Fox of France

"Napoleon, are you going to send an expeditionary force?" Joseph asked.

"I'm a little worried, those guys can still fight," Napoleon said.

The black army in Haiti was able to defeat the French army in Haiti first with the British and Spaniards, and then went back to defeat the British and Spanish army with the Haitian French army with only two or three kittens and puppies left. Their combat effectiveness is still not bad. According to veterans who served in the French army in Haiti and then returned to China to fight, their combat effectiveness is already quite close to those of the rebels in the Vendée—of course, it refers to the Vendée who did not leave Vendée rebels.

The main force of the Vendée rebels was defeated by Napoleon very easily, but Napoleon himself knew very well that the main force of the rebels he defeated was not the authentic Vendée rebels. Really, before the nobles asked to march to Paris, they dispersed in a rush, went back to their respective homes, and each found their own mother's Vendée rebels. There was enough morale in the Vendée area to beat the skirmishers to attack. Among other things, any army with such morale would be difficult to deal with.

"And our navy is still too weak to block the entire Santo Domingo. Those British and Americans will definitely take the opportunity to support them. What we did in Ireland, they will do in Santo Domingo Use it. Damn the British, that’s all. Damn the Yankees, they were not us French, they would all be caught and hanged by the British! Now they are ungrateful and drag us back!” Napoleon continued to complain.

"The Americans did not join the anti-French alliance to save face." Joseph said with a smile, "After all, we have an enmity with the Americans. We killed one of the founding fathers of the United States and exiled the other founding father of the United States." .”

"What are you talking about... Ah, what you said seems to be true." Napoleon was startled at first, but then he understood, "If you say that Louis XVI is an idiot, he can really be regarded as the father of the United States. And La Fayette doesn't speak well of us either."

"Napoleon, remember, there is no kindness between countries, only interests." Joseph added.

"Of course I know this." Napoleon said, "It's just that I don't want to lose Santo Domingo just like that. Too much money is involved."

"Very good, very good!" Joseph clapped happily, "Napoleon, you are getting more and more mature! You already know that you have to be patient when necessary. Of course, if you lose Santo Domingo unconditionally, then It is indeed unbearable, after all, it involves too much money. However, I think we can send someone to meet the black governor called what?" Having said that, Joseph looked at Napoleon.

Napoleon rolled his eyes and said, "How do I know, who would remember the name of a black man?"

"Toussaint Louverture." Lucien added on the side.

Napoleon gave Lucien a hard look, and said, "That's not the full name, what is the full name?"

"How do I know, who remembers what a black man's full name is?" Lucien replied.

Well, their attitude is indeed a bit racist. After all, this is the first year of the 19th century. At this time, there is no Black Lives Matter, and even whether black people should be considered human beings still exists. controversy. The attitudes of Napoleon and Lucien are actually not particularly reactionary.

"Okay, don't worry about those useless things." Joseph said, "The important thing is how to recover the losses as much as possible, and even cause trouble for the British and Americans. Think about it first, what is our bottom line? Then think about what problems we and they have. Then think about what kind of results we can accept. Well, guess what, that... Well, guess what is their bottom line?"

Napoleon did not speak, but glanced at Lucien.

"Isn't it independent?" Lucien said.

When Joseph heard this, he couldn't help but shook his head in his heart. Just as he was about to speak, Napoleon jumped up from his chair and said, "My stupid brother! What are you thinking about every day? Are you going to continue like this?" , next time we have a meeting, we should kick you out and let that troublemaker take your place. If that... just wants to be independent, then it's not a big deal at all. But you forgot, politically There must be economic reasons for his move. What he wants is not independence in name, what he wants is to change the land system in Santo Domingo, just like our French revolution! This is where our real conflict with them lies !"

Lucien was stunned, and after a while he suddenly slapped his hands and said, "That's hard to say? This matter is so easy to handle! Isn't it because those black people don't have land? Well, now theoretically these black people are all French citizens. Well, in theory, they also have the right to immigrate to Louisiana. In order to encourage immigration, the system that we have designated to own land ownership after five years of continuous farming is also applicable to them, isn’t it? We let them immigrate to Well Louisiana! They're blacks, but they're French-speaking blacks."

"Do you think they will believe us? They won't be worried. We will load them on a ship, and then drag them directly to Georgia and sell them to the Yankees over there?" Napoleon said, "But your suggestion also makes some sense. Let me Think again……"

"Think about their weakness, Napoleon." Joseph said, "The wealth of the sea... Santo Domingo is based on trade. I believe that can be achieved on the three eggs of France, England, and Spain." The dancer should understand this. We have to make him believe that if the French whites are unconditionally deprived of their land, then he and his country will be excluded from the entire trade chain. Once excluded Outside of this trade chain, even if they get the land, they can only live a hard life."

"Even if they really gave money, the British, Spanish, and Americans would not let them enter the trade chain. Because they are not a good example. If you let them live a good life, it is encouraging their own internal On the contrary, only we can give them the opportunity to continue to provide trade. I think we can have a good talk with Dusan Louverture from this perspective, he should be a person who can talk." Lucien Say.

"So, what is our bottom line?" Napoleon said again.

"Santo Domingo stays in France. There is only redemption for the land of the white people, and it is a real redemption, but we can provide them with low interest loans. Of course, guarantee their French citizenship. So they owe us money , and we can only use our trade channels, we can recover some of our economic losses, and we can continue to tie them to our chariot." Lucien said.

"We should also demand control of the port, at least a naval port, so that we can place a fleet here. To deter the British and Americans. We will quickly build a fort there, stock up on coal, and then Let the steamship go there. At that time, the American navy, hehe..." Napoleon said, "In addition, we will transfer the white people in Santo Domingo to Louisiana, which can be regarded as an increase in Louisiana. French whites. But these people . . . "

"I wouldn't recommend letting them go to Louisiana," Joseph said. "Yes, they are French, true French. But will they be loyal to France? We think we have won them more money for redemption, but Do they think so?"

So several people were silent. After a while it was Lucien who spoke first:

"They will not be grateful to us, they will only feel that we have betrayed their interests. Moreover, these people were able to occupy a large area of ​​land in Santo Domingo and earn so much money. Their relationship with the nobles in the country was quite good. If they were in the country during the revolution, they would have been guillotined as enemies of the Republic, or hanged on lampposts. Although they have French nationality, they are not our people.”

"So don't count on them," Napoleon also said, "or we simply... simply agree to their independence, no, it should be 'self-government', and secretly agree to allow them to be independent in the future, but require some special interests, such as 'military protection', such as asking them to pay for the territory."

"So, what about the white landowners?" Joseph asked.

"They are not our fellow-travelers in their interests," said Napoleon, "to hell with them!"

"Our Ministry of Truth should also seize this opportunity to vigorously promote our ideas of 'freedom, equality, and fraternity'. Ha ha, those British and Americans thought they could make trouble for us and trick us? Domingo's example is a headache for yourself!" Lucien also said.

"Doing so will hurt Spain by mistake." Joseph added.

"Joseph, you're not the king of Spain. Do you want them to die? Even if we accidentally injured them, how can they not form an alliance with us? How dare they? It's their honor to be our dog." Lu Xi'an is disdainful.

"But we have other colonies in other areas." Napoleon said, "We can't shoot ourselves in the foot. Therefore, the Ministry of Truth doesn't have to work hard to promote this matter. As for adding trouble to the British and Americans, Santo Domingo being there and getting it peacefully is just messing them up."

So the tone of dealing with this matter has been set in this way, and now the remaining thing is to find an emissary.