The Second Reich: Beginning with the Prince of Prussia

September 6, 1785 (historically 1885), the capital of the Second Empire, the city of Bolin.

It has been nearly three months since Andrews came to Bolin, and during these three months, he has been under Bismarck's careful instruction to learn the knowledge of statecraft.

Bismarck believed that the special geographical location of Deyizhi determined that the security of Deyizhi must depend on the situation in Europe as a whole.

Deyizhi is the land of four wars, this environment is the most vulnerable to attack, and the four directions of the southeast, northwest and west are likely to be invaded by the enemy.

Therefore, familiarity with international relations, especially the intricacies of European countries, is something that those in power must master.

With his familiarity with the direction of history and the knowledge of history in his previous life, Andrews seemed to be able to deal with these issues with ease, much to Bismarck's surprise.

He felt that he had found a piece of jade, so he passed on his knowledge to Andrews even more diligently.

In this way, even if he dies in the future, the policies he formulated will not be destroyed because of this.

"Andrews, international political relations is a very complex science, and the interests of countries are different, and to have a good relationship with them, you need to understand their core interests. "

"If we threaten the core interests of the other side, in the event that it cannot be remedied, we must be prepared to deal with it, and even be ready for war!"

Andrews sat up straight as he heard this, realizing that Bismarck seemed to be giving him an in-depth analysis of the core interests of the European countries and their relationship with the German-Italian Empire.

Bismarck was not only the prime minister of Deyizhi, but also the foreign minister of Deyizhi.

And Bismarck's reputation in Europe was very loud, and some called him a master of strategy.

This strategy is the diplomatic strategy.

During Bismarck's reign, Prussia fought many wars, but each one had a very clear purpose.

During the Prussian-Danish War, he joined forces with Odili, and the two countries joined forces to recapture the two principalities of the Northern Schleswig region, which were heavily populated in German, Italy, and greatly expanded the security borders in the northwest of the empire.

And together with Odili, he carried the orthodox identity of Deyizhi, you know, this identity has always belonged to Odili before.

After solving the Dan sale, Bismarck immediately turned his face with Odili, and put the charge of provoking the war on the other party's head, and at the same time defeated the other party in the war, forced the other party to sign an alliance under the city, and took the initiative to give up the orthodox status of Deyizhi.

In this way, Prussia, which did not have legitimacy, became the orthodoxy of German and Yizhi, and it was the only orthodoxy.

Next, they thwarted the invasion of the Gauls as a German orthodox person, and defeated Gaul in the Franco-Prussian War.

In this battle, they not only gained great prestige in the war, but also showed their great strength, so that the small states in the German-Italian region realized that they were powerless against Prussia, and had to agree to Prussia's request to establish the German-Italian Empire.

All three wars were planned and led by Bismarck, and in each of them one faction was co-opted against another, and all were won.

The Pudan War was for the sake of justice, and to win over the powerful country of Odili to fight Dan and sell this effect.

And after the victory, Bismarck only wanted North Schleswig, but not to ask for more, even if they destroyed Dan at that time, it was not difficult, but in the face of Dan's sale of the remaining land on Jutland, Bismarck did not have any greed, and took it when he saw it.

During the Austro-Prussian War, Bismarck wooed Italy and took advantage of the opportunity for Italy to seek independence and reunification, forcing Odili to fight on two fronts.

Although Italy's performance in the south was very poor and had limited effect, Bismarck's plan succeeded.

After defeating Odily, Bismarck gave up his demands for huge war reparations and even land cedes, and only wanted the legitimacy of Deyizhi.

Such a condition would not only achieve his goal, but also protect Odilli's face, make it possible for the other party to accept it, and not hold a grudge and stab them in the back while they were fighting with Gaul.

In the ensuing Franco-Prussian War, Bismarck was not polite to Gaul at all, not only demanding a sky-high war indemnity of 5 billion francs, but also forcing the other party to cede Alsace and Lorraine, and Kaiser Wilhelm I even ran to Versailles to be crowned, which can be described as riding on the neck of the Gauls and!

Such humiliation greatly undermined Gaul's international prestige and seriously weakened Gaul's strength, allowing Deyizhi to gain the upper hand in the confrontation with Gaul.

Bismarck was extremely good at seizing the moment, and he was very good at using his strength, although Deyizhi was in the land of the fourth battle, and was easily besieged.

But in the three wars they fought, a similar situation never happened.

This has to make people admire Bismarck's ability to dance with long sleeves, compared with Bismarck, the later Wilhelm II was a stunned young man.

It doesn't matter if you offend Gaul, the Gauls have limited abilities, it doesn't matter if you offend the sun doesn't set, you can't go ashore if the sun doesn't set.

But while offending Gaul and the sun never sets, he also offended the woolly bear in the east, causing Deyizhi to fall into the dilemma of fighting on two fronts.

As a result, the situation has deteriorated considerably!

From the moment the First World War broke out, the German-Italian Empire had no chance of winning, unless they were lucky enough to quickly defeat the main force of the enemy on the Western Front or the Eastern Front and force a country to withdraw from the war, otherwise they would definitely lose if it dragged on.

Such an ending Bismarck saw as early as 1870, and Wilhelm II could not understand it more than forty years later!

This is the gap between ability and vision!

Bismarck didn't want Andrews to become such a short-sighted person, so he wanted to give him a good review of the relations between European countries so that he could find a way to deal with various situations.

"Who do you think poses the greatest threat to us among the European countries?"

Bismarck stared at Andrews with burning eyes and asked.

This is his test of Andrews, his international strategic vision.

If so, to what level?

"In the short term it is Gaul, in the medium term it is the sun that never sets, and in the long term it is a woolly bear!".

"However, if we want to be the hegemon of the world, we have only one enemy, and that is Eagle Sauce!".

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