William left Cologne under the escort of the Royal Guards, and accompanying William were not only the major princes originally in Cologne, but also the Maximilian family, except for his eldest son who had inherited the position of Elector of Cologne.
The entire family also had to follow William to Frankfurt.
But this is not bad news for William, at least he now has more opportunities to see Vivian every day, and for now, he is already a slave and I am a fish, even if he is not willing, what is the use. However,
It may be that William's act of coercing Maximilian made Vivian quite unhappy. At least after setting off on the road, William never saw Vivian's smiling face.
Even if it wasn't because she couldn't dodge, Vivian would try to minimize the chance of meeting William. Even when the two met, Vivian never gave William a good look, which made William feel quite depressed.
William also knew the reason why Vivian was like this, but now the relationship between William and Maximilian has reached the point of rupture, and it is impossible to reconcile.
Maximilian, who was sitting in the carriage, could be said to be quite depressed. If it were not for the inheritance of his Habsburg bloodline, Maximilian could not help but want to fight with Prussia in Cologne.
After all, the Prussian's actions were completely insulting him, the emperor of the empire.
But Maximilian did not do that. On the one hand, Maximilian knew that Cologne's current strength was far inferior to Prussia.
As for Maximilian, since William took him to Frankfurt, as long as there was no evidence that Maximilian was really unfavorable to Prussia, then even for Vivian's sake, William would not be able to embarrass them too much.
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Furthermore, going to Frankfurt to attend the Imperial Princes Conference was an opportunity for Maximilian. You must know that not only one family but two families were dissatisfied with Prussia among the imperial princes, although before that Maximilian had only contacted the Principality of Hesse and a few others.
The princes at home, but Maximilian believed that on the premise that he was a "role model", more princes would definitely be hostile to Prussia.
In August 1793, William and his party arrived in Frankfurt. In Frankfurt, William and his party received a grand welcome. The Prussian 17th Division who stayed in Frankfurt held a grand welcome ceremony for William. Although William was not physically
He returned to full health, but in order not to desecrate the majesty of Prussia, William still rejected the proposal of Hornder and others and insisted on riding a war horse into Frankfurt.
Orland, the commander of the 17th Division, and a group of members of the Frankfurt Imperial Parliament all stood at the city gate of Frankfurt to welcome the arrival of William and the Prussian army.
William was assassinated in Cologne and was in critical condition. This news was not a secret to the upper class in Frankfurt, which was not far from Cologne. After all, when William was assassinated and fell into a coma, the 17th Division also received an urgent order.
and made preparations.
Then, when William was about to fall out with Maximilian, the Seventeenth Division received an order to go north. However, when the Seventeenth Division had just been ordered to leave Frankfurt less than a hundred miles away, William once again conveyed the order.
Order for the 17th Division to return to Frankfurt and garrison.
The current commander of the 17th Division, Orland, can be called a fierce general. At least when he was guarding Frankfurt, Frankfurt was completely wiped out. After all, the methods of this division commander to deal with the enemy are really frightening to those who hear it.
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After a year of governance, Frankfurt has gradually recovered from last year's war. However, compared to Frankfurt before the war, Frankfurt after the war is naturally not as good as before. And because of concerns about Frankfurt's current
It was under the control of Prussia, so some merchants from other vassal states of the empire no longer dared to come to Frankfurt to do business.
But fortunately, because of Frankfurt, a city that was once the center of the empire, the influx of a large number of Prussian businessmen restored Frankfurt's vitality.
As the head of the Prussian economy, Meyer is also happy to see this. For Meyer, a lifeless Frankfurt is naturally not in the interest of everyone, not to mention that Frankfurt is also the base of Meyer's own family business.
Among the crowds greeting William, Meyer was also prominently among the crowd, and Meyer's position was right next to Orland, which also made many people re-examine Meyer's importance in Prussia.
Although William had previously appointed Meyer as the president of the Royal Bank of Prussia, this bank was owned by the Prussian royal family and the country after all. Although he seemed to be a butler, there was also the Finance Minister of the Prussian government above his head.
existence, the Chancellor of the Exchequer has exactly half jurisdiction over this bank.
When William founded the Royal Bank of Prussia, he distributed the equity. That is, the Hohenzollern royal family occupied 51% of the shares, while the Prussian national government occupied 30% of the shares. As for
The other 19% are open to the public.
