The British' earth-shattering proposal directly stunned the Berlin Government.
Annexing the German Federation had always been their dream, but reality did not permit it. To avoid getting beaten in a mixed doubles match, the Berlin Government had obediently suppressed the idea.
They had never expected the British to raise it themselves. This time, however, it would not be the Prusso-Polish Federation annexing the German Federal Empire, but the German Federation annexing the Prusso-Polish Federation.
The order had been reversed, and so had the nature of the matter. The Prusso-Russian War was still ongoing, and the Berlin Government lacked the confidence to negotiate terms. They had no choice but to surrender the initiative.
William I had a headache. Compromise was not as simple as it sounded. Europe was a place that cared about legal legitimacy.
Though the German Federal Empire was mockingly called the "Comedy Empire" by the public, it was still an empire recognized by all. If the Prusso-Polish Federation joined it now, it would merely become an ordinary member state.
Besides, in the current circumstances, who knew whether the other side might strike while the fire was burning? For example, they might demand that the Prusso-Polish Federation be split apart and join under the names of two separate member states, Prussia and Poland.
Or they might go even further, separating the two duchies of Schleswig-Holstein and weakening the Kingdom of Prussia.
Foreign Minister Jeffrey Friedman advised, "Your Majesty, judging from the current situation on the battlefield, we are in an extremely unfavorable position.
The Belarus region has been lost, most of the Lithuania region has fallen, the Volhynia Region we seized earlier no longer exists, and the enemy is less than 150 kilometers from Warsaw.
Our soldiers are brave, and our officers are excellent, but that is not