Crown Prince Frederick's full name was Frederick Wilhelm Niklauskal, and in his original history, he would become Emperor of the Second German Empire and King of Prussia a few years later, and since he reigned for only 99 days, he was also known as the "Emperor of the Hundred Days".He was the only son of King Wilhelm I of Prussia and Augusta, Lord of Weimar of Saxony.In 1858 Frederick married Princess Victoria of England.Princess Victoria, the eldest daughter of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert of the United Kingdom, was highly educated and knew the influence of a royal princess in her favour with her husband.In 1861, Frederick's father, William I, ascended the throne and Frederick was made crown prince.In the Austro-Prussian War of 1866 and the Franco-Prussian War of 1870, he distinguished himself as one of the three major army commanders.In 1871, Frederick became heir to the German imperial throne.As a result of his long stay in England, he was influenced by the ideas of the Enlightened, Constitutional, and Middle Classes, and had a strong liberal mindset.Crown Prince Frederick did not approve of the iron-blooded policies of Prime Minister Bismarck, who never liked him.This is also clear to the Emperor before he came to Germany, and before the visit to Germany, the Bureau of Statistics collected a lot of information about German politics and the German upper class.Crown Prince Frederick's son Wilhelm was born in Berlin on January 27, 1859, the eldest grandson of William I and the eldest son of Frederick III and Princess Victoria.As a result of a breech birth at birth, he suffered from Elb's palsy, which led to atrophy of his left arm.To compensate for this physical deficiency, William received rigorous military training from an early age, especially in equestrianism.In 1877, as the eldest grandson of the Emperor, he entered the prestigious University of Bonn, where he specialized in law and national studies.He received his bachelor's degree in 1881.Just now, when Emperor William's eldest grandson was shaking hands with Emperor Hua, President Meng noticed that Emperor William's eldest grandson deliberately turned his body sideways, cleverly highlighting his functional right hand and covering his defective left hand.He wears a glove on his left hand to make his left hand look more slender, and he also likes to use his left hand to lean on a sword or a cane to make himself look more decent.Crown Prince Frederick told the Emperor that his father, Kaiser Wilhelm I, had rarely received foreign guests lately, so he had come to welcome him and would arrange a meeting between the Emperor and Bismarck as soon as possible.President Moe was satisfied with the efficiency of the Germans and smiled, "Thank you, Your Royal Highness the Crown Prince." ”After the meeting at the train station, Hua Huang and his entourage were arranged to live in the best royal pavilion in Berlin.Although the Germans were very attentive and welcoming, Huahuang did not feel as comfortable as in the Netherlands, but was a little depressed."
Neither Bismarck nor Kaiser Wilhelm I appeared."
Princess Katrina Kafu said to President Moe."
It's normal, their relationship is not good, and Crown Prince Frederick is right, the Kaiser has not appeared in public much in recent years."
President Moe replied."
Well, the relationship between the old Wilhelm's family and Bismarck is not very good.When the Hohenzollerns had just taken over the Brandenburg region, the Bismarcks were one of the robber knights who led the rebellion in the region. ”Princess Katrina Kaaf smiled."
Before Wilhelm Sr. ascended the throne and during his regency, he did not have a good impression of Bismarck, and after he ascended the throne, he might not have been appointed if it were not for the fact that the situation was out of control.When Bismarck delivered his iron-blooded speech in parliament, Wilhelm Sr. was directly frightened by Bismarck's hard-line attitude, and even thought that he would be overthrown.In daily state affairs, the two of them often have disagreements, and the old Wilhelm in his old age tore up Bismarck's official documents at every turn.The two most famous conflicts between these two stubborn old men, one after the Battle of Sadowa, concerning the disposition of Austria and its allies; The other was the question of the title of emperor after unification, which was resolved thanks to the mediation of Frederick, the Archduke of Baden, William the Elder's son-in-law.The relationship between the two is like an old man riding a horse, the old man does not believe in the horse, and the horse is not willing to be controlled by the old man.As for the meritocracy, it was the 19th century and the Prussian king at this time couldn't even handle the parliament, and he was not able to deal with Bismarck.Every time William Sr. competed with Bismarck, Bismarck directly threatened to resign.So, they are like a pair of opponents who are forced to walk at night, but they don't look like partners. ”Princess Katrina Kafu laughed."
