Chapter 153 The status has been upgraded
Weisen Daily News from Weisenburg City, May 8th, His Highness Rudolf Otto, Crown Prince of the Rhine League, met Duke Friedrich von Wesen in Weisenburg on the morning of the 8th. Signing of the Treaty of Wesson, Archduke Dahlberg von Mainz of Mainz, Derwig Wittelsbach of Bayernstrasse, Mayor of the Free City of Nuremberg Max Merkel and the Church of Light Archbishop Victor, the plenipotentiary envoy, witnessed the signing of the Treaty of Wesson.
The main contents of the "Treaty of Wesson" are as follows:
1. The Otto family and the Wesson family of the royal family of the Rhine League are one family, recognized and firmly supported by Duke Friedrich von Wesson The authority of his elder brother, King William Otto, and the Wesson family were loyal to the Otto family.
2. King Wilhelm Otto canonized Friedrich von Wesson as Duke of Wesson, and the fiefdom was the state of Wesson, which included the former Wesson Territory, Reese Territory, Eichstadt Territory, Ansbach Land, Fürth Land, Roth Land and the Free City of Nuremberg.
3. The false charges originally imposed on Count St. Henry von Wesson will be immediately cancelled. The false accusers, Counts Rees, Eichstadt, Ansbach, Fürth, and Lot, will be deprived of all their titles. The family All property was compensated to the Wesson family. Crown Prince Rudolf Otto presided over the consolation ceremony at Weissenburg Castle Church.
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Weisen Daily News from Weissenburg Castle, May 8th, Duke Friedrich von Wesson held a grand canonization and conferment ceremony in Weissenburg Castle Square at noon on the 8th. Honor ceremony. At the ceremony, Duke Wesson canonized more than 20 people who had outstanding performance during the war as knights and awarded the Medal of Meritorious Personnel. A grand military parade was held after the ceremony.
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“Are you unhappy?” Maria asked Frederick curiously.
The direct promotion of Baron Wesson to Duke Wesson was a major event that changed the strategic pattern of the region. Naturally, the Archduke of Mainz wanted to come and see it in person. In addition to his heir and a group of officials, he also brought Maria with him.
Frederick folded the newspaper and placed it on the dining table, and said with some helplessness: "It's okay, it's because the reporters and editors of the newspaper didn't do a good enough job."
Many of the newspapers The reporters were women brought back by Richard Nall from Constantbul. They had a high level of education, and some of them went to work at Wesson Daily News after learning Rhineland.
It’s just that these people who have lived in purdah for many years only casually chatted about political topics in the salon. When writing current affairs news, they did not have enough understanding of the political and ideological nature of news. The funeral of the fallen soldiers was silent. Don’t mention it.
Frederick had nothing to do about this. New things could not reach the level of perfection all at once, so he could only write more commentator articles.
At this time lunch was served, and while eating, he asked Maria: "Where else do you want to play?"
Maria replied: "I'll play with Mingxiao first, you're done with us Let’s play together again.”
Frederick could only nod.
There are many things to be busy with after the war. The first is to conduct in-depth negotiations with Rudolph.
Rudolf knew nothing about political negotiations, so he could only ask Baron Christian, who had come to send a letter of war, to return to Cologne and report to King William. This guy had been in Ansbach during the war and survived in the end. .
King William fainted on the spot after learning that the Allied forces had been wiped out and the crown prince was captured. He lay in bed for three days. When he woke up, the left corner of his mouth was a little crooked.
Frederick gave the royal family some semblance of respect in exchange for territory and the property of five other families.
No matter which era, face is secondary, interests are the most important.
The two parties also reached a private agreement. Except for Mrs. Lott and the foolish son of Earl Rees, all the people from the various Allied families were brought back to Cologne by Rudolf, and Frederick allowed them to take away a little gold. Silver is thin and soft.
In this era, aristocrats were very particular about keeping a thin line in life so that they could meet each other easily in the future. What he did was also in line with tradition.
The next step is to digest the territory. This matter involves the reform of Wesson state government institutions. There is currently no detailed charter and a meeting is required to discuss it.
