After a friendly conversation between William and Duke Andrew, the two sides reached a consensus that Prussia would continue to send no less than two divisions of troops to the French battlefield before the end of the year. Of course, these troops did not include the Holy Roman troops.
An imperial division composed of various princes within the empire.
In addition, in return, Britain will help Prussia expand Prussia's shipyard in Denmark. At the same time, Britain will sell a number of advanced warships to Prussia, and the prices of these warships will naturally be discounted by 20%.
The reason why he proposed to the United Kingdom to expand the shipyard and purchase warships was because William was more wary of Britain. Like the United Kingdom, Prussia has never given up on being wary of Britain. This may be true for all the people in the world.
It is common in all countries.
Prussia's strength lies in the land, while Britain's strength lies in the sea. Originally, as allies, the two could complement each other and achieve a win-win situation. But now with Prussia's increasing pace towards the sea and Britain's desire for rights on the European continent,
More and more of the two sides' respective fields overlap.
At present, the time is still short, so we can't see what the reason is. However, if time goes by, the interests between the two countries will inevitably conflict.
Among other things, as Prussia's colonies in the North American continent continued to expand, commercial activities between these colonies and Prussia itself became increasingly active. However, as the overlord on the Atlantic route, the British levied levies on Prussian merchant ships.
Huge taxes made more and more Prussian businessmen dissatisfied.
Although the British government has reduced a lot of taxes on these merchant ships because of the Anglo-Prussian alliance and the fact that both sides are currently fighting against France, for merchants, every penny of tax is scratching their bones, and even many times these Prussians
Merchants who were severely punished by the British navy for tax evasion would bring trouble to the Prussian government, which also gave William a headache.
After William came to the throne, he implemented a mercantilist policy. This certainly made Prussia's business more active, but at the same time it also made these merchants more and more powerful. Take the British Navy's taxation of merchant ships traveling to and from various countries in the Atlantic.
William didn't know how many letters he received from Prussian businessmen expressing dissatisfaction.
Of course, this does not mean that William is afraid of the power of these businessmen. In William's view, these businessmen are insignificant except for money. After all, no matter how rich a person is, it will be a dead end if he angers those in power. After all, no matter how rich you are, it will come to a critical moment.
It's completely useless.
Since ancient times, those who have power must be rich, but those who are rich are not necessarily powerful.
A very important reason why the eagle in the sky and the tiger on the ground can coexist peacefully is that the spheres of influence of the two sides do not conflict. But once the eagle grows in size and grows hooves or the tiger grows back
If you lose your wings, a life-and-death war will definitely break out between the two.
After William finished his meeting with Duke Andrew, he went to the Emperor's Palace in Frankfurt. Of course, he did not go to the Emperor's Palace to see Maximilian. What he wanted to see was Vivian.
Outside the palace, William was rejected by Vivian again. Vivian's maid conveyed the princess's attitude, that is, Vivian did not want to see William again.
This attitude made William feel very sad. In fact, Vivian's attitude was also excusable. After all, between family affection and love, not everyone can ignore family affection, or most people choose to ignore love.
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Not every couple is Romeo and Juliet, Liang Shanbo and Zhu Yingtai. In other words, the fundamental reason why the stories of Romeo and Juliet, Liang Shanbo and Zhu Yingtai can be sung through the ages is because they choose
is completely opposite to most people.
But soon William regained his fighting spirit. It was impossible for William to give up on Vivian. Because the feeling Vivian gave him made him feel familiar, and it was this feeling that made it impossible for William to give up Vivian.
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After concluding the princes meeting in Frankfurt, William on the one hand ordered Dafilia of Bavaria to alert people to the situation in Bavaria and also pay attention to the movements of the Rhine princes. On the other hand, William also ordered his men to pack their bags. They were going to
Depart Frankfurt and return to Brandenburg.
That is, when William was packing his bags and preparing to leave Frankfurt, he received an urgent letter from Brandenburg. This urgent letter was sent by Queen Louise of Brandenburg.
