Joey was also a little caught off guard by the scene of William I sitting on the ground holding himself and crying.

When he went out this morning, Joey persuaded the crown princess to agree that he could wear a Prussian military uniform, only to find that his mother had never made such a costume for himself. In the end, it was his father who asked the attendants to find the Prussian military uniform he wore when he was a child and gave it to Joey, who never expected that he would fit very well.

Just now, Joey just had a hint of showing off, wanting his grandfather to see if he fit in his father's former Prussian military uniform. But he didn't expect the old emperor to react so much to his Prussian military uniform, and Joey was stunned on the spot.

When Bismarck heard the old emperor say, "Albrecht, is that you?" ", I knew why the old emperor was so out of shape.

Count Albrecht von Rohn, Field Marshal of Prussia, Minister of War of the Second German Reich. As early as the Revolution of 1848, he became acquainted with Wilhelm I, who was only Prince of Prussia at the time, and among the famous Prussian troika in the future, he and Wilhelm I knew each other the earliest and had the deepest friendship. The other two of the troika, Bismarck and Moltke the Elder, were also recommended by him to Wilhelm I.

It can be said that Count Ron was not only the founder of the troika, but also the most important mediator in the conflict between Wilhelm I, Bismarck and Moltke the Elder. But on the 23rd of last month, the most important of the three founding fathers of the Second German Reich left his beloved Germany.

Historically, after the death of Count Ron in 1879, whenever Bismarck had a temper with the old emperor, because there was no one to mediate between the emperor and the prime minister, Bismarck was angry several times, making his judgment of the diplomatic relations between Germany and Russia, Germany and Austria, Germany and Britain, and Germany and France biased. It can be said that since 1879, the diplomacy of the old prime minister has ceased to be as sharp and invincible as before.

Bismarck walked up to the Emperor and Joey, stroked the Emperor's shoulder, and said half-kneeling: "Your Majesty, we will all miss Albrecht, and I hope you will mourn." ”

"Will everyone miss Albrecht? I don't think you'll be the only one who won't! When Albrecht was here, you couldn't bully me like that, and now that Albrecht is gone, you're bullying me in everything! Wilhelm I said as he angrily shook off Bismarck's hand on his shoulder.

Bismarck put down his hand with an embarrassed face and said, "Your Majesty, no one dares to bully you. ”

"No, you still say no! When Albrecht was here, how did you, me, and Helmut discuss German-Russian relations with Albrecht, we all confirmed that the United Nations with Russia was the cornerstone of Germany's diplomatic relations, but you wanted to sign a contract with Austria with Russia, which was forcing me to give up this cornerstone! You were on the side of the Austrians in the Austro-Prussian War! And now too! You know what Alexander II wrote to me! You are... You are—" The old emperor couldn't find the right words in his eagerness, and continued to weep.

"Prussian-Russian relations, the cornerstone of diplomacy, the signing of a contract with Austria against the Russians." The words flashed through Joey's mind, "That's right! In 1878, in order to support Austria-Hungary in its struggle for the Balkans, Bismarck not only made the Berlin Treaty to oppress the Russians, but even did not hesitate to raise tariffs to prevent the export of Russia's most important foreign trade commodities and agricultural products to Germany, hoping to oppress the Russians so that they could spit out their Balkan interests. ”

"Bismarck's intention to raise tariffs was to pressure the Russians to bow down, but it turned out that the French let the Russians tide over the difficulties by borrowing money from Russia, and the French not only improved Franco-Russian relations, but also eventually laid the foundation for the Franco-Russian alliance." According to his own view of history in his previous life, Joy made his first evaluation of Prime Minister Bismarck.

"The Prime Minister is really starting to make stupid moves, and he is still preparing to tie up with the Austrians, you must know that in history, the Austrians have pit Germany twice in a row...."Joey looked at the emperor and the prime minister, and wanted to say something...

