When the news of Warsaw surrender reached Brandenburg, the whole city immediately became boiling. For the Prussians, Warsaw's surrender did not just mean the increase in the population and land of Prussia, but more importantly, Warsaw's surrender was the surrender.
To some extent, it proves that Prussia is stronger than Austria, and this is what makes Prussia happy.
William looked at the Prussian senior officials in front of him, and his face was as joyful as everyone else.
"Hans, you did a good job this time!"
Hearing William's praise, Marquis Hans, who was in charge of Prussian external intelligence, immediately stepped forward and said humbly:
"Warsaw's surrender is attributed to the kindness of my king and the protection of God. Everything the Intelligence Agency does depends on His Majesty's wisdom. We are just icing on the cake."
Although William does not like to flatter his subordinates, this matter is a happy thing after all, so William is also very happy.
In addition to Hans, there are also Prussian royal chief Buel, Secretary of Military Affairs Henry, Secretary of Staff Ferdinand, President of Brandenburg Military Academy, and Marshal Dessau, Governor of Denmark, Prussia Dessau
, Prussian government Prime Minister Lockes, Deputy Prime Minister Kutrik, Finance Minister Julian, Foreign Minister Elstner, Education Minister Jonas, Justice Minister Lucas, Culture and Science Minister Fein, Transport Minister Fox, etc.
.
William's office is 200 square meters, and this office is divided into three parts. One part is the part that just entered the door. There is the place where William works and summons individual subordinates, except for William's set of tables, chairs and bookshelf.
There are only two chairs outside that are placed opposite William. The second part is that there are some coffee tables and sofas, which is where William chats with others. The third part is where William and others are located at this moment.
A conference room with a lengthy table is placed in the center, and William sat on the back against the wall, and a picture of Frederick the Great was decorated on the wall behind William.
Busts and the large emblem of the Kingdom of Prussia, and thirty chairs are placed along both sides of the long table.
If a bomb was thrown in William's room at this time, the whole Prussia would not collapse, but it would definitely be in a slump. Fortunately, such unreliable situations would never happen.
So many senior executives in the Kingdom of Prussia gathered in William's office, and their purpose was naturally to congratulate Warsaw on naturalization.
Generally speaking, cities like Warsaw were occupied by Prussia and were not a result of destruction. Cabinet officials did not need to come collectively to congratulate them, but the difference from the capture was that Warsaw voluntarily surrendered to Prussia. This is in some cases.
In the sense, it was a complete demonstration of Prussian national strength, so these military and political officials came to congratulate William one after another.
The reason why Dessau, in the far town of Denmark, appears here is because he came to Brandenburg to congratulate William on his wedding.
Because William's wedding was held in Frankfurt, and Denmark, as the newly-ruled area of Prussia, had to be strictly guarded, so Dessau did not go to Frankfurt with Henry and others, but continued to take charge of Denmark until he took action a while ago
I took time to come to Brandenburg after I handled some important things.
"Marquis Hans was wrong. After all, the surrender of Warsaw depends on the efforts of all the masters. If our government was not strong enough and the army was strong enough, how could Warsaw be so sensible? So here, I want to
Thank you for your dedication to the kingdom!”
William's words made everyone in the room say he dare not, just kidding. Although William, as the monarch, spoke humbly, who dared to accept it calmly so ignorantly. It was simply a discomfort for himself.
Just as William was about to continue talking, the door of the room was knocked, and amid William's permission, a servant hurriedly placed a document on William's office clan, and then retreated.
Seeing this document, William's forehead wrinkled because the cover of this document actually had a big red letter A, which represents the highest level of emergency document in Prussia. There are usually only two types of documents in front of William.
As a result, one is to make William happy, and the other is to make William angry.
A big letter A can't be covered up at least when William flips through the documents, the word A, which was not specifically concealed, was reflected in the eyes of all the officials present. After everyone saw the letters clearly, their faces appeared.
A look of worry.
When the document was finished, William felt that his forehead was full of veins storming. The anger in his heart could not be suppressed no matter how hard he suppressed it.
"You all take a look at this document!"
After saying that, William smashed the document to his right, and sitting on William's right was the Prime Minister of the Prussian government, Lockes.
Seeing William's attitude, everyone here felt a sense of bad feeling. After all, it was impossible for William to suddenly change from joy to the cold and even angry look in front of him.
Except for William, everyone in the room focused their eyes on Locks' face. A slight movement on Locks' face was magnified countless times for interpretation.
But Locks is worthy of being an old fox who has been in politics for decades. In addition to being indifferent on his face, he handed the document to Prince Henry opposite him after reading it.
