"A country on the European continent?"
"Sir, you mean..."
The Austrian Emperor and Prime Minister Metternich were asking questions knowingly. Of course they knew that the country the British were talking about was France!
Seeing the two Austrians pretending to be false, Viscount Palmerston solemnly pointed out: "Your Majesty the Emperor, Your Excellency the Prime Minister, I think everyone knows that it is possible to launch a surprise attack on the British mainland when the main force of the British Home Fleet sets off. The only European country is France, which is only separated from the British mainland by a strait!"
"But Louis XVII's prestige is very low, and neither the French army nor the people are willing to fight for the Bourbons." The Austrian Emperor just shook his head, "So that he and the black-haired Louis had to rely on the Foreign Legion to suppress the Algerians. Resist.”
The war to conquer Algeria began in 1830. It was personally commanded by French Navy Marshal Louis, Duke of Marseille. It certainly started smoothly. As soon as the French army arrived, the local feudal lords in Algeria either fled or surrendered. Without much effort, the French occupied the Algerian coast.
But what happened next was, of course, the expected security war. The nomadic Berbers living in the interior of Algeria have always been good at fighting. I think they even conquered Spain back then! Although it is now in decline, it cannot be settled by the weak French army of the Bourbon dynasty in a few clicks.
Louis XVII and the black-haired Louis were also shrewd. They knew that these old soldiers of theirs did not obey the Bourbon dynasty at all. It was really overthinking to expect them to work hard and sacrifice their lives.
So when they launched the Algerian War, they began to form the Foreign Legion - recruiting soldiers from foreign criminals and various exiles in France, and then giving them the most rigorous training by French royalist officers. A total of more than 10,000 people were recruited before and after. A group was eliminated during the training process, and 8,000 elite soldiers were finally trained.
The black-haired Louis, the governor of Algeria, relied on these 8,000 elite soldiers and tens of thousands of listless French army to work hard on the land of North Africa, suppressing the resistance of the Berbers everywhere.
Although the black-haired Louis did well in Algeria, it would be a dream to conquer England with this ability!
However, British Foreign Secretary Robert Peel disagreed with the Austrian Emperor's judgment. He shook his head and said: "Your Majesty, do you think the conquest of Algeria and the conquest of the British Isles can be equated? The French are not willing to conquer the wilderness for the Bourbons. It is understandable that North Africa is worth conquering. What is there to conquer in North Africa? It just makes the map of France look bigger. But if Louis XVII and the Duke of Marseille want to lead them to conquer Britain, then the situation will be completely different!"
Sir Hardy, the British First Sea Lord, echoed: "Yes, as far as we know, the French hate our British Empire the most! If Louis XVII can lead the French army to complete what Louis XIV and Emperor Napoleon failed to accomplish, career... Then who else in France will miss Napoleon?”
That's right, if Louis XVII could conquer Britain, then Napoleon would naturally be unpopular.
Moreover, the British have almost robbed France of its colonies in North America and India in the past hundred years! It also ruined the French people's good deeds time and time again on the European continent.
If it weren't for the British, the French would have been riding on the necks of people in Europe, America, Africa and India.
With such great hatred, if the French knew there was a chance to conquer England, why wouldn't they just rush to the military camp and sign up to join the army?
Viscount Palmerston also said: "If Louis XVII takes advantage of the situation and conquers Britain, then he will be France. No, by then, he will be the great emperor of the Roman Empire! Your Majesty, this is equivalent to giving you a chance Restore the Holy Roman Empire...Would you pass up such an opportunity?”
Franz I blurted out: "Of course I won't let it go!"
Next to him, Prime Minister Metternich realized something was wrong and quickly interjected: "Viscount, do you want to attack France to overthrow Louis XVII?"
Viscount Palmerston smiled and said: "There is no need for us to take action, someone will naturally overthrow the feudal rule of Louis XVII!"
"Who?" asked Franz I.
