With that, Horn hurried out of the palace, and although the Schwarzburgers did a fairly flawless job, Horn felt that he could still find some clues on the weapons and the corpses. ..........................
Escorted by two hundred Prussian royal guards, Anna joined the Prussian mission to Vienna to mourn, which originally consisted of a hundred guards, and now joined the two hundred royal guards, a full force of three hundred men.
Originally, Louise would not have ruled out so many people to protect Anna, but the current situation is quite unfavorable for Anna, and it is with this in mind that Louise will strengthen Anna's escort force.
Before leaving, Louise also personally summoned the commander of this division, that is, the Prussian Foreign Minister Elstner, who had not sent Ellstner to lead the mission if Anna had not gone to Vienna.
Although Leopold II was once the emperor of the empire, it should be remembered that in the later period, the Prussians turned around and denied Leopold II's status as emperor and appointed Maximilian as the emperor of the empire, so that, at best, Leopold II could be recognized by the Prussians as the Archduke of Austria.
And the Austrian Archduke is certainly illustrious, but after all, an archduke is still not comparable to an emperor, and it can even be said that Elstner personally led this mission entirely because Anna joined, which can also be said to give Anna face, otherwise at most the government will send a vice minister of foreign affairs.
Before Elstner led the mission to leave, Locks had secretly summoned Elstner, as the foreign minister of Prussia, although Elstner's ** character is very strong, and he only needs to be responsible for William, but Locks is the head of the government, and even Elstner's career is inseparable from Locks's support.
It's not just Elstner.
In the Prussian government cabinet, Deputy Prime Minister Kutlik, Minister of Justice Lucas, Minister of Education Jonas, Chancellor of the Exchequer Julian, there are nine members of the government cabinet, five of whom were carried up by Locks all the way, plus Locks himself, which means that out of the nine votes in the government cabinet, Locks alone has six votes in his hands.
And it's all about the vital sector.
So it can be said that in Prussia, in addition to the military, Locks is precisely the existence of Prussia under one person above ten thousand people.
During this conversation, Locks made it clear to Elstner that he was doing what he could.
Be sure to trap Anna!
At first, when he heard Locks's explanation, Elstner was so frightened that he couldn't even speak, you must know that Anna is the queen of Prussia, and now Locks is actually going to kill Anna, to put it mildly, this is simply a coup d'état!
But then when Elstner heard Dessau's name from Locks, he knew it.
Although for the time being, due to the Austro-Prussian truce, the Prussian army on the Bohemian front has been weakened to a certain extent.
But Dessau still had four divisions in his hands.
The four divisions were the 19th and 20th Prussian Divisions, and the 9th and 10th Divisions.
Leaving aside the 19th and 20th Divisions, although these two divisions were integrated divisions and had been tempered to a certain extent in the Austro-Prussian War, Dessau's influence in these two divisions was not enough to cover the sky with one hand, and it was impossible for these two divisions to attack Anna, who was protected by the royal guard.
The Nichlau Division of the 9th Division was badly damaged in the Battle of Seydlice and has not been able to recover to its heyday until now.
But don't forget, the 10th Division is on the Bohemian front, for this division.
Dessau has quite a strong control, and the division commander of the 10th Division, Mark, is simply a disciple of Dessau.
According to Dessau's merits, he would definitely be in charge of the military department or the general staff after the war, and having the support of such a powerful figure gave Elstner some confidence in his mission on this trip.
Of course, Locks also ordered that there must be no mistakes until Anna arrives in Vienna, and that he will not do anything to Anna until Anna returns from Vienna!
After the departure from Brandenburg.
Louise and Locks personally sent the mission out of Brandenburg, and before Anna boarded the carriage, Louise carefully admonished Anna: "Anna, you must be safe.
This time it is Werner who leads the team to protect you, he can absolutely be trusted, if anything is wrong, then you immediately let Werner take you back to Brandenburg, along the way I will send someone to secretly protect you, but you must be careful!
” Louise's words moved Anna to tears again, and then Anna, whose eyes were red, resisted the urge to cry and waved Louise goodbye.
Because of Elstner's personal leadership, and the presence of Anna in the mission, the mission was welcomed by the local government everywhere it went, but how could Anna, who was bent on rushing to Vienna, have the energy to perfunctory these flattering local officials.
It is precisely for this reason that government officials everywhere are a little dissatisfied with Anna after seeing Anna's performance, and even some local officials are a little dissatisfied with Anna, after all, these local officials have prepared quite a grand event to curry favor with Anna.
At Anna's urging, the mission moved quite quickly, and within a week it reached České Budějevice, and after the second armistice was reached between Austria and Austria, the city was handed over to the Prussians.
At present, the headquarters of Dessau is located in České Budějevice.
Regardless of Anna's reason, she could not fail to meet Dessau after arriving in České Budjevice, after all, Dessau was arguably the greatest Prussian hero in the Austro-Prussian War!
