18th century total war

Chapter 340 Rebuilding the Roman Empire
What is politics?

Politics means that when others die for you, you must remember to erect a monument for them, and then pass it on to future generations, so that everyone knows that the person who died for you can live forever.

Only in this way can there be a steady stream of people who are willing to die for you and praise your rule!
That's what Levi is doing now.

After he rectified the name of the Greek region, he also migrated civilians from all over the Balkans there in the name of increasing the population of the Greek nation.

In fact, anyone with a discerning eye knows that when the Balkan ethnic groups flood into the Greek peninsula, the Balkan ethnic groups, which may even have different languages, will completely wipe out the Greek nation in history, not to mention the Livy government behind the scenes. .

Perhaps because the city of Istanbul is of great historical significance, after the Battle of Istanbul, the Ottoman Empire did not surrender and seek peace, and Livy still received the reward prompts of the Total War system.

A full 100 points of glory were added!
In the entire battle, Li Wei only lost about 1000 brainwashed soldiers, and they were lost when the Greek mutiny was put down.

It is no exaggeration to say that the victory in the Battle of Istanbul was won by the Greek Corps and the vassal servants. The biggest role of the Twelfth Army led by Karl was to guard the fruits of victory and serve as a deterrent supervisor.

Of course, after the Battle of Istanbul, under the propaganda of other European countries led by Britain, the whole of Europe and even West Asia knew how cruel the Livy government's troops were to the vassal and servant armies!

The way to supervise the war is to form an organized massacre!

And this news is still spreading to Central Asia and the Americas.

This is the benefit of mastering the power of public opinion. Limited by the power to control the sea, the Li Wei government can only control public opinion on its own territory.

Li Wei put all the 464000 points of glory into the guard infantry, and the total number of guard infantry jumped to [-]+!

And the source of the newly expanded troops is all from the Germanic peoples. After all, Central Europe is densely populated, and there are many mercenaries who have lost their jobs and rogues who want to earn military expenses.

In addition, the Li Wei government also adopts an attitude of recruiting criminals in the ruled area, raising them first on weekdays, and conducting brainwashing training when necessary.

Of course, all the young and strong outlaws were selected.

Choosing this group of people will not have too much adverse impact on social production in the ruled area. As for the Ottoman prisoners of war, they are basically reduced to labor coolies.

Although there was no slavery system under Livy's government, there was never a shortage of slaves. However, these slaves were subordinate to the government officials and adopted centralized management.

Mainly engaged in heavy physical labor and farming.

The collective farm developed by the Li Wei government is well-known in Europe.

Of course, both at home and abroad, there are voices of doubt, 'slandering' the reason why the collective farms under the Li Wei government have a good harvest is because they buried a large number of corpses as fertilizer.

Collective farms did execute slaves who did not 'obey the law' and bury them in the soil as fertilizer, but it had nothing to do with 'mass'.

If people were really used as fertilizer, where would the Livy government come from with so many labor slaves?

After the Battle of Istanbul, although the Ottoman Empire and the Holy Alliance were still at war, the military conflict between the two sides came to an end.

The sultan of the Ottoman Empire was busy licking his wounds and training the new army, while the Li Wei government was busy with the reconstruction of the Roman Empire and Li Wei's accession to the throne.

Of course, Li Wei's ignorance of the Ottoman Empire's threat of war is also inseparable from the Ottoman Empire's heavy losses.

In the Battle of Istanbul, the Ottoman Empire had used all its strength and was still defeated, and it was a disastrous defeat without any suspense. The Ottoman Empire, which lost Istanbul and became weaker, naturally would not pose a threat to the Li Wei government.

In order to make the name of the Roman Empire worthy of its name, Livy chose to hold the coronation ceremony in the original city of Istanbul where the name of Constantinople was restored.

At this moment, Li Wei had to thank the Istanbul garrison of the Ottoman Empire. It was the early surrender of the Istanbul garrison that prevented the royal palace and core areas of Istanbul from being too damaged by the war, unlike the outer city and inner city. , there are not a few intact houses in sight...

