Chapter 1807: Marching to Paris

How to get along with France has always been a big problem for the North Sea countries. If it is against France alone, with the current strength of the North Sea Country, I dare not say that I will win, but it is still possible to guarantee that it will not be defeated. However, the problem is that the North Sea State has many enemies in Germany, and if it provokes France, it is easy to be completely surrounded and flanked.

So, for the sake of safety, Marin had to make superficial compromises to France. Originally, Marin designed the script and made France and Spain stumble in Italy. It's a pity that a smallpox caused the two countries to strike their troops. Now, the main forces of France, however, are entrenched in Paris, not far from the North Sea Kingdom.

At this time, if tens of thousands of immigrants are rashly taken away from France, it will definitely touch the nerves of the French people and cause unnecessary trouble. So, Marin also has a headache about this.

But if he gave up these tens of thousands of French landless peasants, Marin was very unwilling. After all, that's tens of thousands of people, and they can cultivate hundreds of thousands of acres of land!

In order to solve this problem, Marin had no choice but to gather his subordinates together to discuss how to solve this problem. During the discussion, everyone spoke enthusiastically. Among them, Schwartz even suggested that he should learn from the practice in the Duchy of Württemberg and send spies directly to encourage the French peasants who had lost their land to launch a peasant uprising, and then create more refugees. In the end, Marin sent someone to France to buy prisoners of war......

But Kohler objected:

"Schwarz, listen to me, my intelligence officers report that the French already know what is happening in Württemberg, and that some German princes are said to have told the French envoys. That is, our routines French learned ......"

"If we use this routine against France, the French are likely to perceive it. As long as we send someone to buy prisoners of war, it will be easy for the other side to guess that we have done something. Think about it, what will be the consequences when the time comes? ”

Schwartz was taken aback:

"What? Those damned princes actually hooked up with France? Isn't this a betrayal? Schwarz never imagined that the German princes would be so close to France.

Marin didn't speak, but he knew it well. You must know that more than three years after the death of the emperor, many German princes even planned to elect King François I as the emperor of the HRE. If Frederick III, the Elector of Saxony, had not taken a stand at a critical time and took the lead in supporting Charles V, it is estimated that François I might really become Emperor of the HRE. The representatives of the pro-French faction, headed by Antony, Duke of Lorraine, basically regarded the Habsburgs as enemies, but France as allies.

It is precisely because of this memory that Marin has a good idea of the strength of the pro-French forces in Germany, so he did not dare to turn his face with France easily.

"So, what are we going to do?" Schwartz said with some distress.

In fact, if these tens of thousands of French landless peasants are brought back, all the beneficiaries here will beneficiaries. Because, the people here are all the top big landowners in Beihai Country. Although their arable land in the North Sea Nation was restricted, Marin did not restrict them from acquiring land in the American colonies.

Moreover, Marin doesn't look ugly, tens of thousands of people get it back, he eats two-thirds at most, and the remaining one-third is divided by a few bigwigs here, and only a small part will be left for the people below. So, this is also a matter that is closely related to the interests of those here.

At this time, Machiavelli, who has always been very low-key, suddenly said:

"Your Majesty, ladies and gentlemen, I think that the existence of these hundreds of thousands of landless peasants in France must not be seen by the French court. At the moment, we are rashly recruiting tens of thousands of people, which will surely anger France. But what if we let these landless peasants make trouble as vagrants first......"

"Make a fuss? What do you mean? Let them start a peasant uprising? Isn't this similar to Schwartz's routine? Marlin asked.

Machiavelli shook his head and said:

"No, Your Majesty, when I say 'make a fuss', I don't mean to start an uprising, it's really a trouble. Perhaps, the Germans do not have this tradition, and they like to pick up their weapons and do it. But in our Italian region, ordinary people still prefer protests and demonstrations to wars when they have something to do......"

It dawned on Marin......

In this era of wars at every turn, he forgot about the most common rallies and disturbances in Europe in later generations. Before the crossing, after the French president Ma Mou, who married a female teacher who was 24 years older than him, came to power, France has been making trouble with yellow vests. Because of this, the young little brother was also anxious.

What Schwartz did in Württemberg before, naturally, could not be applied to France. Because, inciting the other side of the national rebellion is a great enemy that will never die. Once discovered, both sides will immediately turn their faces completely.

But if you incite the French landless peasants to petition in Paris...... This is not a rebellion, there is no precedent, and it is not easy to be discovered by the French.

But if two or three hundred thousand refugees gather in Paris, the impact will be no less than that of the Yellow Vests of later generations. Even, scarier than the Yellow Vests. Because, at this time, Paris was the largest city in Europe, with a population of more than 120,000 people (in 1500, the largest city in Europe was Naples, with 150,000 people, Paris ranked second, but later because of the war, the population of Naples fled in large numbers, and Paris naturally became the largest city. Can't think of it, right? Not so many people, and France will not fight for the Kingdom of Naples. Because, the total population of the Kingdom of Naples is more than 2 million). If all the two or three hundred thousand landless peasants ran to Paris to petition, François I would not just have a big head. Because, the number of petitioners has far exceeded the population of Paris!

You must know that when the Yellow Vests were made in later generations, the population of Paris was 2.24 million, and more than 200,000 Yellow Vests made France anxious and about to collapse. Now, the influx of displaced people, more populous than Paris, can scare the French court to death, if not to make trouble......

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Thinking of this, Marin was very happy and decided to let those unlucky French landless peasants learn from their backs and hold a rally to scare the Paris court.

Then, when the French government and opposition felt that the claws were tricky, they stood up and expressed their willingness to accept those displaced people...... In this way, not only will it not offend France, but it will also be exchanged for France's favor......

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"No, if I jump out to receive these populations, it may arouse suspicion among the French......"

Marin thought about it, but still felt that it was inappropriate. According to the principle of "whoever is the biggest beneficiary, who is the most suspicious" in later generations, Marin is easily suspicious. If he took the initiative to jump out and take the plate, the smarter people would suspect that he did it......

How can you not make the French suspicious......

After the meeting ended, Sauer, who had not spoken just now, did not leave. After hesitating for a moment, he suggested to Marin:

"Or, after those French peasants have made trouble and made the French court anxious, let John . . . Rafite, the 'French minister', offered to sell us the homeless? After saying that, Sauer also looked a little unconfident.

Marin pondered for a while, then clapped his hands:

"Yes, if they bring it up by their own people, won't it be easy to be exposed?"

But Marin rejected the idea again because, John . . . Raffi may be exposed in the future, and when the time comes, it will be exposed. Still, it's a good idea......

After thinking about it for a day, Marin finally came up with a better solution - to make John. Lafite, the "French minister", secretly influenced other French ministers to make this suggestion. In this way, it is even more unaware......

But first of all, it is necessary to send people to organize those French landless peasants who have lost their land and intend to wander, and let them go to Paris together to petition for a petition, make a fuss and frighten the French court......