(Chapter 2 is here! I’m going to bed, and I have class tomorrow morning)
Regarding Napoleon's decision, some people clapped their hands and cheered, while others were full of anger, some remained silent, and some were full of worry. The entire royal family, government and army were divided into several factions, but overall, the side that supported Xiao Jie had little advantage.
"Your Majesty, since you have deposed the title of Crown Prince Andresi, who is the new Crown Prince? I think it should be determined as soon as possible to stabilize the people. I propose that Francois (King of Rome) be the new Crown Prince. No matter from which aspect, he is the most suitable candidate." Murat said excitedly, as if he himself was going to be the crown prince.
"Hehe, François (King of Rome) is still too young, let's talk about it when he grows up." Napoleon said with a smile, and even a fool could see the loving expression on his face.
"Your Majesty, Andresi disobeyed the rules of the royal family, married a Jewish woman, and disregarded your order, His Majesty the Emperor. Therefore, I think that all titles of Andresi must be abolished and he should be expelled from the royal family." Murat continued.
"Mura, don't go too far. Who do you think you are? You don't need to intervene in the affairs of the Bonaparte family." Joseph stood up from his seat with a livid face, and cursed at Murat loudly. He is very angry now, because Murat is one of the main figures who persuaded Napoleon to depose Xiao Jie. Now they not only took away Xiao Jie's right to inherit the throne, but also wanted to expel him from the Bonaparte family. How could this be possible? To make him not angry?
"I..." Murat was about to retort, because his wife was also Napoleon's sister anyway, so he could be counted as a member of the royal family.
"Enough, Murat, shut up." Napoleon also reprimanded. Napoleon still respects his elder brother very much. In the initial stage of his career, Joseph gave him a lot of help. A large part of the reason why Napoleon made Xiao Jie the crown prince was also because of this. In the later period, Joseph has also been quietly running the family business, not as keen on fighting for power and profit as others, which is one of the reasons why Napoleon respects Joseph.
Seeing that Napoleon had already spoken, Murat had no choice but to keep his mouth shut. It seemed that his wish of beating Xiao Jie so that he would never turn over after thinking about it could not be fulfilled. In fact, these have always been his wishful thinking. Even if Napoleon wanted to expel Xiao Jie from the family, would he dare to implement it? Instead of wasting all your strength on your own people, you might as well turn to other enemies.
Glancing at Murat, Napoleon continued: "Although Andresi made an unforgivable mistake this time, I decided to abolish his title of crown prince because of his great contributions to the country. But keep his title of Crown Prince of Spain, and make him Prince of France." In fact, Napoleon's sitting like this was just because he didn't want to push Xiao Jie into a hurry. Do rabbits bite people when they are in a hurry? Not to mention Xiao Jie who holds a heavy soldier.
Afterwards, everyone discussed some other matters, and the meeting ended. Napoleon only kept the military chiefs and Campaseres (Prime Minister), Krete (Minister of the Interior), Compene (Minister of Foreign Affairs) and others, and he still needs to discuss with them in secret. Xiao Jie refused to accept, how should the relationship between the two parties be handled.
"Your Excellency Cambaceres, do you think Andresi will be satisfied with my decision?" Napoleon asked, leaning back on the chair, propping his chin with one hand.
"Your Majesty, as far as I am concerned, you have deposed the title of Crown Prince of His Highness Andresi, but you have not deprived him of his right of succession. I think even if he has any dissatisfaction, he will not do anything out of the ordinary." Cambacere Si replied optimistically.
"Oh, that's good. Compagni, you prepare. At the end of the month, I will go to Madrid to attend Andresi's wedding on my behalf. Prepare a big gift. After all, he is my favorite nephew." Napoleon thought I want to say.
"Okay, Your Majesty, I'm ready." Compani replied.
"Your Majesty, I think this is inappropriate. If you do this, don't you show the world your compromise with Andresi? This will only make his arrogance more arrogant." Murat immediately objected.
Regarding Murat's opinion, Napoleon directly filtered it. He knew the conflict between Murat and Xiao Jie, so he didn't care about his opinion.
Seeing that Napoleon didn't listen to her, Murat was a little dissatisfied, but soon had a second plan. "Your Majesty, I think we should send some troops to garrison the border between our country and Iberia. If Andresi is dissatisfied and starts a war with us, we will have time to react." Murat continued.
