Afterwards, Panin, who received orders from Alexander, replaced Rojevich as the Russian representative in talks with Kut.
I have to say that compared to Rojevich, Panning is still more famous among the Prussian senior officials. After all, Panning has been an important member of the Russian Empire's senior officials since Paul I. Under such circumstances, Panning
Naturally, it also became one of the targets of the Prussian intelligence agency.
William returned to Brandenburg. On both sides of the Brandenburg Gate, almost the entire population of Brandenburg came out. At this moment, Brandenburg became a sea of joy.
William was wearing a black dress and riding on a tall Hanoverian warmblood horse. Looking at the excited Prussian people on both sides of the road extending out of the city, William kept waving his hands, and his face was filled with a heart-warming smile.
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At this moment, at the Brandenburg Gate, a group of members of the Hohenzollern royal family, including Louise, as well as officials and dignitaries from around Brandenburg were all waiting here. From a distance, there were no less than ten thousand people.
William, who was riding on horseback, immediately saw Louise and Anna standing in the center, as well as little Eric in Anna's arms.
When William came not far from the city gate, he quickly got off his horse and strode towards Louise.
"Mother, I'm back!"
"Just come back, William. You have accomplished the goal that every generation of Hohenzollerners dream of. You are the pride of the Hohenzollern family and Prussia! I am proud of you!"
As she spoke, Louise's eyes filled with tears.
Every mother would be proud of her son's achievements. Obviously, William's achievements were unprecedented in Prussian history.
Even though Frederick the Great was called the Great, this title was only an honorific title for future generations. You must know that Frederick never became the emperor of the Holy Roman Empire.
There are only two countries in the whole of Europe that have the crown of emperor, one is the Holy Roman Empire, and the other is the Russian Empire. Unfortunately, for most countries in Europe, the so-called tsar of the Russian Empire in distant Eastern Europe has not been theirs since
They seem to be basically barbarians.
In this case, in Europe, the person who can be truly recognized as an emperor is naturally the emperor of the Holy Roman Empire.
Now, William has reached this height. It can be said that since William was successfully crowned by the Pope in Rome, he has become as famous as those famous rulers in European history.
Louise and William hugged each other gently and then gave William to Anna.
When William stood in front of Anna again, Her Royal Highness the Queen of Prussia had mixed feelings in her heart.
The Habsburg family has held the crown of Holy Roman Emperor in its hands for hundreds of years, but from now on, the title of Imperial Emperor has gone away from the Habsburg family. Instead, it lies on the corpse of the Habsburg family.
, a new dynasty has been established, this dynasty is called Hohenzollern.
But even though Anna has too many unspeakable emotions in her heart, at this moment, under the spotlight, Anna naturally shows her maternal side.
Anna bowed respectfully to William, and then at William's signal, Anna handed Eric in her arms into William's hands.
When William took Eric from Anna's hand, William's face showed a different look.
William turned towards the tens of thousands of troops behind him and lifted little Eric high into his arms.
"This is my empire and it will be your empire too!"
After hearing William's words, Hornder immediately understood and shouted:
"Long live Prussia! Long live Augustus! Long live His Majesty the Emperor! Long live His Royal Highness the Crown Prince!"
After Hornder spoke first, the tens of thousands of Prussian soldiers in front of William immediately followed Hornder and shouted.
And at this moment, the Prussians gathered at the Brandenburg Gate, whether they were close relatives of the Hohenzollern family or ordinary Prussian people, they could only bend down and salute William, who was holding Eric high.
He also shouted slogans of long live.
At this time, Anna's eyes were filled with tears.
If it were in the East, then the crown prince would naturally not be shouted "Long Live". After all, in the ancient Eastern countries, only the emperor himself could be called "Long Live", but there is no transcendental emphasis on this.
Although William had previously established Eric's identity as Crown Prince of Prussia, you must know that William's identity is now different. He is not only the king of the Kingdom of Prussia, but also the emperor of the Holy Roman Empire.
In Europe, the determined heir does not necessarily inherit all the father's property. The father has the right to entrust his titles and territories to his sons, and this is not uncommon in Western history.
In other words, if Eric is just a Prussian crown prince, it means that after William goes to see God, all he can inherit is the Kingdom of Prussia, and for William's territories and titles other than Prussia, if
If William had other wishes, Eric would get nothing.
This was what Anna was worried about before. In every powerful family, mothers want the best for their sons, and Anna is no exception. She hopes that Eric can inherit all of William's titles and titles.
territory.