But Joey suddenly found that he couldn't intervene at all. If you criticize the chancellor for being short-sighted, from the perspective of the future, he will analyze the future trend of German diplomacy and point out the passionate words to Bismarck. Let's not talk about whether this kind of behavior is dead, but let's say that Germany, a country that respects knowledge and authority very much both in history and in reality, a German child who has never been exposed to diplomacy at the age of 11 has asked him to question and challenge the diplomatic decisions of an old diplomat who is almost 64 years old and has a huge reputation in Europe.

In the eyes of others, this child is not courageous but completely mentally handicapped, and others will only leave it in history. As for what this kid said, is that right? I'm sorry, history doesn't record this, history only records the final evaluation of adults, after all, this society is a society that belongs to the rules of the adult game, and diplomacy is the crown of the adult game.

Joey felt that since he couldn't say anything, he had to do something, and the tears of an old man in front of him always made people's hearts uneasy. If a person acts kindly, there will definitely be something in return for kindness.

Joey took out his handkerchief and wiped the tears on his face for the old emperor, and said, "I'm sorry, Grandpa Emperor, I didn't know that my costume reminded you of Grandpa Ron, I forgot that Dad used to be Grandpa Ron's favorite student, I'm really sorry." ”

"Yes, Albrecht liked your father the most, he always took pride in your father, and even mentioned him on his deathbed...."William I was stunned, and suddenly remembered the last time he visited Count Ron on his deathbed.

After Count Ron asked the others to step down, Count Ron said his last political will to the old emperor in front of the bed, "The stronger the ability, the greater the temper, Otto is such a person, his genius diplomatic skills, is the only guarantee of the safe navigation of this German giant ship in the sea full of reefs." Your Majesty the Emperor, as the helmsman of this great ship, you must unconditionally trust your navigator. Otto is also a man who values honor as his life, and if he goes against his will, it is easy for him to see it as a challenge to his honor, you know his aggressive temper, please bear with him. ”

"I will be gone, Your Majesty, and it will not be an easy task for you to be Emperor under Otto's nose. I'm leaving, I really hope someone can help you, Your Majesty. Crown Prince Frederick was the best student of my life, and I have always been proud of him. Your Majesty, in those years on the question of belonging to Saxony, it was your son who finally convinced Otto, not me. Frederick, he was a brilliant child. He is also Your Majesty's only son, and in fact, the industrialization and trade liberalization that their husband and wife have always advocated are not necessarily a bad thing for Germany. Finally, I sincerely hope that Your Majesty will give Crown Prince Frederick, your son, a chance. ”

Count Ron's last words, the old emperor really listened. After that, William I always hoped to find an opportunity to make his son bow to him and give himself a step, and then he could use the excuse that the crown prince had already been subdued to transfer the crown prince from the position of director of the museum, so that his son could be appointed to a more important position.

In fact, the dispute over where Joey went to school was also deliberately caused by the old emperor to create an excuse. It's just that I didn't expect the old emperor's scheming, and under the mediation of well-intentioned people, he was finally misunderstood by the crown prince and his wife. led to a quarrel over where to get Joey to go to school, and finally made the palace a chicken and a dog, and the angry old emperor put away his plan to let the crown prince out of the mountain.

Today, Joey came to see himself at the beginning of his serious illness, which made the old emperor very happy, and Joey was wearing a Prussian military uniform to go to a complete middle school, the old emperor was even more excited, and directly understood Joey's behavior as a disguised submission of the crown prince and his wife. In the end, looking at Joey, who looked very much like the crown prince's childhood, and was touched by the scene, coupled with the fierce quarrel with Bismarck just now over the alliance with Russia or the United Olympics, and then thinking back to the last words of Count Ron, the only thought of the old emperor at this time was, "Lao Tzu, let my son help, see how dare you, the robber knight of Xingaosen, bully me!" ”

Bismarck looked at Joey, and then at the emperor who stopped crying with tears in his eyes, and his heart sank, "After I usually make Your Majesty cry, I have to be like a wayward woman to make Your Majesty stop crying, but today, Your Majesty, how can I not cry?!" ”