Dominate the Country

There is an old Chinese saying: Flowers don’t last forever, and people don’t stay happy forever.

The implication is: life is not smooth sailing, and you will definitely suffer setbacks and hardships of all sizes along the way. Heroes have always suffered a lot of hardships. At the same time, there will be many phoenixes that are worse than chickens, and there will be people who feel that tigers are bullied by dogs when they are in the plain.

But Napoleon’s life was a tough life.

In the European war that started in the autumn and winter of 1806, he commanded the army to completely defeat the Prussian army in the first battle. Davout’s Third Army entered Berlin on the twentieth day of the war. The Prussian remnants led by Prince Hohenlohe and General von Luchel surrendered three days and ten days after the fall of Berlin respectively. The entire Prussian Kingdom only lasted for a month under his troops, and was declared finished before the Russian army’s large forces entered Prussia.

In 1807, this was also Napoleon’s glorious year, more glorious than after the Battle of the Three Emperors.

The fourth anti-French alliance failed completely, and the signing of the Treaty of Tilsit made Napoleon the true king of the European continent.

Although Chen Ming had played "Napoleon War" in his previous life, he only tried it briefly, and in other aspects, to be honest, many of his memories were blurred. He knew that Napoleon fought against the big duck in 1808, fought against Russia in 1812, and was finished in 1814. The anti-French alliance led by the British had experienced a total of seven times, but he really didn't know the specific details now. Even when he just crossed over, his brain was the most active at that time, but he couldn't remember the specific details clearly.

For example, the war experience of the fourth anti-French alliance, when Xie Qinggao handed over the news of Prussia's "death in one month" to Chen Ming, Chen Ming couldn't believe his eyes. This is Prussia.

Even if Prussia today is still a long way from the Second and Third Reichs of Germany, it won't be finished in one month. The reputation of Prussia created by Frederick II was completely destroyed by Frederick William III. The French attack on Prussia was more of a march than a war.

The real war lasted less than five days, and the decisive battle was just two days. In two days, the French army fought two battles in a row, destroying more than 50,000 Prussian troops, and the more than 100,000 Prussian troops who fought against them were either destroyed or defeated. Frederick William III, who "promoted the expedition in person", can be compared with Napoleon III, who is not sure whether he will appear again. In just a few days, the main force of the Prussian army was on the verge of annihilation, and the huge country was finished in just one month.

The French army that destroyed Prussia then fought with the Russian army, and the result is self-evident. The Russians lost hundreds of hexagonal cannons to Napoleon.

Except for Northeast Europe, Western Europe and Central Europe were almost all under Napoleon's rule, and the core areas of the European continent, except Great Britain, were completely subjugated to Napoleon.

Since the summer of this year, the European Office has been in contact with Nanjing at a frequency of one letter per week. Because the Fourth Anti-French Alliance was completely broken, France was about to sign an agreement with Prussia and Russia - the British were still stubbornly hostile to Napoleon. Although the cost of sending communications from Europe to China was high, it was worth it in order to allow Chen Ming and Chen Han's important officials to know the changes in the European situation in the shortest possible time.

Especially the "Tilsit Peace Treaty" that made Chen Ming worried. During the negotiation period of less than half a month, Xie Qinggao sent three letters to Nanjing. Although the communications were frequent, so frequent that it seemed unnecessary, each letter had something to say.

In the signed treaty after the collapse of the Fourth Anti-French Alliance, Napoleon greatly weakened the Kingdom of Prussia, but was very tolerant of Russia.

"Your Majesty, the negotiations are over." Gao Yanming took the newly arrived news from the European Office and reported to Chen Ming: "According to the peace treaty, Prussia only retained the four provinces of "Old Prussia", Pomerania, Brandenburg and Silesia, and the rest of the territory was cut off. All Prussian territories west of the Elbe River were incorporated into the newly established Kingdom of Westphalia, which was ruled by Napoleon's younger brother Jerome. Most of the areas obtained by Prussia in the second and third partitions of Poland formed the Grand Duchy of Warsaw, with Napoleon's vassal King of Saxony serving as Grand Duke. Prussia's territory was fragmented, and its area was only equivalent to that of the Kingdom of Saxony."

