With the conclusion of the London Peace Conference, the European Continent finally welcomed a brief peace. Anyone who had never experienced war would never know how terrifying it was.
As the victor of this war, William I showed little joy. In terms of territory, the Kingdom of Prussia was now almost no different from the German Empire of the original timeline, and its total population had also surpassed twenty million.
None of these gains could conceal the fact that the military had grown too powerful. Without Bismarck, the government was now simply unable to keep the military in check.
The balance of power had been broken, and that was no good thing for the emperor. William I was politically astute, so he did not play the game of "when the birds are gone, put away the bow; when the rabbits are dead, boil the hounds."
In Berlin Palace, William I announced a new personnel appointment. "Prime Minister Frank has resigned from his post due to poor health. Marshal Moltke will now succeed him."
If he could not suppress them, then he would divide and dismantle them. Moltke was formidable in war, but his political skills were far inferior. Placing him in the position of prime minister was practically setting him up for failure.
No matter how high his prestige was now, as long as he made mistakes later, he could still be dragged down. By then, the prestige he had earned during the war would be gone as well.
In an ordinary country, it would have been impossible for a military marshal to become prime minister. The boundary between civil and military affairs alone would have prevented it. However, this was the Kingdom of Prussia; military generals serving as prime minister was perfectly normal here.
William I had used an