This analysis is very vivid, it is like this."
Emperor Hua agreed with Princess Katrina Kaf's analysis, "The relationship between the two of them is indeed dependent and repulsive, and the overall relationship is mostly dependent.Wilhelm I, who always showed himself in military uniform, had a big beard, and had the reputation of "Prince Shotgun", an orthodox Prussian soldier, was actually unexpectedly weak and repetitive.Wilhelm was often hesitant and capricious at several historical junctures, even in 1848 when he suppressed the Berlin Revolution, and at critical moments, he was often tormented by two conflicting opinions and did not know what to do, and even shed tears in front of his favored courtiers on several occasions, with tears rippling in the old king's eyes and Chancellor Bismarck clapping his hands in comfort.A man of Wilhelm I was in fact very much in the hope of a strong-willed man, who, though he was almost twenty years older than Bismarck, had no old man's demeanor in front of Bismarck, and every time they quarreled, His Majesty squirmed and obeyed the will of the Prime Minister.And Bismarck, although he has a reputation, but everyone must admit that he was one of the most influential politicians of the 19th century, he changed the direction of the entire world history, although the unification of Germany seems to be an inevitable trend, but Bismarck still contributed to it, his will is firm, and far-sighted, grasped the pulse of the whole era, his powerful light, so that even as a king and emperor Wilhelm I, can only be eclipsed. ”"No monarch would like this, but if he is an ambitious monarch, he will choose to change, but William I chose to be silently obedient and willing to be an eclipsed emperor.This was partly because Bismarck repeatedly proved him right; Partly because of the dependent character of William I.It can be seen that dependence is greater than exclusion after all. ”Princess Katrina Kafu also agrees with Hua Huang.When it comes to important things, President Moe and Princess Katrina Kafu always have to reach an internal consensus before they can clarify the accuracy of their judgments."
However, according to my meeting with Crown Prince Frederick and his wife and son to-day, I see that the sons and grandsons of Wilhelm I do not have this dependence on him, and they all dislike Bismarck, who is because Bismarck is too politically conservative and has too poor relations with the English gang represented by his wife; The eldest grandson of Emperor William is because the prime minister is too dazzling after all, and he doesn't need the empire to have a brighter star than him.Therefore, regardless of whether Wilhelm I's position is taken over by his son or grandson in the future, Bismarck's prime ministership should not last long, and the relationship between Wilhelm I and Bismarck is very rare after all. ”Emperor Hua is not clear about Bismarck's resume, Emperor Hua's history is not good, except for the affairs of China, I know a little bit, and most of them are derived from the messy TV series and movies adapted, foreign history, that is not clear at all, so Emperor Hua can now judge that after the death of Wilhelm I the Elder, Bismarck will be overthrown at the same time, this can be said to be quite accurate, in this era, almost no more than ten people can have such an understanding, everyone feels that Bismarck's position in Germany is as stable as Mount Tai.Bismarck is different from those powerful ministers in the history of China, Bismarck himself did not mean to be an emperor himself, so Bismarck and Wilhelm I did not have an insoluble contradiction.Kaiser Wilhelm I is a very interesting emperor, he himself was a very brave soldier, he was the one who gave the incendiary speech on March 9, 1848, during the Spring of Nations, and it was he who decisively ordered the shooting of the crowd on the 13th, 14th, and 15th.Moreover, the assertiveness of asking the parliament to approve the appropriation of 10 million talers and increasing the peacetime military strength from 140,000 to 217,000 was actually very rare, and it was also done by William I.But at the same time, Wilhelm I, who had actually been fearing the danger of unconstitutionality and actually fearing revolution when he was bypassing Parliament, suggested that Otto must come to the table.Bismarck was more aggressive than Wilhelm in carrying out tougher reforms.In fact, at this time, the emperor knew that in fact, he was inferior to Bismarck in terms of ability and prestige.And when Wilhelm and Bismarck argued over what the imperial throne was called, Wilhelm actually made concessions.To put it bluntly, one hardliner meets another, tougher hardliner.And the weak side recognizes that they are weak, so they choose to withdraw.In any case, Wilhelm I would not have felt very comfortable, and as for Crown Prince Frederick, it was because Frederick had too much English education, and the liberal tendency was more at odds with Bismarck. ”Princess Katrina Kafu smiled, "Your Majesty always likes to compare Bismarck with Li Hongzhang, in my opinion, just in terms of his attitude towards the emperor and the means of solving things, Li Hongzhang is several levels worse than Bismarck. ”"Yes, so Bismarck was the most important politician of the 19th century."