Although when William asked Meyer to become the president of the Royal Bank, he had promised that Meyer would hold 5% of the shares. However, Meyer, who then knew how to advance and retreat, repeatedly asked William to reduce his shares. Of course, for Meyer
William did not agree to this request, and when Royal Bank began to sell shares, Meyer immediately began to reduce the shares he held.
Of course, this does not mean that Meyer is very noble. You must know that Jews have never had a good reputation in the world. Of course, this does not mean that all Jews are rejected, but it is obvious that most Jews are not good birds.
Take the Rothschild family as an example. This family used the war to enrich the country, which is unacceptable in any country. Although the Rothschild family is rich and prosperous as a result, don't expect its reputation to be very good.
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Moreover, William believed that Hitler had his own reasons for putting all the Jews into concentration camps during World War II. Otherwise, why would Germany only attack the Jews and not carry out genocide on the Gauls and Slavs?
So in the future, it seems that Meyer's actions are not a noble and great performance. On the contrary, Meyer also has a big intention. After the shares of Royal Bank were sold to external parties, because the shares were only a small amount, and a large amount of
Prussia wanted to buy these shares, so Meyer sold his Royal Bank shares to some Prussian nobles to gain the support of these nobles or to reach a mutually beneficial agreement.
On the other hand, with the support of the Royal Bank and those nobles, the Meyer family's business is getting bigger and bigger. Although it is not as rich as the country, it is by no means inferior.
Of course, this is also a reflection of Meyer's shrewd character. You must know that Meyer is a Jew after all. After William began to reuse Meyer, the Prussian top management never stopped competing for Meyer. Although Meyer made the Royal Bank's business prosperous
.But this did not win him the approval of Prussian senior leaders.
Racial discrimination, hell discrimination, etc., as long as there are people, there are all kinds of discrimination. Meyer also knows that although he has William's support, if one day, the Royal Bank has reached a limit. And
When Meyer's existence became irrelevant, Meyer knew that that was when he would be in trouble. After all, no Prussian wanted to see a Jew controlling up to 5% of the shares of the Royal Bank of Prussia.
Therefore, selling his shares in exchange for the favor of those powerful people and developing his own family business is a better choice for Meyer. After all, his identity as a Jew is destined, and Meyer cannot be in the Prussian political arena.
There is so much development.
Not only Prussia, Jews are rich if they are rich. However, there are no Jews in the top leadership of any country. This is especially obvious among the major powers in Europe. Jews are not only regarded as synonymous with stinginess, but also marked with insidiousness and cunning.
and other derogatory terms.
When seeing Orland, William also saw Meyer standing next to Orland, but now is not the right time to talk, so in the future he just nodded to Meyer, and then William stood in Austria
Accompanied by Ireland and a group of Frankfurt dignitaries, they entered the main road of Frankfurt, where they will receive the cheers of the entire Frankfurt residents, and Meyer is naturally not qualified to participate.'
At the gate of the new Imperial Parliament in Frankfurt, William and a group of senior officials stood on the high steps of the parliament gate and began to review the 17th Division.
Every time these soldiers of the 17th Division passed the gate of the Parliament, they would shout long live in the direction of William. Their neat and majestic military appearance was the strength that Prussia relied on to shock Europe!
After the review, William also met in the Imperial Parliament with various members of the Imperial Parliament in Frankfurt and the princes from various vassal states in the Holy Roman Empire who had arrived in Frankfurt before William.
Among these princes, some knew William and some did not. But at this time, regardless of whether these princes knew William or not, their respect for William was completely in line with the etiquette of the emperor. And Maximilian, who was beside William, was here
At that time, he felt extremely aggrieved, but as a prisoner, no matter how much he hated, he could only bear to keep it in his heart.
By the time William finished meeting these people, it was completely dark. Although each prince or councilor had only three or four words with William, even for those people whom William was not interested in, William only said one sentence and then
He asked them to leave, but there were too many people.
There are twenty-three princes from various parts of the empire, and there are more than two hundred members of the Imperial Parliament. With so many people, it would take four or five hours for each of them to occupy one minute in front of William.
After meeting these people, William came to Frankfurt, where Orlan had already arranged for him to stay.
The residence Orlan arranged was just in the neighborhood next to the Imperial Parliament. The distance between the two was not far. However, Orlan's actions did not make William feel very considerate. On the contrary, when William arrived at the place
After that, he frowned slightly.
The place Orland arranged for William was the palace where all the Holy Roman Emperors stayed when they came to Frankfurt for their coronation. This was a step beyond William's reach.
"Orlan, are you sure you made the right arrangements?"
