Chapter 180, etc In fact, Paul's words are not wrong at all, because Catherine II was quite dissatisfied with this son, so Paul's side was full of eyeliner arranged by the empress, and the biggest role of these eyeliner was to find out Paul's flaws and report to the empress in time, the empress hoped that this would find out Paul's shortcomings as the heir of the Russian Empire, and then abolish Paul openly.
But Paul has always been very well hidden, except for weakness, Paul is excellent in all other performances, not only in his mediocrity but also in his deference to the empress.
"Your Highness, do you think that now is the time for our country to go to war with Prussia?"
Penning asked cautiously "Of course not, my teacher, you must also know that there have been some unexpected surprises in the situation in Poland, and we have too many enemies in Russia, and in this respect we are very close to Prussia, and we have many enemies in both countries, and these enemies are all eyeing us, and it is very unwise to go to war with such a great power as Prussia at this time, and the empress will not do this."
Paul confidently said that although Catherine II did not summon Paul to attend the meeting when she discussed the situation in Poland, Paul had his own source of information, and every word of the empress at that meeting was reported to Paul in detail.
St.
Petersburg is in a strange situation, and Potemkin is also having a headache, of course, he is not a headache for the empress's attitude, although the empress showed dissatisfaction with Kutuzov, but for Potemkin, she is still full of favor, otherwise the empress would not have been able to send 60,000 troops under Potemkin's command.
This is 60,000 troops, not to mention pacifying the situation in Poland, with these 60,000 troops can completely destroy the Kingdom of Poland, the empress's move is also to give Potemkin a chance, a chance to atone for his crimes, as long as Potemkin can stabilize the situation in Poland in time, then the empress does not mind when this matter is like the past.
But in Potemkin's mind, Kutuzov's recklessness made him extremely passive in the upper echelons of St.
Petersburg, and Potemkin believed that those political opponents would not mind taking this opportunity to attack his power.
In Potemkin's heart, Kutuzov is simply a thing that is not enough to achieve and more than to lose, how could he be blind and promote such a thing in the first place, Potemkin regretted in his heart.
————————————I'm a dividing line—————————— Inside Königsberg "Your Majesty, two more reinforcements have just arrived, and our total strength has reached 40,000," said Henry, pushing open the door and walking in Got it, Prince Henry, sit down first," William said to Henry, looking up at the report in his hand again "Your Majesty, the scouts we sent to northern Poland have returned today, and according to their reports, the whole of northern Poland is now in chaos, and our scouts have encountered a small contingent of Polish rebels on the way, which tells us that there is basically no Russian army in the whole of Poland now" Ferdinand, who was already sitting in the room, waited for William to finish speaking and hurriedly said, but after Ferdinand finished speaking, the situation was cold, and no one in the room responded.
"Your Majesty, now is a good opportunity for us to march into Poland, if the news is accurate, Poland is now a complete mess, if we seize this opportunity, we can not only obtain a large amount of benefits obtained by the Russians before, but also make those Russians suffer a big loss" Prince Dinan is right, Blücher, tell me about it."
Willian finally reacted, but instead of agreeing or disagreeing, he kicked the ball to Blücher, but the ball was not willing to take it.
Ever since Blucher volunteered to destroy the Cossacks, his relationship with Prince Ferdinand has fallen to a freezing point, and despite the fact that he has shown great respect to Ferdinand on various occasions since his return from Bialystok, his reputation as a traitor has spread among the Prussian army.
Strict discipline is the guarantee of the combat effectiveness of the Prussian army, and Blucher's self-recommendation can be said to be in contempt for his superiors, which makes many generals in the Prussian army shameful of Blucher, and Blucher can only smile helplessly at this situation.
Now that Willian had kicked the ball to him, if he had now opposed Ferdinand's opinion, then Blucher could have foreseen how far his reputation in the Prussian army would have decreased, but if he followed Ferdinand's opinion, he did not know what Willian's opinion was.
Seeing that Blucher didn't speak for a long time, William knew Blücher's performance, in fact, this is why William skipped Henry and directly let Blucher express his opinion.
