Time flies, the thirty-first year of Chengtian seems to be still yesterday, just a blink of an eye, thirty-two years have come.

1806 in the Western calendar!

Chen Ming, who was far away in the east, looked at the European continent from afar and felt that many things had become unaware of him.

The Battle of Trafalgar was gone, and although the combined Franco-Spanish fleet suffered heavy losses, their roots remained. So, Nelson didn't die; The glorious Battle of Ulm was gone, but the Austrian army suffered an equally crushing defeat elsewhere, with 50,000 Austrian troops wiped out, of whom at least 35,000 entered Napoleon's prisoner-of-war camps;

Napoleon settled in the magnificent Sean Brunn Palace, and the French army marched into Vienna. The Austrian emperor and his courtiers fled to Brno, the capital of Moravia. A week later, the Austrian Emperor met with Tsar Alexander I.

Then, the Battle of Austerlitz was gone, but the term 'Battle of the Three Emperors' still appeared on the front lines of many newspapers, and the French army won a glorious victory in a small town in eastern Prussia under the command of Napoleon.

75,000 French troops defeated 100,000 Russian-Austrian troops in Prussia, and Napoleon wiped out 30,000 troops of Alexander I and Franz II at the cost of 6,000 casualties, and the two fled in disarray.

Therefore, compared with the same period in history, France at this time appears to be more powerful. This may be because the British did not achieve the same brilliant results on the sea as the Battle of Trafalgar in history.

Because the report sent by the European Office to Nanking was mixed with a reply from Napoleon, it was the fifth day of Napoleon's arrival at Sean Brunn Palace, when he was informed by the Battle of Gibraltar and the white of the Franco-Spanish fleet. However, in his reply to the French Minister of the Navy, he said: I have received your report on the naval battle of Gibraltar. I will make specific comments on this matter when I receive your more detailed report. But at the same time, I solemnly tell you that this incident has no effect on my planned naval raids. It is infuriating that these operations were not prepared in advance of this event, and that the raids must be carried out immediately without further delay.

Napoleon may have given up landing on the British mainland, but he always wanted to assemble a large fleet to fight the British in the Atlantic. The previous Battle of Gibraltar was a naval battle that led to the integration of the Franco-Spanish fleet in the Mediterranean Sea with the Franco-Spanish fleet outside Gibraltar.

Chen Ming looked at the 'history' of Europe, which had changed a lot, and a sense of satisfaction and a strong sense of accomplishment surged in his heart.

He had the feeling that he was watching a movie, and the director of the movie was himself!

Napoleon accepted many proposals from the European Office, like the Russian-Austrian prisoners of war in the French prisoner of war camps today, which are more than 50,000 people. What a lot of labor, what a lot of wealth.

How much wealth can France be brought by using these people to build fortifications and fortresses for France, and roads, canals, and rivers for France.

It's definitely much better than feeding these people for a while and then letting them go.

The war in Europe has developed to the present, and it is no longer only an economic and industrial contest, but also a contest of manpower.

For the population of these countries in Europe, 50,000 soldiers is definitely a huge number.

You must know that the total population of the Habsburg Dynasty is only 20 million, and the population of Russia is only 35 million today, and 50,000 soldiers is already a large number. Not to mention the military literacy attached to these 50,000 people, among which there are countless officers.

In the two battles, Austria lost a small 70,000 troops, in addition to the losses of the Russian army in the Battle of the Three Emperors, there was also a series of skirmishes with the French army in Austria before, and a series of skirmishes before and after the Battle of the Three Emperors, so why is there 30,000 people?

The loss of 100,000 troops was absolutely devastating for Austria and Tsarist Russia.

But if Napoleon had released all the more than 50,000 prisoners of war he had captured after signing the agreement, this result would have been greatly reduced.

Napoleon accepted the proposal of the European Office, which strengthened France itself and weakened the Russians and Austrians.

This is conducive to the perpetuation of the European theater.

Chen Ming was very happy to see this scene.

In particular, what made Chen Ming happy was that British Prime Minister Pitt Jr. died. When Chen Ming saw the news in the briefing of the European Office, Chen Ming was very surprised.

Because as far as he knew, little Pitt was only forty-four years old, and although he had been British Prime Minister for eighteen years, he was only forty-four years old.

Chen Ming didn't want to deny his wariness of little Pete, this young man - his current age can certainly say this about little Pete, it's really amazing.

Twenty-four-year-old British Prime Minister, can you imagine?

When this news reached Chen Ming's ears, Chen Ming was very shocked. He seems to have a little impression of the word 'little Pete', but he also knows that the 'little' in Europeans does not refer to age alone, but to seniority. Just like Bush Sr. and Bush Jr.! Chen Ming was shocked by this age, which was really unbelievable.

But it turns out that genius is what ordinary people can't.

When Pitt Jr. ascended to the prime minister's throne, Britain's finances were heavily indebted, first with the old debt of the Seven Years' War, and then from the Lighthouse War of Independence, 150 million pounds to 170 million pounds, an unimaginably huge amount, which is more than a decade of British fiscal revenue.

