Chapter 1101: The British Empire Has Always Been Friends!
"Is the greatest enemy of the Kingdom of Great Britain me?" Napoleon's words were sharp.
"No, that's the Chinese. It was the Chinese who made the British colonization process in India fall into absolute containment, and it was the Chinese who blocked your expansion of the Indian colonies. ”
"They were enemies not only of the Kingdom of Great Britain, but of the Kingdom of France, of Spain, Portugal and Russia, of the whole of Western civilization."
"As you all know, the Chinese are not God's flock, they have their own set of cultural traditions. Although I have imprisoned Pius VII, I will not deny the existence of God. And monotheism has not been able to spread openly in the land of the East. ”
"China is the enemy we have to face. They are already strong enough, and if they wait until they wipe out the United States and completely unify South America, Europa will always be trampled under their feet. ”
"The Boers in South Africa had sent to Paris three years earlier about the Rand gold mines, and I had sent people to South Africa to find out about it, and I don't believe that London would have known anything about it, and since the Boers had sent the news to Paris, they would have sent the news to London. The Boers' intentions are very sinister, but if France is really powerful, then what if I am turning against the Chinese?
That's the Rand Gold Mine, which has huge gold reserves. I can't believe how many ounces of gold the Chinese have gotten from in recent years.
It's a pity I didn't dare to do it, yes, I didn't dare. Emperor Napoleon, who dominated the continent two years ago, did not dare.
The Chinese strongly refused my contact, and I don't know if London had also made contact with the Chinese about it, and the Chinese simply refused, and then, and then I didn't dare to mention it to the Chinese. ”
Three years ago, Napoleon's empire was still in its heyday before the Franco-Russian war, Napoleon should have started the war against Russia, although he had a request for China, but also faced huge military pressure, but at that time Napoleon was absolutely very confident, more desperate for gold, endless gold, because he was facing huge unimaginable military spending.
The Rand gold mine was definitely a huge attraction to Napoleon at that time, but in all fairness, Napoleon really did not have the capital to turn his face with the Chinese.
Talleyrand looked at Napoleon in some surprise, this self-revealing behavior really made him dare not believe that Napoleon in front of him was real. He has changed too much, too much. Talleyrand was very pleased that Napoleon seemed to have really abandoned his previous ideas, rather than being forced to compromise in a tense situation.
A look of gloom flashed across Wesley's face, "Yes, London has also received a report from the Boers. At first we couldn't believe that there was so much gold buried there, and we did a thorough investigation, and it turned out that the reserves of the Rand gold mine were much higher than the highest estimate in London. This huge fortune was once under London's nose, but London failed to seize the opportunity. Now that the Chinese have everything here, half of their benefits will not fall through their fingers. ”
"Like His Majesty's experience, London has chosen to turn a blind eye to South Africa after initial contact was rejected by the Chinese. Great Britain cannot do without the Chinese, and commerce and trade and India are like our two **, which are held dead by the Chinese. ”
"It's a shame for Great Britain." I don't know how many times China and Britain have fought over the years. But the two countries have never torn their faces, that is, they are fighting but not breaking.
Wesley is very clear about the relationship between China and Britain, and in the coming time, China and Britain may really come to the moment when they meet each other, but in a short period of time, three or five years, or a longer ten or eight years, the situation in which the two countries fight without breaking will not be broken. Even with Wesley's ability, he couldn't see when this situation would be broken.
But Wesley absolutely did not want to see the general situation of 'peaceful coexistence' between China and Britain broken. Because the day this situation was broken was the moment when Great Britain completely lost India.
If the Chinese did not have the certainty of completely annexing the British Indian colonies, would they attack the British? Look at what China has achieved in the war over the years? At what point did they not get what they wanted?
This kind of steady and steady strategy has certainly slowed China's pace, but it has also made China 'win every battle'.
Wesley's self-detonation softened the atmosphere of the meeting, and both sides showed great sincerity, didn't they?
Napoleon was willing to withdraw his troops from the Iberian Peninsula and release the members of the Spanish crown that he had imprisoned, but he was unwilling to compensate the Spanish and Portuguese crowns, and he demanded that the interests of France in Italy and the Rhine League must be guaranteed.
When it came to France's core interests, Napoleon did not hesitate to sacrifice the Grand Duchy of Warsaw, which could divide the existing land into three and compensate Russia, Prussia, and Austria, his current wife's maiden home.
But he insisted on retaining the Lower Rhine League, the barrier to northwestern France, for which he could restore the Netherlands. In any case, the little Dutch did not have much interest, and those Dutch were very disgusted by the French invasion, which brought little benefit to Napoleon.
But the geographical advantage of the Netherlands determined its importance, and Napoleon's willingness to restore a country that was destined to move towards Britain in full swing was to curry favor with the British, or rather to win them over.
