Cologne, the largest German city in Germany, is part of the Bishopric of Münster, with the world's tallest double-pointed Gothic church and a thriving place for local trade. Pen ~ Fun ~ Pavilion www.biquge.info also has a good industrial base, various workshops were set up here, Cologne was not destroyed during the Thirty Years' War, and the citizens of Cologne spent money to avoid siege or occupation by the army. By making and selling weapons, Cologne also made a fortune from the war. Originally, Cologne also had an exclusive right to trade: all goods passing through Cologne had to be exhibited in the city for three days before they could be transited. This makes Cologne one of the most important cities in the region.

In a tailor's shop, Harrieves, dressed in military uniform, shakes hands with the owner of the tailor's shop, the Jew Weber.

"All kinds of preparations have been made, the soldiers in the army can be controlled by our party members, and after the revolution begins, we can basically ensure that this army, which originally belonged to the bishop of Caiyi, will become our revolutionary team." Colonel Harrifes said.

Weber said with a smile: "We very much believe in your efficiency in the past few years, Comrade Harrifes, and the success of the revolution is also the trend of the times, everything depends on tonight." ”

Both men here were cadres of the Cologne branch of the German Revolution, and Harrieves was a Protestant, while the rights of the Protestants in the Münster Episcopal State were suppressed, and he was very unhappy that even though Harrifes did well, he was not promoted as well as others. Weber's support for the Revolution was more direct, as he and his compatriots had been the target of discrimination in Europe, and in different countries there were certain laws restricting Jewish rights, such as not being allowed to do certain jobs. or not to own real estate that exceeds the limit.

After the idea of internationalism was introduced. It is clearly stated that there is no distinction between ethnicity and religious beliefs. The slogan of equality for all, and the solidarity of all people with a realistic, secular and humanistic ism. This is like a natural gospel for the Jews. Internationalism also put forward the idea of protecting private property and encouraging the development of industry and commerce in social governance, which was undoubtedly beneficial to the Jews, so almost everywhere there were Jews, internationalism was strongly supported.

Cologne is a city with a tradition of Jewish settlement. The local Jews also had some financial resources, but they had no political rights. Immediately after the establishment of the Cologne Party Headquarters, it was financed by the local Jewish guild, which also included many Jewish members like Weber.

Speaking of the various states in Germany today, except for the large states such as Prussia and Austria, the society of the small states is actually brewing with strong dissatisfaction with aristocratic politics and feudal politics. The peasants were kidnapped on the land by the feudal aristocratic haciendas and brutally exploited; Some conservative religious atmospheres are also depressing the lives of residents; The development of all walks of life is also constrained for some inexplicable reasons. So, when the spring breeze of internationalism blows in, many, many Germans see hope.

In fact, it should not be said that the revolutionary organization of the German National Revolution, which was theoretically complete and well-organized, was something that the feudal lords of this era could not deal with in a way that was slow to react and backward in method. In the middle of the other plane, when Napoleon's French army entered. Many Germans welcomed the French with enthusiasm. Napoleon brought the Napoleonic Code, which removed the local feudal system and gave equal rights to the Germans, which made the Germans see Napoleon not as an invader, but as a liberator. Of course, this has something to do with the fact that German nationalism was not developed enough at that time, but it also reflects how dissatisfied and hated the German people at that time with the fragmented and feudal and backward social system.

At this time, the power of the National Revolution from the Tang Dynasty was more progressive than Napoleon's, and it was also operated by the Germans themselves, and when it began to spread, it showed infinite vitality and was rooted in the hearts of the Germans who longed for freedom and progress. It can only be said that the progressive forces are strong and vigorous, while the conservative forces are as weak and incompetent as ever.

This is the main reason why the revolution succeeded so easily.

The states are not like the Tang Dynasty, nor are they as good as countries like Prussia and Austria, their finances are limited, unless there is a large-scale war, they will not recruit a large number of soldiers, so their daily garrison is relatively weak, a few thousand people is considered very powerful, and most of the time it is only a few hundred people. On the side of the revolutionary forces, however, they were like a flood of fierce beasts, first of all, the revolutionary armed forces trained in Hamburg, plus the German Corps and the International Columns, which had relatively strong combat effectiveness, and could easily break the enemy by surprise. Coupled with the tactics designed by military advisers from the Tang Dynasty, after the revolutionary army captured an important node, the enemy's reactionary forces lost the power to counterattack, and even collapsed automatically. Not to mention that there may be tens of thousands of inhabitants in the cities, and then seventy or eighty percent of them support the revolution, and one or two percent of the people are even those who directly rise up to start the revolution.

Later, when Bai Nan talked to his friends about the German Revolution, he lamented that they used the power of 200 years of advancement to directly destroy the forces that were 200 years behind, and this was a difference of 400 years, so the progress of the revolution in the early stage was completely shocked even by the Tang people who originally planned the revolution.

Bai Nan and other high-level leaders of the Tang Dynasty understand very well what kind of power and organization the National Revolution is, but when the National Revolution in Europe first showed its claws, even these initiators were worried about what kind of beast they had released. A political organization that is not yet a country has been able to stimulate the organizational and mobilization power far beyond that of European countries at this stage, and from this, Bai Nan can also imagine that the Tang National Revolution has a capacity that is 100 times that of the German National Revolution.

On the night of the Revolution, Harrifes led a military mutiny in Cologne, and the feudal army turned into a revolutionary contingent and, together with the local revolutionary masses, managed to occupy Cologne. Only sporadic fighting took place, most of the officials in Cologne fled, and the Cologne party office took over the administration without incident.

From Holstein in the north to Frankfurt overnight, a quarter of the German region succeeded in revolution and declared its accession to the German Republic, which made the Prussians and Bavarians stunned and became even more nervous. (To be continued.) )