Chillingsfest glanced at William and grabbed the page on the table so impatiently, and couldn't help but roll his eyes. For the young man who only demonstrated the orthodoxy of the Hohenzollern family, although William was unpretentious on the surface, he actually valued it very much in his heart; If not, he would not have set up a young reserve at the peak of his Spring and Autumn Period, without worrying about causing a situation where he was entrusted to a non-human person. Chillingsfist shook his head slightly, not disturbing William's viewing, but closed his eyes and pretended to sleep.

After a while, Chillingsfest slowly opened his eyes. His eyes turned, and when he saw that William was still staring intently at the page in his hand, he suddenly felt a little unhappy in his heart. How can it be said that he was also summoned by the emperor today, and the discussion was still about the military affairs of the Philippines, why is it that now the emperor forgot the most important thing after seeing a telegram sent by his second son? He put his hand to his mouth and was about to use a cough to remind him, but he found that the expression on the emperor's face was complicated, joy, surprise, unwillingness, and understanding...... He slowly lowered the telegram in his hand and inhaled deeply, as if he had experienced a dream.

"Your Majesty, what's wrong?" Chillingsfest frowned and asked in a deep voice.

William's body moved slightly, as if he had just come to his senses, and said softly: "It's nothing, it was Ettel who arrived at Jiaozhou Bay and sent me an urgent telegram." According to the telegram, Alfred had already led the main force of the entire fleet south to camp in Santa Ana in the Philippines in order to put pressure on the American side. As for the incident of the United States' annexation of the Philippines, he also gave his own opinion. With that, he put the telegram in his hand in front of Chillingsfest.

Hearing William's words, Chillingsfister couldn't help but be slightly stunned. He didn't expect Tirpitz to be so good, and he chose to bring the fleet to Santa Ana Harbor, which coincided with his own point of view. As for the opinion of the crown prince in this incident...... The old prime minister smiled slightly, but he still picked up the telegram in his hand and began to scan it. Although he had little hope for it, the emperor had already placed a telegram before him, and he could not put it aside without looking at it; Second, as the prime minister of the empire, he should also learn from the strengths of others in dealing with problems. Even if it's just a juvenile who has not yet reached adulthood, maybe there is a certain point of thought that is desirable?

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William slowly sat back on his main seat and said softly, "Ettel said that the barbarian country without a nation is the luckiest country on this planet. Located on the other side of the ocean in North America, far away from the war-torn continent, they have a large population and abundant resources, and have all the conditions to become a superpower; What is even more rare is that these barbarians, who have no history and culture, do not have the restraining factor of old-fashioned resistance in the development of the country, and can devote all their strength to the modernization of the country. At present, their economic and industrial power is far superior to that of the European powers, and in a few years they will even surpass the combined power of Britain and Germany; For such a country, Germany should not tear its skin with it and become an enemy. Therefore, Etel suggested that on the Philippine issue, it would be better for us not to coerce them too much, but to shake hands and make peace on a mutually acceptable condition. A condition that is not harsh may win us an ally, as Germany did with Austria. Lornehoy, what do you think of this argument? ”

At this time, Chillingsfest had no more of the calm and breezy look on his face before. Listening to William's inquiry, he slowly spoke: "Your Majesty, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince's suggestion is very informative. This time, the United States even brazenly sent troops to land on Mindanao even when Germany had already settled on the Philippines, which shows how strong their desire for the Philippines is. In this case, it would be a good idea if we could make a small concession in exchange for a rapprochement with the Americans. ”

"But how can we make peace with the Americans when we sold millions of pounds of warships and enough arms for tens of thousands of men to Spain a few months ago, and we have already offended the Americans completely? What's more, if we do what this guy Ettel thinks, then wouldn't we cede some of the Philippine land that we had so hard to get to the Americans? William glanced at the Prime Minister, his words full of displeasure.

