Expedition to Europe

It is very appropriate to use this phrase to describe Germany today.

After the World War, the defeated Germany was characterized as the evil side, which is understandable. The victor should have the right to speak.

Where will the defeated Germany go? This is a question worth thinking about.

At present, Germany implements a "constitutional monarchy" similar to that of the United Kingdom. The selection of the king is very important in this political system.

William II's ability to govern has been proven, and William II cannot lead Germany to glory.

Even in the late World War, William II did not choose to share honor and disgrace with Germany, but abdicated and fled to the Netherlands and abandoned Germany. Therefore, whether from a legal or emotional point of view, the German people will no longer accept such a king.

Qin Zhiyuan cannot accept it either.

William II is the founder of the "Yellow Disaster Theory" and the pioneer of anti-China. In any case, Qin Zhiyuan cannot accept such a person representing Germany.

Qin Zhiyuan has a good relationship with William III, but in terms of state relations, there is no such thing as "love the house and the dog".

So all the problems are on William III. If William III is determined not to abdicate and let William II continue his "retirement life", William II will not find any supporters in the world.

William II's former allies, such as Nicholas I and Karl I, are dead or alive. Britain, France, the United States and other countries will not allow William II, a "war criminal", to return to the political stage.

In this case, what Qin Zhiyuan has to do is to strengthen William III's belief.

So when William III proposed that Lan Fang help Germany rebuild its civilian light industry, Qin Zhiyuan clearly refused.

"Why? It's not that you are asked to provide free assistance. Germany will pay. If you don't want gold marks, pounds are fine." William III was indeed surprised.

According to the original agreement between Qin Zhiyuan and William III, Lan Fang can take away Germany's machines and manpower, but when Germany needs it, Lan Fang must provide the same help to Germany.

Given the friendship between Qin Zhiyuan and William III, even if Qin Zhiyuan cannot provide free assistance, he should not refuse it outright.

So after Qin Zhiyuan rejected William III's request, not to mention William III was surprised, even Julie and Cecilia who were still teasing Qin De felt surprised, and the atmosphere in the room became extremely awkward in an instant.

"Listen to me, Frederick, if you are sure that you will stay in the position of king, let alone civilian light industry, even if it is military heavy industry, Lan Fang will help Germany rebuild it, even if the British and French will oppose it. This is my promise to you. But the situation is uncertain now. If you want to give the position of king to your father-please forgive me for being frank, I can't accept a German king who is hostile to the Chinese." Qin Zhiyuan is not just talking. When it comes to the critical moment, Qin Zhiyuan can really lose face.

Hearing Qin Zhiyuan say this, Julie and Cecilia breathed a sigh of relief at the same time. Julie even reached out and held Cecilia's hand, letting Cecilia feel Julie's support.

Cecilia is a little older than Julie. Although the years have not left too many traces on Cecilia's face, the elegance and grace that has been accumulated over the years can still be clearly felt.

Feeling Julie's kindness, Cecilia patted Julie's hand in response, and the smile on her face was still sincere.

"God, I didn't say that I would return the position of king to him." William III covered his red eyes with his face.

During this period, William III was under too much pressure. Although the whole world would not accept William II's return to the throne, for William III, William II was his father after all, and the family affection in the blood could not be disobeyed. From a practical point of view, William III could not return the throne to William II, but emotionally speaking, making such a decision would definitely make William III feel tormented.

So William III was so eager to see Qin Zhiyuan. William III wanted to find strength from Qin Zhiyuan to fight against the guilt in his heart.

"Very good, if you will always be the King of Germany, Friedrich, Lan Fang will always be your ally, no matter at any time." This is the first time that Qin Zhiyuan clearly proposed the concept of an alliance between Lan Fang and Germany.

"Ally--" William III was a little stunned, unable to digest the shock of this information for a while.

With Germany's current international reputation and international status, Germany cannot find allies.

Germany does have great potential, but the bravery and aggressiveness of the Germans have added too much uncertainty to Germany, and Germany, which has just been defeated in the World War, is now in an unprecedented state of weakness. It seems that Germany may collapse at any time. At this time, few people dare to extend an olive branch to Germany.

Again, everyone knows the truth of "helping charcoal in the snow", but there are really few who can really do it.