Chen Ming had a detailed map of Europe in front of him. As Gao Yanming reported, the attendants in the attendant room quickly changed the colors on the map. Prussia after the contract was really small. This agreement can be said to have planted the roots of a century of hatred between Prussia and France.

As a time traveler, Emperor Chen was very clear about the various contradictions and violent conflicts between France and Germany in the history of the original time and space.

It can be said that Napoleon's actions played a dramatic role in promoting the situation.

This made Prussia completely lose its status as a European power and become a small state in Germany. Moreover, the peace treaty also required Prussia to reduce its army to 40,000 and pay France 100 million francs in compensation. Before the compensation was paid, the French army was stationed in Prussia. In addition, Prussia must participate in the Continental Blockade system.

Napoleon beat Prussia to a state of paralysis and then confined him to a hospital bed. Looking at this extremely harsh treaty, Chen Ming felt that Napoleon might swallow Prussia.

But Napoleon was extremely tolerant of Tsarist Russia. Not only did Russia not lose territory, it also gained the Bialystok region of Poland, a former ally of Prussia. However, Alexander I also had to recognize the land occupied by France in the German region and the borders modified by Napoleon there, as well as Napoleon's rule over the Ionian Islands, agree to establish the Grand Duchy of Warsaw (a French military base on the Russian border), and participate in the blockade of Britain (the so-called Continental Blockade). Alexander I also had to recognize the Confederation of the Rhine; recognize Napoleon's brother Joseph as the King of Naples, recognize the Netherlands as part of France, and recognize Jerome Bonaparte as the King of Westphalia.

These conditions seem to be harsh, but many of them do not affect Russia's own interests, such as recognizing the Confederation of the Rhine; recognizing Joseph as the King of Naples, recognizing the Netherlands as part of France, and recognizing Jerome Bonaparte as the King of Westphalia; even if all these requirements are recognized, they will not cause substantial harm to Russia. Even in the current situation of defeat, such conditions are already extremely tolerant.

You should know that Russia also got a large piece of Polish land from Prussia. Although the establishment of the Grand Duchy of Warsaw also made St. Petersburg very uncomfortable.

Chen Ming listened quietly to Gao Yanming's report: France and Russia also signed an offensive and defensive alliance treaty. The two countries promised to take concerted actions against all countries in all places and in all wars; and promised to use all their troops for this purpose; and promised not to conduct peace negotiations alone. The treaty stipulates: If Britain does not accept Russia's mediation, or does not agree to sign a peace treaty on the basis of recognizing freedom of the sea and returning its overseas colonies seized after 1805 before November 1, 1807, Russia should sever diplomatic relations with Britain and participate in the continental blockade system. In addition, Russia is obliged to recommend Austria, Sweden, Portugal and Denmark to join the war against Britain.

If one of the countries refuses, Russia will declare war on that country.

Napoleon also promised Russia: If the Ottoman Empire launched a war against Russia during this period, France will take joint action against the Ottoman Empire with Russia.

If he hadn't seen the report from the European Office with his own eyes, Chen Ming really couldn't believe that Napoleon would be so shameless. This made him feel that he still had a lot of moral integrity.

Ottoman was one of France's strong supporters. They continued to deliver all kinds of military supplies needed by Napoleon to France under the pressure of the British, and now Napoleon sold Ottoman without hesitation when facing the "friendship" of the Russians.

Of course, this was not the biggest shock to Chen Ming. The bigger shock came from the last sentence that came out of Gao Yanming's mouth.

"What? Napoleon is going to send troops to the Iberian Peninsula?"

In Chen Ming's memory, Napoleon invaded Spain in 1808. Although the world has changed a lot from the world in his memory, Napoleon's life experience made Chen Ming believe in the existence of historical revisionism. In Napoleon's life trajectory, no matter how far he deviated from his original life plan, an invisible force always pulled him back to the established track.

1795, 1796, 1798, 1799, 1804, 1806...

Napoleon deviated from the "direction" countless times, but eventually returned to the predetermined trajectory countless times. The rise and fall of the Fourth Anti-French Alliance are very consistent with history.

