Chapter Five Hundred and Two The French Tribute System
After reading the war report of the Admiralty, Jérôme Bonaparte suddenly felt that the world was accelerating. Originally, the "exchange" between France and the Tokugawa Shogunate had to wait until after the Black Ship Incident. Unexpectedly, it was just because of himself
On impulse, the Tokugawa shogunate was invaded by Marquis Allai, and the poor Satsuma clan was also unlucky.
The Marquis of Allais (Jerome Bonaparte guessed that the Marquis of Allais who destroyed the maritime military power of the Satsuma Domain) may have listened to some ill-informed missionaries and regarded Japan as a German state, and the Tokugawa Shogunate was equivalent to the German Confederation.
The Austrian Empire, the Satsuma Domain was regarded as a small kingdom under the German Confederation.) He sent people to have friendly and cordial exchanges with the Satsuma Domain Lord. Finally, under the large-caliber naval guns of the French fleet, the Satsuma Domain surrendered to the French Empire in humiliation.
And compensated the French Empire 50,000 pounds.
Then the French fleet went to the Ryukyu Kingdom with satisfaction, and forced the Ryukyu Kingdom to switch to proselytizing in the same way.
The King of the Ryukyu Kingdom also humiliatedly agreed to the switch to the French Empire.
It took only one year for the French fleet to go to the Far East and eliminate a country with some independent sovereignty, and also beat two countries (Tokugawa Shogunate, Ryukyu Kingdom) along the way.
If there is notoriety in this world, then Jérôme Bonaparte has reason to believe that the French Empire's notoriety in the Far East may be as bad as the Russian Empire.
However, Jerome Bonaparte himself was not a person who cared much about notoriety.
Under the power of imperialism, those who obey me will always live, and those who go against me will perish.
It was expected that the great powers would stand up for a country that had little to do with their interests and become an enemy of the French Empire.
It is better to hope that God will send a thunderbolt on the head of Jerome Bonaparte and kill Jerome Bonaparte, the guy who tampered with the process of history.
Since God did not choose to destroy him directly in the body, he would find more fun for the world and leave his mark on the world.
Thinking of this, Jérôme Bonaparte felt that he needed to introduce the tribute system of the Far East to the Marquis of Allais in the Far East.
This is something completely different from the Westphalian system. If any European applies the Westphalian system to the tributary system, the result will only be far from reality.
There is no one in the whole of France who understands the working methods of this system better than Jerome Bonaparte. Even the missionaries living in the Far East cannot compare with Jerome Bonaparte in their understanding of the local area.
If possible, Jérôme Bonaparte was prepared to build a unique tribute system in line with the national conditions of the Near East and France based on the original ones in the Near East.
The Kingdom of Hawaii, the Ryukyu Kingdom, and even Annan will all become vassal states of the French Empire (can also be called vassal states).
Such vassal states have a certain degree of sovereignty. When the French Empire needs them, they can send troops together with the French Empire to jointly assume the defense of the Far East.
Of course, the benefits gained by the French Empire in the Far East will also be distributed to its vassal states in recognition of their contributions to the French Empire.
Just do what he said, Jérôme Bonaparte took out the letter paper from the drawer and wrote quickly. He wrote thousands of words eloquently and introduced the tribute system in East Asia. At the same time, he proposed to the Marquis of Allais how to use the ecological niche of the French Empire.
To fill the ecological niche of a certain eastern empire, this would not only ensure that countries that were originally in the tribute system would not have any resistance, but also use the power of these countries to further expand the French Empire's sphere of influence in the Far East.
At the end of the article, Jérôme Bonaparte even quoted some views from the post-colonial era and said to the Marquis of Allais: "The French Empire should exert influence on some border countries with its strong culture and economy, rather than
It is not the abuse of force. The result of the abuse of force in maintaining colonies will only be that we will devote our effective troops to a borderless security war, which will bring down a country. We should pay tribute to those in barbaric areas (now popular in Europe)
World Island Theory) to help them step into the ranks of civilization. At the same time, we will support some people in their countries to become the most loyal partners of France. We must help them build railways, telegraphs, and help them rectify the financial industry... When the French economy
After being deeply bound to them, a huge interest group will be born, and this interest group will become our best helper in controlling this country."
After Jérôme Bonaparte wrote the last sentence, he read through the article he had written from top to bottom. When he was responsible for cultivating "loyal partners", he couldn't help but swallow his saliva and his body trembled involuntarily.
For a moment.
