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Perhaps Bismarck would never have dreamed that a Catholic would give him a rare opportunity to assassinate.

In the nineteenth century, the Catholics retained a trace of the craving of the Crusades, which was mainly expressed in the assassination of certain political figures, and this fanaticism was comparable to that of the later Greens. After Bismarck, a pro-Protestant Protestant, cornered Catholicism, fanatical believers began to take the risk of assassinating Bismarck to achieve their political demands.

Just as the iron-blooded prime minister was enjoying the envious gaze of the others, the hateful eyes were fixed on the prime minister in the carriage, waiting for an opportunity.

Bismarck drove as usual on the right bank of the Saale River. As he took off his hat and saluted some of the pedestrians who saluted him, Kuhlman, the apprentice cooper, suddenly pulled out his revolver and stabbed him, and he fired the first bullet at the chancellor in the carriage, and Bismarck's raised right hand was grazed by the bullet.

When Kurman tried to fire a second shot, Bismarck's entourage immediately pounced, knocked him to the ground, and kicked his gun away. Others hurriedly gathered around to check on Bismarck's injuries. He held his bloodied palm and waved his hand, indicating that he was fine.

The assailant who fell to the ground cursed Bismarck loudly, denounced his atrocities against Catholicism, and cursed the other party.

"The YMCA will never let you go! If it doesn't work out this time, we have a next time! ”

Hearing the name of the YMCA, the injured Bismarck suddenly came to his senses and understood what was going on. A sneer appeared on his lips, and he ordered his entourage to hand Kuhlman over to the police department, while he briefly took care of his injuries and walked to King William's bedchamber.

Faced with a coveted excuse, Bismarck began to preach the sinister intentions of the infallible cultists.

He said that Kuhlman was a member of the YMCA, condemned Bismarck's anti-Catholic persecution of priests, and that he wanted to avenge them. Bismarck pointed out that the Catholic YMCA was an extremely sinister organization, and that his extremists were more dangerous than moderate Protestants. Bismarck strongly advocated the abolition of all Church activities in Germany, and this time the incident was blamed on all the faithful, including the Centre.

Faced with Bismarck, whose right hand was dripping with blood, King Wilhelm of course agreed to his request in full.

Bismarck's escape from the assassination of Bismarck again aroused the influence of Wilhelm I, who believed in fatalism, and the love of the Protestant people in Berlin.

Bismarck took the opportunity to ask: for the sake of the country's security, to start challenging France.

But everything did not go as smoothly as Bismarck had imagined, and just as Germany was secretly sending troops in preparation for a Cold War threat, an accident occurred. For the first time, pig-like teammates affected Bismarck's plans,

The son of former Prime Minister Radowitz, who signed the Treaty of Olmitz with Austria on behalf of Prussia, Radowitz Jr. At a dinner at the British Embassy in Berlin, he said drunkly, "If France wants revenge, Germany will take it by surprise." Germany wants to trample France under its feet forever! ”

This rhetoric was very reassuring to the militaristic Junker aristocracy, but it was seen by the rest of Europe as the expansionist ambition of a new empire.

The European newspapers immediately reported in detail the drunkard's remarks, and the French press painted an ugly picture of the warmongers of German militarism.

Even so, Bismarck insisted on declaring that the French were trying to interfere in Germany's internal affairs through Catholicism in Germany, which was intolerable to the German people, that France was challenging Germany's sovereignty, and that Germany was bound to fight back resolutely.

At Bismarck's instigation, a wave of anti-French was set off in Berlin. There was strong popular support for the government to recover the German ethnic regions of Alsace and Lorraine.

However, the people of Alsace did not think so, and at the behest of Napoleon, first of all, the Catholic Fathers of Nancy jointly issued a statement declaring that Alsace had been an inseparable part of French territory since ancient times, and that they were not Germans, but Frenchmen with good roots, and that Germany had gone out of Alsace, and that they did not welcome this group of invaders.

In the face of the demolition of the Alsace people, Bismarck's face could not be hung up. Finally, the two legions were moved in advance in the direction of the Alsace border, and war was officially declared at home, and the German-French war was imminent.

"Paris is trying to rekindle the dispute and destroy the peace we have won so hard. But we will not compromise, and if Paris declares war, we will liberate Alsace as quickly as possible and free all the oppressed Germanic peoples. ”

Bismarck's speech in Berlin, in which he called on the entire German people to stand up against the French infiltration and invasion, was shut down by the government the next day for a very untimely declaration that the people of Alsace did not consider themselves Germans.

Once in a state of war, Bismarck choked the mouthpiece of public opinion at home. At the same time, he submitted his protest to the French Minister of Foreign Affairs through the French ambassador in Berlin.

Bismarck thought that France, which had just gone through the war, would succumb, but the foreign minister of the French Third Reich, Kadez, tore up Bismarck's protest on the spot and immediately issued a statement.

"France has absolutely no intention of starting another war, and everything that German Chancellor Bismarck did was a slander against France. Berlin, desperate to reclaim Alsace, concocted a shameful war lie to force Paris to submit. But we will not give in, and Paris will ask the countries of Europe to bear witness to the despicable face of the German Chancellor Bismarck. ”

Not only that, but Kadez issued a statement to the British and Russian representatives in Paris, following Napoleon's instructions. It was solemnly announced to them that Paris had no intention of provoking war, and that they were not even prepared to mobilize the army at home.

Kadez's retreat portrayed himself as a victim of German blackmail, and at the same time forced London and St. Petersburg to reconsider the situation in Europe.

"This script is different from what Bismarck and we agreed on, and he tried to promise us that he would maintain the balance in Europe, but in the blink of an eye he tore up the agreement and signaled to France the threat of war."

Russian Tsar Alexander said worriedly, "I am worried that there will be another war between France and Germany, which is not a good thing for Russia." ”

He was still thinking about the billions of francs that France had lent to Russia, which would likely have been wiped out in the event of war.

At that time, even if the splendid Winter Palace is auctioned off, it will not be able to borrow billions of franc loans.

Gochakov comforted the Tsar, pacing back and forth, thinking about how to solve the problem. Bismarck's sudden outbreak caught even the entire European country off guard.

"Of course, we can't let war break out, and if it does, Russia will lose a lot of benefits. It is in our interest to suppress the possibility of war between the two sides. Moreover, France has already made it clear that it is asking Russia for help, and if we do not save it in the face of death, it will also affect the business relations between the two sides. ”

Gochakov said slowly, "Also, aren't we going to make a state visit to Berlin recently?" ”

"In that case, why don't we negotiate this issue when we go on a state visit. At the same time, it also gives us a bargaining chip for future negotiations with France. ”

"Russia is putting pressure on Prime Minister Bismarck?"

Alexander II was a little worried, he thought that this was inappropriate, and asked hesitantly, "Will this affect the alliance between Russia and Germany?" ”

And Gochakov solved the dilemma in the tsar's heart with one sentence.

"Your Majesty, do you think about it, is it important for us to have a strategic partnership with Berlin, or a loan of billions of francs?"

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