18th century total war

Chapter 334 Li Wei's Title

The preparation of the Roman Empire was not accomplished overnight, there were still many things to prepare, and taking Istanbul was the process that Li Wei wanted to make his Roman emperor crown more justifiable!

As for the original French Defense Force and the newly trained brainwashing army, after the establishment of the Roman Empire, they will all become the Royal Guards of the Roman Empire.

Regardless of nationality, language, or culture, as long as you are willing to pledge your allegiance to Li Wei, you can join the Royal Guards of the Roman Empire!

This is in name, breaking the boundaries of Li Wei's direct army.

Henceforth, there will be no more so-called Foreign Legion.

Although this change in name did not change much of Li Wei's rule, it was a benign signal to the outside world.

At the same time, it also shows that Li Wei is no longer limited to the determination to establish the French ruling system, and all nationalities and ethnic groups can become Li Wei's subjects!

The orthodox significance of Rome in Europe is very high!
The Russian Empire next door has always insisted that it is the legal heir of the Eastern Roman Empire!
The split of the Orthodox Church from the Catholic Church is to rely on the legal system of the Eastern Roman Empire.

Other tasks related to the establishment of the Roman Empire will naturally be done by relevant departments. What Li Wei needs to guide now is how to take Istanbul.

So Livy summoned Aristotle from Greece.

Summoned in the name of official diplomacy!

After the Fourth Anti-French War, Aristotle, under the instruction of Livy, did not disband the expanded Greek Defense Forces, and did not even cancel the national mobilization order. Today, Greece is still recruiting young Greeks in a steady stream. Join the army!
It completely ignores the damage to the Greek economy and agricultural production. Of course, it is too late to save it now...

Aristotle's government was quite conscious of breaking the rules. Of course, those Greek officials also knew that no matter how bad the food shortage was in the Greek Republic, they would not be hungry.

Not to mention, the supporters behind Aristotle are the Holy Alliance and the terrifying tyrant Li Wei, who dares to compare?

Even if all the people of Greece rebel, officials like them can follow Aristotle and flee to the Balkans next door. Could it be that the army composed of those Greek mobs can still beat the Holy Alliance?
It is impossible to die!

However, Li Wei obviously doesn't want to let Greece go so easily. Doesn't he know that Greece is now a powder keg, and the time limit for the explosion will be next winter, or even earlier?

Taking advantage of the fact that the Greek Republic is not detonated by revolutionary ideas, it is the right solution to release the self-destruct fuel of the Greek Republic on another battlefield first!
So, Aristotle came to Vienna and met Li Wei!

After Aristotle met Li Wei, the first question was:
“Your Majesty, I don’t understand. I can make Greece serve you better, so why do you want me to turn Greece into this?

Does Your Majesty not trust my ability? "

Aristotle had too many puzzles. After the decisive battle, the Greek Republic did have a crisis of extinction, but it was just a crisis.

Everyone knows that it will take at least half a year for the British to redeploy their troops!

For more than half a year, the British troops in those ports were simply unable to fully occupy the Greek area.

Aristotle can take it slowly, instead of dragging the Greek Republic into the countdown to the food shortage with the current mobilization method that hurts others and hurts itself.

Li Wei was not surprised to hear Aristotle's question.

Li Wei explained slowly:
"Aristotle, what kind of thinking do you rely on to become the President of Greece?"

Aristotle was stunned for a moment, and instantly understood the intention of Li Wei's order!
Li Wei saw Aristotle stunned and did not continue to wait for his answer. He continued to speak:
"Since the independence of the Greek Republic, the idea of ​​liberal nationalism from France began to spread in Greece. Your return and ascendance have made the idea of ​​liberal nationalism intensify in the Greek Republic!

Manid from the General Directorate of Military Intelligence sent people to conduct an investigation. When you took office nearly a year ago, the entire Greek Republic, and even farmers in remote mountain villages had heard of liberal nationalism, and developed an unstoppable yearning for this idea.

