No matter how difficult it is for the diplomatic topic he provoked, Joey must continue.

After Joey tried to calm down, he said calmly again, "I hope to use this war to pull the British out of the glorious and isolated foreign policy, and let the British participate in the process of the great power alliance game." ”

"Hehe, dear Royal Highness the Prince, since you think you have a way to pull the British out of the glorious isolation policy, then I want to ask you first, the history of the glorious isolation policy of the British, do you know who proposed it?" The old prime minister asked with a sneer in the smoke.

"Your Excellency Prime Minister, George Canning, a British Tory Party reformer." Joey gave an answer calmly and quickly.

"Oh, I didn't expect that my dear Royal Highness the Prince knew about Mr. Canning. However, now that everyone thinks that the policy of glorious isolation is the work of Prime Minister Disraeli and Foreign Secretary Cecil, don't you think your answer is wrong? The old prime minister asked with a gloomy face.

"Oh, am my memories wrong?" Facing the mental pressure of the old prime minister, Joey's face showed a hint of hesitation, but soon, Joey got an encouraging and supportive look from the eyes of his father sitting on the side.

"This is the old prime minister's intimidation!" In his father's gaze, Joey was blessed at this moment, "He's bullying me for being young and not firm-minded, I won't fall for you." ”

Immediately, Joey's eyes were clear again.

"My lord, I don't think this point of view is correct, the policy of glorious isolation is a diplomacy of interference corresponding to the Holy Alliance of Prime Minister Menet, and it was Mr. Canning who buried the Holy Alliance of Prime Minister Menet with this policy after he became Foreign Secretary."

"I don't need useless conclusions, let me see the real evidence." The old prime minister continued to exert pressure.

"After the Spanish Revolution of 1820, the four countries, as the Holy Alliance of Britain, Russia, Prussia and Austria, originally wanted to intervene in the South American Revolution in order to preserve the Spanish monarchy, and the British government initially agreed, but after Foreign Secretary Castlereagh committed suicide and Canning succeeded him as Foreign Secretary, Canning made it clear." After a pause, Joy carefully recalled the speech of the famous 100-day prime minister in the history of the British Empire when he first became foreign secretary.

"I remember Mr. Canning's exact words, which we [British] live in in an era where there is a struggle between nations over monarchies or democracies. We (the UK) do not need to be involved in the struggle of either side, but only the steadfast and unwavering spectators of this fight, and we only need to pay our (British) compassion. ”

After Mr. Canning's famous speech, Joy continued, "Immediately afterwards, at the Holy Alliance's meeting in Verona, Italy, the British directly shouted that Britain would not be a member of the Holy Alliance's intervening forces under any circumstances. ”

"In order to oppose the Holy Alliance's interference in the Americas, Mr. Canning did not hesitate to use public opinion to attack his own King George IV, and even encouraged the Americans to put forward the famous Monroe Doctrine."

Moreover, by supporting the independence of Greece, Mr. Canning split the two most important forces of the Holy Alliance, Austria-Hungary and Tsarist Russia. Therefore, the complicated situation in the Balkans today is also a diplomatic credit to Mr. Canning, without whom there would have been no last three Russian-Turkish wars, and there would not have been last year's Berlin Conference. ”

Joy hated Mr. Canning, the first outstanding European-stirring stick in the history of the British Empire's Tory Party (the predecessor of the Conservative Party).

Later generations of British Tories or Conservatives have inherited the spirit of this-stirring stick in diplomacy, starting from Canning, to the Earl of Salisbury, to Churchill, and now to Aunt May, who is committed to Brexit.

Hearing Joey talk about the Berlin Conference, the old prime minister's face tightened again, but fortunately, Joey did not continue on this topic, but continued to elaborate on his previous views.

"Sir Palmerston, the famous Foreign Secretary of State for the gunboats, who has been followed by Mr. Canning, has also continued the policy of glorious isolation, and he has made it clear that it is his duty to make an alliance with Britain not rashly for the sake of Britain's own interests, and to avoid the terrible responsibility of war."

Joey's sentence, for the sake of Britain's own interests, did not rashly let Britain form an alliance to avoid bearing the terrible responsibility of the war, which made the old prime minister's face suddenly have a hot feeling, "This little guy, this is silently accusing me of the continental alliance policy." ”

Ignoring the old prime minister's ugly face, Joey continued to speak his mind.

"The Tories of the generation of Prime Minister Disraeli and Foreign Secretary Sissel, even when the Turks slaughtered the Bulgarians, the British, out of the interest of resisting the Russians, have not yet refused to blame the Turks, and have once again used a glorious and isolated balance of power foreign policy in the Near East crisis." Joey stared at the old prime minister's eyes and said slowly.

"This kind of naked interest and disregard for morality in British diplomacy has always been a manifestation of a policy of glorious isolation."

"Your Royal Highness, isn't it contradictory that you have been emphasizing the priority of Germany just now, but why you are attacking the British people's concept of British supremacy?" The old prime minister spat out a puff of smoke again and said slowly.

"My lord, this is not a contradiction, interests need to be hidden under the cloak of morality, so naked presented, can only be attacked by the world's defenders, the most important thing in this world is these, the defenders who stand on the moral high ground." Joey retorted without any shuffle.

"So, from the very beginning, you have to raise the banner of maintaining world peace and defending world justice?!" The old prime minister said with a little mockery.

