Bismarck and Prince Wilhelm, of course, understood the difficulty of this, because if Germany wanted to be unified, it had to have a country in the lead, and then defeat the other. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 InfoThis Prussia's opponent is Austria, Austria is Prussia's biggest opponent, and if Austria is not defeated, it will not be possible for Prussia to gain the dominance of a unified Germany.

But again, it is not enough to defeat Austria, after all, once a country is united, it will inevitably centralize power. In the past, the German region was made up of independent states, which were actually independent. Although there is a certain degree of cooperation in the economic field, there is no effective unification in the political, military, and other aspects. Countries have different laws and have separate armies. Although the so-called German Confederation was formed, the Confederation was not a federation, and the Confederation was more akin to an alliance for a purpose than a powerful collection.

After this reunification, how to distribute power and interests is also a question. Don't think that Germany is a nation, then it can be easily unified. Although this Germany is the same nation, once it comes to the struggle for power and interests, the major princes will not choose to give up their power.

"Also, if you want reunification, most of your liberal parliamentarians will not agree to reunification by force. Because most of the liberal parliamentarians are businessmen, once the war breaks out, the damage to business will be the greatest, they will not support unification by force, they will most likely support a moderate way of unification, which will not affect commercial interests, and even promote it. ”

But the process is bound to be slow, and maybe even ...... Maybe never. Take 10,000 steps back, and maybe one day it will succeed. But ......"

Before Xu Qing finished speaking, Bismarck took the initiative to reply: "But foreigners will not allow it, France will not sit idly by, and once there is a trend of reunification, they will inevitably send troops to intervene!" ”

"That's right, Bismarck, you're right. Even if you want a gentle reunification within yourself, foreigners will not sit idly by. The French are not stupid, it is impossible for you to be reunified so easily, and when the time comes, civil, military, political, economic, and military together, your so-called peaceful reunification is a joke! Xu Qing said.

Bismarck and Prince Wilhelm also fell into deep contemplation, of course they knew that Xu Qing had a point, not to mention that this method of economic integration took a long time, and maybe it would never succeed. Of course, the entire international situation does not allow them to adopt the method of peaceful reunification, and the only way to do so is through force. If it is not possible to unify as quickly as possible, then the French will definitely take the opportunity to intervene, and then the political, economic and military three-pronged approach is enough to make this Germany never integrate.

"Teacher, you mean, if you want to be unified, you must have enough centralized power? Only by concentrating power and suppressing those liberals can the country develop its armaments without being influenced by those liberal parliamentarians. Only by force could Austria be defeated and Prussia become the dominant force in German unity. ”

"Even, only with sufficient force can the major states be able to deter the major states internally, so that they do not dare to resist. Externally, we must also have strength, sufficient strength to resist foreign interference, and ensure that we can maintain our unified regime. ”

Prince Wilhelm saw that Bismarck was so touchable and thinking so fast, which made Prince Wilhelm interested in the little Junker squire that Xu Qing had just accepted. Before this, Prince Wilhelm did not know Bismarck, the little Junker squire, and he only allowed him to come in to entertain Xu Qing out of order to save face.

But now, Prince Wilhelm actually found that this Bismarck was actually a talent, so easy to bypass, quick thinking, and quickly able to think of the crux of the problem.

"It's a talent, it seems that this Minister Xu Qing doesn't accept students casually, and this student is still a very good talent. I can't miss it! Prince Wilhelm looked at Bismarck and thought to himself.

Bismarck and Prince Wilhelm also grasped the key point of Germany's future unification, that is, it was necessary to concentrate power and concentrate power to develop the army, so as to unify by force, deter the major vassal states internally, and ensure that they could resist the intervention and invasion of France and other countries externally, and maintain a unified political system.

However, Bismarck still asked: "Teacher, but force alone is not enough, we must have a chance, because we have force alone, but we cannot directly use force to unify." After all, once we have no suitable excuse to send troops to reunify, then the major states are not people who can give everything for reunification. In order to maintain their power, they will definitely not give up easily, and most of them will join forces to fight. Even in the aristocratic marriage relations of European countries, it is easy to cause foreigners to interfere. Once foreigners interfere, then our reunification will also be a failure. ”

Bismarck's argument is indeed very reasonable, and although the current situation in Germany is similar to that of China's pre-Qin period, it is also different. In the pre-Qin period of China, it was established that there was no foreign enemy and no foreign interference, and it could be unified by force without any scruples. But not in Europe, where the marriages of the European aristocracy were complicated, and all kinds of in-laws would become an excuse for countries to intervene, and there were not many examples of this in European history.

If the major domestic states do not agree and ask for foreign support, then Prussia will also be very embarrassed! This is a genuine conflict of interest, although German reunification is inevitable in the long run.

However, although everyone thinks that reunification may be inevitable, there are still many small calculations on how to reunify it. Prussia wanted a Prussian-led unification, but Austria wanted Austria to take the lead. In the same way, the liberal parliamentarians and politicians want peaceful reunification.

As for the major states, although they may be aware of this as a general trend for future unification. However, under this general trend, those weak states may still hope to be able to fight for more interests for themselves as much as possible, and to win more privileges after unification. Even tourists can take the opportunity to blackmail and get more benefits.

Therefore, although everyone knows that reunification may be the general trend, the problem is that each has its own small abacus, and they are unwilling to give up the benefits they have already obtained, and even want to take advantage of this reunification to speculate and gain more benefits. The relationship in this is really untidy and messy, which is enough to give Bismarck a headache.

