I tend to agree with them. Friedrich Christian was already starting the process, though I believe that much like Moltke a few years later in a identical position, Brühl was found officially innocent of embezzlement? My memory is fuzzy, and I never finished either of his bios I started. Maybe when work calms down and I have time to practice German again, I can pick up some of the abandoned half-finished books on my list.

Anyway, if Friedrich Christian and Brühl had lived, I think Brühl's life would have continued getting worse.