Dominate the Country

Time goes back to the winter of the 28th year of Chengtian.

It was almost midnight, and a light was still on in a house in a small courtyard of the London Office in Europe.

Chen Zhan stretched his arms and tensed his body to release the soreness of his body after sitting for a long time. The several pieces of letter paper in front of him were already full of words, and as if it was not enough, Chen Zhan turned a new page.

It is now the winter of the 28th year of Chengtian, which is 1802 in the Western calendar. The war clouds are gathering in Europe, and the contradictions between Britain and France are on the verge of breaking out. Another war seems inevitable.

And the big thing that Chen Han has been planning for many years has come to a ripe time.

As Chen Han's highest power representative in Europe, Chen Zhan now has only one thing to do-negotiate Louisiana with Napoleon.

As long as this matter is done well, Chen Zhan believes that his title will definitely be promoted to a higher level.

—— There is no difference between the kingship of Chen Han, but the two-character king is generally considered to be inferior to the one-character king.

Chen Zhan had no ambition to fight for the throne, but he also didn't want to go to America to be a vassal with the title of "King of Jieyang".

At this time, a cup of tea was quietly handed to the table. Chen Zhan was stunned and slowly turned around. He saw Dong Gao stroking his beard and looking at the content he had already written. This letter, which was to be handed directly to Chen Ming, was discussed by Chen Zhan and Dong Gao.

After Napoleon signed the Treaty of Amiens with the British, he wanted to focus on the Caribbean and North America and continue to expand France's colonies overseas, because he knew very well that colonies were the hope of France.

But Napoleon's plan soon failed. Before the ink of the Treaty of Amiens was dry, the conflict between Britain and France became fierce again.

- Napoleon Bonaparte appointed Charles Leclerc as the commander of the French expeditionary force, leading a fleet of 54 warships and 30,000 soldiers to expedition to Saint-Domingue [Haiti].

This has greatly improved France's influence in America, which has been weakened to the extreme, but it is useless. The Haitian black rebels seemed to have fallen into a trough after their leader Toussaint Louverture was lured by the French. The British could not sit still. They strongly supported rebel leaders such as Dessalines, Christophe and Alexandre Petion, which directly put the French expeditionary force led by Charles Leclerc in trouble.

After Toussaint was lured by the French, the British thought that the Haitian black uprising was going to fail, and they quickly sent a large amount of military supplies and weapons to support it. Who would have thought that their resilience was so strong that they curbed the defeat in just a few months and beat the French in a mess. Therefore, the British are now worried about whether the black slaves in their colonies will be encouraged.

But whether the British are self-inflicted or not, the British support for the Saint-Domingue rebels cannot escape the eyes of the French, and the contradiction between Britain and France has not been eased at all because of the Treaty of Amiens.

Napoleon's original wish was to make peace with Britain in Europe and expand his territory in the Caribbean and North America. But now, not only in the Caribbean, but also in the Mediterranean and the Balkans, the conflict between Britain and France is escalating, and both Britain and France are undermining the peace treaty. Moreover, the relationship between Russia and France is also deteriorating. By the winter of 1802, military conflict between France and Britain was almost inevitable. Even in the eyes of Chen Zhan and others, it was only a matter of time before Britain and France went to war again. Therefore, Chen Zhan "believed" that Napoleon would give up his idea of ​​establishing a sphere of influence in the Western Hemisphere and concentrate on dealing with Britain.

Under such circumstances, Chen Zhan, Dong Gao and others believed that Chen Han's opportunity to seize Louisiana had come.

"Haha, why don't you rest so late, Mr. Dong?" Chen Zhan put down his pen and picked up his teacup.

"I just got a message, so I hurried to inform your highness." Dong Gao said with a smile. In recent years, he has had a pleasant cooperation with Chen Zhan. Chen Zhan is not an unreasonable dude, which is the greatest blessing for the European Office.

"News just came from Paris that Napoleon decided to send an additional military delegation to India." In other words, Napoleon was somewhat dissatisfied with the progress of France's restoration of influence in India, and felt that the pace was too slow.

In the previous year, France signed peace treaties with the Ottomans and the British, and then began to rebuild consulates in various countries on the eastern coast of the Mediterranean. The Ottoman Empire opened the Bosporus and Dardanelles Straits to France; France signed treaties with the Pasha of Tripoli and the Bey of Tunisia respectively; not long ago, France also signed a treaty with the Governor-General of Algeria, and French influence also extended to the Peloponnese and Serbia - this is also the direct cause of the deterioration of Franco-Russian relations; two months ago, French General Sebastiani visited Tripoli, Egypt, and Syria, and established contacts with local Pashas and Beys.

Now Napoleon is sending people to India again. Napoleon is going to make trouble.

"Napoleon is really not a worry-free person."

As a famous figure of the New Confucian Party, Dong Gao did not like people like Napoleon. Such people are born destroyers and challengers of order.

But he must also admit that such people are definitely rare heroes.

During the turbulent ten years of the French Revolution, how many heroes had been invincible? But those people started from politics, fell from politics, and died and their families were destroyed. Only Napoleon started from the army, wars, and victories. The victory of the war was the most reliable guarantee for consolidating his power.