From Lan Fang's perspective, if they formed an alliance with the Germans, it would mean that Lan Fang would have to face pressure from the British, Americans, and even its ally the French. Because of the relationship between Germany and France, this might lead to a break between Lan Fang and France. It undoubtedly takes courage to give up a contemporary superpower that won the world war and choose a defeated country that failed in the world war and didn't know whether it had a chance to rise again.

"In my heart, we have always been friends, so Lan Fang and Germany should also be allies, but now is not the time to confirm, or even if it is confirmed now, it is not the time to make it public. So I'm sorry, at this time point, even if Lan Fang gives Germany support, it will probably be quite limited, and we still need time." Qin Zhiyuan apologized.

"No, my friend, this is enough." William III did not think it was too little, and he hugged Qin Zhiyuan very hard, almost using all his strength.

At this moment, William III really felt the support from Qin Zhiyuan, which was without any pretense or reservation. Even for ordinary people, such support is rare, not to mention at the national level. This level of support is extremely rare, no matter at any time.

"Although Lan Fang and Germany are far apart, you just need to know that I am always by your side." Qin Zhiyuan did not use too much force to hug William III, and gently patted William III's shoulder.

William III is already in his forties, much older than Qin Zhiyuan. From this point of view, the relationship between the two is indeed inseparable.

"How do you plan to treat your father?" After a long while, when William III calmed down, Qin Zhiyuan asked softly.

"I don't know either. I won't return the throne to him. I can't let him bring Germany to hell again, but I won't treat him harshly. After all, he is still my father. Maybe it would be better for him to live in Hohenzollern Castle for a while." William III has made up his mind, and his tone contains unquestionable power.

Right, this is a bit like a king.

The original text is in Liu # 9 @book/bar!

Hohenzollern Castle is the birthplace of the Hohenzollern family. Hohenzollern Castle is located in Baden-Württemberg, Germany. It is considered the hometown of the Hohenzollern family. Hohenzollern Castle is also one of the most magnificent castle buildings in Germany and is regarded as a masterpiece of 19th century fortress architecture.

"This is a good idea." Qin Zhiyuan agreed.

No matter how unkind William II was, he was William III's father. Qin Zhiyuan didn't want to see William III who was willing to kill his own father for the throne. Such a William III was not worth Qin Zhiyuan's efforts.

Think about it, if William III could kill his own father, how sincere could William III be to his friends?

"Let's talk about something happy. How long will you stay in Europe this time?" William III didn't want to talk too much about his family.

Although the dispute over the throne of Germany was a big event, it was also Germany's internal affairs. Even if Qin Zhiyuan was a good friend of William III, it was William III's family affair. William III didn't want too many external forces to intervene in his family affairs, even if Qin Zhiyuan was William III's good friend.

Europeans still attach great importance to privacy. Whether it is personal privacy or family privacy, Europeans hope to "solve it behind closed doors."

In fact, the same is true for Orientals. Orientals also have the saying "family disgrace should not be made public." Relatively speaking, Orientals are always not easy to grasp the concept of "distance" in interpersonal communication. Many times, Orientals seem to be a little overly enthusiastic.

"One or two months, I will go to England in a while, and then return to France. You know, President Deschanel's health is not very good now, so we haven't had time to talk about anything yet." Qin Zhiyuan did not hide his whereabouts.

Lanfang is still too far away from Europe. It is rare to come here. Qin Zhiyuan will visit as many countries as possible, even if he does not do anything, just to strengthen exchanges.

"Hehe - I heard a little about Mr. Deschanel." William III finally found someone to laugh at.

Just the day before yesterday, the British "Times" suddenly broke the news that the French president fell off the train while attending an event, and the reason was that he was standing on the window and peeing -

Although the report of the "Times" was a bit wrong, it was a fact that Deschanel fell off the train.

The French government expressed its dissatisfaction with the "Times" to the British government on the same day. Although the "Times" destroyed all unsold newspapers and apologized to the French government, the impact has been caused after all.

This news immediately set off the gossip psychology of the whole Europe. Except for the French, almost everyone used this French president as a topic of conversation after dinner to ridicule him. Various jokes came into being. Some newspapers even dug up the "old story" that Deschanel and Emperor Taisho had booed together at the state banquet.

Well, Qin Zhiyuan had long expected this situation to happen.