"Minister Luyis, please have a seat!"
Jero Bonaparte invited Minister De Luyiss to sit across from him.
De Luyiss sat down and asked what instructions Jero Bonaparte had.
"The diplomatic docunts from the Far East, I suppose you have read them!" Jero Bonaparte spoke leisurely to De Luyiss.
"Yes, Your Majesty!" De Luyiss answered briefly.
"I would like to hear your opinion?" Jero Bonaparte asked De Luyiss again.
After a mont of silence, De Luyiss replied to Jero Bonaparte: "Your Majesty, I believe the French Empire should end its transactions with the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom as soon as possible!"
"What is the reason for your judgnt?" Jero Bonaparte asked De Luyiss.
"Your Majesty!" De Luyiss explained word by word: "In terms of the interests of the French Empire, a colonial kingdom is far easier to control than a local erging power.
Especially for a colonial dynasty in its final stages, whose purpose of existence is to prolong its rule.
To extend their rule, they are willing to communicate and negotiate with any country or power that can maintain their rule, agreeing to all their conditions.
However, a new erging local power simply cannot do this; they will try every ans to break free from the shackles.
Once they break free, all our interests in the Far East might suffer losses.
Moreover, based on the current content of the docunts, there are also significant issues within this rebel governnt. Their ministers control the army and the governnt, while their king controls the religious beliefs of the entire force.
If the two sides start killing each other, then the rebel governnt will suffer heavy blows and even risk disintegration!
So I do not suggest the French Empire expend its efforts on a governnt that is destined not to obey and is highly likely to disintegrate!"
Jero Bonaparte quietly listened to De Luyiss’s speech, and after De Luyiss finished, Jero Bonaparte said to him: "Is that all your reasons?"
"Yes, Your Majesty!" De Luyiss replied to Jero Bonaparte, and then with an unwavering tone, he added, "Your Majesty, I am certain! The rebel governnt cannot give us what we want!"
"Minister De Luyiss, you are not wrong!" Jero Bonaparte nodded in acknowledgnt to De Luyiss, then changed the subject, saying: "However, you seem to have forgotten one thing!"
"What thing?" De Luyiss asked curiously to Jero Bonaparte.
"A powerful erging dynasty indeed does not align with the interests of the French Empire, but it also does not align with the interests of the Kingdom of Britain!" Jero Bonaparte said with a smile to De Luyiss.
De Luyiss was stunned for a few seconds, then imdiately understood Jero Bonaparte’s aning, "Your Majesty, do you an that the erging dynasty might threaten the interests of the Kingdom of Britain?"
"Exactly!" Jero Bonaparte nodded to De Luyiss, "I have studied that place, and all the dynasties there share one characteristic.
That is, for several decades after its founding, the rulers of each dynasty will choose to expand externally.
And the direction of their expansion is nothing more than towards the south or towards the west.
Once they choose to expand southward, then it is inevitable to engage in conflict with Britain."
"Your Majesty, their army might find it difficult to defeat Britain!" De Luyiss whispered a reminder.
"They might not win now, but that doesn’t an they can’t win later!" Jero Bonaparte responded to De Luyiss with a calm expression, "Besides, how many troops can Britain really commit to the Far East? Ten thousand, twenty thousand, or thirty thousand? For a country with a population of three hundred million, that’s just a drop in the ocean.
As long as they can achieve a result like in Afghanistan (where ten thousand British troops were completely wiped out), then they need not fear any threat from Britain.
Unless Britain mobilizes the national strength to launch a grand expedition, they will face enormous economic pressure.
Because the supplies in the Far East are destined to be inadequate for long-term military consumption, and if their soldiers can mobilize like we did during the Great Revolution (referring to 1793), then Britain’s mobilization is destined to fail."
"But it’s hard for them to be like us back then!" De Luyiss whispered to Jero Bonaparte.
"Indeed! Letting them be like us, let put it another way!
If their army could just be like the Ottoman Empire, then the British Expeditionary Force would inevitably suffer great damage!" Jero Bonaparte said with certainty to De Luyiss, "An erging dynasty, no matter how bad, could not be worse than the Ottoman Empire, right!"
