(Chapter 1 is a bit late, sorry!)

"Andresi, 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 was a knock on the door and voices from the attendants: "Your Majesty the Emperor, Your Majesty the Empress, 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 will be late." .”

Xiao Jie who was awakened helplessly got up from the warm bed, 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 warmly, Xiao Jie sat down: "Honey, where are the children?"

"My dear, have you forgotten? The children are still on vacation, so they should still be sleeping now." Mary replied.

Xiao Jie smiled, but said nothing. He picked up the milk on the table and drank it. Xiao Jie prefers steamed buns and soy milk for breakfast compared to Westerners’ milk and bread.

While Xiao Jie was having breakfast, his new secretary, Kappos, came to him respectfully and said, "Your Majesty, your arrangement today is as follows: At 9:00 in the morning, listen to the speeches of the cabinet members at the Tuileries Palace." Work report, at 2 p.m., attend a military meeting at the General Staff."

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

So far, Xiao Jie has been on the throne for 12 years. During this period, the government's main work has been on restoring and developing France's national strength. With the support of Xiao Jie and the financial guarantee of Iberia, the French economy has developed greatly in the past 12 years. The living standards of the people have been greatly improved, and the national strength has also been greatly enhanced.

Of course, in the past 10 years, economic construction has been the theme, but the war has been going on, but it has been strictly controlled within a certain scale. In 1814, the French Empire officially annexed Italy after the 1st Iberian Army defeated the Austrian army and drove them out of Italy. Eugene and Murat were recalled to Paris, bearing the title of Prince of France, but without any real power. Although freedom is not interfered with, there are still many people secretly watching them. As long as they do something that harms the interests of France and Xiao Jie, then Xiao Jie will definitely not let them go. In order to facilitate the control of Italy, Xiao Jie divided Italy into three viceroyalties, the Governorate of the Po River in the north, the Governorate of Apennines in the middle, and the Governorate of Naples including Sicily in the south. A special governor was appointed to manage local government affairs. The governor is the highest administrative officer of the three governorships, but he has no military power. The head of the Iberian 1st Army was stationed here and was responsible for the defense of Italy. For a long time after that, there were many battles between the Iberian 1st Army and the Austrian Army, but both sides restrained and the scale was not large. The largest one was in June 1815 when the 1st Iberian Army invested two infantry divisions in the attack on the Brennanello and Plecon Passes. The two infantry divisions of the 1st Iberian Army successfully occupied the place after a fierce battle, which has continued to this day. It's just that the situation at that time was also very critical, which almost triggered a full-scale war between the French Empire and the Anti-French Alliance. Austria, which suffered heavy losses at the time, called on Britain, Prussia and Russia to fulfill the peace treaty and declare war on France. But 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 navy was fighting the French navy, and there was no extra force to land on France and rejected Austria's request. Prussia was powerless. Russia refused because its national strength had not yet recovered. In fact, everyone knew the actual reason, that is, 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, Emperor Francis I of Austria knew that he was not France's opponent, so he had no choice but to suppress the matter. And Xiao Jie did not dare to go all out to kill Austria, the reason is very simple, the other countries of the anti-French alliance must also understand the truth of the cold, and naturally they will not sit back and watch Austria be killed by France.

After bullying Austria, Xiao Jieyou set his sights on the Kingdom of Thuringia and the Kingdom of Bavaria, the Netherlands and the former Allies of the Rhineland. Who told them that they are all small countries that are adjacent to France but have no strength? The former was a French territory during the Napoleonic era, while the latter was a French dependency. Under Xiao Jie's deliberate 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 is busy restoring its strength and has no time to take care of these small countries, France has gained great benefits from these small countries. By 1818, France had successfully annexed the areas in the south of the Netherlands and the west of the Rhine River, and stationed heavy troops in these areas to build a line of defense.

At the same time, the power of the French Empire was also actively expanding to North Africa and the Mediterranean coast. Through the formation of volunteer armies, since 1816, five offensives against the Turkish Empire in North Africa have been launched. The Volunteer Army is generally composed of retired veterans. They receive the protection of guns, ammunition and warships from the state in the form of lease, and they are repaid with the land, population, gold, silver and jewelry they have acquired. This not only prevented the empire's military industry from stopping production, but also enabled the French Empire to obtain a lot of benefits, including a generation of extensive colonies along the Mediterranean Sea. By 1824, the entire land north of the Sahara Desert, west to the Atlantic Ocean, and east to Palestine were colonies of the French Empire. Among them, Palestine was acquired after defeating the Turkish Empire in the Fifth Eastern Expedition in 1822. At that time, the French Empire formed a resource army of 50,000 people, and dispatched the navy and air force to provide full support. In September 1822, the French Volunteers finally defeated the main force of the Turkish Empire in the Dead Sea area and successfully controlled the Palestine area. Later, the French government asked the Turkish Empire to recognize France's ownership of Palestine, and the Turkish Sultan rejected Xiao Jie's outrageous request. In December, the French Navy's Mediterranean fleet broke into the Sea of ​​Marmara and bombarded Istanbul. The Sultan of Turkey had no choice but to sign the peace treaty, ceding the Palestine area to France. In the end, Palestine was sold to the Jews by the French government for 2 billion francs, and they supported the establishment of a Jewish state here. It can also be regarded as Xiao Jie's repayment for the Jewish support for him over the years. Xiao Jie's approach has won unparalleled gratitude from the Jews. After the establishment of the Jewish State, Xiao Jie declared an alliance with the Jewish State and helped them train an army of 20,000 people. However, until 1826, only France recognized the Jewish state in the world. After occupying North Africa, in order to open up the connection with the Indian Ocean, Xiao Jie instructed the Andrési Group and the French government to jointly invest 1 billion francs to dig the Suez Canal. Because a large number of prisoners of war from North Africa and Turkey were used during the canal digging process, The cost has been 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. And by charging fees for crossing the river, the Andresi Group and the French government will definitely earn huge benefits.

In the past 10 years, with the establishment of more and more shipyards, the French Navy has also developed rapidly. Although the war with Britain has never ended, UU reads www.uukanshu. The war between the two sides has also expanded from the English Channel to other parts of the world. However, as the French navy became stronger and stronger, except for the control of the English Channel, the two sides were still fighting for it. After years of hard work, the French navy finally took control of the South Atlantic Ocean. In 1818, the French navy escorted the army to land in South America, marking the beginning of France's recovery of the former Spanish and Portuguese colonies in Latin America. In the following two years, France invested a total of 4 infantry divisions with more than 60,000 people. Finally, the Portuguese royal family and the Spanish royal family in exile in South America were all driven to North America, and at the same time, a **** suppression of the uprising forces in South America was launched. Several powerful uprising forces such as Hidalgo in Mexico, Simon Bolivar and Jose San Martin in South America were all extinguished. Latin America was officially in the hands of the French Empire. With the supply of raw materials from the huge colonies and the huge market support, the economies of France and Iberia have developed rapidly again, leaving other European countries far behind. By 1826, except that Russia's strength had been greatly enhanced compared with the outbreak of the Sixth Anti-French Alliance, the growth of other countries was not very large. Because they have been facing harassment from France.

After more than 10 years of rest, the strength of the French Empire has grown rapidly. In 1825, the GDP of the French Empire (including Iberia) had reached 25 billion francs, more than twice that of 1814. With the development of economic strength, military strength has naturally increased, and Xiao Jie's ambition has also continued to grow. In addition, in recent years, the friction with other European countries has become more and more serious, and the war is getting closer and closer.