Chapter 885: Joint Pressure
Jérôme. Bonaparte's suffocating comprehension, Lingde. Lu Yinsi's face showed a touch of embarrassment, and at this time, he felt as if a fish bone was stuck in his throat.
Heavenly, his intention was to force the Kingdom of Morocco to submit to the French arrangement by means of diplomatic pressure after the negotiations broke down.
His Majesty the Emperor understood that he wanted to launch a military campaign against the Kingdom of Morocco.
While military action is the most effective way to subordinate one country to another, it is also the simplest act of deepening the contradictions between two countries.
If the French Empire did not take the Kingdom of Morocco in the first place, then France could be in the same predicament as Algiers.
Furthermore, Virtue. Lu Yinsi is not the Minister of War/Chief of Staff.
As Minister of Foreign Affairs, Duc Anderson. The kind of diplomacy that Lu Yinsi hated the most was the diplomacy of force, because the role that he could play as foreign minister was too limited from the beginning of the use of force to the time when the war became clear.
In any country, the extent of power held by an official is directly related to the amount of affairs he can control, and all power in time of war is concentrated in the army, and the power of the foreign secretary is naturally diluted.
Seeing De. Luynes was silent, Jérôme. Bonaparte opened his mouth again and asked, "Your Excellency, am I saying something wrong?" Why don't you speak! ”
React to the virtues. Luynes hurriedly turned his gaze to Jérôme. Bonaparte, he tactfully addressed Jérôme. Bonaparte made his attitude clear: "Your Majesty, you are not wrong just now! It is true that resort to force is the easiest way to go, but I hope that the problem between us and the Kingdom of Morocco can be resolved in a peaceful way! ”
"The way of peace!" Jérôme. Bonaparte spread his hands, and then raised a finger to Germany with a serious expression. "I don't mind doing it by any means! I only care about one thing, and that is that the Kingdom of Morocco must not become the territory of the Kingdom of Britain!
I don't want to be around those guys! ”
"Your Majesty, please rest assured! I will have a good discussion with the Ambassador of Morocco! Try to reach a formula with them as soon as possible! "De. Luyne vs. Jérôme. Bonaparte assured.
"That's good!" Jérôme. Bonaparte nodded, and then, as if suddenly he had thought of something, he spoke again: "Yes! I remember that the Kingdom of Spain also had some ideas about the Kingdom of Morocco, right? ”
Hear Jérôme. Bonaparte's words, de l. Luyins's heart was immediately raised to his throat, and he was very afraid of Jérôme. Bonaparte, like the Napoleonic emperors, had no idea about the Kingdom of Spain.
After all, not only was the Bourbon dynasty ruling Spain in the same vein as the Bourbons expelled from France, but the sister of the contemporary Spanish queen was married to the Duke of Montpensier of Bourbon, a relationship that the emperor should have guarded against.
"That's right! The Kingdom of Spain does have an idea for the Kingdom of Morocco! However, it may be difficult for their national strength to support their ideas. "Despite the virtue. Lu Yinsi's heart had already begun to pray that the emperor would not do stupid things, but there was no panic on his face, and all the words seemed to be uttered.
"In that case!" Jérôme. Bonaparte paused and gently stroked his chin with his hand, and his face outlined a sinister smile, "Why don't we unite with the Kingdom of Spain and put pressure on the Kingdom of Morocco together!"
This will not only put pressure on the Kingdom of Morocco, but will also clear up some of the misunderstandings between France and Spain!
Deepen the relationship between the two countries! ”
Jérôme. As soon as Bonaparte's voice fell, de . Lu Yinsi's heart suddenly breathed a sigh of relief.
It turns out that His Majesty the Emperor is not going to do anything to Spain, but to win over Spain!
Thinking of this, De. Luynes hurried to Jérôme. Bonaparte said, "Your Majesty, you are right! We should indeed join forces with the Kingdom of Spain to put pressure on the Kingdom of Morocco! ”
Morality. As soon as Luyins finished speaking, Jérôme. Bonaparte's face smiled with interest, and he spoke again with a hint of amusement: "However, I remember that the sister of the Queen of Spain seems to be the wife of the Duke of Montpensier, and you should know something about this!" ”
Morality. Luyins's heart tensed again, and he carefully swallowed and spat at Jérôme. Bonaparte said abruptly: "Your Majesty, all the celebrities of France know this news!" ”
"No!" Jérôme. Bonaparte shook his head and pointed at De. Lu Yinsi said seriously: "You are different! Morality. Mr. Luyins, I remember that you were the secretary of the embassy in Madrid, right? ”
How could His Majesty remember this!
