secret state police, gestapo
My negotiations with the Junkers ended with the placement of counterintelligence and intelligence under my direct authority as emperor.
As soon as it was over, I smiled mischievously.
It was caught by Bismarck, who was watching me intently from the sidelines.
"Only commoners are allowed to join the RSHA."
"That's just like the conniving Kaiser. That would pit the Junker-controlled military against the bourgeois RSHA."
"Exactly. By fomenting class conflict, my power will increase whenever the two armed branches of government are at odds with each other."
"..."
"And when I decide it's time, I will strike them both down…. You know what they say, when the hunt is over, the hounds are boiled to death?"
"..."
Bismarck nodded, wildly sympathetic to my words.
What was that look in his eyes?
It's like a teacher looking at me as a well-learned student….
Hmph~ Not bad.
She hesitated for a moment as a vague feeling of satisfaction crossed her face, then spoke with concern.
"However, the power and influence of the military compared to the RSHA is overwhelming... I don't know if it will be possible for them to confront each other."
"It's not a question of if it's possible.... The potential is there. We may just have to figure out how to separate them later."
"..."
"And it's not just the RSHA that wants to put you in the ring against a Junker-controlled military."
"If it's not just the RSHA..."
"Stay. I'll keep an eye on your negotiations with the Imperials."
Bismarck smiled at my comment.
Then his face suddenly darkened.
"Yes.... But how are you going to get the money for the RSHA and the agencies the Kaiser wants to create?"
"..."
"Our German Empire may be economically powerful compared to other powers, but our national budget is relatively small because the treasury is divided among the principalities.... You know that, right?"
"I know.... I know."
When Bismarck asked where the huge budget came from, I laughed.
"Just wait. I'm about to tell you."
***
When I finished talking to the Junkers, I looked at the empires....
A? The kings and their heirs were shaking in their boots.
The kings and heirs of the empires trembled at the sight of their suddenly enormous national debt and the vast military power in the hands of the madman who would take it.
The sight of them was pitiful, and I, feeling sorry for them, offered them a special consolation.
Hmmm. Comfort here.... Deception?
"Reserve lords of the realm. Do not tremble so."
"..."
"You can't eat what you want, wear what you want, buy what you want, at least not for a few decades.... Live like a commoner, if not a beggar, and one day you'll repay me."
"Emperor.... Why do you make our empire so miserable?"
Little girl....
NO. An old woman, twenty-six years my junior and unmarried, looked at me with a venomous gaze.
Perhaps she was a princess of the kingdom of Württemberg?
Anyway, I said in an emotionless tone.
"You're being mean. I never did that."
"What are you talking about?"
"I'm just saying that you've been a nuisance so that I can become the leader of the Aryan people, as they say there are no two suns under the sky."
"..."
"Do you want to continue living in the German Empire instead of being driven abroad like the House of Saxony?"
"....."
The Princess of the Kingdom of Württemberg nodded, her eyes closed tightly as if humiliated by my words.
You look like you have some pride in you, but I have to smash you to pieces and make you squirm like this....
It's funny.
'Oh, no.'
"If you want to live, pay the price.
"The price is.... No way, my body..."
"Huh!"
"Lolicon asshole."
"....I hear she's a 26-year-old virgin."
"Still, you have a Lolicon body, and since when do perverts look older than their bodies?"
"You're right."
As soon as she heard my words, the Princess of the Kingdom of Württemberg hastily covered her top and bottom with both hands.
She looked at me with disgust.
Not only her, but the Junker, the King of the Reich, and even Bismarck, who were all around her, looked at me with disgust.
Fuck.
It's not like I was misunderstood by some minor, but I have to get this kind of look from an old virgin who's past her marriageable age?!
"Don't get me wrong, it's not your body I want, it's what the Imperials can do for me."
"What can they do for me?"
"I have three demands of the empires. Grant me these three things and I will not be hunted down as rebels like the House of Saxony. I want my family's assets intact, and I want to live a comfortable life rather than a life of constant fear, wondering when the Kaiser is going to purge us."
"You're.... crazy."
-gulp
At my threat, the Princess of the Kingdom of Württemberg swallowed hard, unable to hide her outburst of profanity.
"Three…. what are those three things, let me hear them first and then decide."
"Hmm... You don't have the right to decide already... Well, first, the imperial powers must lay down their arms."
"Hmmm...."
The princess of the Kingdom of Württemberg, the chancellor of the Kingdom of Bavaria, and even the Junkers beside her narrowed their eyes at the order to lay down their arms.
I was expecting it.
..I was expecting it.
....I was expecting it!!!
.
.
.
I was expecting....
What idiot king would not take this opportunity to usurp the military power of the realms?
***
Still, I could think of a good reason.
We don't have diplomats anyway, do we?
1871.
Article 14 of the Imperial Constitution stated that "diplomatic power shall be vested in the Emperor".
Under this rule, the Empire could not sign treaties with other countries or send diplomatic missions without the Emperor's approval.
In exchange for losing their diplomatic powers, the imperial states received various privileges from the emperor.
They could maintain their own armies, make their own laws, and manage their own finances.
Their independence has been compromised anyway.
They can't declare war on themselves, and of course they can't go to war with other countries, so they don't need an army, right?
'But no military power means not being able to fight back if that eight-armed idiot king tries to kill us...'
'Shit. Shit. Shit. Shit. Shit. Should we really accept this offer?'
'If the imperial powers join forces at a time when the Prussian army is suffering from the aftermath of the civil war with the Kingdom of Saxony...'
But I have anticipated the extent of their distress.
Therefore, as soon as the [Prussian-Saxon War] ended, I hastily mobilized my troops.
"Oh, by the way, I will give you some information to help you with your problems. Do you know the location of the rebellion-suppressing army led by Grand Duke Moltke, or the six legions totaling 120,000 men?"
"What?"
"They should have arrived by now. To restore the military might of the Imperial States."
"..."
"Hmm.... But don't you think someone might get hurt? Please decide quickly."
It's basically a threat to shake up the family.
And it worked for the king and his heirs who loved their clan and family.
"..I,i see."
"I will return the military to... I will hand over all military power."
"C'mon.... Fucking King Albert, why give him a reason to lose another civil war?.... Incompetent bastard!"
"The independence of our imperial states that we've maintained since the Holy Roman Empire.... is coming to an end?"
"..."
I shrugged my shoulders and continued to speak as the higher-ups shed tears of frustration and resentment as their millennial independence came to an end.
"The second one is similar to the first one, but... I'll take the police power."
"Police power?"
"Yes. Up until now, all the law enforcement forces in the German Empire have been divided among the kingdoms, which has made it difficult for criminals to cross over to other empires and..."
Most people shook their heads at my words.
How could the high and mighty, who were born to be kings, know anything about the lives of commoners?
Only the Chancellor of the Kingdom of Bavaria nodded vigorously at my words.
He's been there, done that....
I may be a Junker, but rising from the ranks of a lowly Junker to the position of Chancellor of a nation doesn't just happen.
"I'm going to consolidate all of the Empire's law enforcement powers and create a secret police agency under the Russian Empire's Ministry of the Interior, the Defenders of Public Order (Отделение по Охранению Общественной Безопасности и Порядка), an organization like Ohrana."
"You're crazy!"
As soon as they heard my words, the king and his heirs realized
what this madman was planning.