But Pitt Jr., with his excellent economic skills and strong political skills, quickly solved this dilemma. When he came to power, he quickly filled Britain's wartime deficit by adjusting the commodity tax rate and national debt, as well as curbing government corruption, and reforming the tax system, learning from China's new taxes. He also dissolved the British East India Company in the middle and later years of his reign, bringing India directly under British colonial rule.

Although he himself was in personal debt because of his drunkenness and neglect of his private affairs, the servants stole his belongings. By the time he first resigned as prime minister, he was already in debt of over £40,000.

During the resignation of Pete Jr., Chen Ming asked the European Office to invite him to China, just like Watt at the beginning, Chen Ming would definitely give him a high-standard reception, but Pete Jr. refused.

Then Pitt Jr. became Prime Minister of the United Kingdom again, because the war between Britain and France resumed, and all classes of the British community believed that the successor Prime Minister Addington was not capable of leading the war. Pitt Jr. joins forces with his arch-nemesis, Fox, to overthrow the cabinet.

This is a bit of a 'Xie An is not as good as the common people'. Chen Ming thought that little Pete would serve in the position of prime minister for another sixteen or seven years, but who would have thought that this guy would hang up at the age of forty-four, and this time was precisely the time when the anti-French alliance had a series of defeats in Europe.

"I hope this news will not affect his historical evaluation!"

Chen Ming thought about it and felt that the British were not so superficial, little Pitt had instilled his hatred of the Paris Revolution in the blood of the whole of Britain over the years, and the third anti-French alliance was a failure, but there would be a fourth, fifth, and sixth time......

Although he fell between the failed 1805~1806, his fiscal policy created great wealth for Britain. This wealth allowed Britain to sustain a long and terrible war, to continuously expand its fleet, to expand its army, to pay its soldiers, and to support its allies with money.

Chen Ming thought about little Pete's life in his mind, and his fingers kept tapping on the bookcase until he stopped!

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Cabinet.

Pang Zhenkun looked at an edict coming from the palace, and his brows furrowed slightly.

"It's hard."

This idea of the Emperor was not unusual, and they had secretly supported France before, so was that what it was intended for?

-- Balance-of-power diplomacy, winning over the weaker side and fighting the stronger side. For example, Cardinal Wolsey, Britain's chief minister, initially supported Spain in the war against France, but when Spain gained the upper hand over Europe, it turned to France. This is the most obvious balance of power diplomacy. However, Pang Zhenkun can also see from Emperor Chen's series of practices that Emperor Chen is actually not very optimistic about Napoleon, but uses Napoleon more as a chess piece.

Let Napoleon constantly attract hatred in Europe, win over hatred, and let the eyes of the whole Europe focus on Europe, and have no time to take care of the changes in the Americas and even India.

In this way, China can seek the best and most benefits.

As for the question of England and France, in the long run, it is clear that the emperor chose England.

So what's wrong with Emperor Chen now?

Seeing Napoleon's invincibility on the European continent, did he have other ideas?

The wrinkles on Pang Zhenkun's face can trap mosquitoes. Although he has been in power all these years, he is really tired of worrying.

Don't say anything else, it's just the survey and construction of a railway, as well as the implementation order of compulsory education in various provinces and provincial capitals, so that Pang Zhenkun's ears can't be idle for a day.

And now Emperor Chen has a big problem for the cabinet.

Pang Zhenkun was the first to greet Gao Yanming, is he the Minister of Foreign Affairs? After reading Chen Ming's handwriting, Gao Yanming was not very strange. Napoleon's current momentum is really remarkable, and those who were not optimistic about Napoleon before will now be impressed by him.

In this case, it is logical for the emperor to 'change' his mind.

Sea and land power in Europe!

That is, England and France.

On the sea, the French navy united with the Spanish warships, and the British could not be defeated. And on land, the British, united Austria and Russia, could not kill the French either.

The victory at the Battle of the Three Emperors made it seem that Napoleon had become the ruler of the European continent.

On this basis, it is really possible to form a balance of power across Europe. Although Russia and Austria, the two land powers, are in conflict with France. But Napoleon had already mastered most of Western Europe, and it would not be impossible if he could organically integrate the forces of Spain, Italy, and France to challenge British hegemony at sea again. Moreover, Napoleon has seen the power of the sailboat, the brain has been enlightened, and now France has started a paddle steamer with hybrid sail with the support of Chinese technology, and their mission is to play sabotage in the Atlantic, so how the future development of the European war will be, it is really unpredictable!

Chen Ming used to think about carrying out 'purges' in the three countries of the Southern Khan in Central Asia, and even thought of killing people's heads, this is to make the Russians feel at ease, and also to let the Russians go all out to fight Napoleon.

"Your Majesty must have made a taboo against Napoleon, otherwise how could he attack France?" Gao Yanming said.

The matter of Russia, this is essentially dragging Napoleon back!

Chen Ming didn't want Britain to dominate Europe, but he never wanted the huge European continent to be a Napoleonic empire! That wouldn't be good for Chen Han's future. Gao Yanming sees this very clearly.

Whoever wants to rise to the top, knock him. The current situation in Europe has become the basis of a 'balance of power', but the war cannot really end. Napoleon would not, and neither would England!

Chen Ming didn't think that his plan would succeed all at once. He just wanted to put the concept of 'balance of power' into Napoleon's mind, hoping that one day it would be useful.

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