After all, none of those commoners like the feeling of the current class, and the attraction of freedom and equality to them is unparalleled.

Being from France, I know that feeling very well! "

"Your Majesty, it's not me!
I did not promote liberal nationalist ideas in the Greek Republic.

I just do what I have to do, to consolidate the power in my hands..."

"Aristotle, I don't mean to blame you, I have no doubts about your loyalty to me, and I know that you really did not take the initiative to promote dangerous liberal nationalist ideas.

Because you know, for the vast territory I now rule, the idea of ​​liberal nationalism is the root of independence and division!
But, Aristotle, you cannot change a well-known fact!

You rose to the presidency through a revolution brought about by liberal nationalist ideas.

Your army, your officials, and your people are all aware of this, and even the political ideas of the Legion of Glory you promote are full of traces of liberal nationalism. "

"Your Majesty, I didn't think that much at the time. I just wanted to let my soldiers understand why they were fighting so as to improve their combat effectiveness. Otherwise, the Greek army would not have the courage to resist the British at all."

"Aristotle, I told you, you don't need to explain.

I'm just stating a fact to you.

Liberal nationalism has been deeply rooted in the Greek peninsula, and no matter how much we propagate it, it cannot be eradicated!

The idea of ​​liberal nationalism is the revolutionary idea of ​​independence for all nationalities. Revolution is a spiritual plague that can spread!

Maybe you can control the Greeks to be my help, but can you still surround the entire Greek border with a wall to prevent the Greeks from contacting the outside world?

As long as people from outside enter the Greek peninsula to do business, whether the Greeks travel to the outside world or wander, any form of population movement will regain the liberal nationalist ideas that they believe in and even appreciate through the mouths of the Greeks. European spread!
Why did the Lindenvan Brotherhood achieve such great success in the first place?

It's not how strong my support behind the scenes is, but the ability of the liberal nationalist ideology derived from the French Revolution to confuse people is too terrifying!
If I were an ordinary person, I would not be able to reject the content of liberal nationalist ideological propaganda.

Don't those poor people who are struggling under the line of food and clothing all day long not want to be equal to those rich people?

Unfortunately, I am an emperor, a ruler and a conqueror!
What I want to build is a unified Roman Empire, and I don’t want to spend all my time fighting to suppress local rebellions!
Aristotle, you should know very well that the poor cannot be killed. Once the idea of ​​liberal nationalism takes root and sprouts in the minds of all poor people, can my empire still maintain stable unity?
Do you know how many ethnic groups, how many people speak different languages, use different characters, and worship different cultural customs in the Roman Empire I am about to establish?

Now, these differences just make ignorant civilians think that this is a regional difference. They don't have deep-rooted ethnic prejudices and don't understand what independence is good for them.

but!

If the Greeks spread the idea of ​​liberal nationalism, poor people throughout Europe will understand that they speak different languages ​​because they are from different ethnic groups!

The same nation should unite and seek independence. Being ruled by people of other nations is a shame and oppression for them!
Then, there will be countless ethnic groups who joined the guerrilla revolutionary party one after another, took up arms and resisted my rule.

At that time, it is estimated that except for the mainland of France, no nation in any place will recognize me as the French emperor, let alone sincerely pledge allegiance to me.

This is why I killed or even exterminated the Greeks!

I want the young and strong Greek men to die on the battlefield, and the old and weak women and children of the Greeks to die in famine. In this way, the spread of liberal nationalist ideas can be physically eliminated. "

"Your Majesty, I can understand your behavior, but it may be very difficult to exterminate the Greek nation."

“No, I don’t want to destroy the Greek nation, I just want to destroy liberal nationalism in the Greek nation.

When there are only ten Greeks left, your management will become easier. You can concentrate most of the surviving Greeks in cities and surrounding areas that are easy to manage, and then use non-stop brainwashing public opinion propaganda to destroy the free people. Socialist ideas were washed from their minds.