"London will not allow the French to continue to grow. Napoleon defeated Vienna, Berlin, and Italy. Such France is already a giant in Europe. It is the biggest threat to London's European hegemony."

Therefore, the Anglo-French war is imminent. Unless Napoleon is willing to surrender to Britain. But how is this possible?

Napoleon will never stop his war. Because he knows where his power comes from.

His foundation is too shallow, his political foundation is too shallow, and under the traditional governance of Europe, he can't get such a status at all, so Napoleon's position is swaying. And to eliminate this "shaking", there is only war, only victory.

Perhaps one day, Napoleon's position will be completely consolidated, and he will give up the war. But if that day really comes, there will be only his voice in the whole of Europe.

Napoleon's power depends on Napoleon's honor, and Napoleon's honor depends on the victory won by Napoleon. If his power is not based on new honor and new victory, it will be lost. The victory of the war has made Napoleon the current one - the lifelong ruler of France. Yes, Napoleon took another step forward after defeating Vienna. He was no longer the first ruler, but the lifelong ruler.

"Only the victory of the war can keep Napoleon in his current position."

In Dong Gao's heart, Napoleon, whom he disliked very much, was actually very similar to someone, but the political tradition of Europe was very different from that of China. The theory of bloodline, which had long been abandoned by China, had such a strong influence in this place.

Here, the grass dragon snake became a joke. It seems that you must have royal bloodline to become a king. It's okay for Napoleon to become a lifelong ruler. If you want to go a step further, it must be a huge challenge to the traditional political concept of Europe.

But there is no such restriction in the East. From the moment Chen Sheng shouted "Are there any kings, princes, generals and ministers?", gangsters can become emperors and beggars can sit on the dragon throne.

How similar is Napoleon to the Emperor Chen of China.

They are all good at fighting and rely on war to gather talents, strength and people's hearts step by step. Emperor Chen in the East had been on the throne for thirty years, and the Chen Dynasty was rising like the sun in the east. And how far would Napoleon in Europe go in the future? No one knew.

War, war, endless war, endless victory. This idea must have always been dominant in Napoleon's mind. Perhaps he himself constantly dreamed of new wars, thinking of spreading the seeds of war all over Europe.

Napoleon often said to people: "In France, a new government must be dazzling and stunning, otherwise it will fall in a riot." Many people know this sentence, and the European Office also knew it early. Dong Gao couldn't tell what kind of mentality Napoleon had when he said this. Was it because of the political chaos in France after the Great Revolution? Or was it because of his desire to make progress in his heart?

Therefore, a person like Napoleon who could not rest for a moment would not sit in a peaceful environment for a long time and enjoy his happiness. He was always preparing for war.

Now he wants to intervene in India again, which will inevitably cause serious dissatisfaction among the British, because this seriously threatens Britain's interests in India. The French had a deep influence on the Maratha Hyderabad, and the modern military instructors of the Maratha have always been French. There is no need to say much about the power of the Maratha in India. They pose a threat to the British that is no less than that of the Kingdom of Mysore.

The Maratha is powerful, but they do not have as much malice towards Britain as Mysore.

Chen Zhan's eyes were shining, and he did not think it was a bad thing, at least it was a good thing for China.

For Chen Han, what is the biggest role of Napoleon himself? Isn't it just to drag the Europeans back? Isn't it to involve the British's energy?

The more Napoleon dances, the less time London has to take care of him, and the less time Europe has to take care of him. This is a good thing for China!

You must know that since the construction of the Suez Canal project started, pairs of eyes looking over from Europe have been full of greed. Not only did the British reach a secret agreement with China through the South African incident, but even Napoleon, after reaching a contract with the Ottoman Empire, could not wait to send people to Egypt and generously sent 2,000 new rifles to Ilam. What are these people going to do?

In addition, there are Austria, Spain, Portugal, and small states in the Netherlands and Italy. These people are not kind.

Why didn't Chen Ming say that he wanted to firmly control the canal when he threw out the Suez Canal? That's because of the backlash from Europe.

This world lifeline connecting the East and the West is in the hands of the Ottoman Empire, and the Westerners can still make plans; but if it is in the hands of Chen Han, it is hard to say. Moreover, it is better for the Ottoman Empire not to suffer from the Suez Canal. Just reform a little bit now, and recover a little bit. In a few decades, it can really compete with the Europeans...

Chen Ming, well, Chen Ming's heart is very dark. He really doesn't want to see the Ottoman Empire continue to be strong.

It's good to develop like it is now.

Chen Han continued to strengthen his friendship with the Kingdom of Persia, and the existence of the Suez Canal would make European countries constantly plot against the Ottoman Empire, such as a monotheistic country like Greece?

If the Ottoman Empire does not become Turkey, how can the Ilam family establish its own dynasty in Egypt?

Compared with Istanbul, Ilam is more reliable.

And if small Egypt wants to maintain its independence under the impact of European countries, the Ilam family must also rely on China's support.

This is Chen Ming's somewhat sinister intention, the Tianfang Plan - a general strategy.