In this secret letter, the Queen Mother Louise clearly pointed out that in Prussia, someone was plotting against Anna, and these behind-the-scenes masterminds, Louise pointed out unceremoniously that they were the group headed by Rocks and Hans.
Help people.
After reading this letter, William's entire face darkened.
William did not object to people forming gangs under his men. After all, wherever there were people, there must be party divisions. However, William did not expect that Hans and Rocks would be so bold and dare to attack Anna! Who is Anna?
The queen of Prussia was the mother of his son William!
But at this time, William observed something, which made his face look even more ugly.
"How come this letter was delivered to me so late! Look how long ago this happened!"
William roared angrily at the messenger kneeling in front of him, and upon hearing William's roar, the messenger turned pale and said to William;
"Your Majesty, I did leave Brandenburg in June, but I first went to the Austrian Netherlands, and then after learning about your news there, I rushed to Cologne. I waited until I arrived.
You had already arrived in Frankfurt by that time, so I rushed here non-stop!"
The reason why William roared at the messenger was because of the future. He clearly saw that Louise's letter was signed at the end of June, and now it is August, which means that in nearly two months, this letter
None of it reached William's hands.
"Why didn't you use the Ministry of Intelligence's network?"
After blurting it out, William felt that there was something wrong with his words.
Louise had made it very clear in her letter that Hans was involved behind this matter. Just imagine how Louise could use the Intelligence Ministry's network to convey this urgent letter under such circumstances.
"You go down first!"
A distraught William waved the messenger out of the room.
After the messenger left the room, William sat back on the sofa with his eyes closed. According to the meaning of Louise's letter, Rocks and Hans were going to rebel, but in the future, these two people were absolutely
Will not rebel.
Regardless of Hans's kindness in raising William, William believed that he was very good to the Hans family and the Locks family after he came to the throne. Even if Hans or Locks wanted to usurp the throne, they would not be able to succeed.
Because they have no military power in their hands.
William is very aware of the current military power of the Prussian army. Although the Dessau family, the Ferdinand family, and the Zietern family have considerable influence in the Prussian army, these influences can only allow them to control one area at most.
There are two divisions, and Prussia currently has a full twenty-two divisions, excluding the North American garrison.
A large number of actual division commanders such as Blücher and Scharnhorst were personally promoted by William, and as graduates of the Brandenburg Military Academy began to gradually take up important positions in the army, these accepted
The king is the country, and students who think of the army fighting for the country will not be easily won over by the military aristocrats.
Furthermore, Rocks and Hans were not high-ranking officials in the military system at all. Maybe they could contact some army officers, but if they wanted to launch a rebellion to overthrow the king, their ability was obviously not enough.
William has always believed in a saying, that is, "a scholar's rebellion will not happen in three years." Without the support of the army, even the prime minister of the government who wants to usurp the throne is simply impossible. It is precisely because of this that William started from the beginning of his ascension to the throne.
Only then will he work hard to bring the army under his control.
William did have doubts about the authenticity of Louise's letter, but if William didn't think that Rocks and Hans would attack Anna, it was obviously impossible.
Rocks' granddaughter Karina and Hans's daughter Du Li are both William's women. If it is said that Karina and Du Li do not want the status of Queen of Prussia, let alone others, William himself is probably the first one not to believe it.
people.
Moreover, in William's view, a strong woman like Du Li is capable of anything, and the relationship between Anna, Du Li and others is still very bad.
But precisely because he realized this, William was very troubled. Since ancient times, competition for favors in the harem has been the most troublesome problem for monarchs. It would be better if it was a dedicated monarch, but William already had four women in his harem, and besides Lily
Except for Sha, the other three are not fuel-efficient.
If Anna was stabbed to death, then William really didn't know what to do. Is it really necessary to hold Karina, Du Li, and even Rocks and Hans responsible for Anna? Regardless
What about Anna? If Louise has clearly informed her, if she doesn't pursue Karina and Du Li, what kind of attitude will Louise have?
These are all things that give William a headache.
However, William was very clear on the top priority, that is, nothing could happen to Anna, so William immediately summoned Hornd and conveyed the order to him.