Chapter 142 Cat and Mouse(2/2)
Unexpectedly, Moltke actually turned to the Bavarians.
"Okay! You win, what do you want to do with this bad old man like me?
Kill me? Or exile me? Or, put me in jail until I die?"
After all, he is a mature person who has been involved in politics all his life and has the mental quality to reach the top.
When things came to an end, Bismarck relaxed.
He leaned on the large seat and looked at Kong Tingxun with squinting eyes.
"We won't do anything to you. You have worked hard for Prussia all your life, and you have worked hard without any merit.
So be it!
How about you go to the Netherlands, where there is an endless sea of tulips.
It’s a pleasure to live there.”
"You would be so merciful if you let me go to the Netherlands?" Bismarck didn't believe it, and he ended up being exiled to the Netherlands.
This result is so surprising!
"Of course, you have to do one more thing for us." Kong Tingxun enjoyed this cat and mouse game.
After all, he was facing Bismarck, the so-called iron-blooded prime minister.
Not only in Europe, but also in Ming Dynasty.
He had heard of this old gentleman when he was studying at Shanhaiguan Army Officer School.
The instructor's words still ring in my ears at that time. He was a rare politician in Europe.
There are not many opportunities to play with such an old fox like a mouse.
Just because there are too few old foxes!
"Tell me what the conditions are!" Bismarck chuckled. He knew that after such generous treatment, he must do things on his own.
"Our condition is that you nominate Adolf as the new prime minister at the imperial meeting tonight.
If Adolf is elected Prime Minister, you can retire to the Netherlands with honor."
"Adolf?
You have only been in Prussia for two years, when did you get involved with the National Socialist Party?"
After saying this, Bismarck regretted it.
Of course Kong Tingxun would be mixed up with the National Socialist Party, whose headquarters was Bavaria.
In Munich, Adolf had ten times more fans than in Berlin.
It’s not surprising that Kong Tingxun and Adolf mixed together.
"It's useless for me to nominate him. If he wants to be prime minister, he needs two-thirds of the votes of the Imperial Parliament.
you……!"
"We got more than two-thirds of the vote, Adolf said.
Politics is nothing more than an exchange of interests!
He got those congressmen, it was simple, he just gave them what they wanted."
Bismarck closed his eyes in pain. He had been around all his life and was one of the founders of the Prussian Empire.
Of course he knows the virtues of those bastards!
As long as you give them benefits, they can even sell their wives, let alone the votes in their hands.
After closing his eyes and thinking for a while, Bismarck reluctantly opened his eyes.
"Okay, you have to keep me and my family safe."
"I absolutely guarantee that your family is already waiting for you at the airship landing pad.
As long as you finish the Imperial Conference, Mr. Adolf will be successfully elected.
You can take an airship and fly directly to the Netherlands to live your retirement life.
Every month, the government will also give you a stipend. Until you die, you will be the former prime minister of the empire.
How is it? This treatment is not bad!"
The task was completed very well, and Kong Tingxun was also very excited.
Just now, he was afraid of rejection by this stubborn old guy.
Although no matter where it looked, they had this old guy in their grasp.
But he is Bismarck, who knows what else he might do.
Now, as long as he is brought to the Imperial Parliament and he proposes that Adolf become the new prime minister, the entire power-seizing plan will be successfully concluded.
From now on, Prussia belongs to them.
Soon, Adolf would replace Frederick, and his position would be where Bismarck currently sits.
At five o'clock, the Imperial Parliament opened on time.
Sitting at the top is the Speaker's new Duke Winter.
However, since he was only nine years old, his brother-in-law, Kong Tingxun, who stood beside him, helped with the work of presiding over the meeting.
According to the agreement that year, the position of Speaker was not given to anyone, but to Bavaria.
Whoever is the Duke of Bavaria is the Speaker.
Even if he is in a vegetative state, there is no problem. Because the speaker can propose an assistant to help him complete his mission.
"Now, Prime Minister Bismarck, please speak."
After a long series of red tape procedures, Kong Tingxun finally waited until Bismarck spoke.
“Dear Members of Parliament and Friends!
The great Emperor Frederick has left us behind.
As a subject of His Majesty the Emperor Zhongjin, I, Otto Edward Leopold von Bismarck, am also old.
Looking at the gray hair on my temples and my wrinkled face in the mirror, I decided to retire.
I am honored to serve this great empire and assist a great emperor.
Today, I officially announce my retirement."
There was no sound at all in the huge conference hall.
Everyone watched the iron-blooded prime minister’s final speech!
"Before I retire, in accordance with the responsibilities entrusted to me by the laws of the Prussian Empire, I will nominate a candidate for the next prime minister.
What I am nominating is...
Adolf.
*** is Prime Minister of the Prussian Empire.
Thank you all!
Long live the great Prussian Empire!"
Bismarck bowed deeply to the people in the audience and then walked off the podium.
The moment he stepped off the podium, the old Bismarck seemed much older.
Kong Tingxun, who had been staring at Bismarck, breathed a huge sigh of relief when he heard Bismarck say Adolf's name himself.
The mission to seize power is fifty percent completed.
"Ahem...!" Kong Tingxun cleared his throat.
"According to Prime Minister Bismarck's proposal, the nominee for the next Prime Minister is Mr. Adolf ***.
Now, we are going to vote on Prime Minister Bismarck's proposal.
Agree with Adolf.
Mr. ***, as the new Prime Minister, please stand to my left.
disagree.
Mr. *** has become the new Prime Minister, please stand on my right side.
Now, give everyone five minutes to think."
Kong Tingxun now hated this guy who set a five-minute thinking time, so he immediately voted to elect Adolf and it would be over.
Why do so many things?
These five minutes were simply the longest and most difficult five minutes.
Kong Tingxun's eyes were staring at the clock in the parliament hall almost without blinking.
Chapter completed!