As a diplomat with nearly ten years of experience, the emotion that suddenly appeared on von Bismarck's face at this moment should not exist on the face of an excellent diplomat at all, but should instead exist on the body of a hostile general.
Because only the generals of hostile countries will show their emotions on their faces.
An excellent diplomat, no matter how much he hates the monarch of the enemy country, he will hide his emotions at the deepest level, and then face the difficulties of the monarch of the enemy country with an absolutely rational attitude.
The most typical representative among them is the original Prince Metternich.
I remember that when Prince Metternich served as the Austrian diplomatic ambassador in Paris, he always dealt with Emperor Napoleon with a meek attitude and did everything he could to satisfy Emperor Napoleon's wishes.
When Emperor Napoleon wanted to find a royal with some noble blood as his wife, Metternich even persuaded Emperor Franz to agree to a marriage with the French Empire.
With the efforts of Prince Metternich, Emperor Napoleon and Habsburg successfully became related by marriage, and Habsburg was able to work hard to accumulate strength in the following period.
In the period that followed, Prince Metternich worked hard to maintain a friendly attitude towards the French Empire, and also contributed when Napoleon sent troops to Russia (30,000 people participated in the war against Russia).
It was not until Emperor Napoleon failed in his Russian campaign and was forced to retreat that Prince Metternich changed his always docile attitude towards Napoleon.
However, at that time, he did not add insult to injury, and still handed Emperor Franz's letter to Emperor Napoleon in a rational manner.
In the letter, Emperor Franz persuaded Emperor Napoleon to abandon the Rhine League and only maintain the borders of 1790. The Austrian Empire was willing to mediate for Napoleon so that he could continue to serve as Emperor of the French Empire.
However, Napoleon, who had a gambler's mentality, did not think that he would fail. He insulted Metternich wantonly in front of everyone, and claimed that the Habsburgs were just ignorant wolves and that Metternich was the same as Talleyrand.
The same villain.
Facing Napoleon's humiliation, Metternich also calmly submitted an official letter to the court. The content of the official letter was the Austrian Empire's declaration of war against the French Empire.
Von Bismarck did not seem to have the qualities to become a "recognized" excellent diplomat. During the eight years he served as the Prussian ambassador to Frankfurt, von Bismarck's daily work was either angrily antagonizing the Austrian ambassador or provoking support.
The allies of the Austrian Empire (for example: the Rothschild family, the traditional old friends of the Austrian Empire and South Germany) were once directly angrily denounced by Bismarck in the Frankfurt Parliament as "a group of despicable and shameless Jews trying to help the Austrian Empire violate the constitution, and all the mistakes are the Jews."
Of course, afterwards Bismarck seemed to have forgotten what he had said before in France, and tried his best to invite Amschel Meyer Rothschild to the Prussian mansion as a guest), like a cockfighting cock with high air.
After becoming the Prussian ambassador to Vienna, von Bismarck still could not change his contempt for the Austrian Empire. He declared many times in public that "the Austrian Empire is no longer able to maintain the stability of the German region, and the German Confederation should consider changing it again."
Such a blatant attempt to seize the dominance of the German Confederation naturally earned Von Bismarck the hatred of everyone in the Austrian Empire.
The Austrian Ministry of Foreign Affairs expressed its official protests to the Kingdom of Prussia many times and suggested that the Prussian Ministry of Foreign Affairs replace Ambassador von Bismarck.
However, the Prussian Ministry of Foreign Affairs seemed to be a bastard - determined, they did not choose to directly replace Bismarck because of the Austrian Empire's protests, but allowed him to continue to serve as the ambassador in Vienna.
Such a statement made the Austrian Ministry of Foreign Affairs so angry that they concluded that the Kingdom of Prussia deliberately chose such a "general-style" (sounding to say, rubbish with no future) diplomat to disgust them.
However, Prince Metternich, as an experienced politician, did not think that von Bismarck was a diplomat who only knew how to act recklessly.
On the contrary, I think Bismarck was also an excellent diplomat, but his style was a bit out of place compared to the diplomats of this era.
Compared with other diplomats who were born into nobles, Bismarck lacked the aristocratic temperament that belongs to diplomats (the diplomatic field was still controlled by nobles in the 19th century, so diplomatic etiquette was inevitably tainted with the affectation of nobles, and people at the time called it
(for "elegance"), with an extra bit of "barbarism and cunning" belonging to the country Junkers.
Prince Metternich once said of von Bismarck to his son Richard Metternich, “Our Ministry of Foreign Affairs only saw the savage side of Bismarck, they did not realize that he was a tiger with the wisdom of a fox.