Morality. Lu Yin Sitong shrunk slightly, and his expression was not free to reveal a touch of unnaturalness. Luys opened his mouth to Jérôme. Bonaparte said: "Your Majesty, I did serve as the first secretary of the embassy in Madrid!"
The Duke of Montpensier and the Queen of Spain's sister Louis. The wedding of Fernanda's apartment was also attended by the then Prime Minister Thiers, who commissioned me to speak with the Government of Madrid.
Thiers promised me that after this marriage, I would be able to return to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs as Director of the Department of Commerce! ”
"I see!" Jérôme. Bonaparte showed a sudden look, "No wonder, you suddenly took the position of director from the secretary of the embassy in Madrid!" ”
"Your Majesty, I can assure you! I don't have any connection to Madrid! "De. Luynes bowed his head to Jérôme. Bonaparte said.
"Of course I do!" Jérôme. Bonaparte looked kindly to Duc. Lu Yinsi said, "Minister Lu Yinsi, you don't need to explain anything!
Now that you are my most important Imperial Minister, I trust you completely!
The reason why I say this is because I feel it!
I hope you don't have any psychological burden in your heart! ”
Jérôme. The second half of Bonaparte's sentence, de . Lu Yinsi didn't believe it in his heart, but he still had a grateful expression on his face.
"Yes, Your Majesty!" Morality. Luyne vs. Jérôme. Bonaparte replied.
As Jérôme does. As Bonaparte said, in Germany. Of all the "bosses" that Luys has experienced, there has never been a man like Jérôme. Bonaparte was so important to him,
All foreign policy decisions are made either according to him or in consultation with him.
So de. Luyne did not want to betray Jérôme. Bonaparte, even though the regent of Orleans, his former employer, wrote to him personally, promising to make him prime minister of the kingdom after the Restoration. Lu Yinsi was unmoved.
God knows how many prime ministers the Kingdom of Orleans promised.
"Where did you just go?" Just in Germany. When Luyne was contemplating, Jérôme. Bonaparte's voice reached De again. Lu Yinsi's ear.
Morality. Luyins hurriedly said to Jérôme. Bonaparte responded: "Your Majesty, you just said that you will unite with the Kingdom of Spain to put pressure on the Kingdom of Morocco to bring them back to normalcy!" ”
"Yes!" Jérôme. Bonaparte nodded to Germany. "You must make the Kingdom of Morocco understand how much harm it can do to them by one-sided defection to one country and thus ignore the interests of other countries!" ”
"Yes!" Morality. Lu Yinsi said.
Immediately afterwards, Jérôme. Bonaparte and Tongde. Luynes discussed the matter of Post's envoy.
Morality. Luyne told Jérôme. Bonaparte, Poste's envoy is still in the Ottoman Empire.
"What a stupid guy!" Jérôme. Bonaparte's face showed a look of disdain, "Now he is probably still fantasizing about the United States of America and being able to win them a chance to reconcile with the Kingdom of Britain!"
I really don't know, what is going on in the mind of the Kingdom of Persia? ”
"Your Majesty, I'm afraid it will take some time for the Kingdom of Qajar to fully understand European diplomacy! Please wait a moment! "De. Luynes was unhurried to Jérôme. Bonaparte replied.
"I'm not in a hurry!" Jérôme. Bonaparte shrugged his shoulders and replied indifferently: "Anyway, the occupied territory is not France, it is they who should be in a hurry!"
If we don't stop fighting, I'm afraid that the Kingdom of Britain will be able to hit their capital directly!
That guy from the Duke of Cambridge does have two brushes, and when he was in the Crimea, Britain had half the power it has now, and we probably have less time to win! ”
After the Crimean War, the Kingdom of Britain carried out a certain degree of rectification of the existing army problems in the army, and some departments that should not have existed were abolished, and the problem of power difference was significantly changed.
However, due to the short duration of the Crimean War, part of the problems of the Kingdom of Britain have not yet been discovered.
As a result, although the combat effectiveness of the British King** team is somewhat significantly higher than that of Britain before the Crimean War, it is still a big gap compared to the historical British army.
Except that Britain could fight a second war similar to Crimea, otherwise it would be difficult for Britain to go any further.
[PS: In OTL history, the Kingdom of Britain did not carry out a second large-scale military reform for nearly thirteen years after the military reform of the Crimean War.
It was not until the beginning of the Franco-Prussian War in 1870 that the Kingdom of Britain was awakened by Prussia and began military reform. 】
"Your Majesty, the Duke of Cambridge was able to achieve such a feat, and it is also inseparable from us!" Morality. Luynes immediately turned to Jérôme. Bonaparte touted: "If it were not for the excellent record of our army in the Crimean War that stimulated them, the British army would not have carried out military reform so quickly!" ”