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William II called an attendant and ordered: "Go and invite Prime Minister Hoinrog."

Hoinrog was a well-known politician in Lin Yuan's era. During the Sino-Japanese War in Lin Yuan's era, he once represented Germany in the Three Kingdoms Intervention and Return to Liao Dynasty. His predecessor was the famous iron-blooded prime minister - Bismarck.

Hoinrog came to William II's Palace of Sanssouci, bowed to salute William II, William II smiled and let Hoinrog sit down, and then said with a smile: "Just now General Moltke sent me a telegram , he wants me to delay the outbreak of war as much as possible, do you have any good solutions?"

Hoinrog thought for a while and said: "According to the information, Lin Yuan has already transferred two divisions to the vicinity of Narva, and has mobilized ten divisions from the Siberian Front Army. It seems that this battle is definitely going to be fought. I see no good way."

William II laughed: "I don't think so, I think we have the hope of delaying the war for four to five months, or even longer, and then we can build a railway between Estonia and Poland to transport goods more quickly." Supplies."

Hoinrog was taken aback, and asked, "What can you do, Your Majesty?"

William II asked his attendants to take a map, pointed at it and said with a smile: "Please look at the Grand Duchy of Finland above."

"What does Finland have to do with us?" Hoinrog asked.

William II said: "The gulf near St. Petersburg is the Gulf of Finland, which is part of the Baltic Sea. Lin Yuan must regard the Gulf of Finland as his naval base, and the south side of the Gulf of Finland is Estonia. If we occupy Estonia, we will A pair of eyes were installed at the gate of Lin Yuan's fleet, Lin Yuan is definitely not willing to do this."

"The reason why Lin Yuan concentrated his forces to attack Estonia was that he didn't want his fleet to be under our surveillance. On the north side of the Gulf of Finland is the Grand Duchy of Finland. It is an autonomous grand duchy attached to Russia. The capital of Finland, Helsinki, is just beside the Gulf of Finland. On the other hand, it is also the eyes at the door of the fleet, if we find a way to make Finland attract Chinese troops, won't China have the energy to fight us?"

After William II finished speaking, he smiled triumphantly, and Hoinrog asked: "You mean, let the Chinese go to fight Finland? But can Finland hold China back?"

William II shook his head and said: "If China wants to attack Finland, it is impossible to stop it with Finland's national strength, but you see, there are countless large and small lakes on the territory of Finland, and these lakes will greatly limit the mechanized troops of the Chinese army. With the campaign, Finland is more than enough to hold China back.”

Hoinrog nodded and said, "Well, I will use some diplomatic means to let Finland compete with China!"

William II smiled and said: "Then hurry up, Britain has already formed an alliance with Denmark and Sweden, we cannot lose Finland."

Hoinrog agreed, and immediately sent a telegram to Holstein Gottorp, King of the Grand Duchy of Finland. The telegram stated that King Gottorp was invited to come to Berlin and have talks with Wilhelm II.

At this time, King Gottorp was having talks with a secret envoy from Beijing. This secret envoy was Xu Jingcheng, Director of the European Department of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

Xu Jingcheng was an ex-official in the late Qing Dynasty and a pioneer of China's diplomatic career. During Lin Yuan's mission to Europe, Xu Jingcheng was the main companion and the deputy head of the mission. serve.

Unlike Weng Tonghe, Kang Youwei, and Liang Qichao, Xu Jingcheng did not have deep affection for the Qing court, so he did not wear long braids or Qing court costumes, but a neat suit, no different from other staff of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

Xu Jingcheng came to talk with King Gottorp this time as Lin Yuan's extraordinary and plenipotentiary representative. The content of the meeting was very simple, allowing Finland to fully enter China's sphere of influence and use RMB.

King Gottorp did not dare to fully support China, because the capital of Finland is on the edge of the Baltic, and the powerful British and German navies can easily attack Finland, and King Gottorp doesn't understand China, and he is very concerned about China. Xu Jingcheng's negotiations were very difficult.

The two sides could not continue the talks and had to adjourn the meeting. The telegram from German Prime Minister Hoinrog arrived at this time. Of course, King Gottorp understood the intention of Germany sending an envoy to the talks at this time, and was even more hesitant.

King Gottorp was a hesitant person who could not make up his mind when encountering a situation. When Tsar Nicholas II was there, he sent a liaison officer for him. He said he was a liaison officer, but he was actually the spokesperson of Tsarist Russia in Finland. The liaison officer often advises King Gottorp, and King Gottorp obeys. Now that Tsarist Russia has fallen, the liaison officer has returned to the country, and no one advises King Gottorp anymore.

As for King Gottorp's other attendants, they are not reliable at all. Nikolaevich's attendants are all at the level of think tanks, and Lin Yuan's attendants are all at the brigade-level chief of staff level, but King Gottorp's attendants, He will only try to find something for King Gottorp to have fun, and he will not use it for state affairs at all.

At this time, a servant came to report to King Gottorp: "The German Minister Mr. Sumer asks to see you."

It turned out that Hoinrog knew that King Gottorp was indecisive, so he specially asked the German envoy to discuss with King Gottorp in person. King Gottorp did not dare to offend the Germans, so he immediately invited Sumer in. When I saw King Gottorp, I exchanged some pleasantries, and then asked, "Have you received the telegram from the Prime Minister?"

King Gotorp nodded, and Sumer asked, "Do you agree to go to Berlin to meet our Emperor?"

King Gottorp couldn't make up his mind for a while. If he went to see the German emperor, he would offend the Chinese. If he didn't, he would offend the Germans. Said: "Hey, my head hurts, I can't do it, Chief Guard, go and call the doctor."

Seeing this scene, Sumer frowned, said a few words about the scene, came out of the bedroom, found an attendant of King Gotorp, and asked in a low voice, "What happened?"

Britain, Germany and Russia have been operating in Finland for a long time. There must be a few people around King Gotorp. This attendant was bought by the Germans. He whispered to Sumer: "The Chinese are here, it is Lin That's why King Gottorp hesitated."

Sumer's eyes lit up when he heard that Lin Yuan's special envoy had come to Finland, and a sinister trick appeared in his mind!He lowered his voice and asked, "Do you know where Lin Yuan's special envoy lives?"

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