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While European imperialism is deepening colonial plunder around the world, it also means that the sense of independence among the peoples is awakening. For example, in the aggressive Magyalization campaign now being vigorously promoted in Austria-Hungary, the Hungarians in Austria-Hungary saw their national identity as a pass to exterminate the other peoples of Tania from abroad: Slavs and Romanians would be forbidden to their churches, to be educated in their schools, to speak their prophecies, to maintain their culture, and thus to deprive them of their national identity. To call Franz Joseph emperor in the Kingdom of Hungary is tantamount to treason.

For Hungary, no other family even exists. Such national arrogance naturally yielded only the obedience of daring to speak out, and in the face of this internal campaign of national extermination, the non-Hungarians were silenced and motionless, even though they constituted the vast majority of the population.

Similarly, the National Awakening Movement broke out in Egypt under the European Mandate, and the Fatherland Party believed that Egypt should run the country itself, including the reclamation of the Suez Canal, which caused strong resentment among the French.

The Suez Canal was bought at a great price, and if it was unconditionally reclaimed and claimed by the Egyptians, they would not only lose a lot of revenue, but even have a strategic position.

With this in mind, the Tuileries Palace has issued a strong statement, as has Downing Street. For the great powers, war was just another form of economic competition.

"The Suez Canal is the right to operate the Suez Canal that the French have paid for, and if the Fatherland Party dares to carry out any tough occupation action, don't blame the French for crushing all your hopes with their own hands."

The telegram was very simple and was delivered directly to King Dufik through the French foreign service. Although Napoleon knew that this was useless, from the time of the formation of the government and the coup d'état in his homeland, the king had already lost power, and the actual ruler became Arabi. But he still wants to emphasize one thing, Egypt must first pass the French for independence.

Britain is gearing up for a new round of war. Prime Minister Gladstone was so confident that the British could get France up to business, and they were not satisfied with the privilege of building the Alexandria-Cairo railway in 1851, after the Disraeli cabinet had held a grudge against him for not seizing the Suez Canal.

There was already a discord between France and England, but the uprising in Egypt forced the two sides to come together in a pretended way. Because both sides want to keep their colonial interests, but they are also thinking about how to calculate each other on this issue.

In such a situation it was impossible to ask both sides to be of the same mind, so Napoleon had to find another ally to work with, and in this case, unlike the Transvaal, they also had the support of the Boers in South Africa. But when the Egyptians also saw them as enemies, it was impossible for them to fight alone.

Napoleon looked at the map on the wall with a look of dismay, and said helplessly, "We need an ally, an ally that can at least unite to match Great Britain." However, no one wants to tear their faces directly, and everyone is just careful to maintain the thin relationship of the European Empire. ”

Gan Bida was a man who knew Napoleon's adventurous policies, so he was a little shocked by his attachment. After all, the emperor has always been committed to recovering the glory of France, and the easiest way to reshuffle the political cards is war.

"Of course no one wants war, Your Excellency. In fact, no one would think of seeing an all-out war, and only when the contradictions cannot be reconciled will they reveal their hideous side. ”

Gambida persuaded Napoleon to give up this idea for a short time, "after all, although France's economic growth rate is no longer the first, it still remains at the forefront of Europe." ”

Hearing Gambita's argument, Napoleon just smiled and shook his head. He turned around and asked him, "Have you heard about the national economy of the military-industrial complex?" ”

"Military-industrial complex?"

Feeling very strange about the new noun that came out of Napoleon's mouth, Gambida asked, "What does this mean?" ”

Napoleon explained, "Now countries have to protect the powerful national armaments industry, bear most of the costs of technological development, and make them profitable." In other words, they must protect these industries from raging storms. Such storms threaten the ships of capitalist corporations that sail on the seas of free markets and free competition. Today, private arms are responsible for more than one-third of arms contracts, and this proportion is increasing year by year. War and capital go hand in hand, Krupp now has nearly 30,000 employees, and the vast majority of our prosperity is supported by the arms industry, so in order to maintain the endless arms race, countries need to rely on war to consume these production of murder weapons, and we are only the first to light the fuse of the explosion. ”

Gampeda finally realized the point of Napoleon's statement, and when he thought back to the reality, he was equally terrified, even after the change of chancellor and emperor in Germany, their march in the direction of war still did not stop, and the size of Krupp expanded every year, and the number of artillery they produced was enough to ignite every inch of French territory.

He realized that all European countries were speeding up the construction and improvement of the war machine, maybe in five years, maybe ten years, because of an irreconcilable political friction, completely ignited the fuse of war.

"The alliance of interests is temporary, and when they think that they and their allies are strong enough to re-establish a new European order, the French will also suffer the same thing, and no one will be spared, and it is better to prepare as early as possible than to avoid it, so that they can get the first chance in the war."

Now Napoleon first agreed with Frederick III's ambition of colonial expansion, instigating Germany to fight against Britain, and when the pace of war could not be stopped, they would jointly declare war on Great Britain, crush the continental order he established, and divide the colonies.

Then France will turn around and face its former adversary.

"So the war ...... in the end"

Napoleon interrupted Gambita's hesitation, and the last thing France needed now was hesitation. He spent a lot of energy preparing for war, rather than losing the opportunity in the hesitation of politicians.

"It is almost inevitable that a war in Europe will break out at a certain point in the future. Everything I did was to give France a foothold in this war and gain an advantage. Prime Minister Kamplison, there are some sacrifices that are necessary, and it does not mean that we can do our best to avoid them. The conflicts and frictions on the continent now are like wild horses that have escaped, yes, wild horses that have escaped. ”

Napoleon emphasized that war would inevitably break out, and that the Ministry of Defense and the General Staff should come up with a plan as soon as possible to deal with possible crises.

The Imperial Bloc had not yet taken shape under the interference of Paris, and France had to seize this fleeting opportunity to keep all the countries of the continent disgusted with the arrogance of Great Britain. The globalization of the international game of thrones automatically changed the situation for the British, who had been the only power with a truly cosmopolitan political agenda, and for most of the first half of the nineteenth century, Europe's function in Britain's diplomatic calculations was to remain silent and to be able to conduct economic activities around the world.

This was the essence of Great Britain's balancing policy, but with the rise of global industrial capitalism, the stakes were different, and the woke empires began to challenge the formerly powerful to their own.

The emerging colonial conflicts and crises are reminding the British Prime Minister that their glory is only a continuation of inertia, and that the end is quietly descending on London.

No one cared whether the Egyptians lived or died, and under the crush of the European military powers, the rebels of these colonies were crushed to pieces by the advancing iron horses like thugs with mantis arms.

"But Europe is now trying to restrain itself and avoid tragedy, and we don't seem to have any chance of provoking a war?" ”

Napoleon took a deep breath and said slowly, "If the nations of Europe are still daunting, let me break this taboo." ”