Chapter 285: Ten years of cultivation and rest

"Andrecy, it's time to get up." Angel looked at the clock hanging on the wall, and then gently pushed Xiao Jie, who was still asleep.

At this moment, there were knocks on the door and the voices of attendants from outside: "Your Majesty the Emperor, Your Majesty the Queen, it's time to get up. Your Majesty the Emperor, you have a lot of arrangements today. If you don't get up now, I'm afraid you'll be late."

Xiao Jie, who was awakened, had no choice but to get up from the warm quilt, and then dressed neatly with the help of Angel. After washing up, Xiao Jie and Angel came to the restaurant. At this time, Mary and Sophie were already sitting at the dining table. After greeting them enthusiastically, Xiao Jie sat down: "Dear, where are the children?"

"Dear, have you forgotten? The children are still on holiday and should be sleeping now." Mary replied.

Xiao Jie smiled and said nothing. He picked up the milk on the table and started drinking it. Compared with Western milk bread, Xiao Jie would rather use buns and soy milk as breakfast.

While Xiao Jie was having breakfast, his new secretary Kabos came to him respectfully and said, "Your Majesty, your arrangement today is as follows: at 9 am, listen to the work report of the cabinet members at the Duilary Palace, and at 2 pm, attend the military meeting at the General Staff."

Xiao Jie nodded. He was still very clear about today's itinerary. He put down the newspaper in his hand and looked at the calendar on the wall. Today is January 3, 1826, the first working day of the New Year. Today, the cabinet officials will summarize last year's work and make a preliminary plan for this year's work. The afternoon is a military meeting, a particularly important meeting.

So far, it has been 12 years since Xiao Jie ascended the throne. During this period, the government's main work was to restore and develop France's national strength. With Xiao Jie's support and Iberia's financial resources, France's economy has developed greatly over the past 12 years. The people's living standards have been greatly improved, and national strength has also been greatly enhanced.

Of course, economic construction was the theme for more than 10 years, but the war was ongoing, but it was strictly controlled within a scale. In 1814, after the 1st Iberian Army defeated the Austrian army and drove them out of Italy, the French Empire officially annexed Italy. Eugen and Murah were recalled to Paris, taking the title of Prince of France, but without any real power. Although freedom was not interfered with, there were still many people who secretly monitored them. As long as they did something that would harm the interests of France and Xiao Jie, Xiao Jie would definitely not let them go.

In Italy, Xiao Jie divided Italy into three governors' districts, the Po River Governors' district in the north, the Apennine Governors' district in the central region and the Naples' district in the south, including Sicily. A special governor was appointed to manage local government affairs. The governor was the highest administrator of these three governors' districts, but he had no military power. The chief of the Iberian 1st Army was stationed here and was responsible for Italy's defense. For a long time afterwards, the Iberian 1st Army and the Austrian army fought many times, but both sides were restrained and the scale was not large. The largest one was counted as the Iberian 1st Army in June 1815.

The attacks on the Brennanero Pass and the Pleken Pass initiated by two infantry divisions were successfully occupied by the Iberian 1st Army after fierce battles and continued until now. However, the situation was also very dangerous at that time, which almost caused a full-scale war between the French Empire and the anti-French alliance. Austria, who suffered heavy losses at the time, called on Britain, Prussia and Russia to fulfill the peace treaty and declare war on France. However, it was politely rejected by various countries. Because in the war between the French Empire and Austria, the two countries did not really declare war on each other from beginning to end, so the British were using the navy to fight against the French Navy.

In the war, there was no extra force to land on France and rejected Austria's demands. Prussia was powerless. Russia refused because its national strength had not yet recovered. In fact, everyone knows that the actual reason was that Russia had always held a grudge against being squeezed out of the Balkans by Austria, so it refused to send troops to help Austria. Without the help of other countries, Austria Emperor Francis I knew that he was not France's opponent, so he had to suppress this matter. Xiao Jie did not dare to kill Austria with all his strength. The reason was very simple. Other countries in the anti-French alliance must also understand the principle of losing their lips and cold teeth, so naturally they would not sit idly by and watch Austria be killed by France and ignore it.

