Fox of France

The news of Napoleon proclaiming himself emperor naturally aroused huge repercussions abroad.

After getting the news, everyone almost turned their attention to Vienna. Many people think that even if the Habsburgs dare not declare war on the French, at least the relationship between the two countries will inevitably be affected.

Vienna also held a press conference to show its attitude to the world. They made two points to reporters:

First, the Holy See declared that it was unjust to deprive His Majesty Emperor Franz of the title "Emperor of the Romans". It is therefore illegal and invalid. The Holy Roman Empire is Roman orthodoxy, there is no doubt about it.

Secondly, His Majesty the Emperor Franz believes that the friendly relations between Austria and the French Republic will not be affected by this unexpected event. The two countries are still friendly neighbors for generations.

Thirdly, Austria congratulates France on successfully hosting the first modern Olympic Games. At the same time, Austria believes that Vienna will be the best choice for the next Olympic Games. The Austrian Olympic Poker Committee has sent invitations to national Olympic committees, including the French Olympic Committee, hoping that they will come to Vienna together to discuss the establishment of a unified IOC.

"What? The Austrians hold back like this?" Many people who wanted to see the joke were taken aback. It also disappointed those in Austria who had certain expectations. However, considering the tricks played by the Austrians and the French before, it is not surprising that such a situation has occurred now. Because the upper echelons of these two countries have actually colluded together a long time ago. Besides, there are a lot of domestic problems in Austria. At this time, His Majesty Franz is not really crazy to go against France, which is in full swing, for a hat.

As for other countries, well, the attitude of the Russians is basically two sentences, the first sentence is: none of my business? The second sentence is: Those guys in West Rome really know how to play. And to be honest, the Russians are still very satisfied that the French chose the crown of Western Rome instead of taking out the crown of Eastern Rome. You know, when King Francois I formed an alliance with the pagans, he spent money to buy back the crown of Eastern Rome from the pagans.

Of course, it is also said that the real Eastern Roman crown was lost on the battlefield. What King François I had bought was really only a fake made by the Turks, and a poorly made fake at that, for the crown jewels were fake stained glass.

Of course, some people said that this shows that this thing may really be true. Because before the last days of Byzantium, in order to raise as much military expenses as possible, Emperor Constantine XI had already pried off his crown jewels and sold them to the Venetians. So this crown full of stained glass may really be an authentic Eastern Roman crown.

Anyway, the orthodoxy of Eastern Rome is still in Russia.

As for the guys in Italy and the Rhine region, of course they all congratulated one by one, especially after learning that the French sold a small piece of land near Paris to the Roman Empire as the capital of the Roman Empire "New Rome". "At that time, they sent envoys one after another, hoping to establish diplomatic relations with the Roman Empire. The nobles of the Roman Empire, the elders of the Senate, and Talleyrand, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Roman Empire, were so busy that they couldn't keep their feet on the ground. (Although it is very easy to establish diplomatic relations with the Roman Empire, just change the sign on their diplomatic missions in France. Of course, the diplomatic affairs of the Roman Empire in them are basically represented by the French diplomatic missions.) It is said that he complained to people: "This It made it difficult for me to perform my duties as the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the French Republic." However, some people close to him privately said that although Foreign Minister Talleyrand was very busy, he was very happy. The more opportunities he has to get money, the second is because he has finally become a nobleman again.

Yes, a lot of people who support the republic and hold positions in a republic all of a sudden have the title of nobility. The only unsatisfactory thing is that the aristocratic system of the Roman Empire is too simple. There is no series of ranks like princes and uncles. There is only one nobleman, and at most one cavalry who can't even be counted as a nobleman. But at any rate, it is considered aristocratic.

For example, the generals under Napoleon became Roman nobles and senators of the Senate. As for Emperor Napoleon's own relatives, of course they all became nobles. Napoleon himself was Augustus, Joseph became Caesar, Lucien added the title of tribune, and even Polina and the others became Her Royal Highness Princess.

And the British across the sea, they also congratulated Napoleon on being crowned "Emperor of the Romans". But they did not immediately send diplomats to establish diplomatic relations with the "Roman Empire".

