Under such circumstances, William naturally did not want to further stimulate the Holy See, and even in order to ease the relationship between Prussia and Rome, Prussia also provided His Majesty the Pope in Rome with property worth tens of thousands of gold marks.
However, although William did not force the Archbishop of Cologne to follow William to Frankfurt, the Archbishop of Cologne was not the emperor of the Holy Roman Empire after all, in this case, although the archbishop was the eldest son of Maximilian, he had no right to stay in the emperor's palace, so William did not forget to leave a regiment of royal guards in the emperor's palace in Cologne while leading most of the people to Frankfurt.
Although William did not know what the facts were, since Freed had run into the emperor's palace, it was impossible for him to escape the Prussian soldiers who were watching him and then escape, so he must have been hiding in that palace.
In this case, William didn't want to say anything, so he simply sealed the entire palace, and at the same time carried out all the materials inside, William wanted to see if there were any mice hidden inside, if they did, then unless the mice starved to death, otherwise, the mice would definitely come out to find something to eat.
In addition, as for the disposition of Freed, Schwarzburg must not be preserved, although Schwarzburg is nominally only an earl country, but its area is completely comparable to a small and medium-sized duchy, at least the Dukes of Berg and Schwarzburg have a similar landing.
Under these circumstances, it was not a good idea for Prussia to annex Schwarzburg rashly, although the Prussian control of the Main River region bordered Schwarzburg, but the rest of the direction of Schwarzburg was close to all the princes of the empire, and none of them were minor princes.
In this case, the encroachment on the Swarzburgers did not have much interest for the Prussians.
A territory surrounded by wolves and easy to cause enemies to huddle together was not what William wanted, so at this meeting of the imperial princes, William was ready to solve this problem, and if it didn't work, he would divide Schwarzburg so that the various princes could also get certain benefits.
In this way, on the one hand, the illusions of the Schwarzburgers could be put to an end, and on the other hand, the Schwarzburgers would not be able to organize an effective resistance.
Wilhelm spent the night in Frankfurt safely, and the next day, Wilhelm arrived in the Imperial Diet early in the morning, and today his time will be packed, because the Imperial Diet will hold a meeting of the Imperial Princes.
As the clock moves towards nine o'clock.
All the members of the large conference room of the Imperial Assembly have already arrived, and in addition to the participation of all the Imperial princes who arrived in Frankfurt, fifty members of the Imperial Assembly have also been selected to sit on the sidelines of the Imperial Parliament.
And these councillors only have the right to make suggestions and not vote on every item in the princes' assembly, which is also William's arrangement.
Despite the fact that Maximilian was His Majesty the Emperor of the Empire, he also sat on the throne.
But the layers of screens in front of him cut off the opportunity for him to communicate with the outside world.
This was also William's preparation to prevent Maximilian from saying something he should not have said at the conference.
When all the princes were seated in their seats, the whole council hall seemed a little empty, you must know that this council hall was set up according to the standard that could accommodate a meeting of three hundred people, and although there were fifty councillors today, the total number of people in the whole hall plus the guards guarding the door was only about a hundred.
Joel, the host of the Assembly of the Princes of the Holy Roman Empire, was appointed as the host, and the reason why Joel was the host was because Joel's status was after all the Speaker of the Imperial Diet and could be accepted by the princes.
"Assembly of the Princes.
Now, let's move on to the first bill, which is the disposition of Schwarzburg.
As you all know, Count Fried, Count of Schwarzburg, committed the crime of assassinating the King of Prussia and the princess of the Empire, and again Schwarzburg must be punished, although the Count of Schwarzburg himself does not know whether he is alive or dead, but his crime cannot be forgiven by God, so Schwarzburg must be dealt with!
” After Joel's remarks, there was a commotion among the princes in the council hall, even though everyone knew that the first topic of the day was to discuss the handling of Schwarzburg.
But Schwarzburg is not a small country after all, its country has a population of more than 200,000, and Freed's previous governance of Schwarzburg has also achieved remarkable results, both economically and militarily stronger than most of the princes here.
At this time, I saw Sunigo, Duke of Hesse, stand up and say: "I have consulted with the Archduke of Berg, the Archduke of Nassau, and the Prince of Lipper.
