the Sejm on behalf of Halicz county. Branicki was a strong supporter and member of the Radom Confederation and mostly focused on how to weaken the influence of Karol Stanisław "Panie Kochanku" Radziwiłł and possibly, on how to deprive Radziwiłł of his fortune. In 1767, as a member of the Repnin Sejm of Sochaczew, he became a member of the pro-Russian delegation, which was created under the Russian envoy Nikolai Repnin in order to review the function of the government of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth. As a commander, Branicki decided to side with the king and faithfully led the Royal Polish Army in the years 1768–1772 and helped to suppress the supporters of the Bar Confederation who were Polish patriots. On 19 June 1768, together with Russian troops, he captured the city of Bar in Ruthenia, which served as the Bar's headquarters. In 1770, during the crisis in Russian-Polish relations, king Stanisław II Augustus, appointed him as his envoy to the Russian Empire, without consulting with the powerful Czartoryski family, who were normally responsible for nominating envoys, Sejm Marshals and Hetmans. On 18 January 1771 Branicki arrived in St. Petersburg, from where he warned king Stanisław that if the Russian delegation in Warsaw headed by general Kasper von Saldern could not reach agreement with the Polish Sejm, the Russian Empress would partition the country. So it came to pass. He and Suvorov armed the Jews in Kraków, the ancient capital of Poland for the siege of Kraków Castle. The French and Bar confederation garrison of the castle were kept as prisoners, but he declared that Poland had never been at war with France. In 1772, he went on a diplomatic mission to Paris to receive the French aid against partitions similar to the French aid to Bar confederation but in vain. Between 1773 and 1775, he was a member of a newly established secret party, responsible for confiscating the assets of the Society of Jesus in the entire country. For his "services", Stanisław Augustus rewarded him in 1774 by ceding to him the immense estate that was the county of Biała Cerkiew and appointed him Crown Hetman. In 1776, Branicki became a member of Andrzej Mokronowski's controversial political party. At the 1778 Sejm Branicki was appointed the adviser to the "Permanent Council's" Chief Marshal. Later he became a member of the Great Sejm and chairman of the Military Commission of the