Metternich next to him had a look of panic on his face, "Napoleon! Napoleon! You are going to..."
Franz was also startled when he heard the name, "What? You, you think... but Emperor Napoleon is already dead!"
"But his son is still there!" Viscount Palmerston said, "Napoleon II is still there! As long as he returns to France...with the funds we provide, he can restore the Bonaparte dynasty!"
Robert Peel added: "Your Majesty the Emperor, you should know that in France today, except for those noble royalists, there are really few people who support the Bourbon dynasty... Although Louis XVII is generally a very A wise monarch, but he was restored under the protection of Rakshasa bayonets and relied on a group of greedy royal nobles and capitalists. His rule did promote the industrialization of France, but ordinary French people did not benefit from it at all , and a large number of yeoman farmers went bankrupt and became nothing but laborers because of his rule!”
France under the rule of Louis XVII was actually suffering from industrialization!
Today's France does not have a large colony like the United Kingdom, nor is it like the Ming Dynasty and the United States, which have very rich resources and vast land. Moreover, France itself still has land concentration, excessive waste of the nobility and royal family, and the failure of the Napoleonic War. All kinds of difficulties come.
How is it possible to carry out industrialization under such circumstances without enduring hardship?
After suffering hardship, the common people will naturally be dissatisfied and miss the glory and route of the Napoleonic era - Napoleon's development route relied on European zero-dollar purchases. Although a lot of blood was shed, how can the hard work in industry be compared with zero-dollar purchases? Who will get the money? Come quickly and enjoy the money?
Therefore, the lower class in France now miss Napoleon. If they don’t have an old Napoleon, they can just give them a younger one.
As for the middle and upper classes in France... It’s hard to say for other industries, but it’s unmistakable that nine out of ten officers in the army are Bonapartists or spiritual Bonapartists.
This is natural. It was only in the Napoleonic era that "soldiers who don't want to be generals are not good soldiers." Under the Bourbon dynasty, those who wanted to be generals had to be reincarnated! And those people who can reincarnate... don't dare to compete with the old Bonapartists for military power! Those old Bonapartists in their 40s and 50s were ruthless men who followed His Majesty the Emperor on his expeditions all over Europe. They all had murderous intent. The pretty-faced nobles under Louis XVII were frightened to death when they saw them!
Therefore, although France under the leadership of Louis XVII developed well,... the foundation of his rule was still weak.
If Napoleon II had received British support and returned to Paris with a large sum of pounds, he would have been crowned the emperor immediately by the Bonapartists who were eagerly awaiting his return!
"But who can guarantee that Napoleon II will definitely follow the British Empire and oppose the Ming Dynasty after his restoration?" Prime Minister Metternich frowned and asked, "What if he defected to the Ming Dynasty?"
Viscount Palmerston smiled and said: "Why did he seek refuge in the Ming Dynasty? Louis XVII is Zhuge Weijiu's adopted son, and the Duke of Marseille is Zhuge Weijiu's illegitimate son... and the Bourbon dynasty has been with the Ming Dynasty since Louis XIV. The Zhuge family has a close relationship. Napoleon II snatched the throne of Louis XVII and still wanted to join the Ming Dynasty? Moreover... Napoleon II couldn't marry King Lu of the Ming Dynasty! Even if he married a princess of the Ming Dynasty, he couldn't Compared with the Queen of England marrying in person! If Napoleon II betrays us, then we can just use the excuse of opposing the restoration of Napoleon's empire to compromise with the Ming Dynasty, and then join the Rakshasa Kingdom to form an anti-French alliance! By the way, Louis XVII His daughter, Princess Louise, is also the future Queen of Rakshasa, and Nicholas I will definitely be willing to help his in-laws restore their country again. So once Napoleon II becomes the Emperor of France, he can only lead France to fight against the Ming Dynasty for the Western world."
Even Metternich didn't know what to say now...these British are really good at stirring up trouble!
