African Entrepreneurship Records 2

Chapter 664 Hidden Internal Crisis

"In fact, the underlying reason for the agreement between Germany and France is that France has invested more energy in Southeast Asia in recent years. France has gained considerable advantages in Vietnam and Cambodia, and has basically established France's colonies in the Far East. core."

"In 1883, France had expanded the scope of its Far Eastern colonies to the vicinity of the Gulf of Tonkin in the Far Eastern Empire, and the Nguyen Dynasty of Vietnam had completely become a protectorate of the great powers."

"The biggest progress France made in Africa was the northward expansion of Gabon's coastal colonies, annexing the Orungu Kingdom in the west (the ancient kingdom of central Gabon), while the road to the west and south was blocked by Belgium's Congo colony."

"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, and to the west is the British Colony of Bonny."

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 "overseas nation-building" promoted by the Hechingen royal family. "cause.

The two are very different in nature. Colonization is a way for the industrial and commercial capital of various countries to find a reservoir to serve the local interests of each country, seek to obtain huge benefits from the colonies, and promote local development. 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 merged into Prussia. There was no "native" royal family of Hechingen, and there was no "native" royal family in Europe. There is almost no difference between a large number of ordinary nobles. It can be said that the Hechingen royal family has almost no advantages except personal connections, and connections need to be consolidated by strength. The loss of the Hechingen royal family's "fief" itself is a problem. Its political value has been greatly reduced, and it is still "relatively poor." It is okay for one generation, but it will only become weaker and 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 the Jews. In fact, as soon as each country blocks it, the wealth accumulated by the Jews for generations will be plundered. For the most part, it can even be said that the current state of the Jews is that of "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 of the importance of the Hechingen royal family. This also means that no matter how the Hechingen royal family develops in Germany, the upper limit There, it would never be possible to surpass the Prussian royal family, and the Hechingen royal family was thin, so political development in Europe was destined to not go smoothly. This was very obvious before the Hechingen royal family opened up 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 of the existence and development of the East African Kingdom.

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 are more Energy is devoted to the United States, an emerging fully capitalist country.

Germany's current colonization is still mainly promoted by civil forces. Bismarck held the Berlin Conference and 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. It 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. In addition to Europe and the United States, East Africa Strong market consumption power is 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 filled with German immigrants, then Germany's Greater German Economic Circle may become a reality. By wooing Germans, it is possible to completely control the politics, economy and military of East Africa, bypass the Hechingen royal family, and turn East Africa into its own. The purpose of economic colonization.

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.

Moreover, the Americans and the British will not deal with each other. The Germans in East Africa do not have this mentality towards Germany, so East Africa must strictly guard against 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 takes the lead, then East Africa will naturally agree, but conversely, Germany and Austria 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) is still possible, but the East German merger is not Not even the slightest possibility.

The first is that 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 a network with European aristocratic groups.

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 didn't care. The backward things like the aristocracy didn't feel bad even if Ernst was eliminated. As for the aristocrats of East Africa, it was entirely because the Hechingen royal family was a royal family in a traditional feudal country, so enfeoffing the nobility was a necessary means of governance.

And it doesn’t matter if the 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 strength of the republican faction is growing day by day, and there will always be One day nobility will become just a title, and you won't even be able to keep the title.

People like Ernst, who knew that the monarchy would be eliminated in the future, would naturally not go against the trend of history, unless the Hechingen royal family wanted to follow the path of the Tsarist Russian royal family in its previous life.

It's just that the current system of 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 actively compromise in the future to seek other interests and ensure the continuation of the Hechingen 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 large 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.

Therefore, East Africa still has a long way to go, especially from the 19th to the 20th century, a period of intense changes 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)