; On November 2, 1789, on this day, hundreds of invitations were sent from Sanssouci to all parts of Prussia, each representing a nobleman or official of a certain prestige in Prussia.
The issuance of these invitations instantly sent waves throughout Prussia.
Wilhelm set up the meeting in the royal palace in Brandenburg, and the meeting was postponed to December 10, because Wilhelm had to ensure that most of the nobles could arrive in Brandenburg on time for the meeting.
This meeting was unprecedented in the history of Prussia, unlike France, and even in the Middle Ages, the Teutonic Knights, the predecessor of Prussia, did not have the habit of holding large-scale conferences of representatives.
During the days of the Knights, when they were preparing for battle, they would invite some famous knights to brag along with them, and after the Grand Master had announced the decision to fight and boosted morale, the mighty knights would often yell to end the bragging and rush out of the conference room to cut people.
Under such circumstances, neither Prussia nor the Teutonic Knights had the habit of gathering a large number of people and then constantly arguing, and now Wilhelm's decision to convene a large council of nobles is unprecedented in the history of Prussia.
When the invitation was sent to Locks, the prime minister's face became very gloomy, and the old prime minister knew that with the issuance of this invitation, William had decided to completely take the zhèngfu in his hands.
To be honest, Locks was very worried about William's series of actions, although in the previous wars, each time it ended in William's victory.
But Locks knew.
William is too young, and to be young means to be radical, and to be too radical for a country is not a good thing!
William's self-perceived radicalism was not very obvious.
But the so-called authorities are fascinated and bystanders are clear, standing next to William, Locks sees more than William.
Although the Danish War gave William the crown of the Danish king, Prussia gained new territories, and the Prussian army received a large amount of military spending, and the Prussian navy developed by leaps and bounds.
But the damage was also obvious, and tens of thousands of Prussian soldiers were either killed or seriously wounded as a result of the war.
And because of the expansion of the new army, a large number of young Prussian men left their hometowns and joined the army.
In this way, the young man left the land.
Nowadays, agriculture is still the mainstay, and after the strong laborers leave the fields, the burden of life is undoubtedly on the old, weak, and women, and this situation is a great damage to the original farming system.
And it will also worsen social order.
Also from the point of view of Prussia's finances.
Some of the previously seized Danish royal property was returned to Frederick VI due to Lilisa's shame, and the other part was thrown into the Prussian army.
Although the new three divisions did not seem to have used the gold coins in the Prussian treasury, the army was not just set up, the soldiers needed to be paid, the weapons and equipment needed to be maintained, and even the war horses needed special forage.
The annual cost of maintaining the Prussian army was astronomical, and now the situation has been exacerbated by the addition of three new divisions.
In addition, Wilhelm emancipated the Prussian serfs, although this action earned Wilhelm the affection of the emancipated serfs.
Greatly increased William's personal prestige, but all the same.
Wilhelm's actions also hurt the interests of the landed aristocracy in Prussia.
With the changes of the times, the aristocracy of Europe gradually became two.
One is the landed aristocracy, as the name suggests, these nobles have their own land, in their own land, they are the king, for the serfs on their land, the nobles have the power of life and death.
The other is the landless aristocracy, which can be understood literally, these nobles do not have any land, but most of these landless nobles are engaged in commercial activities, although they do not have land, but through their own privileges, they also accumulate a lot of wealth through commerce.
Of course, there was another name for the landless aristocracy, who were contemptuously called nouveau riche by the landed aristocracy.
And William's action to emancipate the serfs undoubtedly offended the landed aristocracy, because he freed the serfs from the estates of the serf owners.
On the other hand, William also had the support of the landless nobles, as most of the emancipated serfs worked in the factories or workshops of the landless nobles.
Although William had been mentally prepared to offend the landed nobles, he did not expect that he would be able to gain the favor of the landed nobles, and in Locks's opinion, this was William's intention.
(Well, lying down also shot) As a traditional Prussian nobleman, Locks was naturally a landed nobleman, and his family, although humble in title before he was born, was still in good hands for hundreds of years.
In such an environment, although Locks tried his best to show justice, he still showed contempt in the face of landless nobles.
In Locks's view, although William only wanted to expand his army, a series of actions showed that William was not willing to expand his army, and the young king also wanted Prussia to go the way he wanted.
However, William's series of policies were interpreted as William's desire to fight the landed aristocracy by supporting the burgher class and the landless aristocracy, and Locks originally smiled at these statements and did not care at all.
But now, Locks has other ideas, William's idea is too radical, and in William's mouth, he also hears that William wants to take advantage of the civil strife between France and Russia, and this news is simply unbelievable for Locks.
Prussia was hostile to the great powers in Europe because of its geographical location, and now Prussia has fought its way out.
However, Prussia's national strength is still weak compared to France and Russia, and in such a situation, Prussia's top priority should be to develop itself rather than think about competing with the European powers for hegemony!
Unfortunately, Locks' proposal was not approved by William.
After thinking about it for a while, Locks felt that he needed to take some action to make William lose his way, or at least make William give up the idea of expanding the army for the time being.
At the beginning of the year, three divisions had just been expanded, and in such a situation, it would take some time for Prussia to have the strength to expand its army.
William's desire to use the things in the treasury at the bottom of the box was completely impossible in Locks's view, and those things in the treasury were completely Prussia's last straw in Locks's eyes, and Locks would never allow William to use those materials without authorization.
Later that day, dozens of fast horses rushed out of Locks's mansion, and these fast horses rushed to all parts of Prussia with Locks' hopes on their shoulders!
And all this, William has a full view!