William and Henry agreed on the establishment of the staff system, and at the same time, William asked the military department to provide some necessary assistance to the newly established staff when necessary, and Henry agreed to William's request.
The first thing Henry did after returning to the military department was to talk to Prince Ferdinand, Henry believed that the biggest benefit of the establishment of the staff system was Prince Ferdinand, so he had to convince Ferdinand before William came forward, so that Ferdinand would not have any resistance.
After calling Ferdinand to his office, Henry said bluntly: "Prince Ferdinand, I just came back from the palace, and there is one thing I need to ask for your opinion" Henry said it was quite tactful, and he couldn't just say that he wanted to cut people's rights, so Henry had to ask for advice.
"Your Royal Highness Henry, if there is anything, you can just say it, what can't be said between us" Ferdinand said heartily, Ferdinand and Henry can be said to have been friends for decades, and the two sides have a very good personal relationship in private.
"Ferdinand, I guess you also know that His Majesty is determined to change the military establishment."
"I know, what's wrong?
、、、、、、、Damn, I won't arrange those people to my military bureau."
At first, when he heard Henry's words, Ferdinand was only puzzled for a moment, but then he seemed to think of something, and shouted loudly: "Those people, our military bureau is absolutely impossible to want, Henry, you know, our military bureau 、、、" Before Ferdinand could finish speaking, Henry said angrily: "Who said that you want to arrange people to you, you have such a large place in total, can you accommodate so many people?"
Ferdinand was confused by Henry's questioning, and asked in a low voice: "What the hell is the problem?"
Well, now Henry is going crazy, who are these people, Henry said loudly: "Well, Ferdinand, you have heard me clearly, Your Majesty has decided to set up an organization called the General Staff outside the Military Department, and some of the functions of this body and your Military Bureau overlap, and Your Majesty has decided that you will completely transfer the overlapping functions to the General Staff Department."
Well, a bolt from the blue, after Henry finished speaking, Ferdinand was stunned, the military department was a new department that was only established last year, and in William's reform plan, the military department was the most critical part, but now, our little king actually had other ideas.
"Ferdinand, you don't have to think about it, the reason why Your Majesty set up this department is mainly to settle some officers in the army who can't find a suitable position, to put it bluntly, this institution is an existence of a place for retirement" After Henry saw Ferdinand stunned, he hurriedly said, and Ferdinand also heard a trace of meaning from Henry's words, no wonder Henry also mentioned the issue of military establishment before, it turned out to be for the placement of those officers.
Everyone knows that at present, Prussia can place officers in the military department in addition to the army, and before, there have been a number of officers in the army who have been dismissed because of age and other problems, which makes everyone in the officer class endanger themselves, and they are afraid that they will be next, and the military bureau can be said to be the core of the Prussian army, so everyone wants to enter, and those who have entered the military department naturally do not want to be squeezed out, so everyone is naturally concerned about their future.
Ferdinand was full of joy after listening to Henry's explanation, but Henry was smiling bitterly in his heart, it was obvious that this staff must not be a place to retire, on the contrary, this is a department that will have great development in the future, but if you don't hide Ferdinand's words for the time being, who knows if this guy will go crazy.
But Henry underestimated Ferdinand's IQ, and after rejoicing, Ferdinand soon felt that something was wrong, and he hurriedly asked Henry as if he were seeking verification: "Then why is this staff not under the military department, but as the same level of the military department, and also take away some functions from the military bureau, Henry, we have been in a relationship for so many years, you can't lie to me" Henry saw that it was difficult to conceal it, so he had to confess: "Ferdinand, I won't hide it from you, Your Majesty has decided that the General Staff is directly responsible to Your Majesty, and it is estimated that this General Staff will develop greatly in the future, you have to be mentally prepared" Ferdinand's newly stable heart was disturbed by Henry's words, of course, Ferdinand would not refute William's decision, the little king has already explained his decisiveness in his previous performances, and the decision will definitely be carried out, so Ferdinand turned to ask: "Henry, has our Majesty decided on the head of the General Staff?"
"It seems that not yet, Your Majesty has not mentioned it to me" Hearing Henry's answer, Ferdinand was a little excited, and he felt as if he had a chance.
After a few hurried greetings with Henry, Ferdinand returned to his office, looking at the adjutant named Blücher sent by His Majesty, Ferdinand frowned, like most people in the army, for this Blücher, Ferdinand did not have a good impression at first, the main reason is that Blücher took the initiative to resign and then regretted and asked to return to the army, which made some Prussian Junkers who regarded honor as their life extremely despised, but after a period of getting along, Ferdinand found that this Blucher was still relatively reliable, and as Ferdinand's opinion of Blucher improved, Blucher was relatively relieved.
Ferdinand was powerless to establish this staff department, but if the staff really had such a great future, Ferdinand felt that it was still necessary for him to fight for the position of the chief of the staff department.
After William met Henry, he felt the need to list the organizational structure of this staff, the specific functions have been mentioned before, it is inconvenient to repeat here, William has three candidates in his heart: Ferdinand, Dessau, Henry, but Henry is the chief officer of the military department, it is temporarily inconvenient to lead the work of the staff, Dessau is cooperating with Ziten to deal with the affairs of the Brandenburg Military Academy, for this military academy, William has put a lot of effort into it, so it is impossible to transfer Dessau, and the most suitable person for the rest is of course Ferdinand.
As for why there are no others, the main reason is, of course, that the above people are all characters who have followed William on the battlefield, and their performance on the battlefield is very incorruptible, and I believe that their loyalty is high, and in such an important department, loyalty is the highest element.
And each of these people has a certain prestige in the country, and they are all reused by William.
So as not to make the officers who come into the staff feel marginalized.
After deciding on the candidate for the chief of the staff in his mind, William had more confidence in his military reform.
At the end of April, thanks to Wilhelm's attention to the examination, most of the candidates who passed the examination in Prussia learned that they had passed, and for those reference students who came from abroad, Ziteng arranged for personnel to go secretly to inform them, and after most of the students admitted to this examination rushed to Brandenburg, Ziteng invited Wilhelm to the academy to give a lecture.
Wilhelm readily agreed to this request, and after communicating with Qi Teng, Wilhelm decided to hold the entrance ceremony to the Brandenburg Military Academy on May 10.
William was not only present at the ceremony, but also called Henry and Ferdinand, as well as some of the high-ranking officials of the cabinet, to show the importance that the Kingdom attached to the Academy and its students.
At sunset, William strolling through the gardens in the palace is always a unique sight, and the sunset on people is also very comfortable.
Suddenly, William saw two figures in front of him, still some distance away, but the laughter still came, William heard the laughter and felt very familiar, he slowed down and quietly walked over.
When William came to the front of him, his face suddenly showed incredulity, and he saw Cristinie and Du Li sitting together and not knowing what they were talking about, but the laughter that came from time to time showed that they had a good relationship.
Could it be that I can't keep up with the change of the times?
William doubted himself like this, you must know that some time ago, Du Li and Christine were still a pair of enemies, and the two of them didn't go out of their way as soon as they met, what is the situation now.
No wonder girls have a delicate heart, and the changes are unpredictable, so people can't guess it.
No, William suddenly thought of a very important question, why did these two little girls appear in front of his eyes, shouldn't these two people be in Sanssouci Palace, Sanssouci Palace is in Potsdam, what kind of situation did I have.
Just when William couldn't figure it out, the two little girls had already discovered William's figure, well, William could only lament now
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