As long as the British allowed it, Prussia would not be able to stir up the storm, Austria would be a little weaker, and Russia, which had been greatly weakened, would no longer have the slightest influence on the international affairs of Central and Southern Europe and Western Europe.
Therefore, the future direction of Europe depends on the Kingdom of Great Britain, which now has the upper hand.
Napoleon's greatest concern was Italy, the Kingdom of Great Britain had a strong presence in the Mediterranean, would they allow Napoleon to swallow all of Italy in his mouth?
You know, they also have the Kingdom of Sardinia and the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies of the Bourbons to be appeased.
The Bourbons ruled the Kingdom of Naples and Sicily from 1738. During the Napoleonic Wars, the Kingdom of Naples was occupied by Napoleon, Fernando I relegated to Sicily, Napoleon made his brother Joseph Bonaparte the king of Naples, Joseph Bonaparte was put on the Spanish throne in 1808, and Napoleon made his brother-in-law, Joathan Murat, the king of Naples until now.
Napoleon was clearly reluctant to pull his brother-in-law off the horse. Although this Murat played a very bad role after the defeat of Napoleon's expedition to Russia. At that time, Napoleon heard rumors that there were royalists in Paris and that the nest was unstable, so he taught the army to Murat to command, but Murat ran away, because he heard that the situation in his kingdom of Naples was unstable, and he ran back to Naples to stabilize the situation. But this had a very bad effect on Napoleon's army.
Fortunately, in the critical moment, Rana stabilized the French army after the defeat.
This guy escaped in 1809, and then he became Napoleon's anchor. During the entire Sixth War of the Anti-French Alliance, the flames of war did not reach the French mainland at all, and almost all of them were fought in Germany, and Lana played a great role.
If there was no one to turn the tide at that time, Berthier, the chief of the general staff of the French army, was just a material to be the chief of staff, and he led the troops independently and indecisively, it would have been a tragedy.
Murat 'fled' again, and only Lana had the prestige and qualifications to command the more than 100,000 French troops and the last elite veterans of Napoleon.
In the current French Army, those French troops who survived the defeat of the original conquest of Russia are the backbone of the entire French Army, and they supported the backbone of France in the Sixth Anti-French War.
Wesley said that Napoleon was a good man, but this did not mean that he would compromise Napoleon infinitely, and given the current situation, Britain at least had the advantage in terms of momentum.
Their army, led by Arthur Wellesley, Viscount of Wellington, was already on the verge of engulfing the Iberian Peninsula. At the same time, their allies, the Kingdom of Prussia, were armed, the Kingdom of Sardinia and Sicily, which had been battered in previous battles, and the new crown prince of Sweden, His Excellency Jean-Baptiste Bernadotte, Napoleon's field marshal, had betrayed Napoleon. Not only did he let go of Sweden's seafront, so that Russia's foreign aid during the war continued to flow into Russia, but now the Swedish army has appeared on the west coast of the Black Sea to help Russia resist the Ottomans.
Of course, although Napoleon still has a strong strength, in a large-scale war, no one is sure that he can really defeat him on the battlefield - in the Franco-Russian War, Napoleon's disadvantages were too many.
London was also not sure of a complete defeat of Napoleon. Although Viscount Wellington had won many battles in the Iberian Peninsula, it was against Napoleon's generals, not Napoleon himself.
The failure of the Russian expedition cast a thick shadow over Napoleon's empire, but in terms of Napoleon's own brilliance, there was no big loss, and Russia was too stubborn and ruthless.
And they also have the support of Denmark. Crown Prince Frederick, who ruled in place of his mad father, completely fell to Napoleon after the fire of Copenhagen burned. They formally declared war on the British, and for seven years the Danish war relationship with the British continued, by mass-producing small gunboats (hence the war) and encouraging their merchant ships to arm themselves against the British merchant ships. But Britain still controlled the sea dominance, and Denmark's maritime economy was completely destroyed in the war; They also lost all their colonies; Because the maritime connection with Norway was cut off, there was a famine in Norway, which lacked grain. But Denmark is still holding on.
In 1813, Denmark's finances collapsed completely, and Napoleon's defeat at the Battle of Leipzig symbolized the end of everything. But in this time and space, Denmark is still the hardcore brother of France, and Napoleon won another great victory in the Battle of Leipzig, and Denmark itself has turned the corner.
"Your Majesty, I long for peace between England and France, and for France to return to the European family, but your conditions are too harsh." The British could not afford to let their friends suffer a great loss that could not be repaired.
The lost lands of Sardinia and Bourbon-Sicily must be reclaimed by London. Otherwise, when Napoleon will turn against London again, who else can London find to help him take down Napoleon? Who will heed London's call?