But now, Anna no longer has this worry in her heart. William picking Eric up high in front of tens of thousands of people was an indirect way to confirm Eric's identity.
However, in contrast to Anna's tears in her eyes, little Eric felt at a loss after countless loud shouts rang out from all around.
After a while, William put Eric down and then handed him into Anna's arms.
"You deserve this, Anna. You are doing well during this time."
After William finished saying this in Anna's ear, he looked at the people standing behind Anna.
Among these people, William suddenly saw Ludwig. William's face suddenly froze, and Anna also saw that William's expression was unnatural. Then Anna stood next to William and said:
"My mother felt that you two brothers should unite more closely together instead of acting as enemies. In addition, today is a happy day after all, so she recalled Ludwig back to Brandenburg!"
To be honest, in Anna's heart, she didn't like Ludwig either. After all, Louise only had two sons. And little Eric is still young now, which means that if Eric comes of age, what will happen to William?
Under unforeseen circumstances, it is entirely possible that Ludwig could replace Eric.
In fact, this situation exists in every royal family. Regardless of the fact that the royal family presents a harmonious and harmonious atmosphere to the people and foreign countries. In fact, the darkest places in the world are those of these supreme rulers.
In the palace, all kinds of conspiracies and plots are going on among these families at every moment.
"Well, I know!"
After listening to Anna's words, William just responded and said nothing more.
Subsequently, a grand entrance ceremony was held in Brandenburg.
After the entrance ceremony, William summoned Rocks and a group of government ministers in the Brandenburg Palace.
Locks briefly reported the government affairs during this period to William and then focused on the Russian fleet docking at the port of Copenhagen.
"You mean that St. Petersburg has been captured by Brankov's rebels. Alexander is in exile now!"
Although William had already learned about this matter from a letter from the government before, William's expression changed after hearing Locks' words.
"Your Majesty, my previous discussion was to win over Alexander, and Navy Minister Mehard also hopes to hire the Russian Baltic Fleet. Therefore, I specifically authorized Lord Coote to go to Copenhagen to hold talks with the Russians!"
After listening, William nodded and said:
"Your Excellency Prime Minister, you have done a good job. Supporting Alexander is indeed of great benefit to us. Furthermore, I am also very curious about how much wealth the Czar brought. But there is one thing. In a short period of time, the Prussian army will not be available.
If you have the ability to send troops to help Alexander, you can pass the order to Kut. If the Russians want us to send troops, then it is best to delay it for a year!"
On the way here, William had already thought about this issue. In William's opinion, if he wanted the Russians to agree to Brandenburg's request, he would definitely ask Brandenburg to send troops to help Alexander restore his country.
But at this current stage, in William's opinion, it is the training period of the Prussian army.
The Prussian army currently stationed in various places is intensively replenishing personnel and supplies. In the previous battle, the Prussian army suffered a total of nearly 100,000 casualties. According to the plan recently proposed by the Ministry of Military Affairs, the Prussian army will be in the future.
Within one year, we will focus mainly on the internal reorganization and personnel deployment of the army.
You must know that Prussia currently has 25 divisions. If the colonial divisions and three imperial divisions are added, the total strength of the Prussian Army has even reached 400,000 people, and even counting only Prussia
In terms of the twenty-five local divisions, the Prussian army had more than 300,000 troops.
These 300,000 people are purely field troops and do not include city defense troops and militiamen in various regions.
At present, the army has a strength gap of more than 40,000 men. It takes one year to fill this gap and restore the combat effectiveness of each division. It has become the most important task of the Ministry of Military Affairs and the General Staff Department at present.
And William did not want to fight another large-scale war without the Prussian military being prepared. You must know that if Prussia really helped Alexander attack Brankov, the number of troops that would need to be dispatched would not be a small number.
, at least 50,000 troops need to be mobilized.
Furthermore, Prussia currently does not have the economic strength to fight another war. Although Prussia gained a large amount of wealth through the war, part of this wealth was used to restore the construction of the newly occupied areas, and on the other hand, it was used to
As a pension and reward for the military.
As a result, there is not much wealth left to supplement the national treasury. You must know that this is still under the condition that William has no selfish motives!
Therefore, not only does the military need a year to recuperate, but the government headed by Rocks also hopes not to use major force within a year.
"Yes. Your Majesty, but there is one thing that needs your decision. That is the news from France that Napoleon hopes to purchase a batch of weapons and equipment from us. This amount is quite large and needs your decision. There are also some changes that have happened in the North American colonies recently.
, the Mainland Congress is back from the dead!”
After Rocks' report ended, William fell into deep thought.
