After inspecting the Western Lithuania area, William rushed back to Brandenburg without stopping. This inspection took William just over half a month to inspect the Jutland Peninsula of Prussia, East Prussia and Western Lithuania. The itinerary
The arrangement is quite tight.
The reason why William left Brandenburg before for inspections was actually to avoid the turmoil caused by Brandenburg due to his two edicts. For William, there are still things he needs to do.
A lot, he doesn't want to waste his energy on such boring things.
After returning to Brandenburg, two documents were immediately placed on William's desk. One document was the intelligence from various countries collected by the Military Department during this period, and the other document was the letter of credence submitted by the British to the Prussian government.
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William first picked up the credentials submitted by the British and read them.
In this letter of credence, the British requested Prussia to send elite troops to France again. At the same time, the British also hoped that Prussia could temporarily stop expanding its navy.
After reading this British letter of credence, William felt a little disdainful.
Britain's fear of Prussia is actually no secret. If the British had concealed it when Prussia faced many enemies in the Holy Roman Empire, then after Prussia successively defeated the coalition forces of Austria and the Holy Roman Empire,
There are more and more politicians in the UK, especially at the top, who are shouting about the Prussian threat.
When Charlotte, the Prussian princess and William's sister, married the Duke of York, the marriage was hailed as a good news by all Prussians and British people. After all, the marriage between the two countries was undoubtedly a deepening of the alliance between the two countries.
But then the Duke of York alienated Charlotte less than a year after their marriage, which undoubtedly made William feel bad about the British!
Even though Charlotte's marriage to the Duke of York was a political marriage. William did not take this marriage too seriously, but this behavior of the British was undoubtedly a humiliation to Prussia to some extent!
Even for the separation between Charlotte and the Duke of York, William sent a strongly worded protest document to George III.
Prussian princesses look like treasures wherever they are placed. After all, behind them stands the powerful Prussia! But now, the British Duke of York actually betrayed Charlotte in less than a year after their marriage.
In William's opinion, this was simply an absurd performance.
Although William is no better than the Duke of York, the key point is that people's eyes are always looking at others, and no one will seriously notice their own shortcomings. This is true everywhere.
Now that Prussia had just proposed to vigorously develop its navy, it attracted protests from the British. In William's view, this was completely interfering with Prussia's internal affairs, which had to make William feel strange.
After William read his credentials, he immediately called Hornde over.
"Horned, has Princess Charlotte sent any letters back from England during this time?"
After hearing William's answer, Hornde thought for a while and then said:
"Your Majesty, Duchess of York, oh, no, Princess Charlotte did send a letter home from London, but that was already last week. And this letter has been delivered to Her Royal Highness the Queen Mother."
When he heard Hornde refer to Charlotte as the Duchess of York, William's eyes flashed with a hint of coldness, and it was this coldness that made Hornde immediately change his name for Charlotte.
In fact, logically speaking, after Charlotte married the Duke of York, she should indeed be called the Duchess of York and should not continue to be called the princess. After all, her identity has changed.
After Charlotte married to England, Charlotte was also called the Duchess of York in Prussia, but William just mentioned the title of Charlotte before she got married, which made Hornder quickly understand what William meant.
After Horned finished answering, William waved his hand and asked him to leave.
After Hornde left, William reconsidered the two contents of the British letter of credence.
Obviously, the British want Prussia to focus on France, and they do not want Prussia to develop its navy. The reason is very simple.
The British hope that Prussia will continue to attach importance to and develop the army. If the center of the Prussian people shifts to the navy, even if the British are confident, the Prussians will not be able to surpass the British Royal Navy within 20 years, but for such a dominant force like Prussia
As a major country in Central Europe, if it focuses on developing its navy, it will become Britain's biggest opponent in Europe and even the world's oceans within five years.
"A bunch of thieves! You want to gain space on land, why don't you allow us to develop on the ocean?"
William thought angrily in his heart.
In response to the British Credentials, William wrote in his own handwriting:
"Prussia not only wants space on land, but also cherishes the ocean. As an ally of Britain, Prussia is willing to work with the British Empire to develop oceans for the civilized world!
