Conquering the world from the Kaiser's driver

After sitting down, Alexandrine's expression became a little nervous. She said to Lin Shangzhou: "Fritts, the Prime Minister just gave me his resignation outside and resigned from his position as the captain of the Storm Commando and handed it over to Cecilia."

"what?!"

Lin Shangzhou was shocked when he heard this. Albert resigned to Alexandrine? What the hell...

He could never have imagined that Albert would do this. There is still a year before the general election. Why would he resign now?

Although he was surprised, Lin Shangzhou quickly thought of a possibility. He said to Alexandrine, "Did the prime minister mean 'resigning in response to criticism'?"

Alexandrine looked at him with some surprise, because Lin Shangzhou's guess was exactly the same as the reason for resignation given by the prime minister.

"Well, the chancellor said that Klein's attack on the Sanssouci Palace was entirely due to his poor discipline. As Klein's uncle, he should shoulder part of the responsibility. He said that he had made up his mind to resign. He handed me his resignation letter and said that he would submit another similar resignation letter to the Imperial Parliament tomorrow and arrange for Franz von Papen to succeed him."

Alexandrine said as she handed the folder in her hand to Lin Shangzhou.

"This is the prime minister's resignation."

Lin Shangzhou took the folder, opened it and read the resignation letter inside.

"Fritts, what should I do? Should I agree to his resignation?"

Alexandrine asked nervously. She didn't know how to deal with this matter so she came to Lin Shangzhou with the prime minister's resignation letter. The only person she could think of to ask for help in this matter was Lin Shangzhou.

Lin Shangzhou put down the unread resignation letter, with an uncontrollable excitement on his face. He suppressed his excitement and said to Alexandrine: "For me, I really hope you can agree to his resignation, because he is my biggest enemy in the future."

"But my suggestion is just my suggestion. It's up to you to decide whether you agree with him resigning."

Alexandrine pursed her lips and nodded, not quite understanding. The purpose of her coming to Lin Shangzhou was to get an answer from him, but he told her to make her own decision and threw the question back to her, which made her feel a little dissatisfied.

Lin Shangzhou put the resignation letter back into the file bag, placed it on the table and looked into Alexandrine's eyes. He knew that it didn't matter whether Alexandrine agreed with Albert's resignation or not, because the words in Albert's resignation letter were very serious and his resignation was a foregone conclusion.

The reason he let Alexandrine do it herself was absolutely pure to teach her the first lesson of being an emperor: to have her own ideas.

Lin Shangzhou has reason to believe that Alexandrine will trust and even rely on him in the future. This is a good and bad thing for the emperor who holds real power. He will not do anything to harm Alexandrine, the girl who once saved him, but she still needs to have her own thoughts.

Only in this way can she be a qualified emperor.

Of course, this incident also made Lin Shangzhou extremely happy and excited, because after Albert resigned, his biggest and strongest enemy left the stage.

Albert resigned and was succeeded by Franz von Papen. Everything seemed to be back on track in the world of kx, but Lin Shangzhou knew that he would disrupt the process and make the gears turn in another direction.

He had reason to believe that if Albert was serious, it would be easy for Germany to defeat the Third International and the Moscow Pact in the future, and he would be Lin Shangzhou's most powerful enemy politically, but now... he resigned.

Although this does not mean that there is no need to worry about Albert's return to politics in the future, at least there is no need to worry before the 1932 general election. And after the resignation of his most powerful enemy Albert, he does not have to worry too much about other political parties in Germany. With the help of Goebbels and the support of Alexandrine, Lin Shangzhou is confident that he can win the 1932 general election.

After thinking for a while, Alexandrine nodded to Lin Shangzhou and said, "I will agree to Albert's resignation in parliament tomorrow."

Looking at the German Emperor who nodded in agreement, Lin Shangzhou didn't know whether she really agreed to Albert's resignation completely based on her own ideas, but since she said so, Lin Shangzhou would not say anything more.

Then Lin Shangzhou received a call from Louis, who anxiously asked Lin Shangzhou what happened. Lin Shangzhou deliberately kept it a secret and did not tell Louis what happened. After hanging up the communicator, he briefly talked about some unimportant things with the German Emperor and others and then walked out of the palace.

Walking down the stairs, Lin Shangzhou saw a Stormtrooper member he was very familiar with standing at the bottom of the stairs: Bode.

He didn't need to guess why Bode was standing there. He wanted to apologize to him.