After bullying Austria, Xiao Jie targeted the Kingdom of Thuringia and Bavaria of the Netherlands and the former Rhine Allies. Who told them that they were small countries that were close to France but had no strength? The former was France's territory during the Napoleon era, while the latter was France's vassal state. Under Xiao Jie's intentional arrangement, the French side created several border conflicts in these border areas and then launched an attack on these countries. Since the anti-French alliance was busy restoring its strength and had no time to take care of these small countries, France had made great benefits in these small countries. By 1818, France had successfully annexed the southern Netherlands and the western Rhine, and stationed heavy troops in these areas to build a line of defense.

At the same time, the French Empire's power also actively expanded to North Africa and the Mediterranean coast. By forming a volunteer army, five attacks on the Turkish Empire in North Africa have been launched since 1816. The volunteer army is generally composed of retired veterans, who obtained guns, ammunition and warships from the country in the form of lease, and repays them with the land, population, gold, silver and jewelry obtained. This not only prevented the empire's military industry from ceased production, but also allowed the French Empire to make a lot of profits, including a wide range of colonies along the Mediterranean. By 1824, the whole country's saint was the same.

The land north of the Hara Desert, west to the Atlantic Ocean, east to Palestine are all colonies of the French Empire. Among them, Palestine was acquired after defeating the Turkish Empire in the fifth east expedition in 1822. At that time, the French Empire formed a total of 50,000 resource troops and sent navy and air force to provide full support. In September 1822, the French Volunteer Army finally defeated the main force of the Turkish Empire in the Dead Sea area and successfully controlled the Palestinian region. Later, the French government asked the Turkish Empire to recognize France's ownership of Palestine, and Turkish Sudan rejected Xiao Jie's

This brutal demand. In December, the French Navy Mediterranean Fleet broke into the Marmara Sea and shelled Istanbul. Turkey Sudan had no choice but to sign the peace treaty and ceded the Palestine region to France. In the end, Palestine was sold by the French government to the Jews for 2 billion francs and supported them to establish the Jewish state here. It was also considered that Xiao Jie repays the support of the Jews for many years. Xiao Jie's approach was unparalleled thanks from the Jews. After the establishment of the Jewish state, Xiao Jie announced an alliance with the Jewish state and helped them train an army of 20,000 people. However, until 1

In 826, France only recognized the Jewish state in the world. After occupying North Africa, in order to open up ties with the Indian Ocean, Xiao Jie instructed the Andresey Group and the French government to jointly invest 1 billion francs to dig the Suez Canal. Due to the large amount of prisoners of war from North Africa and Turkey during the canal excavation process, the cost was greatly saved. It is estimated that the canal will be opened around 1830. By that time, the route from Europe to Asia will be shortened by tens of thousands of kilometers. By charging the crossing fee, the Andresey Group and the French government will definitely make huge profits.

In the past 10 years, with the completion of more and more shipyards, the French Navy also developed rapidly. Although the war with Britain had never ended, the war between the two sides expanded from the English Channel to other parts of the world. However, as the French Navy became stronger and stronger, in addition to the control of the English Channel, the French Navy finally controlled the South Atlantic Ocean after years of hard work. In 1818, the French Navy escorted the army to land in South America, Peugeot France began to recover the Spanish and Portugal colonies in Latin America. In the following two years, France invested a total of 4 infantry divisions and more than 60,000 people. Finally, the Portuguese King who was exiled to South America was exiled.

The House and the Spanish royal family all rushed to North America, and at the same time launched a bloody suppression of the South American uprising forces. Several powerful uprising forces such as Hidalgo in Mexico, Simon Polival in South America and Jose San Martin were all extinguished. Ladian America was officially in the hands of the French Empire. With the supply of raw materials from the huge colonies and huge market support, the economy of France and Iberia has once again developed rapidly, leaving other European countries behind. By 1826, except for Russia's strength being greatly enhanced than when the anti-French alliance broke out in the sixth place, the growth of other countries was not very large. Because they were always facing harassment from France.
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