Blood and Iron (speech) iron chancellor." Blood and Iron (speech) Blood and Iron (German: "Blut und Eisen") is the name given to a speech made by Otto von Bismarck given on 30 September 1862, at the time when he was Minister President of Prussia, about the unification of the German territories. It is also a transposed phrase that Bismarck uttered near the end of the speech that has become one of his most widely known quotations. In September 1862, when the Prussian House of Representatives was refusing to approve an increase in military spending desired by King Wilhelm I, the monarch appointed Bismarck Minister
Wang Bo (chancellor) tea tax, and Emperor Muzong, despite opposition from Li Jue, accepted Wang's proposal. Later in the year, Wang was made "Zhongshu Shilang" (中書侍郎), the deputy head of the legislative bureau of government (中書省), and chancellor "de facto" with the title "Tong Zhongshu Menxia Pingzhangshi" (同中書門下平章事); he also remained as the director of salt and iron monopolies. It was said that while serving as chancellor, Wang was only interested in flattering the emperor and did not speak of important matters of state. In 822, however, when there was a crisis over how Liu Wu the military governor of Zhaoyi Circuit (昭義,