After staying in Brandenburg for a few more days, William received news that forced him to leave Brandenburg:
Rocks reported that Margrave Morak of East Prussia was constantly connecting with some nobles who were dissatisfied with William's military reforms, and he did receive certain results. About thirty nobles from all over Prussia gathered in Konis
In the castle, these nobles have had secret talks several times in succession, and because of Old Morak's vigilance, the royal spies did not obtain information about the secret talks, but Rocks believed that Morak must be planning something.
This made William have to rush back to Potsdam as soon as possible. As for old Morak, William wanted to capture him the last time he clearly opposed William's military reforms in East Prussia, but William wanted to take him down because of his life-and-death relationship with Frederick the Great.
He was not punished, but unexpectedly, Morak took it even further. What did he want to do? He gathered so many opposing nobles from all over the country. Could it be that he wanted to rebel?
At present, not many years have passed since the chaotic era of the Middle Ages. The following phenomena will not be considered unacceptable. Otherwise, when William attacked Austria, he would not have faced the Austrian family alone, but had to face the entire holy country.
The princes of the Roman Empire.
Although in Lockes' letter, Lockes did not indicate any signs of rebellion by Morak, but privately gathering some nobles for secret talks undoubtedly made William's nerves tense.
Moreover, Morak and others cannot be ordered to be arrested immediately, because even the king cannot allow others not to attend gatherings among nobles. Besides, Morak has not yet shown any signs that he has any evil intentions. If he immediately
The arrest would certainly cause an uproar in Prussia.
After all, Morak has a very high prestige in East Prussia, and he is one of the most noble nobles left from the previous king's era. If he were to win it rashly, wouldn't it put those nobles who oppose military reform in danger?
You might even take a desperate risk.
In his previous life, William was used to thinking about the worst of things. Although this is not a good habit, only by thinking of the worst can you find the best solution to a problem.
Therefore, William decided to wait until he returned to Sanssouci Palace and immediately ordered the replacement of the East Prussian garrison. If Morak and others dared to make even a small move, William would definitely destroy them with thunderous momentum.
He has been given a choice, and now I just hope that Morak will not make a mistake, William thought, but what William didn't know was that Rocks, who was far away in Potsdam, was also having a headache at this time.
Morak and Locks can be said to be old friends. Even from the time when they followed Frederick the Great, Morak was still before Locks. During the period when Morak followed Frederick the Great on his expeditions, he got acquainted with him.
There are a large number of powerful people in the army, and because of Morak's cheerful personality and forthright personality, Morak is very popular in the army.
When Rocks first joined the army, he and Morak were comrades-in-arms. During the war, Rocks grew from a recruit to a qualified officer, and Morak contributed a lot.
Even after Morak retired and lived in East Prussia, a large number of Prussian nobles, including Rocks, would often write letters and contact him. Even though such an important figure has withdrawn from the public eye, his influence is still great.
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When William was in Warsaw, he ordered Rocks to send someone to keep an eye on Morak. Rocks was somewhat resistant to this order. Rocks did not think that Morak might betray Prussia, but unfortunately, as far as the intelligence system is concerned, in name only
Rocks is still in charge, but Count Hans is actually in charge of nearly half of the intelligence system. At least the domestic spies are currently under Hans' jurisdiction.
After getting William's order, Hans sent out the surveillance personnel without waiting for Locks's consent, which made Locks very angry. However, because His Majesty the King had already given the order, Locks couldn't say anything.
When he received the news that Morak secretly met with nobles from various places who were dissatisfied with military reforms at home, Rocks still thought it was just a coincidence. He was not prepared to report it to William immediately, but Hans also knew the news, so Hans
Ask Locks to report to William immediately.
Under Hans's toughness, although Rocks was angry, he also knew that this matter should be reported to William no matter what. If he stopped it, if Hans mentioned this matter to William in the future, no matter what he did,
In William's mind, he would be thrown into the trash heap, so Rocks reported the matter in the end.
But Rocks didn't expect that William would pay so much attention to this information. In fact, he couldn't help William not paying attention to it. As mentioned above, if such a person with great appeal in Prussia rebelled, wouldn't William be very cruel?
Have a drink.
After receiving the news that William had rushed from Brandenburg to Sanssouci Palace after receiving the intelligence, Rocks found that things were not as simple as he thought, and William's reaction was beyond his imagination.
Could it be that his old comrade-in-arms really has some other thoughts? I hope you won't be so crazy, Morak. Locks stood up and walked to the bookshelf, sighed and said silently.
Königsberg, East Prussia, at the residence of Margrave Morak
"Father, Viscount Landro of West Prussia asked me to ask you what you really think," a middle-aged man sitting under Marquis Morak said loudly.
This middle-aged man is called Clayman, the eldest son of Marquis Morak. He was originally a major general in the Prussian army, but he was dismissed last year because of William's military reforms. The reason for his dismissal is simple:
This Kleiman openly had an affair with his mistress in the military camp and was caught by the mistress's husband who came after hearing the news. And the mistress's husband was a noble man, so the matter went to the top, and finally
Prince Ferdinand personally made the decision in this matter: to remove Clayman from all positions, which made Clayman always resentful.
"I don't think much about it." As he said this, Morak seemed to have thought of something and immediately stood up and said angrily:
"Look at the good things you have done over the years. It turns out that I have been kept in the dark by you. Three hundred thousand silver coins. You are so awesome, Clayman. You guys actually dared to embezzle three hundred thousand without telling me. That money is...
Soldiers’ pay, I think you want to die?”
Morak was talking about an old story. During the reign of Frederick the Great, a military pay shortage case occurred in East Prussia. Frederick ordered people to investigate secretly, and it was found that the matter was related to Kleiman. Later,
Frederick did not deal with Clayman because Morak had followed him through life and death for so many years. However, the rank of Clayman, who was already a major general before the incident, has not changed since then. This matter was caused by Morak unintentionally.
I found out about this by overhearing the attendants chatting privately in the mansion.
"Father, that matter has passed. Frederick is dead, isn't it? Besides, father, you have followed Frederick for so many years. Isn't it right for our family to get some money? You see, Frederick is not sure what to do.
"Isn't that right?" Kleiman said nonchalantly.
"You,,,you, you are trying to control your anger to death. Back then, I followed His Majesty on expeditions here and there. Even the enemies would praise me when they heard my name. Unexpectedly, in the end, it was my son who completely destroyed me.
Reputation." As he spoke, Morak beat his chest and hissed.
"Father, look, isn't this for our family? By the way, there are more than thirty nobles waiting for news about you in the city. You should be accurate. I used your name to summon them all.
"Kleiman hurriedly stepped forward to support Morak and said, but his face was not very respectful.
"No, get out of here. I don't have a son like you. I, Morak's reputation, have been ruined in your hands. All the ancestors of the family have died with their eyes open." Morak threw Clayman's hand away.
shouted loudly.
"You old man, what else do you want? Let me tell you, I have already established a line with the Russian side. As long as we take action, the Russians will help us. When the time comes, wouldn't it be better for us to conquer East Prussia and become the king ourselves?
You have lived in vain for so many years." Seeing the disrespectful Morak, Kleinman said angrily, and then he threatened:
"You'd better see those nobles, and the weapons I got from the Russians have been transported into the city in your name. Regardless of whether you resist or not, the king will definitely not give you a way out."
After finishing, Clayman turned around and walked out of the room with a hum.
Morak in the room suddenly felt that the world was spinning. He heard a bang and Morak fell to the ground. He crawled on the ground and murmured:
"Your Majesty, I'm sorry for you."
After saying that, Morak closed his eyes, and tears flowed from his eyes.