August 2, 1934, Neudyk, Posen-Western Prussia.

Ludwig von Heinsberg Hessmann and his wife Chloe left Berlin two days ago and arrived at the Schletcher family's Knights Manor in Neudyk with their old friend General Schletcher and his wife. They came here to bid farewell to the President of the German Empire, Paul von Hindenburg. The Manor in Neudyk was near Schletcher's Manor. Since 1934, Hindenburg has been waiting for the arrival of death in Neudyk's manor.

A strong man, the patron saint of the German Empire, was about to complete his long life of 87 years. Although his health and intelligence were at an extremely bad point in the last few years of his life, his existence was the biggest stabilizer for the German Empire.

It is hard to imagine this for those who have not experienced strong man politics. However, as a figure in the core circle of Germany's highest power, Hessmann is very clear about this. In this time and space, although President Hindenburg is not the only one who can restrict Adolf Hitler, he is undoubtedly a thick iron chain tied to Hitler's neck.

Especially in the past three years, Germany has been developing in an orderly manner under Hitler's new political theory. The economy has recovered in an all-round way and its military power has risen rapidly. Moreover, the signing of the Oriental Locarno Convention has greatly improved Germany's international environment.

Under this situation, almost everyone was very satisfied with Hitler's rule, and Hitler's authority was also rising rapidly. Not long ago, in June, Hitler once again asked President Hindenburg to dissolve the parliament and hold a general election. The Nazi Party and the Motherland People's Party included more than 80% of the parliamentary seats in this election.

After the parliamentary elections, the Nazi Party and the Motherland People's Party forcibly passed the "Transformation Justice Regulations" in the parliament, and based on this "Regulations", it announced the ban on the Social Democratic Party on July 1, 1934.

At the same time, the Imperial Parliament controlled by the Nazi Party and the BJP also amended the Constitution, which greatly reduced the autonomy of each free state, and in fact abolished the Prussian Free State. The Parliament and government of the Prussian Free State merged with the Prussian Parliament and government of the German Empire, and the German Chancellor also served as the Prime Minister of the Prussian State. The degree of unity within the German Empire was greatly improved.

However, the two things of formulating the "Transform Justice Regulations" to combat the Social Democratic Party and amending the Constitution to integrate the German Empire have also allowed many people to see the possibility of a Nazi dictatorship. These include Vice President Rudendolf, Defense Minister Schletcher, Polo's President of the Republic, Seckert, the President of the Motherland People's Party, and Oscar von Huthier, and Marshal Augusta von Mackenson, who is less than a few years younger than Hindenburg, but his mind and body are still healthy.

These people are now sitting in the living room of Schletcher's estate, waiting to go to the Hindenburg manor to say goodbye to the old president. While discussing the coming post-Hindenburg era, everyone did not hide their worries, and at the same time they were satisfied with the success of the Nazi rule.

"If we had a Nazi party in 1917, we wouldn't have lost the World War!"

The old marshal Markenson touched his two strokes that turned completely white and said, "If there was a Prime Minister Hitler at that time, the Social Democrats and the Spartacus would not have done anything big."

The old man's idea should be very representative! Hessmann, who sat in the corner with a coffee cup, was more familiar with public opinion. There were many people with this idea, and none of them could unite the bottom and suppress the ruling party of anti-war forces was indeed one of the reasons why Germany lost the war.

"But Hitler is not a qualified commander," said Rudendolf, who was about to inherit the throne of the president, with great concern. "His overall view is entirely based on race, excellent, inferior, Aryan, Slavic, Jewish... It's okay to talk about this kind of thing in normal times, but if it turns it into a strategy to guide the war, then we will be in big trouble."

Rudendolf knew Hitler more than ordinary people. They had more contact with him. He was the vice president who acted as the president, and Hitler was the prime minister. The two often met and discussed strategic issues, so he looked down on Hitler's overall strategic view.

In fact, Hitler was OK. Hessman's view was somewhat different from Rudendolf, because he knew that Hitler was not the worst commander in World War II. Churchill, who won the war but lost the empire, Mussolini, who helped out all day long, and the leaders of the Japanese commander who recklessly provoked the Pacific War were all worse than Hitler.

