After inspecting the western Lithuania region, William rushed back to Brandenburg without stopping, and this inspection took only half a month to complete the inspection of Jutland and East Prussia and Western Lithuania in Prussia.
The reason why William left Brandenburg to go out to inspect was actually largely to avoid the turmoil caused by Brandenburg because of his two edicts, and for William, he still had a lot to do, and he didn't want to waste his energy on such boring things.
Immediately after returning to Brandenburg, Wilhelm's desk was filled with two documents, one of which was the intelligence of various countries collected by the Military Department during this time, and the other was the credentials of the British to the Prussian government.
William first picked up the credentials handed over by the British.
In this letter, the British asked Prussia to send elite troops to France again, and at the same time the British hoped that Prussia would temporarily halt the expansion of its navy.
After reading this British letter, William felt a little disdainful.
Britain's fear of Prussia is actually not a secret, if the British still had something to hide after Prussia's meeting with many opponents in the Holy Roman Empire, then after Prussia successively defeated the combined forces of Austria and the princes of the Holy Roman Empire, there were more and more politicians in Britain, especially at the top, who shouted the Prussian threat theory.
When Charlotte, the Prussian princess and sister of William, married the Duke of York, the marriage was praised by all Prussians and British.
After all, the marriage between the two countries is undoubtedly a deepening of the alliance between the two countries.
But then the Duke of York was cold to Charlotte less than a year after his marriage, which undoubtedly made William feel bad about the British!
Even though Charlotte's marriage to the Duke of York was a political marriage, William did not take this marriage too seriously.
But this performance of the British is undoubtedly to some extent a humiliation for Prussia!
Even for the separation between Charlotte and the Duke of York, William sent a strongly worded protest document to George III.
The Prussian princesses are like baby bumps wherever they are placed, after all, behind them stands the mighty Prussia!
But now, the Duke of York of England actually betrayed Charlotte less than a year after his marriage, which in William's eyes is simply a sign of absurdity.
Although William is no better than the Duke of York, the key is that people's eyes are looking at others, and no one will seriously notice their own shortcomings.
This is true everywhere.
Now that Prussia had just proposed to develop its navy on a large scale, it had attracted protests from the British, which, in Wilhelm's view, was completely interfering with Prussia's internal affairs, which had to make Wilhelm feel strange.
After reading the credentials, William immediately called Horn to him "Horn, has Princess Charlotte sent back letters from England during this time?"
Hear William's answer.
Horn thought for a moment and then said: "Your Majesty, the Duchess of York, oh no, it was Princess Charlotte who did send a letter home from London, but that was the last week.
And the letter has been handed over to Her Royal Highness the Queen Mother."
Just heard Horn refer to Charlotte as the Duchess of York.
A hint of coldness flashed in William's eyes, and it was this coldness that made Horn immediately change his name to Charlotte.
In fact, logically speaking, after Charlotte married the Duke of York, she should indeed be called the Duchess of York and should not continue to be called a princess, after all, her identity has changed.
After Charlotte married in England, Prussia called Charlotte the Duchess of York, but just now William emphasized Charlotte's name before she got married, which made Horn quickly understand what William meant.
After Horn finished answering.
William waved him away.
When Horn was gone, William reconsidered the two contents of the English Letter.
Obviously.
The British wanted Prussia to focus on France, they did not want Prussia to develop a navy, and the reason is simple.
The British hoped that Prussia would continue to attach importance to and develop the army, and if the center of gravity of the Prussians shifted to the navy, even if the British were confident, the Prussians would not be able to surpass the British Royal Navy within 20 years, but for Prussia, a big country in Central Europe, if it developed its navy, it would not take five years to become Britain's biggest rival in Europe and even in the world's oceans.
"A gang of thieves!
If you want to get space on land, don't you allow us to develop on the ocean!
” William thought indignantly.
In response to the British Credentials, William wrote in his own handwriting: "Prussia not only had space on land, but also cherished the sea.
As an ally of Great Britain, Prussia was willing to work with the British Empire to develop the seas for the civilized world!
As for the reinforcements sent to France, there is no doubt that Prussia's army in France currently accounts for seventy percent of the allied forces, because of the war, Prussia is currently in a difficult state situation, and there are no reinforcements to send for the time being!
Unless, of course, the British are willing to honor the conditions promised to Prussia in advance!
” Of course, this instruction was not a formal reply to the British, but William's instruction was conveyed to the Prussian government, which then polished it and then replied to the British.
After putting down the pen in his hand, William picked up another document.
After the coalition forces achieved the advantage over France, the voices of peace talks in Spain, which had been suppressed before, were once again noisy, and many Spaniards demanded that the Spanish government immediately stop the hostilities with the coalition forces, and even within the Spanish royal family, there were different voices.
Some members of the Spanish royal family are increasingly dissatisfied with the Spanish queen because of her growing arrogance, and just last month there was an assassination of the Spanish queen Luisa and her mistress Godoy.
Spain is once again in turmoil.
As a result, even Portugal, which had oscillated between Spain and England, had gradually begun to tilt towards the side of the coalition forces.
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According to intelligence, the top level of the Portuguese government has begun to discuss the possibility of joining the coalition to fight against Spain, and Portugal has secretly signed a secret treaty with the British, that is, Portugal agrees to the British offer to allow the British to use the roads in Portugal to transport troops if necessary.
After reading these two pieces of information, William continued to look down.
The death of Sultan Hamid I of the Ottoman Empire two months ago has caused a lot of speculation that Hamid I died of poisoning.
As the sultan of a country, Hamid I was actually poisoned, which had to surprise William, knowing that as the ruler of a country, in general, it is very difficult to want to poison.
Unless the poison is not detected, or betrayed by someone who is extremely close to it, it is far from easy to poison.
Hamid I was succeeded to the throne by the Ottoman Crown Prince Selim, who, after ascending the throne, began to investigate the murderer of Hamid I.
You must know that Hamid I had no heirs, and after he ascended the throne, he immediately made Selim the crown prince of the empire, and then did his best to cultivate it.
It can be said that most emperors are not as selfless as Hamid I did with their children, but Hamid did.
It is precisely for this reason that no one in the Ottoman country suspects that Selim is unfavorable to Hamid I, because Hamid I has long begun to let Selim act as the governor of the country in order to cultivate Selim.
According to Selim's investigation, the most likely murderer who poisoned Hamid I was the Janisseri group.
Hamid I's reforms in the country after the Black Sea Campaign were very offensive to the interests of the Janissries, especially when Hamid I appointed Selim to establish army and naval academies in the country, and began to gradually adopt the European national way of training the Ottoman army in the army, the Janisseri group was almost destroyed by Hamid I.
In this case, if there is one person who hated Hamid I the most, it was undoubtedly the Janisseris.
The Yenisiri means new army in Ottoman language, but it was this once-high army that was now the biggest cancer in the Ottoman Empire.
William didn't know what to say about Hamid I, because the emperor had no imperial education at all, so there were a series of disappointments in judgment after ascending the throne, which led to the Ottomans being repeatedly attacked by the Russian Empire.
But this does not mean that Hamid I is corrupt and incompetent, after all, Hamid I's efforts to change the Ottoman Empire are obvious, but he is powerless to return to heaven at all, which is similar to Emperor Chongzhen at the end of the Ming Dynasty!
As for Russian intelligence, William had already seen it when he visited Western Lithuania.
And apart from Europe, except for the Prussian colonies on the North American continent, the Ministry of Intelligence did not have any intelligence, after all, those regions had no Prussian interests at all.
And the North American region to which Prussia belongs is actually a focus of attention of the Prussian Ministry of Intelligence!