This plan of Lucien clearly came from Josephus, and it smacked of the "impotence" that Josephus himself often boasted of. The aim is obvious, and the purpose of this is almost immediately apparent to those with political vision—to widen the division of the United States, and to increase French influence on the United States, especially in the American North, so that the United States, or at least the American North, becomes a de facto vassal of France.

But being able to see what the French are aiming for, and being able to deal with it, are two different things.

You can, of course, debunk the French in the newspapers. However, this means that you are blocking the way of many people getting rich. And then without even opening your mouth the French, those people will unite and splash all sorts of dirty water on your head. Although, in fact, they are the ones who take the franc, but they will label those who oppose them with the charge of "taking the British pounds".

I don't know who first invented a prophecy that those who adhered to the system of the law of the sea would be paid five pounds from Britain for every article published in favor of the law of the sea. Then they gave them the nickname "Five Pounds."

Of course, those people immediately countered it, and they also accused those who advocated for total legalization of the French by publishing an article and getting ten sheng ding, so they also gave them the nickname "ten sheng ding".

Since the beginning of the war, especially after the Battle of the North Atlantic, the British government has begun to use the means of drinking to quench the thirst. One of these was the indiscriminate issuance of government bonds and the suspension of the exchange of pounds and gold. The consequence of this is, of course, similar to the indiscriminate issuance of currency bills in France, and the pound quickly became worthless, although the pound was still theoretically worth 7.32 grams of gold, but the exchange was suspended. Since it can't be exchanged, even if it can't be exchanged "temporarily", this theoretical figure is meaningless.

And the British government was in need of money at this time, and launched the pound sterling, just like the French revolutionary government in 93 issued bills. So the depreciation of the pound bill is worth a mess, and five pounds is not necessarily worth ten pounds now. Of course, pound sterling coins are still very, very valuable, but they are completely out of the market.

Napoleon was quite satisfied with the situation in North America today, and although the United States won the war with Great Britain, they had nothing to gain in this war. Not only has the economy been hit hard, but even domestic contradictions have been triggered. This also means that in a short period of time, the United States will no longer pose any threat to Louisiana. Even in the long run, there is a possibility that the United States will split up and even become the new dog of France.

"The work of the Ministry of Truth during this period can be described as fruitful. Of course, the Ministry of Public Security also performed very well, especially in the assassination incident, and cooperated very well with the Ministry of Truth......"

"Hell, except for the first sentence, the next half an hour is all praising the Ministry of Public Security!" After the meeting was dismissed, returning to his ministry, Lucien said unhappily.

"Minister, I actually think we are the winners." Villefort said.

"Tell me what you think?" Lucien Road.

"Minister, although the Ministry of Public Security has been commended, the scope of their operations, the area of control has not changed greatly, and the direction of their work in North America in the future has shifted more from the focus on covert work to the focus on open legal work. In particular, it is mainly based on universities and publicity. This means that we are in charge. Although the Ministry of Public Security has received a lot of praise, it has not received much substantive things. Villefort replied.

"Still, the MPS has been given the power to meddle in North American affairs. Although this right is called to cooperate with our work. Lucien was still a little dissatisfied.

"Minister, the complete exclusion of the Ministry of Public Security from North America is not in line with the intentions of the First Consul. IMHO, even if Fuche does not do well, the first consul will at most change people, and will never let the Ministry of Public Security withdraw from North America. Villefort replied.

Lucien knew that Villefort had a point, and even though he was Napoleon's brother, Napoleon would not let him monopolize control of the intelligence system. And North America is so important that Joseph even said at the family meeting that in the long run, North America is even more important than France itself. Therefore, in the future, a large part of the power and wealth of the Bonaparte family will be transferred to North America.

Therefore, he can have the upper hand in North America, but he cannot monopolize the intelligence line in North America. Even if Napoleon suddenly announced his resignation and made him First Consul, he would certainly strike a balance between the Ministry of Truth and the Ministry of Public Security. It's as if he himself is within the Ministry of Truth, and he will strike a balance between several departments.

But although he knew this intellectually, Lucien still felt uncomfortable.

"Minister, what do you think would be your mood now if you were Minister Fuché?" Villefort said again.

"Ah, if I'm Fuche?" Lucien thought about it and immediately felt much happier.

But Fouché wasn't as unhappy as Lucien thought. On the contrary, Fouché was actually quite happy. His expectations weren't too high. Because he knows how long his hand can reach. In matters of North America, his department worked closely with the Ministry of Truth, fought a good battle, and was praised by Napoleon. Of course, more importantly, he successfully gave the Ministry of Public Security the opportunity to meddle in the academic world, although it was only a little bit of authority, and in this regard, the strength of the Ministry of Truth is indeed much stronger than that of the Ministry of Public Security, but because of this, with this beginning, it is a big victory for the Ministry of Public Security.

That's pretty much the end of things in North America. The war of words between the South and the North is still going on, and the battle between philosophy and literature and law is still going on within the American academic circles, but given the overall economic and cultural superiority of the French, the emergence of traitors in the American legal profession is almost imminent, and the outcome of this war is almost unpredictable.

Today, France is really preoccupied with two things, one is the new warships that Britain is building, and the other is the war at the far end of the world.

Before the war officially began, and only when it was showing a hint of it, at the instigation of the French, the Netherlands sent some intelligence officers to Cape Town to provoke a revolt among the local population. France also sent intelligence agents to support the uprising.

In fact, according to the British feeling, they were very polite to the Dutch and Low Landers of Cape Town and their descendants. Much more polite than the guys in North America at the beginning. It's just that the economy has been difficult in the past two years, so it will inevitably affect Cape Town.

But in the eyes of the Boers in Cape Town, they were exploited by the British in various ways over the years. I think that at the beginning, the port and everything were in their hands, and the passing merchants and ships that entered the port to take shelter had to pay money to them, and they really earned the money lying down. But after the British came, it was not their turn to lie down and earn money. The port was controlled by the British, and those who were lying down to earn money became British.

Of course, the Boers could also engage in agriculture and animal husbandry in the countryside. In fact, life is still passable, and even compared to the farmers in Britain, it is not a little bit better. (and because of this, the British felt that they should be satisfied) while the whole country was preparing for war, and the British also raised taxes. Anyone will be dissatisfied with the change from more money to less money, and now that the tax is raised, it is even more so.

However, because life was still passable, at first, the Boers did not plan to move much. Even some people who think they are clever use this as a means of bargaining with the British, demanding that the British stop raising taxes. As a result, the threatened British immediately launched a major manhunt, imprisoning a large number of Boers in Cape Town under the guise of "protective control". Even the intelligence officers sent by the Netherlands were also wiped out.

In fact, the British did not have a high-level counterintelligence team in Cape Town, but it was a bit ...... to have such a guy wipe out all the intelligence agents in the Netherlands Some say it's because there is only one traitor among the Dutch intelligence officers, but no one knows what happened.

Of course, the Boers in the countryside outside the city were disturbed, but they were powerless to threaten Cape Town without a leader.

And at this time, the French came out.