"Your Highness, can you recount the situation again!" Prime Minister Mandolfer said to William I in a respectful tone.

"Absolutely!" William I once again put him just now with De. Ruiz's conversation was retold again.

After thinking for a long time, the head of Mandolfer lowered his head and said word by word: "Your Highness, I feel that the purpose of the French Empire does not seem to be to make the Kingdom of Prussia an enemy of the Russian Empire, but they seem to be intent on forcing us to the side of the Russian Empire!" ”

As soon as these words came out, the faces of William I, Moltke Sr., and Ron changed greatly.

If this is the case, then the situation of the Kingdom of Prussia is dangerous.

"What are they doing this for?" William I's words revealed a sense of anger, he really couldn't understand why the French Empire was so directed against the Kingdom of Prussia, "We have not offended them, why should they insist on putting us to death!" Do they really want to see the Austrian Empire dominant? ”

Ron and Moltke Sr. also had puzzled faces, and they also did not understand the French Empire's strategy towards Germany.

Even from the perspective of German balance, the French Empire should support the Kingdom of Prussia, the second eldest of Germany, and balance the Austrian Empire, the eldest German Empire.

Fortunately, relations between the French Empire and the Austrian Empire were not alienated by Napoleon's rise to power, but were even closer.

At times, Wilhelm I was eager to pick up a loudspeaker and ask the Emperor of France if he understood geopolitics and German equilibrium.

The relationship between the French Empire and the Kingdom of Prussia is even more distant than during the two Bourbon dynasties, and since Napoleon the Third came to power, the French Empire has threatened the Kingdom of Prussia I don't know how many times.

Kaiser Wilhelm I didn't understand that their Kingdom of Prussia was so unpopular!

Prime Minister Mandolfil also smiled wryly and told William I that he did not know why Jérôme. Bonaparte preferred to try his best to win over the Austrian Empire than to make peace with the Kingdom of Prussia.

Unbeknownst to Wilhelm I and the three ministers present, Jérôme, who had always been hostile to the Kingdom of Prussia. Emperor Bonaparte was a time-traveler, and the reason he was so hostile was that the Kingdom of Prussia was the only country with the potential to unify Germany.

Even Jérôme. Bonaparte knew that now he should show some goodwill to the Kingdom of Prussia, and then indulge the ambitions of the Kingdom of Prussia, and wait until the Kingdom of Prussia has swelled to the point that he thinks he is playing with the French Empire, and France is slapping Prussia by surprise, which is the best outcome.

However, Jérôme. Bonaparte could not restrain his inner desire to destroy the Kingdom of Prussia now, and every time after his attack, he hoped that the Kingdom of Prussia would be on the side of the opposition.

Because the Kingdom of Prussia was only on the side of the opposition, Jérôme. Bonaparte was able to pull the radish and bring mud to completely eradicate the Kingdom of Prussia.

"So what should we do now?" William I asked Mandolfil in a slightly depressed tone, "Do we really have to offend a country?" ”

The geographical location of the Kingdom of Prussia was originally the land of four wars, and the current Prussia was not a particularly powerful country, which made them dare not rashly offend any powerful country.

Hostility with either the Russian Empire or the French Empire would have led Prussia's diplomacy forward

"Your Highness!" Mandolfil hesitated for a moment and said euphemistically: "Archduke Frederick is 23 years old, and it is time for marriage!" ”

William I looked at Mandolfil with a stunned expression, and he did not understand what Mandolfil meant: "My Prime Minister! Now we're not talking about what to do? How did you get married! ”

"But Crown Prince Frederick is indeed of marriage!" Once again, Mandolfil emphasized.

Ron's eyes, who were standing next to William I, lit up, and he immediately said to Mandolfer: "Your Excellency, Prime Minister, I know, do you mean to let us use the power of the Kingdom of Britain!" ”

"Yes!" "Riddler" Mandol nodded his face and said to William I: "Your Highness, I privately think that His Royal Highness the Grand Duke should choose a British wife!" ”

"Marriage to Britain?" William I showed a hesitant expression, "I heard that liberalism is prevalent in Britain, will it be ...... to marry them?"

There was also a hint of resistance on the faces of Ron and Moltke, who had preserved the purity of the Kingdom of Prussia by killing the damned liberals with their bayonets. (Juncker's rule)

Now, it is a bit embarrassing that the Kingdom of Prussia should welcome back a liberal Grand Duchess.

