"Your Majesty the Queen, I believe that the top priority is to send people to Poland to bring back all the troops and relieve Kutuzov from his post. At the same time, send people to Prussia to explain to the Prussian government in order to dispel Prussia's hostility to our country."
Paul bravely expressed his opinion, but as soon as he finished speaking, someone jumped out impatiently before the Queen could reply.
"Your Majesty the Queen, I think what the Crown Prince said is nonsense. According to the date, it will take at least seven or eight days to get here from Poland, and seven or eight days is enough for our army to march from Poland to the east.
Prussia, perhaps at this moment, our army has already fought with the Prussians. I believe that the top priority now should be to mobilize troops from various places to enter Poland, and at the same time send people to Prussia. If the Prussian army does not engage in a firefight with our army, that's all.
In the event of an exchange of fire, our country should formally declare war on Prussia, instead of removing Kutuzov from his post or explaining to the Prussian government as His Royal Highness the Crown Prince said."
The speaker's name is Grigory Alexandrovich Potemkin. This person's identity is not simple. He is the lover of Catherine II, and it is said that Catherine II's second daughter Elizabeth
·Potemkina is the result of the empress and her.
Since the two hooked up in 1774, Potemkin has almost become Catherine's right-hand man. Almost all military and state affairs were carried out by Catherine and Potemkin.
After hearing Potemkin's words, Paul's face turned red and white. During this period, Paul raised his head and glanced at Catherine II. As a result, the queen just looked at them silently.
Swear to God, Paul wanted to kill the woman sitting on top and the bitch in front of him at this moment, but Paul warned himself to be patient. Refuting at this moment would only make his future situation even more unbearable.
Potemkin saw that Paul did not dare to raise his head after being taught by him, and he couldn't help but feel complacent, but then another voice rang out.
"Marshal Potemkin, I would like to ask you if you know what you are doing. If you do this as you say, it will only slide our country into the abyss of war. At the moment, our country is not ready to respond to other countries, especially Prussia.
The big powers are preparing for war, and the Swedes in the north and the Ottomans in the south are watching us. If we don't do anything right, they will wait for an opportunity to attack. Do you have any methods to deal with it? I think your speech is against the Russian Empire.
Irresponsible”
A man came out and said provocatively to Potemkin. The speaker was Grigory Grigorievich Orlov, who was also the empress's lover.
Hearing this voice, Paul raised his head and looked at Orlov in astonishment. He did not expect that Orlov would actually help him speak, but then he lowered his head again.
Orlov did not see Paul's little move. After refuting Potemkin, he said to the Empress:
"Your Majesty the Queen, our country is not ready for war at the moment. The battle is really urgent at this time. I think what His Royal Highness the Crown Prince said is true. Our country should send people to Prussia to clear up the past grievances with the Prussian government. At the same time, we should not send out troops without authorization.
Kutuzov, who has no king, I think should be severely sentenced.”
After finishing his words, Orlov took advantage of the moment of bowing to give Potemkin a sharp look.
Catherine II, who was sitting at the top of the throne, was very aware of the little actions of her two lovers under the throne, but she had no good way to mediate the conflicts between the two.
Although the empress now loves Potemkin and even has the idea of marrying Potemkin, it was Orlov who gave her the greatest help at the beginning.
In April 1762, Catherine II gave birth to a boy, and the child's father was Orlov. A few months after the birth of the child, Peter just heard the news and immediately became furious and ordered Catherine's arrest.
.But Peter's adjutant hesitated, and finally everyone persuaded Peter to temporarily change the order to arrest Catherine. Later, at the state banquet celebrating the signing of the peace treaty with Prussia, Peter uttered foul language in front of many domestic and foreign guests,
He publicly insulted Catherine II, and the relationship between the two has been on fire ever since.
At the same time, the Orlov brothers stepped up their activities in the Guards and secretly formed a group of hundreds of officers, preparing to launch a coup to overthrow Peter III and support Catherine's ascension to the throne.
By the end of June 1762, the situation was extremely critical. A Guards officer who participated in planning the coup was arrested, and the coup plot was exposed. Catherine II and the Orlov brothers were favored by Queen Elizabeth when she was still alive.
With the support of minister Razumovsky, Duke Volkonsky and imperial advisor Panin, he launched a coup in advance and overthrew Peter III.
From then until 1772, Orlov was the empress's most trusted and cherished companion until the emergence of Potemkin.
After Potemkin appeared, Orlov gradually fell out of favor. In 1775, he left Poland. In 1777, Orlov married his cousin abroad.
But in 1778, Her Majesty the Queen suddenly remembered her lover for some unknown reason, so she sent someone to bring Orlov back, and at the same time appointed him as the director of the Russian Army Academy.
In recent years, Orlov has indeed not disappointed the Queen. His originally lazy and arrogant character has become more diligent and hard-working. Although the Queen no longer loves him, she still has some feelings for Orlov.
A friendship.
Well, except for the two former lovers and current lovers who spoke, no one in the room spoke. As for the reason why these two spoke, everyone knows.
It was Potemkin who introduced Kutuzov to Catherine II. The power of the pillow style and Kutuzov's own talent made him rise to the top, but at the age of thirty-six, he became a commander of the Russian Army in Poland.
Supreme Commander, in terms of political affiliation, Kutuzov belongs to Potemkin's faction.
And because Potemkin has become more and more favored by the Queen this year, his deepening participation in Russian political affairs has made many Russian nobles and generals dissatisfied with him, and thus they have become the opposite of Potemkin. Orlov is one of this group
.
Of course, there is a third major force in Russian politics, and that is Paul's crown prince faction. This faction supports Paul's ascension to the throne. This faction was formed by nobles who were dissatisfied that Russia's major political affairs are now in the hands of women and lovers. Although this faction
One faction can only rank third in Russian politics, but its power gives the Queen a headache.
Because those who supported Paul were some Queen Elizabeth or old nobles left over from the time of Peter the Great. These nobles insisted on the bloodline of the royal family, and because many of them were figures like Morak, who controlled fiefdoms and the army.
Therefore, every time the Queen thought about abolishing Paul, she gave up.
Seeing the two lovers staring at each other in the audience, Catherine II raised her eyebrows and said loudly:
"Everyone, stand still. What we are talking about now is a major military matter. I asked you to come over and give me advice, not to look at you with irritating looks."
Under the Queen's pressure, everyone turned into sheep again, and the tense atmosphere before suddenly dissipated.