In early January 1805, Livy ascended the throne in Constantinople (formerly Istanbul) and proclaimed himself emperor of Rome!
In Europe, Rome is orthodox!

The ruler of the Holy Alliance Empire is qualified to be called emperor because of the word 'Rome'.

Napoleon the Great, the emperor in Levi's previous life, was actually not recognized by the European countries at that time, and the legal basis for Napoleon's emperorship was only 'elected by the people', not Roman orthodoxy.

Even if Napoleon always wanted to make himself Roman orthodoxy, he did not hesitate to kidnap the Pope for this.

Of course, orthodoxy requires strong national support. When the Holy Roman Empire disintegrated, Franz was able to quickly establish the Austrian Empire in its place and gain recognition because of national strength.

And inherited the legal order of the Holy Roman Empire.

Livy already had the national power, as the four anti-French wars had already proven. Now Livy is naturally qualified to steal Rome's legitimacy, even if half of Europe is against him!

If Li Wei hadn't occupied a large enough territory, the whole of Europe would probably be against him...

After Li Wei ascended the throne, he immediately rectified the name of his brainwashing army and established the Roman Imperial Guard.

The Thirteenth Legion belongs to the Imperial Guard, and the flag is still the Black Dragon.

However, the national flag of Li Wei's government was changed to the double-headed eagle of the Roman Empire.

The black dragon flag represents the glorious inheritance established by Li Wei when he started, and the double-headed eagle flag represents Roman orthodoxy.

Of course, whether it is the military flag or the national flag, to put it bluntly, it is for others to see.

Essentially nothing is different.

After the establishment of the Imperial Guard, the functions and force structure of the Thirteenth Legion did not change.

The French Legion is still responsible for the defense of various places, and the remaining [-]th Legion is on standby as a field force.

Li Wei's title was added with the title of Emperor of the Roman Empire, the French Empire was downgraded to the Kingdom of France, and Li Wei's title in France was also changed to King of France.

After all, there can only be one title of emperor.

At the end of the title, a protector of the Viceroyalty of Greece was added.

At this point, Livy’s titles became even richer:

emperor of the roman empire
king of france

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

Protector of the Viceroyalty of Greece (including the Greek peninsula and the Constantinople area)

Livy's political show was well done, and the former Istanbul area and the current Constantinople area were included in the Greek Viceroyalty.

Of course, this is only in name. Aristotle, who was downgraded from the president of the Greek Republic to the governor of Greece, can still only govern the Greek peninsula, and the Constantinople area is directly ruled by the cabinet of Livy's government.

It can be regarded as the existence of a special administrative region.

After all, the status and political significance of this European bridgehead are too important.

Li Wei's Roman emperor's legitimacy mainly came from the occupation of Rome and Constantinople in Italy.

The legal system is still somewhat useful in Europe, at least in appeasing public opinion.

After the establishment of the Roman Empire, the Livy government rarely continued to pursue the Ottoman Empire.

Of course, the European countries believed that this was because the Livy government did not dare to use a large number of naval ships to carry out landing operations in Asia Minor and North Africa.

It would be great fun if the Levy government loaded a large number of elite troops into warships and was blocked by the Royal Navy.

On land Britain could not compete with Livy's government, but on the sea, no country was a rival to the United Kingdom of Britain and Ireland.

Even if Levi had to face only the Mediterranean Squadron of the British Royal Navy.

However, the Livy government, which established the Roman Empire, is continuously reducing the gap with the British Royal Navy on the ocean.

For example, gathering and supervising the construction of a large number of warships.

The countries and regions conquered by Li Wei, together with the naval ships, were also acquired by the Li Wei government. Perhaps a single country and region did not have a few warships, but the navies of all the conquered areas still had a good number.

In particular, the French fleet had received sufficient funds for maintenance before the establishment of the Roman Empire. Many warships had set sail again and were equipped with enough sailors.

However, due to fleet quality issues, Levi did not consume glory points on the navy.

Li Wei made a calculation: to annihilate the brainwashed army of 1000 people on land, the enemy will pay a price several times or even ten times.

But to sink a warship supervised and trained by the total war system in the ocean, the Royal Navy needs at most two or three times as many warships of the same level.

