After the parade, Jochen spent a few more days in London, continuing to spend time with his grandmother and relatives. Then we set out on a journey back to Germany.

On 5 July 1887, Jochen returned to Berlin, and by this time Ferdinand of the House of Coburg had been elected Grand Duke of Bulgaria. Sure enough, two days later, Ferdinand was crowned Tsar of Bulgaria, i.e. Ferdinand I, and the third Bulgarian kingdom was born. The new Bulgarian tsar who was born in Vienna and has the blood of the Saxe-Coburg-Gotha royal family, the French Bourbon royal family, the Bourbon royal family of the Two Sicilies, the Austrian Habsburg royal family, the Hungarian Kohari family, and has a relationship with the Portuguese royal family, the British royal family, and the Belgian royal family, but has a very cold relationship with the Russian tsar, and his accession to the throne is strictly against the wishes of Tsarist Russia. Seeing that Bulgaria, which it had supported, had fallen into the hands of this betrayer, who had close ties with Austria-Hungary, Tsarist Russia was furious about this, so Russia threatened to resort to force to solve the Bulgarian problem, and Russia also insulted Germany, believing that Germany had stabbed Russia in the back after the Berlin Conference. This makes Germany restless at this time. Faced with a possible military action against Tsarist Russia and the proximity of relations with France, Germany was very nervous. The frightened Bismarck was ready to arbitrarily send the German-Austrian Treaty to London to seek the support of the British. Jochen expressed strong opposition to this. And this was the first time Jochen had openly contradicted Bismarck.

Because of the seriousness of the matter, even His Majesty Wilhelm I, who is already 90 years old, and Crown Prince Frederick, who is recuperating from illness, attended the meeting. In the side hall of Charlottenburg Palace, the old chancellor Bismarck, the imperial grandson Joachim, and senior diplomats from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs were present together. Because Bismarck and the imperial grandson had completely opposite views, the two did not give in to each other, so the atmosphere in the palace was very depressing.

Bismarck taught the immature imperial grandson with his great courage and majesty: "Your Highness, there are now many calls in Russia for the settlement of the Bulgarian problem by force, and we must use strong means to curb their attempts!" The Russians are not something we can persuade in a few words now, we need the help of the British! ”

"Your Excellency, Prime Minister, we just signed the Reinsurance Treaty with the Russians a month ago, and you are still presiding. In order to ease relations between us and Russia, now we join forces with the British to pile up Russian military threats, what will the Russians think? We sold them less than a month after the treaty was signed, and then Russia would not have scolded us for treachery as it does now! Jochen confronted.

"Now it is Russia that has the possibility of starting a war, and we must react! Otherwise, if the situation worsens, the empire may fall into war! Your Highness, do you understand the importance of the matter?! Bismarck was furious.

"So what's the point of us signing the Reinsurance Treaty? Isn't it just to avoid war with Russia? And the Reinsurance Treaty not only did not save our country from war, but also did not even limit the alliance between Russia and the French, so what is the point of this treaty? Jochen directly exposed Bismarck's old bottom: "Alexander III was already obstructed by the pro-French forces at home when he signed the "Reinsurance Treaty", and now we stab the Russians in the back, then even if Alexander III is unwilling to turn his face with the empire, the Franco-Russian alliance is inevitable!" ”

"Does the Empire do nothing? Watching Tsarist Russia use force against Bulgaria? Then next Austria-Hungary will go to war with Tsarist Russia! And we must also be on the side of Austria-Hungary! ……”

"And then the French will take the opportunity to go to war with us, won't they? Isn't that what you've been worried about, Prime Minister? Jochen interrupted Bismarck very rudely: "So in order to avoid this qiē we have to turn to the British, don't we?" After all, if we hadn't signed the German-Austrian alliance treaty in the first place. The current situation will not be so embarrassing at all! And the national strength of Austria-Hungary is not worth mentioning, even if Austria-Hungary and France stand together, the empire does not have to worry, but we now have to face a huge Tsarist Russia! Our policy of uniting with Tsarist Russia has now been utterly shattered! Jochen did not give Bismarck any face, and directly pointed out that he had made a mess of Germany's foreign policy with Russia.

