"Your Majesty, I think Cavour may make big moves in the near future!"
Faced with a particularly correct nonsense from De Ruys, Jérôme Bonaparte shrugged his shoulders in response to De Ruys.
"Of course I know that Cavour will take action in the near future, and there is a high probability that his next target will be the Apennine Peninsula!
Now I just want to know whether the French Empire can profit from Cavour's next move!"
De Ruys did not know how to answer the question posed to him by Jérôme Bonaparte.
Because now De Ruys knew nothing about Cavour's upcoming actions.
If it weren't for the intelligence sent by Pesini from London, De Ruys wouldn't even know where Cavour is now, let alone determine with certainty that Cavour wants to cause trouble in the Apennine Peninsula.
Today, De Ruys can only learn about Cavour's actions in London from the limited information sent by Pesini.
After a brief moment of silence, De Ruys opened his mouth and replied to Jerome Bonaparte, "Your Majesty, I'm sorry!
Since the Ministry of Foreign Affairs’ current focus is not on the Apennine Peninsula, I cannot accurately predict Cavour’s next move!”
In order to prevent His Majesty from being angry because of the poor performance of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, De Luyi added, "However, based on my personal understanding of Cavour, Cavour will probably not put the Kingdom of Sardinia into a whirlpool.
The only person on the table should be Giuseppe Garibaldi!!
In other words, Giuseppe Garibaldi is likely to become an important chess piece in Cavour’s plan to disrupt the Apennines!”
After listening to De Ruys's analysis, Jerome Bonaparte nodded slightly.
If De Ruys judged Cavour's actions based on the intuition of a diplomat, then Jérôme Bonaparte judged Cavour's actions based on the trajectory of history.
Although the current history is very different from the original history, the choices made by Jérôme Bonaparte, who is determined to stick to the historical trajectory, will not be very different.
Just like the Kingdom of Prussia, which was successively suppressed by France and Austria, there was still a von Bismarck who wanted to unify Germany.
Cavour of the Kingdom of Sardinia will also be indomitable and try his best to allow the Kingdom of Sardinia to unify the Apennine Peninsula.
Therefore, Jérôme Bonaparte speculated that the cooperation between Cavour and Giuseppe Garibaldi would be similar to the original historical trajectory.
However, this Cavour maintained a more cautious attitude than the Cavour in the original history.
“If Cavour wants to successfully disrupt the Apennines through Giuseppe Garibaldi, then Giuseppe Garibaldi must choose a country as the target of his attack, just like he did in 1848!
Only by seizing the political rights of a country can the rights of the entire Apennine Peninsula be shaken!" Jerome Bonaparte also said to De Ruys, "Who do you think Giuseppe Garibaldi will do?
The country should be targeted for attack!”
After carefully sifting through all the countries in the Apennine Peninsula in his mind, De Ruys replied to Jerome Bonaparte, "Your Majesty! If I were Cavour, then I would definitely persuade Giuseppe
Pepe Garibaldi will be the first country to attack the Kingdom of Naples!”
"Why do you have such a judgment?" Jérôme Bonaparte looked at De Ruys with a careful look, and then asked rhetorically.
Historically, Giuseppe Garibaldi did follow Cavour's instructions to attack the Kingdom of Naples, but at that time, the Kingdom of Sardinia had already become the dominant power in Italy.
Except for Venice, which is still in the hands of the Austrian Empire, and the papal jurisdiction, which is still in the hands of the French Empire (the papal jurisdiction has been completely lost, and the pope has lost two-thirds of its land), the entire central and northern Italy has been under Sardinia.
Under the control of the Kingdom of Asia.
Cavour then drove Giuseppe Garibaldi to Naples, and through Giuseppe Garibaldi's hand, he expelled the Naples royal family from Italy, allowing the Kingdom of Sardinia to unify most of Italy.
However, the current situation is very different from history. The Kingdom of Sardinia has not annexed the central and northern territories. The four central Italian countries, Venice, and Lombardy are still under the direct and indirect control of the Austrian Empire.
Even if Giuseppe Garibaldi expels Naples, it will be difficult for them to face the army of the Austrian Empire.
"Your Majesty, only the Kingdom of Naples in the entire Italian peninsula can be overthrown!" De Ruys said to Jerome Bonaparte.
Immediately afterwards, De Ruys told Jerome Bonaparte about the current situation of the Kingdom of Naples and the living conditions of the people living under the Kingdom of Naples.
Jérôme Bonaparte couldn't help laughing in anger after hearing about the current situation in the Kingdom of Naples.
