After the outbreak of the American Civil War, various forces within Germany visited Bismarck one after another, hoping that Bismarck would come forward, and they all saw that this was the only opportunity for Germany to press the United States in the Americas. But Bismarck never intervened, he was waiting, waiting for an opportunity.

Seeing the Chinese forces jump out, he thought the opportunity had come.

Bismarck knew very well that Germany did not have the hard power to intervene in the American civil war, and jumping out too early would only be counterproductive, but would be counterbalanced by other countries. First the French will certainly turn to the United States, and then the British will also be concerned about German expansion.

Even though Bismarck saw that the expansion of the American Navy frightened the British, he still did not make a move. Bismarck knew very well that Britain would never be able to accept that the United States Navy would overtake Britain. Even if Britain needs to use the power of the United States to balance China and treat the United States as a pawn, it cannot accept it.

The British naturally hope that the world will have a stable order, a peaceful order, but this peace must be the peace under the rule of Victoria, not anything else, to be precise, in the context of the great era of Sino-British hegemony, that is, the world cannot be placed under the Chinese order. Therefore, Britain can acquiesce to the unification of the United States, and it can acquiesce to the strength of the United States, but this strength must be the basis of the inability of the American Navy to threaten Britain's control of the Atlantic.

But even though the U.S. Navy had de facto outnumbered Britain, Bismarck was reluctant to jump out, because Britain could continue to dominate by continuing to expand their formidable navy, and the British still had a choice.

France could no longer tolerate the blockade of the north to the south, but France had become less important, and the French navy had contracted after the Franco-Prussian War, and they focused on building an army to fight the Germans, although the French navy was still strong, but it had not been a new ship to the sea for several years, let alone a large-scale shipbuilding plan.

Therefore, it is not the Americans or the French who can decide the fate of the United States, but China and Britain. Now that the Chinese forces have taken the lead, Bismarck felt that the opportunity had come.

Because Bismarck decided that once China intervened, Britain would lose its choice, and the U.S. Navy would be strong, and Britain could choose to continue to expand its fleet, but China intervened, and Britain could only follow suit, otherwise it would lose its influence on the United States. It is impossible for Britain to sit idly by and watch the United States, an important chess piece, turn from black to white, and from Britain to China.

And Bismarck must also intervene, because if he does not intervene, Britain may suddenly switch to support the North, Britain against China, and then the North will unify the South, which is not at all in the interests of Germany.

However, after the intervention of Germany, this situation may be influenced. Give the British another option, which is to compete with China for influence over the United States if China intervenes. Britain is reluctant to stand at the front to meet the first row of bullets, and they must be happy to come out of Germany at this time to mediate, and then suppress China's role by supporting Germany.

Bismarck quickly summoned the British ambassador and told him that the Inca king had begun to act. Bismarck sent some information to the British, telling the British that the Inca kings had established ties with abolitionist organizations in the American South, and that it was possible to support the establishment of an independent state after the abolition of slavery in the South. And on this issue, the attitude of the Kingdom of Mexico is sought. Once this state was established, Bismarck decided that the American South would fall under Chinese control.

Bismarck inquired about Britain's attitude, and the British ambassador felt that the situation was serious, and he could not make up his mind, so he quickly consulted the cabinet. At the emergency meeting of the cabinet, it was difficult to agree for a while, some believed that Britain should actively intervene, lead the mediation, and let the Chinese infiltrate the southern part of the United States plan fail, but for whether to unify the United States or maintain division, the British cabinet has different attitudes, hardliners believe that the threat of American unity is too great, the United States has the ability to maintain a large navy, and their navy can only be deployed in the Atlantic, will become a strong competitor of the British Imperial Navy, so they advocate maintaining American division, conservatives believe, The United States should be allowed to reunite, strengthen Britain's naval power to maintain its superiority, and then form an alliance with the United States to continue to confront China.

It is difficult for the two factions to agree, and the only consensus is that China must not be allowed to dominate the US peace process, and that Britain must act. At this time, Bismarck proposed a plan for the European powers to jointly arbitrate, either by inviting China to participate or not by inviting them. Bismarck proposed that Germany could be the initiator of the American peace conference, hoping for the support of Britain.

Bismarck's proposal also did not resolve the fundamental differences of Britain, because Bismarck did not express his support for division or reunification, but only convened a meeting to discuss it first. The British believe that this is the best way to prevent China from intervening in the Americas alone, and the British cabinet even made a decision that China could be allowed to participate in this meeting, because they believe that as the largest neighbor of the United States, it is more disadvantageous to exclude China, and it is the best way to use a peace conference with the participation of many countries to restrain China, and then unite with other countries to suppress China, so as to avoid direct confrontation with China.

Britain responded to Bismarck's call and announced its willingness to participate in the American peace conference in Berlin.

