As a direct consequence of William's conversation with Locks, the Prussian intelligence agencies paid an additional 200 percent to spy on Joseph II's health, and Locks initially ordered the Cabinet to draw up as soon as possible a plan for the expansion of the army that could be completed by the end of next year.
Brandenburg was even more prosperous in December, when groups of nobles and their retinues gathered from all over Prussia for the sole purpose of attending the Prussian Noble Council.
William's definition of the Prussian aristocratic meeting was "to unify the ideas of the country, unite the people of all nationalities, improve the social system, and carry forward the spirit of strengthening the country."
William felt that it was necessary to open the Council of Nobles as a people's congress in later generations, don't you see that all the deputies in the people's congress are not elected by the people?
Their only role is to chant long live so-and-so party and then act as puppet-like horns when filling out the ballot for the president of the country, Nani.
Although it may seem to some to be just a formality, it is necessary.
You must know that no matter which dynasty or generation, zhèngfǔ will find some trusts to sing praises to themselves in order to confuse the masses at the bottom, but some of them claim to be skilled in business, and some are not skilled in business.
And William hopes that through the aristocratic meeting, these trusts will be familiar with the business as soon as possible, and the nobles of this era are the backbone of the society, and they have a good reputation in the society.
The arrival of the aristocracy greatly prospered Brandenburg's market economy, and some people may wonder how it is possible for just a few hundred nobles to drive the entire Brandenburg economy.
Anyone who says this must not have seen Downton Abbey.
Anyway, as a nobleman, you are embarrassed to go out alone, and you don't bring any guards or maids?
And if you are embarrassed to take a carriage in the area?
There were no wagons and no guards.
Do you dare to greet other nobles on your way?
In addition to the nobles who had already lived in the Brandenburg area, there were no less than two hundred and fifty nobles from all over Prussia, and even the youngest of these families were nobles with hundreds of acres of estates, and some of the big nobles had thousands of acres of fertile land in their homes.
In such a situation, the nobles' family assets are naturally rich, and in order to maintain the honor of the family, how can the nobles show themselves poor at such a time.
Naturally, each brought his own servants and a large number of goods, and some nobles even brought their own family members, because such an opportunity was rare in their opinion.
These nobles poured into Brandenburg.
Some of the nobles from the more remote places naturally had money in hand to buy them aggressively, and the balls and banquets that were indispensable among the nobles also doubled the value of all kinds of precious ingredients and high-end fabrics in the Brandenburg market.
On December 10, the day of the Brandenburg royal palace, Prussia held a meeting unprecedented in history.
This meeting was called the First Congress of the Nobles!
Inside one of the largest palaces of the Royal Palace.
Hundreds of chairs were placed, and in front of the palace there was a throne, and it is worth mentioning that because of William's bad taste, this large and gorgeous throne was now covered with a tiger skin, and the tiger's head was at the foot of the throne.
What makes William regret is that this tiger skin is not a white tiger, otherwise he would be even more vigorous.
When the nobles began to enter the palace first, they were all startled by the tiger skins spread on their thrones.
Of course, the nobles were not intimidated by the value of this tiger skin, you must know that although the tiger skin is also a relatively precious thing.
And a complete tiger skin is worth a lot, but for some big nobles.
Tiger skins are precious, but they are not impossible to obtain.
The main reason for the shock is that when the nobles enter the palace, they suddenly see a huge tiger head with its mouth wide open and sharp teeth baring towards them, which makes people a little scared.
And then there is the tiger skin spread on the throne, which no one has ever seen.
If William heard these words, he would definitely despise these nobles very much, if you don't show off the tiger skin on your body, who knows that this is a tiger skin!
It's like walking at night in brocade clothes, no one else can see it, so why should I buy brocade clothes.
Before William crossed, he had always dreamed of seeing two things, one was the "heirloom jade seal" carved by the He family since the Warring States period, and the other was the white tiger skin throne where Wu Sangui sat when he saw the Lu Ding Ji.
It is a pity that there is no distribution of tigers in Europe, let alone white tigers, because white tigers are mainly produced in Yunnan and Southeast Asia in China, so William has no way to get it for the time being, and even this tiger skin was given to William by King George IV to congratulate him on his accession to the throne, and it was just turned out of the warehouse by William not long ago.
The nobles entered the palace one by one, and the conversation of everyone without exception shifted to the tiger skin on the throne, seeing that the nobles who should have arrived in the palace were almost all there, and the Prussian cabinet officials led by Locks appeared outside the palace gate.
When a royal attendant stood outside the gate and loudly announced "Duke Locks, Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Prussia", the whole palace suddenly fell silent, and then all the nobles were very tacitly arranged in two rows on both sides of the red carpet extending from the palace gate to the throne according to the level of their respective titles.
