Chapter 325: Dismemberment of Prussia (Part 1)

The peace talks with Austria and Russia were completed on May 17, giving Xiao Jie a day to deal with the Prussian issue. Now Prussia is completely under the control of the French army, but there are still many guerrillas. They attacked the French army's transportation lines and garrisons, causing a lot of trouble to the French army.

"Your Majesty, I just got the news that yesterday several travel teams attempted to attack Berlin, but were defeated by our army stationed in Berlin." Dugor reported to Xiao Jiehui.

"What? They actually dared to attack Berlin. It seems that the guerrillas in Prussia are becoming more and more rampant. They ordered the 1st and 2nd French Corps to station in Prussia after they withdrew from Poland. On the one hand, they received supplements and rest, and on the other hand, they were to severely attack the resistance forces in Prussia." Xiao Jie said seriously. Now the resistance forces in Prussia are becoming more and more serious, and they have reached the point where they have to be wiped out.

"Okay, your majesty, I will give orders to Marshal Dawu and the others." Dugor replied.

After this war, the areas controlled by France were much larger than before the outbreak of the war, and the entire German region and Poland became the ruling areas of France. Now, Xiao Jie was thinking about how to firmly control these areas in the hands of France and become the power of France, rather than defeating them again and again like the Napoleon era, while the other party resisted again and again and again, consuming all the national strength to this.

"Send someone to invite His Excellency Grigoo and His Excellency Otov." Xiao Jie said to the guards. Now he wants to discuss with them how to solve Prussia.

After a while, Grigoo and Otov came to Xiao Jie. "Your Majesty, we are already preparing. We can set off for Paris the day after tomorrow, which is the 19th." Grigoo reported to Xiao Jie.

Xiao Jie nodded, said that he already knew, and then said, "I came to you today to ask everyone for your opinions. At the meeting with Francis I on the 14th, Friedrich William III and I promised to hold a negotiation with them at the end of the peace talks to resolve the Prussian issue."

"Then what are you going to deal with Prussia? Should you sign a peace agreement with them like Austria, and let Friedrich William III restore the country, or to directly annex Prussia? Anyway, Prussia is completely under our control, so what you want to do." Grigoo replied. However, it can still be seen from his eyes that he is very supportive of the annexation of Prussia.

Xiao Jie frowned because in his opinion, if France annexes Prussia with great fanfare, the Prussians' resistance movement will be even more intense. In that case, France will not only not get any benefits from Prussia, but will also consume a lot of national strength here. Xiao Jie is naturally unwilling to do this loss-making business. "If we annex Prussia, then we will face the endless resistance of the Prussians. In that case, our energy will be restrained in Prussia, which is completely inconsistent with our interests, so annexation of Prussia will not work." Xiao Jie said lightly.

"What should we do? We can't just return Prussia to Friedrich William III, right? You must know that Prussia is our mortal enemy, and that would undoubtedly leave us a strong enemy." Grigoo persuaded.

"I'm not a fool, why should I train an enemy for myself?" Xiao Jie said a little depressedly. Grigoo said just now, completely doubting his wisdom, which made him feel very unhappy. In fact, it's no wonder Grigoo. Who told Xiao Jie to pay such a large amount of "prostitution" this morning? Grigoo subconsciously regarded Xiao Jie as a prodigal son. In order to avoid the same thing happening again, he had to speak out to remind him.

"Andresey, it shouldn't be that he wanted to blackmail Prussia again. You should know that their wealth has been removed by us, and the economy is now on the verge of collapse. If we ask them for a large amount of military compensation, it is likely to cause the economic collapse of Prussia. In that case, Prussia will be in turmoil and will not be in our long-term interests." Otov also reminded.

"Yes, I plan to blackmail Prussia, but I will not let their economy collapse, so I have to 'good flow'. Therefore, I decided to ask Friedrich William III to compensate us 2 billion francs, only 200 million francs a year, and then the interest rate is 10%. For our request, I believe Friedrich William III will not refuse. Although 200,000 is more, their finances are still acceptable to 200 million per year." Xiao Jie said with an evil smile.

