Chapter six hundred and sixty third exchange of interests
But what William didn't expect was that the conflict would intensify to the point of life and death in advance. Although illegitimate children are not recognized, as a typical oriental man, William would be as indifferent as most Western nobles treat their illegitimate children.
way, but William was reluctant to do so.
In William's view, since it is his own child, even if he cannot treat them equally, he must not deliberately kill them. After all, every child has his own blood flowing through him.
Not long after Hans left the palace, Louise returned to the palace. In other words, Louise had not left the palace very far just now. When she saw Hans leaving the palace with a look of relief on his face, Louise
Si's heart suddenly became angry.
In Louise's view, although William had some scruples about Rocks and therefore did not take action, there was no need to worry so much about Hans. But looking at Hans's expression now, it seemed as if William had not punished him at all.
This made Louise not feel angry.
"Forget it, William, Rocks, but Hans doesn't have that much to worry about, right? Why didn't you ask someone to come in and arrest him, instead of letting him leave here in a big way!"
After entering the palace, Louise shouted to William angrily.
Hearing Louise's voice, William frowned, and then William asked:
"Mother, while I was away, did you send someone to hint Hans and ask him to find a way to abort the child in Du Li's belly?"
There was something reproachful in William's tone, and it was obvious that Louise's face suddenly changed when she heard William's slightly accusatory words. Louise said angrily:
"I sent someone to negotiate with Hans, but I didn't expect that he would refuse. Doesn't he know that this is a scandal for the Hohenzollern family?"
Hearing Louise say this, William suddenly felt a little angry
"I'm talking about mother, no matter what Du Li is, she is my woman after all, and the child in her belly is also my blood. How could you do this!"
"William, are you blaming me? Have you ever thought that although the child in Du Li's belly is of your blood, he is an illegitimate child? Do you understand an illegitimate child? How many illegitimate children can die a good death? Don't
Not to mention, if Anna’s child grows up, will he tolerate these half-brothers?”
Louise's words made William suddenly speechless.
"But, mother, you shouldn't have pushed Du Li like this. It's not like you don't know Du Li's position in Hans' heart. If you push Du Li like this, won't Hans take risks?"
"William, what do you mean? From what you said, it seems that the final reason why someone assassinated Anna was because of me?"
Louise stared at William like an angry lioness. Under Louise's gaze, William felt a little guilty.
In some aspects, there is not much difference between the East and the West. Just like the word filial piety, Prussia has always put filial piety first.
"Mom, that's not what I meant, it's just.........Hey!"
Hans immediately rushed to Locks' home after leaving the palace. Hans believed that after leaving the palace, Locks must have gone home first, because there were some things that could only be discussed at his own home due to confidentiality considerations.
Sure enough, when Hans came to Locks' house and informed his identity, an attendant quickly greeted Hans respectfully, and then took Hans into Locks' manor. As soon as Hans left
When he entered the gate of the manor, Hans was keenly aware that there were at least several eyes on him. However, Hans looked around and found that there was no one around him except the attendant leading the way.
This scene made Hans secretly give Rox a thumbs up. After all, such a level of martial law was rare in Brandenburg.
While Hans was looking at the layout of Rocks Manor, the attendant led Hans unknowingly into an inconspicuous two-story building in Rocks Manor.
Although the small building is very inconspicuous, the garrison near the small building is obviously quite strong, just within Hans's sight. There are more than thirty armed soldiers guarding it, and there are actually two doors at the door.
The existence of light field artillery.
"Your Excellency Hans, Your Excellency the Prime Minister is inside."
"Excuse me, your Excellency, apart from the Prime Minister, who else is here?"
As Hans spoke, he secretly put a gold coin into the hand of the attendant. Hearing Hans' question and glancing at the color of the gold coin, the attendant smiled and said:
"Your Excellency Hans, in addition to the Prime Minister, there are several cabinet ministers inside. You will know when you enter!"
After saying that, I saw this attendant shouting at the door.
"Lord Hans is here!"
Then, the attendant opened the door and let Hans walk in.
When Hans walked into the door, his face instantly became solemn. He looked around. Sure enough, as the attendant just said, in addition to Rocks, there was Deputy Prime Minister Ku in the room.
