Chapter 461 Friedrich
Ask who is most annoyed by the Hechingen consortium raising the Austro-Hungarian Empire, and the answer is the Jewish consortium, especially the Rothschild family.
There is a saying in the Austro-Hungarian Empire that "Austria has an Emperor Ferdinand and a King Solomon." In 1848, Solomon referred to the Rothschild family, which at that time had completely controlled the economy and finance of the Austrian Empire.
The Austrian government relies heavily on Jewish capital, but all this has changed with the rise of the Hechingen Consortium. The two sides have launched a fierce competition for the financial industry in the German region. With the impact of the economic crisis, the current dominance is in the hands of the Hechingen Consortium. .
The economic crisis is uncontrollable, so even the experienced Rothschild family cannot avoid losses. Under normal circumstances, looking at the strong capital, they can still make a profit by bargain hunting when they suffer losses, but this time they encountered abundant capital. of the Hechingen Consortium.
The Hechingen Consortium relied on the abundant funds accumulated before the economic crisis to aggressively acquire companies during the economic crisis, especially in emerging industries. After all, Ernst knew that the economic crisis in 1873 lasted too long and the prospects for traditional industrial fields were not clear.
At the same time, the construction of the East African railway has greatly helped the Austrian government maintain stability, which is much better than the Jewish capital that suffered a lot during the economic crisis.
Coupled with the favoritism of the Habsburg family and other nobles towards the Hechingen Consortium, the Hechingen Consortium successfully squeezed out the Jewish consortium and became the largest capital group in the Austro-Hungarian Empire.
However, Jewish capital still has a dominant position in countries such as Britain, the United States, and France. The Hechingen Consortium only has a dominant position in the German region. However, there are many factions within Jewish capital, so there is nothing that can be done against the Hechingen Consortium.
In fact, Jewish capital is not as powerful as people imagine. European countries actually use Jews more often than not as cash machines. No matter how powerful the capital is, it is still unable to withstand the guns held by European aristocratic groups.
The Jewish community really wants to have the right to speak in the world, but unless the United States completely becomes the world's hegemon, they will have no chance.
Regarding the evaluation of the Jews, European writers have actually described their true humanity very sharply: for example, "Shylock" in Shakespeare's "The Merchant of Venice", "Old Man" in Balzac's "Eugénie Grandet" Grandet".
European literati such as Shakespeare and Balzac, regardless of their positions, are literary masters who can discover human nature through social phenomena, so the description of Jewish businessmen is very consistent with social reality.
Of course, this is only for those Jewish profiteers who are unkind, but the vast majority of Jews are profiteers. But apart from the businessmen group, Ernst still has a very positive evaluation of Jews, especially those thinkers and scientists. Facts have proved that Jewish brains can be used in other countries. It is indeed easy to use in the field, but it is a crooked way to use it in the business and political fields.
However, this only shows that Jews are more suitable for scientific and theoretical research. After all, the level of education of Jews is definitely the highest in the world.
Ernst believed that if black people enjoyed a complete education, they would be able to produce many "geniuses" who would illuminate human history, but they would not have the chance. There are definitely biases in human intelligence, but this bias is reflected in all human beings and is not differentiated by ethnicity or race.
If we really distinguish based on these things, the Jews are just what Adolf calls an "inferior race", not much better than black people.
In more traditional countries, Jews are actually not a problem, but the United States is the least traditional country. If there were not two world wars and the voice of the European aristocracy did not decline, then I am afraid that the widespread anti-Semitic social atmosphere in Europe would not Much has changed.
In Ernst's view, although economy is the basis of politics, politics is obviously higher than economy. Ernst is most familiar with this situation. Rich people in previous lives did appear to be powerful, but they had no advantage in front of the "nobles".
Except for American-style democracies, the top-level design is controlled by a group of businessmen. American politicians are strictly restricted. A strong president like Roosevelt can only appear once. Lincoln, Kennedy and the like are the norm.
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1877.
The Svet Palace is filled with flowers in March.
Sveter Palace combines the characteristics of Hohenzollern Castle and Schönbrunn Palace, so when it was built, it had the majesty and solemnity of Hohenzollern Castle and the bright and open space of Schönbrunn Palace.
In the palace, the family was surrounding a new life, and Ernst's first son was born.
"Baby, look at mommy!" Ernst held the little prince and smiled silly at Karina. The little prince couldn't open his eyes yet, so Ernst kissed Karina on the head: "Thank you for your hard work, my dear! "
Karina lay weakly on the bed, but with a slight smile on her face: "Baby, our little baby."
Ernst held his wife's hand tightly and joked: "He is destined to become the future chief of East Africa when he is born."
Constantine and Ferdinand on the side were already dissatisfied: "What East African chief? Let me, my (grandfather), hug you first."
In the end, Constantine took the lead in hugging his grandson and said in passing: "My grandson is the heir of the Hohenzollern (Hechingen) family. How can the glory of the Germans be compared with those barbarians in Africa? The name of the Kingdom of East Africa is too great." It sounds ugly, it’s better to find time to change it!”
Constantine, who dotes on his grandson, doesn't want his grandson to bear the name of an African chief. It doesn't matter if he is aggrieved and becomes the king of the East African Kingdom, but his grandson cannot.
Ernst said obediently: "Change, but wait two years first. I think it is more appropriate to change the country's name in 1880."
Archduke Ferdinand: "Why 1880?"
"Because according to my expectation, in 1880, our East African Kingdom will be founded!"
"Founding the country?"
Ernst nodded and said: "The East African Kingdom has actually been implementing a policy of isolation from the country, but I have never said that. We have almost no contacts with other countries, especially people-to-people exchanges are almost cut off. This is because we in East Africa used to As a weak colony, it takes time to develop and cannot enter the vision of major powers. However, with Europe's increasing emphasis on Africa and the increase in the size of East Africa, there are no basic conditions for East Africa to continue to hide."
Archduke Ferdinand said: "What an interesting statement!"
Ernst's approach is indeed different from the mainstream thinking mode of European aristocrats, which also explains a series of policy quirks in East Africa.
"Okay, what politics are we discussing at this time? Hurry up and give our little baby a name!" Constantine said with some dissatisfaction.
So the family began to discuss the name of the little prince again, but what name to choose was more complicated.
"Let's call him Friedrich!" Constantine finally decided.
"Friedrich?"
"Yes, our ancestor Friedrich III put the word Hohenzollern in front of the Sauron family, which made the Hohenzollern family prosperous in Europe. I also hope that little Friedrich will use the Hohenzollern family in the future. The Hensolen family takes it to a new level!”
In 1185, Friedrich III, then Count of Sauron, married Sophia, the daughter of Conrad II, Count of Nuremberg. In 1192, Conrad II died without any children, so Friedrich III inherited Nuremberg. After he ruled the two counties of Sauron and Nuremberg, his power increased greatly. The Sauron family was named "Hohen", which means "noble", and was called the Hohenzollern family.
Ernst also agreed with the name Friedrich, because in his impression people named Friedrich generally had good abilities. As for the high duplication rate of names, there was nothing that could be done about it, because the duplication check rate of names in Europe was very low. More than one hundred percent.
Friedrich called Frederick in German, which means "peace, ruler", so people who could be called Friedrich in the past were generally either rich or noble.
To celebrate the birth of the prince, the whole country of East Africa had a seven-day holiday. Every city in East Africa held celebrations to pray for the little prince. As soon as little Friedrich was born, he was loved by people across the country.
In order to commemorate the birth of little Friedrich, Ernst ordered a top-grade ironclad ship from the Austro-Hungarian Empire and named it after Friedrich.