On the third day after William promised Anna, at the Brandenburg Palace, William issued an edict to enthrone Eric as the crown prince of the Prussian king in front of the temple.
To some extent, this edict did not surprise these ministers particularly. After all, from the moment Eric was born, there was no call to enthrone Eric as crown prince in Brandenburg. But what no one expected was that William would announce the enthronement at such a moment.
In addition to this edict, William also decided to promote Dafilia, who made contributions to the attack on Bavaria, to the rank of marshal, and to confer Dafilia as the earl of the kingdom.
William's act of enthroning Daphlia seems quite meaningful to some people, especially after William's order was issued, Henry even looked at Locks intentionally or unintentionally.
For powerful people of Prince Henry, it is no secret that Locks, Dessau and others ambush Anna. For the chief officers of the General Staff and Military Department, Dessau, Ferdinand and Dafilia were originally suitable candidates, and Dessau would definitely take over one of the departments.
But now, William specially promoted Dafilia to the rank of military, but Dessau, who won the victory of the PASAC War, did not mention a single word. This is really impossible for others to imagine.
Originally, Dessau was the oldest among these three, and in terms of military merit, Dessau was naturally the best place. In this case, no matter how Dafilia and Ferdinand competed, Dessau would definitely occupy a place, but now it seems that Dessau is in lingering.
Among these three people, Henry is actually the most optimistic about Dessau. Not only because of the great contributions made by the Dessau family for Prussia for several generations, Dessau's own talent is also very important to Henry. Therefore, Henry originally planned to recommend Dessau to take over his position after he retired in recent years.
But now, because of Locks' actions, Dessau has fallen into an extremely passive situation. This has made Henry feel a little dissatisfied with Locks.
After the two-day order was announced, a grand banquet began in the Prussian palace.
With Sweden and Russia going to war in the East, Austria and Bavaria have become Prussia's defeated opponent. It can be said that except for France on the Western Front, Prussia can no longer find a comparable opponent in the surrounding area.
But William did not relax in his heart. On September 3, William personally went to the Prussian fleet's home port, Kill, to inspect the construction of the navy.
With a series of victories on the land, William's heart gradually shifted to the navy. When inspecting the port of Kiel, William specifically instructed the officials of the Navy that the Prussian Navy would develop significantly within five years, and the main battleships of the Kingdom Navy would grow from the current thirty to the scale of seventy. Only such a scale can protect Prussia's interests in the ocean!
William was not particularly urgent in his heart to defeat France. Although the Bourbon rule in France was much more stable than in history, after all, in the original history, in 1793, the Bourbon dynasty was completely destroyed.
But now the coalition forces have attacked the city of Paris. Even if they cannot defeat Paris, the coalition forces still have the ability to occupy northern France. On the other hand, France. Although Louis XVI's operation in Paris has made Paris not worry about being captured by the coalition forces in a short period of time, the rule of the Bourbon dynasty in the south has reached a precarious point.
Because of the national justice called for by Louis XVI, many democrats temporarily stopped their resistance to the Bourbon dynasty. However, when the coalition forces conquered Paris or Paris resolved the coalition crisis, the French would definitely be in turmoil immediately.
Not only William thinks of this, but most people think of this.
At present, the Bourbon dynasty had only more than 10,000 troops in southern France, and what this more than 10,000 people needed to be prepared for was the southern region with millions of people and strong revolutionary ideas. Although more than 20,000 Spanish troops were stationed in the south, these Spaniards played a negative role.
You should know that during the period of time when they were stationed in southern France, these Spanish people did not do much. The Bourbon dynasty also made concessions to the greatest extent in order to retain this Spanish army. In this way, the unlucky ones were more of the innocent French people.
The revolutionaries did not give up this excellent opportunity. They walked their thoughts among the masses, and were worried that it would be counterproductive. The Bourbon dynasty could no longer be able to suppress them as strongly as before.
It can be said that no matter whether it is victory or defeat in the Battle of Paris, the Bourbon's rule over France will come to an end!
