The Second Reich: Beginning with the Prince of Prussia

Hearing the name of Prince Andrews, Wilhelm I was stunned for a moment, and subconsciously wanted to reject Bismarck's proposal.

Because Andrews is so young, he's only 12 years old this year!

The reason why William I wanted to quickly determine the choice of the prince was because he feared that he was too old and could die suddenly at any time.

In this case, the prince must have the ability to take over the responsibility immediately and stabilize the situation, otherwise there will be turmoil within the empire due to the change of emperor.

However, he glanced up at his old partner in front of him and suddenly reacted:

Since Bismarck recommended Andrews, it means that he will do his best to assist the other party.

Although Andrews is very young, he has Prince Karl leading the troops outside, and a generation of famous ministers like Bismarck assisting him, so it is not difficult to stabilize the situation in the country and smoothly pass the process of succession of the throne.

Thinking of this, William I spoke: "Andrews, this kid is indeed good, but he is too young and lacks experience, Prime Minister, you have rich experience in governance, it is better to let you take him with you and cultivate him carefully!"

Bismarck nodded and agreed to the emperor's arrangement.

Although the Emperor did not explicitly accept his proposal, he made such an arrangement that he was basically sure that he had listed Andrews as a candidate for the crown prince.

If it weren't for age, I'm afraid this would have happened.

However, Bismarck was not in a hurry, although the emperor was old, it would definitely be no problem to live for a few more years.

It just so happens that he can use this time to train Andrews well, don't let him be like Crown Prince Nicholas, easily confused by the sun never sets, what to do to learn the reform of the sun never sets.

I have my own national conditions here, how can I completely copy the ruling policy that the sun never sets?

The reason why Bismarck did not like Crown Prince Nicholas was because the other party did not agree with his political views.

Once Nicholas ascended to the throne, he would inevitably change the country's policy, which would lead to the undoing of Bismarck's decades of hard work.

Bismarck didn't want to end up alone, and he didn't want all his efforts in the past half of his life to be in vain.

Therefore, he desperately hopes to find a crown prince who shares his political views, at least will not change his past policies.

From this point of view, Andrews is only 12 years old, his worldview has not yet been fully formed, and there is still a lot of room for reform, so he is a more suitable choice than Prince Carr and Wilhelm II, two adults.

It is precisely because of this that after learning that Prince Karl took the initiative to back down and promote his son, Bismarck would be so cooperative!

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After returning to his home and meeting Andrews, who was waiting in his house, Bismarck informed him of the Emperor's decision.

After hearing this, Andrews took the initiative to change his name and call Bismarck a teacher.

Although the emperor did not say it explicitly, the emperor did mean this.

Bismarck was quite happy to see that he understood quickly, and said to him

happily

"Your Majesty is very jealous of your father, not because he is afraid of his rebellion, but because he is worried that if Prince Karl becomes emperor, he may purge the line of Crown Prince Nicholas.

So he dismissed the idea of making Prince Karl the crown prince, you also have to remember this, you can fight the crown prince, but remember not to kill the killer, it will make the emperor unhappy!".

Andrews nodded, of course he was not so short-sighted, knowing that this was the emperor's reverse scale, but he had to expose it.

Of course, considering the threat to the throne from the crown prince's lineage, even if you don't kill them, you can't let them go easily.

When the time comes, they can choose to put them under house arrest or deport them and send them to seclusion in other countries, as Wilhelm II did after the First World War.

"Moreover, Your Majesty has another intention in keeping you with me, that is, to take you hostage, so as not to make rash moves by Prince Karl, of course, I think this worry of Your Majesty is superfluous, with what I know about Prince Karl, he will not be so impulsive. "

Bismarck had no reservations, since Andrews had already worshipped him as a teacher, then he naturally had to assume the responsibility of a division commander.

Subsequently, Bismarck gave Andrews an analysis of the major factions within the empire and the current political power structure, so that Andrews could have an understanding of the situation within the empire.

The Empire of Deyi was founded not long ago, and was a federal state formed by Prussia and other kingdoms and principalities, with a dual monarchy structure of political power.

The emperor is the head of state and enjoys real power, but the cabinet led by the prime minister has legislative and executive powers, but the veto power is in the hands of the emperor.

Compared to the constitutional monarchy on which the sun never sets, the emperor of Deyizhi is the real emperor, and the king on which the sun never sets is a mascot.

Of course, at this time, the queen of the sun never sets has not completely reduced to a mascot, they still have a certain amount of power, but with the continuous improvement of the constitutional monarchy, the power of the king of the sun never sets is gradually lost.

The process of unification of the German-Italian Empire was accompanied by bloody and brutal wars, and it was not all smooth sailing.

From the Thirty Years' War, to the Napoleonic Wars, to the later Prussian-Danish Wars, Austro-Prussian Wars, Franco-Prussian Wars and a series of wars!

Bismarck and Wilhelm I were caught between foreign interference, and they gave full play to their ingenuity, took advantage of the contradictions and differences of various countries, seized the opportunity, and completed reunification with great difficulty before foreign interference!

Because the foreign interference force was too strong, and the power of Deyizhi was too weak, at the time of reunification, they had to kick out the eldest son of Deyizhi's big family, Odili.

Therefore, at this time, the Deyi Zhi is not a truly unified De Yi Zhi, but a small De Yi Zhi, and only after the unification of Odili is completed, it can be regarded as a real unification!

And this is the mission of Andrews's generation!

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