Chillingsfist said: "Your Majesty, Germany's previous arms sales to Spain only caused some trouble to the Americans, and it was not enough to change the outcome of the war. Far from Europe and with its own isolated resources and markets, there is no direct economic or strategic conflict between Germany and the United States. Moreover, the original purpose of our German invasion of the Philippines was to obtain a military base as a wedge and then encroach on the Far East, and the plundering of the Philippines as a colony was only an incidental product of this process. The Philippines is half a world away from the empire, and it is extremely difficult to rotate troops or turn over materials; With more than 7,000 islands and 9 million fierce natives, it is a big obstacle to complete colonization. Since the United States is also so eager for this land, it is also feasible for the two sides to jointly plunder the Philippines. ”

Seeing William's eyebrows upside down, his eyes full of unbelievable anger, Chillingsfister couldn't help but shake his head, and said: "Your Majesty, I haven't finished my words yet, we allow the Americans to carve up the Philippines with us, there must be conditions, they want to take a piece of land from us, how can it be so easy?" After reading this telegram from His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, I feel that I already have a way to deal with this matter. ”

William said in a loud voice, "You say." ”

"The first thing we have to do is still to order the fleet to be stationed in Santa Anna, in order to show the Americans that we are determined to annex the Philippines to myself," said Chillingsfest. As soon as Santa Ana had finished replenishing, the fleet pulled anchor and set sail for combat cruises to the U.S. landing sites on the pretext of 'the presence of a large number of indigenous rebels in Mindanao'. Anyway, now that there are riots all over the Philippines, no one can question the dispatch of the Imperial fleet. When our fleet arrives at the landing sites of the Americans, it will be time for us to negotiate with them. ”

"At the moment, the United States has only 4 protective cruisers in the Pacific Ocean, and in any case is no match for the Imperial fleet; As soon as the Imperial battlefleet arrived, the power of sending the entire American fleet to the bottom of the sea to feed the fish would be the best deterrent to them. We negotiate with them in this case. It would be great if the Americans could obediently get out of the Philippines under our military blackmail; And if they insist that attacking the Philippines is a just act and insist on clinging to the laws of war, we will let the Americans bleed heavily. The core of our negotiations was to give them a piece of the most wild place to occupy, and then to extract a huge sum of money from them as compensation. Now the Americans are already famous in the world; If we don't slaughter a vote from them, we are really sorry for the naval superiority we have accumulated in the advance layout in the Far East!" Chillingsfest said softly with a greedy look in his eyes.

"What if the Americans are holding on to the Philippines and stalling with us in the negotiations? It is important to know that warships must return to military ports after staying overseas for a period of time due to their self-sustaining time, and these German-built warships have a shorter self-sustaining time in order to pursue combat performance; Once the fleet is forced to return, then things will be difficult after that. William was still a little hesitant.

"Your Majesty can set a deadline for negotiations, similar to the ultimatum before the declaration of war; If the Americans want to stall with us, it is that they themselves do not know the current affairs and have nothing to do with our German Empire. When the deadline is up, His Majesty will immediately grant General Tirpitz full authority to make decisions on the fly, and let those self-righteous Americans taste the power of Imperial Krupp cannons! Of course, this is only the last resort after the impossible; Compared with starting a war, being able to grab enough benefits without a fight is the scenario we want to see the most. "Chillings Pfist Road.

"But what about international influence, Lornehoa, weren't you also exhorting me to be cautious?"

Chillingsfist smiled faintly and said, "Your Majesty is too worried. If we ignore it and come up and expel it by force, it will indeed appear that our Germany is a barbaric country that is unreasonable and unreasonable; But if the negotiations break down because of the Americans' delay, and we use force again, there will be no pressure. Because in this way, the United States wants to use axioms to seek its own interests by force without paying any price on the basis of not having the strength to back it up, which in itself is a violation of the rules of the game. If we don't dare to teach them a lesson in this situation, then the international prestige of our German Reich will be lowered! ”

William nodded slightly, and finally there was a look of agreement in his eyes. To this day, the economic wealth created by the United States with its world's largest industrial energy is the envy of even Britain, the old empire that has been colonized for hundreds of years; Germany, a fledgling empire, coveted it and dreamed of appropriating the wealth of the Americans for itself. Now Germany is in a period of rapid development, and money is needed everywhere, especially the construction of a series of domestic infrastructure such as railways and factories, which consumes a lot of budget money; If this amount of money is injected, it will be enough to completely compensate for the adverse impact of the loan to Japan on the country's economic development, and the German economy will be greatly boosted in the future.

After a while, William finally stopped insisting on his original idea. He looked at the old man's yellow and wrinkled skin in front of him and said, "If the Americans are willing to come up with enough money, we will cheapen them this time." Thirty years ago, they bought a piece of land of more than 1.7 million square kilometers from the Russians for $7.2 million, which is simply unbearable. This time, it's time for them to bleed again! ”

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