Napoleon's army entered Berlin. Napoleon personally led his army to Berlin from under Brandenburg, and he was able to satisfy his desire to show off.

According to the rules of this era, after an army entered the city of an enemy country, it was inevitable to do things such as robbery, murder, and turning girls into young women. However, the French army under Napoleon was very civilized, and it was very civilized. There was neither large-scale robbery nor evidence that when the French left Berlin, the chastity of the women in Berlin became worse than before the French came.

Strictly speaking, the French army is not a unit armed with advanced ideas. The reason why such discipline is maintained is not because of class feelings or a sense of honor among soldiers. There is only one real reason, that is, the combat allowances of the French army, especially the French army under Napoleon's command, are particularly high. The combat allowances of the troops under Napoleon's command after victory may be greater than the regular military pay for a whole year. This naturally makes the soldiers willing, especially after winning the battle, willing to abide by various disciplines.

The most fundamental reason why Napoleon's army had such high allowances was that every time Napoleon won a battle, he could get money efficiently. When Napoleon wanted to get money, the most common way was to fight the local tyrants and suppress the counter-revolution.

In fact, if His Majesty Frederick William III, the King of Prussia, understood this characteristic of the French army and noticed that Napoleon did not rob and rob, nor did he defeat the local tyrants and divided the land, he should know that Napoleon did not want to destroy Prussia at this time.

Of course, Napoleon would not do a loss-making business, and these allowances must be paid by the Prussians. However, the French robbed them directly, and the king of Prussians first robbed their people and then handed them over to the French. If the first method was used, the hatred of the Fritzs would be concentrated on the French, so the Prussian nobles would have the opportunity to brainwash the people with the nationalist style and encourage them to work hard for themselves. However, the latter method was adopted. Although there were middlemen making a difference, the hatred was divided by middlemen, and in order to maintain their rule, they had to suppress nationalist things.

Especially Prussia today, this is even more so. Even Berlin was lost, and most of the territory that was still in the hands of the Prussians were the territory of Poland in the past. The people under Frederick William III were already dominated by Poles - Prussia was about to change from a German country to a Polish country. Under such circumstances, the Prussian rulers, who were mainly German nobles, naturally did not dare to engage in nationalism.

For this reason, after Napoleon took Berlin, he did not continue to chase Frederick William III, but stopped in Berlin, waiting for Frederick William III's next messenger of peace talks.

On the other side, when Grand Duke Carl returned to Austria with that agreement, His Majesty the Emperor felt at first that the agreement required his army to completely withdraw from Italy and suffered a loss. You should know that after the Italians' logistical supplies could not keep up, his army had seized several Italian cities and even began to approach Milan.

What's more, the security issues in the agreement of Grand Duke Carl about the relevant areas adjacent to Italy were not really effectively resolved. Only God knows how long was the French "prepared to gradually reduce the sale of weapons to these areas and lead to the final solution after a period of time".

So His Majesty the Emperor was very unhappy at first, and even a little doubted whether Grand Duke Carl had any abilities. He was not even willing to sign the agreement immediately and make it take effect. However, when Napoleon swept across the entire Prussia like a fallen leaves, His Majesty the Emperor immediately changed his attitude. He apologized to Grand Duke Carl and publicly praised Metternich, who had made a lot of strength in signing this agreement, as a craftsman, and planned to make him the ambassador to France.

Metternich, on the other hand, suggested to the emperor that the emperor would send him as a special envoy to mediate the war between France and Prussia.

"Your Majesty, if Prussia is too weakened, it will be unfavorable to our country," said Metternich.

So this time, Napoleon waited for not only the Prussian messengers in Berlin, but also the Metternich who arrived with the Prussian messengers.

Napoleon met with two envoys, and at the beginning he insisted that compensation of 150 million francs could not be lost for Su. But in the end, under Metternich's persuasion, Napoleon finally expressed some kindness and made some concessions. So the two sides signed the "Berlin Treaty" in Berlin.

