The sudden change in the situation between Pu and Austria caused Anna to worry, although her married life with William was not as good as she imagined, at least compared to those gentlemen in Vienna, William's life was less fun, but Anna was married to William after all, and the change of identity made Anna have to adapt.
Anna used her status as queen of Prussia to organize the ladies of the Prussian military and political dignitaries to participate in the salons held by her, and at the salons, Anna frequently invited opera troupes from Vienna to perform programs, and Anna hoped to change the attitude of the Prussian upper class towards Austria in this subtle way.
It must be said that Anna's actions did achieve some results, and these noblewomen seemed to have nothing to do with the formulation of Prussian state policy, but the husbands or relatives of these noblewomen were in high positions in Prussia.
When these high-ranking men learned about Anna's activities from the mouths of the noblewomen, they couldn't help but hesitate in their hearts.
You must know that Anna is from Austria, and now she is the queen of Prussia, her actions can be seen as representing the Hohenzollern royal family, and even Anna is William's pillow person, these important ministers do not know what William has in his heart, and Anna is undoubtedly the closest person to William, which makes the important ministers a little confused.
Anna's move cushioned the relationship between Pu and Austria from the other side.
William did not stop Anna when he first learned that she had organized the salon, after all, in Europe, the most important mission of a queen was to help the king win over his ministers.
And Anna's holding salon to befriend these noblewomen can also be seen as fulfilling her mission, so at the beginning, William not only did not stop it, but even deliberately helped Anna expand the influence of her salon.
But Anna held salons too often, as many as seven salons and three balls in one July alone, and before William could have any opinion, Buel jumped out impatiently.
"Your Majesty, Her Highness the Queen's actions are so great that this kind of socializing among ladies is held throughout the month of July.
This made the entire royal family's budget far beyond the original plan!
” Bouel's complaint stunned William, how much did he think it would cost to hold some salons?
Even if the salon held by the royal family is of some grade, it is impossible to far exceed the royal family's budget, you must know that the royal family's monthly budget is 400,000 silver marks.
Seeing William's somewhat puzzled expression, Buel did not defend himself but put a report on William's desk.
Flipping the first page of the report, William felt that his little heart seemed to be a little unbearable, and he saw that on the first page of the report, there was a line in a specially bold font showing a string of numbers: nine hundred and seventy-six thousand six hundred and eighty-five silver marks.
I rubbed and saw this number.
William wanted to flip his desk.
The annual budget of the Prussian crown was five million silver marks, most of which was generated annually by the Prussian royal estate, and about one-fifth of the budget was allocated by the kingdom.
If converted into RMB, the purchasing power of one silver mark is equivalent to about 12 yuan, which is equivalent to more than 10 million yuan spent by Anna this month.
Although the Prussian royal family has abundant finances, there are many things in the Kingdom of Prussia that need a large amount of financial resources to support this year.
For example, the expansion of the army and the construction of the navy, and the financial constraints of the state inevitably required the Prussian royal family to pay out of their own pockets to support certain projects.
William finally managed to turn the first page and look at the detailed cost items at the back, only to see that a large part of this money was used by Anna to hire the top opera teams in Vienna, and whenever these opera troupes finished their performances, Anna would also give some money generously, so it was no wonder that Anna's expenses would be so high.
Because there were too many vassal states in the entire Holy Roman Empire, and each prince had the right to issue his own currency.
In Prussia, the main use of Teller silver coins, but after William came to power, the mark was directly used for the name of the currency, and the mark was divided into two types: gold and silver, a silver mark weighed 2.4 grams, and the silver content was 0.972.
Vienna and Paris have always been known as the two luxury centers of the European continent, and the opera companies that can be called the top in these places are naturally intimidating, costing 50,000 silver marks a day for a two-hour performance, and Anna will reward 1 to 20,000 silver marks after each opera company performance in order to show a kind of royal division.
As for the prom, it costs more.
"Buel, how did all this money get to Anna?"
William suddenly remembered a question, you must know that the financial budget of the royal family has always been in the hands of Queen Mother Louise and Bouel, and every year when the cost is large, Louise or Bouel will come to William to communicate, but this month Louise and Bouel did not come to William to communicate, how did the money get into Anna's hands?
William was puzzled.
Hear William's question.
