After Princess Augusta talked with her mother, she also thought about the root cause of the recent tense relationship between husband and wife. She also admitted that her mother's words were reasonable. For a man like William I who was particularly controlling, he would probably hate his wife.
Doing politics in the harem.
But Augusta never felt that she was involved in harem politics, because she never thought about gaining political power, and was not prepared to listen to politics from behind the curtain or simply imitate the two Russian Catherines and directly usurp the throne. She felt that she just wanted to help her husband
and families better face various political crises and political choices.
That is to say, from the inside she does not feel that she has done anything wrong before, and feels that all her actions are for the betterment of the family. Although she is not understood, she has no regrets!
This is a very bad phenomenon. Augusta obviously does not think that he is really at fault. Instead, he feels that he has paid a lot for this family, which is quite a bit like the feeling of later generations that he has taken on everything.
She felt that her husband was too arbitrary and conservative, not good at accepting new ideas, and not good at using compromise and soft policies to solve national problems. All this made her feel anxious and uneasy, and she desperately wanted to change everything.
To make things better, uh, or to make things more in line with her own expectations.
This was really a big problem. So after she communicated with William I, she immediately couldn't help but want to make suggestions again.
"Join forces with Duke Alexander to curb Austria's influence on the German states, and actually strengthen control over public opinion and the people, in order to curb the increasingly rampant liberal tendencies?"
When she learned Duke Alexander's true intentions from William I, she couldn't help but start to frown. Because these were things she didn't like very much, because she thought Austria was very powerful, and Prussia's power was simply not enough to compete with Austria.
, the consequences of being involved in a political conspiracy against Austria would be really dangerous.
But William I did not think so: "There is no danger. Austria is no longer what it used to be. These guys who can only dance the waltz will just lie on the credit book of 1814 and sleep. Without us and Russia in these years,
They were already finished!"
"The only good news about this riot is that it has completely lifted their fig leaf and fully exposed their incompetence... How can Germany be handed over to the leadership of such a country? It's time for us to replace them in leading Germany!"
Augusta was immediately shocked, because in her opinion, this was simply talking in a dream. How could the Habsburg family, which had led Germany for hundreds of years, hand over power obediently? What's more, although this revolution was carried out by the Austrians,
The performance is terrible, but Prussia's performance is not much better, okay. We are the eldest brother, don't laugh at the second brother, who is only half-measured. Is it really okay for you to be so arbitrary?
But the old mother's warning was still in his ears, and Augusta endured it again and again before saying: "Are you sure this is a good opportunity? After all... After all, this is just the family opinion of Duke Alexander, and he does not fully represent Russia, right?"
Augusta got to the root of this point. Duke Alexander's biggest problem was that he could not represent Russia. If Russia or Nicholas I had the intention to help Prussia replace Austria's position in the German states, there would be no need to go to such trouble.
Direct negotiations between the two countries and then giving Austria an ultimatum would be enough.
Now it is obvious that Duke Alexander is acting behind Nicholas I's back. There are too many uncertain factors. What if Nicholas I wants to stand up for Austria?
William I actually thought about this issue. He also knew that it was risky, but he still believed that this was an opportunity worth a try. The reason was that he knew the true attitude of Nicholas I. His brother-in-law liked Austria a lot.
After passing through Prussia, even though the relationship between the two families is closer, they are more biased towards Austria.
Within the Holy Alliance, Prussia's status has always been inferior to that of Austria. Nicholas I always believed that Austria had greater international influence and it would be more beneficial to win over Austria. On the contrary, he was a bit indifferent to Prussia. Not only did he disrespect his father, but he also treated Prussia with indifference.
The same thing happened to my brother. Sometimes William was so filled with hatred that he should have never married his sister to that bastard if he had known better!
Of course, this is a slander. Russia is too important to Prussia. Only by wooing Russia can it effectively curb the constraints of France and Austria. Without Russia, Prussia would be living in a crack.
Therefore, even though William I knew that Nicholas I's opinion of Prussia was not particularly favorable, he still hoped to do more work behind the scenes. If he could get important ministers like Duke Alexander to do the work, not to mention completely convincing Nicholas I
That stubborn guy in my life, it’s good to just cause him some trouble!
William I's idea was very simple, that is, if there are dates but there are no dates, you can hit three shots. Whether it works or not, try it first! What if the effect is good?
To put it bluntly, William I had no choice but to try his best to destroy the relationship between Russia and Austria. He could not let the two families get too close, otherwise it would be too embarrassing for Prussia to be caught in the middle.
But Augusta didn't know these little tricks. Her thoughts were more direct. She felt that it was very dangerous for Prussia to seek a special status in Germany, especially when Prussia itself did not have an advantage in strength and it would be even more dangerous to engage in such small tricks.
It's dangerous, no less than setting yourself on fire.
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"Getting burned?"
William I didn’t like this description of his wife very much, because how could it be called setting fire to one’s body? Isn’t it right to do nothing? Politics is something you have to fight for yourself. If you don’t take the initiative to fight for it, you will have nothing. I think back then seven years ago
During the war of 2000, Prussia was once pushed to the edge and even Frederick the Great prepared to commit suicide. But what happened in the end? Instead of saving the day, without that adventure, would Prussia have the territory it has today? Would it have the international status it has today?
Obviously, there is no gain without risk, and sitting around doing nothing is equivalent to slow death. The Hohenzollern family will not wait to die slowly, not to mention that today's Austria is already different from that of the past, and has been affected by the revolutionary movement.
With their vitality so badly damaged, they had no room to deal with Prussia. At this time, attacking this guy was definitely the right choice.
Moreover, Augusta once again interfered in politics, which made William I very unhappy. He immediately replied firmly: "I make my own decisions on these matters, so you don't need to worry about it!"