In early December, Wilhelm and his party from the Kingdom of Prussia arrived in Warsaw, and as far as Wilhelm knew, Empress Catherine II had already arrived in Warsaw, and now only Joseph II had arrived, but it was said that he would arrive tomorrow.
William settled in a manor outside Warsaw, where William would not live.
One is because Warsaw is also the home of Catherine II, who knows if Catherine II's woman will go crazy, you must know that for the sake of power, she even killed her husband.
Second, everyone knows that Russia, Prussia and Austria jointly divided Poland, and some Polish patriots were strongly dissatisfied with this, and Wilhelm did not want to test the courage of those Polish patriots with his own life.
But not long after William's arrival, Catherine II's messenger arrived, and he conveyed to Wilhelm the invitation of Catherine II, who invited him to a welcome banquet in the city of Warsaw.
After thinking about it for a while, William decided to attend the banquet after weighing the pros and cons, but Locks proposed that the Prussian guards be allowed to carry weapons to defend William at the banquet, and that the Prussian army be allowed to get close to the city of Warsaw, a request that the messenger received after he turned back to Catherine II.
Catherine II agreed that William should bring an armed escort of no more than 200 men into Warsaw, and in order to prevent Polish patriots from assassinating during the banquet, Catherine II allowed Prussia to station an armed force of no more than 2,000 men on the outskirts of Warsaw.
That night, William entered Warsaw with Christini and his entourage.
Warsaw, pronounced Walschava in Polish, is a name in honor of the courage of a couple named Walsey and Sava who broke through many obstacles and finally became husband and wife King Zygmunt Vasa III of Poland moved the royal family and Krakow to Warsaw, which was initially designated as the capital, and Warsaw was badly damaged and was occupied and ruled by foreign races several times in the following centuries.
Now the city of Warsaw is under the actual control of Russia, the titular Polish king August was completely overturned by the Russians after the partition of Poland between Austria and Russia, the king was completely tragic, Russia nominally sent an army into Warsaw to help Poland train the Polish armed forces, but the Russians were not so kind, after the Russian ** team entered Poland, all Poland's internal and foreign affairs were under the control of the Russians.
So in Warsaw, today's Polish officials are more likely to lick the toes of the Russian empress than to pay attention to the orders of the legitimate Polish king.
When Wilhelm entered Warsaw, he was greeted by the Polish king August, who was about fifty years old, and the marks of time were especially evident on his face.
August's first impression of William was kind, yes, the first impression of August, the ill-fated Auguste of his family and country, was kind, and seeing Auguste William was like seeing a hard-working peasant grandfather.
And William's first impression of August was diametrically opposed, young, the Prussian king was too young, although due to the special physique of the traverser, William gave people the feeling of fourteen or fifteen years old from the outside, but it could not hide the immature feeling on his body.
August waited until William approached, and then gave William a hug very warmly, and after signaling his entourage not to be nervous, William also smiled and hugged the Polish king.
"You must be King William of Prussia, I didn't expect you to be so young, and I see in you the favor of God for your Hohenzollerns," August said with a laugh "Your Majesty, you have won the award, and I am very ashamed of your compliment, and I think that having a king like you is God's favor for the Polish people," William smiled and praised After William's words, August smiled even more heartily, and he motioned for William to follow him into the city, and then walk into the city first.
In order to welcome William's arrival, the inhabitants of Warsaw were kicked out in the afternoon by the Polish nobles in the city, and William walked through the streets, looking at the people of Warsaw on both sides, who were unclothed and shivering in the cold wind, and felt very sad for them.
Faced with the threat of the three great powers, Poland's prospects can only be divided, although many Polish people do not want their homes to be divided by the invaders, but the weak country is destined to be only food on the table of the strong.
Seeing these poor Polish people, Wilhelm did not think about whether he should pity them or not, because in the eyes of these people, Wilhelm was also an invader, an enemy who destroyed their homeland, and Wilhelm thought about how to prevent such a situation in the future for the Prussians.
After a while, William was led by August to the Polish royal palace, and standing at the gate of the palace to greet William was Paul I Petrovich, the crown prince of Russia and the son of Empress Catherine II.
Looking at this Paul I, although William is used to seeing celebrities of this era, William is still full of curiosity about this legendary Paul.
In Russian history, Paul I is a tragic figure who repeats the fate of his father, Peter III, and finally dies at the court, and there is little information about Paul I, and later generations have unfairly evaluated him.
Historically, Paul I was not the nervous and eccentric man his contemporaries portrayed, but an honest, stern, order-minded monarch.
But the constraints of his time, his own decision-making mistakes and his lack of personal political wisdom led to the ultimate tragedy.
According to William, he learned on the Baidu of later generations that Catherine II was quite dissatisfied with his son, because Paul I looked too much like Peter III, which was simply a copy of Peter III.
Every time she saw Paul, Catherine felt like she had seen her husband overthrown, and Paul often reminded her of the unpleasant times she had with Peter.
In addition, Catherine's own power is legally problematic, and the forces opposing her have been calling for the abdication of Paul, resulting in an invisible rivalry between Catherine and her son.
This competition continued until Catherine's deathbed, and Catherine single-handedly bypassed Paul the plan to raise her eldest grandson Alexander, and Alexander succeeded him directly, and even brought this plan to the Privy Council for discussion, but was opposed by most ministers before giving up.
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