When the announcement of the Imperial Parliament was delivered to Leopold, the newly crowned Habsburg ruler was shocked. Although Leopold had expected such a day, when things really happened
When it came, Leopold was obviously very shocked.
The meeting of electoral emperors required the seven electoral emperors to jointly elect their emperor, but compared to Maximilian, Leopold had no other advantage than having the will of Joseph II.
Among the seven electoral emperors of the Empire, Bavaria and Saxony acted according to the faces of the Prussians. There is no doubt about this, and Leopold himself only had the vote of the Bohemia Elector. As for those three religions
As the Elector, Leopold believed that he could only win the support of the Elector Trier at most.
The reason why Maximilian and Leopold both have the confidence to win the support of religious electorates is that the Habsburg family emperors of all generations are very favored by religious electorates, and these religious elections are
The Demon has various connections with the Habsburg family.
But in this way, it became an extremely embarrassing situation. If the Prussians voted against the Electoral Conference, then Leopold could only watch the crown disappear from his eyes.
"Konitz, I need you to communicate with Ambassador Brywade of Prussia immediately. In addition, since the marriage between Anna and the King of Prussia has been settled, we will send Anna to Brandenburg as soon as possible. After all,
Before getting married, Anna still has a lot of things to do in Prussia. So, after meeting Bliwade, you immediately arrange a high-standard wedding delivery team to Brandenburg!”
While speaking, a look of worry appeared on Leopold's face. Just as Cornitz was about to go to execute Leopold's order, he heard the monarch suddenly say:
"Forget it, Konitz, this time Anna married to Prussia, you will be the wedding envoy yourself. Remember that your task is to make Prussia's position unshakable. Although the Prussian side has made repeated assurances before
, but Prussia is famous for its fickleness, so I think you understand!”
"As you wish, my Majesty!"
After Leopold finished speaking, Konitz suppressed the shock in his heart, pretended to be calm and saluted Leopold. Then he quickly left the palace.
Looking at the notice sent by the Frankfurt Empire Parliament in his hand, William's face became a little strange, which was a smile.
"Lox, look, our Lord Elector of Cologne is too anxious. May 28th. This date is really tight. This trick can be said to be very good at forcing the palace!"
Looking at William's strange expression, Rocks also showed a smile on his face.
"Your Majesty, no matter whether the electorate of Cologne is in a hurry, I think the one in Vienna must be anxious. You can't say that your Wuyou Palace will soon welcome countless envoys from various countries!"
William smiled, then changed the subject
"My Prime Minister. Last time I summoned Mehard, Mehard brought up the matter last year and applied to me to set up a special naval military academy. I would like to ask if there is any of our treasury.
Capabilities to help the Navy build a military academy”
Locks' face became solemn
"Your Majesty, I have to remind you that although our fiscal revenue has increased this year compared with the same period last year, this growth is not leapfrog. This year's fiscal budget has everything except the necessary reserves.
We have their own uses. Here I have to remind you that this year the military expenditure of our Prussian Navy and Army exceeded 60% of the national fiscal revenue, which is an extremely dangerous signal!”
Seeing Rocks' performance, William had a headache again. Sometimes William was really confused about Rocks, because once William mentioned money, Rocks would immediately turn into an iron cock. It might be too much to say that he was not good at slapping a penny.
Some, but it is absolutely difficult to take out money from Locks.
"Locks, I know that the Navy and Army have been expanded to varying degrees this year. Under such circumstances, it is normal for the Kingdom to be in a tight financial situation. Let's do it. You can arrange for someone to make a budget on this matter first, and then we will have to do it with Mei.
Hard discusses.”
Just as William and Locks were in talks, Henry walked into the room under Buelle's leadership.
When Henry saw that Locks was also there, the prince was stunned and then furious.
"Okay, Locks, I said why I couldn't find you everywhere? It turns out that you have been hiding here, and His Majesty is here too. You must give me an explanation for that matter, otherwise His Majesty is here too.
Don't blame me for complaining!”
Henry's sudden anger made William a little confused, and Henry was targeting Locks, which made William full of interest.
