After a friendly conversation between William and Duke Andrew, it was agreed that Prussia would continue to send no less than two divisions to the French battlefield by the end of the year, not including the Imperial divisions made up of the princes of the Holy Roman Empire.
In return, Britain would help Prussia expand its shipyard in Denmark, and Britain would sell a number of advanced warships to Prussia, and the price of these warships would naturally be discounted.
The reason why he proposed to Britain to expand the shipyard and buy warships was because William was more wary of Britain.
Like Britain, Prussia never gave up its wariness of Britain, which is perhaps common to all countries in the world.
Prussia was strong on land, and Britain was strong on the sea, and the two could complement each other as allies to achieve a win-win situation.
But now, with Prussia's increased march toward the seas and Britain's desire for continental power, more and more of their respective fields coincided.
It's still a short period of time, so I can't see why, but if it takes a long time, the interests of the two countries will inevitably erupt.
Among other things, as Prussia's colonies on the North American continent expanded, trade between these colonies and Prussia itself became more active, but as a result, as the overlord of the Atlantic route, the huge taxes levied by the British on Prussian merchant ships made more and more Prussian merchants dissatisfied.
Although the British government has reduced a lot of taxes on these merchant ships because of the Anglo-Prussian alliance and the current war between the two sides against France, for the merchants, every cent of the tax is scraping their bones, and even many times these Prussian merchants have been severely punished by the British Navy for tax evasion, which will make trouble for the Prussian government, and these are also a headache for William.
After William's accession to the throne, he pursued a mercantilistic policy.
This certainly enlivened Prussian commerce, but at the same time it also made the power of these merchants more and more powerful, for example, when the British navy taxed merchant ships in the Atlantic, William did not know how many letters of dissatisfaction from Prussian merchants he received.
Of course, this is not to say that William was afraid of the power of these merchants, who were nothing in William's eyes except for money.
After all, no matter how rich a person is, it is a dead end to anger those in power, after all, no matter how rich you are, it is useless when it comes to a critical moment.
Since ancient times, those who have power must have money, but those who have money do not necessarily have power.
One of the most important reasons why the eagle in the sky and the tiger on the ground can live in peace is that the spheres of influence of the two sides do not conflict, but once the eagle grows in size and grows hooves or the tiger grows wings on its back, then there will definitely be a war to the death between the two.
After his meeting with Duke Andrew, William went to the Emperor's Palace in Frankfurt.
Of course, he didn't go to the Emperor's palace to see Maximilian, he wanted to see Vivien.
Outside the palace, William was again rejected by Vivian, whose maid conveyed the princess's attitude that Vivien did not want to see William again.
This attitude made William feel sad, but Vivien's attitude was also understandable.
After all, between family affection and love, not everyone can ignore family affection, or most people's choice is to ignore love.
Not every couple is Romeo and Juliet, Liang Shanbo and Zhu Yingtai, in other words, the fundamental reason why the story of Romeo and Juliet, Liang Shanbo and Zhu Yingtai can be sung through the ages is because they choose the opposite of most people.
However, William soon regained his fighting spirit, and for Vivien, William would never give up.
Because the feeling that Vivien gave him made him feel familiar, and it was this feeling that made it impossible for William to give up Vivien.
After the assembly of the princes in Frankfurt, Wilhelm on the one hand ordered Dafilia of Bavaria to be vigilant about the situation in Bavaria and also to pay attention to the movements of the Rhine princes, and on the other hand, Wilhelm also ordered his men to pack their bags, and they were about to leave Frankfurt and return to Brandenburg.
It was just as Wilhelm was packing up and preparing to leave Frankfurt that he received an urgent letter from Brandenburg, from Queen Louise of Brandenburg.
In this secret letter, Queen Louise clearly pointed out that in Prussia, there were plotters against Anna, and Louise unceremoniously pointed out that the group headed by Locks and Hans was behind these scenes.
