William left Cologne under the escort of the royal guard, and William was accompanied not only by the princes who had been in Cologne, but also by the entire Maximilian family, except for his eldest son, who had inherited the throne of the Elector of Cologne, who had to follow Wilhelm to Frankfurt.
But this is not bad news for William, at least he now has more opportunities to see Vivien every day, and for the current man who is already a man and a fish, even if he is not willing, what is the use.
However, it may be because William's coercive behavior of Maximilian made Vivien quite unhappy, at least after hitting the road, William never saw Vivien's smiling face once.
Even if it wasn't for the fact that she couldn't dodge, Vivien tried to minimize the chance of meeting William, and even when the two met, Vivien never gave William a good face, which made William quite depressed in his heart.
William also knows why Vivien is like this, but now that the relationship between William and Maximilian has reached the point of tearing their faces, it is impossible to reconcile.
Sitting in the carriage, Maximilian can be said to be quite depressed, if it weren't for the inheritance of his Habsburg bloodline, Maximilian in Cologne really couldn't help but have to make a move with the Prussians, after all, the Prussians' actions were completely insulting him, the emperor.
But Maximilian did not do that, on the one hand, because Maximilian understood that the current Cologne was far inferior to Prussia in terms of strength, and on the other hand, Maximilian did not have the intention of lying down and trying his courage.
For Maximilian, since William had taken him to Frankfurt, there was no evidence that Maximilian was indeed against Prussia.
Then even for Vivian's sake, William couldn't embarrass them too much.
In addition, going to Frankfurt to participate in the general meeting of the imperial princes is not an opportunity for Maximilian to be dissatisfied, you must know that it is not one or two families who are dissatisfied with Prussia within the imperial princes, although Maximilian has only contacted a few princes such as the Duchy of Hesse before this, but Maximilian believes that under the premise of being a "role model", there will definitely be more princes who are hostile to Prussia.
In August 1793, Wilhelm and his party arrived in Frankfurt.
In Frankfurt, Wilhelm and his entourage were given a grand welcome, and the Prussian 17th Division, which remained in Frankfurt, held a grand welcome ceremony for Wilhelm.
And William, although his own body did not return to a completely healthy state.
However, in order not to desecrate the majesty of Prussia, Wilhelm still rejected the proposal of Hound and others, and insisted on riding a war horse into Frankfurt.
Orlan, the commander of the 17th Division, and a number of members of the Imperial Diet of Frankfurt all stood at the gates of Frankfurt to greet Wilhelm and the Prussian army.
The fact that Wilhelm had been assassinated in Cologne and was dying was no secret to the Frankfurt elite who were not very far from Cologne, after all, when Wilhelm was stabbed unconscious.
The 17th Division also received urgent orders and made preparations.
And then when William was ready to turn against Maximilian.
The 17th Division received an order to go north, but when the 17th Division had just been ordered to leave Frankfurt less than 100 miles, Wilhelm once again conveyed the order for the 17th Division to return to Frankfurt for garrison.
The current commander of the 17th Division, Orland, is a fierce general, at least during his time in the defense of Frankfurt, Frankfurt was once extinct, after all, this division commander's methods against the enemy are really terrifying.
After a year of governance, Frankfurt is now recovering from last year's war, but compared to Frankfurt before the war.
After the war, Frankfurt was still much worse, and because of the concern that Frankfurt was now under Prussian control.
As a result, some of the merchants of the empire and other vassal states did not dare to come to Frankfurt to do business.
But fortunately, because of Frankfurt, a city that was once the center of the empire, a large number of merchants from Prussia poured in, and Frankfurt was revitalized.
As the head of the Prussian economy, Meyer was also happy to see this, for Meyer, a lifeless Frankfurt is naturally not in everyone's interests, not to mention that Frankfurt is also the base of Meyer's own family business.
Among the crowd that greeted William, Meyer was also prominently listed, and Meyer's position was next to Orlan, which also made many people re-examine Meyer's importance in Prussia.
Although William had appointed Meyer as the president of the Royal Prussian Bank, after all, this bank was owned by the Prussian crown and state, and seemed to be a great steward, but at his head there was the existence of the Chancellor of the Exchequer of the Prussian government, who happened to have half jurisdiction over the bank.
When Wilhelm founded the Royal Bank of Prussia, he allocated the shares, that is, the Hohenzollern royal family held 51 percent of the shares, while the Prussian national government held 30 percent of the shares, and the other 19 percent were open to the public.
