Tirpitz is a very bold and ambitious, determined, and resolute person, but the ability to innovate is insufficient, although determined to build a strong navy for Germany, but due to Germany's disadvantages in the design of warships, so in specific actions, Germany can only take Britain as a reference, the advantage of this is that it can take fewer detours, reduce the waste of resources, but the disadvantage is that it will always be one step behind the United Kingdom, if you want to catch up with the United Kingdom, it is impossible, unless it is to find another way.

And now Tirpitz has been in the position of Minister of the Navy for 10 years, although Tirpitz has achieved remarkable results in these 10 years, successfully bringing the German Navy from a mere coastal defense force to one of the top five in the world. But Tirpitz also realized that his original idea was a little simple, first of all, Britain could concentrate the strength of the whole country to develop the navy, but Germany had to develop the navy and army at the same time, so that in the competition between the two sides, Germany fell behind from the beginning; secondly, the geographical location of the German navy was too poor, only the North Sea was an outlet to the sea, and in time of war, it was easy to be blockaded by the British, although Tirpitz also put forward a theory of a risk fleet, but it was a bit thin to rely on this theory alone; and the technological innovation of the navy was too fast, and the British launched the battleship Dreadnought, making all the previous battleships obsolete, which also made Tirpitz feel a little powerless.

Although this did not affect Tirpitz's determination, at this time, he also sincerely hoped to get some valuable advice to determine what the future path of the German Navy should take, but in the old time and space, of course, no one gave Tirpitz useful advice, so Tirpitz could only figure it out on his own and continue along the theory of the risk fleet.

But in this time and space, due to the existence of East China, Tirpitz is obviously much luckier, Germany and East China have a deep cooperation, and now East China has proved that their navy is no worse than Britain, then it is necessary to strengthen cooperation with East China, and accelerate the development of the German Navy with the strength of East China. Therefore, Tirpitz raised his hands in favor of Wilhelm II's proposal to form an alliance with East China.

With Tirpitz's support, Wilhelm II was naturally happy, so he immediately negotiated with Prime Minister Billow, intending to send Warlock to visit East China**, and sign an alliance treaty with East China ** in this negotiation.

However, Tirpitz is a soldier after all, and it is relatively simple to consider things, while Wilhelm II is a habitual whim, whim, and Bilo's thinking about the alliance with East China ** is much more comprehensive, although Bilow does not have Bismarck's outstanding insight and clever skills, but after all, he has been in politics for decades, and he is deeper than Wilhelm II and Tirpitz, to be honest, Bilow is not optimistic about the emperor's alliance proposal, and the reason is very simple, the alliance is the result of mutual needs, and in Germany and East China** It is obvious that Germany has a demand for East China, because Germany needs East China to contain Russia. But does East China need Germany?

In Bi Luo's view, it cannot be said that East China does not need Germany, but East China's demand for Germany is smaller than Germany's demand for East China, after all, this time East China defeated Britain, France, Japan, Russia and the Netherlands by itself, which shows that even without Germany, East China is enough to protect itself. Of course, it can't be said that this alliance will not be negotiated, but Germany must come up with a sufficient amount of bargaining chips to make East China ** feel that this alliance is valuable, rather than just helping Germany contain Russia, of course, Germany is not without such bargaining chips, but it is difficult to say whether the emperor is willing to take it out.

Of course, Bilo also knew that this kind of thing could not be said directly to the emperor, although Wilhelm II did not have the cognition of "I am the country", but he also felt quite good, and the lesson of the last prime minister who directly pointed out that the emperor was wrong, Bilo obviously has not forgotten it, because he benefited from it and came to power. Therefore, even if it is persuasion, it must be tactful, or a different angle. The alliance is a big deal for any country, and it can only be determined after repeated consultations, and it will not be possible to sign a contract in 2 or 3 years, so it can be negotiated this time, and I don't know the attitude and conditions of East China's ** alliance to this alliance.

Sure enough, hearing Billow say this, Wilhelm II's feverish mind also calmed down, and he also felt that although his idea was good, it was indeed too hasty, and the alliance was indeed not so easy to negotiate.

Seeing that the emperor had calmed down, Bi Luo took the opportunity to suggest that this time he should send a minister with status and weight to visit Qingdao, and he could propose an alliance to East China, see what kind of reaction and conditions East China has and then make a decision.

After listening to this, Wilhelm II also felt that Bilo's suggestion was reasonable, and it was easy to find candidates, wasn't Prince Heinrich in Qingdao just that? He was his own younger brother, he was named the prince, and he had the rank of admiral, this amount was naturally sufficient, and the prince and many officials in East China had good personal relations, and as the intention to negotiate before the alliance, he was the most suitable person.