Even Dessau is not just a person, he represents the nearly 100,000 Prussian troops who fought on the front line of the Austro-Prussian War in the Austro-Prussian War, and also represents the nearly 20,000 Prussian soldiers who died on the battlefield for Prussia!
So whether Anna wanted it or not, the mission came to a halt in České Budjevice.
"See Her Highness the Queen!"
When Anna stepped out of the carriage, a man with the rank of marshal on his shoulder came to Anna, although Dessau was well maintained, but after all, he was already sixty-one years old, and his face was still clearly old!
Thinking that it was this person who played a considerable role in the Austro-Prussian War, the expression on Anna's face suddenly became complicated, if it were not for Dessau's series of efforts in the war.
Then it is impossible to say that the Grand Duke Tuha would have led the Austrian army to break through the Bohemian defense line of the Prussian army, and even Alexander's mutiny would not have happened, and her father might not have died!
Anna's mood was quite complicated and tangled, and in the face of Dessau's greeting, Anna pulled a smile on her face and said: "Your Excellency, Marshal, please come and greet you personally, and on behalf of the royal family of Hohenzollern, I would like to thank you for your performance in the war!"
"Her Royal Highness.
You don't have to, it's your duty to fight for the Kingdom!
Moreover, the reason why this war was won was because of the great changes in Austria on the one hand, and on the other hand, because His Majesty the King personally supervised the war and the soldiers fought bravely to kill the enemy!
” Hear Dessau's seemingly flattering words.
Anna's heart is simply bitter and indescribable, and the trace of bitterness at the corner of Anna's mouth naturally did not hide from Dessau, who was about to become a human spirit.
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Dessau's friendship with Locks can even be traced back to the time when the two fought together under Frederick the Great, and in the late reign of Frederick the Great, Dessau, Locks, Henry, and Ferdinand, the four of them were collectively known as the four great ministers of the kingdom!
And among them, Marshal Dessau can be said to be the youngest.
Field Marshal Dessau had considerable influence in the Prussian army, and not only because he himself was a field marshal.
Marshal Dessau's father was also a Marshal of the Kingdom of Prussia and Prince of Anhalt, while his grandfather was also a Prince and Marshal of the Kingdom.
It can be said that Dessau's family was an aristocratic family and a marshal family, his father was promoted by Frederick the Great, but died of illness after the end of the Seven Years' War in 1760, when Dessau was just twenty-eight years old, after the death of his father, Frederick the Great was in care of the Dessau family, not only let Dessau inherit the title of prince.
At the same time, Dessau was promoted to the rank of general of the Empire.
Military families like Dessau are not uncommon in Prussia and even in the whole of Europe, such as the first fierce general under Frederick the Great, after the death of Marshal Ziten, his three sons are also developing in the Prussian military circles, but because of their talents, except for the youngest son of Marshal Saito who was promoted to Prussian general last year, the rest of the two sons are among the people.
But old Saito has a very good son-in-law.
That's Dafilia!
If it weren't for the fact that Dafilia was the son-in-law of Marshal Saito the Elder, then how could he possibly become the division commander of the 1st Prussian Division.
In 1749, Morrill the youngest son of Marshal Zietten was born, and at the age of forty-four, Morrill was now the commander of the newly formed 22nd Division in Prussia.
A military family like this.
The forces behind the family are simply unfathomable, even if William implemented military reform in the Prussian military, but there must be factions where there are people, no matter how they reform, these factions will be weakened at most, but they will never be eliminated.
However, this military family of Prussia is at present advantageous and harmless, because these military aristocratic families and the royal family of Hohenzollern can be said to be truly prosperous and lossless compared to government officials.
Marriages between the royal family and these families were not uncommon, and Wilhelm's younger brother Ludwig was already engaged to Dessau's daughter Jessica, and only needed to wait until Ludwig graduated from the Brandenburg Military Academy before the two could get married.
Although Locks has developed in the political circles, he also has some influence in the military, and just by virtue of his comradeship with Prince Henry and Marshal Dessau, the military people will always give Locks three points of thin face.
Prince Ferdinand has already entered the Secret Academy, as the first boss to enter after William set up the Secret Academy, Prince Ferdinand deservedly became the dean of the Secret Academy, and Henry will only enter the Secret Courtyard after the end of this war, so that the position of the head of the Military Department and the General Staff Department will be completely relinquished.
At present, there are only a few people who have the qualifications to be in charge of the General Staff and the Military Department, such as Dessau, Ferdinand Jr., and Dafilia, and Marshal Dessau is undoubtedly the best among them, and it can be said that Dessau will definitely be in charge of one of the two ministries.
"Your Excellency, you are so modest!
I'm a little tired, and I ask Your Excellency the Marshal to have someone take me to a resting place, I'm tired!
” After Anna's words were finished, Dessau's brow furrowed slightly.