As for the reinforcements sent to France, the Prussian army in France currently accounts for 70% of the coalition forces. There is no doubt about this. Due to the war, Prussia is currently in a difficult situation and has no reinforcements to send for the time being!
Unless, of course, the British are willing to honor the conditions promised to Prussia in advance!"
Of course, this instruction was not a formal reply to the British. William's instruction was conveyed to the Prussian government, which would then polish it before replying to the British.
After putting down the pen in his hand, William picked up another document.
After the coalition gained the advantage over France, the previously suppressed voices for peace talks in Spain once again became louder. Many Spaniards demanded that the Spanish government immediately stop hostilities with the coalition. There were even differences within the Spanish royal family.
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Some members of the Spanish royal family are increasingly dissatisfied with the Queen of Spain because of her increasing arrogance. Just last month, an assassination took place against Queen Luisa of Spain and her mistress Godoy, although this assassination did not achieve any results.
Successful, but still in shock, the two men then once again launched revenge in Spain against all political opponents who might have motives for the assassination.
Spain is once again in turmoil.
Affected by this, even Portugal, which was originally wavering between Spain and Britain, has gradually begun to tilt towards the coalition. According to intelligence, high-level Portuguese government officials have begun to discuss the possibility of joining the coalition to fight against Spain. At the same time, Portugal secretly
The Mediterranean has signed a secret agreement with the British, which means that Portugal agrees to the conditions proposed by the British to allow the British to use roads in Portugal to transport troops when necessary.
After reading these two pieces of information, William continued to look down.
Sultan Hamid I of the Ottoman Empire passed away two months ago. Hamid I's death aroused speculation from the outside world, because according to confirmed news, Hamid I died of poisoning.
As the Sultan of a country, Hamid I was actually poisoned, which had to surprise William. You must know that as the ruler of a country, generally speaking, it is very difficult to poison. Unless this is the case
The poison will not be detected, or betrayed by extremely close people, otherwise, poisoning will not be that easy.
It was Crown Prince Selim of the Ottoman Empire who succeeded Hamid I as Sultan. After taking the throne, this crown prince began to trace the murderer of Hamid I.
You must know that Hamid I did not have any heirs, and after he ascended the throne, he immediately appointed Selim as the crown prince of the empire, and then devoted all his efforts to training him. It can be said that most emperors did not care about their children.
Mead I acted so selflessly, but Hamid did it.
It is precisely for this reason that no one in the Ottoman country doubted that Selim was unfavorable to Hamid I, because Hamid I had long started to let Selim act as an agent in state affairs in order to cultivate Selim.
According to Selim's investigation, the most likely murderer who poisoned Hamid I was the Yeniseri Group.
Hamid I's domestic reforms after the Black Sea Campaign greatly offended the interests of the Yenisseri group, especially when Hamid I appointed Selim to establish army and naval military academies in the country, and to establish military academies within the army.
After China began to gradually adopt the methods of European countries to train the Ottoman army, the Jeniseli Group was almost wiped out by Hamid I.
Under this circumstance, if there is anyone who hates Hamid I the most, then it is undoubtedly the Yeniseris.
Jeniseli means new army in Ottoman, but it is this new army that once had high hopes that has now become the biggest cancer of the Ottoman Empire.
William didn't know how to evaluate Hamid I. Because this emperor had not received any imperial education at all, he suffered a series of disappointments in judgment after he ascended the throne, which led to the Ottomans being repeatedly attacked by the Russian Empire.
But this does not mean that Hamid I is corrupt and incompetent. After all, Hamid I’s efforts to change the Ottoman Empire are obvious, but he is simply powerless. This is so similar to Emperor Chongzhen in the late Ming Dynasty!
As for Russian intelligence, William had already seen it when he inspected Western Lithuania.
Apart from Europe, except for Prussia's colonies on the North American continent, the Intelligence Department did not have any information. After all, those areas had no Prussian interests at all.
The North American region to which Prussia belongs is actually a focus of the Prussian Intelligence Department!
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