"The Chinese Foreign Minister has arrived." The secretary came in and informed Prime Minister Bismarck. The Prime Minister replied: "Please let him in." ”

As he got up, the Prime Minister closed the first volume of the German edition of Capital. Because of China, Uncle Ma's research has almost become a prominent science in the upper echelons of Europe. The reason why it is described as "almost" is because Uncle Ma's famous book "The Communist Manifesto" bluntly announced the end of the exploitation system.

And some of the essays of the Chinese emperor Wei Ze gradually spread to Europe, and these articles told the end of the feudal system from the standpoint of a ruler. The Chinese Emperor Wei Ze also had a lot of quite incisive expositions on the capitalist system. These statements are undoubtedly pertinent and unceremonious.

With theory and successful practice based on this theory, Uncle Ma's influence in the upper echelons of Europe has increased day by day. Even in Germany, very few people proposed to cancel the expulsion of Uncle Ma himself from Germany, so that Uncle Ma could return to Germany to teach. After all, Uncle Ma is German, so what is it to let him take China's funding and live a rich life in the UK?

The Prime Minister scoffed at such subservient proposals, and although he was ideologically opposed to communism, he was essentially a genuine materialist. Just as he cracked down on the Communist Party, he looked for a better way to govern the country from Capital. For the prime minister, the value of everything is whether it can make a difference in the moment. Faced with the German Juncker, who is as stupid and ignorant as a pig, and the cowardly bourgeoisie, the prime minister can only shout "iron and blood" in a language that these people can understand. For those communists who only know how to depict a future paradise with theory, the prime minister cannot have the slightest favor and recognition.

When Li Xin walked into the office under the guidance of his attendants, the prime minister was already standing in the center of the office. This is a courtesy to China's foreign minister, who agrees that China will be able to break free from British oppression and become a world power in its own right. Perhaps the emperor of China was a theoretician, and more important than the theoretician, the Chinese ruling class represented by the emperor of China was a doer.

The prime minister, who has developed a fortune and has a bulging belly, has begun to look old in appearance. But Li Xin does not underestimate the founder of the Second Empire and the current prime minister because of this appearance. This man's contribution to Germany is comparable to Weizer's contribution to China, and Germany has gone from being scattered and oppressed by European powers to becoming a European power with an area of 540,000 square kilometers and a European power with natural advantages on the European continent.

The first thing the two sides talked about was the same old thing, and Germany hoped to be able to buy the most advanced warships from China. Li Xin could only respond to this in a more perfunctory way. At this time, the most powerful navy in the world was the Chinese People's Navy and the Royal Navy of the British Empire, both of which without exception chose to keep naval technology secret. Although we can't say it to death, thanks to the navigable capacity of the Suez Canal, there is no possibility of a full-scale naval war between China and Britain for the time being, and there is no need for China to create too much trouble for Britain at the moment.

More importantly, China's naval technology can not only be used in the navy, but also the tube-retreat artillery is already the standard equipment of the Chinese army. Giving Europe the ability to stand up to Britain is not the best option for China, at least for the time being.

After talking about this matter, it was the turn of the Ottoman question. The Chancellor made Germany's position clear: "We are against the British proposal. ”

Li Xin was not surprised by this, the natural advantage of the Second German Empire was that it was both a Nordic and Western European country, and at the same time a Central European country. This country in the heart of Europe is a land of four wars, and Germany's industrial strength and strong army allow Germany to fight in all directions. In response to the situation in Germany, young staff members of the European Department of the Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs put forward a point called "The German Dilemma in Europe".

This dilemma is due to Germany's geographical advantages, industrial and institutional advantages, and the "Qinization" of the Germans caused by Chancellor Bismarck's own materialist way of doing things. Xunzi, who was highly recognized by Wei Ze, had visited Qin in the past, and after praising the current system and social level of Qin from the bottom of his heart, he also believed that Qin lacked humanistic political concepts, so it was very dangerous in the long run.

And the trend in Germany is very much like this, with autocracy and good organizational models based on it, the pursuit of efficiency, and the wonderful fit for the development of science. Let "the Germans enrich the system but not the heart, and the Germans can overcome mistakes but cannot avoid the wrong path". From Wei Changrong's son's somewhat poetic summary description, Li Xin keenly smelled a hint of Wei Ze.

"So what do you think is the more reasonable way?" Li Xin asked.

"It can't be led by the British, nor can it be led by Russia. Only by avoiding the dominance of these two countries can there be stability and peace in the Balkans. "Prime Minister Bismarck put forward his opinion.

Li Xin scolded in his stomach, "The co-authorship still has to be led by Germany." ”

But Li Xin didn't say this, he asked a question, "As one of the members of the Three Emperors Alliance, what kind of impact will Germany's exclusion of Russia's dominance have on the Three Emperors Alliance?" As far as I know, France has a lot of economic cooperation with Russia, and Germany has a great advantage in economic relations with Russia. Not to mention that Russia believes that it is natural to lead its Slavic brothers in the Balkans. Economically, if Germany is unable to provide the support that Russia needs in the same way as France, how will the Three Emperors Alliance go ahead if Germany is unable to meet Russia's needs politically? ”

The prime minister was silent for the time being, and Li Xin's question was very acute and hit the core. The purpose of the Three Emperors Alliance was to strike at France, and there were many contradictions between Britain and France, which were exacerbated by the actual occupation of Egypt by the British. So the likelihood of an Anglo-French alliance became very low, very low. The Ottoman Empire was tilted towards the British, Italy was a dozen soy sauces, and fifteen years ago, the Nasan Empire was still stationed in Rome. So it is impossible to count on the full cooperation of Italy and France.

As long as Germany maintained the alliance of the Three Emperors, it cut off the possibility of France finding an ally. With the strength of Germany, the result of a one-on-one confrontation with France was another Franco-Prussian war.

This was an alliance against France, and when it was used by Russia and Austria-Hungary to meet their own strategic objectives in other areas, Austria-Hungary was the first to pit Russia. Part of the territory of Germany was in Central Europe, and Austria-Hungary was a completely Central European country. Austria-Hungary, as a Central European country, could not accept Russia as the hegemon of Central Europe. Prime Minister Bismarck was faced with such a complicated situation.

Li Xin did not expect Prime Minister Bismarck to really answer this question, which has already involved the judgment of a country's core strategy and the operation of its core strategy. However, Li Xin thought so, and inevitably fell into the misunderstanding of treating others with himself. In fact, Prime Minister Bismarck wanted to be able to answer this question with confidence, because Germany, which could answer this question, really solved the biggest dilemma that plagued Germany strategically.

It is a pity that the Prime Minister did not touch on this topic until the end of this meeting.