Chapter eight hundred and eighty fifth joint pressure
Jérôme Bonaparte's suffocating understanding made De Luyins' face show a trace of embarrassment. At this time, he felt as if there was a fish bone stuck in his throat.
It's so pitiful that his original intention was to use diplomatic pressure to force the Kingdom of Morocco to obey France's arrangements after the negotiations broke down.
Unexpectedly, His Majesty the Emperor actually understood that he wanted to launch a military operation against the Kingdom of Morocco.
Although military action is the most effective way to make one country obey another country, it is also the simplest way to deepen the contradiction between the two countries.
Once the French Empire fails to capture the Kingdom of Morocco as soon as possible, France may fall into the same predicament as Algiers.
Furthermore, De Luyins is not the Minister of War/Chief of Staff.
As the Minister of Foreign Affairs, the kind of diplomacy that De Luyins hates the most is diplomacy that resorts to force, because from the time when the use of force between the two countries begins to when the war situation becomes clear, the role that he, the Foreign Minister, can play is really too great.
It's limited.
In any country, the amount of power an official holds is directly related to the amount of affairs he can control. During war, all power will be concentrated in the army, and the power of the foreign minister will naturally be diluted.
Seeing that De Luyins was silent, Jérôme Bonaparte asked again: "Your Excellency, did I say something wrong? Why didn't you speak?"
After reacting, De Luyins hurriedly turned his attention to Jerome Bonaparte. He expressed his attitude to Jerome Bonaparte tactfully: "Your Majesty, you were not wrong just now! I will complain to you.
Force is indeed the easiest way, but I still hope to use a peaceful way to solve the problem between us and the Kingdom of Morocco!"
"A peaceful way!" Jerome Bonaparte spread his hands, then raised a finger with a serious expression and said to De Luyins: "I don't mind achieving it in any way! I only care about one thing,
That is, the Kingdom of Morocco must not become the territory of the Kingdom of Britain!
I don’t want to be around those guys who like to stir up shit!”
"Your Majesty, please rest assured! I will have a serious discussion with the Moroccan ambassador! Try to reach a formula with them as soon as possible!" De Luyins assured Jérôme Bonaparte.
"That's good!" Jerome Bonaparte nodded, and then he seemed to suddenly think of something and said again: "By the way! I remember that the Kingdom of Spain also has some ideas about the Kingdom of Morocco, right?
"
Hearing Jerome Bonaparte's words, De Luyins' heart suddenly rose to his throat. He was very afraid that Jerome Bonaparte would have any wrongdoing to the Kingdom of Spain like the original Emperor Napoleon.
thoughts.
After all, the Bourbon dynasty that ruled Spain not only belonged to the same lineage as the Bourbon dynasty that was expelled from France, but the sister of the contemporary Queen of Spain was married to the Duke of Montpensier of Bourbon Branch. With such a relationship, the emperor should be
Objects to guard against.
"That's right! The Kingdom of Spain does have ideas about the Kingdom of Morocco! However, their national strength may not be able to support their ideas." Although De Luyins had begun to pray in his heart that the emperor would not do something stupid, there was no trace of emotion on his face.
There was no trace of panic, and everything seemed to come out smoothly.
"In that case!" Jérôme Bonaparte paused and gently stroked his chin with his hand, a sinister smile on his face, "Why don't we unite with the Kingdom of Spain and jointly put pressure on the Kingdom of Morocco!
This will not only make the Kingdom of Morocco feel the pressure, but also eliminate some misunderstandings between France and Spain!
Deepen the relationship between the two countries!”
As soon as Jérôme Bonaparte finished speaking, De Luyins felt relieved.
It turns out that His Majesty the Emperor does not want to attack Spain, but wants to win over Spain!
Thinking of this, De Luyins hurriedly said to Jérôme Bonaparte: "Your Majesty, you are right! We should indeed unite with the Kingdom of Spain to jointly put pressure on the Kingdom of Morocco!"
As soon as De Luyins finished speaking, Jérôme Bonaparte showed an interesting smile on his face, and spoke again with a hint of joking: "However, I remember that the sister of the Queen of Spain seems to be Mampon.
Duke Sieye’s wife, you should know something about this!”
De Luyins became nervous again. He swallowed carefully and said calmly to Jerome Bonaparte: "Your Majesty, all celebrities in France know this news!"
"No!" Jerome Bonaparte shook his head, pointed at De Luyins and said seriously: "You are different! Mr. De Luyins, I remember that you were the Secretary of the Embassy in Madrid.
,Right!"
How could Your Majesty remember this?