To be honest, Lin Shangzhou had some resentment towards Bode in his heart, but that was at the beginning. Now he would not blame Bode because of that little resentment, so Lin Shangzhou generously told Bode that he did not need to blame himself.

His generous performance won him the respect and loyalty of Bode. Just at this time, Cecilia came out. She had to deal with the affairs of the Storm Commandos. She also had to be her sister's bodyguard. She didn't have time to be the captain, so she wanted to pass the burden on to others.

When Bode saw Cecilia, he directly asked her to apply to be Lin Shangzhou's bodyguard, which surprised Lin Shangzhou, but it was also reasonable. He wanted to refuse, but Cecilia agreed on his behalf, citing his safety as the reason.

Lin Shangzhou had no way to refute this and accepted Bode as his guard.

After dealing with this emergency, Lin Shangzhou got into his car - he sat in the back seat.

Bode was in the driver's seat as his driver.

A few dozen seconds later, the car drove out of Wuyou Palace. Lin Shangzhou turned his head to look at the scenery outside and felt extremely comfortable and relaxed.

This afternoon, the problem he was most worried about was solved, the person he hated most died, and his most powerful enemy left the stage. These three things made him happier each time.

Of course, Lin Shangzhou knows that the road ahead will definitely not be easy. Albert's resignation only raises the difficulty from high to ordinary. As for why it is not easy, Lin Shangzhou believes that people should not be impetuous, let alone open champagne at halftime. Who knows what unexpected things will happen in the future.

But he should be happy now, because he has firmly established himself in Berlin, and the next step is to move towards the position of chancellor.

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Chapter 191 Continuous Headlines

On the morning of February 1931, 2, Albert submitted his resignation to Alexandrine and the members of parliament at an impromptu Imperial Conference. The members of parliament were shocked by this, but they all knew that this was reasonable and predictable.

What happened yesterday, the 13th, was also made public and published in newspapers of major newspapers. The news of "Extreme racists attack Sanssouci Palace" made headlines in Germany and neighboring countries. People were shocked when they learned that the attacker was the chancellor's nephew. For some time to come, this incident will become a topic of conversation among people.

The reason for the prime minister's resignation was this incident. He asked Alexandrine to approve his resignation and allow him to resign from all his positions and retire in peace on the grounds that "he was not a good teacher and had no face to continue serving as prime minister."

Alexandrine agreed to this and, as Albert had arranged, appointed Franz von Papen to succeed Albert as Chancellor for the remainder of his term.

The parliament was very quiet and there was no noise because of this incident. Everyone was thinking about what to do next. The impact of the prime minister's resignation on them made some people happy and some worried.

This was not a very happy thing for Papen, because being the chancellor also meant a lot of trouble. He knew that Albert was a hands-off boss in the later period of his administration, so he began to worry about these problems the moment he was appointed as interim chancellor.

This was also a mixed blessing for the Center Party, as they freed themselves from Albert's personal control but also lost a powerful politician.

This is a happy thing for other political parties. Everyone knows how powerful Albert is, and most people want to see him step down. Now he has indeed stepped down, although he resigned on his own initiative.

However, there was a small group of people who felt that something was wrong. Albert's resignation was too sudden. Something happened the day before and he resigned immediately the next day, as if he had been prepared for it. But this was wrong and very reasonable, so they could only bury their thoughts in their hearts.

After the imperial meeting in the morning, the news of the chancellor's resignation spread throughout Germany in an instant. In the afternoon, the news also spread to other countries. The news of the chancellor's voluntary resignation shocked everyone. When this news was broadcast, it became the front-page news in Europe along with "The Attack on Sanssouci Palace".

However, amid such major events, there was a small piece of news that attracted less attention. People in Berlin seemed to have forgotten that the police closed down a club and arrested all its members yesterday afternoon.

It was not until several days later that someone brought up the matter again, and by then people who knew them discovered that they had never seen them again. This little thing did not attract much attention, but those who paid attention were very interested in it. Some speculated that they were secretly executed, while others speculated that they were imprisoned.

Two days later, on the 16th, the trial of the "Emperor's Driver Murder" case opened. Lin Shangzhou attended as the victim. After a short trial, two of the three main criminals were sentenced to death, and the minor was sentenced to 20 years in prison, the same treatment as Princip.

In court, Lin Shangzhou thought that the club owner would not be sentenced to death, but to his surprise, he was charged with a new crime: instigating Klein to attack the emperor and attempting to assassinate the emperor.