"Is this necessary?" Napoleon gave Murat a faint look.
"Prince Murat, what you said is too much. Anyway, Iberia only has more than 200,000 people, and we have 600,000. His Highness Andresi is a smart man, I don't think he will be stupid That's right." Davout retorted.
"Marshal Davout, please forgive me for not sharing your point of view." A general stood up and said. He is also one of Xiao Jie's enemies, General Savary, the head of the 11th Army.
"Oh, what about General Savary's advice?" Davout asked with a smile.
Savary saluted Napoleon, and then said: "Although we have 600,000 troops, most of the legions have their own defense zones and their own missions. We can only deploy 5 to 6 legions. That's all. And Iberia, they have the 88th Army and 4 Iberian divisions, and recently recruited 90,000 people from 6 divisions. Is it necessary to support so many troops in a small Iberia? So we We have to guard against it. In addition, if a conflict breaks out between us, we will definitely face a fierce attack from the 88th Army. According to the latest survey, the 88th Army has 4 divisions and other direct subordinates. The total strength There are more than 160,000 people, which are fully 4 of our legions. In addition, since the 88th Legion has always been the main combat force of His Royal Highness Andresi, their equipment is definitely the best in the world, even better than our army. It's even better. He only equipped the 88th Army with many secret weapons, but didn't sell them to us, which greatly increased the combat power of the 88th Army. According to my estimation, if we want to block the attack of the 88th Army, we have to invest at least 6 8 legions, and to defeat the 88th we would have to commit at least 8 legions."
After hearing Savary's evaluation of the 88th Legion, everyone took a breath. In the past, they only knew that the 88th Legion was very powerful, but they had never studied it carefully, so listening to Savary's words, All were shocked.
"Hmph, General Savary, you are exaggerating. The 3rd Division and 4th Division of the 88th Army Corps are just new troops that have never experienced war at all. No matter how powerful the weapons are, their combat effectiveness can How strong is it?" Davout retorted.
"Yes, the 3rd and 4th Divisions of the 88th Army Corps are new troops, but what about the 1st and 2nd Divisions? I can guarantee that if one of these two divisions is randomly selected, it will not be comparable to a single regiment of our army. Comparable," Savary continued.
His point of view was recognized by most people, and even Davout dared not refute it. Many of the tactics they are using now are based on the previous drills of the 88th Army. Napoleon was also lost in thought.
Savary was very proud now, paused and continued: "I don't know if everyone has arrived, but the 2nd Division of the 88th Army has been deployed in Barcelona. I would like to ask why the other side deployed a powerful force in Barcelona. Isn't it there to guard against us?"
"Your Majesty, I very much agree with General Savary's point of view. Andresi has always been on guard against us, otherwise why put a powerful army in Barcelona." At this time, Murat came out and echoed. .
"General Clark, our troops can be mobilized now." Napoleon was shaken by Murat and Savary's words. Even though he didn't mean to target Xiao Jie, he still prepared a defensive line at the head, just in case it happened. There was a conflict over the package meal, and it was too late to react.
"Your Majesty, only the 11th Legion, 12th Legion, 13th Legion and Cavalry Legion can be mobilized now." Clark replied.
"Well, since this plan was proposed by Youmura and Savary, then send your two troops to the front line of the Pyrenees, and keep an eye on the movements of the Iberian army~www.mtlnovel.com~ If they really dare to attack us, you must block them and buy us more time to mobilize troops." Napoleon ordered.
Murat and Savary quickly took orders.
"Your Majesty, this is not good, I'm afraid it will cause a misunderstanding from His Highness Andresi." Compini said quickly.
"This is nothing more than mobilizing troops within our country. If he has no ghosts in his heart, what is he afraid of?" Napoleon said. "Also, listen to Murat and Savary, the two of you are not allowed to take the initiative to provoke. If you take the initiative to provoke the conflict between the two sides, I will not spare you."
The military transfer of the French army was also quickly learned by Xiao Jie. In this regard, he ordered the 2nd Division of the 88th Army to strictly guard the border and not allow any French soldiers to enter Iberia without permission, otherwise they will be killed. In addition, he also asked the 2nd Division not to provoke the French army, otherwise it would bear serious consequences.
A week later, on January 6, unable to withstand the repeated requests of Queen Louise, Napoleon finally officially announced that Francois (King of Rome) was the new crown prince.
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