Hans quickly left the room, and after he left, the smile on William's face became brighter. It was no secret that Maximilian had ambitions for the supreme position of Austria. In this case, Maximilian
Millen sent his confidant to Brandenburg, probably to reach a consensus with Prussia in some respects.
Although William had previously reached a friendly agreement with Austrian envoy Bode, and the two sides were willing to abide by the Pu'O peace agreement signed by William and Joseph II last year, this agreement could not completely bind Prussia and support Habsburg.
The opposition within the family then creates political turmoil in Austria, why not do it!
Just as Richard had just settled in a hotel in downtown Brandenburg, several uninvited guests suddenly broke into his room. After revealing his identity to Richard, Richard followed him without any resistance.
Several people left the hotel.
When he came to Prussia at this moment, Richard was completely alone in order to ensure the secret of his actions. Not only that, Richard also arranged a substitute to disguise himself. He knew that Maximilian had not yet had Leo
Bode turned against him, at least neither side declared the other party to rebel without a name. Under such circumstances, the actions of the people and others in Cologne must be kept low and low-key.
"His Excellency Richard, welcome you to Prussia!"
At this moment, William was standing in the hall in the Brandenburg Palace, and Richard was taken away by him.
Seeing William in front of him, Richard's heart couldn't help but beat quickly. He didn't expect that he was invited by the king as soon as he arrived in Brandenburg. This situation can be said to be quite good, because
It is enough to show that the Prussians still attach great importance to his arrival, otherwise they would not have really not waited for him to seek a future. William ordered people to bring him to him.
"Hello, Your Majesty, Dear King, I will ask you for your wish on behalf of His Highness Maximilian, the Elector of Cologne!"
After Richard calmed down his excitement, he saluted to the future with great pride. Seeing Richard's actions, William urged this person's favorability to a higher level. This person can be so short.
Recovering his mentality within time shows his extraordinaryness.
William nodded and smiled:
"Get up. Lord Richard, I wonder what happened to you in such a hurry to come to Brandenburg?"
"My dear Majesty, I came here to follow the orders of our Lord Cologne's electoral emperor. My Lord believes that Cologne and Brandenburg are the most important princes in the empire, and the two countries should strengthen diplomatic relations.
A powerful country, the Holy Roman Empire should be the most powerful in the world. However, because there are many princes in the empire and many princes are in disagreement, the situation in the empire has always been turbulent. Fortunately, God arranged for the empire His Majesty, Emperor Joseph II, for the empire.
With the existence of His Majesty Joseph II, peace was achieved within the empire. But now that His Majesty Joseph II has passed away, the throne of the empire is empty. Our Lord intends to abide by the tradition of nearly a thousand years to elect a wise monarch who can benefit the people of the empire. Please
Your Majesty can support our Lord!”
Well, although Richard said all the nonsense before, he finally said his purpose for coming this time. After listening to Richard's words, William smiled clearly and Richard's words.
It confirmed the speculation about the future, which made William feel profitable.
"As the elected Emperor Cologne said, His Majesty Joseph II is the supreme king of the entire empire. It is precisely because of His Majesty Joseph II's efforts to govern the empire that the empire can reach this harmonious and prosperous situation today, for Joseph II.
I am deeply saddened by the death of His Majesty. But it is said that before the death of Joseph II, he had left a will, and the throne of the empire was inherited by His Highness Leopold, this.........
"Your Majesty, are you not suspicious of the death of His Majesty Joseph II? Just imagine that if Your Majesty really died of illness, such a great thing. Why didn't we know any news before this, and we have benefited
Before Opold's regent, His Majesty was very healthy. However, since Leopold's regent, the entire Vienna Palace was blocked by Leopold's confidant, and then the news came that His Majesty the Emperor was seriously ill.
In just over two months, Your Majesty died of illness, and there was definitely a problem with this! Our Lord did not want to see His Majesty Joseph II, a righteous monarch who devoted himself to the empire and died until his death.
Such an unknown death was at the hands of a villain. As an important prince in the empire, my Lord believes that your Majesty, you should work with us to apply to Vienna for a thorough investigation of the cause of His Majesty’s death!”