The Treaty of Berlin stipulates that Prussia compensates France with 100 million francs, and the money must be cleared at one time. For this reason, if the Prussians need loans, they can only borrow banks within the scope specified by the French government. As for loan mortgages, Prussian tariffs are used as collateral.

In addition, Prussia provides France with unilateral most-favored-nation treatment, as well as unilateral market access and national treatment. The French do not need any visa when they operate in Prussia; the French can purchase industries anywhere in Prussia and engage in any profession, and the Prussian government shall not interfere. After entering Prussia, French goods only need to pay tariffs (the tariff rate is set by the Union of lending banks designated by the French government). After that, the Prussian government shall not impose any other taxes on these goods from France in any other way.

All territories west of the Elbe were abandoned. Of course, these territories would not be incorporated into France, but would be incorporated into the forthcoming Free State of Rhine, a confederate alliance under the protection of France. (And after losing the territories west of the Elbe, Prussia really became a country with a slightly larger proportion of the Poles.)

This is almost an unequal treaty to destroy Prussia. But this is not all the trouble Frederick William III needs to face. Inspired by the Prussian defeat, the Polish nobles once again supported the "independent patriots" and launched an uprising. At this time, Prussia had no power to suppress them. Seeing that Prussia was about to lose more than half of its land and population.

At this time, Prussia's friendly neighbors, Russia and Austria, both stood up and extended a helping hand to Prussia. They all expressed to Prussia that they were willing to send troops to help Prussia fight the rebellion.

The attitudes of the Russians and Austrians are also easy to understand. They have both participated in the division of Poland. If the Poles create a new Poland in the territory of Prussia, it will also have a bad impact on their controlled areas. So from this point of view, their help is indeed of some sincerity.

But Prussia would never dare to accept their kindness like this. Who knows if they came, would the Poles' uprising be finally suppressed, but their lands have also become lands for the Russians and Austrians?

So Frederick William III simply came to do something and didn't bother the second master. Anyway, if you want to sell the country, just sell it. King Frederick William III and Queen Louise returned to Berlin and invited General Napoleon Bonaparte to the palace in Berlin. During the banquet, the two sides held very friendly and friendly talks. His Majesty the King and the beautiful Queen Louise left a deep impression on Napoleon. Especially after His Majesty the King left early due to physical discomfort during the banquet, Queen Louise, the gentleness and elegance and meticulousness made Napoleon intoxicated.

Also based on the description of the famous writer Alexander Dumas in a book that was banned because of his indifference, when Lucien proudly showed him the various mermaids he had hunted, Napoleon said disdainfully: "Your prey is not very good, none of them can compare to Queen Louise, and that queen is the real natural beauty."

So after this banquet, Napoleon went to the Prussian palace several times under the protection of the French army, and soon reached a loan agreement with Prussia to borrow 30 million francs from France with domestic mineral resources as collateral. This agreement was named "Borrowing Agreement on the Aftermath of the Realization of Peaceful Reconstruction of the Country", referred to as the "Borrowing Agreement". Of course, the 30 million francs in the agreement did not require the French to take out real money, but directly converted the captured Prussian soldiers, officers, and some weapons seized into money and handed over to the Prussians.

After the agreement was reached, the French army began to gradually withdraw from Prussia, and the captured Prussian soldiers and officers also began to gradually return to King Frederick William III and began to prepare to quell the rebellion in the country.

As for Napoleon, after leaving Berthier to deal with the withdrawal process, he hurriedly took a team to Luxembourg. Now he is going to Paris to harvest his most important spoils.

Relying on sleeping in the carriage along the way and changing horses and running around the way, Napoleon rushed back to Luxembourg from Berlin in just one week. Then he led a team of cavalry in Luxembourg and dragged onto the various military flags seized by his army in this series of battles, and it took another five days to finally return to Paris.

That morning, amid the cheers of the citizens of Paris, Napoleon rode a white horse and surrounded by the soldiers who had returned from war, and went to Congress to report his achievements to Congress.
Chapter completed!