing to toss, and many people who are dissatisfied with the Berlin government will be held back at this time.

Both Belgium and the Federal German Empire were once part of the Holy Roman Empire. In terms of nationality and cultural tradition, everyone belongs to their own people. It's not unacceptable to turn around and change owners.

If it weren't for the fact that he was already in a high position, Andrea would have thought the same way. Don't look at the fact that the Kingdom of Prussia is much stronger, in fact, the standard of living of the Prussian people is still the lowest among several German countries.

High military spending has squeezed out funds that should be used for people's livelihood. Because of the debt, the Prussian people had to bear high taxes.

For many people, as long as the ruler is still his own people, can protect everyone's interests, and will not be politically discriminated against, then why follow the Kingdom of Prussia to the black?

The rise of nationalism has affected many people. The Kingdom of Prussia has been playing with de-Germanization over the years, but the Rhineland, which is surrounded by the German state, has the least impact.

The "Greater Prussian Thought" is actually a variant of the idea of German unification, but the place to be unified is different, and the cultural tradition is still the same.

Austria dared to shout the slogan of the unification of the German region, and that was based on strength, and even if the Vienna government did not shout it, the vigilance of the countries would not be weakened.

If the Berlin government had not shifted its goal and chosen the same strategy as Austria's strategy of German unification, who knows if it would have been annexed by Austria by political means in the end?

Many people know that the military capabilities of the Habsburg Dynasty are not good, and the talents of the imperial temples of the past dynasties are focused on politics and diplomacy.

If you open the history books, you will know that almost every expansion of the Habsburg Empire was a political and diplomatic success, but there were few achievements in the use of force to expand the territory.

For other European countries, Austria is not as threatening as France, which is known for its military might; But for the countries of the German region, the biggest threat to the rise of nationalism has become Austria, which is good at politics and diplomacy.

The top of the government knows what's going on, but the people at the bottom can't imagine that much, including most of the grassroots officials, who don't have such a far-reaching vision.

No matter how nice Andrea said, it is an unchangeable fact that the abandonment of the Rhineland to the detriment of their interests cannot be changed.

Everyone has patriotic thoughts, and it is difficult to say which country they love.

Even now there are idealists in the Kingdom of Prussia who believe that the German Confederation should unite and build a powerful empire to dominate the world.

Franz's German Unification Committee laid the theoretical foundation for this idea. It also has the newspaper Deutsche Unification Daily, which disseminates the idea of great unification to the German region.

Naturally, this kind of newspaper was banned by the Berlin government, and the newspaper headquarters was in Frankfurt, not under the control of the Berlin government, and it was indispensable to secretly bring a few newspapers over.

Anyway, if you can fool one and count one, there has never been a shortage of idealists in this world. The more the government prohibits it, the more interested Secondary 2 teenagers will be.

According to the propaganda of the Unification of Germany, as soon as the Kingdom of Prussia, the Federal Empire of Germany and the new Holy Roman Empire merged, the great unified German Empire would immediately become the first empire in the world.

On paper, it really looks like that, but in reality politicians know that this is impossible. If it is really merged, this new empire will not become stronger, but will first fall into a situation of internal and external difficulties.

There are constant internal power disputes, and externally, they will be hostile to European countries, and more than 99 percent of them may be beaten up by everyone and then fall apart.

In any case, the idealists believed it, and these people often expressed similar views, which influenced many people, many of whom considered the German states to be their own.

This is very detrimental to the relocation work, just like when Silesia was moved, many people chose to stay.

The situation in the Ruhr area is even more serious, many local capitalists can't leave if they want to, and the factories and machinery and equipment can be moved, but the industrial raw materials can't be moved.

Among them, the iron and steel enterprise industry is the most obvious, and not every region has such unique conditions. For their own sake, they can only stay.

If these people refuse to leave, they will naturally keep the workers and technicians behind, otherwise who will work for them?

As the most powerful bourgeois region of the Kingdom of Prussia, it was not as simple as it sounded to relocate. Andrea was already feeling the pressure, and judging by the reaction of his men, he knew that things were in trouble.

Immediately slapped the table and asked, "Why don't you speak?" Aren't you all very capable in normal times, but when it comes to critical moments, you are all dumb? ”

An old man put the water glass in his hand on the table and replied angrily: "Your Excellency Mayor, what do you want us to say?" As a group of outcasts, don't we even have the right to be silent? ”

The Ruhr area is the largest industrial region in the Kingdom of Prussia, and as the administrator of the Ruhr area, Andrea is also the mayor of Bottrop.

"Mr. Andrew, I know that the government's decision is to the detriment of your interests, but for the sake of this country, we have no choice.

Now that time is pressing, I don't care if you want to get through it or not, you must cheer me up and complete the task of domestic deployment perfectly.

The government in Berlin has ordered that the entire Rhineland region will be put under military control, and your task is to do everyone's ideological work and organize the orderly evacuation of the relevant personnel.

Whoever wants to be passive and sabotage will be punished for treason. I'm kidding me, you can give it a try.

The person in charge and the subordinate executive staff who are the first to complete the relocation work will be promoted to two levels and rewarded with 500,000 marks in cash.

I have already explained the matter to you, and you can do it yourself as you choose.

By the way, the family members of government officials are the first batch of evacuees. If you want to run, then do it as soon as possible, it's too late. ”

Doing ideological work does not exist, Andrea does not think that he can convince these old fritters of officialdom, the most effective way is coercion and temptation.

Sending the families of the bureaucrats away first and cutting off their retreat was a clever plan that Andrea came up with.

It turned out to be effective, and after hearing the results, the silent crowd could no longer sit still.

"Run", no kidding. Military martial law is about to be imminent, and those who drag their families can run there? Believe it or not, as soon as you go out, you will be treated as a typical example of killing chickens and monkeys.

A middle-aged man who reacted quickly immediately said: "Your Excellency, it is understandable that the people do not understand the government's painstaking efforts to abandon the Rhineland.

As government officials, we should take the lead. I suggest that everyone go back and mobilize their relatives to leave first, and someone will take the lead, and the rest of the work should be easier. ”

The speed of changing faces is the basic skill of bureaucrats. If you don't have the ability at all, how can you climb up?

It is everyone's instinct to weigh the pros and cons, and since they are already destined to be tied to the chariot of the Kingdom of Prussia, it is better to find a way to gain political capital for themselves.

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