This time, because the mission to Vienna happened to pass through České Budějevice, the government also asked the mission to bring condolences to the soldiers on the front line.
The military department also borrowed the hitchhiker of the mission and issued a series of promotion orders to the soldiers on the front line.
In Dessau's vision, if Anna could attend such an event and give a speech, it would undoubtedly be an encouragement to the morale of the soldiers on the front line, but now Anna's actions have undoubtedly poured cold water on Dessau.
"Take Her Royal Highness down to rest!"
Dessau summoned a waiter and said in a slightly cold tone, and after Anna left with the attendant, Elstner quietly came to Dessau's side and saluted and said; "Marshal Dessau, Prime Minister Locks has asked me to bring you his greetings!"
Hear Elstner's words.
Dessau also bowed slightly in return and said: "Thank you, Your Excellency, for bringing greetings from Brandenburg, Your Excellency the Prime Minister, and thank you for the help of the government to the soldiers on the front lines during the war!"
Elstner immediately laughed and said: "We are all Prussians, and although we are engaged in different jobs, we are all for Prussia, so it is the responsibility of the government to do our best to help the soldiers at the front!
That's right.
Marshal Dessau, I have here a letter that Prime Minister Locks has entrusted me to bring you!
” As he spoke, Elstner took an envelope out of the pocket of his jacket and handed it to Dessau, who took the envelope and smiled at Elstner before putting the envelope in his arms.
The commendation meeting, which was scheduled to be held that evening, was finally held as scheduled, but because Anna did not attend.
This made some soldiers disappointed, after all, Anna is the queen of the kingdom, if Anna can attend such a commendation meeting and speak, then there is no doubt that the loyalty of the officers and soldiers to the Hohenzollern royal family will be greatly enhanced.
That evening, after the commendation ceremony, Dessau returned to his room and opened Locks's letter.
In this letter, Locks hinted that he was going to take action against Anna, and hoped that Dessau would support his move.
In addition, Locks wrote, "Prussia is the Prussian of the Prussians, and the Kingdom of Prussia will not allow it to be ruled by the Austrians!"
Such a sentence.
After the Austro-Prussian truce, especially when Locks learned of Karina's thoughts, Locks never gave up his actions, on the one hand, Locks suppressed the public opinion in Prussia that demanded the establishment of Anna's son as the crown prince through the power in his hands, on the other hand, Locks also kept wooing his own government officials and nobles, and at the same time for the Prussian military nobles who had a friendship with him.
Locks also strengthened the bond.
Among them, Locks in particular strengthened his ties with Bouel and Dessau.
Buel retired early because of his health and joined the Secret Academy, but don't forget that Buel was the previous Prussian royal head after all, and even the current Prussian royal head Hond was recommended by Buel.
And, more importantly, Buel, albeit has also taken a back seat.
But his influence in the royal intelligence agency is still very large, if there is no Buel's acquiescence, how can Locks's series of actions not be reported to William and Louise by the royal intelligence agency.
It can be said that although Bouel did not express his support for Locks, he also did not have a good impression of Anna, so his attitude towards a series of actions of Locks was neither for nor against, if William did not show his attitude, then Bouel would never stand on the opposite side of Locks.
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This is also hinted at in Locks's letter to Dessau, who knew that Locks was against Anna, but Dessau did not expect Locks' heart to be so big, and he was obviously not prepared to let Anna return to Brandenburg.
Just as Elstner had heard Locks's command for the first time, Dessau's heart was full of shock.
If Anna had an accident in Dessau's defense area, then Dessau was absolutely unavoidably responsible, after all, Anna was Wilhelm's wife and queen of Prussia.
But in other words, if Anna dies, then there are only three people who can ascend to the throne of the queen, and Karina's chances of victory are undoubtedly the greatest, because the power standing behind Karina is the strongest, and even if he Dessau is responsible for Anna's death today, but when Karina or Du Li comes to power, Dessau is definitely the object of their gratitude.
However, there is also a huge problem in this way, Dessau is already sixty-one years old, and the age limit makes Dessau have to join the two most important departments of the military as soon as possible, otherwise Dessau's military career will end.
But if something happens to Anna at this moment, then even if Dessau is jointly and severally responsible, he will definitely not be promoted.
Although the family power behind Dessau is strong enough, in the Prussian military, the Dessau family is not unique, and the Ferdinand family and the Ziten family are all forces that can compete with the Dessau family.
After this battle, there will definitely be a situation of three soldiers competing for two peaches, after all, Bluucher is a little less qualified, and although Brunecke opened up territory for the kingdom in North America, North America is temporarily inseparable from Bruneck, and in this war that determines the pattern after the reshuffle of Europe, Bruneke did not get military achievements.
Therefore, the only people who can really compete for the positions of chief officers of the Military Department and the General Staff are Dessau, Ferdinand Jr., and Dafilia!