Emperor Guangxu ordered matter-of-factly, the eunuch on the side showed a strange smile on his face, the emperor couldn't help but blush when he saw it, and the eunuch said with a smile, "The slave must be done, and let the grandmother go out to take a look, and it must be seen really, and then come back!" ”

The emperor stomped his feet, "You killer!" So much to do! ”

The eunuch pretended to plead guilty, and between laughing and fighting, the group rushed to the door of Yangxin, and the emperor straightened his face and walked up the stairs, at this time Xia Shouzhong was already waiting outside the door of Yangxin, and when he saw the emperor, he hurriedly asked for peace, "Is my father free now?" ”

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Emperor Guangxu turned his head and looked at the sunset in the west, "It's all at this point, why are you still seeing the minister." ”

He entered the Yangxin Palace, turned to the left, and arrived at the Dongnuan Pavilion, the Empress Dowager Cixi was sitting on the kang, there was a minister with her back and the Empress Dowager Cixi praying to something, her original face was calm, her left hand was on the side of the desk, subconsciously knocking, you might as well raise your head, you saw the figure of Emperor Guangxu walking in, she looked at the emperor, and showed a smile, "The emperor is here," the emperor called a thousand to ask for peace, "Get up, sit down, you also come to listen to Guo Zhongtang's proclamation." ”

"Yes," the emperor got on the pedal and sat on the kang opposite the Empress Dowager Cixi, it turned out to be the newly promoted Minister of Military Aircraft Guo Songtao, he saw the emperor coming, he also turned around and bowed slightly, and after the emperor sat down, he continued to turn slightly and continued to bow to the Empress Dowager Cixi, "Zeng Jize has arrived in Berlin and met with German Prime Minister Bismarck first, but Bismarck has clearly told him that he will announce his resignation in the next few days." ”

Emperor Guangxu's eyes widened suddenly, and the Empress Dowager Cixi seemed to be very calm, "Bismarck's resignation was predictable, but I didn't expect it to be chosen at the front of the Berlin Conference, which really doesn't give Wilhelm II face, in this case," she continued to knock on the kang table, "The variables of the Berlin Conference are too great." ”

Wilhelm II was not yet 30 years old when he began to rule Germany and Prussia. As the ruler of a large empire, this can hardly be called a mature age. Unfortunately, William was mentally more immature than his age. His father saw this very clearly, and when Wilhelm I and Bismarck tried to put Wilhelm the Younger in charge of the foreign affairs prematurely, he objected. "Considering the immaturity and inexperience of my eldest son, his over-esteem of himself is indicated," he wrote to the Prime Minister in 1886, "and I can only say that it is dangerous to expose him to diplomatic questions so early." "William Jr. should have followed his father in familiarizing himself with the state of affairs at home, rather than using his reckless and overly rash judgment in the political sphere. However, the Chancellor fell on deaf ears to Frederick's advice, and what happened afterwards proved the father's rightness.

The core of Bismarck's foreign policy was to isolate France to the greatest extent possible, drawing Austria-Hungary, Russia, and even Britain to his side. The Franco-Prussian War dismantled the Vienna system that had been established on the continent since 1815 and was replaced by a new European order that Bismarck had set out to establish. In Bismarck's view, France, with its strong vengeance, was the main threat to Germany on the European continent. Therefore, in order to preserve the gains of the Franco-Prussian War, it was necessary to unite Russia and Austria-Hungary and isolate France. Historically, Bismarck made a lot of efforts to make a diplomatic effort and gradually established an alliance system with Berlin as the core, that is, the "Three Emperors Alliance" system of Russia, Germany, and Austria. Comparatively speaking, these three countries were the most conservative and **** countries in Europe at that time, and the imperial power of the three countries was very strong, and it was normal for these three countries to come together and jointly maintain the monarchy system in Europe. But now that a China has been added and Russia has been kicked out, it would not be wrong to continue to call it the "Three Emperors Alliance".

Wilhelm II, the new owner of the German Empire, was very different from his grandfather and father. In the eyes of Wilhelm II, he shouldered the great mission of saving the German nation and expanding the living space of the German nation. Wilhelm II's thoughts naturally contradicted Chancellor Bismarck.

In the opinion of Bismarck, the "iron-blooded prime minister", the colonies were useless. Wilhelm II, however, did not think so, complaining that the old chancellor was "too concerned with the interplay of continental politics and not enough with the colonies, with the navy, with England." He proposed a new "world policy" of expansion to the whole world and the development of a strong navy.

Wilhelm II could not bear the accusations of a high-ranking old man and hero, and Bismarck could not partner with this ambitious and high-spirited monarch, and the postponed Berlin Conference became a symbolic meeting that completely declared that Germany was going to formally participate in the competition for world colonies, so Bismarck's dissatisfaction and Wilhelm II's arrogant conflict were inevitable.

"If the German prime minister is not favored by the emperor, then Zeng Jize first visited Bismarck, wouldn't the German emperor be displeased?" The Emperor asked.

"No," Guo Songtao said, "foreigners formally attach the most importance to the system, now Bismarck is still the chancellor, the head of the German imperial government, our minister through the German Foreign Office to meet the chancellor, this is no problem, moreover, the queen mother visited Germany in the past, to Wilhelm II quite favorably, so many years, the relationship between the two royal families has been relatively warm, today to meet Bismarck, this is the routine of diplomatic procedures, after a few days to ask to see the Kaiser, to send the queen mother's personal gifts, It's foolproof. ”

The emperor looked at the queen mother with admiration, "My father used to travel west, and many people said that it was just a matter of recreation, and he was helpless in state affairs, but now it seems that it is indeed a fallacy." ”

Empress Dowager Cixi smiled slightly, "Germany is very similar to us, they are all emerging powers, if you use an inappropriate analogy, it is the same fate and sympathy, their situation is much more difficult than ours, surrounded by wolves, my past trip to Europe, naturally, is also to take a look at the scenery of other countries, and the most important thing is to contact European countries, Westerners still have a lot of suspicion and prejudice against us now, these are caused by poor communication, so after several exchanges, to dispel some of their concerns, Contribute to the diplomacy and trade of the Qing Dynasty. ”

Today it is still ten chapters.

Penguin colony: 373017846. (To be continued.) )