Wilhelm II was silent, and Qin Tian's suggestion was thought about for a long time. www.biquge.info After a while, he said, "Everyone, just do what Oscar suggests!" Tell Austria-Hungary that the empire supports their territorial expansion in the Balkans and Italy, but that those Russian territories cannot be given to them. In addition, the war reparations that Russia gave us could give them two billion marks. In this way, we can be regarded as benevolent and righteous to them! ”

Qin Tian nodded, although two billion marks is a lot, if this problem can be solved, it will be considered good. Anyway, the money was all from the Russians.

"Your Majesty, even if Austria-Hungary will be dissatisfied, it should not be good. After all, their role in this war is too limited. "Bernhardt? Feng? Prime Minister Bilow said.

Qin Tian couldn't help but laugh when he heard this. Indeed, the role of Austria-Hungary in this war was too limited. Their greatest merit is probably the sacrifice of a crown prince to make this war break out. What other merits do they have? In the war, the performance of their army was very, very bad. If at the beginning of the war, Germany still needed to rely on Austria-Hungary to hold back the Russian Empire and the Kingdom of Italy, now they have no role in this regard. Civil strife had already broken out in Russia, from which the German Empire benefited enormously. And the military strength of the Kingdom of Italy is also very bad, and Germany does not have to care at all. Therefore, the German army only needs to make a breakthrough on the Western Front in the future war to win this war. Under such circumstances, Germany naturally did not have to give Austria-Hungary too much face.

"Your Excellency, on behalf of the Empire, go to Austria-Hungary and try to make them understand the current situation." Wilhelm II said.

"Yes, Your Majesty!" Feng? Kidren? Vahit nodded.

In this world, being a diplomat is undoubtedly a very prestigious thing. As long as they are not diplomats from small countries, they tend to mix well. Of course, the great powers of the East are an exception. The diplomats of the great powers of the East are simply a bag of gas. And a powerful country like the German Empire, where important ministers such as foreign ministers represent the empire and go to other countries, often receive the best preferential treatment.

Vienna, the capital of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, has been circulating here for some time now, that is, the German Empire has left Austria-Hungary and made peace with the Russians alone. The German Empire reaped huge benefits from Russia, but Austria-Hungary was unable to gain anything after paying a great deal of casualties. This naturally made the elites of the Austro-Hungarian Empire very dissatisfied. They thought they had been deceived by Germany. This led to the emergence of a force hostile to Germany in Austria-Hungary.

It's just that those who were really in power in the Austro-Hungarian Empire, especially Emperor Franz? Joseph I, unaffected by such rumors. Of course, if the German side really left Austria-Hungary aside and made peace with Russia alone, this made him a little angry. However, he has experienced similar things countless times in his life. And most importantly, Franz? Joseph I had a very clear understanding of the strength of the Austro-Hungarian Empire. He knew that even if the German Empire really wanted to leave Austria-Hungary behind, they would not be able to. Who made Austria-Hungary so weak? It has the name of one of the great powers and a strong industrial power. But in fact, it is fundamentally a strong external and a middle cadre. If it weren't for the help of the German Empire, they would have been defeated by Russia on the Eastern Front.

The Prime Minister, Commander-in-Chief and Chief of the General Staff of Austria-Hungary, among others, were well aware of this. They are also desperately trying to dispel these rumors. However, it did not succeed. Because the promoter behind these rumors is none other than the Austro-Hungarian Crown Prince Karl.

On the German side, the German Reich Foreign Minister von ? Kidren? Before Washit's visit to Vienna, Franz? Joseph I specially summoned Crown Prince Karl. An hour later, Crown Prince Karl left Schönbrunn Palace with a gloomy face. But the next day, the rumors disappeared without a trace, as if nothing had ever happened.

At the end of January 1915, German Foreign Minister von ? Kidren? Vahit arrived in Vienna. Austro-Crarian Prime Minister Mario? Webb, personally at the airport to meet Feng? Kidren? Vahit, which can be regarded as giving the German side enough face.

Upon arrival in Vienna, von? Kidren? The first thing Vahit did was to represent the German Emperor Wilhelm II to meet the Austro-Hungarian Emperor Franz? Joseph I.

Although, Franz? Joseph I has not been in a good state of mind lately, but he still boured up and met with Von? Kidren? Wahit.

"Your Majesty, the Emperor has asked me to apologize to Your Majesty. It is true that in our negotiations with the Russian Brucellos, Austria-Hungary was not informed. For that, we apologize. However, I also hope that Your Majesty can understand that it is the relationship of secrecy in the Empire. "Feng? Kidren? Vahit said.

Franz? Joseph I nodded: "So, what is the German Empire going to do with Austria-Hungary?" After all, we had an agreement that no one could make peace with the enemy alone. ”

"Your Majesty, the Empire has indeed gained a lot of benefits in Russia this time. However, those benefits that the empire did not intend to give to Austria-Hungary. The empire has long had arrangements for those territories. "Feng? Kidren? Vahit said.

Mario? Weber's face suddenly became very ugly. Still, Franz? Joseph I, however, did not change his face. He seemed to know, Feng? Kidren? Vahit's words were not finished.

"Although, in the Russians paid the benefits, the empire could not give to Austria-Hungary. However, in other respects, the empire could compensate Austria-Hungary. We can support the expansion of Austria-Hungary in the Balkans and in the direction of Italy. In addition, Russia could pay us war reparations, which could also be divided into two billion marks to Austria-Hungary. The Empire attached great importance to its friendship with Austria-Hungary. Nor do we want our alliances to suffer as a result. As for how your country chooses, it is up to Your Majesty and Your Excellency the Prime Minister. "Feng? Kidren? Vahit, kicked the ball to Franz? At the feet of Joseph I.

Franz? After a little consideration, Joseph I happily accepted Germany's goodwill and took the initiative to say that Austria-Hungary would always be an ally of the German Empire and would never change.