And although William made Meyer the president of the Royal Bank at the beginning, he once offered Meyer a single person who would occupy five percent of the shares, but then Meyer, who knew how to advance and retreat, repeatedly asked William to reduce the shares, of course, William did not agree to Meyer's request, and then when the Royal Bank began to sell shares, Meyer immediately began to reduce the shares he held.
Of course, this is not to say that Meyer is noble, you must know that Jews have never had a good reputation in the world, and of course this does not negate all Jews, but it is clear that most Jews are not good birds.
Take the Rothschild family as an example, this family used the war to make a fortune, and it is unacceptable in any country, although the Rothschild family is rich and glorious because of this, but its reputation naturally should not be expected to be very good.
Moreover, Wilhelm believed that Hitler had his own reasons for imprisoning all Jews in concentration camps during World War II, otherwise he would have had his own reasons.
Why did Germany only attack the Jews, why didn't it carry out genocide against the Gauls and Slavs?
So in the future, Meyer's actions are not a noble and great performance.
On the contrary, Meyer also has a big plan.
After the shares of the Royal Bank were sold, because there were only a few shares, and a large number of Prussia wanted to buy these shares, Meyer sold his shares in the Royal Bank to some Prussian nobles in order to obtain the support of these nobles or to reach a mutually beneficial agreement On the other hand, with the support of the Royal Bank and those nobles, the business of the Meyer family is also getting bigger and bigger, although it is not rich but not much inferior.
Of course, this is also a reflection of Meyer's shrewd character.
You must know that Meyer is a Jew after all, and since William began to reuse Meyer, the competition for Meyer in the Prussian leadership has never stopped.
Although Meyer made the business of the Royal Bank prosperous, this did not make him gain the approval of the Prussian leadership.
Racism, hellism, and so on, wherever there are people, there are all kinds of discrimination, and Meyer knows it.
Of course, he has William's support.
But if one day the Royal Bank had reached a limit and Meyer's existence became irrelevant, Meyer knew that that was the time for his own catastrophe, after all, no Prussian wanted to see a single Jew control as much as five percent of the shares of the Royal Prussian Bank.
Therefore, it was a better choice for Meyer to sell his shares in exchange for the favor of the powerful and develop his own family business, after all, the identity of the Jews was already predestined, and Meyer could not have much development in Prussian politics.
And not just Prussia.
Jews have money, but there are no Jews in the upper echelons of the state.
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This is especially evident among the great powers of Europe, where Jews are not only seen as synonymous with miserliness, but also as derogatory terms such as insidious cunning.
At the same time as seeing Orran, William also saw Meyer standing beside Orran, but now is not the right time to speak after all, so the future is just a nod to Meyer, and then William entered the main road of Frankfurt accompanied by Orlan and a group of Frankfurt magnates, where they will receive the cheers of the entire Frankfurt residents, and Meyer is naturally not qualified to participate in it. ‘ At the gates of the new Reichstag in Frankfurt, Wilhelm and his top brass stood on the high steps of the Parliament gates to begin the review of the 17th Division.
These soldiers of the 17th Division, every time they passed the gate of the parliament, would shout long live in the direction of William, neat and mighty military appearance, these are the strength that Prussia relies on to shock Europe!
After the review, William also met with the members of the Imperial Diet of Frankfurt and the princes of the various vassal states of the Holy Roman Empire, who had arrived in Frankfurt before William.
Among these princes, some William knew and some did not, but at this time, whether these princes knew William or not, their respect for William was completely in accordance with the emperor's etiquette.
And Maximilian beside William felt unusually aggrieved at this time, but as a prisoner of the ranks, no matter how much he hated, he could only endure it in his heart.
By the time William had met with them, it was already completely dark, and although there were only three or four words between each prince or councillor and William, and even for those who William was not interested in, William only said a word and let him go, but the number was too many.
There were twenty-three princes from all over the empire, and there were more than two hundred members of the imperial parliament, so many people were each in front of William for a minute, and it would take four or five hours.
After meeting with them, Wilhelm went to the city of Frankfurt, where Orland had already arranged for him.
The location arranged by Orlan was just a block next to the Imperial Parliament, and the distance between the two was not far, but Orran's actions did not make William feel very intimate, on the contrary, when William arrived at the place, his brow furrowed slightly.
Orlan's place for William was the residence where the Holy Roman Emperors had come to Frankfurt for their coronation, which was a step in for William.
