The old Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth could not be redeemed, although it could be robbed or dismantled. The French ambassador Antoine-Felix de Monti received the amount in 1733 10 million French livres for the election of the Polish kingbut, firstly, he did not succeed, and secondly, the previously deceased Augustus II rightly noted that, when it comes to the scope of power, he would rather become Crown Hetman than king of the entire Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth.
At the sejms it was possible to buy veto deputies, senators and officials could receive gifts in exchange for some favorable decisions of the court or for information, at the elections huge amounts of money were given away (but it was more like an election campaign), but there was not enough gold to support the complicated state system.Polish-Lithuanian it was possible to take control of at least a series of gold mountains. …
Source: wPolityce