Wilhelm II remained silent, thinking about the suggestion made by Oscar for a long time. After a while, he said, "Everyone, just follow Oskar's advice! Tell Austro-Hungarian Empire and Empire to support them in the territories of Balkan Peninsula and Italy Expansion, but those territories of Russia cannot be distributed to them. In addition, the war compensation given by Russia can be given to them two billion Mark. In this case, we have done our best to them!"
Oscar nodded. Although two billion Mark is a lot, it is not bad if it can solve this problem. Anyway, this money was all obtained from Russians.
"Even if Your Majesty and Austro-Hungarian Empire are dissatisfied, it should be fine. After all, their role in this war is too limited." Bernhardt von Chancellor Bülow said.
Oscar couldn't help laughing when he heard this. Indeed, Austro-Hungarian Empire's role in this war was too limited. Their greatest contribution was probably the sacrifice of one Crown Prince, which enabled this war to break out. Apart from that, what other achievements do they have? During the war, their army's performance was very, very bad. If in the early days of the war, Germany still needed to rely on the Austro-Hungarian Empire to hold back Russian Empire and Kingdom of Italy, then now, they no longer even have this role. Civil strife has broken out in Russia, and German Empire has gained huge benefits from it. Kingdom of Italy's military strength is also very bad, Germany doesn't need to care at all. Therefore, German military only needs to make a breakthrough on the Western Front in the future war to win this war. Under such circumstances, Germany naturally does not need to give Austro-Hungarian Empire too much face.
"Your Excellency Foreign Minister, on behalf of the Empire, go to the Austro-Hungarian Empire and try to help them understand the current situation." Wilhelm II said.
"Yes, Your Majesty!" Feng Kidron Wachth nodded.
In this world, being a diplomat is undoubtedly a very prestigious thing. As long as they are not diplomats from small countries, they usually do well. Of course, great Eastern power is an exception. Great Eastern power's diplomat is nothing but a doormat. For powerful countries like German Empire, important ministers like Foreign Minister often receive the best treatment when they go on missions to other countries on behalf of the Empire.
In the capital of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, Vienna, a rumor has been circulating here recently, that is, German Empire left Austro-Hungarian Empire and made peace with Russians alone. German Empire gained huge profits from Russia, but Austro-Hungarian Empire was unable to gain anything after paying a huge amount of casualties. This naturally made the elites at the Austro-Hungarian Empire very dissatisfied. They think they were deceived by Germany. This also caused a force hostile to Germany to emerge in the Austro-Hungarian Empire's country.
However, the real people in power of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, especially Emperor of the Empire Franz Joseph I, were not affected by such rumors. Of course, if Germany really left Austro-Hungarian Empire aside and negotiated peace with Russia alone, this would make him a little angry. However, he has experienced similar things countless times in his life. The most important thing is that Franz Joseph I has a very clear understanding of the Austro-Hungarian Empire's strength. He knew that even if German Empire really wanted to leave Austro-Hungarian Empire behind, there was nothing they could do. Who makes Austro-Hungarian Empire so weak? It has the reputation of being one of the great powers and strong industrial strength. But in fact, it is simply a case of being strong on the outside but weak on the inside. If it weren't for the German Empire's help, they would have been defeated by Russia on Eastern Front.
Austro-Hungarian Empire's Prime Minister, the Commander-in-Chief and the Chief of General Staff all know this very well. They are also working hard to dispel these rumors. However, it was not successful. Because the driving force behind these rumors is none other than Austro-Hungarian Empire Crown Prince Karl.
Germany reported that before the German Imperial Foreign Minister von Kidron Wachth visited Vienna, Franz Joseph I specially summoned Crown Prince Karl. An hour later, Crown Prince Karl left Schönbrunn Palace with a gloomy face. However, those rumors disappeared without a trace the next day, as if nothing had ever happened.
At the end of January 1915, German Foreign Minister von Kidron Wachth arrived at Vienna. Austro-Hungarian Prime Minister Mario Weber personally went to the airport to greet von Kidron Wachth, which was considered to be a great honor to Germany.
After arriving at Vienna, the first thing von Kidron Wachth did was to go to see Austro-Hungarian Empire Emperor Franz Joseph I on behalf of the German Empire Emperor Wilhelm II.
Although Franz Joseph I was not in a good mental state recently, he still cheered up and met with von Kidron Wachth.
"His Majesty the Emperor, Emperor of the Empire asked me to apologize to Your Majesty. During our negotiations with Russian Bolshevik Party, we did not notify Austro-Hungarian Empire. For this, we are sorry. However, we also hope that Your Majesty can understand that it was Empire out of confidentiality." von Kidron Wachth said.
Franz Joseph I nodded. "So, what is German Empire going to do with the Austro-Hungarian Empire? After all, we had an agreement at the beginning that no one could make peace with the enemy alone."
"Your Majesty and Empire have indeed gained a lot of benefits from Russia this time. However, Empire does not intend to give those benefits to the Austro-Hungarian Empire. Empire has already made arrangements for those territories." Von Kidron Wachth said.
Mario Weber's face suddenly became very ugly. However, Franz Joseph I's expression remained unchanged. He seemed to know that von Kidron Wachth had not finished what he said.
"Although, Empire cannot give Austro-Hungarian Empire the benefits paid by Russians. However, in other aspects, Empire can compensate Austro-Hungarian Empire. We can support the expansion of the Austro-Hungarian Empire in the direction of Balkan Peninsula and Italy. In addition, Russia can also pay our war reparations. Give Austro-Hungarian Empire two billion Mark. Empire attaches great importance to the friendship with the Austro-Hungarian Empire. We do not want our alliance to be affected because of this. Influence. As for what your country chooses, it depends on Your Majesty and the Prime Minister. "Von Kidron Wachth kicked the ball to Franz Joseph I.
After Franz Joseph I thought about it for a moment, he happily accepted Germany's goodwill and took the initiative to say that Austro-Hungarian Empire would always be German Empire's ally and would never change.