Chapter 206: , The greedy Napoleon

Early the next morning, before dawn, Metternich arrived at the French army's garrison early. Then, under the of a French cavalry, he came to Napoleon's headquarters again and saw the man who was having breakfast. Napoleon.
"You came so quickly." Napoleon said with a smile.
"That's because I am using your time, General, so I must save a little bit." Metternich replied while taking off his hat to greet Napoleon.
"You probably haven't eaten so early, so let's have breakfast with me, and we will talk as we eat." Napoleon said.
"Thank you then." Metternich was not polite, and sat down at Napoleon's table. An orderly soldier also brought him a breakfast.
"Mr. Metternich, you must have brought me some good news when you came so early?" Napoleon said.
"Regarding your peace terms," ​​Metternich hurriedly sat up straight and replied, "The Grand Duke and I are not opposed in principle. But we have some other requirements. I hope I can talk to the general."
Napoleon frowned slightly and said: "I hope you don't delay time deliberately, one suggestion, one counter-proposal, another suggestion, another counter-proposal, and then time-my time is wasted like this. "
"Your Excellency, don't worry, I believe our proposal and your request are in the same direction." Metternich said.
"Let's listen." Napoleon looked uninterested, and deliberately took out his pocket watch and took a look.
"Your Excellency, your country has the highest level of technology in the world. We very much hope to be able to purchase relevant technologies from your country. We hope that in this category of rights, we can also obtain the same rights as citizens of your country." Metternich Say.
"Our country has a "Patent Law" on this matter. If you want to buy a technology patent, you can talk to the holder of the patent." Napoleon didn't seem to care about it.
"But the patented technologies we hope to buy are basically in your hands, General," Metternich said.
"This question, well, there is no problem in principle. As for specific questions, you can talk to my brother, Joseph Bonaparte." Napoleon threw the matter to Joseph. Anyway, if Joseph is unwilling to sell, he will naturally refuse them.
"In addition, we also hope that your country can impose certain restrictions on the export of weapons." Metternich said.
"This can't work." Napoleon said immediately, "This will harm our business interests. This is impossible!"
"We can guarantee that orders from the Chinese government can fully make up for this loss, and will also enable relevant companies in your country to obtain greater benefits."
"This is not a question of money. It involves our business reputation and our political reputation. Our business reputation and political reputation are not just worth this little money." Napoleon said firmly.
"But this will constitute interference in our internal affairs. It also violates the principle of'respect for each other's territory and sovereignty and non-interference in each other's internal affairs' in the peace treaty signed between your country and the Kingdom of Spain. I think these two principles are the only It should be more important political credibility."
"You are right. We do have to abide by these two principles. However, the legal status of these two principles is much lower than that of the Declaration of Human Rights, and the "Human Rights above Sovereignty" derived from the "Declaration of Human Rights" 'Principle. We are worried that if we prohibit civilian arms trade, it will bring humanitarian disasters in certain areas. I hope your government can understand this completely reasonable concern of our country."
So the two people started a fierce debate around this issue. Finally, Napoleon said:
"Why not? We are based on the principle of seeking common ground while reserving differences. We will temporarily set aside the dispute. Regarding this issue, we will deal with it this way. We can issue a joint statement. In the joint statement, we separately promise that France will not seek to implement a long-term objective. Your country’s policy of selling weapons in certain regions. The performance and quantity of weapons we sell to these regions will not exceed the level of supply in recent years after the two sides reached peace. We are prepared to gradually reduce the sales of weapons to these regions. Time leads to a final solution. And you promised to resolve the outstanding issues between you and the local people in a peaceful manner as much as possible, and avoid humanitarian crises caused by the use of non-peaceful means. What do you think? This is the biggest concession I can make."
"General Bonaparte, we have one last request." Metternich said.
"any request?"
"Some influential people in our country hope to get the opportunity to become a shareholder in the'Military-Industrial Complex.'" Metternich replied without changing his face.
Napoleon thought for a while and replied: "The military-industrial complex is an enterprise alliance, but there is no enterprise or stock called a'military-industrial complex'. You can buy shares in some of these companies, as long as you can obtain other shareholders’ Agree, this is not a problem."