As for the folks, it is basically a voice of applause, at least on the European continent. However, in the UK, the situation is slightly different. Some British newspapers satirized Napoleon as wanting to be emperor but not daring to destroy democracy. But most, at least the big newspapers, did not make such a sound.

After declaring himself emperor, Napoleon became even busier because he had to deal with the affairs of the two countries. Although the affairs of the Roman Empire were actually quite limited, there were a lot of times when he needed to show up to pretend to be 13. And Napoleon enjoyed the feeling of pretending to be 13 very much, so he was naturally very busy.

While Napoleon was busy getting dressed, the envoy of Sultan Selim III had just returned from the Barbary countries. The emissaries of Sultan Selim III, of course, went to ask the pashas of the Barbary to go to Istanbul to pay homage to the Supreme Sultan.

This is also a common thing. Almost every few years, Sultan Selim III would send someone to summon them. As for those pashas, ​​they usually happened to be sick or something, and they just couldn't go to Istanbul. In the end, usually a few pashas would offer a small gift and send an envoy to go to Istanbul to express their apologies to the supreme Sultan, and then nothing would happen. For a long time, in the eyes of those pashas in Barbary, this is almost an autumn wind that must be fought every year in Sudan.

But when their envoys arrived in Istanbul, things went wrong. Because the sultan was very busy, the envoy had to wait for some days in Istanbul before he could meet the supreme sultan. This is also normal, so these envoys can just play here.

However, for some unknown reason, His Majesty the Sultan summoned these envoys suddenly, and as a result, two of them got drunk! You must know that in the Xingyue Sect, prohibition of alcohol is a very important precept, and its severity is far more serious than eating some kind of artiodactyly. What was even more terrible was that these two messengers who had drunk too much, perhaps because they were confused, actually said that the pashas were not sick, but they just didn't bother to pay attention to the Sultan who often came to beat the autumn wind. He even uttered wild words, accusing Turkey of being unworthy to be the leader of Star-Moon World.

Of course, the above statements are all said by the Sudanese. As for those envoys, well, in the palace of His Majesty the Sultan, how can they still be kept alive by uttering such indecent words? Of course, they were beheaded on the spot!

What, you said that we are killing people to silence people, how is that possible? Didn't we leave a few envoys behind, and these envoys honestly admitted that the pashas in Barbary were impious and despised the Sultan's crimes. What, you said they were forced? Is it succumbing to the machete? Boy, your mind is dangerous...

In short, His Majesty the Sultan was very angry, but His Majesty was still merciful, and he ordered again that the pashas from the Barbary countries come to Istanbul immediately to clarify the facts. But those Barbary pashas once again rejected the sultan's care, and even spoke insulting words to the sultan's envoy. Really, if even such an offense can be tolerated, what else is intolerable? So His Majesty the Great Sultan issued an order to crusade against the rebels.

Just when the pashas in Barbary were troubled by the conflict with the sultan, the French came to the door again. Of course, the French came to the door because of the attack on French ships by Barbary pirates.

Several months have passed since this incident, and everyone thought that this incident just passed away. However, they did not want the families of the victims to go to Paris to appeal collectively. They came to the Consulate and cried to Napoleon and the French people. According to them, they had wanted to come a long time ago, but they didn't want to spoil the atmosphere of the Olympic Games, so they waited until today.

Napoleon was very moved by the profound understanding of the victims' families and their consideration of the overall situation. Napoleon, of course, expressed sympathy to the families of the victims, and assured them in front of media reporters that he would seek justice for them.

"Anyone who dares to offend the people of France will be wiped out no matter how far he runs!" Napoleon said this to the family members of the victim and to the media reporters.

Therefore, the French consuls stationed in Barbary countries immediately issued an ultimatum to the pashas, ​​demanding that they immediately and unconditionally hand over the French crew and the murderer within three days. And when the pashas declared that it was difficult to find the French crew members within three days, and hinted that they could have died long ago. Those French consuls said bluntly: "If your army can't find those missing people, then let our French army find them."

After submitting the ultimatum. These consulates immediately lowered the national flags on the flagpoles, and then all the personnel boarded the boat and left the Barbary states directly.

Almost immediately, plumes of smoke appeared on the sea as the consuls withdrew.