When the charges were read out, the club owner was dumbfounded and immediately raised objections. However, no matter how much he protested, it was useless and he was eventually sentenced to death.

Even for a Junker, assassinating the emperor was a crime he could not escape.

After the trial, Lin Shangzhou left the court. He was interviewed by reporters outside the court. A reporter asked him what he thought of the verdict on the criminals and whether he was satisfied with it.

Lin Shangzhou was very satisfied with the answer. He was very grateful to the laws of the German Empire for judging these evil people fairly and impartially. He then praised Germany and criticized the racists. Reporters recorded his speech and took pictures of him in front of the court.

This incident was published in the newspaper on the 17th. With the influence of the two reports, the German people were full of goodwill towards this German from the East who was not a German. Lin Shangzhou also asked the "Forward" to strike while the iron was hot and publish some articles in the newspaper about his experiences in Strasbourg.

Having already established himself in Berlin, he decided to step completely into the public eye. Three days later, Alexandrine's decision, which was within his expectations, made him even more well-known to the public.

On the evening of the 20th, Alexandrine decided to hire Lin Shangzhou as her consultant. After repeated consideration, Lin Shangzhou agreed to Alexandrine.

On the 21st, there was new front-page news in Europe: the German Queen hired a Chinese immigrant as her advisor.

The media may have different headlines for this news, but the content is the same. People were also surprised to find that this consultant was Mr. Hipper who had a close relationship with His Majesty some time ago. Combined with some media reports on Mr. Hipper's deeds in Strasbourg, some speculations about Lin Shangzhou also emerged.

This matter soon spread to the East. After learning about this, people were very curious about what kind of person could be hired as an advisor by the German Emperor. Some Germans in Qingdao and other places began to consider whether they should change their attitude towards local people. After all, the advisors around the emperor would generally influence the emperor's opinions, not to mention that the empress was only 16 years old.

However, these things did not have much impact on Lin Shangzhou. His most important task now was to help Alexandrine become familiar with handling government affairs. In the past, Albert let his subordinates take care of all the work, but Papen, who succeeded him after his resignation, obviously did not intend to do so. Some simple documents were sent to Alexandrine's desk, and these tasks gave the queen a headache.

When Lin Shangzhou was invited by her to Wuyou Palace to help her with work, he knew why this girl hired him as a consultant.

Looking at Alexandrine who was at a loss when faced with official documents in the office, Lin Shangzhou had only one feeling in his heart: there was still a long way to go.

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Chapter 192 List of Corrupt Officials

On the afternoon of the 22nd, after finishing his work at the newspaper, Lin Shangzhou drove to Wuyou Palace to help Alexandrine deal with the work that she had difficulty handling on her own.

On the way to the Palace of Souci, he sat in the back seat of the car and turned his head to look at the streets outside, thinking about how to teach Alexandrine to handle government affairs.

Alexandrine showed great interest in this area, which made Lin Shangzhou happy. Moreover, the girl was very motivated at the beginning and believed that she could do the job well.

But ideals are full and reality is very skinny. Facts have proved that the current Alexandrine is unable to handle the emperor's work by herself. As an emperor who had never received relevant education before the 20th of this year, it is not enough for her to have only interest in this area. In other words, if she is the eldest princess of the German Empire, she is very qualified.

Valdina, the excellent teacher, taught her a lot of knowledge. However, this teacher who hated politics would not teach her anything about politics, so all of Alexandrine's political knowledge so far was acquired through self-realization.

Oh, and there’s also what Adalbert told her some time ago.

However, Lin Shangzhou did not find this problem troublesome. Alexandrine was still young and had plenty of time to grow. Under normal circumstances, if there were no problems, the monarch would succeed to the throne after reaching adulthood. Occasionally, there were young monarchs, and occasionally there were fathers/mothers who lived longer than themselves.

She is only 16 years old and still has time to study. According to Lin Shangzhou's plan, Alexandrine should become a qualified emperor at the latest 36 years before the outbreak of Black Monday. Now it is the beginning of the 31st year, and it is February, which is exactly five years away from the outbreak of Black Monday. He believes that Alexandrine can become a qualified emperor in these five years.

"Mr. Hipper, we have arrived at the Palace of Souci."

Bode's words brought Lin Shangzhou back from his thoughts. He blinked his dry eyes, opened the car door and got out.

