"Your Majesty, I think it's time for you to think about your own marriage."
"Locks, needless to say, I know this in my heart!"
"But, Your Majesty" William sat on the chair and covered his forehead and waved his hand, and seeing William's action, Locks, who wanted to persuade him again, had to retreat helplessly.
The year 1788 was 1788, and His Majesty King Wilhelm of Prussia was already eighteen years old.
Since the peace agreement between Britain and France in London in 1783, the whole continent has been relatively quiet in recent years, and William has taken advantage of the rare opportunity of these years to thoroughly implement military reform, and by absorbing the nutrients of Poland, Prussia has recovered from the trauma of the last great war.
Not only Prussia, but all of Europe took advantage of this rare time of peace to recuperate, and Britain and France ended their struggle for world hegemony, although neither side took much advantage.
In Central Europe, Joseph II also did his best to unify the Habsburg territories with the assistance of Kautz during these years.
Catherine II of Russia was busy confronting the Ottomans in West Asia, and the Ottoman caliph, with the help of Prussia, initially built up a modern army in the country, which also made His Caliph more ambitious.
Although Europe is still permeated with an atmosphere of peace, people of insight in various countries understand that this is only the surface, and with the recovery of the national strength of various countries, a new round of competition will not be far away.
Since William was sixteen years old, the single Prussian king has become a sweet spot in the eyes of various European families, and the whole of Europe understands that this king is not small, but this king has the power of Prussia, so William's marriage has become the focus of attention.
From the age of sixteen to eighteen, for two years, William was invited to various balls countless times, and often in the end such balls turned into blind dates, which annoyed William.
But Louise, in contrast to William, was intrigued.
Although at the beginning of the Austro-Prussian war.
When Prussia was victorious, Joseph II promised to bring Maria, the daughter of Archduke Leopold.
Anna marries William and declares him heir to the throne of the Holy Roman Empire.
But with the rapid recovery of Austria's strength, it became clear that the Austrian government was not prepared to honour the original agreement.
This was certainly not unfounded, and in 1787 Prussia sent a mission headed by Locks to Vienna.
It was hoped that the Austrian government and Joseph II would be able to deliver on their original promises.
Anna, daughter of Archduke Leopold and niece of Joseph II, was betrothed to William, but Joseph II delayed on the pretext that he needed to prepare.
In fact, Wilhelm wished Joseph II to do so, because in this way Prussia would have every excuse to go to war against Austria.
It also allowed the princes of the Holy Roman Empire to stay on the sidelines.
After the Vienna encounter, Wilhelm's popularity in Brandenburg skyrocketed, and some aristocrats who thought they were good enough often went to Sanssouci Palace with their daughters or young women of appropriate age to meet Louise, and the meaning of this was obvious.
Not only the aristocracy, but also England in the west and Russia in the east.
Basically, most of the royal families of continental countries sent emissaries to Potsdam, hoping to sell their princesses to Wilhelm.
Annoyed by the harassment, William wanted to shout: take it all, but obviously, his dream could not be realized, although Europe allowed the existence of lovers, and even the aristocracy was proud of it, but on the surface, most of the European continent countries were limited by Christian canons, and were basically monogamous.
To tell the truth, William for his future queen.
I don't know how many brain cells have been killed in my head.
The neighbors also participated in a lot of balls, but for those noble ladies who behaved at the ball, William was not interested at all, although some of the ladies were really good-looking, but the strong smell of perfume on their bodies was enough to make William shy away.
The current Sanssouci Palace is in addition to William's family.
There are also two young women who live here, one is Karina, the granddaughter of Locks.
At first, Locks did not agree with Karina's participation in William's race, after all, Locks was already a powerful man, and his family did not need to strengthen their position in Prussia in this way.
But seeing the tears in the corners of Karina's eyes, Locks made a compromise for the sake of his dear little granddaughter.
The other was the daughter of Count Hans, Dourie.
At the beginning, Louise joked that Du Li was her daughter-in-law, and it was obvious that Hans did not want to waste this opportunity, so Du Li was arranged into Sanssouci Palace.
William has no objection to the two daughters staying in Sanssouci Palace, and even has some expectations, because these two can be regarded as William's childhood sweethearts.