But US President Roosevelt had more vision than Hitler. Moreover, Roosevelt had a lot of capital. In fact, Churchill and Stalin had a lot of capital, and their country could withstand more mistakes. But if Germany was not good, a strategic mistake would lead to catastrophic consequences.

Hitler made a pretty fatal strategic mistake and used a racial perspective to guide the war! So much so that he always had unrealistic fantasies towards Britain, excessive hatred for the Jews, and also had a spirit of fighting to the end with the Russians.

"He is an excellent prime minister," said Secker, who had been prime minister for a while, shook his head, "but he is not a commander... He is not as good as His Excellency Bismarck."

Polo's General Goldz was not familiar with Hitler. After hearing everyone's comments, the general president turned his attention to Hessman and Schletcher. "Kurt, Ludwig, what do you think? Is he a commander who can lead Germany to victory?"

"Obviously not," Schletcher said, "If we face a real war in the next few years, then the only ones who can assume the responsibility of commanding are the best professional soldiers, not politicians who have little understanding of the war. This is also our Prussian tradition!"

"Is it a military dictator?" Goldz asked in a pondering voice, "Is this really OK?"

He was a "quasi-dictator" in Polo, but he did not think that he could use the Polo style in Germany. The Polo Republic was a small country surrounded by powerful enemies and was easier to unite. Germany was a "great country" with a population of 66 million. In addition, the main body of the Polo people was the original Russians, who were more accustomed to being dictatorial, while the native German people had always had a tradition of democracy.

"Military dictatorship is not possible," Hessman shook his head and took over the topic. "In that case, Germany will definitely fall into internal struggles and will no longer be able to do external things."

"What should I do?"

As soon as Goldz's problem came out, all the old people turned their attention to Hessmann and Schletcher.

Hessman also looked around and put the expressions of veteran coaches in his eyes. Although each of them used a face without expression to hide their inner thoughts, Hessman was still very clear about what they wanted most?

"We should restore the German imperial system!" Hessman took a deep breath, as if he had made a great determination, "at least we should test it now."

Everyone in the living room was silent. They were all royalists, and restoring the German imperial system was of course their goal, but this matter was not easy to do. Not only was it hard to say that the international response was difficult, but it was also difficult to control the public opinion in Germany.

"How to test it?" Ludendolf asked with interest. After Hindenburg's death, he could succeed to the president according to the constitution. But his presidency ended in 1937. Who will be the one? With Hitler's current prestige, he is likely to be elected.

If the president and the prime minister were both Nazi parties, Hitler's power could lose its constraints!

Therefore, it is the most appropriate choice to restore the imperial system during the remaining term of Ludendolf and let a constitutional monarch serve as commander-in-chief of the armed forces.

"The will can be tested with the old president's will." Hessman had a solution long ago. "We can draft a will for the old president, and in the will, we propose to restore the status of the Hohenzollern dynasty in Germany."

Those present were relieved when they heard Hessman's suggestion. This is indeed a good idea! A dead man from Hindenburg came out as a pioneer. Even if the German people and the British and French powers were not happy, there was no way to deal with a dead man. Could it be that he would whip the corpse?

"So... Ludwig, will Hitler support this will?" Ludendolf asked uncertainly.

Hitler's attitude towards restoring the imperial system was very ambiguous. He was not like Junker like Hessman, with the label of a royalist on his head. However, he showed his support for the Hohenzollern dynasty on many occasions. Moreover, Hitler and Crown Prince William had a very close relationship, the latter was a friend of the fat man Goring (Goring had a little relationship with the Hohenzollern dynasty, and his godfather was a court doctor, so he was able to know the crown prince). Goring introduced him to Hitler. It is said that the crown prince himself also joined the Nazi party!

But Hitler has never let go of the issue of restoration. His Nazi Party is now the largest party in parliament and has half of its seats. If Hitler supports it, it is a piece of cake to amend the constitution and restore the imperial system.

Hessman thought for a while, shook his head and said, "It's hard to say, he...at least he won't publicly object."

It is not daring to openly oppose it. Hitler is not Hitler after conquering France in 1940 in history. When the Junker group firmly controls the army and spies and confiscates his stormtroopers, it is very irrational to have conflicts with Junker on the issue of royalty, but strong support is not necessarily the case.
Chapter completed!