On May 30, 1790, today's electoral council began differently than usual, and Maximilian was no longer as aggressive as he had been at the beginning of the previous two days, and his eyes were bloodshot when he looked at Maximilian and the two men behind him, and it was clear that Maximilian had not slept well last night for Leopold's proposal yesterday.
The first to break the silence was not Maximilian or Leopold, but Karl Joseph, the Elector of Trier, who had been acting as a good old man for the past two days.
"Ladies and gentlemen, yesterday His Highness Leopold pointed out a very important piece of information, which is crucial for all our Electors to judge the attribution of the throne, although he is a loyal Catholic of Trier, but he very much agrees with His Highness Leopold, it is obviously inappropriate for a bishop to be the emperor of the empire!"
Carl Joseph's words were like a bolt from the blue, and no one thought that Carl Joseph, who was on Maximilian's side at the beginning, would quietly join Leopold's camp, and looking at the current situation, it is obvious that this Elector of Trier is going to be Leopold's vanguard.
Maximilian's pale-faced Elector of Mainz Eltal glanced at each other, and like him, the look on Eltal's face was not much better, and the two of them looked at each other and felt that things were tricky.
Eltar was on Leopold's side, which meant that if Maximilian could not win the support of the other electors, the meeting would have been over.
Now unequivocally in favor of Leopold are August, Elector of Saxony, and Karl Joseph, Elector of Trier.
Among the seven electors, only Wilhelm, the Elector of Brandenburg, and Itansi, the Elector of Bavaria, did not express their position.
Looking at Itansi's appearance in the past few days, it is obvious that he is preparing to follow William this time.
"Your Highness, Karl Joseph, your words are ridiculous.
Although His Royal Highness Maximilian is the Bishop of Münster and the Elector of Cologne, my Lord is also a member of the Habsburg family and the younger brother of the former Emperor Joseph II. ” Richard's words can be said to be reasonable, and indeed if you tear off the coat of bishop and elector on Maximilian's body.
He is indeed the heir to the throne, and it is not impossible for him to inherit the throne.
But as soon as Richard finished speaking, Kaunitz, who was sitting behind Leopold, stood up and retorted: "Lord Richard.
Your words are all fallacies, although His Excellency Maximilian was the younger brother of the Emperor, but he was canonized as the protagonist of Münster and the Elector of Cologne as early as his adulthood, according to the rules of succession to the imperial throne of the Empire.
His Royal Highness Maximilian was first the Elector of Cologne, and second, the younger brother of the former Emperor and the heir to the throne.
This is an indisputable fact, so His Excellency Maximilian is absolutely not allowed to ascend to the imperial throne!
” "Kaunitz, you bastard!"
Without waiting for Kaunitz to finish speaking, Maximilian, who had been suppressing the anger in his heart, finally broke out, and he could no longer care about the dignity of the nobles and pointed directly at Kaunitz's nose and scolded.
Maximilian's remarks filled Kaunitz's face with a haze "His Royal Highness Maximilian, the Prime Minister of Austria, served four generations of Habsburg monarchs, and contributed everything to the Habsburgs!
And you.
As a child of the Habsburgs, is this how you treat important officials who have contributed to your family?
Don't forget.
When I was in the Seven Years' War, you didn't know where to drink!
” Kaunitz's words can be said to be extremely merciless, and even Leopold blushed a little, but it must be admitted that Kautz did make a great contribution to the Habsburgs.
Had it not been for Kautz's efforts, perhaps the outcome of the Seven Years' War would have changed radically.
And in half of the life of the prime minister, it can be said that he has done his best for Austria, as the only remaining senator, Kaunitz's prestige in Austria even exceeds that of Leopold, which is also the capital of Kaunitz who dares to reprimand Maximilian here.
It can be said that Kaunitz's temper has eased a lot as he gradually enters old age, otherwise, with Maximilian's words, no matter how ugly they are, Kaunitz can say it.
Once, when Kaunitz was young, Queen Teresa summoned Kaunitz once and openly accused him of riding a horse and his lover through the streets of Vienna.
Not to be outdone, Kaunitz replied: "Madam, I have come here to discuss your big things, not my small things."
