Wilhelm II summoned an attendant and ordered: "Go and bring Prime Minister Hoinrog." ”

Hoinrog was a famous politician in the Lin Yuan era, in the First Sino-Japanese War of the Lin Yuan era, he once represented Germany in the Three Kingdoms Intervention and Liao, and his predecessor was the famous iron-blooded prime minister - Bismarck.

Hoinrog came to Wilhelm II's Sanssouci Palace, bowed down to give a salute to Wilhelm II, Wilhelm II smiled and asked Hoinrog to sit down, and then said with a smile: "General Moltke sent me a telegram just now, he wants me to delay the outbreak of war as much as possible, do you have any good way?" ”

Hoinrog thought for a while and said: "According to the intelligence, Lin Yuan has already transferred two divisions to the vicinity of Narva, and has mobilized ten divisions from the Siberian Front. ”

"I don't think so, I think we can hopefully postpone the war for four to five months, or even longer, and then we can build a railway between Estonia and Poland to transport supplies more quickly," Wilhelm II laughed. ”

Hoinrog was stunned for a moment and asked, "Your Majesty, what can you do?" ”

Wilhelm II asked his attendants to take a map, pointed to it and smiled: "Look at the Grand Duchy of Finland above." ”

Hoinrog asked: "What does Finland have to do with us?" ”

Wilhelm II said: "The bay near St. Petersburg is the Gulf of Finland, the Gulf of Finland is part of the Baltic Sea, Lin Yuan must use the Gulf of Finland as his naval base, and the south side of the Gulf of Finland is Estonia. ”

"The reason why Lin Yuan concentrated his forces to attack Estonia is that he doesn't want his fleet to be under our surveillance, and on the north side of the Gulf of Finland is the Grand Duchy of Finland, which is an autonomous Grand Duchy attached to Russia, and the capital of Finland, Helsinki, is on the edge of the Gulf of Finland, which is also the eye at the door of the fleet, if we find a way to make Finland attract Chinese troops, won't China have the energy to fight us?"

Wilhelm II smiled proudly after speaking, and Hoinrog asked: "You mean to say that let the Chinese go to Finland?" But can Finland hold China back? ”

Wilhelm II shook his head and said: "If China is bent on fighting Finland, it is impossible to stop it with Finland's national strength, but you see, there are countless large and small lakes on the territory of Finland, and these lakes will greatly limit the movement of the mechanized troops of the Chinese Army, and it is more than enough for Finland to hold China back." ”

Hoinrog nodded and said, "Okay, I'll use some diplomatic means to let Finland compete with China!" ”

Wilhelm II smiled and said: "Then hurry up, England has entered into an alliance with Denmark and Sweden, and we cannot afford to lose Finland." ”

Hoinrog promised to come down and immediately give the king of the Grand Duchy of Finland, Holstein? Gottorp sent a telegram in which he asked King Gotop to come to Berlin for talks with Wilhelm II.

At this time, King Gotop was talking with a secret envoy from Beijing, who was Xu Jingcheng, director of the European Department of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

Xu Jingcheng was a former minister of the late Qing Dynasty and a pioneer of China's diplomatic career, and during Lin Yuan's mission to Europe, Xu Jingcheng was the main companion and deputy head of the mission, and after Lin Yuan overthrew the Qing court, he served in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

Xu Jingcheng did not have a deep affection for the Qing court like Weng Tongyi, Kang Youwei, Liang Qichao and others, so he did not comb long braids and did not wear Qing court clothes, but wore a crisp suit, which was no different from other staff members of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

Xu Jingcheng came to meet with King Gotop as Lin Yuan's extraordinary and plenipotentiary this time, and the content of the talks was simple, let Finland fully enter China's sphere of influence and use the renminbi.

King Gotop did not dare to fully turn to China, because the capital of Finland was on the border of the Baltic, and the powerful British and German navies could easily attack Finland, and King Gotop did not know China and had a grudge against China, so Xu Jingcheng's negotiations were very difficult.

The two sides could not negotiate and had to adjourn the meeting, and the telegram from German Chancellor Hoinrog arrived at this time, and King Gottorp certainly understood the intention of Germany to send an envoy to the talks at this time, and he was even more hesitant.

King Gotop is a hesitant person, he can't make up his mind when he encounters things, when Tsar Nicholas II was in the past, he sent a liaison officer, saying that he was a liaison officer, in fact, he was the spokesman of Tsarist Russia in Finland, this liaison officer often gave advice to King Gotop, King Gotop obeyed his words, and now that Tsarist Russia has fallen, the liaison officer has also returned to China, and no one has given advice to King Gotop anymore.

As for King Gotop's other attendants, they are not reliable at all, Nikolayevich's attendants are all think-tank-level figures, and Lin Yuan's attendants are all brigade-level chiefs of staff, but King Gotop's attendants will only try their best to find things for King Gotop's fun, and they are not needed for national affairs at all.

Then an attendant came to King Gotop and reported: "The German minister, Mr. Sumer, has asked for an audience. ”

It turned out that Hoinrog knew that King Gotop was indecisive, so he specially asked the German minister to negotiate with King Gotop in person, and King Gotop did not dare to offend the Germans, so he immediately asked Sumer to come in, and Sumer saw King Gotop first greeted a few words, and then asked: "Have you received a telegram from the Prime Minister?" ”

King Gotop nodded, and Sumer asked, "Do you agree to go to Berlin to meet our Emperor?" ”

King Gotop couldn't make up his mind for a while, if he went to see the German emperor, he would offend the Chinese, if he didn't go to see him, he would offend the Germans, King Gotop was in a dilemma, hurriedly covered his head with his hand, and said mournfully: "Eh, my head hurts, no, chief of guard, go and call a doctor." ”

Seeing this, Sumer frowned, said a few words and came out of the bedchamber, found one of King Gotop's attendants, and asked in a low voice, "What happened?" ”

Britain, Germany and Russia have been operating in Finland for a long time, and there must have been a few of his own people around King Gotop, and this attendant was bought by the Germans, and he whispered to Sumer: "The Chinese are here, they are Lin Yuan's envoys, so King Gotop will hesitate." ”

When Sumer heard that Lin Yuan's envoy had come to Finland, his eyes suddenly lit up, and a sinister trick appeared in his mind! He lowered his voice and asked, "Do you know where Lin Yuan's envoy lives?" ”