In late August, the shocking effect caused by the Desai Division's conquering Clisbon in one fell swoop continued.

In Paris, Emperor Napoleon, who already had two illegitimate children, stayed in the Palace of Fontainebleau for a long time, and accompanied his Austrian queen to escape the summer heat. Princess Mary Louise was nurturing the heirs of the French Empire.

The victory that Duke Hruna won to himself on the battlefield in Portugal did not bring much joy to Emperor Napoleon. He just signed two decrees in his study that had been drafted by confidential secretary a month ago: to promote Major General Andrew Desay to the Imperial Field Marshal, and required the latter to form a standing army of no less than 30,000 people within half a year. In addition, Napoleon also represented the French Empire and formally issued an edict to recognize the Kingdom of Catalonia-Aragorn under Desay's rule, and instructed the Paris Ministry of Foreign Affairs to send diplomatic envoys to this emerging Mediterranean country.

After signing the above amnesty in two minutes, the emperor's steps moved towards Queen Louise's bedroom without hesitation. Starting from April 1810, the former god of war seemed to have forgotten the bloody and cruel war and forgot his historical mission of swearing to conquer the entire Europe. At every moment, he only wanted to protect his pregnant wife, and never left until the imperial heir in his stomach came to the world safely.

A diplomat in Paris described in his diary: "The emperor was completely possessed by her (the queen). Everything shows that she understood him thoroughly. How much he loved her, it was difficult to hide his feelings. All his living habits were completely subject to her hobbies and hobbies... If I do not consider the sound of gunfires on the Iberian Peninsula, should I believe that there are no more cruel conquerors in Europe, and this war-torn continent has ushered in the dawn of peace and civilization!"

However, Talleyrand and Metternich, two outstanding and wise diplomats in the early 19th century, sneered at the diplomat's ridiculous and ridiculous childish words. They knew that the "wild lion" hidden in the deep palace was just a nap in the sun, and that Napoleon's war would never stop unless London and Moscow bowed to Paris.

When he heard that Lisbon finally fell, Metternik immediately found Talleyrand and discussed countermeasures. Like Metternik, Talleyrand was an unswerving advocate of European balance of power. He tried his best to oppose Napoleon's attempt to dominate the entire European nation because it was impossible to achieve and would only have catastrophic consequences. Therefore, it must be tried to stop it, or even use any means.

"Napoleon's army cannot be allowed to occupy the entire Iberian Peninsula again!" In front of Talleyrand, Metternich did not hide his views and was a little unscrupulous. That was the core interests of the Austrian royal family and the Habsburg family. As long as the British Expeditionary Force exists on the European continent for one day, Napoleon must seriously consider his alliance with Austria.

"Oh, how is Vienna going to convince Desay?" Talleyran smiled, and he stroked his fingers skillfully, as if counting gold coins.

In the face of a series of brilliant victories of the Desai Division, the Massena Legion, which was crowded but slow to move, had become a laughing stock in the whole of Paris. Therefore, how to convince Andrew Desai's army was the key essence to prevent Napoleon from successfully annexing the Iberian Peninsula. The meaning of Talleyran's words and gestures was very simple, which required the Austrians to pay enough heart-wrenching prices, and of course, including his own benefits.

Metternik had a plan for this, and he also knew a secret that Desai owed Talleyran a favor. So he said: "Support Andrew Desai to become the king of Poland as soon as possible, so that he can stay away from the Mediterranean and away from the Iberian Peninsula. In this regard, Austria and I will provide him with necessary and sufficient assistance in politics, diplomacy, and financial aspects!"

After saying that, the Austrian head handed a check to the former French Foreign Minister. It filled in with 5 million francs. This was a private remuneration for Metternich to sponsor Talleyran to travel to Portugal on behalf of Habsburg and meet with Andrew Desay in Lisbon. As for the political funds handed over to Duke Hruna, it will be personally transferred by the newly appointed Minister of Austria to Manresa.

After calmly receiving bribes from the Austrians, Talleyran then asked: "Dear Prince, are you not worried that Desai's Poland would make territorial claims against Bohemia and Moravia?" Historically, Bohemia and Moravia were ruled by the Poles. According to the political maps of later generations, they roughly belong to the Czech Republic and Slovakia.

Metternich smiled disapprovingly, "In comparison, Polish nationalists are even more resentful of Silesia annexed by Prussia, Lithuania, Ukraine and other places under Russia's control. Please tell the future Polish king and the Austrian emperor to reach a peace agreement with him. When Poland and Russia and Prussia dispute, we will maintain a kind-hearted neutral position."

The Habsburg family, who were stupid and had a lot of money, were very disgusted with the Hohenzollern royal family, who were also Germanic. That was when the Prussians not only betrayed the Roman Catholicism and defected to the Christian Lutheran Protestantism, but also competed with Austria for the supreme rule of the Great German. Therefore, Metternich did not mind that Desay's Poland was looking for trouble for the Prussians who were trying to rise again.