And when Locks appeared at the gate, the nobles in the palace bent down to salute with Locks's advance, of course, except for the group of nobles standing at the front.
There were about twenty of these nobles who did not salute Locks, most of them were in their sixties, even the youngest seemed to be in their fifties, and the oldest was in his eighties, and the lowest of them was a marquis, and the highest was a prince.
Although several of these men were equal to or perhaps higher than Locks, Locks was the Prime Minister of Prussia, second only to Wilhelm in power.
In this way, it is natural that it cannot be regarded as a knighthood, even the prince must obediently arrive before the arrival of Locks, otherwise.
Could it be that an idle prince is more important than the prime minister?
Seeing that this group of people did not salute him, Locks's Lianshan was not at all surprised, because many of them were his good friends, and of course many of his political enemies were among them, and several dukes who had been ousted from power by Locks were impressively listed.
Locks smiled and saluted the top Prussian nobles, seeing Locks's movements, even if many of these nobles were former political enemies of Locks, they had to politely return the salute.
Wait until after Locks walks the red carpet.
He came to the side of these nobles.
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What activities the nobles hold often do not need to be arranged in advance by the owner, because the nobles already have a set of unspoken rules.
For example, the seats in this palace.
The closest to the throne must be the powerful big nobles, and the closest to the door must be the small nobles.
The seats of the big nobles were much larger than those of the lesser nobles, and even the spacing between the seats was larger.
And this meeting was held in a hurry, except for some quick-witted nobles.
Most of the nobles thought that William thought that he had been on the throne for so many years and had never had a good chat with the nobles.
So take such an opportunity to communicate with the nobles and unite their thoughts, and by the way, let the nobles worship His Majesty.
The above reasons are actually exactly what is written in William's invitation letter.
"Sylmas, we haven't seen each other for years, and it's not easy for you to come this time!"
"Oh, Locks, it's hard for you to remember me, yes, it's not easy to go back to Brandenburg.
I thought I'd be dying in Wroclaw forever, thanks to you!
” said.
The old nobleman named Sylmas and Locks both laughed, looking as if they had been old friends for many years, but as long as the nobleman was over thirty years old, he knew that it was not an exaggeration to call the two enemies of life and death, and it was when Locks squeezed out Sylmas that he ascended to the throne of Chancellor of the Exchequer.
"Hehe, Locks, isn't it, we haven't seen each other for more than ten years, think about how fast time flies!
We're old folks who want to kill you!
” It was Venelos who spoke, he was also one of Locks's political enemies, and when Locks was competing for the deputy prime minister of the kingdom, he had made a lot of stumbling blocks, but he was later recognized by Locks and found another opportunity to yīn him, and since then he has stayed in the manor in Koshalin in West Prussia.
Just as everyone gathered around Locks, an eighty-year-old nobleman suddenly coughed, and when he heard his cough, even Locks took off the mask of hypocrisy on his face and became very respectful.
"Dopno-sama, you're all right, I can't visit you recently, please understand."
"Hehe, my body is like this anyway, you also know the old injuries back then, Your Majesty's Hongfu has been hungry until today, I understand that you are busy, if you take time out to visit me, then I will train you!"
Hearing this joke, Locks also smiled on his face.
Seeing this scene, the previous Sylmas suddenly became unhappy in his heart.
He and Rocks were about the same age, and they joined the Prussian army together, and later they also returned to work in Zèngfǔ, which was in dire need of a large number of capable and experienced officials due to the devastation of the Seven Years' War, and Locks and Sylmas won the admiration of their superiors, who were none other than Dopno.
For a while, the two were Dopno's left and right arms.
But what he didn't expect was that Dopno's career was also on the rise, and in 1764, Dopno became the Prime Minister of Prussia.
At that time, Prussia had just been freed from the Seven Years' War, and in order to restore Prussia's strength as soon as possible, Dopno decided to remove the Chancellor of the Exchequer.
At that time, Hilmas's title was already a marquis, not better than Locks, Hilmas's family was a big aristocratic family on the rich side in Prussia, and Hilmas's background was much better than Locks.
But because of the family growth environment, Hilmas's xìng can be described as vigorous and even impatient, while Locks's xìng is very calm.
Dopno proposed both Hilmas and Locks as candidates for chancellor of the exchequer, but he also told Frederick what he thought of them.
Afterwards.
Considering that Prussia had just ended the war, it was necessary to stabilize in order to better recover its strength, and Locks had followed Frederick.
The king also believed him, so the post of Chancellor of the Exchequer fell into the pocket of Locks.
