Hidden Dragon in Qing Dynasty

You're even deceiving your own people?

Do you know what the highest realm a swindler can reach? Then what about the higher realms of deceiving your own people? That was to deceive even himself.

A successful diplomat was destined to be a successful swindler. Bismark was not only an expert in governing nations, he was also an expert in diplomacy. The rise of Prussia was inseparable from his outstanding diplomatic skills of dancing on blades.

But right now, Bismark had already set up a huge scam, a scam that had already fooled the entire world, and even William I.

Bismark's scam could fool others, but could not fool Xiao Letian.

Xiao Letian had exposed this conspiracy of his countless times in private, forcing Bismark to state the truth to him.

What was Bismark's scam? Actually, it was just showing that he was weak on purpose. The entire world's analysis of Prussia was all based on Bismark's fake intelligence.

By deliberately concealing Prussia's true strength, whether in terms of technology or gross industrial product, including the income from agriculture, all the government reports were false.

What was interesting was that Bismark had not only deceived the entire world, he had also deceived his boss, William I.

modern man seemed very absurd at this point, but thinking about it carefully, it was within reason.

Not to mention the backward-looking social environment at the end of the nineteenth century, even the largest multinational corporations in the world after the twenty-first century could not possibly know the specifics of every single one of their factories.

For example, it could be said that the entire middle management had fallen into a fraud scandal, and even the upper echelons had been deceived.

Because a man was always a man, his energy was limited, and the information he received daily was also limited. He could not rule his own empire in every possible way.

The management of the small company that was at least 180 levels away from him, was a mess, corruption, and data fraud that was hard for the upper echelons to detect.

Even in the 21st century, when the internet was exploding, it was impossible for someone at the top to put their control on the front lines, much less in the late 19th century!

Although William I was the King of Prussia, he had already entrusted all the authority to manage the internal affairs of the country to Bismark. What he could see were all things that Bismark wanted him to see.

In other words, at the same time that Bismark was deceiving the entire Europe, he was also deceiving William I at the same time.

Xiao Letian felt that this was probably the main reason behind the deep estrangement between the monarch and subject. Bismark was too strong, so strong that he could not even see a ruler. In other words, if he had met such a kind and friendly Sovereign like William I, his head would have already hit the ground.

The William I of history was indeed a benevolent ruler. His personal moral character was not bad and the concrete example was the Potsdam Mill.

In 1866, William I wanted to imitate the Versailles and build a Worryfree Palace in his territory. However, on the side of this palace, there was an old mill that blocked his view, which made him very regretful.

He belonged to a farmer, so William I had no choice but to send Attendant to buy the land and mill at a high price. William I was prepared to demolish and build his own small garden.

Who knew that the farmer was so stubborn that he would refuse to sell his ancestors' property. Not only that, his tone was exceptionally tough!

In his anger, William I ordered his soldiers to forcibly demolish the mill, in other words, force them to sell it.

The miller was instantly anxious. Even if it was the king, he couldn't force the issue! I said that I didn't want to sell it to you, so I couldn't sell it to you. In the end, I sued William I to the Supreme Court of Prussia.

This was the first case of a plebeian suing the king!

In the end, the Supreme Court ordered William I to use his power to steal other people's land, and the court sentenced the King to immediately restore the Moulin Rouge and compensate the miller for his mental damages of 150 gold coins.

This was the famous Potsdam Moulin. To this day, the Moulin Rouge still stood on one side of the Germany's Worryfree Palace, becoming a witness to history.

From this historical case, one could see the history of judicial construction in Europe, but at the same time, they could also see the true nature of William I. He might be like an ordinary person, angry, angry, and also impulsively do some irrational actions, but after he calmed down, he could still magnanimously face the accusations that an ordinary citizen would make against him.

Accepting the judgement of the court and sincerely admitting that it was wrong, that was the quality a benevolent king should have. In other words, for Bismark to be able to become the Prime Minister Iron-Blood of Prussia and then become the ruler of the country, the biggest credit actually belonged to William I and not to. However, if it was Bismark, then no one else but him would have such historical achievements.

's grandson, William II, had been forced to retire not long after he ascended the throne. Seeing as how the king can tolerate you, it is really a matter of luck!

It was precisely because Xiao Letian had a thorough understanding of his temperament that Xiao Letian was willing to reveal this truth to him.

In truth, the one who exposed this kind of secret should be Bismark, but he didn't know what Bismark was thinking. It was probably because his temperament was too arrogant, this person was looking down on the imperial power!

He was forced to reveal the entire plan to Xiao Letian because he knew that he had no other choice. As long as the conditions allowed, he would be able to deceive even the King!

Xiao Letian looked left and right, and then said to the King in a low voice: "Dear Emperor, I can only tell you one thing, all the economic data you have seen about Prussia are fake, and have been modified by someone!"

"What?" This was impossible. Who would be so daring as to bully the sovereign? Is it Bismark? "

"No, no, no …" The Prime Minister is not trying to deceive you alone. He is trying to deceive the entire world of Europe, and this strategy is trying to deceive the victory of the Franco-Prussian War! "

"As we all know, in the early days of the nineteenth century, Prussia was not a powerful country. At that time, Prussia was a very weak, feudal and dictatorial country.

"It wasn't until the 1830s that Prussia started to tread the path of the Industrial Revolution. I reported a set of simple data to the His Majesty the King, and you know to what extent your family background is now …"

"The number of steam engines in Prussia increased from 419 in 1837 to 1,139 by 1846."

"After 1840 Prussia owned 245 steam trains, and by now the number of steam trains has risen to 3,485..."

"This is a real increase in the strength of a country! Do you know all this data? "