Chapter four hundred and forty seventh intercession
On May 30, 1790, today's meeting of electors was different from usual. Maximilian's side no longer started as aggressive as before, looking at Maximilian and the two behind him.
There was blood in people's eyes. It was obvious that Maximilian's side did not sleep well last night regarding Leopold's proposal yesterday.
The first thing that broke the silence was not Maximilian or Leopold, but the Trier Elector Karl Joseph who has been acting as a good man in the past two days.
"Dear Mr. Electors, His Highness Leopold pointed out a very important message yesterday, which is crucial to all our Electors' judgment on the ownership of the throne, even though they are Archbishop Trier, under the rank of the Lord.
, a loyal Catholic, but in the following agreement with His Highness Leopold, it is obviously inappropriate to have a bishop as the emperor of the empire!”
Karl Joseph's words were like a bolt from the blue, and the inside and outside were filled with pain. No one expected that Karl Joseph, who was standing on Maximilian's side, would quietly join Leopold's camp.
And judging from the current situation, it is obvious that this Trier elector is going to be Leopold's vanguard.
Eltar, the elector of Mainz beside Maximilian, looked at each other with a pale face. Like him, the expression on Eltar's face was not much better. After the two looked at each other, they all looked at each other.
I felt the tricky thing.
Eltar has devoted himself to Leopold's side, which means that if Maximilian cannot win the support of other electors, then the electoral meeting can be concluded.
Now those who clearly support Leopold are Saxon Elector August and Trier Elector Karl Joseph, and among the seven electorates, only Brandenburg Elector William and Bavarian Elector Itans are not.
Statement.
Judging from the appearance of Itans these days, it is obvious that he is preparing to follow William this time.
"His Highness Carl Joseph, your words are really ridiculous. Although my Lord Maximilian is the Bishop of Munster and the Elector of Cologne, my Lord is also a member of the Habsburg family, the former Emperor Joseph II
My dear brother, our lord also has the right to inherit the throne of the empire, so we should not treat our lord as a bishop in the inheritance of the empire, but should treat our lord as the younger brother of the predecessor and the heir of the throne!
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Richard's words are reasonable and well-founded. Indeed, if the bishop and the Elector's cloak of Maximilian were torn apart, he was indeed the heir to the throne, and he would inherit the throne.
Not impossible.
But after Richard finished speaking, Konitz, who was sitting behind Leopold, immediately stood up and retorted:
"Your Excellency Richard, your words are all fallacies. Although Your Excellency Maximilian was the younger brother of the late emperor, he was named the protagonist of Munster and the elected emperor of Cologne as early as he became an adult, and inherited according to the throne of the empire.
According to the rules, His Highness Maximilian is the first and second, the Elector of the Cologne, and the younger brother of the late emperor, and the heir to the throne. This is an unquestionable fact, so His Excellency Maximilian must never enter the Empire.
The throne!"
"Cornitz. You bastard!"
Before Konitz finished speaking, Maximilian, who had been suppressing the anger in his heart, finally broke out. He could no longer care about the noble's dignity and pointed at Konitz's nose and started to curse.
Maximilian's remarks filled Konitz's face with gloom
"His Highness Maximilian is the Prime Minister of Austria, who served the four generations of monarchs of the Habsburg dynasty, and he contributed everything to the Habsburg dynasty! And you, as a child of the Habsburg family, are
Do you treat important officials who have made contributions to your family like this? Don’t forget that when I was in power in the Seven Years War, you didn’t know where to drink milk!”
Konitz's words can be said to be extremely merciless, and even Leopold blushed a little, but it must be admitted that Konitz did make great contributions to the Habsburg family.
Contribution. Without Konitz's efforts, perhaps the outcome of the Seven Years' War would have fundamentally changed.
Moreover, in the half of his life, this prime minister devoted himself to Austria. As the only remaining veteran, Konitz's prestige in Austria even surpassed Leopold, which is why Konitz dared to scold Maximilian here.
capital.
It can be said that Konitz's temper has eased a lot as he gradually becomes old. Otherwise, even with Maximilian's words, no matter how ugly they are, Konitz can say it.