After reading the letter.
William's whole face darkened.
William is not against someone forming a party under his hands, after all, as long as there are people, there must be party divisions, but William didn't expect Hans and Locks to be so bold and dare to attack Anna!
What kind of person is Anna, the queen of Prussia, the mother of his William's son!
And at this very time.
William observed something that made his face even more ugly.
"How could this letter have arrived so late in my hand!
Look at when this happened!
” William roared at the messenger who knelt in front of him, and when he heard William's roar, he saw the messenger say to William with a pale face; "Your Majesty, it is true that the minister left Brandenburg in June, but the minister first went to the Austrian Netherlands, and then after hearing your news there, he rushed to Cologne, and by the time the minister arrived, you were already in Frankfurt, so the minister hurried over without stopping!"
The reason why William roared at the messenger was because of the future, and it was clear that the letter on Louise was signed at the end of June, and now it was August, which meant that the letter had not reached William for nearly two months.
"Why didn't you use the Intelligence Department's network?"
After blurting it out, William sensed that there was something wrong with his words.
Louise has made it very clear in the letter, that is, Hans is involved behind this matter, imagine how Louise could use the network of the Ministry of Intelligence to convey this urgent letter under such circumstances.
"You go down first!"
Distraught, William waved his hand and let the messenger out of the room.
When the messenger left the room, William sat back on the couch with his eyes closed.
According to the meaning of Louise's letter, that is, Locks and Hans want to rebel, but in the future, these two will never rebel.
Regardless of Hans's nurturing grace to William, William believed that he was not thin on the Hans family and the Locks family after ascending the throne, even if Hans or Locks wanted to usurp the throne, they would not succeed, because they did not have military power in their hands.
William still has a very good idea of the current military power of the Prussian army, although the Dessau family, the Ferdinand family, and the Zitteng family have a lot of influence in the Prussian army, but these influences can only allow them to control one or two divisions at most, and Prussia currently has a full twenty-two divisions without the North American garrison.
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Similarly, a large number of practical division commanders such as Blucher and Scharnhorst were promoted by Wilhelm himself, and as the graduates of the Brandenburg Military Academy began to gradually take the lead in the army, these students who accepted the idea that the king is the country and the army fought for the country would not be easily won over by the military aristocracy.
In addition, Locks and Hans were not high-ranking officials in the military system at all, and they may be able to contact some military officers, but if they want to launch a rebellion to overthrow the king, they are obviously not good at it.
William has always believed in a saying, that is, "Xiucai rebels, and it will not be successful in three years", without the support of the army, even if the prime minister wants to seek the dynasty and usurp the throne, it is simply impossible.
It is precisely because of this that William will take the army under his control from the beginning of his accession to the throne.
William did have doubts about the authenticity of Louise's letter, but it was obviously impossible to say that William did not think that Locks and Hans would attack Anna.
Locks's granddaughter Karina and Hans's daughter Dury, they are both Wilhelm's women, if Karina and Duri don't want the status of Queen of Prussia, don't talk about others, William himself is probably the first person not to believe.
And in William's opinion, a strong woman like Du Li has the potential to do anything, and the relationship between Anna and Du Li and others is still very bad.
But it is precisely because of this realization that William is very distressed.
Since ancient times, the harem competition for favor has been the most headache for the monarch, if it is a dedicated monarch, it would be good, but William's harem already has four women, and except for Lilisa, the other three are not fuel-efficient lamps.
If Anna was stabbed to death, then William really didn't know what to do.
Do you really want to hold Karina, Dorye, and even Locks and Hans accountable for Anna?
And no matter how Anna is, in the case that Louise has clearly informed herself, if she doesn't pursue Karina and Du Li, then what kind of attitude will Louise have!
These were all things that gave William a headache.
However, William was still very clear about the urgency, that is, he could not let Anna have trouble, so William immediately summoned Horn and conveyed the order to him.