You must know that everyone was unanimously optimistic about Sylmas, and even Shimas himself thought that it was nine out of ten, but when the appointment came out, everyone was stunned.
Sylmas was very dissatisfied with all this, and after Locks ascended to the position of Chancellor of the Exchequer, Sylmas led his people to unite some big nobles and embarrassed Locks.
Since then, the two have been on a close footing.
It's just that in 1773, after Locks consolidated his foundation and co-opted some nobles, he decisively attacked Hilmas, and Hilmas, who was then the kingdom's Minister of Education, was defeated and stepped down.
Among the many nobles present, Locks respected the Duke of Dopno.
If it weren't for the comment that the duke gave to himself, I am afraid that it would not be him but Sylmas, who would have become the chancellor of the kingdom.
After Locks entered, there were many fewer greetings among the nobles in the palace, which also made the palace begin to become solemn.
After a while.
I only heard "His Majesty Wilhelm, King of Prussia and Denmark, darling of God and defender of the northern frontiers of the Holy Roman Empire, here!"
"Whew" Accompanied by the sound of singing.
When the palace gate opened, the trombonists outside the palace gate blew the trombone in their hands.
William walked in with a smile on his face, followed by Buel, Henry, and Ferdinand.
The moment he walked into the palace, the nobles of any status lowered their heads, and wherever William went, the nobles bent even lower.
At this moment, there was no sound in the palace except for the trombone, and William felt very good about himself at this time.
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Down the red carpet.
William walked straight to the throne, and when he sat down on it.
The trombone stopped abruptly, and the nobles finished their salutes and raised their heads again.
As the head of the Prussian military and a close relative of the royal family, Henry and Ferdinand undoubtedly stood next to Locks, while Buel, as the head of the royal family, still stood by William's side.
"I am glad to be able to meet you today in Brandenburg, the Ministers of the Humerus, since I ascended the throne, I have not been able to visit you because of various busy matters, and I ask for your forgiveness!"
The moment William finished speaking, under the leadership of Locks, the nobles in the palace shouted: "The ministers don't dare" "Okay, you don't have to stand, please sit down!"
Hearing William's voice, the nobles came to their chairs and sat down according to their previous ranks.
"We won't say much else this time, let's first let His Excellency Locks introduce to you the development of our Prussia in recent years on behalf of our zhèngfǔ, and it will be regarded as a zhèngfǔ report!"
As he spoke, William looked at Locks, and when he heard William say this, Locks stood up again before his ass was hot, and he walked to William's head in a few steps and took out a document and read it out loud "It has been ten years since His Majesty Wilhelm came to the throne in 1779, and it has been an extraordinary decade in the development of Prussia.
We have effectively coped with the severe impact of the economic crisis, and the emancipation of serfdom has made great contributions to the social development of our country, and since 1780, our country's grain output has achieved "nine consecutive increases"; China's social productive forces and comprehensive national strength have been markedly enhanced, the people's living standards and social security levels have been markedly improved, and China's international status and influence have been markedly enhanced.
Through the Austro-Prussian War in 1780, the Civil Counterinsurgency War and the Russo-Prussian War in 1781, and the Danish War in 1788, China has created a division that dares to fight, fight, and fight.
At the same time, the three wars resulted in a high degree of ideological unity in our country, and all strata rallied around the regime with His Majesty the King at its core.
Under the leadership of His Majesty the King, zhèngfǔ deeply implemented the strategy of strengthening the country with talents.
Focusing on high-level and high-skilled talents, we should strengthen the construction of various talent teams and vigorously strengthen cultural construction.
Nearly 200,000 gold talers have been invested in the construction of major colleges and schools.
So far, 96 per cent of children in Prussia have attended six years of compulsory education, and 75 per cent of their children have gone on to higher education.
Especially the Brandenburg Military Academy?
The establishment of the country has opened a new chapter in China's talent education.
In addition, public cultural facilities covering cities and towns across the country have been preliminarily completed, and museums, libraries, and cultural centers (stations) have been fully opened to the public free of charge.
Philosophy, social sciences, physics, chemistry, literature and art are more prosperous, and the cultural industry is developing rapidly.
Important progress has been made in the protection and inheritance of cultural relics and cultural heritage, and cultural exchanges with foreign countries have become more active.
Zhèngfǔ insists on putting the interests of the people first, and strives to protect and improve people's livelihood.
We make employment a top priority to protect and improve people's livelihoods.
With the emancipation of serfs in recent years, more and more people poured into the towns, and in this case, an active employment policy was implemented.
In recent years, a total of 367,000 gold tales have been invested in special funds to pave emancipated serfs, and special loans from the Prussian National Bank have been used to maintain the overall stability of the employment situation and ensure social harmony and development. ”