In order to prevent Bismarck from uniting with Austria-Hungary, Wilhelm I even threatened to abdicate, which did not stop Bismarck, so he did not agree with Tsarist Russia in this matter. Crown Prince Frederick was not opposed to uniting Britain to contain Tsarist Russia, but it was obviously not considered to betray Tsarist Russia just one month after the signing of the Reinsurance Treaty, so neither His Majesty nor His Royal Highness the Crown Prince spoke out to stop the quarrel. Seeing that Bismarck, whose face was about to lose his face, was about to get angry, the diplomat Holstein immediately came to play a round: "His Royal Highness the Emperor and His Excellency the Prime Minister have no point in arguing over the previous treaty now. His Royal Highness is talking about the direction of foreign policy in the past, and His Excellency the Prime Minister is now focusing on how to solve the matter at hand, both of which are to make the empire have a better external environment and protect the empire's security. So the most important thing is how to solve the current crisis. ”

"So now we can only contact the British, give them the German-Austrian Treaty of Alliance, and make it clear that if Austria-Hungary is threatened by Russia, or if England and Italy are invaded by France, then we will be obliged to fight against Russia or France. So that the British would intervene to suppress Russia, and the empire would be able to avoid war. Bismarck again stated that Germany at this time had no choice but to contact the British.

"Can we just go and ask Britain to suppress Russia? In order to prevent Russia from dominating the Black Sea, weaken Turkey. The British will also suppress the Russians, and the British are now having a headache for the Russians to interfere in British affairs in Egypt, so why should we bother to send them to the door as an excuse for the British? Could it be that without our statement, the British could really have left this matter alone? "Historically, as soon as the Germans made a statement, the British went to trouble the Russians, so with the British ignoring it, they stirred up a three-point temper, even if the German side did not interfere, they would find an excuse to interfere.

"Italy and Austria-Hungary are more enthusiastic than we are in the matter of Russia rushing out of the Black Sea into the Mediterranean, so why should we go out of this way and be the target of the hatred of the Russians? Instead, we should stand up and say that we will not interfere in this matter, and contact the Ottoman Turks to declare that Ferdinand I's accession to the throne is not legitimate. In this way, we will show our partiality towards Tsarist Russia without causing a fundamental change in the situation. As long as the Austro-Hungarian side did not let go, the attitude of the Ottomans was insignificant and could not change the overall situation. Then at least we can divert the attention of the Russians and make them hate Britain, Italy and Austria-Hungary, and once Britain, Italy and Austria join forces, the Russians will never really go to war. Then, if we stay out of the matter and show a tendency to be biased, even if we cannot get closer to Russia, at least we will not be so hostile to us, and it will be much easier for the two sides to repair relations at that time. As for Austria-Hungary, does their attitude have an effect on us? Historically, Bismarck also tried to appease Russia in this way, but because Germany betrayed Russia in the first place, and Austria-Hungary, which had been supported, did not give Russia any steps, even if the Ottomans later met the Russians' conditions with a piece of paper, this result was not enough to change the anger of the Russian people against Germany at this time.

It's not that Jochen really wanted to win over Russia, and therefore betrayed Austria-Hungary. The price to be paid to win over Russia and Germany is too great, and whether this price can be borne is not to be said first, even if the price is paid, it is difficult to predict how much effect it can have. But now is not a good time to provoke Russia, and in the future, Germany will need to obtain a lot of resources and food from Russia, so it is a victory to prevent relations from deteriorating now, and as for weakening Russia, there will be an opportunity to kill the Russians in the Russo-Japanese War.

"Well, Your Highness's method is worth trying, but it's not a good idea to ignore Vienna completely, after all, we are allies. That would undermine our friendly relations. Holstein also thought it inappropriate to provoke Russia at this time, but it was not in the interests of the German-Austrian treaty to sell Austria-Hungary at this point.

"Now it is Austria-Hungary that depends on us to ensure that it has enough say in the Balkans, not that we rely on them, so we must make the Austro-Hungarians understand that just because they are allied with the empire, they will always make the empire passive on the Balkan issue. And didn't the Reinsurance Treaty also care about the attitude of the Austro-Hungarians. Jochen stabbed Bismarck again, but Jochen didn't want everyone to be unable to get off the stage, so he added: "Even if we want to take care of the mood of the Austro-Hungarians, we can't do it at this juncture, any signal of goodwill from us will be misunderstood by the Austro-Hungarians as our support for them, and it will also cause the Russians to misunderstand." Even if you want to reassure the Austro-Hungarians, you will have to wait until the dust settles on this matter. ”

The construction of Jochen was approved by His Majesty William I and Crown Prince Frederick, and finally the Ministry of Foreign Affairs decided to send a friendly signal to Tsarist Russia, and decided that Holstein would personally go to Russia to negotiate. Jochen's goal was achieved, but Bismarck's face remained grim. At the end of the meeting, Bismarck was the first to leave the table, and after a brief bow to Wilhelm I and Crown Prince Frederick, he hurried away without looking at Jochen. This offended this old stubborn man miserably. Jochen thought with a wry smile.

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