MTL - The War Court and Lap Pillow, Austria’s Mandate of Heaven-v3 Chapter 78 share the spoils
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"Why not? Archbishop, lost lambs need correct guidance, and this is the duty of a shepherd."
The two spoke in a relatively cryptic manner, but Archbishop Rauscher understood Franz's meaning. These two countries still need the church's efforts to deal with the aftermath.
It's just that it was a bit disappointing not to get the relatively wealthy Guatemala and Honduras, but Archbishop Rauscher decided to try his best to implement Franz's plan.
After all, in Southeast Asia before, no one could think of why Franz chose Chenla, a land without foundation, instead of Vietnam, which had a stronger church, and Siam, which had a developed economy.
But the final result proved that the judgment of Archduke Franz was correct. At this time, Chenla became the only country in the world other than the Papal State that was controlled by the church.
Sure enough, after the proposal was disclosed through secret channels, it was immediately agreed by the French. Of course, Du Yin Leli Palace has no reason to reject this proposal at all. After all, it can directly reduce the number of enemies by one-third.
The Paris authorities immediately disregarded Ramosan's objections, unilaterally made peace with the two countries, and recognized their independent status.
But the price of peace is high, and the two governments have to accept the harsh conditions of paying five million francs in war reparations, which is undoubtedly worse for the two weak countries whose government's annual income is less than one million francs.
And Ji Zuo, the driving force behind the scenes, also has his own considerations. As Marshal Magnon de Rochefort described, it is certainly a very good idea to foster a puppet government after direct and unconditional peace, but France has paid too much in the Central American Federation.
Unless the domestic bureaucrats and financial capitalists are impressed with tangible benefits, these stingy and greedy guys will never agree to continue to add money for a bunch of gold-eating beasts that require a lot of investment.
On July 15, 1841, as soon as the armistice agreement was announced, local wealthy businessmen and mine owners in Honduras immediately joined forces and offered an olive branch to the French expeditionary force:
First, they will not take any unfriendly actions against the French army.
Second, they are willing to pay five million war reparations in one lump sum.
Of course, this little trick will not catch the bait of France, which has been chatting and laughing with other colonial powers for a long time.
Like other colonists, French soldiers and adventurers came from afar for the land and gold in Central America. How could a mere 8 million francs fill their hungry hearts?
As expected, after rejecting the proposals of the local capitalists, the French threw out a list of war reparations of 100 million francs, with the request of ceding La Ceiba Port, and giving France the most-favored-nation treatment and the right to build and operate railways.
At this point, France's ambitions are clearly revealed, but the businessmen and mine owners in Honduras have no bargaining power. After all, the other party has guns in their hands, and it is no problem to find an excuse to launch an armed repayment operation.
Just at this time, the world's number one **** stirrer with an unusually sensitive sense of smell took the initiative to mediate with his old opponent after learning the news of Honduras' independence.
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The reason why Britain's sense of smell is so keen is that apart from Franz's interference, La Mosan is also dissatisfied with the French's practice of damaging their own property.
So he thought of a good way, which is to "use the barbarians to control the barbarians" and let the British take care of the French, so that he can continue to have both sides.
But what surprised La Mosan was that the British and the French started to divide the spoils directly, ignoring him as the sufferer. In fact, there was a lot of opposition within the French government to Britain's request to monopolize Honduras.
This time, not only the Bonapartists are clamoring for war with the British, but even the financial capitalists who have always been the most opposed to war also advocate war, because France has paid too much in the Central American Federation, and the gold and silver mines in Honduras are too important up.
In the end, Quito resisted all opinions and decided to make concessions to Britain for his so-called "British-French Friendship", agreeing to assign Honduras to Britain, but Britain must also bear Honduras' 30 million francs in war reparations and support France in "debt disputes". ” under the pretext of occupying Guatemala and El Salvador.
At this time, Ramosan, who was enjoying the joy of victory in Guatemala City, didn't know that he had actually become a fish on the board, and had even divided the plates.
Marshal Mannion de Rochefort, commander of the French Expeditionary Force, immediately ordered the arrest of Ramosan after receiving an affirmative answer from Paris, demanding that he immediately pay a debt of 1 billion francs.
Ramosang naturally disagreed, even if he agreed, he would not have so much money, and he also refused to sign the colonial agreement.
But there are many people in the Central American Federation who want to end the war. After so many years of war, all factions in the Central American Federation are exhausted.
In the past, the driving force behind their refusal to surrender was the fear that Ramosan would settle accounts later. Now that scourge is gone, they are willing to be French subjects.
The Federal Civil War in Central America came to an end. Guatemala and El Salvador were reduced to French colonies. Honduras was nominally an independent country protected by the United Kingdom, but in fact the government and major economic lifelines were controlled by the British.
Nicaragua and Costa Rica in the southeast declared independence but were effectively controlled by the Austrian Church. The U.S. government reiterated the "Monroe Doctrine" again, demanding that the French government return power to the legitimate government of the Central American Federation~www.novelbuddy.com~ In fact, with the growing prosperity of the Texas region, the conflict between France and the United States is also deepening. At this time, the United States is not yet the lighthouse country of later generations, on the contrary, France is.
Moreover, France has always been very generous in the development of its colonies. Texas has developed rapidly in the hands of France, and the length of the railway is even longer than that of mainland France.
At the same time, the Texans are also treated very preferentially in law. They can almost enjoy the same treatment as the French, and the order, security and fairness brought by the French laws are something they have never enjoyed.
After the French military police came, even the most powerful family in Texas, with hundreds of cowboys, would not dare to be a sheriff or confront the French government.
In fact, the early west was not as beautiful as described in the movie. Gangsters thought themselves sheriffs, big families controlled local militias, and gangs were organized to rob good people on the Great Plains.
Those gangs massacred Indians and dealt with the mercenaries of the US government at all, but when they faced the real French army, they looked embarrassed.
Those tactics that seemed very stupid, but beat these proud cowboys out of their wits. The French don't even talk about martial arts, and frequently use artillery to attack the strongholds of gangsters.
Due to the influence of Napoleon, artillery played a very important role in the French army at this time. If you don't fire two cannons in battle, you don't feel like you are not French.
Closer to home, although Kizuo's actions maintained peace with Britain, it was at the expense of French interests and French national feelings, which laid a hidden danger for the future.
