After Marshal Hindeburg's death, Weimar held a grand memorial ceremony.
On the day of Marshal Hindeburg's funeral, the entire Bolin City was empty.
Countless people sent off this legendary marshal.
In particular, almost all the generals and major officers of the Wehrmacht attended Marshal Hindeburg's funeral.
As the prime minister, Hess naturally attended the funeral. In the past year, the generals of the National Defense Force had changed their attitude towards Hess.
Most of the generals and officers had already agreed with him. Especially after the death of Marshal Hindeburg, Hess naturally gained the loyalty of these generals.
In the current National Defence Force, there was no one who could compare to him in terms of prestige, nor did he have the qualifications to replace Marshal Hindeburg.
Under such circumstances, it was understandable for Hess to become the commander of the army.
After Marshal Hindeburg's funeral, Weimar held a ruling election.
No one was competing with Hess in this election. Therefore, Hess became the only candidate for the government.
The citizens of the entire country walked out of their homes to vote.
That day, Hess stayed in his office and did not go out.
Even though he knew that his election was already set in stone.
However, he was concerned about how many votes he could get. In another time and space, after Marshal Hindeburg's death, there was no ruling election. Instead, the cabinet passed a bill, announcing that the ruling power was temporarily suspended and handed over to the prime minister. This allowed the mustache man to become the ruling and concurrently the prime minister. At the same time, he became the supreme commander of the armed forces.
Originally, Hess could have done the same. However, he knew that doing so would be opposed by many people.
Even if they didn't dare to do anything to him, it would undoubtedly leave a hidden danger.
Therefore, Hess decided to hold a ruling election. He firmly believed that he would succeed.
As expected, perhaps because of the shock of the Night of the Long Blade at the end of last year, no one dared to jump out and compete with him.
The only thing that worried Hess was how many people would support him. He also hoped to gain more support. If that was the case, it represented how high his prestige in this country was.
"Hess, you are the best. No one can compete with you.”Annie Barak accompanied Hess.
"I know." Hess nodded. However, I want to know how many people in this country support me and how many people oppose me. This way, I will know my shortcomings.”
"Hess, no matter what, I will firmly support you!”Annie Barak said affectionately.
Hess held Annie Barak in his arms.
Time passed quickly. After sunset, the voting for the general election ended.
All the counting points began to count the votes.
Because there was only one candidate, Hess, the electorate only had two choices after voting. They either supported or opposed him. Other than that, there was no third choice.
Most of the people were satisfied with the policies implemented by Hess since he took office. However, there were also a small number of people who opposed him. Especially those whose interests had been harmed, they would naturally oppose him.
At nine o'clock in the evening, Papen, the deputy prime minister in charge of the election, and Heydrich Himmler, the chief of the internal affairs, sent the results of the election.
"Prime Minister, congratulations, you have been successfully elected!”Papen's face was full of smiles.
After last year's Night of the Long Knife, Papen had completely become Hess 'lackey.
"Prime Minister, we won!" Himmler was even more excited.
"How many people are against it?" Hess took a deep breath.
It was not unexpected that he would be elected.
After all, it would be strange if he was the only candidate and all of them were not selected.
"9.94%." said Himmler.
"Phew!" Hess let out a long sigh of relief.
9.94% of the people opposed him, which meant that 90.06% of the people supported him.
This was already very difficult. More than 90% of the people supported him.
This meant that he had obtained the absolute support of the people.
"Very good. However, we still have room for improvement!”Hess said.
Then, Hess went to the balcony on the second floor and waved to the cheers.
"Thank you! We won! From now on, this country would enter a brand new era. I hope that we will create a new and powerful empire. The Third Reich!" Hess said loudly.
"Long live! Long live the Third Reich!" The supporters cheered.
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