Emperor Hua naturally admitted this, and reused Li Hongzhang in the hands of Emperor Hua, in fact, because President Meng was a little selfish, hoping that Hua Guo could appear in this era a political figure who could be as famous as Bismarck, no matter how good he was, he was the emperor, he could not be the prime minister, the prime minister was excellent, and he could also add points to the empire, "To understand the relationship between Bismarck and Wilhelm I, you must first understand what kind of person Wilhelm I was."
William I was the second son of Frederick William III, and the second son would not have inherited the throne.So William I didn't actually receive much education when he was a child, and like other aristocratic second sons in Europe, William I was sent to the army to become a soldier and participated in many battles.From here, we can see why William I was so in the army after he ascended the throne in the future, after all, he was also a soldier.The prince, who had not been able to inherit the throne, unexpectedly succeeded to the throne after the death of his brother, and when he became king, the ambitious William I carried out reforms and clashed with Parliament.William I wanted to expand the armaments, but the parliament did not allow it.In desperation, William I had no choice but to order a man who was not afraid of parliament and even despised it as prime minister in order to carry out his orders.And this man is Bismarck.From this it can be seen that Wilhelm I needed Bismarck, and similarly, Bismarck needed a monarch like Wilhelm I.The two men were in a relationship of mutual need and use, which explains why Bismarck did not succeed in the Lord, because Wilhelm I needed him. ”One incident that illustrates this situation is very clear: when Bismarck became Prime Minister, he gave a "Iron Speech" to Parliament, after which Wilhelm said to Bismarck: "I know the end very well, they will cut off your head in front of my window at the Opera Square, and then cut off my head later." ”Bismarck responded: "If you have to die sooner or later, why die undignified, whether you die on the gallows or on the battlefield, there is no difference between this, you must fight to the end" Through this incident, the two formed a unique relationship between monarchs and ministers, and the union of the two also allowed Prussia to successfully unify Germany.So I agree with what His Majesty said that as soon as Wilhelm I died, the new German monarch would kick out Bismarck, because then the German emperor would no longer need a minister who would shine more than him. ”Princess Katrina Kafu said."
Well, that's right.The two of them often disagree with each other, but in the end they can reach an agreement, and the two can be a more harmonious partner.Although Wilhelm I was nominally the monarch who completed the unification of Germany, he was not in reality a very gifted and talented man, and in many cases even too rigid and conservative, inflexible and inflexible and lacking a sense of the big picture.After the Austro-Prussian War, Bismarck meant not to cede territory to Austria in exchange for Austria to be on his side in the future changes in Europe.But Wilhelm I was still a soldier, insisting that the purpose of war was to gain territory.For this reason, the two were at a stalemate, and Bismarck even threatened to resign.Eventually, William I made a compromise, and the two continued to work together for more than 20 years.But from another point of view, it was the mediocrity of Wilhelm I that made Bismarck, after all, although Wilhelm I was sometimes stubborn, he would basically compromise with Bismarck in the end, and it was not necessary to change to an extremely talented monarch who cared about power.Sometimes the balance of power between the monarch and the minister is also emphasized, and if you want to cooperate to do great things, there is always one side that is relatively weak.Wilhelm I and Bismarck were mutually fulfilling. ”Hua Huang said with emotion.t1706231537: