Chapter 1026: The End of Spain

Napoleon listened to Yang Dewang's advice and remained silent for a long time. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

Send Talleyrand and Fouché to prison? Hehe, that's a big idea.

How can the power in the hands of Western monarchs be compared with the imperial power of Eastern emperors? Don't look at him as the emperor of Napoleon's First Empire, but he is always compromising with some people in the country.

Pacing slowly in the drawing room, Napoleon said to his brother Louis Bonaparte with some emotion: "Although I have become emperor, my rights are far less endless and supreme than those of the monarchs of the East. ”

Napoleon was inspired by the fact that he was now under tremendous pressure. His continental blockade system caused serious losses to the countries bordering the North Sea and the Baltic Sea, and France also had to swallow the bitter fruit of its continental blockade policy. Due to the British anti-blockade, there was an extreme shortage of raw materials in France, the market was very sluggish, and the trade in various ports was very sluggish. The French bourgeoisie was exhausted by the policy of continental blockade, and their economic power was far from keeping up with Napoleon's political and military expansion. Now they have begun to demand that Napoleon abandon the policy of continental blockade, stop new conquests, and negotiate peace with Britain!

However, Napoleon's arrogant ambitions were not curbed, and the difficulties of reality only made him more combative. He always had in mind the 'great empire', and it was always France leading Europe to the glorious apex of confrontation with China.

So he couldn't take out Talleyrand and Fouché cleanly, and neither Napoleon nor his empire could afford the consequences of the chaos of the three important departments of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Ministry of Police, and the Ministry of the Interior. Whether it was Talleyrand or Fouché, Napoleon had to put up with them.

These two people are too important.

Without Talleyrand, French foreign affairs would have come to a standstill, and at this juncture, Napoleon could not tolerate it.

Before Fouché came to power, the law and order in France under the Revolution was very chaotic. Even crime in Paris was daily, with robberies and murders taking place every day, and men had to go out with weapons in order to defend themselves.

It was Foucher who changed all this with his superhuman energy. Beneath his outward calm lies an extraordinary energy, he usually sleeps only a few hours at night, he never wastes a minute on anything other than a simple meal, and he even receives visitors when he gets up and gets dressed. When he stood, he made few movements other than those slender, ribbed hands; When talking, his cunning eyes and alert ears do not miss any clues. Fouché's fame is equal to the degree to which he is hated. Even under Napoleon's furious outrageous accusations, he was able to maintain his composure. Fuche is truly moody, no matter what the circumstances!

His strength lies in the fact that his spies are found in all the salons, government departments, and even within the army. He has shut down 47 national newspapers, and prisons are filled with bandits and criminals caught by his men who have attacked travelers, stagecoaches, and even state warehouses and banks, as well as countless innocents. There is no police chief in France who can replace the gloomy appearance of the Minister of Police.

Under his orders, one by one 'sinners' were arrested, interrogated, tortured, imprisoned or executed, day after day, year after year. He was completely indifferent and went about his life as usual. For him, it was just a mission, and Napoleon at least shed tears of sadness when he saw his dead or maimed soldiers. You can imagine how cold Fuch was. For Fouché, clandestine activities were part of his life, and executions were as common as breathing.

"This person was born to be the material of the head of the police, I can't do without him, and the empire can't do without him." Napoleon's mind was not without the idea of killing Fouché, a man who was more dangerous than Talleyrand, but he felt that he could not afford to lose so much. Including for Talleyrand, Napoleon thought so.

Talelang is shrewd and Fouché is diligent; Talleyrand's method of analysing events is to look at the big picture, while Fouché is to analyze them in a nutshell. The combination of two people can really be called golden. Napoleon could not find anyone to replace them. And even if these two betrayed Napoleon, it was a limited betrayal.

Talleyrand's betrayal of Napoleon was not a betrayal of France, and Fouché's betrayal of Napoleon was not a betrayal of France. The former is even for the future of France, while the latter is for power.

If such a person could remain loyal to Napoleon, it would really become a cornerstone of Napoleon's stability in France's internal politics. It is a pity that neither Fouché nor Talleyrand were such loyalists.

Of course, Napoleon always kept these two people, also because they never touched the military power. Napoleon's empire was ruled on the basis of hundreds of thousands of French soldiers who believed in Napoleon, and without military power, they could not pose a mortal threat to Napoleon no matter how much they opposed him.

To Napoleon, these two men were perhaps more like two partners in a company with a foreign heart. The two small shareholders are conspiring against the big shareholders, but they are by no means trying to make the whole company a mess and bring it to ruin.

The biggest damage is the tipping of the anti-French alliance.

As long as Napoleon kept the whole company thriving, their small actions in private were not worth mentioning.

Historically, Fouché angered Napoleon by ordering the recruitment of the National Guard throughout the country, and was soon dismissed. Napoleon did not allow him to touch the army, but Napoleon, in order to drive Fouché out of France, appointed him governor of the province of Illyria, which was really powerful.

That scene in history has not yet appeared in this time and space, and I don't know if it will appear. On the contrary, Yang Dewang is firmly opposed to the close contact between the intelligence system of the European Office and the intelligence system of France. Napoleon also understood this.

"Although I am the emperor of the empire, I am still a revolutionary in essence, and I am very, very willing to support the hope of the Polish people, and the cause of national liberation of the Irish people! I'm willing to do my part for them. ”

"A united, prosperous, independent Ireland is a good thing for France and for all of Europe. As the leader of the European continent, I would certainly like to see such a situation. ”

The backyard of the European shit-stirring sticks is on fire, and those bastards in London are sure to turn their attention to the British Isles.

Yang Dewang looked at the emperor of France, and his heart was naturally speechless for a while! An emperor who claims to be a revolutionary, is there anything more absurd in the world? Although the French Civil Code does have the essence of the Revolution, Napoleon was definitely not a revolutionary.

After a long while, Yang Dewang asked. "Your Majesty, Your Majesty the Emperor, what substantial help do you intend to give to the Irish? Money or weapons? Napoleon was reluctant to deal with Fouché and Talleyrand, and Young Dewang stopped going on with the subject. He is not Napoleon's father, so why should he think about Napoleon with a red heart?

Maybe Napoleon thought he could easily handle those two goods.

So it's better to change the subject, let's talk about Ireland and Poland.

Young believes that the office in Europe is reliable, so he believes that soon the Irish will act. The UTO hopes that the French will be genuinely involved in this matter. If the Irish were to break out in an armed uprising in the future, it would be the most shining medal of the European Office.

Napoleon did not think that the Irish could surprise him much, and with the power of England, he could not see any hope of independence for the Irish. Unless France can completely defeat the British, but to completely defeat the British must first completely defeat their Royal Fleet, with the current naval strength of France, Napoleon has long abandoned this expectation. Unless the Chinese can go to war against Britain completely!

But Napoleon genuinely misestimated the power of a handful of saboteurs, and it wasn't long before the Irish brought him a great surprise.

But by that time, Young had already left France and began his journey as king of Saxony.

After a meeting with Napoleon, he left Paris. In any case, Yang Dewang has received a satisfactory answer, and both the American issue and the European issue have been properly resolved. Yang Dewang doesn't need to worry about what comes next, he just needs him to deal with the agreement.

The next step was to enter the Kingdom of Saxony, which was also because of the French.

As a member of the German states, the Kingdom of Saxony was now firmly tied to the chariot of the French.

King Friedrich August I of Saxony was also Grand Duke of Warsaw, and after being abandoned by Prussia in 1806, the Kingdom of Saxony decisively embraced Napoleon's lap. Now their thigh-hugging behavior paid off handsomely for Friedrich August I.

The Wetin dynasty of Saxony was established as the hereditary dynasty of Poland by the Polish House of Representatives more than forty years ago. However, Saxony's shoulders were too thin to carry this burden, and Friedrich August I voluntarily abdicated the Polish throne. Then, within a few years, Poland was divided by Russia, Prussia, and Austria.

As a feudal monarch, Friedrich August I was very disgusted with the constitution and revolution, but he was conservative and did not sign the Declaration of Pillnitz.

The Declaration of Pirnitz was a public declaration of opposition to the French Revolution and support for the French monarchy adopted by Holy Roman Emperor Leopold II, King Frederick William II of Prussia, and Charles Artois, younger brother of King Louis XVI of France. This manifesto was seen as a declaration of war against the French Revolution and the trigger for war in Europe.

It was not until the Fourth Anti-French Coalition that Saxony formed an alliance with Prussia and declared war on France. Then the Psa coalition was defeated at Jena and Auerstadt, and almost all of them were annihilated.

Prussia could not defend itself and decisively abandoned Saxony. The Duchy of Saxony thus came under Napoleon's sphere of influence and joined the Confederation of the Rhine. This change was rewarded with good reports, with Saxony becoming a kingdom along with Bavaria and Württemberg, and Friedrich August III becoming Friedrich August I. He also got the Grand Duchy of Warsaw. This time, Friedrich August I did not refuse.

Chen Han now established a formal channel of contact with the Polish 'revolutionaries', which had to go through Friedrich August I. No matter how idiotic the king is, he will not turn away the benefits of taking the initiative to send to the door, although this makes Saxony completely on Napoleon's chariot, but the current Napoleonic empire has no possibility of overturning.

Just as Yang Dewang was meeting with the Poles in Warsaw, war broke out again on the European continent. The Austrians were completely impatient, and the Fifth Anti-French Coalition was formed, and the war began quickly.

The war was almost a one-on-one battle between France and Austria, and before the British had sent troops to land, Prussia was an empty shell.

But since it is a war, it will not end in the short term. However, this war forced Yang Dewang's itinerary to be suspended, because he also had to wait for the outcome of the war in his negotiations with the Poles.