After Britain responded, France also decided to participate in the meeting. Austria naturally supported Germany's diplomatic strategy; Russia has expressed its willingness to participate. Britain, France, Russia, and Austria announced one after another that they would respond to Bismarck's call to participate in the Berlin Conference. However, at this time, two important parties refused to participate, one was the United States Federation, the legitimate American regime recognized by the world, and the other was China, China ruled by the crown prince, which refused to participate in the conference led by European countries, and instead believed that the American question should not be decided by European countries.

Bismarck's decision surprised him slightly, but instead of being frustrated, he was very happy, which meant that the division of the United States was doomed.

If China is willing to intervene directly, the United States will have no chance of reunification, and for Bismarck, the goal has been achieved. The purpose of convening any international conference was only to maintain the interests of Germany, and Bismarck did not have too many ambitions to denounce Fang Xuan. China's current attitude, even if Bismarck's mediation fails, the United States will be finished. The worst situation is that because of the American Civil War, China and Britain are once again moving towards direct confrontation, so a war breaks out, and in the end, the North collapses, Britain withdraws from North America, China pays a heavy price to control North America, and then confronts the rest of the world in an all-out way. Even if there is no war, Germany's international standing will inevitably be greatly enhanced, because as China clearly does not support the Berlin Conference, Britain will strongly support the Berlin Conference, because Britain must want to submit the American question to European arbitration, so as to maintain Britain's greatest influence in the Americas.

But why didn't the Chinese crown prince attend this Berlin conference?

If it was the emperor of China, he would not hesitate to send people to participate, the emperor actually didn't care about this kind of false name, he wanted the actual result, to a certain extent, the emperor's diplomatic thinking was the diplomatic thinking under the Anglo-American system in later generations. But the crown prince is different, his ruling ideas are mainly Chinese, and the diplomatic thinking is nothing more than China's hegemonic royal art, there is no doubt that now the crown prince and the staff team represented by Zhou Guanhai behind him are admirers of hegemonism, and they cannot accept a small country like Germany to join the world.

If the US problem is to be resolved, even if it is the same result, it must be under the auspices of China, not under the auspices of Germany, and must be under the control of China, not under the control of European countries. Both the crown prince and Bismarck wanted to maintain the division of the American South, but the crown prince wanted a Chinese-style American South, not a European-style American Southern regime.

An action of the Inca king became a flare gun for Bismarck to launch an operation, and Bismarck's mediation operation was also a signal to push the crown prince to intervene.

Bismarck wanted to mediate, and the crown prince immediately did the same. Bismarck sent invitations to European countries, the United States, and China, but the crown prince invited both the north and the south of the United States to come to China and hold peace talks under the auspices of China.

At this time, the South of the United States, which was already in a desperate situation, responded positively to the invitation of the crown prince, but the Lincoln regime in the North made a restoration like Bismarck, insisting that the problem of the South was an internal problem of the United States, and opposed the interference of any country, believing that the South was not a country and that the federal government would not negotiate with local rebels.

The federal government did not participate, but the southern delegates were even happier, and they held intensive talks with the Chinese government to discuss peaceful means.

At this time, the Berlin Conference was also being held, and the attitudes of all parties were different, and in the absence of American representatives, everyone was extremely concerned about the issue of US reunification and division. France actually actively supported the unification of the United States, because France had lost its control over the Americas, and had also lost its ambitions, and for France, it did not matter whether the United States was unified or divided, but they did not want to see Germany without checks and balances in the Americas, so that Germany's position in Mexico would be too stable, and it would also be able to greatly strengthen the influence of the independent American Southern regime through Mexico.

On the one hand, Britain was concerned about the United States Navy, which was too strong after reunification, and on the other hand, it was worried that the United States, which would be too weak after the separation, would not be able to confront China.

Austria did not have its own diplomatic strategy, it followed Germany, Russia did not care about this, Russia really wanted peace as soon as possible, and the fragile Russian textile industry was in a more difficult situation than France.

Disagreements, Bismarck is not afraid, there are disagreements, there is room for him to operate, he would like this.

So Bismarck's skillful hand began to thread the needle again.

Bismarck first persuaded Britain to accept the American representatives of the South to join the conference, and although the South had not been invited before, but the Northern Federation, the legitimate government recognized by all, Britain accepted Bismarck's suggestion, because the South delegates had begun to operate in China, and if the South was not allowed to join the Berlin Conference, it would be tantamount to pushing them into China.

But the British did not want to ignore the legitimacy altogether, and they only agreed to allow the representatives of the South to enter the meeting as observers, allowing them to express their views, but not having the right to decide.

Austria is absolutely in favor of Germany. Bismarck persuaded Russia again. After intense discussions, the French relented, and they accepted that the representatives of the South would be allowed to enter the conference to express their views.

The representatives of the South entered the parliament with great grandeur, and their speeches became an indictment of the aggression of the North!