However, since it is an official visit, the formalities and ceremonies cannot be reduced, so it is possible to transfer the corresponding personnel from the country to Qingdao with the credentials and gifts, and then make an official visit after meeting with the prince. In addition, the prince has stayed in Qingdao for more than one year, and the prince's princess has entered the palace several times to confide in the queen her thoughts about the prince, hoping that the prince can return to China as soon as possible.

Prince Heinrich's princess is Princess Elene of Hesse and the Grand Duchy of the Rhine, and is the aunt and cousin of Wilhelm II and Prince Heinrich, so Wilhelm II can not ignore it, and let the prince and his wife be separated for a long time, Wilhelm II also feels a little sorry in his heart, but now he still can't let the prince return to China, but he can let the prince and princess set off with the delegation to Qingdao to meet the prince.

In 1898, the princess visited Qingdao and Beijing with the prince, and also went to the palace to meet the Empress Dowager Cixi, so it is completely feasible for the princess to go to Qingdao as a member of the delegation and accompany the prince to complete the visit.

So Wilhelm II immediately went into action, first asking the princess if she would like to go to Qingdao again to assist the prince in completing the visit. Prince Heinrich and the princess had three sons, of which the youngest child died at the age of 4, while the other two sons have grown up, the eldest son Wadmar is 18 years old this year, and the second son Sigersmond is 12 years old, both of whom are old enough to participate in social activities with their parents, and the royal family itself has the obligation to travel on behalf of the country.

Wilhelm II naturally had no objection to this, and allowing the prince's family to participate in this visit could also show the importance that Germany attached to this visit and the intention of forming an alliance, so he immediately sent a telegram to Prince Heinrich, explaining the purpose of this visit, and asking whether it was agreed that the princess and the two young princes should also come to Qingdao with the visiting delegation.

After Prince Heinrich received the telegram, he was naturally very happy, Bi Jing had not reunited with his family for more than 1 year, his thoughts about the princess and his two sons were also increased with the sun, and the family could get together in Qingdao, which was also good, not to mention the pleasant climate of Qingdao, and East China ** is a civilization different from European countries**, so that the two sons to increase their knowledge and broaden their horizons is beneficial to their growth, so they replied to the country on the one hand, and conveyed the visit request of Germany to East China **.

East China** of course welcomed Prince Heinrich's official visit, so Germany immediately began to prepare for this state visit, and at this time, Russia made a request to Germany, hoping that Germany would come forward to mediate the war between Russia and East China**.

After receiving the Russian request, Wilhelm II was so excited that he stayed up all night, because in his opinion he had finally found an opportunity to break up the Russo-French alliance and bring Russia back into the framework of the Three Emperors' Alliance.

The dismantling of the Russian-French alliance is the top priority of German diplomacy, although Germany is also trying to find ways to contain Russia, such as this time preparing to negotiate an alliance with East China, it is to hope that Lalong will be an ally behind Russia, contain Russia, and resolve the dilemma of Germany being attacked by the enemy. But if you can directly break up the Russian-French alliance, it is naturally better, after the Bijing alliance, it is to hand over the fate of Germany to the allies, rather than in the hands of Germany itself, in addition, Russia is too large, the territory is vast, the population is large, even if it is a two-sided war, it may not be unable to resist; and Wilhelm II and Nicholas II Bi Jing are cousins, and the two had a good relationship when they were young, so Wilhelm II preferred to form an alliance with his cousin rather than hostility.

Originally, more than 1 year ago, Wilhelm II and Nicholas II had signed a "Björk Treaty" to jointly deal with Britain, but this treaty was denied by the ministers of the two countries, the German ministers thought that this treaty made Germany suffer, and the Russian ministers thought that to sign such a treaty, it was necessary to seek the consent of its ally France, but how could France agree to Russia and Germany to sign such a treaty, and the result could only be lost.

And now Russia is asking Germany to intervene in the war between Russia and East China. In the eyes of Wilhelm II, this was the good opportunity he had been waiting for. Once Germany succeeded in mediating between Russia and East China** , undoubtedly sold to Russia a big favor, and will also let the Russian ministers see clearly, who is the ally that Russia needs, so after the end of the mediation, the Russian-French alliance will naturally collapse, and Germany can also pull Russia back into the framework of the Three Emperors Alliance, and the unfavorable strategic situation of Germany will also be completely reversed, and even what Bismarck failed to do at the beginning was completed by himself, which is enough to leave a brilliant mark in the history of the Holy Empire.