After Henry finished speaking, Locks' old face turned red and then bounced off the sofa like a spring. He pointed at Henry and said loudly:
"Henry, look at where this is. Your Majesty is sitting here. You dare to threaten the important ministers of the royal family in front of the imperial court. I think it is me who wants to sue the imperial court! I want to sue you for disrespect for the king!"
Hearing Locks' words, Henry snorted coldly from his nostrils, and then saluted William. Under such circumstances, William's curiosity arose.
"Okay, Prince Henry, sit down first. If you have any questions, just tell me what kind of complaints are you? Come and listen!"
Seeing the curiosity on William's face, Henry glanced at Locks fiercely and said:
"Your Majesty, you have to make decisions for the old ministers. Locks is simply too bullying! Because the army has expanded in recent years, the Kingdom's inventory equipment is not enough in terms of weapons, so the Ministry of Finance allocated a batch of funds to purchase weapons and equipment.
, but the money was not enough, so I went to the Ministry of Finance several times. The previous time I saw Locks, he told the minister that the imperial finances were tight, just a while ago, the Kingdom developed the Frederick 1790 rifle and was given priority to the royal family.
The Guards retired about 7,000 rifles from the Guards. He and I discussed with me that they had replaced the rifles for the training of the newly formed army. In order not to delay the training of the army, I agreed to Locks's
Opinion.
But your majesty, you also know that although the weapons in the army are still well maintained, these weapons are second-hand goods that have been used for a period of time, and the failure rate of these weapons during training is extremely high. Later, I asked Locks several times to ask for it.
The Ministry of Finance approves money to replace the equipment, but he doesn't even meet with me and keeps hiding me. So this year I want you to come and complain to you. The people from the Ministry of Finance are really outrageous!"
After hearing Henry's lawsuit, William frowned, and he looked at Locks and asked:
"Prince, is the situation the same as Prince Henry said?"
Looking at William's expression, a bitter smile appeared on Rocks' face
"My Majesty, this money should have been paid in full, but I think you should remember that two months ago, you approved the Ministry of Finance to prepare a batch of supplies as soon as possible to provide to Kutuzov, although that
You paid the money out of your own pocket, but after the approval, the money was not received for a long time and you were urged to urge me, so I had to embezzle the funds from the Military Department first."
"Uh" A cold sweat appeared on William's forehead. It turned out that the reason for the trouble was still here. However, William recalled a little. He remembered that he personally asked Buel to inform Louise and asked Louise to go from here.
A part of the Hohenzollern family warehouse was allocated!
It happened that Buel was also in the room, so William waved to call Buel over. When Buel walked to William's side, William whispered in his ear:
"Boel, I remember that I asked you to go and tell His Highness the Queen Mother personally about this matter. Did you say that you did not convey it to me?"
William's words made a black thread hang on Buel's forehead
"Your Majesty, I know this matter too. You may not care much about your family. Although I conveyed your meaning to Queen Louise, you are a little anxious. Queen Queen Mother is short-term
I couldn't get the money out at all, so I knew it when Lord Locks came to me to discuss it!"
Although Buel said it was a bit sloppy, William still understood the meaning of his words.
Obviously, Buelle alluded to William's book that there was not much wealth on his books. William was the king of Prussia. A king could not even take out hundreds of thousands of silver marks. This would be a big deal!
"Boel, do you mean I'm poor?"
"Your Majesty, I don't mean that, but in recent years you have spent too much money. Although Queen Louise doesn't say it, I understand it. Of course, your property is still very large, and your manor and castle are everywhere.
The entire Holy Roman Empire! But those real estates are impossible to bring you a lot of wealth in a short period of time. As for the funds in stock, I think there may not be much!"
Henry and Locks' eyes were focused on William's face. Although the conversation between William and Bouer was deliberately lowering his voice just now, there were only four people in the room, and when William was talking, the room was very quiet.
, so Buelle's words also entered Henry and Locks' ears without saying a word.
After a little embarrassed, William asked Locks in a straight face.
"Okay, Locks, then I'll ask you, is the money now available?"
"Your Majesty, that money is still half, and the other half has not been paid yet!"
Well, William is going crazy.
PS: My body is so itchy. It has been several days since I peeled off. I still itchy after I went out! Alas, it was very serious when I went out. I am going to go!