The current Napoleon is not an equal opponent to William, but this does not prevent William from attaching great importance to Napoleon.
Anyone who can leave a great name in history naturally has his own uniqueness. Compared with the original history, Napoleon's achievements now even exceed those of Napoleon in the original history.
William also knew why Napoleon wanted to buy weapons from Prussia. It was simply that Napoleon felt it was not safe now and wanted to expand his army and prepare for war.
However, compared with the original history, the current Napoleon has a huge flaw. That is, the current Napoleon has not won the support of most people in France.
People's hearts are something that cannot be seen or touched, but it has to be said that it exists and plays a very important role in the rise and fall of a dynasty.
Now Napoleon can be said to have completely offended the forces of the Revolutionary Party. After the massive settlement, tens of thousands of people were displaced. This made Napoleon a figure that all the Revolutionary Party members wanted to kill.
The revolutionary party is precisely the representative of the bourgeoisie. In any country, in addition to the ruling class represented by the royal family and the aristocratic guard, there is also the middle class represented by these bourgeoisie.
In addition, among the French high-level officials, it was obvious that Napoleon did not receive unanimous support from the French high-level officials.
In the original history, in addition to relying on his own strength, Napoleon's rise to power also relied on the bourgeoisie to play a huge role. It was the support of these bourgeoisie that enabled Napoleon to rise above the ruins of the French Republic.
Build your own empire!
However, among the people at the bottom of France, Napoleon's reputation is undoubtedly huge. Since Napoleon entered the political stage, he has offended the French top leaders and the middle class, but only the people at the bottom. Not only did Napoleon not offend,
On the contrary, they try their best to protect the interests of these people at the bottom.
In the south, a considerable part of the wealth obtained by Napoleon's annihilation of the bourgeoisie was distributed by Napoleon to the poor lower class civilians. Moreover, in the army, Napoleon never promoted generals based on their origins.
Put on colored glasses.
Of course, this is also the biggest reason why Napoleon can survive to this day.
It is precisely because of this huge reputation among the people at the bottom that Napoleon never worried about his lack of soldiers. This can be seen from Napoleon's repeated defeats and repeated comebacks.
However, for William, it was not a bad idea to support Napoleon in France. After all, Napoleon was fighting against the Bourbons, which was enough to make France, the once great empire, continue to sink.
"Weapons can be sold. Of course, the prerequisite for selling these weapons is to ensure that our army has sufficient weapons and equipment. However, one thing is that the Friedrich 1790-style rifle should not be sold to Napoleon!"
Since its birth, the Friedrich Type 1790 rifle has made great contributions to Prussia. In all previous wars, the Friedrich Type 1790 rifle, with performance exceeding that of contemporary rifles, is undoubtedly a weapon that can defeat the enemy in the hands of Prussian soldiers.
Big weapon.
Of course, the Friedrich 1790 rifle is not a secret. After all, in previous wars, the superior performance of this rifle has attracted the attention of other countries. Among them, major countries such as the United Kingdom and France have obtained this rifle through various channels.
The firearms are then dismantled, analyzed and copied.
However, there is still a slight gap between these imitations and the genuine products.
William knew that this new rifle would definitely not be able to keep its secrets. In the future, various countries would definitely develop their own new rifles because of this. But in the end, on this basis, Prussia was one step ahead of other countries, although this step is not very big at the moment.
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And due to production limitations, this kind of rifle has not been completely popularized even in Prussia. At present, only the Royal Guards and the top ten main divisions of the Prussian army have been equipped with this kind of rifle. The rest
The newly formed divisions still use old-fashioned rifles.
Therefore, although William agreed to sell weapons to Napoleon, he did not express his intention to strongly support Napoleon.
In the Brandenburg Military Research Institute, the improved version of the Friedrich 1790 rifle has made breakthrough progress, but there is still a long way to go before it can actually be put into production and equipped with the army. In this kind of
Under the circumstances, the Friedrich 1790 rifle with an annual output of 30,000 pieces can naturally only be used for replacement within the Prussian army.
After talking about Napoleon, William thought about the Continental Congress.
William still admired the Continental Congress very much. If it were not for the participation of the Prussian army, the Continental Congress would have established the United States of America. And history has also proved that a group of people in the Continental Congress are quite outstanding talents. It is these people.
It laid the foundation for the United States, allowing the United States to become the world's largest hegemon in the future and play the role of the world's peacekeeping police.
In fact, William is also happy for the Continental Congress to come back. After all, William has no reason not to do things that can cause trouble for the British. (To be continued...)