After Crown Prince Frederick came out of Charlottenburg Palace, he still felt a little strange about his experience today.

After the crown prince came to the Whitehall of Charlottenburg Palace in the morning, his father William I first gave him a big hug, and then the old emperor directly announced to the old prime minister and the ministers in the palace who had arrived early that Crown Prince Frederick would be the Minister of Economy of the Empire, responsible for all economic and foreign trade affairs of the Empire.

Of course, the appointment of the crown prince was not all smooth sailing, as the crown prince's old political rival, the old chancellor Bismarck was of course the first to come out and oppose it.

"Your Majesty the Emperor, the appointment of any cabinet official needs to be nominated by the Prime Minister first, and in the absence of my nomination, your appointment is not in accordance with the rules!" Bismarck said with an emotional wave of his arms.

"The Imperial Constitution stipulates that I have the power to appoint prime ministers and cabinet officials." The old emperor did not give an inch.

"Your Majesty, you must respect my right to nominate! My, right to nominate! Without my nomination, this appointment is illegal and I will never accept it! Bismarck retorted loudly.

"Ha, I don't need your nomination for this decision, Prime Minister, Crown Prince Frederick has the death nominee of Count Ron, the Imperial Governor! And now I've approved the nomination of Earl Ron! The old emperor looked at Bismarck, whose face was flushed, with a smile, and a strong pleasure suddenly welled up in his heart, "You robber knight of Xingaosen, you have the ability to come again!" ”

Frederick I, Grand Duke of Baden (son-in-law of the old emperor and brother-in-law 5 years older than the crown prince), saw that the atmosphere in the Whitehall was not right, and immediately came forward, "His Royal Highness the crown prince is Count Ron's favorite student, and it is reasonable that Count Ron has this nomination." Let's congratulate His Royal Highness Crown Prince Frederick on becoming the Minister of Economy of the Reich! With that, take the lead and applaud.

Amid the warm applause of everyone, Crown Prince Frederick took over the appointment of the old emperor, and then shook hands with everyone one by one, including the solemn Prime Minister.

After the crowd retreated, the old emperor left Crown Prince Frederick alone in his office.

"Frederick, I'm glad that you and Victoria were finally able to listen to me and let Joey go to the Empire's middle school, which is undoubtedly the right choice for you! We are Prussian men, and what flows in our blood is fire and iron, and the children of Prussia must be educated in Prussia, Frederick, as a father, I am very happy to have this clear understanding! The old emperor paced excitedly in the Whitehall.

"By the way, Frederick, why did Victoria ask your mother-in-law for a private tutor?" The old emperor was pacing, but he still didn't forget to ask a question that had been hidden in his heart for a long time.

"That's what Joey meant."

"Joey?"

"Yes, Joey said he wanted to learn more about science through a private tutor, and as for why the British... Well, well, according to Joey's private confession to Victoria later, he felt that his maternal grandmother could afford the expenses better than Victoria and me. Crown Prince Frederick paused, "Of course, Victoria and I have already criticized Joey. At that time, Victoria, knowing Joey's terrible idea, wanted to go and recover the telegram, but the hired telegram had already been sent. Now that Victoria and I have agreed, we won't let Victoria's mother bear the expenses, we'll pay for it. ”

"No, I will pay for this money, how can it be reasonable, does Qiaoqiao think that my grandfather is a poor egg! Humiliate me in front of Victoria's mother?! It's so hateful, I'm going to find a chance to teach Jojo a good lesson! As for you, Frederick, do a good job and don't let your teacher and me down! ”

On the way from Charlottenburg Palace to Schulenburg, inside the Chancellor's carriage.

Rudolf Delbrück, the chief of staff of the Prime Minister, looked at the Prime Minister opposite and said, "Your Highness, usually you have disputes with His Majesty the Emperor, but they are all done in private, and today you are arguing with Your Majesty in front of all the ministers and nobles, this is not your style in the past. ”

"Disputes? No, I'm just showing my attitude. Although the scene is a bit scary, you know, this is my usual method of dealing with the old emperor, but I didn't expect that this method did not scare this wayward old woman today. To tell you the truth, if the crown prince were to return to the army and command a campaign, I would approve it with both hands! The old prime minister waved his hands.

"But in the economy, he has never touched the economy at all, and he has not even touched his fortune. The people in the palace said that his money was in the safe of the crown princess, and the crown prince did not even have a single finnig on him. At best, he learned some economic jargon in the reactionary salons of the crown princess. A man can't even hold his own money in his hands, and I don't feel at ease at all about handing over the economy of the empire to him. The old prime minister said disdainfully.

"Your Highness, in fact, it is not a bad thing to have His Royal Highness the Crown Prince as Minister of Economy. You see, since '76, the decline of the domestic steel industry has not stopped, and yesterday Mr. Alfred Krupp spoke to me on the phone, and he told me that his factory operating rate was only 40% compared to '72. After the collapse of the British Bank of Glasgow, the Bank of the West of England and the Bank of South Wales last year, I got the news from the British side that the actual steel production of the British last year was less than 1 million tons, and only 60% of the textile industry was started. As for the French, the situation is still the same, and they have not returned to the level of 70 years until now. ”

"According to the reactionary Socialists, this is called the European economic crisis. The crown prince and his wife have always sympathized with the reactionary socialists and sympathized with their strikes.... Hehe, I can't wait to see the excitement now. And now there is a flood of cheap food from India and the United States, much to the dissatisfaction of the landowners, the Junckers, who have been complaining that their economic interests have been greatly damaged. According to the National Police Agency, these Junkers have a lot of private activities and may do something like the Socialists. Delbrück said with some schadenfreude.

"Who's tandem below? Warn them that Prussia will never allow the Junkers to do this, whoever it is, and the only consequence of doing so is for me to take off their titles of nobility, confiscate all their property, throw them in prison, and let them rot to death in it! You go and tell them that I don't mind doing anything to these Prussian traitors. Bismarck glared at his office secretary and said fiercely.

"Your Highness, after all, this will be a mess for the crown prince, you..."

"Rudolph, remember! As long as I live, as long as I am the Prime Minister of the Empire, I will never allow anything to endanger the Empire. I can disagree with the crown prince, but that doesn't mean I want to gamble on the fate of the empire! You, and tell them, this is my attitude and bottom line! Bismarck said sternly.

Bismarck's expression eased for a moment and continued, "I have already made my attitude clear at the court today, I have opposed this appointment of the crown prince from the beginning, and if the crown prince does not do well, as prime minister I have the right to impeach my cabinet ministers. There can be disputes at work, but you are not allowed to make any small moves in private, remember, Prussia and the Empire need unity! Any infighting is beyond my boundaries, and I think I've made it clear. ”

"Also, Frederick is the crown prince and our future emperor, including you, everyone must remember this!" Bismarck closed his eyes, "From now on, we have to learn how to deal with the next emperor." ”