Looking at William with an angry face, Locks said calmly:
"Your Majesty, this matter must be taken seriously by the Kingdom. I think some of our arrangements must be advanced!"
"Prime Minister, I think your proposal is correct, but now I'll talk about it when everyone finishes reading it!"
After responding to Rocks' words, William closed his eyes tightly, and countless thoughts in his mind were rolling.
Didn't let William wait. After about twenty minutes, everyone in the room finished reading the documents. Like William, most of them except for a few people were filled with indignation.
Then Rocks reminded William.
"Okay, now everyone has read this document, but I didn't expect that the Austrians' counterattack came so quickly, and they even reached their hands directly into our back garden. This made Prussia shame!
”
William's harsh words made everyone present shudder. Although William usually acted very kindly, until William knew that it was just William who restrained his emotions. Including Anna's matter, if it was not
With Louise's protection and Anna's bottom line, William was willing to make some sacrifices for the future throne of the Holy Roman Empire.
But once William gets angry, it is very terrible. As the saying goes, the common people's anger is splattering blood for five steps, while the emperor is angry and is buried in millions of corpses, bleeding and drifting. To this day, countless corpses fall at William's feet. Don't look at William's feet.
After the Mox rebellion was put down, the entire Prussia seemed very peaceful. In fact, in these years, hundreds or thousands of people were executed every year due to William's orders. The traditional European aristocratic rules seemed to be completely ignored by William.
William was not ruthless in killing the nobles, and did not treat the nobles lightly like other countries.
After William finished speaking, Ferdinand snorted coldly and said:
"I think it may be because our army has not come out for too long, so any clown dares to come out to fight against us Prussia now!"
Ferdinand's words made Henry frown. In some aspects of the Prussian army, Ferdinand and Henry often have different opinions. If the factions are divided in the army, then Ferdinand is radical and Henry is conservative.
The faction, as for the Marshal Dessau who was called together with them, was a neutral faction.
Henry's view is that the army serves the country. The army's actions obey the needs of the country, but Ferdinand does not think so. In Ferdinand's view, the country serves the army and even Ferdinand has developed a series of
Reasons, for example, the previous kings of the Hohenzollern family adopted the policy of superior army to make Prussia a strong position.
"Your Majesty, I think it's better to send someone to Saxony to verify it first. We will take action after the news is accurate!"
Not surprisingly, Henry spoke with a tendency and steadiness, but as soon as Henry's speech came to an end, Ferdinand immediately said loudly:
"Your Majesty, now the Austrians have reached their hands into our back garden, then what we need to do now is to cut off the Austrians' hands immediately. If we send someone to verify first, and then wait for the news to be delivered.
Back, this round and back will take a lot of time. You should know that on the battlefield, every minute and a second will affect the deployment of the army, leading to the victory or defeat of the war. Therefore, I suggest that we mobilize our army immediately!”
Ferdinand's words were completely against Henry, and when he heard Ferdinand's rebuttal, Henry's face also showed helplessness.
The document that caused everyone's indignation. There is only one content on it, that is, some eyeliners arranged by Prussia in the Saxony Palace discovered that after the meeting of the Grand Duke of Saxony and the Elector Auguste, he frequently contacted the Austrians.
Even with the help of the Austrians, August bribed a considerable number of Saxon officials.
If it weren't for the attention of the Prussians when August convened his confidant to hold a secret meeting, the Prussians would probably still not know the news.
William ignored Ferdinand and asked Locks:
"What do the government think about it?"
Just as Ferdinand was talking to Henry, members of the Prussian cabinet headed by Locks also had a brief exchange, so William asked Locks.
"Your Majesty, this matter is too sudden after all. The government has no unified opinion for the time being, but I tend to be the idea of Prince Henry. Of course, if conditions permit, then I think from now on, we Prussia must also make some preparations.
, the two divisions deployed in Bohemia and the two divisions in Saxony can now fully begin mobilization!”
After hearing Locks' words, William nodded.
August was actually a sign of being attracted by Vienna. When the meeting of the electorals was held, the first electoral to support Leopold was August. At that time, as a puppet, August
Ste made a decision without waiting for William to speak.
Although William also felt something was wrong at that time, because there were too many things afterwards, William's energy was also involved. Moreover, when Prussia reached a secret agreement with Vienna, Leopold would have Saxony after he ascended the throne.
The Principality was incorporated into Prussia, and these were written in black and white, so William relaxed his vigilance against Saxony. Unexpectedly, this negligence allowed the Austrians to take advantage of the situation!