As a leader, the most difficult thing is the art of the emperor, some people may think that all subordinates should be united so that they can exert the maximum strength of the group, but this opinion William is poking his nose, if all the subordinates are united, then he, the king, will not be hollowed out!
A really good practice is to create a crack between subordinates, so that the leader can be in a relatively detached position, of course, excessive division must not be feasible, because this will do more harm than good to the whole team, so the degree must be controlled by the leader.
Blucher is a talent that William is ready to use in the future, such a talent, William does not want him to get too close to the old-fashioned generals in the army, otherwise his own efforts to cultivate him will not be in vain.
"In that case, Prince Henry, tell me what you think."
William did not continue to persecute Blucher, and some things went too far.
"Your Majesty, the minister thinks that now is not a good time for our army to march into Poland, Russia has surprising interests in Poland, and the Russians will never be willing to give up Poland, not to mention that if Poland falls into our hands, then for Russia, we Prussia will become the most dangerous enemy of Russia, so I do not agree with Prince Ferdinand's opinion."
Henry happily expressed his opinion, although he and Ferdinand are close friends, but this does not mean that Henry is willing to agree with Ferdinand's opinion, it is okay to be friends in private but have different political opinions, and this will not affect the friendship between the two.
"Prince Henry, I think you are simply talking nonsense, the whole world knows that this battle in the East Prussia region of our country was completely provoked by the Russians, for us Prussia, those Russians are the invaders, and now that the invaders have been defeated by us, it is time for us to ask the invaders for blood, if we are soft at this moment, then what will the whole world think of us Prussia, and if we do not let the enemy pay, how can we Prussia continue to gain a foothold in the world" Ferdinand's words pointed directly at Henry, and he almost pointed at Henry's nose and scolded, but Ferdinand's words are not unreasonable, this world is a world of the jungle, if you let everyone see your weakness, not only will you not get sympathy, but even those friends who were kind before will pounce on you like wolves and bite them cruelly.
"Prince Henry, Prince Ferdinand, what you said is very reasonable, Prince Ferdinand is right, we Prussia must not show weakness, after all, this world advocates the law of the forest, and it is a matter of course for the jungle to eat the strong.
And this time we, Prussia, are the victims, and we have every right to demand blood from the Russians.
But what Prince Henry said is indeed true, and now the whole of East Prussia is about to be in ruins because of the war, and the Duke of Locks has sent me a letter telling me that the country's finances force us to choose between continuing the war or recuperating and restoring the prosperity of East Prussia, a choice that makes me very helpless."
As he spoke, William rubbed his forehead with his hand, and then continued, under the gaze of everyone in the room: "Of course, I am not saying that in order to restore the prosperity of East Prussia, we have to abandon our principles, there is no doubt that this war is an invasion of our Prussia by the Russians, and the Russians must pay for their actions, I have received the news that the Empress of Russia has ordered her close minister Ovorov to contact our ambassador in St.
Petersburg, and if we want to fight for the best interests at such a time, it is better not to provoke the Russians too much, Everyone knows that Poland is Russia's backyard, whoever puts her hand into Poland, the empress will not give up, here is not to say that I am afraid of the empress, if the empress insists, then I am willing to accompany her to carry on this war.
But think about our Prussian people and the people affected by the war in East Prussia, the happiness of the people is our first priority, so now everything depends on what price the Russians are willing to pay, if the Russians accept our conditions, then I am willing to stop war with the Russians for the happiness of the people, but if the Russians do not accept it, then I will tell the Russians with my sword that Prussia will never accept the shame given by the enemy" As soon as William's words were finished, the room burst into thunderous applause.
"Your Majesty, you mean we're going to wait now," Blücher asked "That's right, now we're waiting, waiting for the Russians to give us an answer" As soon as William's words were finished, Ferdinand just wanted to speak, but his eyes rolled and swallowed the words back to his throat, since William had already made a decision, then he could not object now, he could make suggestions before he decided, but once he had made up his mind, it was better to keep his mouth shut wisely.