Now the entire Weisen state government is as busy as fighting a war from top to bottom. From the tax department to the fire brigade, they all go to the new territory to investigate as requested by the master, and then hold small meetings to collect data and hold mid-level meetings. Analyze data and prepare for the meeting.
In the end, the most troublesome thing for Frederick was the relationship with his two neighbors.
In the past, he was just a baron, so he could naturally hold the throne, but now he has become a duke. Compared with the two grand dukes, he is only one short of setting up his own court in terms of administration. Everyone is already talking to each other on an equal footing. The earl has the rules of survival of the count, and the duke has the rules of survival of the duke.
For counts and barons, the main goal is the continuation of their families.
When you reach the level of a duke, in addition to your own family, you must consider the issues of the vassal families internally and make them feel that they have hope for the future; externally, you must carry out foreign affairs activities and exert influence on the surrounding areas.
On the chessboard of intrigue, the Duke is already qualified to be the chess player, and the rules of survival are naturally different from those of the chess pieces.
The problem now is that a ten-year-old kid is sitting next to the chessboard. I am afraid that only the God of Light knows what he will do, so both the Grand Duke of Mainz and the Grand Duke of Byrne feel that they It is necessary to explain many things clearly to Duke Wesson to prevent the situation from developing in an unforeseen direction.
Especially Archduke Byrne, they secretly supported the Allied forces with a batch of poison gas bombs during the previous Six-Day War. Now that Wesson's army is in full strength, they are a little afraid that they will come over.
Frederick has no public plans to settle accounts with Archduke Byrne. Anyway, even if he does, he will at most introduce a scapegoat, just like King William, who put all the blame on the dead man.
What I have to do now is to digest the territory, and focus on easing relations with the outside world.
So, the three of them now drink afternoon tea together every afternoon at the manor where Frederick cultivated seeds, or walk and chat by the fields.
The three parties quickly settled the diplomatic matters. The two archdukes taught Duke Wesson about maintaining peace and uniting and helping the south for several days. Finally, Frederick promised that he would not treat the two They breathed a sigh of relief after using force on their territory.
On this afternoon, the three of them walked to the vegetable greenhouse. The farmers were putting away the greenhouse film.
It can be seen that the princes are very interested in Wesson's new crops and vegetable greenhouses.
Especially Archduke Byrne, who pretended that nothing had happened before, kept asking Frederick questions all day long, and even coaxed the children from time to time. He really regarded himself as a grandfather.
Archduke Byrne is over 70 years old this year. It can be seen that he was handsome and artistic when he was young. He has sponsored many artists all year round.
Compared to old soldiers like the Grand Duke of Mainz, Frederick paid special attention to those who studied art, because you didn’t know where their upper limit was.
Archduke Byrne pointed to the rolled-up greenhouse film and said: "Wesson, how about selling me these old transparent cloths?"
Frederick said nonchalantly: "If you want to sell, just sell new ones. There is no reason to sell old ones."
"If you are willing, I can also send someone to teach you how to build a greenhouse and how to plant in winter." Vegetables. Of course, you can’t lose their wages.”
For him, he can’t send vegetables to the Principality of Bain in winter, so he sells slime films. Well, the more greenhouses are built over there, the more films we sell here.
"Really?" Archduke Byrne was a little happy, "Don't worry, I won't lose you the price."
The corner of Frederick's mouth curled up slightly and he said seriously: "Two Grand Dukes, there are some things that we have not said clearly. I am young, so let me tell you. If I say something wrong, I will treat it as a child's talk."
The Archduke of Mainz said with a smile: "Then you say it, we won't spank you if you are wrong."
Frederick curled his lips and could see that he was unhappy at being treated like a child.
But this also has an advantage. As long as you don't make excessive demands, the other party won't be angry even if they disagree. It will be treated as ignorance rather than any conspiracy.
So Frederick and the two archdukes sat down at the table and chairs where the farmers rested next to the greenhouse, and told them their thoughts. From then on, the geopolitical pattern for many years was determined.
(End of this chapter)