In William's heart, he had another huge imperial dream. He wanted to establish a great empire across Europe, Asia and Africa! The current Prussia had just taken the first step in its death. In William's vision, after this battle, Prussia would spend several years resting and developing its strength. When the time comes, Prussia immediately conquered all the dissatisfied princes in the Holy Roman Empire, and then unify the empire and then defeat Russia eastward. Russia then returned to the west to attack France.
This is William's goal, a grand goal!
As for Britain, William did not think that the British had the strength to resist Prussia on land, and the only thing he had to worry about was the British navy. It was precisely because of this concern that William decided to vigorously develop the navy from now on. Even if it was not as large as the British navy, it could at least ensure that Prussia could compete with Britain in Europe.
However, the British Royal Navy is too huge. Not to mention its naval stationed in major colonies around the world, the British local fleet alone has nearly 100 main fleets, and this number is three times that of the Prussians! If all the main battleships of the British Navy are included, then this number will even exceed the 150 mark.
You should know that these 30 main warships in Prussia only had the strength after annexing the Danish Navy. Before annexing Denmark, Prussia's main warships were only odd.
At present, among the Denmark's shipyards, eight main warships are under construction, one first-class ship, three second-class ships, and four fourth-class ships. These eight warships have also swallowed up 90% of the Prussian Navy's military expenditure this year.
If it weren't for the British's free technical assistance and interest-free loans, I'm afraid four of these eight battleships would not be able to start construction due to financial and technical reasons.
Currently, there is only one first-class ship in Prussia, and this first-class ship was built in the Denmark period. It was picked up by Prussia. Even so, the ship is still six years old.
The first-class ship lying in the shipyard will not be equipped with the navy until 1795, which means that William's dream of a powerful naval in his heart will take at least ten years.
However, although Prussia only has more than 30 main warships, it can still squeeze into the top five in the European naval rankings. In front of Prussia, there are only the British Navy and the Spanish Navy, which have received many main warships of the French Army. The once prominent French Navy and the Russian Navy are currently equal to Prussia. As time goes by, it is even possible that the French and Russian Navy will eventually fall behind the Prussian Navy.
However, the Prussian Navy is developing, and how could the British, who are based on the navy, remain unmoved. You should know that the British people have long proposed to dominate the navy, fighting against two. The one here undoubtedly refers to the British Navy to ensure the first place in the world, and the second refers to the unity of the Royal Navy that can fight against the world's second and third navy.
The British's financial situation is much better than that of Prussia. In addition, the British's focus is different from that of the Prussians, which also means that the British spends more than five times the annual cost of the navy.
In this case, it is undoubtedly a very difficult thing to surpass the British. Fortunately, William did not arrogantly think that if he was a time traveler, he could do everything and could make his navy defeat a hundred!
What William needs is a strong naval force, a naval force that can break through the defense line of the British local fleet in a short period of time and go directly to the British mainland!
The reason why there is such a requirement is actually very simple. In William's idea, he will rely on the army to defeat Britain. As long as the army can make it climb to the British Isles in large quantities and maintain the supply line for transporting materials, this is enough.
Of course, it is actually very difficult to do this. At least the British local fleet is an obstacle that cannot be overcome no matter how hard it is.
It is not impossible to turn against the British. Although both sides are still close allies at this moment, who can tell the truth about what happened a few years later? As Prussia opened up a large number of colonies in North America and occupied the absolute hegemony of Central and Europe, it is difficult to guarantee that after both sides lost their unified enemies, in order to curb the development of Prussia, the British would not attack the Prussians.
There are too many such examples in history, such as France and Germany in original history.
The victory of the war made Prussian territory nearly half larger than before the war, and how to effectively rule these areas was also a headache for William.
Fortunately, most of the areas occupied by Prussia are Germanic peoples. Under the spread of the ideas of the Great Germanic people promoted by William, coupled with the uninflicted Prussian army, at least most of the people accepted the fact that Prussian rule!