Then, I can also migrate to the Greek peninsula to bring in the most conservative people who admire the foreign and loyal culture. When people around me no longer believe in the idea of ​​liberal nationalism, all those who spread this idea will be included in the must-kill list. Naturally, Such revolutionary ideas would not have flooded Europe.

The prerequisite for this to happen is that the population of the Greeks must be reduced to a certain level, otherwise no one can make tens of millions of people eliminate a thought they approve of in a short period of time.

Over time, revolutionary ideas will ferment and explode in Europe!
From now on, textbooks and textbooks starting from elementary school will all emphasize the importance of loyalty to the emperor and patriotism, and the concept of nationality will be lowered. Everyone is a citizen and descendant of the Roman Empire. The difference in language is only the difference in local dialects. , rather than different ethnic groups, need to be treated differently!
National independence is an act of treason and the nine ethnic groups must be killed!

Aristotle, if you agree with me, you will be the President of Greece for the last year.

When the Greek famine breaks out next year, it will inevitably cause civil unrest, and you will do everything possible to suppress the rebellion.

The fastest way to solve famine is to reduce the number of mouths to eat.

After the verdict, the Greek peninsula should no longer be able to resist foreign invaders. At that time, I will bring Greece into the rule, and you can continue to be your Greek governor. "

"Your Majesty, I will do my best to recruit all the young Greeks for you and send them to the brutal Istanbul battlefield."

"Good awareness. The knives of the Ottoman Empire are still quite sharp. I believe that the flesh and blood of the Greeks is enough to allow us to climb to the top of Istanbul and drive the arrogant pagan sultan back to his hometown."

At the end of 1803, under the "persuasion" of many high-level officials of the vassal countries, Li Wei wore the crown of all vassals.

Pave the way for the next enthroned Roman emperor.

The specific titles are as follows:

Levi Charles - Emperor of the French Empire
Lords of the Piedmont region and the Savoy region (these two lands are not traditional French territories and were later annexed through aggressive wars)
king of italy

Arbiter of the Swiss Confederation

Protector of the Low Countries (Low Countries refers to the Kingdom of Belgium and the Netherlands)
Ruler of all provinces, territories, and municipalities of the Rhineland Confederation

King of the Kingdom of Austria (including the former Crown territories of the Austrian Empire, Bohemia, Moravia, Croatia, Czech and Slovak settlements, etc.)
king of hungary

King of Romania (annexed Transylvania)

king of serbia
king of bulgaria
Conqueror of the Balkans

Obviously, the last title is for Levy to have the jurisprudence of ruling the Greek peninsula in the future.

Of course, in the eyes of outsiders, it is just a set of robber logic...

After establishing a series of titles and bringing all conquered areas under his direct control, Livi settled on two more capitals.

One is the Western Capital - Paris.

The other is the eastern capital - Vienna.

Paris is the place where Li Wei started, and its status is naturally extremely noble. What's more, these two cities are the capital cities designated by the total war system.

Vienna benefits from the importance of its geographical location. Paris is too far away for Levi's current expansion direction, and Vienna's geographical location is almost in the central region of Europe, making it very convenient for the central government to dispatch war supplies and command troops. .

As for the enemies on the Iberian Peninsula south of Livy's sphere of influence, they can only be regarded as weak scum to Livy. A hundred thousand brainwashed troops stationed in France are enough to deter the Spanish and Portuguese.

Not surprisingly, the series of titles established by Li Wei were unanimously opposed by other European countries as soon as they were published!
The Kingdom of Prussia called it a clown show by the usurper of France.

The Russian Empire called it the French tyrant's mockery of Europe.

The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland calls Levi the most tyrannical beast in the world, whose ambition can never be filled, and warns all countries to be vigilant against Levi's next expansion!
Of course, Livi is now at war with the Ottoman Empire, ignored by the British.

Beating infidels is not considered aggression in the eyes of Europeans, it should be taken for granted.

Li Wei had no interest in the war of gunfire. After throwing it to the Propaganda Department, he devoted himself to the war against Istanbul.

(End of this chapter)