"Isn't your family the largest shareholder?"
"In some companies, it is, but in the entire consortium, our shareholding ratio is not particularly high." Napoleon explained and then said, "If this is the case, can we think that we have basically reached Consistent?"
"Yes, Lord General." Metternich replied.
Napoleon looked at his pocket watch and said: "Because this negotiation consumes more of my time, I still need more compensation now, both for France and for myself..."
So on the same day, Grand Duke Carl and General Napoleon Bonaparte initialed an agreement on the issue of peace between the two countries. According to this agreement, the two countries will restore peace and establish closer trade relations. At the same time, the Austrian army will withdraw from all French territories and the territories of France’s allies, and express its deep apologies to the French people and other peoples who suffered damage during the war. At the same time, Austria promises that it will never allow anyone or any force to use Austrian land to engage in stable activities that endanger the security of France.
In this way, Austria was spared and signed such an agreement that neither cedes land nor indemnifies. This of course caused some criticism in France, but the "Science Pravda" was prepared for this and they quickly published it. The article analyzed the current military situation and pointed out the great significance of letting Austria withdraw from the war as soon as possible for France's final victory. In addition, France is not without gain, at least, those royalists hiding in Austria, I am afraid that they have to change places now.
If the person signing this treaty is someone else, even if the "Science Pravda" tries to wash the ground for him, I am afraid it will inevitably be labeled as a traitor. But considering that the person who initiated this treaty has just won a great victory and has saved the Republic’s war General Napoleon Bonaparte more than once, what can everyone say? Going long is just a whispered expression: General Bonaparte may still be... although his general direction is not a problem.
After initialing the agreement, Archduke Karl immediately left Luxembourg with his army and retreated to Kaiserslautern. Napoleon left all the British artillery and more than 10,000 soldiers and Sirte of the Northern Army with rich defensive experience in Luxembourg to be responsible for alerting Austria. He took other troops and rushed towards Prussia.
A week later, Napoleon's army approached Cologne, and the Cologne defenders descended without a fight. Napoleon stayed in Cologne for a day, where he met the first messengers sent by the Prussians to seek peace. But the peaceful sincerity of the Prussians did not impress Napoleon. So Napoleon continued to advance eastward, all the way like a broken bamboo, half a month later, the army arrived near Hanover. And here they met the newly formed British and Prussian forces led by Marshal von Mollendorf.
The coalition has about 100,000 troops, but because in the previous battle of Verdun, both Britain and Prussia lost the most elite troops. Today, most of the 100,000 coalition forces are untrained recruits. They are also extremely lack of weapons. Not to mention the brand new Mini rifles, even the old muskets are quite scarce. The number of cannons is far less than Napoleon. The future of this battle is naturally very unoptimistic for the British and Prussians.
So that afternoon, the Prussian messenger took the authorization of King Frederick William III to Napoleon's barracks to pray for peace.
However, Napoleon’s peace conditions have become more demanding than in Cologne~EbookFREE.me~ He asked the Prussians to pay 150 million francs as soon as he opened his mouth, and recognized France's control of the Rhine Valley including Hanover. Right, and immediately declared war on Britain.
The requirement of immediately declaring war on the United Kingdom nowadays Prussians can agree without blinking their eyebrows, and it is not a problem to recognize France's control over the Rhine Valley, including Hanover. However, the Prussians could not pay the compensation of 50 million francs even if they sold iron. If there is such a sum of money, Prussia will not be reduced to this point. It is said that the reason why Prussia was moved by the British was mainly because of the financial crisis.
The Prussian messenger begged Napoleon to raise his hands high, and told Napoleon that they would not be able to spend so much money anyway. Napoleon said that France can lend money to the Prussians to pay this huge sum of money, but the Prussians need to use various taxes throughout the country as collateral. To put it more clearly, from now on, all fiscal power in Prussia will be managed by the French.
Finance is the mother of all politics. If you lose this power, it is basically equivalent to ruining your country. The Prussians naturally couldn't agree to such conditions, so Napoleon roared: "Let the cannon and rifled gun go to argue with you!" Then he drove the Prussian messenger out.