Chapter 42: Junker Class
Askari was an Ottoman upper class, including Ottoman nobles, court and military. Why did Sheffield have an Ottoman title? It has to do with his family's contribution to the Ottomans. Without the Sheffield family and the Ottoman Pashas, who traded the disobedient Slavs and Armenians in various places, there would naturally be no Texas today where Slavic is the second language.
The decline in the population of these groups made it easier for the Sheffield family, who were engaged in labor trade, to control the new population and usurp the power of Austin and Houston and gain control of Texas. For the Ottomans, the Sheffield family made an outstanding contribution to the stability of the Ottoman Empire, although this stability was only a little better than nothing.
As a result, good relations with the Ottoman aristocracy were established. Against this background, the Sheffield family was named Pasha and was recognized by the Ottoman ruling class, the Askari, for their outstanding contributions as foreigners.
"Osman? Aren't you American?" Anne muttered in her sleep, looking like a sick beauty.
"What's so strange about this? When the Ottomans were approaching Vienna and wanted to swallow up Europe, European countries united to resist. Only one country was a quasi-ally of the Ottomans. Guess which country it was?" Sheffield ignored Anne's shaking head and stuffed the medicine in. He handed over warm water with his other hand and said coldly, "Isn't it France that stabbed the Holy Roman Empire at the critical moment? This is the longest-lasting alliance in French history. Have you taken the feelings of Europeans into consideration?"
The Franco-Ottoman Alliance was an alliance between King Francis I of France and Suleiman the Magnificent of the Ottoman Empire that took place in the 16th century. It has been called "the first non-ideological diplomatic alliance between a Christian state and a non-Christian empire".
This unprecedented alliance caused great shock in Europe and was considered an "impious alliance" or a "sacrilegious alliance of lilies and crescents". However, because this alliance represented the objective interests of both sides, it endured all the criticism. Strategically or sometimes tactically, the Franco-Ottoman alliance was one of the most important diplomatic alliances in French history, lasting nearly three hundred years, making it the longest-lasting alliance in France.
The Ottomans promised that French merchants on their land would not be bound by the laws of the Ottoman Empire, and provided more trade privileges to Western merchants, such as free navigation and trade, and low tariffs. In France, the Ottomans had long been tolerated and understood by other European countries, and related paintings and novels appeared one after another.
Sheffield now feels that this little girl, a loan shark and imperialist, is being hypocritical. Her own country is dancing with the Ottoman Empire, which was trying to swallow up Europe, while her own family is just doing a little labor business, and yet it has attracted such indifference.
Do you think of the solidarity among imperialist countries now? It seems that the French monarchs of the past were not like this.
"The telegram from Madam Anna asked about Master William's schedule and said that Madam Anna had discussed the new patent bill with the Democratic senators. Now the citizens of the country are paying attention to the final solution to the Venezuelan crisis. Also, because of the rising prices of grain and meat, profitability is not a problem. Master can do whatever he wants."
John Connor came to Sheffield's room with a telegram, which was forwarded from the Frankfurt branch.
"Things in France have been completed. Statistics on patent authorizations cannot be completed in a short time. Let's just say that I have arrived in Germany and will follow the diplomats to London and then return home." Although Sheffield jokingly called himself William Pasha, he was not planning to go to the Ottoman Empire.
Although the time for visits in this era was quite sufficient, after all, given the geographical environment of the United States, it was impossible to travel to Europe by ship in a month, and it would be impossible to return home after resolving the issue in a few days. In fact, all major diplomatic issues of this era required months of discussion, and it was normal for a visitor not to return for a long time.
However, Sheffield did not have to keep pace with the Secretary of State and his party. He came here mainly to solve personal problems. As for the United States, what did it have to do with him? Anyway, the Sheffield family was still mainly engaged in agriculture and animal husbandry. Even if the United States was beaten, the war would still be a good opportunity for food prices to rise. Taking care of agriculture and animal husbandry at the same time would definitely be more resilient than the Yankees in the north.
"Let the Venice branch negotiate with Italy. I won't visit the three countries except Britain, France and Germany. Find the inventor of radio and get the radio patent license." Sheffield walked back and forth, with his hands behind his back, and said, "The inventor seems to be in the UK. The Venice branch should look for some other valuable patents and send them over in a report."
"As for family matters, it's naturally my grandmother who has the final say. After I go back, I will integrate various industries and form standardization. What about Germany now? If we don't deal with Junkers, we can only say that we have succeeded halfway." Sheffield said with some distress, "Tomorrow we will go to Essen and visit Krupp."
If the Junkers in Germany were not dealt with, some things would change. The German Conservative Party in the German Reichstag and the Peasant Union outside the Reichstag both represented the interests of the Junkers, and many officers in the army were also from the Junkers, thus leaving the entire German Empire with the Junkers' mark.
The Junker class was the real ruler of the German Empire. As for this class? Sheffield felt that in areas other than military, their level was actually just like that.
The Junker class has all the characteristics of the upper class, such as greed. For the benefit of their own class, they are willing to harm the country. Of course, Sheffield can't criticize them on this point, because he has a similar view on the federal government of the United States. He wishes that the United States could return to the era when each state issued its own dollar.
The Sheffield family works so hard to make money, how can it be as satisfying as just starting the printing press?
However, how can Germany's external environment be compared with that of the United States, unless someone thinks that the sparsely populated Canada to the north of the United States and the weak Mexico to the south can be compared with Imperial Russia and France to the east and west of Germany.
Apart from the ancient West Asian empires which had such a geographical location surrounded by powerful enemies on all sides, the harsh environment of the modern German Empire can be said to be unique. In this situation, in order to protect their own food from the impact of Imperial Russia's grain exports, the rural Junkers raised tariffs on imported grain, causing Imperial Russia and the German Empire to drift further and further apart.
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