"Orran.
Are you sure you're not arranging it wrong?
” William asked Orlan, who was standing beside him, and when he heard William's question, Orran immediately replied: "Your Majesty.
That's right, this is where you'll be staying in Frankfurt, in a modest condition, so please bear with me!
” Hearing Orlan's words, William said with a somewhat uneasy face: "Orran, you've been in Frankfurt for so long, don't you know what this place is?
This is the emperor's residence.
And I'm just the king of Prussia!
In other words, Maximilian should have lived here, and I should have lived in a residence fit for the King of Prussia!
” Every word in William's mouth was heavy.
And William's words immediately made Orran's face change drastically.
Orlan didn't think that William would be dissatisfied with him because of the matter of his residence, you must know that Maximilian has been controlled by William at present, in other words, the abolition of the Holy Roman Empire is entirely due to William's mood, in this case.
Orlan naturally wanted to put William in the best place.
And there is a reason why this palace can be favored by successive emperors.
"Your Majesty, the minister is wrong!"
Orran immediately took off his hat and bent down to salute William.
Hearing Orlan's words, William's face softened a little and said: "Orlan, you are already a general at the level of division commander, and a general like you who is in charge alone, there are only more than twenty people in the entire kingdom, in this case, you must be more attentive when necessary.
Otherwise, how can I rest assured of you and the 17th Division led by you!
” William finished.
Orlan immediately agreed, and then Orran asked: "Then Your Majesty, how should we .............?"
Hearing Orlan say this, the future glared at him angrily and said: "Why don't we go and invite His Majesty the Emperor here, how can we occupy the magpie's nest!
Just arrange a random place on the side for me!
Remember, there is no room for others to be honest!
” Hearing the order of his neighbor, Orlan responded and hurriedly walked out of the palace.
By the time Orlan had invited the Maximilian family to the palace, William had already left in amusement, and at this time, William did not want to run into the Maximilian family, except for Vivien, of course.
But these days, Vivien has not given William a good face, which makes William feel distressed and very unhappy with Maximilian at the same time.
Although the Prussians did not find Fréd in the Emperor's palace in Cologne, the huge difference in Maximilian's performance before and after undoubtedly indirectly indicates that he had a problem with the matter.
Although Maximilian's eldest son inherited the status of Archbishop of Cologne, William could not force him to follow Maximilian to Frankfurt, after all, the Archbishop of Cologne was a priest, and because of the Main, Archbishop Trier, William had already had a very stiff relationship with the Holy See, and at this time, William naturally did not want to further deteriorate his relationship with the Holy See.
Although William believed in Protestantism, the Holy See was Catholic, and the two became incompatible many times in history due to doctrinal conflicts.
Although the current royal power gradually overwhelmed the papal power due to the progress of the times, the pope in Rome did not have much actual power, but he was the pope after all.
After Prussia annexed a large number of territories, the number of Catholics in the country rose from a small amount to a few Protestants, such as Poland and the main valley, where most of the inhabitants were Catholic.
Under these circumstances, Prussia had to ease its relations with the Holy See, for William hoped that his own country would not be stirred up to religious antagonism, since the question of religion was a matter of the highest priority in any country, especially in a place like Europe, which was full of believers.
On the other hand, William took the opportunity to ease the country with the Roman side in order not to create too much trouble when he inherited the throne of the Holy Roman Emperor in the future, knowing that if he wants to be crowned Holy Roman Emperor, in addition to the recognition of the electors, the recognition of the Holy See is also an indispensable key.
Although Maximilian's throne was not crowned by the Pope, he was blessed by the Pope, which was enough to make up for the regret that the Pope was not crowned by himself.
Among the three major branches of Christianity, from the perspective of Europe, Catholicism is undoubtedly the largest number of believers, including Spain, France, Italy, Poland, Austria, Bavaria, etc., all of whom believe in Catholicism, while those who believe in Protestantism are Britain, Prussia, the Netherlands, Sweden, Denmark, etc., and the believers of Orthodox Christianity are mainly concentrated in Russia.
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As Prussia expanded, the question of religion became a major problem that increasingly plagued the Prussian leadership, after all, although there was no essential conflict between the two doctrines, the three Christian religions all believed in the Triune God.
But there are different differences in liturgy, clergy code, church worship, etc.
This difference may not be a big deal for some, but for some fanatics, as well as some entrenched Old Believers, the difference is enough to knock each other into the sequence of heresy.