#860 - Iberian Apennines Summit IV

The Spanish Chief Minister frantically winked at his crown prince, who had done a lot of homework before coming. He immediately understood and stood up, loudly proclaiming:

"I am here executing the authorization of His Majesty the King of Spain, formally requesting to join the 'Iberian-Apennine Security Defense Organization'. May we bring eternal peace and prosperity to the Mediterranean coast."

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Parma, Lucca, Modena and other countries also successively requested to join the security organization.

However, the Milan Speaker and the Genoa Governor hesitated and seemed very embarrassed.

Although Milan had gotten rid of Austrian rule, it had not yet established a country, and did not even have the status to join the security organization.

Genoa, on the other hand, was a neutral country, which was written into their laws, and Governor Biaso had no right to change this.

Joseph first smiled and looked at Milan Speaker Giuseppe: "The Duchy of Milan has a long history and has always been the ruler of the Lombardy region. It was only interrupted for decades by the shameless invasion of Austrian bandits."

"I think now is the time to restore Milan's glory. Of course, Milan is now under the management of the parliament and should be renamed the Republic of Milan."

Giuseppe's eyes lit up immediately. The Austrian army was now in Mantua - only a hundred kilometers away from Milan, and could kill its way back at any time. In addition, Milan was controlled by the French army, and the French government had not expressed its position on the future direction of Milan.

So until now, the Milanese parliamentarians did not dare to mention the establishment of a country.

Now, with the approval of the French Crown Prince, the establishment of Milan will be a natural thing.

And it is still a republic. That is to say, there will not be much change in the political structure.

Giuseppe, as the interim speaker, is likely to become the president of Milan!

He hurriedly bowed to Joseph, trembling with sincerity: "Praise you, merciful Crown Prince, praise France! Your words have brought freedom and hope to Milan, and all Milanese people will forever remember your great achievements..."

Joseph interrupted his flattery and said, "You can use the Chappe telegraph to send this decision back to Milan.

"Oh, you may not be aware of this invention, it can help you get the message to Genoa in 40 minutes. By this time tomorrow, the Milanese parliament will be able to start drafting the founding bill."

Chappe telegraphs were very large and had to be built on open high ground, so anyone could see them from a distance.

Previously, due to the war, intelligence on Chappe telegraphs was strictly controlled. After the war, with the increase in trade, other countries would soon know about the signal towers.

So Joseph directly disclosed the Chappe telegraph.

He even planned to open the signal towers to the post office to undertake the transmission of private letters.

The Chappe telegraph was equivalent to the telegraph of this era. With civilian business, it would soon be able to earn back the previous construction investment.

Giuseppe hesitated - he really wanted to go back to personally preside over the founding of Milan, such a major event could earn him a huge amount of political capital.

Joseph obviously saw what he was thinking and added:

"And you have made outstanding contributions to the founding of Milan, I believe that all Milanese people will regard you as the founding father of Milan."

Giuseppe was overjoyed. With the backing of the French Crown Prince, even if he was not the founding father, he would have to be.

If any Milanese politician disagreed, they could completely protest to the French garrison.

He suddenly thought of something and hurriedly bowed again: "Your Highness, the little things I have done are insignificant, you are the real 'founding father' of Milan! It is you who created this country!"

Joseph did not dwell on this topic, but ordered: "Please urge the Milanese parliament to start the nation-building process as soon as possible."

He was quite satisfied with Giuseppe.

When Napoleon attacked Milan, Giuseppe, who was then the deputy speaker, came forward to stabilize the Milanese people and appease Napoleon's army, preventing them from causing trouble. He was a capable "pro-French" and very suitable to be the first president of Milan.

"According to your wishes, Your Highness the Crown Prince." Giuseppe bowed again excitedly before sitting back in his chair.

Joseph turned to the Governor of Genoa calmly.

He barely realized that with just a few words from thousands of miles away, he could establish a new country on the Italian peninsula.

"Your Excellency the Governor, you can also use the Chappe telegraph to have the Genoese parliament vote on the matter of joining the security organization."

"Yes, Your Highness, I will have the parliament convene a special meeting after the meeting."

The Chappe telegraph had been built to less than 30 kilometers west of Genoa last week, and it could really send his instructions back within an hour.

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After Joseph finalized the creation of the Iberian-Apennine Security Defense Organization, he handed over the work of chairing the meeting to Archbishop Briand.

The second half of the meeting mainly discussed the various clauses of the security organization.

In fact, the clauses were all drafted by Joseph long ago, and the representatives of various countries only symbolically passed them once - the clauses were very reasonable and fair to the member states. With the level of politicians of this era, even if they wanted to find fault, they could not.

Of course, looking at the essence through the surface equality, the security organization was actually in the hands of France.

First of all, the headquarters of the security organization was located in France, so in addition to the representatives of various countries, the personnel responsible for daily affairs in the staff headquarters were basically French. That is to say, even if the direction of the decision was determined, France also had many means to use in the implementation stage.

Secondly, in the security organization, France's military and political status was the highest. Any military decision, if it did not have French support, was equivalent to not being able to be made.

So it seemed that each member state had the same voting rights, but France's vote could play an overwhelming role.

Finally, with France's huge influence over other member states, the security organization representatives of various countries would almost all be "pro-French". As long as it did not involve the life and death of their own country, wouldn't the other representatives vote according to what the French representative said?

After the security organization was established, it would basically belong to the "joint corps" under France.

Although the combat effectiveness of the armies of other member states was not good, they could provide huge support to the French army in terms of military expenditure, wartime transit rights, logistical support, and intelligence sharing.

Moreover, the longer the joint army was, the more the interests between the member states would tend to be consistent, and they would become militarily dependent on France.

France's "backyard" would become more and more stable.