In fact, the inappropriate picture in William's mind was completely his own thoughts, although in this era, men and women get married quite early, but as a nobleman, preparations before marriage are essential.
At present, Clementine is only thirteen years old, and judging from the current situation, she will not be able to marry into the Sabatier family for at least another three years, before Clementine and Sabatier were only engaged, so the story of the big brother and the little Lori will not be staged at all.
Seeing William's unmoved, a cold sweat broke out on Kaunitz's forehead.
As he had thought, the Prussians were not an easy way to get away, and it was obviously impossible for Leopold to make the Prussians compromise just thinking that his face, even if Leopold would soon become William's father-in-law!
"Lord Kautz, I would like to know how much the Sabatier family has paid to please you?"
William looked at Kanitz with interest and asked, of course he would not think that Kautz would have begged Wilhelm just because of the relationship between the Sabatiers and the Habsburgs, and if Kaunitz was such a person, he would not have been given the title of the Austrian Fox.
Listening to William's words, even Kaunitz's old face couldn't help but flush slightly "Your Majesty, William, has always made it his rule to be helpful in the future, and didn't God teach us to be good!
As a faithful believer, it is natural for me to take God's will as my life creed!
” If it weren't for the slight loss of Kaunitz's expression before, William would probably immediately award Kaunitz with an "Oscar for Best Performance".
Of course, the premise is to have this award.
Politicians really have a thousand faces, and William believes that the righteous and awe-inspiring Kaunitz in front of him is definitely one of Kaunitz's thousand faces.
"All right, Lord Kaunitz.
We are all understandable people, and I do not think there is anything wrong with the arrest of a magistrate who was insulted in the city of Frankfurt by my loyal officer of the Kingdom of Prussia, and I am in favour of a heavy sentence for this magistrate in accordance with Prussian law!
Otherwise, wouldn't it have caused my Prussia's international prestige to plummet!
” Seeing people and talking about people, and talking about ghosts, the current William has cultivated this skill quite proficiently, at least the current William is absolutely righteous and righteous.
It's like the embodiment of justice.
Of course, if William is the embodiment of justice, then it is estimated that many people will spit on it, and I believe that it must include the current Kaunitz.
"His Majesty William.
Can't you just look at your sister Clementine's face and put Sawyer on it?
” "Sir Kautz, don't say that Clementine and Sabatier are not married, even if they are married, we in Prussia believe that princes are guilty of the same crime as the common people!
I can't be accommodating!
” looked at William, who couldn't get the needle into the water and couldn't splash it.
Kaunitz sighed in his heart.
He knew that it was his turn to take some benefits, otherwise this matter might be really yellow.
"For His Majesty William's temperament, I also admire him very much!
..........”
Hearing Kaunitz mention the discipline, William immediately shuddered, but then thought that it was now eighteenth-century Europe, and no one should extend the discipline to certain things, but thinking of the word discipline may be the sequelae of the previous life.
William immediately felt as if he couldn't sit still.
"The last time I mentioned the issue of the ownership of the Main River basin with your country, I felt that after communicating with my colleagues in China.
The Kingdom of Prussia, as an important prince within the empire, should have taken on its own responsibilities, and there were currently as many as eight electors in the empire, although the one from Hanover did not fulfill his duties within the empire.
Therefore, our country feels that the electorate can be reduced to six, and the Electorate of Mainz can be abolished, and after the abolition of the Mainz region, my king thinks that Prussia should play its important role as a great power in Mainz!
” Kaunitz's words surprised William at first, and then delighted.
Although Prussia and Austria, represented by Kaunitz, had reached a preliminary decision to divide the Main River valley after Leopold's accession to the throne, the Electorate of Mainz in this region was a great obstacle, and if the electorate was not abolished, Prussia's march into the Main River Valley would definitely be opposed by the Catholic world, after all, the three major religious electors and the Holy See would be closely related.
As mentioned earlier, the question of Protestantism and Catholicism has become an important issue for the whole of the Holy Roman Empire and of Europe as a whole, and Prussia can attack a Catholic state, but once it takes action against the elector, then the significance of this is greatly revealed.
If it is ranked in the heart of the pope in Rome, it is estimated that in addition to the Kingdom of France, the three religious electors of the Holy Roman Empire are the most important in his heart, after all, although the three major electors are controlled by the emperor, the annual tribute from the three major electors to Rome is definitely an astronomical amount, plus the controllers of these three electoral states are each cardinals of the Holy See, that is, known as cardinals.