If it is a higher-level battleship, it can be easily crushed.

The reason is simple. Battles on the ocean are not hand-to-hand competitions. No matter how loyal and fearless the soldiers are, can you still swim to the enemy warship?
Today is the era of giant cannon ships, and the British's first-class battleships are like sea fortresses. Even ordinary battleships are difficult to climb up!
Therefore, the main competition among navies in this era is the quality of battleships and the caliber of artillery!

The combat effectiveness and combat will of sailors should be ranked lower.

And now the London government has long been aware of the difficult nature of Levi's brainwashing army. Once it is found that Levi's sailors are not afraid of death in a naval battle, they will inevitably adopt non-contact artillery battles throughout the entire process.

In that case, the sailors trained by Li Wei's Glory Points will inevitably suffer heavy losses. If there is a gap between the quality and quantity of warships, it will be difficult to achieve a 1:1 battle loss ratio.

That being the case, Li Wei is naturally unwilling to invest precious glory points in the navy.

Anyway, now Li Wei's Roman Empire has enough manpower and material resources, and its shipbuilding speed is no worse than that of the British Isles.

Of course, the Li Wei government must first complete the post-war reconstruction and restore production in the occupied areas to its original state.

And to ensure peace, there is sufficient funds for the expansion and construction of naval ships.

There are no barriers to the construction technology of wood-hulled sailing warships in this era (the backward countries like the Manchu and Qing Dynasties are counted separately), and the construction time is relatively short (compared to the later iron-clad ships), as long as there are enough manpower and material resources and enough shipyards , you can come to a dumpling competition on a wooden sail warship.

In fact, what restricts the number of naval ships of various countries in this era is not productivity and construction technology, but financial issues!

The Royal Navy can afford so many such large battleships because they are rich!

Naturally, the Levi's government cannot be compared with the London government, but the Levi's government can save the country with a curve and use a large number of cheap labor slaves.

Many of the Ottoman prisoners of war were arranged to the newly built shipyard.

Or simply work as lumberjacks and transporters.

It doesn't matter if there is a gap in the quality of the wooden-hulled sailing warship, it can be completely made up for in quantity, unlike the later iron-clad warships, which are a generation behind in technology, that is, a massacre at sea at the crushing level.

The wooden-hulled sailing warships of this era mainly relied on their artillery performance for warfare. In this regard, Livy's Roman Empire was not at all behind the United Kingdom of Britain and Ireland.

In this regard, post-war recovery became the first major event after the establishment of the Roman Empire.

Because the Greeks were dealt with very cleanly, internal hidden dangers were solved, and those minorities were taught a lesson, and the situation in the Balkans tended to be stable.

Of course, this has a lot to do with the fact that most of the Balkan minorities were immigrated to the Greek peninsula.

In the Greek peninsula, under the powerful propaganda machine of the Roman Empire, these ethnic minorities knew that it was the benevolent and great Emperor Li Wei who freed them from the sea of ​​suffering. They no longer needed to be servants, and could farm and weave freely.

The Greek peninsula was also defined by the Roman Empire as an area of ​​agricultural production and related sidelines.

To be precise, the entire Balkans region was defined as a non-industrial area by the Roman Empire cabinet because there were too complex ethnic issues lurking here.

The Roman Empire's cabinet positioned the industrial areas that would focus on future development in France and the Italian peninsula.

The Italian peninsula has rich geographical advantages for business and trade, and there are many wealthy people. Furthermore, Italians generally have no fighting spirit and are not prepared for danger in times of peace.

It's not that the Italians are not good at fighting, but that they don't like war at all!
The Italian peninsula is best known for its businessmen and food culture.

Italian food is famous in Europe, such as pastries and spaghetti!
Of course, this refers to this era.

Now Italians don't need to be hungry, so naturally there will be no room for the revolutionary party to play.

The back and forth wars before have exhausted the last enthusiasm of the Italians for the main battle.

The reason for the development of industry in France is simpler. Levi Charles is a Frenchman!

Regardless of how inhumane Li Wei's rule over France was before, at least now Li Wei established the Roman Empire, which is recognized as the pride of France!

(End of this chapter)