However, this problem is not difficult for Xu Qing, as an old diplomat, coupled with the history of German reunification, if he can't think of what to do, then he is a good mallet!

Xu Qing took the initiative to ask: "Bismarck, what reason do you say can be for the two countries to form an alliance?" What is the reason for the two countries to unite and form an alliance? ”

Bismarck quickly replied: "It is nothing more than a common interest, or a common enemy." If two countries want to form an alliance, they must have common interests or common enemies, and this is the possibility of an alliance. If there is no common interest, or common enemy, then I don't know how this covenant was born! ”

Xu Qing nodded and said, "Then think about it, do you have common interests with those German states?" Or is the common interest greater than this, and is this common interest big enough that they should give up some interests to support reunification? ”

Bismarck shook his head at the same time as Prince Wilhelm, this is a joke, right? Although this German regional state knows that reunification is a general trend in the future, they are all thinking about their own small calculations and are unwilling to give up power so easily to reunify. So the so-called common good, that may be a little bit, but it's really not too much.

"Then why don't you think differently? If there is no common interest, then why can't we look for a way out from the common enemy? After all, when the external pressure is greater than the internal contradictions, the collective will also give up the temporary contradictions and fight against the external enemy. Contradictions are not unchanging, and the main contradiction and the secondary contradiction may change at any time. Why don't you think about it and create a major contradiction? ”

Bismarck and Prince Wilhelm's eyes suddenly lit up, this idea is good! If the path of common interests does not work, why not follow the path of common enemies? If there is a common enemy of Germany, then the whole of Germany will have to be "forced" to unite against foreign enemies. This is like the period of China's resistance against Japan, when China was originally scattered, but after the Japanese came, they actually moved towards unity.

As for Germany, on the contrary, it can take advantage of this, deliberately create an enemy, create an enemy without an enemy, force Germany to unite internally, and then face an enemy together, and create a political basis for future unity.

This idea is really good, and it makes Bismarck and Prince Wilhelm shine in front of their eyes, and this benefit is not small. This kind of thinking is very novel, if there is no enemy, it is to actively create enemies, and this approach is really eye-opening for everyone. This strategy is very fresh, this creation of enemies, in fact, is nothing more than to force internal unity, this kind of thinking has never been played in the past!

"Chinese really know how to play!" Prince William thought.

Bismarck and Prince Wilhelm were both smart men, so they naturally knew what to do. If Xu Qingdu said that at this point, what should they do if they are still not there, then they simply hang themselves and don't think about how to unify Germany.

However, Bismarck took the initiative to ask: "Teacher, I want to know, why are you reminding us so much?" It seems that whether we are united in Germany or not has nothing to do with your China, right? It seems that there is no good or bad in your China, so why are you so keen to help us unify Germany? ”

William also looked at Xu Qing, Xu Qing seemed to be too positive, too active to help Germany. This is not logical, after all, whether Germany is unified or not is completely incompatible with China! Is Xu Qing an internationalist, this fool?

Xu Qing said directly: "Actually, it's very simple, we just want to make money." If you want to unify Germany, you must accumulate sufficient resources and have sufficient economic strength. The so-called cannon fires ten thousand taels of gold, and war is extremely expensive and resourceful. As for you Prussia, there are not so many resources, and there are not many consumables to consume enough. ”

"But we have a large population in China, and it is not surprising that we have a certain amount of unemployment pressure in our country. Because of the large population, the number of jobs provided is obviously not enough. And once people lose their jobs, it is easy to cause all kinds of problems. That's why I want to be able to purchase all kinds of consumables from Prussia and Ourne, especially for everyday light industry. These are all shortcomings of Prussia, and we can even give you all kinds of raw materials, so that I think you can get a good market. Xu Qing replied.

Bismarck was speechless, but although Xu Qing's reason was unexpected, it was also reasonable. Xu Qing's reason is that the people in China are unemployed, and they need to find suitable sales channels to sell materials, otherwise the unemployment pressure of the people will increase and the society will be unstable.

However, there are not many countries in the world that can become a big buyer. Britain has a large industry and colonies of its own, and does not need China to provide those basic raw materials or ordinary materials. As for other countries, it doesn't mean much, and it can't be purchased much. And the current domestic situation in France is not good, which is known to many upper echelons in Europe, and the future economy will definitely have problems, and may even lead to revolution.

As for the only potential big buyers, that is, Prussia and Germany. Although Prussia had industry, it was seriously short of raw materials and basic materials. Because Prussia has no colonies, there are not enough colonies, so it will be very difficult for them to get raw materials.

As for China, it happens that all kinds of basic materials are unsalable, so is it not good to make up for it? The resources consumed by war are staggeringly enormous. In particular, in the event of a war of unification in Prussia in the future, domestic production would not only be unable to meet the requirements, but would be further weakened, which would certainly be inappropriate.

So at this time, if China can be sold to Prussia, then it will also be an important source of resources. Prussia received resources, and China could sell all kinds of basic materials and relieve domestic pressure. In this way, both sides take what they need, and each has its own benefits. Don't worry about anything, so Bismarck and Prince Wilhelm also think that this excuse is reasonable.

In any case, Prussia's determination to unify Germany will not change, and this will be the case with everyone. As for China, it is understandable that both sides take what they need, after all, Prussia has no direct interests with China