The position of the cardinal in the Holy See is quite exalted, and like the Electors of the Holy Roman Empire, every Pope of Rome selects from among these people the person who has the most support from the other cardinals to be crowned pope.
Pope Sithus V set the number of cardinals at 70 in 1586, following the 70 elders of the Old Testament in Israel.
These cardinals acted on behalf of the Pope and provided the Church with charitable services as well as material needs.
If he loses the three electorates, the pope will lose not only his annual service and international prestige, but also his own status.
It can be said that the three electors are the most powerful support for the papal throne.
So even if in Prussia at the beginning, Wilhelm and Kaunitz negotiated some aspects, but for the follow-up of the Electorate of Mainz, Wilhelm was still very nerve-wracking, and now Kaunitz's condition is very much in the interests of Prussia.
Looking at William, whose face had turned better.
Kaunitz was also happy in his heart.
In fact, this condition is not put forward for Sawyer, you must know that Sawyer alone will not have the face to make Leopold decide to abolish the status of Mainz as an elector.
Just as William longed for the Main, Leopold was equally ambitious for the Main.
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It's just that some time ago, Leopold was afraid that the Elector of Mainz had always been close to the Habsburgs, so if he could not turn his face, Leopold still didn't want to turn his face.
But the performance of the Elector of Mainz at the Electoral Conference these days made Leopold feel that it was impossible to turn his face now.
Eltar openly supported Maximilian at the meeting without giving face, knowing that he Leopold was the orthodoxy of the Habsburgs, and now Eltar actually abandoned him and turned to support a rebellion, which made Leopold finally make up his mind.
In Leopold's plan, it was not just the Electorate of Mainz.
The Electorate of Cologne, a fiefdom of Maximilian, was also on Leopold's list of abolished.
However, although the Electorate of Cologne had always been the traditional domain of the Habsburgs, it would be abolished all at once and its lands would be included in Austria.
It would inevitably lead to destabilization in the region, which was not in the interests of the Habsburgs.
And unlike the Main, Leopold did not want the Prussians to reach into the Rhine, now within the Holy Roman Empire.
The balance of power between Austria and Prussia has changed.
Austria was already behind across the board, forcing Leopold to make a change.
Leopold was eyeing the Rhine Valley, where the Austrians had an advantage that the Prussians did not have, that is, most of the Rhine states were under the Habsburg family as the imperial legitimacy, so Leopold believed that as long as Austria united the Rhine states to form an alliance, it could effectively help Austria contain Prussia, thus changing the current balance of power between the two countries within the Holy Roman Empire in one fell swoop.
Leopold's idea was only revealed to Kautz for the time being.
And this idea was also strongly supported by Kaunitz.
Straight to the point A smile spread across William's face "His Majesty Leopold is indeed a good monarch for the country and the people, and I think the people of the Mainz region will be very grateful to His Majesty Leopold for driving out those lazy and greedy bishops for them!"
"Now that His Majesty William has agreed.
Then I think Your Majesty will give a good arrangement for the Sabatier family to bring Sawyer back at the next date."
Seeing that William had agreed, Kaunitz's face also showed a relaxed smile.
To Kaunitz's surprise, William replied: "Of course I agreed to your terms, Your Excellency Kaunitz, but now that Sawyer has been captured by my soldiers, wouldn't it be a little discrediting to me if I were to be released in this way!
Therefore, I think it is better to do this, according to the tradition of the nobility, Sawyer is treated as a prisoner of war, and then the Sabatier family will provide Sawyer with a ransom of 500,000 silver coins, and when he sees the ransom money, he will take Sawyer away."
After listening to William's words, Kaunitz wanted to grit his teeth.
I knew that the Prussians ate people and didn't spit out bones, but this is too much, although the condition just now has been decided by Leopold, but it is also very valuable, and a sawyer can be worth 500,000 silver coins, why don't you grab it!
(That's exactly what Kaunitz had in mind).
But Kaunitz thought like this, but at the same time, he forgot that he had used Sawyer's own thing to extort a full three million silver coins from the Sabatiane family, and if William knew that Kaunitz had gained such a great benefit, he would have to change his surname.
"Since Your Majesty said so, then it has to be so" Kaunitz left William's carriage in distress.
But when Kautz put Wilhelm's terms in the hands of old Sabatier, the famously shrewd tycoon in Frankfurt almost vomited blood.
Although the Sabatier family is rich, how can they withstand such blackmail, 8.5 million silver coins, which is equivalent to seventy percent of the Sabatier family's net worth, and in order to pay this money, the Sabatier family has to sell a lot of property, which makes the old Sabatier simply want to cry without tears, leaving only endless distress and grievances.