But there are three prerequisites: First, Desai must not swallow Prussian territory that does not belong to Poland, especially the East Prussian region; second, Poland under Desai's rule and the Saxony Kingdom in the west cannot merge, and then extend its fingers to Central and Southern Europe; third, Poland's development cannot affect or interfere with the influence of the Austrian Empire on the Greater German Region.

As for letting Poland, who was also Slav, fight against Russia to the death, not to mention France and Austria, almost all Europeans would like to see the outbreak of war between the two countries. The only worry among the people was that the weak but civilized Poland could not resist the powerful and barbaric Russia. No one denied the brave spirit of the Polish soldiers to look at death, but for more than a hundred years, this once glorious country has not had a strong and powerful iron-blooded ruler. Poland has always been in a position of oppression and enslavement. Even their former allies, the Austrians and the Prussians, were waiting for an opportunity to unite the Russians, set off three divisions, and finally dismembered Poland.

Although Emperor Napoleon, who dominated Europe, promoted the establishment of the Grand Duchy of Warsaw for some purpose, today, Poland still belongs to a political term rather than a holistic concept of state. The disputes between many political factions in China have left the Grand Duchy in a mess and the country has no cohesion. Perhaps with the arrival of Andrew Desay, this natural flaw will be made up.

In Paris, among the diplomatic ambassadors of Andrew Desai as the Kingdom of Poland, the attitude of the Kingdom of Saxony was self-evident. Desai was their king and August I's de facto son-in-law; the Danish ambassador who represented the Orenberg dynasty, and the ambassador of the new Swedish crown prince (Bernadot) to France, and issued a public statement: congratulations to Duke Hruna on his great victory, and hope that the brave and warlike crown prince could rush to Warsaw as soon as possible and become the monarch of Poland.

In other words, Denmark and Saxony hope that the Polish kingdom supported by the emperor could suppress Prussian ambitions and prevent the latter from unifying the will of Great Germany; while Sweden hoped that in the Polish-France-Russia war, the fisherman would benefit and regain the lost Principality of Finland. Due to the conspiracy of the travelers, Denmark finally agreed to Norway, and a Danish prince was about to become the monarch of Norway. In order to avoid angering the entire Western world, Sweden could only give up Norway and point the expansion contradiction to Finland to the east.

So in the entire Western world, it felt like welcoming Andrew Desai to become the king of Poland. In addition to using the rising Poland to suppress Prussian ambitions and Russia's expansion, another real reason is also the "secret" buried deep in the hearts of many diplomats, but also well-known "secret": keeping France and Poland (King of Catalonia-Aragorn) at an appropriate distance, secretly encouraging the two countries under Desai to get rid of their subordinate status as slaves of Emperor Napoleon.

The French Empire is so powerful that every ancient European royal family is in a trembling and in danger all day long. In addition to Britain still holding high the banner of anti-France and Russia is in a transcendent position outside the affairs, every diplomatic envoy to France, whether in secret or in open allies, is eager to restrain Napoleon's ambition to unify Europe. Therefore, Poland, which is on the marginal political side of Europe, entered the horizon of the ambassadors (ministers).

"Poland will be the messenger of Europe!" A Paris diplomat commented privately.

Once Poland can rise again, the first thing that will be affected will be irreconcilable and profound contradictions with the huge Russia, which will inevitably lead to various armed conflicts and even directly lead to a large-scale war. As the European hegemon, Poland's most solid ally and backing, the Napoleon Empire will also actively or passively participate in the Second Polish-Russian War.

There is an ancient political motto in Europe that a country cannot win at the same time on two main fronts. As long as the British expeditionary force continues to exist on the Iberian Peninsula and then threatens the French mainland; and the French army must fight against Russia on the vast Eastern European grasslands. Then, it will not be too long before the European countries under Napoleon receive great national liberation.

Once France is "successfully" defeated, peaceful Europe will return to its natural territory in 1793. At this time, the winning British people no longer have much territorial ambitions for the European continent. They are concerned about the vast overseas colonies and the right to freely transport goods to Europe. However, European rulers or monarchs must be extra careful and cautious in treating Russia. Therefore, envoys from various countries will have the conditions to support Desay Poland gradually become stronger so that this brave monarch will lead his loyal people to become a strong cannon fodder to defend European civilization and continue to resist Russia's massive invasion of the Western world.

Based on this complex consideration of the disaster, even the Prussian ambassador, who had a deep hatred with Duke Hruna, remained silent about Andrew Desay's words and deeds. Even though they had just lost the wealthy Danze Corridor two months ago, the once powerful Prussian kingdom was divided by the weak Grand Duchy of Warsaw.

However, the Russian ambassador to Paris was still making futile protests, but his voice was very small and not many people were willing to listen to the opinions of the barbarians.
Chapter completed!