If you despise this tiger, the Austrian hunter will have his throat ripped out by this cunning tiger."
Therefore, Prince Metternich has been paying close attention to von Bismarck after he served as ambassador to Vienna. All of von Bismarck's actions in the Austrian Empire were not hidden from Prince Metternich's eyes.
Of course, von Bismarck did not know that he had been targeted by his old predecessor, Prince Metternich.
However, even if von Bismarck knew this, he would still not change his attitude of contempt for the Austrian Empire.
In his heart, Prince Metternich was already an old thing from the past. His excellent diplomatic wisdom should not be underestimated, but only by cooperating with the country's national strength can the greatest power be exerted by superb diplomacy.
However, the national strength of the Austrian Empire was simply unable to support Metternich's idea.
In addition, Prince Metternich is already 86 years old, which is an age where he may go to see God at any time.
Except for Prince Metternich, there was no one in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Austrian Empire who could be called a diplomat.
Each of them is just a puppet on the Austrian Emperor's strings, and all diplomacy must rely on the Austrian Emperor's imperial decisions to be implemented.
However, the Emperor of the Austrian Empire not only had a surprisingly poor political level, but also liked to use laymen to guide experts.
In Bismarck's view, if the French Emperor next door had not supported the Austrian Emperor behind his back, the Austrian Empire would have collapsed long ago.
As long as the Emperor of the Austrian Empire continues to maintain this political level, and the French Empire no longer favors the Austrian Empire, the Kingdom of Prussia will be able to easily deal with the Austrian Empire.
Germany's future belongs to him, von Bismarck and Prussia.
Therefore, when von Bismarck found out that the Emperor of the Austrian Empire actually chose to perform a political show at Radetzky's funeral (in the view of the utilitarian Bismarck, Franz Joseph was just showing off), he couldn't help but burst out of his heart.
There was a sense of crisis.
Bismarck first ruled out the correct answer (everything was an impromptu decision made by Franz Joseph), and then thought about who suggested that Franz Joseph perform this political show at the train station.
After thinking about it, von Bismarck subconsciously raised his head and looked at Prince Metternich, who was not far away from him.
When von Bismarck aimed his gaze in the direction of Prince Metternich, he saw that Prince Metternich was also looking at him with a scrutinizing gaze.
Von Bismarck was suddenly startled and broke into a cold sweat. At this moment, he felt that his mind had been seen through by the "old and cunning" Prince Metternich.
This feeling made von Bismarck extremely uncomfortable.
Why doesn't this old guy die?
Von Bismarck silently cursed Prince Metternich to go see God as soon as possible.
After Prince Metternich noticed that von Bismarck's eyes had also turned towards him, he immediately looked at von Bismarck with a friendly smile.
Although von Bismarck wished that Prince Metternich would die immediately, he still smiled at Metternich.
When von Bismarck and Prince Metternich's eyes met in the air, von Bismarck immediately "understood" (understood a hammer) that this political show was probably Prince Metternich's instruction to Franz Joseph.
, the purpose is also to better unite the new generation of forces in the entire Austrian Empire.
(Metternich:????)
(Franz Joseph:????)
This old thing really has two brushes!
Von Bismarck, who had already converted Prince Metternich in his heart, admired this political show. He could already imagine that in the future, the new generation of the Austrian Empire would be more closely united around Emperor Franz Joseph.
Quickly replace the old man around Franz Joseph.
By then, the political ecology of the Austrian Empire will be much better than it is now.
Thinking of this, von Bismarck's sense of crisis was even greater than before.
At the same time, Bismarck's fighting spirit became even higher because of the sense of crisis in his heart.
As a diplomat who had worked his way from a country boy in East Prussia to the level of Prussia's Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, von Bismarck had never been afraid of anyone. He always believed that no one was invincible.
Even someone as powerful as Emperor Napoleon is no exception!
A person's victory not only depends on his own efforts, but also on his opponents and teammates.
The same is true for an excellent diplomat. His own efforts coupled with the efforts of his allies are the key to victory.
With an excellent ally like Ron and a wise and virtuous king like Regent William, he will definitely be able to win the final victory.
(Although von Bismarck complained that Wilhelm I did not follow his advice and let him go to Paris to serve as ambassador, Wilhelm I allowed him to still receive the same salary as the Prussian representative in Frankfurt while serving as ambassador in Vienna.
For the sake of money, von Bismarck still maintained due respect for William I.)
Bolstered by Mai's high fighting spirit, von Bismarck looked at Prince Metternich with a hint of provocation!
It's a pity that you can no longer see the future of Austria being stepped on by Prussia!