After Richard said that, he looked at William with hope, but to his disappointment, a hesitant look appeared on William's face.
After a long time, William said:
"His Excellency Richard, this matter is really important. I need some time to think, so I can't answer you yet!"
"Your Majesty, Leopold dares to do such a crazy thing today. Once he ascends to the throne of the Empire, it is not a blessing for the people of the Empire. He will make the living for hundreds of millions of people in the Empire. Please ask His Majesty to stand up for justice in the sake of God's sake
!”
"His Excellency Richard, you go down first. I will ask someone to treat you well. This matter is important and I need to discuss with the important officials in the country. So please stay in Brandenburg for a while.
After our country discusses the results, we will notify you!"
After saying that, William waved his hand. Seeing that William was determined, Richard had no choice but to salute William and leave the hall.
After receiving Richard, William summoned Locks and Henry the next day to the military and political leaders of the Prussian Kingdom. When William informed everyone of Richard's purpose, everyone fell into silence.
This matter is not big or small. Previously, there was a consensus within Prussia regarding the death of Joseph II and the ascension of Leopold, but now because of Richard's arrival, Prussia discussed it before
The countermeasures must be modified to a certain extent depending on the situation, so as to ensure that Prussia can achieve the greatest benefit in this matter.
First of all, in Habsburg, not everyone was happy that Leopold inherited the status of Joseph II. Leopold was just a vanguard, otherwise he would not have the confidence to send people to the Prussians.
In contact, there is obviously a huge force behind Maximilian.
We have all known that Maximilian and Ferdinand are allies within the Habsburg family. Their influences together caused great turmoil within the Habsburg family. In the Austrian government,
Maximilian is not without foundation. Just looking at Maximilian who was able to struggle with more than fifty noble ministers going to the Vienna Palace to seek meeting Joseph II, it is enough to see that Maximilian has not been eating for free in the past few years.
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Although Leopold had been appointed as the crown prince and regent of Austria, he had been in power for a short time and many of his things had not been deployed yet. Moreover, with the death of Joseph II, including Hungary and Croatia
The current attitudes of many Habsburg family territories such as Palmal and Milan are not yet clear, and the possibility of their opposition to Leopold's succession is not ruled out.
Under such circumstances, the only power that Leopold can temporarily use is Austria, but it has been said that there are also forces opposing Leopold in Austria, and Maximilian himself
With the strength of Cologne's business, the final result of this power dispute is hard to say.
What Leopold can rely on now is nothing more than the will of Joseph II, but once Leopold is considered to be the murderer of Joseph II's death, he may immediately become the target of all the husbands.
All this depends on whether Leopold's crowning in Vienna will be smooth. If Leopold formally inherited the title and title left by Joseph II except the throne of the imperial emperor, then Prussian's position would not
There are fundamental changes, after all, William is not ready to turn against the Austrians at this stage.
At this stage, the chess pieces deployed by Prussia in France and Russia are waiting to be started. Since Prussia is ready to gain benefits from France and Russia, then it is undoubtedly a way to make trouble for itself if it moves Austria. Although Prussia is powerful, it is not strong enough.
It is hostile to the entire European continent.
The marriage with Anna is a way for William to appease Austria, so if Maximilian cannot gain an absolute advantage in Austrian domestic politics, then William and the Prussian government will definitely not risk turning against Leopold to support him.
At most, Maximilian's Prussian government can use its presence to gain some benefits from Leopold's hands.
Finally, everyone in the Prussian government decided to act according to the strategy suggested by Locks. The strategy suggested by Locks to William was to wait and see. Prussia now has no energy or ability to intervene in the internal interests of Austria on a large scale. As the saying goes, interests are in succession, now
The matter between France and Russia has reached the point where the fruit is about to be harvested. If you want to interfere in Austria, you have to wait until Prussia has reaped the interests of the two countries.
But Prussia didn't mind using this to ask Leopold for some benefits.
Just after everyone left the conference room, Anna hurriedly broke into the conference room, and at this moment, only William and Buel were still in the conference room.