"Your Majesty, if Napoleon really mobilizes troops against the Iberian Peninsula, he will commit a major military taboo." France is likely to fight on two fronts, because there are signs that Austria is dreaming of revenge for the defeat two years ago. This news was reported to Nanjing by the European Office long ago.

Even the reason why Napoleon was tolerant of Russia was largely because of Austria's restlessness. Napoleon needed to appease Russia as soon as possible and then shock Austria.

Chen Erbao has passed away, and Chen Qi took his place.

Gao Yanming returned to his seat, and he reported all the intelligence clearly. Now it was the cabinet and the important officials of the Grand Governor's Office who analyzed it.

Prussia was forgotten by a group of people, and now the Spanish are the focus.

Napoleon wants to invade the Iberian Peninsula. This action, compared with his collusion with Manuel Godoy last year and stealing the rights of the whole of Spain by taking advantage of the coup in Madrid, really makes people have a new understanding of his "personal conduct".

"Continental blockade..., perhaps from Napoleon's point of view, he must sanction the Iberian Peninsula." Pang Zhenkun looked at the world map in front of him, and his perspective on the problem was different from that of Chen Ming and Gao Yanming.

Chen Ming's eyes were also looking at the world map. The whole East of the world had been rendered by Chinese red, and the whole East was at his feet; then he looked at half of Europe dyed red by French red, and a different atmosphere rose in the Qianqing Palace.

Between China and France, between the East and the West...

Many people's eyes were focused on America.

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The vast European continent has surrendered to Napoleon, but the British are still enemies of Napoleon. Napoleon wants to dominate all of Europe, and now the only enemy left is Britain.

Unfortunately, the French navy is not up to the task. Even if it joins forces with the Spanish navy, the scale of its warships is obviously larger than that of the British, but the result is still defeat after defeat.

Of course, this phenomenon is beneficial to China. If the French and Spanish fleets are undefeated, the British will be in trouble. If Napoleon really conquered Europe completely, his next opponent would be China. South America is definitely more difficult for China to get in the hands of Napoleon than in the hands of the peninsula.

Nelson had been promoted to earl by virtue of his outstanding military exploits and led the British fleet to cruise in the Bay of Biscay. However, the French naval fleet could only protect its offshore ports. This made Napoleon angry and humiliated.

On land, the huge success made Napoleon become arrogant. He already looked down upon everything. He was convinced that he was impeccable in strategy and strategy. He was the greatest soldier in Europe. His legions are also invincible. All Europe was before him the keyboard of a piano, on which he could play his rhapsody as he pleased.

However, the situation at sea severely slapped Napoleon in the face, and his plan to land in England suffered a complete failure.

Moreover, Napoleon knew deeply that the future of Europe lay overseas. Without the vast overseas colonies, Europe would no longer be Europe. Similarly, if the Europeans continue to fight for a long time, all their overseas assets will be stolen by 'thieves'.

China has taken advantage of the war in Europe to take away too many things.

Napoleon believed that 'rumor'. He firmly believed that the Chinese people's appetite was far from satisfied, and their goal was to seize the entire America.

Napoleon was also afraid of China's unparalleled strength. He knew China's heritage very well, and France alone could not withstand China. In terms of population, materials, and economy, France is no match. If France wants to fight China alone, it will be like Don Quixote bravely rushing towards the windmill.

To resist China, he must unite the entire Europe and gather the power of the entire Europe to compete with China.

Louis Bonaparte also said in his letter to Napoleon that the new round of census launched by China in the 31st year of Chengtian showed that the population of China has exceeded 250 million. If Nanyang and Nanming Prefecture are combined, Counting the population, China's population has exceeded 300 million. And that’s not counting their immigration in America! The annual fiscal revenue of China as a whole has reached 4.2 billion yuan. At the same time, China's state-owned mining companies have also sent large sums of gold and silver directly to the national treasury.

This is an empire that requires the unity of Europe to contend with.

Napoleon had conquered Europe, and he would stand at the top of Europe and think about the whole of Europe.