With the conclusion of the London Peace Conference, the European Continent finally welcomed a brief period of peace. Those who have never experienced war can never truly understand its horrors.
As the victor of this war, Wilhelm I didn't show much joy. In terms of territory, the Kingdom of Prussia now was hardly different from the German Empire of the original timeline, with a total population that had surpassed twenty million.
However, these achievements couldn't conceal the fact that the military had become too powerful; without Bismarck, the government simply couldn't suppress the military faction.
The balance of power was disrupted, which was not a good thing for the Emperor. Wilhelm I had a keen political mind and did not entertain any ideas of "drawing the ladder up after him, or cooking the hare once the hunting dogs had caught it."