There was a hint of embarrassment on Buel's face, and seeing his expression, William was a little displeased "Buel, as a vassal of the kingdom.
What else can you not say in front of me!
” "Yes, Your Majesty!"
Hearing William's urging, Buel spoke with some embarrassment "Since Her Royal Highness entered the palace, the relationship between Her Royal Highness and Her Royal Highness the Queen Mother has been very harmonious, and Her Royal Highness the Queen Mother admires Her Royal Highness very much, so at the beginning of the month, Her Royal Highness the Queen Mother issued a decree allowing Her Royal Highness to intervene in the management of the royal property, and Her Royal Highness also called her ministers to instruct Her Royal Highness to be in charge of the royal family's finances unless it is very necessary."
Rub, there was only one word left in William's mind at the moment, he didn't expect that his mother would have such a good relationship with Anna, and actually gave Anna so much power.
You must know that since Louise came out to Buel to say this, it means that Buel does not have the right to review the expenditure of royal property, and he can only passively obey orders, so that as long as Anna is not too large and takes money from the royal treasury in batches, then she will not be hindered at all.
A wry smile appeared on William's face, isn't the relationship between mother-in-law and daughter-in-law supposed to be the most difficult!
Why do these two people in their own family seem to be like mother and daughter, and they don't even tell themselves about such a big thing!
In fact, Louise is fond of Anna for a reason.
Unlike other women who rose and fell in the court, even before William's father died, under the pressure of Frederick II, William's father did not dare to do anything excessive to Louise except to snub Louise when Frederick II was not paying attention, even if William was sent to the territory of Count Hans, it was to obtain Frederick II's consent.
The reason why Frederick II agreed, is because he thinks that if a boy wants to grow into a man, then he must learn to bear hardships and stand hard work from an early age, and what Frederick II hates the most is those extravagant gentlemen, and if he is raised in the palace and has experienced the baptism of the court, such a child will definitely not be a child who knows how to endure hardships and understand people's livelihood, and he does not want William to become such a person.
In addition, Hans was an old soldier, and Frederick II trusted Hans, and at the same time took a fancy to Hans's military style, so he agreed to hand over Wilhelm to Hans to raise.
Because of Frederick II's protection, Louise did not become as extreme as the heroines of some court dramas, and probably because of William's problems with Karina's third daughter, Louise, who was kind by nature, felt a little indebted to Anna.
Anna, who had just entered Prussia, had no relatives, but Louise was not as rigid as others in her attitude, and she would be very kind to Anna, which also made Anna grateful to Louise.
"Alright, Buel, since this is already the case, then you can think of a way to deal with the financial hole, and as for my mother and Anna, I will talk about it!"
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Hearing William say this, Bouel said helplessly: "That's all there is to it, but Your Majesty, you must warn Her Royal Highness, otherwise, if it becomes a regular practice, then the royal family's finances will not be enough to be so squandered!"
Looking at the disgruntled Buel, William had no choice but to listen to his words and nod his head in agreement.
As soon as Buel left, William summoned Anna to his side "My Royal Highness, look at the royal expenses of last month, not to mention anything else, the salons and balls you held alone far exceeded the monthly budget by nearly three times!
Do you know what you're doing!
” When only William and Anna were left in the room, William handed Anna the information provided by Buel with a cold face.
William's reprimand made Anna very dissatisfied, after all, no one would want to be reprimanded for no reason, and when she took the information in William's hand and looked through it, she was also very unimpressed.
Unlike William, Anna was born in the Habsburg family, which once dominated Europe, and since she was a child, Anna has been around these balls, salons, and drinking parties, so it can be said that when Anna was growing up, she would basically attend two or three events a week, and even as long as she wanted, there were Viennese aristocrats competing to invite her to these types of events every day, so it was completely customary for Anna to hold these events.
But after arriving in Prussia, Anna found that the life of the Prussian ladies circle was simply too monotonous, although there were balls and so on in the upper echelons of Prussia, but these balls were very simple, and even in Anna's opinion, they were a little simple, and such events were not held often, at least in the ten days after Anna arrived in Brandenburg, only she and Wilhelm held a ball after they first arrived in Brandenburg, and there were no activities at all at other times.
This kind of life was very boring for Anna, so she relished it when she thought that such activities could not only unite a group of noblewomen around her, but also affect the entire Prussian state government.