"Your Highness, please don't worry about this!" Mandolfil confidently said to William I: "Every member of the royal family will put the interests of the royal family first, and I believe that the princess who has been educated by Prince Albert and Queen Victoria will not be so short-sighted!" ”

"But my wife ......," William I was a little apprehensive about his wife.

You know, his wife is an even more stubborn diehard than him, and he is a little afraid that his wife will not agree.

"Your Highness, please tell the princess about the difficulties that the Kingdom of Prussia is currently facing, and I am sure that the princess will understand your choice!" Mandolfil once again comforted William I.

"Hey!" William I sighed, "This is the only way to do it!" ”

After Mandolfil and the others left, William I, while chatting with his wife, talked about wanting his son, Duke Frederick, to propose to the Kingdom of Britain.

The princess showed complete resistance, and finally had to agree to Wilhelm I's request.

Over the next few days, De. Ruiz never bothered William I again, and he seemed to have forgotten what he had said before.

However, the information from the Rhineland warned Prussia at all times. Ruiz's words remained the same.

In the Alsace-Lorraine region, nearly 100,000 French troops have been gathered one after another to participate in military exercises, and what is worse is that the center of the military exercise command is chosen in the Metz area, which means that the French command is only 60 kilometers away from Saarbrücken, the nearest city in the Rhineland, and it only takes a few days for the French Empire to enter the Rhineland, and the three armies of the Kingdom of Prussia in the Rhineland are in a highly tense state. For fear that the French side would have an impulse to enter the Rhineland directly.

European countries, which had already turned their attention to the Crimean peninsula, once again turned their attention to the Franco-Prussian border.

William I, for his part, was also stepping up his contacts with the Kingdom of Britain.

However, the Kingdom of Britain did not have much enthusiasm for the Kingdom of Prussia because the Crimean problem still needed to be solved by France.

Of course, Palmerston, who was far away in London, also knew what the French Empire was really doing, and he knew that his plan had failed.

Under the threat of more than 100,000 French soldiers, the choice of the Kingdom of Prussia can be imagined.

Therefore, he had to stop the previous plan to fan the flames by Clarendon, and instead told William I that the operation of the French Empire in the Strasbourg area would soon be over, and William I did not need to be so nervous.

William I, who had been assured by the Kingdom of Britain, was relieved.

In the middle of October, King Wilhelm III of the Kingdom of the Netherlands visited the King of Württemberg.

At the same time, French Foreign Minister Valewski also appeared in the territory of the Kingdom of Württemberg in a low-key manner.

In the presence of the King of Württemberg, the Kingdom of the Netherlands officially signed a territorial transfer agreement with the French Empire.

The Bonapartes bought the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg from the Kingdom of the Netherlands for 30 million (Valewski bargained and pressed the price at 30 million francs, among which was also the reason why King Willem III of the Netherlands was in a hurry to get rid of it) from the Kingdom of the Netherlands. Bonaparte himself held the title of Grand Duke of Luxembourg.

After the purchase, Valewski immediately passed the news to the Strasbourg commander Vajan stationed in Metz, and Vajan also acted quickly and ordered his two divisions to rush to the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg as soon as possible to disarm the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg.

After arriving on the border between Luxembourg and France by train, the marching troops brazenly "invaded" into the territory of the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg.

The inhabitants of Luxembourg at this time did not know that they had long since been betrayed by their king.

The garrison of the Kingdom of the Netherlands stationed in Luxembourg had not yet reacted before it was disarmed by the sudden French army.

The fort and the various strongholds were completely occupied by the troops of the two divisions, and the cabinet meeting that was being held was also disbanded by the Chiefs, just as they had done with the National Assembly.

Immediately afterwards, two divisions read out in Luxembourg the Grand Duke of Luxembourg by Jérôme. Bonaparte concurrently served as the order, so that the defense of the entire Grand Duchy of Luxembourg would be taken over by the French Empire.

The inhabitants of Luxembourg did not know what to say when they heard that their King William III had become Emperor of the French Empire.

However, the second and third decrees that followed made the entire Grand Duchy of Luxembourg rejoice.

Because the new Grand Duke of Luxembourg will implement universal suffrage in the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg, all residents of the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg who are over the age of 18 can participate in universal suffrage, and all residents who are over the age of 30 have the right to be elected.

In addition, the French Empire will allocate 50 million francs to the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg for the creation of Luxembourg's characteristic tourism and financial industry.

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