When Konitz was young, Queen Teresa summoned Konitz once and blatantly accused him of riding a horse and taking his lover across the streets of Vienna. At that time, Konitz replied unwillingly:
"Madam, I'm here to discuss your big affairs, not my little one."
Even Queen Teresa's accusations, Konitz dared to resist, which shows the prime minister's arrogance.
"Okay, okay, why did Your Excellency Konitz get to know you like young people? Everyone should calm down!"
This time it was William who spoke.
To be honest, although Konitz has many bad habits, this cannot conceal the ability of this Austrian pillar of the sky. If Konitz had not been working hard for Habsburg over the years, perhaps Austria would have been now.
He became a piece of fat meat in Prussia's mouth, so he was full of respect for Konitz and William.
Maximilian was reluctantly pulled back to her seat by Eltar beside him, but what should continue should continue. After a while of calm, the Electors Conference started fiercely again, and
Both sides of this confrontation are still said to be Richard and Konitz.
After a meeting of one day, Konitz felt that his throat seemed to be smoking. After all, he was already seventy-nine years old. Thinking of this, the old prime minister smiled bitterly, thinking about him and the senior French government.
I was so tired after three days and two nights of the military campaign, but now it is not possible.
Today, Konitz did not walk with Leopold, but waited for a while at the door of parliament. When he saw William coming out, he quickly walked to William.
William was a little surprised to see that Konitz was waiting for him, but when he thought about his eyeliner yesterday, Old Sabatière went to see Leopold, William understood Konitz's intention in his heart.
"Prime Minister, get in the car!"
As he said that, William opened the car door for Konitz, which shocked Konitz.
"Your Majesty William, this is absolutely impossible. You should get in the car first."
Konitz quickly saluted William, and at the same time he sighed that it was indeed better than the next generation. Although Frederick the Great was extremely capable, in Konitz's opinion, there were not without shortcomings, but William in front of him
It made Konitz feel that he couldn't see through someone for the first time.
Compared with Frederick the Great, William treated people more kindly, but at the same time William also inherited the ruthless character of the Hohenzollern family, and even paid more attention to the army than Frederick the Great. Think about Prussia
The standing army was nearly doubled in William's hands than Frederick the Great's era, which shocked Konitz and felt a little scared.
This time, William did not refuse. After William got in the car, Cornitz also followed.
"His Excellency Konitz, you will not enter the Three Treasures Hall for nothing. Just tell me if you have anything!"
"Your Majesty William, you are a smart person. I believe you must know the purpose of your visit. Since this way, you don't have to make things difficult for me anymore."
Looking at the smile on William's face, Konitz felt a blush.
"Haha, Lord Cornitz, I am not God, how could I know your thoughts? So please tell me!"
William is no longer a newborn calf. Although he knew in his heart that Cornitz came from, he just didn't say it because he knew that if he said it first, he would lose the initiative.
Seeing that William was unscrupulous, Konitz had to say helplessly:
"His Majesty William, yesterday the Prussian army arrested a nobleman named Sawyer in the city of Frankfurt. This nobleman was the sheriff of Frankfurt. Of course, your actions were not without basis, but I think Prussia was a continental power,
For some aspects, we should maintain an open-minded and tolerant attitude. After all, Sawyer is considered an aristocrat. Just treat it as giving him the dignity of a nobleman and asking his family to pay some ransom to redeem people. It is not worth it.
People are fighting!”
After saying that, Konitz looked at William. As he expected, there was no fluctuation in William's face.
But in order to give Cornitz a face, William still spoke:
"His Excellency Konitz, I don't know what kind of relationship this Sawyer and your country are, why did you come forward and plead for him in person?"
"Haha, Your Majesty William, I believe you know that Sawyer comes from the Sabatière family in Frankfurt, and Sawyer's nephew, the next patriarch of the Sabatière family, happened to be Princess Anna's sister-Claymont
Princess Ding’s fiancé, with this relationship, can’t exaggerate her face!”
Damn, William originally only knew that the Sabatière family intended to marry the Habsburg family, but now it seems that Leopold obviously agreed. Otherwise, Konitz would not use the word fiancé directly.
Clementine is Leopold's third daughter, and she is only thirteen years old this year. Although early marriage is popular in this era, I think of an adult man doing that in bed with a thirteen or fourteen-year-old loli.