Special, Finance Minister Julian, and Justice Minister Lucas.
If Hans, who had just walked in, was included, then five of the nine members of the Prussian government cabinet had already gathered in this inconspicuous small building in Locks Manor.
In terms of political affiliation, Hans did not actually belong to Rocks's party, but because they had the same position on Anna's matter, the two came together.
Seeing Hans come in, Rocks silently pointed to an empty sofa in the room and asked Hans to sit down.
"Your Majesty Hans, what did His Majesty the King say to you after I left?"
Rocks asked Hans, and after Rocks spoke, the other three Prussian cabinet members in the room also focused their attention on Hans.
Several people here were all involved in sending out soldiers to assassinate Anna this time. Although the Foreign Minister Elstner was not in the room at this time, he was no less involved in this matter than others.
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After Rocks finished speaking, Hans said without changing his face:
"I have already shouldered all this matter. His Majesty didn't say anything more. He just told me that if nothing happens to Anna, if something happens to Anna, then I will go back to Parets and be my rich man!
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Hearing that Hans had taken over the whole matter, the other three people in the room breathed a sigh of relief. Only Rocks frowned and asked:
"His Majesty the King's treatment is obviously inconsistent with common sense, or is it that you, Hans, are hiding some trump card?"
Hearing Rocks' question, the other three cabinet members also had curious looks on their faces. After all, Hans said that he had taken over the whole matter. What kind of crime is it to assassinate Her Royal Highness the Queen! Of course, William
Although he was mindful of Hans' kindness in raising him, the punishment would never be so light.
As soon as Locks finished speaking, Hans smiled bitterly and said:
"I knew our Prime Minister wouldn't be fooled so easily!"
Afterwards, Hans repeated the reasons he told William to everyone present.
After Hans finished speaking, the three cabinet members except him and Rocks obviously looked uncomfortable. It was no wonder that they were just a little annoyed that they had no information.
In fact, Louise sent someone to communicate with Hans and Anna wrote a letter to Du Li, because they related to the royal family and the Hans family, so these two matters were very hidden. Neither Hans nor Louise would do anything about it.
These things will be allowed to be known to outsiders, because once they are known to others, it will be a huge damage to the reputation of either party.
Of course, except Rocks, this old fox's tentacles can be said to be everywhere, so he also knows about this matter, but obviously Hans, the person involved, told the inside story much more than he knew.
"His Excellency Hans's behavior is very noble. Therefore, I suggest that the government's budget this year should be more tilted towards the intelligence department. At the same time, we are indignant about the injustice suffered by Countess Du Li. I remember that the Ministry of Finance seemed to
There are also several good manors, I think it would be better to subsidize these manors to Countess Du Li!"
The speaker was Kurt. As the deputy prime minister of the Prussian government, he had always been regarded as the successor of Rocks. At the same time, Rocks did regard the deputy prime minister, who was seven years younger than him, as his successor. After all, in
After the retirement system is implemented, if you want to ensure that your influence is not reduced, you must install your direct descendants in the government.
After Kurt finished speaking, the finance minister glanced at Locks. When he saw Locks nodded, Julian immediately said:
"What Mr. Kut, the deputy prime minister of the government, said is true. The Ministry of Finance has just seized some very good manors from a few corrupt officials. I think these manors can be handed over to Countess Du Li!"
Although he was Du Li's father, Hans did not speak at this time.
There is never love or hate without reason in the world, and this is especially obvious in politics. Now that Hans has opened his mouth to William and accepted everything, it is inevitable that the rest of the people will make certain benefits to Hans.
Exchange, otherwise Hans will definitely change his mind.
Seeing Hans not speaking, Kurt and others thought it was because Hans was not satisfied with what was exchanged, so they all looked at Rocks. After all, their rights were limited and they could make bigger decisions.
Only Rocks.
After everyone looked at him, Rocks pondered for a moment and then said:
"Well, I remember that there are still a few vacancies in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Ministry of Finance. In particular, the position of Chief of the Budget Department of the Ministry of Finance has not been appointed. This candidate will be left to Lord Hans to decide!"