I remember that at the beginning, he earnestly persuaded Francesco, the Crown Prince of Naples, to treat the people under his rule well, and at the same time to adopt a constitutional posture like the Kingdom of Sardinia, because only in this way, the people under his rule would
Only then can we not oppose him.
As a result, Francesco seemed not to have listened to Jerome Bonaparte's words at all, and still insisted on going against the opinions of the people of Naples.
The current Kingdom of Naples is like a country on the crater of a volcano. It only takes a slight turbulence and the entire country will be directly overwhelmed by the gushing national anger.
"It seems that the Kingdom of Naples cannot withstand Giuseppe Garibaldi's attack!" Jerome Bonaparte frowned and responded decisively to De Ruys, "We must do a good job Giuseppe
·Garibaldi’s psychological preparation to occupy the entire Kingdom of Naples!”
De Ruys remained skeptical about Jerome Bonaparte's judgment that the Kingdom of Naples could withstand Giuseppe Garibaldi's attack.
This chapter is not over, please click on the next page to continue reading! After all, the support army Cavour could provide to Giuseppe Garibaldi would not exceed 3,000 men (Cavour actually only provided 1,000 men).
Compared with the 40,000 standing army of the Kingdom of Naples, this number of troops is really not enough.
"Naples still has nearly 40,000 troops. No matter how desperate they are, they can hold on until the Austrian Empire supports Naples!" De Ruys said to Jerome Bonaparte cautiously.
"Mr. Ruiz, a regime often collapses in an instant!" Jerome Bonaparte replied to De Ruys, "Giuseppe Garibaldi did not need to face an army of 40,000 people.
, because these soldiers, like the people of Naples, are generally dissatisfied with the rule of the Kingdom of Naples!
They would never obey the king's orders and fight with Giuseppe Garibaldi!
If the king's orders are too firm, they may even become members of Giuseppe Garibaldi's army!
The only people the King of Naples can trust are his Swiss guards!
However, the number of these Swiss guards was too small compared to the people of Naples!
It will be difficult for the Kingdom of Naples to hold on until reinforcements from the Austrian Empire arrive!
What's more, it is still unknown whether the Austrian Empire is willing to send troops to support the Kingdom of Naples!
The Austrian Empire has not yet recovered from the economic crisis two years ago!
If mobilization is carried out by force, the Austrian government may have to borrow debt again to survive!"
Although the development speed of the Austrian Empire was much better than that of the Austrian Empire in history, the ensuing debts also deeply troubled the Austrian Empire.
Especially after the economic crisis in 1857, the Austrian empire's originally thriving industries turned into sunset industries in the blink of an eye. Hundreds of banks and factories went bankrupt, and the unemployed almost clogged Prague and Vienna.
If Jérôme Bonaparte had not been willing to extend a helping hand and provide "aid" to the Austrian Empire in 1858 (the condition of the aid was to help the French Empire force the Kingdom of Sardinia), the Austrian Empire would have been overwhelmed by debt.
Even with the "aid" from the French Empire, the Austrian Empire's economy was still in a sluggish state.
The result of forced mobilization is that all the remaining money in the national treasury will be squandered.
It is more likely that we will need to borrow money from the outside world to fight a decent war.
Today, the only countries in Europe that have enough money to lend to the Austrian Empire are Britain, France, and the Free City of Frankfurt.
However, Cavour must have gained some support from the Kingdom of Britain now. It is basically impossible for the Austrian Empire to borrow money from Britain as easily as it did during the Napoleonic Wars.
Although the Free City of Frankfurt and the Austrian Empire belong to Germany, the Austrian Empire is not the only one that affects the city of Frankfurt. The Kingdom of Prussia also has a greater influence on Frankfurt. As long as the Kingdom of Prussia blocks it, the Austrian Empire will definitely not be able to gain anything from Frankfurt.
gold coin.
Excluding Britain and Frankfurt, the only country left that could support the Austrian Empire was the French Empire.
Thinking of the dilemma that the Austrian Empire was about to face, Jerome Bonaparte showed a gloating smile on his face.
Although uniting the Austrian Empire is Jerome Bonaparte's basic national policy, Jerome Bonaparte does not mind causing a little trouble for the Austrian Empire.
Maintaining a large but not strong Austrian Empire is truly in the interests of the French Empire.
The Austrian Empire that is too strong will unconsciously integrate the situation in Germany, and the Austrian Empire that is too weak cannot suppress the Kingdom of Prussia.
Therefore, Jerome Bonaparte must control his strength.
"Your Majesty, how do you need the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to cooperate with your actions?"
De Ruys understood that Jerome Bonaparte had already had a countermeasure in mind, and the reason why he called him over was simply to get the cooperation of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