Even Queen Teresa's accusations, Kaunitz dared to push back, which shows the arrogance of the prime minister.
"Alright, alright, how did His Excellency Kaunitz get to know the young man in general, everyone calm down!"
This time it was William who spoke.
To be honest, although Kaunitz has a lot of bad problems, but this can not hide the ability of this Austrian optimus prime, if it were not for Kaunitz for Habsburg in these years, maybe the current Austria has long become a piece of fat on the lips of Prussia, so Kaunitz, Wilhelm is also full of respect.
Maximilian was also reluctantly pulled back to his seat by Eltar, but it was time to continue, and after a moment of calm, the Electoral Council again began a heated argument, and this time the two sides of the confrontation were still Richard and Kautz.
At the end of the day's meeting, Kaunitz felt that his throat seemed to be smoking, after all, he was seventy-nine years old, thinking of this, the old prime minister smiled bitterly, thinking that he and the French government high-level debated for three days and two nights about sending troops, how could he feel tired, but now it is not possible.
Today, Kaunitz did not go with Leopold, but waited for a while at the door of the council, and when he saw William come out, he walked quickly to William.
William was a little surprised to see that Kaunitz was deliberately waiting for him, but thinking about his eyeliner yesterday to inform old Sabatier that he had asked to see Leopold, William understood Kaunitz's intentions.
"Your Excellency Prime Minister, get in the car!"
With that, William opened the door for Kaunitz, much to Kaunitz's surprise "Your Majesty William, this is absolutely unavoidable, you should get in the car first" Kaunitz hurriedly saluted William, and at the same time he was also sighing, sure enough, the generation is stronger than the generation, although Frederick the Great was superb, but in Kaunitz's view, it was not without shortcomings, but the William in front of him made Kaunitz feel as if he couldn't see through a person for the first time.
Compared with Frederick the Great, William was more amiable, but at the same time, William also inherited the ruthless character of the Hohenzollern family, and for the army, William even paid more attention to the army than Frederick the Great.
This time, William did not refuse, and after William got into the car, Kaunitz followed.
"Your Excellency Kaunitz, you have nothing to do but go to the Three Treasures Palace, you can tell me anything!"
"Your Majesty, William, you are a smart man, you must know the meaning of the next step, in this case, you don't have to embarrass me anymore" Looking at the look on William's face that seemed to be a smile but not a smile, Kaunitz felt a burst of blush.
"Hehe, Your Excellency Kaunitz, I'm not God, how can I know your thoughts, so please tell me directly!"
William was no longer a newborn calf, and although he knew in his heart the cause of Kaunitz, he just didn't say it, because he knew that if he said it first, he would lose the initiative.
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Seeing that William was not picky, Kaunitz had no choice but to say helplessly: "Your Majesty William, yesterday the Prussian army captured a nobleman named Sawyer in Frankfurt, this nobleman is the magistrate of Frankfurt, of course, your actions are not unfounded, but I feel that Prussia, as a European power, should maintain an open-minded and tolerant mentality in some aspects, Sawyer is a nobleman after all, so he should give him the dignity of a nobleman, and let his family pay some ransom to redeem people, it is not worth fighting for this kind of person!"
Kaunitz looked at William, and as he expected, there was no change in William's face.
However, in order to give Kaunitz a face, William still spoke: "Your Excellency Kaunitz, I don't know what the relationship between this Sawyer and your country is, why did you personally intercede on his behalf?"
"Hehe, Your Majesty William, you must also know that this Sawyer is from the Sabatier family in Frankfurt, and Sawyer's nephew is the next patriarch of the Sabatier family, who happens to be Princess Anna's sister, Princess Clementine's fiancé, with this relationship, you can't wipe your face!"
William had only known that the Sabatiers were interested in marrying the Habsburgs, but now it seems that Leopold had clearly agreed, otherwise Kautz would not have used the word fiancé directly.
This Clementine is Leopold's third daughter, and she is only thirteen years old this year, although early marriage is popular in this era, but the thought of an adult man and a thirteen or fourteen-year-old little Lori doing that in bed makes William feel a chill.