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News of Louis Bonaparte's death reached Berlin. Reading at zero o'clock

When Bismarck listened to the report, there was only a sigh left, and he was still full of emotion when the opponent who once rose in Germany died in obscurity. Although France and Germany have always been rivals, the emperor of the Second French Empire was just an ordinary man.

He sent a condolence to Paris in his personal name, which was regarded as repaying the "favor" they had previously expressed their condolences after the death of Wilhelm I. Bismarck also did not want others to see him as a ruthless "iron-blooded prime minister".

However, in the eyes of the French, Prime Minister Bismarck's sympathy for each other has an element of political showmanship.

Frederick III, busy with political affairs, summoned King William for the first time. Perhaps out of the guilt of the last dispute, he tried to be very polite this time.

Bismarck readily agreed.

Both sides mentioned about the recently deceased Napoleon III, with mixed reactions.

In this regard, when talking to Frederick III about this, he showed great disdain.

"France is a forgetful people, who have forgotten the glory of Paris brought by the Second Empire, and they have forgotten Louis Bonaparte, a man who had made a great contribution to France. They only remembered the 'resurrected corpse' who had brought great suffering to Paris, and worshipped him as the hero of the country, but in reality he was nothing more than a dictator who wore the skin of the republic and went according to his wishes. ”

"Success or defeat, that's all."

Frederick III was accustomed to the behavior of the Black Napoleonic Emperor who spared no effort when Prime Minister Bismarck seized the opportunity, and just said calmly, "The Second French Empire is nothing but a continuation of historical inertia, in fact, their peak was the establishment of the European continental order during the First Empire." France is now just a country that is catching up with Germany at an accelerated pace, but has always been in a weak position. They have stopped moving forward for a long time. ”

Of course, Germany had proud capital in this era, not only in terms of economic growth, but also in terms of industrial achievements. No wonder the Gauls, accustomed to the economic and cultural center of Europe, would speak sourly about the nouveau riche of the Junker aristocracy in the countryside.

Frederick III did not seem to want to go further on this issue, so he moved on to another issue.

"By the way, Prime Minister Bismarck, what do you think of the joint plan for coal and steel proposed by French Foreign Minister De Kaz?"

This was an important purpose for Frederick III to summon Bismarck to the royal palace, and he wanted to know what his chancellor was planning to do.

"How could it be possible to accede to their request!"

Bismarck almost jumped out of his chair in anger when he heard Frederick III's question. He waved his cane and emphasized, word for word, "Has Frederick forgotten that the French are our real enemies?" The Germans in Alsace and Lorraine were still suffering under the rule of Paris, and without revenge, Germany would not be truly revived. ”

Frederick III argued the same way, pointing to the document sent by Foreign Minister De Kaz, and said, "But now that the French have taken the initiative to confess to us, this is an opportunity, an opportunity for two countries to coexist peacefully." Since the Franco-Prussian War, we have had several crises of political conflicts, even border conflicts, which Germany has struggled to cope with. Isn't it the rapprochement of Franco-German relations that is more in line with our political interests? ”

Syllable!

The quiet atmosphere of the office was broken by the sound of a cane falling to the ground, and Frederick III looked at the chancellor with some embarrassment.

The veins of Bismarck's hands appeared, and he exercised great restraint. Even if you accepted France's condolences before, you still think about Franco-German friendship? Carried away by the façade of the sheep of Paris peace?

"Your Majesty, Frederick, do you know how disappointed your father would be when he heard these words? Our lifelong wish was to trample France under our feet and never turn over, and now, you want to live in peace with our enemies, do you say this worthy of the soldiers who died on the battlefield? ”

Frederick III retorted to him eloquently, "My father is dead, and the present Germany is Frederick III's Germany, no longer Wilhelm I's Germany." I have the right to make my own appropriate judgment according to the international situation, instead of blindly following your nonsense! If you don't want to listen, you can go out. ”

"It's nonsense!"

The angry Bismarck took two steps forward, he looked at the new king in front of him with a pale face, he was only in his forties and had just begun his political career, but his wings were full ten years ago, and the crown prince had endured it all these years, and he did not show the slightest political leaning. Finally, after the death of his father, William I, his fangs were exposed.

"You can say that I am fooling around, or it is unreasonable. Germany now does not want any more conflicts, and our goal is to have enough colonies to dump goods, not to fight a war of attrition of power. I'm also disgusted with the Junker aristocracy's war threat theory, the endless deception of funds from the Imperial Council, and it's time to put an end to these ridiculous acts. If you can spend money on colonies, I'd be more than welcome. But you have been used in an endless arms race, and what is left but to bring disaster to Germany? ”

Chancellor Bismarck's good mood for the last few weeks has been ruined by this conversation. He didn't expect that he would strictly guard against French infiltration all his life, but his king would first wave the white flag and surrender.

"What the hell do you want?"

Frederick was no longer afraid of William's wrath, but looked him in the eye and did not back down in the slightest. The constitution, civil rights and freedoms learned during his time in England were so deeply rooted in the hearts of the people that perhaps even Bismarck regretted why he did not raise this heir in the tradition of militarism.

Frederick said, "I don't want to do anything, I'm going to invite the French foreign minister to come to Berlin for talks, and if you don't want to, I'll change the prime minister who is willing to negotiate, it's as simple as that." ”

"Crazy, just crazy......"

"I can't believe that Your Majesty would agree to negotiate with a resurrected corpse."

Frederick III's tone and demeanor reminded him of the humiliating negotiations in Paris. It's just that the opponent changed from Napoleon to his own respected king.

He even suspected that Frederick III was Napoleon's spy in the Berlin hierarchy.

Of course, Frederick III's reply was also unceremonious.

"There is still a point to be said about the resurrection of corpses, Junker militarism is a group of extreme and unreasonable madmen."

"So either you negotiate or you go into the wilderness, choose one or the other."

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