As soon as Bismarck took office, he delivered his famous iron-blooded speech, threatening the parliament with iron and blood methods, and if the persecution was excessive, it would be repressed. But at the same time, Bismarck also knew that it would be difficult to completely resolve the conflict with the parliament for a while, so Bismarck adopted the method of diverting attention and waging war abroad, and at the same time, he used the majority of the parliamentarians themselves to oppose not the expansion of the army and the contribution of money, but the root cause was that these parliamentarians were Prussian liberals, and they expected Prussia to have the ability to unify Germany.

And, at the beginning of the year, the king forcibly ordered the dissolution of the Chamber of Deputies and the re-election of the House of Representatives, which was again dominated by a newly formed party called the "German Progressive Party", which opposed the increase in military spending and the expansion of the army.

It is precisely because of this that King Pu asked Bismarck and Ron what the parliamentarians had done. These bombs inside the Kingdom of Prussia would explode at any time if they were not dealt with in a single day. It is possible not to sell intelligence to the enemy country or to cause civil strife at a critical moment, so this destabilizing factor must be resolved first.

Ron naturally knew about King Pu's worries, but he said very slipperyly: "Your Majesty, I naturally can't solve it here, so I recommend the prime minister next to me to solve it." ”

Bismarck smiled slightly and said confidently: "Your Majesty, rest assured, most of the members of the Chamber of Deputies who oppose military reform, I think I have solved it!"

In fact, they were not against the war, they actually wanted Prussia to unify Germany, but they wanted to represent the common people with more freedom and pay less taxes. Therefore, I seized on this point and explained to them that in order to unify Germany, it was necessary to wage war, and to wage war, it was necessary to carry out military reforms, to expand the army on a large scale, and to spend a lot of money on military expenditures! And now, these have been thought of as proper solutions! ”

"How to fix it?"

"I have summoned the Chancellor of the Exchequer to the House of Representatives, and promised in their presence that in five years I would apply to Parliament for a bill for compensation, and that the approved expenditures and the increased taxes would be made as an act of lending to the army, and that the interest and principal would be paid when due, and then returned to the Crown's treasury to be deducted from subsequent taxes. In other words, I promised them that they would be able to collect less or no taxes in the next few years.

In addition, I told the Reichstag that whether they agreed or not, we would expand our army and prepare for war, and if they did not agree, we would dissolve it again and send them to prison for betraying Germany. So, they had no choice but to acquiesce. Moreover, now that they have borrowed 200 million thalers from the Chinese Empire, which is enough to alleviate our financial crisis, they have no reason to object! ”

"Great! Then we can let it go! King Pu looked at Ron and Bismarck with a happy face, and whispered: "You say, after this defeat of Denmark and Austria, and two years of integration, can we have the strength to defeat France and Tsarist Russia?" ”

Ron shook his head: "Your Majesty, it's hard! Now that our military reform has just begun, the results are not significant, and the number of troops is only slightly more than that of Austria, to defeat Austria, we rely on a surprise sneak attack, quickly attack Vienna, and use their unreliable emperor to force him to relinquish the leadership of Germany.

France, after all, is an old European military power, and its army strength was as high as 420,000 two years ago. Unless we wait another three years, when our Prussian forces increase to 540,000, we will be able to achieve a clear advantage. But this will require a lot of money, and it will depend on our prime minister.

As for Tsarist Russia, Your Majesty, we still don't have this kind of mind to fight Tsarist Russia's idea, unless when the Chinese Empire attacks Tsarist Russia on a large scale, or when Tsarist Russia is in turmoil, then see if there is a chance, even so, we must be cautious, after all, it is a strong Russia, we don't want to provoke it. ”

Bismarck first nodded, then shook his head, looked at King Pu and admonished: "Your Majesty, it is true that you should not be too anxious, what the marshal said is very reasonable.

Defeat Austria, which can be done for sure. We don't have to defeat or occupy Austria in general, but it is still possible to occupy Bohemia and Krakow, the northern frontiers of Austria. And this time we have tried our best to defeat Austria, otherwise we Prussia will have no chance of unifying Germany.

And for France, their emperor, Napoleon III, was their weakness. As we all know, this emperor was bent on becoming the hegemon of Europe like his uncle, and he wanted to conquer the army in the event of war, and we could easily defeat the mighty France by taking advantage of his great achievements to lure him into leading his troops deeper, and then using the railroad to send troops and surround and capture him by surprise. Of course, these are just my thoughts, and how to implement them depends on Marshal Ron's settings.

As for Tsarist Russia, as Marshal Ron said, don't even think about it! That's not what our Prussia today can provoke. Even if Prussia unified the whole of Germany and recuperated for a few years, it would not be able to attack Tsarist Russia. The once invincible Napoleon the Great's 600,000 troops invaded Tsarist Russia, and in the end only more than 20,000 people fled back. This is a lesson that we cannot fail to remember. ”

Ron praised: "Chancellor Bismarck said it so well. Your Majesty, if Bismarck is not to be Prime Minister, but to be Chief of the General Staff. His deep-seated analysis is truly wonderful. According to his set, we Prussia have a good chance of winning. In particular, with regard to the rapid mobilization of troops by rail, I remember that a good friend of Moltke once proposed this tactic specifically for general warfare, that is, to use our existing railway lines to quickly mobilize troops and concentrate superior attacks.

It's a pity that he is no longer in Prussia, otherwise it would have been better for this campaign to be handed over to him for command. ”

With that, Ron sighed regretfully.

King Pu remembered something again, and asked Bismarck, "There is one more thing." Under what pretext do we attack Austria? We must not declare war without any excuse, in that case, the whole German Confederation will sympathize with Austria, but it will be detrimental to our unification of Germany! ”

Bismarck replied: "Quite simply, we have a two-pronged approach. The first is to propose a reform of the German Federal Act to completely exclude Austria from Germany, and Austria will certainly not be able to bear it and will take the initiative to provoke war. Second, we directly sent troops to occupy the states of Saxony and Württemberg that supported Austria, and Austria must not be able to die without help, and as soon as he came to the rescue, he gave us a reason to declare war. ”

King Pu was immediately relieved.