William's favorite soul from later generations is the type of childhood sweetheart.,Who let William travel through the era he was in before.,The childhood sweethearts played in the Japanese harem anime are often the best companions of the male protagonist.。
Although Locks allowed his granddaughter to live in Sanssouci Palace, this did not mean that Locks was optimistic about Karina's prospects, from the perspective of state affairs, Locks wanted William to marry a foreign princess like his father and grandparents, and even Locks personally provided a roster, which included all the princesses of the princes close to Prussia in the Holy Roman Empire, and Locks focused on Louise, the lord of Mecklenburg-Strelitz, without Karina's knowledge.
Naia (please allow Naia to be named).
When he saw this name, William was shocked, because this county lord was William's official wife in the original history.
The reason why Locks strongly recommended Naia to William was because she was from Mecklenburg.
Mecklenburg is located in the north of the Kingdom of Prussia, across the sea from the Danish capital Copenhagen, and Mecklenburg is very close to the Danish Jutland Peninsula, if Mecklenburg supports Prussia in launching a war against Denmark, then the benefits to Prussia are self-evident.
William's next step was indeed to attack Denmark, which had a very developed shipping industry and overseas trade, and its merchant fleet was the second largest in Europe after England.
As long as Denmark can be captured, Prussia can build an ocean-going naval force of its own with Danish shipbuilding technology and seafaring experience.
Admittedly, Locks was right, but from a national point of view, William felt that he could have a better choice, such as Britain and Russia.
Mecklenburg was only advantageous for Prussia's attack on Denmark, but after the defeat of Denmark, Mecklenburg would become a thorn in Prussia's throat, and Wilhelm was not generous enough to allow others to put their home next to his bedside.
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By marrying Britain, Prussia could strengthen its alliance with Britain, which is now a behemoth.
A marriage with Russia would not only break the alliance between Russia and Denmark, but would also allow Wilhelm to ease relations with Russia and thus ensure the security of his eastern frontiers.
But things have to be said after all, William's first choice is naturally Du Li and Karina, but the two have their own specialties, Du Li makes William feel like a big sister who takes care of herself, and Karina makes people want to pamper and protect.
The tangled William consulted his mother, while Louise told William bluntly: You handle your own affairs.
Louise's attitude of letting go made William sigh more in his helplessness.
"Your Majesty, our people have failed" Count Hans hurriedly walked up to William and said, and William was shocked when he heard Hans's report "Why did you fail again, how many times have you done this, didn't I let you put in the most strength?"
William frowned and then said to Hans dissatisfied, his words directly causing sweat to drip from Hans's forehead "Your Majesty, it is true that we have done a little explicit the first few times, allowing the French to catch some horses' feet, and now our strength in Paris has been dealt a great blow, so that we are more and more helpless against the increasingly guarded viscount" Hans gave his own explanation, but Wilhelm was not satisfied with his explanation "I've told you to concentrate on making sure you do things well for me, but where is the result?
What I want to see is the result, not your complaints, if you want money, I will give money, if you want people, I will give people, this matter, you must give me a satisfactory completion!
” William's words were unequivocal, and Hans had no choice but to take the order and hurried away.
What Hans and Wilhelm said just now is a heart disease of Wilhelm, because it involves a person - Napoleon, as time goes by, the growing up Wilhelm has long given up the idea of childhood, Napoleon is undoubtedly a time bomb, this bomb must be dismantled as soon as possible.
Since 1782, Prussia has organized five assassinations of Napoleon, but what makes people shocked is that the five assassinations were unsuccessful, not only that, but not only that, because this successive assassination made the Prussian intelligence agency in Paris show its ponytail and was touched by the French, dealing with many Prussian spies.
Moreover, the guards around Napoleon were also stronger and stronger every time, not only that, but Marie, who favored Napoleon, directly let Napoleon move to the royal palace in France, which undoubtedly caused great trouble for the Prussians' actions.
William's assassination order to Napoleon puzzled Hans, although after learning about Napoleon, Hans knew that Napoleon still had some names in the upper echelons of France, but this did not seem to affect the interests of Prussia, so why did William risk the destruction of Prussian intelligence agencies to give the order to assassinate Napoleon.
Hans did not understand, but did not understand that Wilhelm's orders had to be carried out.
PS: Well, the main character grows up and the plot slowly unfolds