The characteristic tribute system he built for the Marquis of Allais... no, it should be said for the French Empire, was essentially what France did to certain countries in West Africa after World War II.
As long as the currencies of the countries in the Far East are pegged to the French Empire, they will never be able to get rid of the control of the French Empire.
It is easy to cultivate a huge interest group, but it is difficult to eradicate a huge interest group, especially when the interest group involves a country's currency and financial system.
"I hope you will like the gift I specially prepared for you!" Jerome Bonaparte said softly.
Jerome Bonaparte put the letter paper into the special letterhead, and then called the royal steward Mokar.
"Your Majesty!" Mokar said respectfully to Jérôme Bonaparte.
"You personally go and deliver this letter to the Minister of the Navy, Dicko, and have him deliver it to the Commander of the Far East Fleet, the Marquis de Allais, as quickly as possible!" Jérôme Bonaparte handed the letter to him.
The battle report with the Navy Ministry was handed to Mokar, and he said to Mokar solemnly.
"Yes, Your Majesty!" Mokar also showed a solemn expression.
Since His Majesty asked him to bypass the secretary's office and deliver the letter in person, this letter must be very important, and Mokar must be fully prepared for this errand.
After Mokar left, Jérôme Bonaparte suddenly remembered an important thing. Not only did he give the Marquis of Allais a cuckold (although the Marquis of Allais may not have cared about it, he even felt that
was honored) and allowed his wife to give birth to a child for him.
And he was still working hard to build his empire. This inexplicable buttery style made Jerome Bonaparte somewhat doubt whether he was living in a ** world.
The poor Marquis of Allais is the hero, and Jérôme Bonaparte himself is a yellow man.
Gradually, some erotic plots from his previous life emerged in Jérôme Bonaparte's mind. The male and female protagonists and Huang Mao gradually turned into the Marquis of Allais and his wife, as well as Jérôme Bonaparte.
bar.
Madam, if you want your husband to keep this hard-won job, you know what you should do...
Jérôme Bonaparte, whose thinking gradually went off track, shook his head slightly and said to himself: "Work! Work!"
Just when Jérôme Bonaparte was about to pick up the next government work report for annotation, there was a knock on the door.
"You're back to life then?" Jérôme Bonaparte muttered in a low voice, and then responded toward the door: "Please come in!"
The person who entered the room was not Mokar, but the director of the National Intelligence Service, Marcel Jerug.
"Your Majesty!" Marcel Jerome stood upright in front of Jerome Bonaparte and said to Jerome Bonaparte with a serious face.
"Sit down!" Jerome Bonaparte invited Marcel Jerug to sit down.
"Yes!" Marcel Jerome responded sonorously, then walked slowly towards Jerome Bonaparte and sat opposite Jerome Bonaparte.
"How are things going?" Jérôme Bonaparte crossed his hands on his chest, leaned back slightly and asked Marcel Jerome in an unrestrained manner.
"The chief criminal who plotted to subvert the empire has unfortunately fallen off his carriage and died on his way back to his hometown in a hurry. The remaining accomplices have also been sent abroad together with the Ministry of the Interior." Marcel Jerug reported to Jérôme Bonaparte.
"You did a great job!" Jérôme Bonaparte gave Marcel Yale a thumbs up, then took out a check from the Bank of France for 100,000 francs from the drawer and placed it on Marcel Yale.
In front of Ge: "You deserve this!"
Marcel Jerugge handed over Jérôme Bonaparte's bill without reservation, then took out a letter from his pocket and placed it in front of Jérôme Bonaparte.
"What is this?" Jérôme Bonaparte looked at Marcel Jerug in confusion.
"Your Majesty, this is a letter from our intelligence personnel deployed in the Far East!" Marcel Jerug replied to Jérôme Bonaparte.
Jérôme Bonaparte opened the envelope and spread out the neatly folded letter. The content of the letter was about what happened to the intelligence officer sent by Marcel Jerug to the Far East to sell arms as a missionary in the Far East.
In order to find suitable arms buyers, the intelligence officer in the letter even joined an organization called the Earthly Vatican (Taiping Heavenly Kingdom) and got acquainted with Xiuquan, the leader of the Spartan rebel army. Hong and the two deputy leaders Xiuqing
.Yang Yunshan.Feng.
After some close contact, intelligence personnel believed that this force was full of vitality and that they were fully capable of defeating the decadent army that had been defeated by the British Kingdom.
Intelligence officers who adhere to the interests of the French Empire believe that France should try to send personnel to contact this force to gain benefits in the war.