De Luyiss nodded in agreent with Jero Bonaparte’s statent, and then continued: "Your Majesty, what about our interests in the Far East?"
"I ask you, if a rising dynasty wants to rise and wants to industrialize like us, do they need money?" Jero Bonaparte asked Minister De Luyss.
"Of course they need it!" Minister De Luyss answered without hesitation.
"Since they need money, and we happen to have money, can’t we just lend it to them?" Jero Bonaparte said to Minister De Luyss in a lighthearted tone, "They can use this money to buy our old equipnt and hire our engineers, while we can use this money to replace our machines with new ones.
This way, we still gain profit!
And concerning the military, if they want to have self-defense capabilities, they must surely model themselves after us to establish a strong army!
And throughout Europe, is there a country more powerful than our French Empire? Thus, in the end, they will only choose our French Empire’s weapons and people, and we can make a lot of money.
... In terms of the navy, if they want to strengthen their national defense autonomy, they must also buy warships!
We only need to show more sincerity (bribery), and they will choose to buy our warships."
"But... can they really realize this?" Minister De Luyss questioned Jero Bonaparte with a slight hint of doubt.
"Falling behind ans getting beaten! This is an unchanging truth throughout history. They are not fools! They naturally know this truth, so change is inevitable. It’s just that the current ruling governnt is a colonial one, similar to how Britain is in India, so they try hard to limit their subordinates’ military.
They want to prevent them from resisting, and dealing with so illegal resistance among the populace is also done through consistent massacre," Jero Bonaparte explained to Minister De Luyss. "A normal dynasty would not be like this!
They would be more open than a colonial regi towards foreign affairs!
Not fearing the large Han population living on the broad lands over there, and their developnt will be faster than the Ottoman Empire.
Practically sowhere between Ossman and Russia.
If a grand-sized Ottoman Empire appeared that Britain found hard to use a large army against, yet threatened Britain’s interests in India, wouldn’t the Kingdom of Britain always be on guard against them?
Originally, a Russian Empire was enough to give Britain a headache!
If there’s an additional small-sized Russia, will Britain have the energy to manage European affairs?"
"Indeed, it will be very difficult to interfere in European affairs further!" Minister De Luyss replied to Jero Bonaparte.
The importance of India to the Kingdom of Britain ranks before Europe; if anything happens in India, who knows how many British citizens might face bankruptcy.
"At that mont, couldn’t we easily integrate Europe, gathering the whole of Europe under the banner of France!" Jero Bonaparte said persuasively (buoyantly) to Minister De Luyss: "Rember that France has always been a land-based country, and seeking overseas interests is not our foremost priority.
If one day we break with Britain, then all our overseas interests would be lost in an instant like before.
Therefore, the integration of all Europe is the most important thing we should strive for!
Once we can bring all of Europe under our banner, then the colonies victory over the Kingdom of Britain will be ours!"
Minister De Luyss felt a surge of passionate enthusiasm at this ti.
Even though he knew that the realization of Jero Bonaparte’s words was highly improbable, he was willing to work for this slim hope.
"I understand!" Minister De Luyss nodded solemnly to Jero Bonaparte, "I will order the ambassador to France to adjust the diplomatic direction as soon as possible!"
"Mm!" Jero Bonaparte showed a satisfied smile, convincing Minister De Luyss was truly no easy task.
"Your Majesty, I have a question I want to ask you!" Minister De Luyss said again to Jero Bonaparte.
"What question? Speak!" Jero Bonaparte asked.
"Your knowledge of the Eastern Empire, where on earth did you learn it from?" Minister De Luyss looked at Jero Bonaparte with curiosity.
After pondering for a mont, Jero Bonaparte said to Minister De Luyss: "I once t a sage from the Eastern Empire, and I received this information from him."
"I see!" Minister De Luyss nodded to Jero Bonaparte in response, though in his heart he did not believe a word of Jero Bonaparte’s explanation.
Since the Emperor himself didn’t want to tell the truth, Minister De Luyss could only assu it was God’s doing.
After Minister De Luyss left, Jero Bonaparte heaved a sigh of relief, wiped the sweat from his forehead, and muttered to himself: "Finally managed to fool him!"
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