"Yes, sir." Joy frankly admitted, "We are all civilized people, and the war waged by civilized people needs to first stand on the moral high ground, and I have already expressed a point of view that future wars are not only simple military struggles, but also economic struggles and public opinion struggles." ”

"How to seize the moral high ground is the key to the struggle of public opinion." Joey emphasized.

"Public opinion in the empire is restricted, what is the need to fight?" The old prime minister crossed his legs and began to question Joey's point of view.

"Even if public opinion in the empire is controllable, the Prime Minister does not want people to denounce himself in foreign newspapers every day as an executioner, an accomplice of a pagan tyrant who sits idly by and watches Christians being killed." The momentum of Joey's counterattack is quite a bit of the posture of Princess Victoria.

"Domestic public opinion is important, but more important is foreign public opinion, especially the so-called liberal Britain, and the British public opinion is the focus of our contention." Joy pointed out the core position of his public opinion struggle.

"Britain is a country of free opinion, control it, Your Royal Highness, your ideas are too unrealistic." The old prime minister's tone was rather dismissive of Joey's idea.

"I have never had the idea of controlling all public opinion in Britain, all I need is guidance from the moral high ground." Joey was unmoved by the old prime minister's look and continued.

"Frankly, I don't expect to change the policy of the British government at once, but I want to influence the British House of Commons and create public opinion problems for the British government in Parliament. Put simply, it is to delay, interfere, weaken and undermine the policies of the British government in Parliament. ”

"The biggest disadvantage of a parliamentary state is that all government policies have to be discussed and passed in parliament before they can be implemented. The purpose of guiding and controlling British public opinion is to create trouble for the British government in Parliament, consume their administrative resources, and increase internal friction. ”

"The point is to let the British government either slow down its response to hot issues, and Germany will strike first; Either they are vacillating on certain policies so that Germany can profit from them. ”

"The British have always acted as a-stirring stick in relations between continental European countries, and I will use the freedom of opinion that the British love to act as a-stirring stick in Britain."

After listening to Joey's declaration, Crown Prince Frederick couldn't help scratching his forehead in distress, and said in his heart, "It's good that Wiki is not here, otherwise I heard that my son was going to treat her motherland like this, and it is estimated that Jojo will be grounded lightly." ”

"Jojo, is the glorious isolation policy of the British bad? You must know that the dynastic wars of Prussia, as well as the Franco-Prussian wars, were all with the help of the glorious isolation policy of the British, otherwise the establishment of the German Empire would not have gone so smoothly. Crown Prince Frederick interrupted, reminding Joey that England, under the rule of the House of Hanover, had been of great help to Prussia.

Joey had a headache, and was so happy that he had completely forgotten that his father, the largest pro-British faction in Prussia, was by his side.

And the old prime minister in the smoke, seeing this scene, grinned silently, and said in his heart, "Little guy, you know how complicated diplomacy is, and there is family affection between countries!" ”

After thinking and hesitating for a long time, Joy raised his head again and said, "Father, the purpose of guiding British public opinion is not to subvert the British government, but to make the relationship between Britain and Germany more friendly through public opinion, just like the friendship that has always existed now, I hope to strengthen it at the level of public opinion." ”

"Before the establishment of the German Empire, Prussia was not a force that could influence the situation in Europe, so the British mentality towards Prussia at that time was different from the mentality of the British towards the Empire now."

After glancing at the old prime minister hiding in the thick smoke, Joey decided not to let go of the old prime minister who had led him into the ditch, "Father, please allow me to give a realistic example, such as last year's Berlin Conference. ”

"After this meeting, which had nothing to do with German interests, His Royal Highness the Prince put Germany in a new diplomatic dilemma, and a new Crimean alliance of the British, the French, and Austria-Hungary was about to be restored."

Hearing the words New Crimean Alliance, the old prime minister ignored the accusations hidden by Joey in his words, but put away the smile on his face and began to look at Joey seriously.

"If this alliance is realized, three of the five world powers are allied and there is no Germany, but there is France, Germany's sworn enemy, then this alliance will be fatal to Germany."

"And the British were the initiators of this alliance, which, though against the Russians, was also British, a disguised warning to the growing German Empire."

Joy turned his head to look at the old prime minister and continued, "In order to solve this thorny problem, His Royal Highness first proposed a German-Austrian alliance, so as to first draw Austria-Hungary out of this new Crimean alliance, and then to draw the British against Russia, and to form a continental alliance of the majority, so as to isolate the French. ”

"By the way, hopefully let the British retract into the protective shell of the glorious isolation policy, right, my lord."

The old prime minister nodded calmly.

"Father, so the German Empire today, no matter how much you trust Britain with your mother, and with me, we must admit the reality that Germany is a potential competitor to Britain."

After thinking seriously for a while, the crown prince nodded helplessly.

"Therefore, father, the deep-seated purpose behind the proper guidance of British public opinion is still for the friendship between Britain and Germany, and there are people in British society who are hostile to the Empire, and even if they do not, our enemies will be created in Britain, and even a group of people who are intent on destroying Anglo-German friendship will be cultivated."

"Instead of passively causing trouble to the enemy, Germany should take the initiative to occupy the high ground of public opinion on LinkedIn and promote Anglo-German friendship."

Joey finally found a point of view that could be accepted by his pro-British father.