The Sun Never Sets In Spain

There are 26 German states participating in the conference, but most of them have no right to speak.

Since the end of the Prussian-Austro-Prussian War, Austria promised to let Prussia dispose of the northern part of the Main River. The German states were either directly annexed by Prussia, or they were taken away from the command of the army and became Prussian echoes.

In other words, South Germany maintained complete autonomy because they were not in the PPP treaty.

The first item of the meeting was to reaffirm the alliance between North and South Germany.

Bismarck played in person, hoping to change the defensive league into an offensive and defensive league.

However, before the French representative who was ready to speak, the representative of Bavaria flatly refused this request.

Fortunately, Bismarck was not surprised by this, and instead proposed to establish a comprehensive police organization in the German region to deal with more and more popular riots and threats from foreign forces.

All countries agreed with this plan. For them, the influence of Prussia has penetrated into the bones and cannot go further. It is of course good to be able to help maintain the rule.

At this time, the Bavarian representative was thinking about the domestic confession: In the best case, Prussia was to give up continuing to intervene in South German affairs through moderate toughness, so that they could stay out of the Franco-Prussian War.

If not, find a way to fall out and force Prussia to take the initiative to attack.

Just thinking about it, you can feel the smell of gunpowder, and let Bavaria provoke Prussia... Even if the representative does not like the northern barbarians as much as the king, he still thinks this must be crazy.

The representative looked sideways at the French ambassador who was sitting quietly next to him, and his heart was a little settled.

After a pause, the Bavarian representative said with difficulty: "We agree, but there is a prerequisite."

Without waiting for everyone's reaction, he continued: "We require Catholics to have full autonomy to form Catholic communities throughout Germany.

The police organizations to be established, including former police organizations, must obey the orders of the local government to impose sanctions in the face of violations of the rights of Catholics. "

As soon as he finished speaking, several representatives of the small North German states got up angrily. It's no wonder that they couldn't calm down. Is this to make Catholics superior to Protestants?

The most irritating thing is not the oppression of external enemies, but the unfair treatment of one's own people.

Such conditions, where to put the North Germans, especially South Germany is still the party to be annexed, but set the conditions that the leader would not dare to open.

Bismarck's heart sank and he immediately saw the other party's intentions. He personally didn't value religion very much, but he knew he would never agree.

If the front foot agrees to this condition, the North German Confederation will fall apart when the back foot walks out of the meeting room.

"The future of Germany will treat everyone equally, regardless of their status, as long as they are Germans, they should be respected, and we will ensure that they are not violated in any way, which naturally includes Catholics." Bismarck finished the scene. Be regarded as lightly revealing the matter.

However, no matter how nice his words are, the first two issues have failed but cannot be faked.

The atmosphere of the conference room took a turn for the worse.

The astonishing argument of the representative of Bavaria has not stopped.

"Since it is impossible to establish a police organization across Germany, I propose to establish a small-scale security company.

You should be aware of the recent turmoil in South Germany. Bavaria will bear all the expenses and do its utmost to maintain order and stability in the country and in Württemberg, Hesse, and Baden. "

The direct suggestion that the formation of South Germany hits Prussia too much to achieve the goal of portraying the opponent as an aggressive attacker.

The representative of Bavaria threw up such a topic for probing.

Bismarck was still considering whether to agree or not, and the French ambassador blatantly violated the rules of observing, saying before the end of the meeting: "I don't know if this security company will be listed. France is very interested in investing in it."

Hearing that, not only was Bismarck showing unhappy emotions, but the representatives of the Austro-Hungarian Empire also voiced their opposition.

The Austro-Hungarian Empire still maintained some influence over South Germany at this time, and of course it did not want to see the birth of a unified South Germany.

Moreover, the Austro-Hungarian Empire still embraced the idea of ​​taking advantage of the emptiness during the Franco-Prussian War. The country resisted the annexation of South Germany, but it was reintroduced into the sphere of influence but everyone was happy to see it.

Both France, Austria and Hungary violated the rules, and the other powers no longer have to worry too much. The British ambassador directly asked about the details of the security company.

In this matter, Britain, which maintains a close relationship with Prussia, is standing on the opposite side of her.

In an instant, various countries stood in line, forming a scene of England, France, Spain, Italy vs. Prussia.

Although Russia was dissatisfied with Prussia's annexation of the territories of the Tsar's relatives (Hesse), they were even more dissatisfied with Britain's aggressiveness and stood on the side of Prussia with a clear-cut stand.

On the surface, the land power on the Prussian side can completely defeat the French side, but the standing team in the conference room can't represent much.

Among them, it is impossible for Britain and Russia to participate in the war, and Austria-Hungary will not stand with Prussia.

On the other hand, Spain and Italy, although these two countries are weak in front of Prussia, they have the real possibility of participating in the war, which is enough to profoundly change the balance of power between France and France.

The scene was very stiff and the meeting couldn't go on. Bismarck announced a few words about the scene and announced an intermission.

The representatives of the four states of South Germany returned home directly during the intermission, which was nothing to Prussia's face.

After the meeting, King William I of Prussia heard this severe humiliation, and he asked Bismarck what to do.

Bismarck replied: "Let us prepare for war."

...

On August 13, an empty-shell security company was established in Munich.

The next day, the Protestants of Bavaria, united with the unificationists who opposed the South German Plan, launched a riot in Nuremberg, Bavaria's second largest city, and announced that they would no longer recognize the current Bavarian government, which is rebellious.

The Bavarian army went to suppress it, but was hit head-on by the Prussian army. Prussia recognized the Nuremberg government and demanded that the Munich government be dissolved immediately.

That night, the Munich government appealed to France for help, claiming that it had been invaded by Prussia.

France readily agreed, and the Franco-Prussian War broke out.