William asked Orlan who was standing next to him, and after hearing William's question, Orlan immediately replied:
"Your Majesty, yes, this is where you will stay in Frankfurt. The conditions are simple, so please bear with me!"
After hearing Orlan's words, William looked a little worried and said:
"Orland. You have been in Frankfurt for so long, don't you still know what this place is? This is the emperor's palace, and I am just the king of Prussia! In other words, Maximilian should come here
live, and I should live in a residence befitting the king of Prussia!"
Every word in William's mouth was bite-hard, and every word in William's mouth immediately caused Orlan's expression to change dramatically.
Orlan did not think that William would be dissatisfied with him because of his residence. You must know that Maximilian is currently controlled by William. In other words, the establishment of the Holy Roman Empire depends entirely on William's mood.
, Under such circumstances, Orlan naturally wanted to arrange William in the best place, and there is naturally a reason why this palace has been favored by successive emperors.
"Your Majesty, I was wrong!"
Orlan immediately took off his hat and bent down to salute William.
After hearing Orlan's words, William's expression softened and he said:
"Orlan, you are already a general at the level of a division commander, and there are only about twenty generals like you in the entire kingdom who are responsible for their own duties. In this case, you must be more cautious when necessary.
Otherwise, how can I trust you and the 17th Division you lead?"
After William finished speaking, Orlan immediately agreed, and then Orlan asked:
"Then Your Majesty, what should we do..."
Hearing Orlan say this, Future glared at him angrily and said:
"If you don't hurry up and invite His Majesty the Emperor, how can we occupy the magpie's nest! Just give me a random place nearby! Remember, there can no longer be any room for others to give excuses!"
After hearing his neighbor's instructions, Orlan responded and quickly walked out of the palace.
When Orlan invited the Maximilian family to the palace, William had already left wisely. At this time, William did not want to meet the Maximilian family. Except of course Vivian.
But these days, Vivian has not given William a good look, which makes William feel distressed and also very unhappy with Maximilian.
Although the Prussians did not find Fred in the emperor's palace in Cologne, the huge difference in Maximilian's performance before and after undoubtedly indirectly showed that he had something fishy on this matter.
Although Maximilian's eldest son inherited the status of Archbishop of Cologne, William could not force him to follow Maximilian to Frankfurt. After all, the Archbishop of Cologne was a clergyman, and previously because of the Archbishop of Main and Trier, he could not force him to follow Maximilian to Frankfurt.
William was already at loggerheads with the Holy See. At this time, William naturally did not want to further worsen his relationship with the Holy See.
Although William believed in Protestantism, the Roman Catholic Church as Zhengshuo believed in Catholicism. The two have become incompatible due to doctrinal conflicts many times in history. Although at present, due to the progress of the times, royal power has gradually overwhelmed religious power.
Therefore, the Pope in Rome does not have much actual power, but he is the Pope after all.
After Prussia annexed a large number of territories, the number of Catholic believers in the country instantly increased from the previous negligible number to only one level less than Protestants. Like Poland, most residents in the Main River Basin believe in Catholicism.
Under such circumstances, Prussia had to ease its relationship with the Holy See. On the one hand, William hoped that his country would not be incited to religious opposition. After all, religious issues are a top priority in any country, especially in
Europe is a place where believers are everywhere.
On the other hand, William took the opportunity to relax the country with Rome so that he would not be in too much trouble when he inherited the position of Holy Roman Emperor in the future. You must know that if you want to be crowned Holy Roman Emperor, there is no other choice than an elector.
For their recognition, the approval of the Holy See is also an indispensable key.
Although Maximilian's position as imperial emperor was not crowned by the Pope, he received the blessing of the Roman Pope, which was enough to make up for the regret of not being crowned by the Roman Pope to a certain extent.
Among the three major branches of Christianity, from a European perspective, Catholicism has undoubtedly the largest number of believers. Spain, France, Italy, Poland, Austria, Bavaria, etc. are all Catholics, while those who believe in Protestantism are the United Kingdom and Prussia.
The Netherlands, Sweden, Denmark, etc., while Orthodox believers are mainly concentrated in Russia.
With the expansion of Prussia's territory, religious issues have become an increasingly difficult problem for Prussia's top leaders. After all, although there is no essential conflict between the two doctrines, the three major Christian religions all believe in the Trinity. But in etiquette
, clergy codes, church worship and other aspects have their own differences.
This difference may not be a big problem for some people, but for some fanatics and some deep-rooted old believers, the difference is enough to classify them as heretics.