The car was parked in the open space in front of the steps of the Worry-Free Palace as usual. Noa and Letitia were standing on the steps. They were there to greet Lin Shangzhou.

"good afternoon."

Lin Shangzhou walked up the steps and greeted the two girls. Letitia and Noah also greeted him with a smile. Then he walked into the palace under the guidance of the two.

In fact, no one guided Lin Shangzhou so that he could walk to the Kaiser's office with his eyes closed, but it was nice to see them every time he came.

Arriving at the door of the German Emperor's office, Lin Shangzhou knocked on the door. Only after hearing Alexandrine's permission did he open the door and walk in.

Alexandrine was sitting on the sofa in the room reading a book. When she saw Lin Shangzhou come in, she became cheerful. She said to Lin Shangzhou, "Fritts, you don't have to knock on the door when you come to my office in the future. It's so troublesome."

"No, knocking on the door is basic etiquette."

Lin Shangzhou shook his head slightly and said.

Alexandrine curled her lips and said, "Well, the documents sent by the Prime Minister are on the desk, go and take a look."

"Ah."

Lin Shangzhou nodded, walked to the desk and picked up the document. Before reading the document, he looked around the room. The familiar silver figure was missing from the office, so he asked Alexandrine, "Alexandrine, where is Cecilia?"

"Leah is off to deal with the Storm Troopers. She won't be back until the evening."

Alexandrine said casually, and then she thought of something she almost forgot, so she stood up and walked to the desk. Lin Shangzhou, who was reading a document carefully, did not notice the German Emperor approaching at first. It was not until the German Emperor poked his waist that he noticed that he was blocking her way, and hurriedly moved aside to make way for her.

"Are you really taking this so seriously..."

Alexandrine said to Lin Shangzhou while pulling the drawer. Lin Shangzhou smiled but said nothing. This was the only time he could get access to German government content. How could he not take it seriously?

Alexandrine took out a black notebook from the drawer. She handed it to Lin Shangzhou and said:

"Fritts, this was sent over this morning by Uncle Albert. He said he was waiting for you to come so you can see the contents. He also said you know what's inside."

"Albert sent it?"

Lin Shangzhou was stunned, then put down the document and took the notebook in confusion. Didn't Albert resign completely? What was he up to? He thought as he opened the notebook. After turning the first page, he saw black handwriting on the white paper.

Those were names and numbers behind them. When Lin Shangzhou saw them for the first time, he couldn't figure out what was written on them. They looked like they were recording something...

"Fritts, what does it say?"

Alexandrine stood on tiptoe out of curiosity to see what was on it, but she was too short and couldn't see what was inside even on tiptoe.

Seeing this, Lin Shangzhou lowered his hand so that Alexandrine could also see the content.

"Didn't you read what was written here before I came over?"

Alexandrine looked at it and said, "No, I think it would be better to wait until you come over to see it."

After reading the content for a while, Alexandrine turned her eyes away with a lack of interest. She could understand everything on it, but she couldn't figure out what it meant.

"Fritts, do you know what's written here? I can't understand it."

Lin Shangzhou raised his hand and flipped a few pages back. He was not sure what was written on it. After flipping a few pages, he saw new content.

After seeing these new contents, Lin Shangzhou immediately understood what was recorded in the notebook. The new page he opened recorded when a certain official accepted bribes, the amount of the bribe or the content of the bribe. This page was all about this official. Then Lin Shangzhou turned to the next page, and it was the same as he expected, which recorded the bribery record of another official.

This is a list of corruption, which records all the officials in the German government who have committed corruption and bribery. Judging from the large number of names written on it, the number of these people is not small.

Lin Shangzhou's expression became serious. He put down the list and said to Alexandrine, "This lists the names of corrupt officials in the government and their records of corruption."

"Corrupt official?!"

Alexandrine widened her eyes. This was something she had not expected. Noah and Letitia on the other side were also very surprised.

After being surprised, they were just confused as to what Albert wanted to do by sending them a list of embezzlement lists.

Lin Shangzhou was also thinking about this question. Alexandrine didn't know why Albert sent her such a list. She looked up at Lin Shangzhou and asked, "Fritts, do you know why Uncle Albert sent me such a list?"

"I…."

Lin Shangzhou looked down at Alexandrine and was about to answer when he saw Alexandrine, and a light bulb went off in his head. He knew why Albert wanted to send such a list to Alexandrine.