The Count of Schwarzburg had committed an unforgivable sin, but he and his comrades had already paid the price for their ambitions, and in such a situation it would be inopportune to hold the people of the Count of Schwarzburg too responsible, so we felt that it was appropriate for the Government of Schwarzburg to pay a sum of money and make an apology!
” Sunigo was the first to show the attitude of himself and others.
The reason why Sunigo and the others have this attitude is because they don't have a sad mentality in their hearts, although the Earl of Schwarzburg recklessly assassinated William without notifying them, but in terms of fundamental goals, they are the same as Freed, so they don't want to see Schwarzburg pay too much price for this.
After all, the current disposition will set a precedent within the Empire, and if a similar sin is committed in the future, there is no doubt that the punishment will largely be based on today's decision.
"The words of His Royal Highness Sunigo are simply ridiculous, the assassination of the princes and princesses of the empire, the crime of Feld can be called treason, and if the punishment for such a crime is only like this, then what kind of face will the empire face the entire European society in the future!
Therefore, it was decided that Schwarzburg must be severely punished, the Count of Schwarzburg should be abolished, and its territory should be brought under the jurisdiction of the Empire!
” It was the Duke of Holstein, who gathered all the princes of the Holy Roman Empire, and although the territories of the Dukes of Holstein and Schleswig had been replaced by Prussia, they were still under Prussian control.
In this case, the Duke of Holstein naturally wanted to speak to Prussia.
And after the Duke of Holstein finished speaking, the Duke of Milan also stood up and said: "The Duke of Holstein's words are not unreasonable, with the actions of the Count of Schwarzburg can be completely worthy of treason, but after all, the people of Schwarzburg are also the subjects of His Majesty the Emperor, and if he is punished too severely, it is not only contrary to God's purpose of benevolence to the world, but also a huge blow to the prestige of His Majesty the Emperor, so I think that the Count of Schwarzburg needs to pay a price, but this price should not be too light, just cut half of the territory of the Count of Schwarzburg as a punishment!"
The Duke of Milan could be regarded as a representative of the city-states of northern Italy, and he had a great relationship with the Habsburgs, so it was natural that the Duke of Milan, who was not under the threat of Prussia, would not speak to Prussia.
However, in order not to offend the Prussians, the Duke of Milan did not speak to the Schwarzburgers.
Everyone knows that the Schwarzburgers will definitely pay a price for offending the Prussians, but this price is big and small.
If Prussia were to use this as an excuse to annex all of Schwarzburg, then this was not good news for many neutral princes.
Originally, Prussia was already a behemoth, and if it were allowed to get another large Schwarzburg state without wasting a single soldier, it would be fatal for these neutral princes.
And after the Duke of Milan finished speaking, Alexander, who attended the assembly of princes as the Archduke of Austria, also said: "The Duke of Milan's words are very reasonable, and he is also in favor of reducing half of Schwarzburg's territory, of course, this weakened territory should be under the direct command of His Majesty the Emperor!"
Alexander's words are astonishing.
It stands to reason that Maximilian, who is competing with Alexander for the Habsburg family, should be Alexander's primary enemy, but why would Alexander ask to expand Maximilian's power, you must know that half of Schwarzburg's territory is enough to make Maximilian's strength go to the next level.
And after Maximilian's words, Duke St.
Andrew, the third son of George III, who was a representative of Hanover, stood up and said: "If traitors can be forgiven just by paying such a price, then we in Hanover will not agree!
As for the question of the territory of Schwarzburg, Hanover believed that the interests of the Count of Schwarzburg must be given a large share to His Majesty the Emperor, and as for the other interests to be shared by all the princes within the entire Empire!
” Duke Andrew's words, though seemingly directed towards Prussia and calling for severe punishment of the Earl of Schwarzburg, were undoubtedly dealt with in a way that was based on the principle of equal interests rather than in order to make the Prussians a monopoly on the whole.
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And after Duke Andrew's words, the entire parliament hall immediately resounded with the sound of discussion, the Earl of Schwarzburg is a big cake, and it is obviously impossible to say that someone is not moved.