Grigoo and Otov were stunned. They did not expect that Xiao Jie would actually do this. If this method was followed, Prussia would have to pay at least 3 billion francs of France's compensation, which was more than France's one year's military expenditure.

"What if Friedrich William III disagrees?" Grigoo asked with some concern. After all, the conditions offered by Xiao Jie were too excessive. It would be quite normal for Friedrich William III to disagree.

"Now Prussia is completely in our hands, and he can't help but disagree." Otov also said with a smile.

"Your Majesty, I think this is far from enough. I think we should further weaken Prussia's strength, such as territorial and military aspects. Otherwise, if Prussia recovers its strength, the first thing we have to deal with is definitely our country." Dugor thought for a moment and suggested to Xiao Jie.

Nodding, Xiao Jie adopted Dugor's suggestion, thought for a while and said, "That way, we can split part of Prussia's territory and form a separate country or a vassal state of our country. At the same time, restrict the military power of Prussia and compress their threats to a minimum."

"I agree, if this happens, the potential for war in Prussia will be greatly reduced." Grigoo agreed first. Then, Otov and Dugor agreed.

When he came to the map, Xiao Jie looked carefully at the Prussian map for a while, and then a resolution came. "My plan is like this. We will split almost half of the territory of western Prussia and form several small principalities, and only retain the eastern Prussia for Friedrich William III. In the west of Prussia, we can establish the Duchy of Hamburg, the Duchy of Bremen, the Duchy of Hanover, the Duchy of Dortmund and the Principal of Eifer. As for the candidates of the Grand Duchy, they will be produced among the people who contributed more to this war."

As soon as Xiao Jie finished his last sentence, Dugor and his friends immediately became eager. According to the new regulations of the French Ministry of Interior, the nobles had been cancelled, but now Xiao Jie took out several principalities, how could they not be excited? Although France is now a high-ranking and powerful person, the temptation of the country is still very great for them. Xiao Jie saw this. He needed to inspire their fighting spirit and tell all the French generals and officials that as long as they work hard to contribute to France, they will also have the opportunity to establish their own country. Of course, the premise is that the established country must be a vassal state of France.

"Your Majesty, how much should the Prussian army be controlled?" Dugor asked with excitement. This shows how much impact the previous attack was for him. As a veteran who followed Xiao Jie step by step, he was very sure that the principality would definitely have his share this time.

"Two legions. Two legions have 80,000 people, which is enough for Friedrich William III to use." Xiao Jie said.

"The two legions are not many for our country, but for those newly established principalities, it is probably a very powerful threat." Dugor frowned.

"Let's do this. In order to ensure that Prussia is under our control, we stationed a unit in Berlin, and the number of people is set to be about one infantry division. Another thing is that Prussian troops are not allowed to be stationed within 50 kilometers around Berlin. In this case, we can take Berlin into our hands when there is a disturbance." Xiao Jie said after thinking for a while.

After hearing Xiao Jie's plan, Dugor and his friends all lit up their eyes. They all knew that if Friedrich William III agreed to Xiao Jie's conditions, then Prussia would be completely controlled by France from then on, and there would be no chance to reverse the situation. But, could Friedrich William III oppose it? He obviously did not have the qualification.

"Your Majesty, perhaps we should also require our officers to serve as middle and lower-level officers in the Prussian army, and the training of the Prussian army is entirely our responsibility. In that way, our rule in Prussia will be more stable. Even when we need to attack other countries, we can pull the Prussian army into our chariots." Dugor suggested again.

Everyone realized the viciousness of Dugor's plan. If that were the case, Prussia would become a toothless tiger and would never threaten France any more.

"There is also the military expenditure problem of the garrison, which must be borne by Prussia. Compared with the fact that our army is stationed in Prussia to protect them, it is natural that they should solve the problem of military expenditure and logistics supplies." Otov said suddenly at last.
Chapter completed!