If Napoleon had been at a disadvantage, the Poles would have suffered miserably. So, was Napoleon, whose main force was trapped in Spain, capable of defeating Austria?

And at this time, while Yang Dewang was eating Polish cod, drinking beetroot soup, and chewing Polish dumplings, a powerful news suddenly came from England -- a horrific suicide attack in London. The place where it happened was the British Houses of Parliament, and an Irish activist threw leaflets first, and then pulled the fuse the next second. The explosives he strapped to his body exploded immediately, and Spencer Percival and his political opponent George Canning, as well as Viscount Castlereagh, the most powerful supporter of Spencer Percival in the government, exploded into the sky. They had just come out of the building. Yes, the attack killed six people, including the killers, and injured eleven more.

In an instant, the British lost the de facto head of the Cabinet of the Duke of Pontë and two very good British diplomats, George Canning and Viscount Castlerea, both of whom served in the Cabinet of the Duke of Pontë as Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs and the other as Secretary of State for War. With the deaths of three important figures and the injuries of many others, it can be said that the British cabinet was paralyzed at once.

The British paid the price for their carelessness.

You must know that the outer edge of China's government departments can be equipped with security personnel, and as the level increases, the number and scope of the guards also increase exponentially. The British Houses of Parliament, if not as important as China's cabinet office, are much more important than the Senate, right? Within a distance of 30 meters outside the gate of the Information Administration, it is forbidden to accept idle people and others, especially during the meeting, and martial law will be imposed 100 meters away.

The British, who were not at all guarded, let the Irish carry the explosives on their backs and go directly to the bottom of the steps of the building.

The result was earth-shattering.

All of Europe was stunned by this, including Napoleon, who was preparing to lead his troops into attack. The performance of the Irish, really...... It's fierce.

This incident was sent to China along with the news of the start of the Fifth Anti-French Coalition War, but together with this incident, there was another hot news in the hands of Chen Ming - the Argentine Revolution.

Yes, just when Spain was beaten out of the dog's head by China, there was a fire in the backyard of their house.

A revolution broke out in Argentina, although it was not really a slashing revolution, but a kind of gentle independence. But it was also a fatal wound for the Spaniards.

Why should Argentina become independent? Ostensibly a question of nationality and freedom, in reality it is a conflict between the interests of old and new immigrants (peninsulars and nézén-borns), a contradiction between centralization (Madrid) and local autonomy (Buenos Aires).

In Argentina, the two factions have always been fierce.

When Chile was not captured by Chen Han before, the official route of the famous silver trade, under the control of Madrid, was to first load ships from the silver capital of Pudosi to Lima in Peru, ship to Panama, transfer to Havana, and escort back to Spain by navy. As for the private smuggling route, it is from Portosí down the La Plata River to Buenos Aires, and the sea is transported to Europe.

Why smuggling? Because of the official monopoly. Why don't you appeal? Because the inside is heavy and the outside is light and eggy. The opening of the port of Buenos Aires is the result of a long struggle for the native Argentine whites, and it is also a heavy tax and all kinds of restrictions, merchant ships from Buenos to the sea, must first return to Spain for loading and unloading, and then distribute to other European ports, which is equivalent to one chicken and two meals, one departure from South America, and another customs clearance in Europe.

The Creole (native-born white) group is certainly not convinced. This is the origin of the Argentine Revolution.

Napoleon's war of aggression against the West and the war between the West and Central America also brought a godsend to the Creoles.

The forces of the Spaniards were all drained.

Although the people in power on the peninsula advocated following Madrid, resisting the French invasion of the mainland, and resisting the invasion of South America by Chen Han. But the opposition Creoles seized the opportunity, and now they took the opportunity to make a revolution, not to engage in a war of independence, but to be the king of Qin, and to support the regents of the Portuguese queen (the eldest princess of Spain) in exile in Brazil. In fact, it is necessary to kick out the Argentine governor of Spain and play local self-government.

Of course, Argentina is still very firmly on the side of the Spaniards in its attitude towards China. Immediately after the proclamation of the provisional government of Plata, General Cochran, of the navy, sent a large number of arms and baggage to the north, and at the same time sent José Francisco de San Martín Mattolás, for short, to train troops in the province of Cuyo, strangle the local Indians, and on the other hand actively prepare for the reconquest of Chile. Attack north towards Peru!

"It's hard to break the mirror. No matter how good a tinker is, it is impossible to fix the crack as good as ever. ”

Chen Ming didn't know much about Argentina, and he didn't know that it was the Argentine revolution that triggered the liberation war in the whole of South America. All he has now is happiness, no matter how firm Argentina's position is, how can Argentina and Spain still be single-minded after the revolution?

And now Spain, if even Argentina is lost, what will they have left?

The entire northern part of South America is about to be taken by China, Eastern Peru [Bolivia] and Paraguay are all in flames, and without Argentina, Spanish America is a thing of the past, and it is over.