De Luyins' childish eyes shrank, and his expression showed a hint of unnaturalness. After a while, De Luyins opened his mouth and told Jérôme Bonaparte: "Your Majesty, I was indeed the ambassador of Madrid at that time.
The first secretary of the museum!
During the wedding of the Duke of Montpensier and Louis Fernanda, the sister of the Queen of Spain, in the apartment, Thiers, the Prime Minister at the time, entrusted me to talk to the Madrid government.
Thiers promised me that after facilitating this marriage, I would be able to return to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs as the Director of the Department of Commerce of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs!"
"That's it!" Jérôme Bonaparte looked astonished, "No wonder you went from secretary of the embassy in Madrid to the position of director-general!"
"Your Majesty, I can assure you! I have no connection with Madrid!" De Luyins lowered his head and said to Jerome Bonaparte.
"Of course I know!" Jérôme Bonaparte said to De Luyins with a kind face, "Minister Luyins, you don't need to explain anything!
Now you are my most valued imperial minister, and I trust you completely!
The reason why I say this is entirely because of my feelings!
I hope you don’t have any psychological burden in your heart!”
De Luyins didn't believe the last part of Jérôme Bonaparte's words, but he still had an expression of gratitude on his face.
"Yes, Your Majesty!" De Luyins replied to Jérôme Bonaparte.
The fact is, as Jérôme Bonaparte said, among all the "bosses" De Luyins has experienced, no one has ever valued him as highly as Jérôme Bonaparte.
All diplomatic decisions are made either based on what he said or after mutual consultation with him.
Therefore, De Luyins did not want to betray Jerome Bonaparte, even if his old employer, the Princess Regent of Orleans, wrote to him personally, promising to make him the prime minister of the kingdom after the restoration. De Luyins
Not moved either.
God knows how many prime ministers the Kingdom of Orleans has promised.
"Where did you say that?" Just when De Luyins was thinking deeply, Jérôme Bonaparte's voice reached De Luyins's ears again.
De Luyins quickly responded to Jerome Bonaparte: "Your Majesty, you just said that you would unite with the Kingdom of Spain to put pressure on the Kingdom of Morocco and make them return to normalcy!"
"Yes!" Jerome Bonaparte nodded and said to De Luyins: "You must let the Kingdom of Morocco understand how harmful it will be to them to surrender to one country and ignore the interests of other countries!"
"Yes!" De Luyins said.
Immediately afterwards, Jerome Bonaparte discussed the matter of the Persian envoy with De Luyins.
De Luyins told Jérôme Bonaparte that the Persian envoy was still in the Ottoman Empire.
"What a stupid guy!" Jérôme Bonaparte had a look of disdain on his face, "Now he is probably still dreaming that the United States of America can win a chance for them to reconcile with the Kingdom of Britain!
I really don’t know what is going on in the minds of the Kingdom of Persia?”
"Your Majesty, I'm afraid it will take some time for the Kingdom of Qajar to fully understand European diplomacy! Please wait a moment!" De Luyins replied to Jérôme Bonaparte unhurriedly.
"I'm not in a hurry!" Jerome Bonaparte shrugged his shoulders and responded nonchalantly: "Anyway, the country that occupied the territory is not France, they are the ones who should be anxious!
If there is no ceasefire, I'm afraid that the British Kingdom will be able to directly attack their capital!
That guy, the Duke of Cambridge, does have two skills. When he was in Crimea, if Britain had half of its current capabilities, our time to win would probably be even shorter!"
After the Crimean War, the British Kingdom carried out a certain degree of rectification in response to the existing problems of the army. Some departments that should not have existed were abolished, and the problem of power differentials was significantly changed.
However, due to the short duration of the Crimean War, some problems in the British Kingdom have not yet been discovered.
This resulted in that although the combat effectiveness of the British Army was significantly improved compared to Britain before the Crimean War, it was still far behind the British Army in history.
Except that Britain can also fight a second war similar to Crimea, otherwise it will be difficult for Britain to go further.
[PS: In OTL history, after the British Kingdom carried out military reforms in the Crimean War, it did not conduct a second large-scale military reform for nearly thirteen years.
It was not until the start of the Franco-Prussian War in 1870 that the Kingdom of Britain was awakened by Prussia and initiated military reforms.]
"Your Majesty, the Duke of Cambridge's ability to achieve such a victory is inseparable from us!" De Luyins immediately boasted to Jerome Bonaparte: "If it weren't for the defeat of our army in the Crimean War,
If their excellent performance inspires them, the British army will not carry out military reforms so quickly!"