Life of Being a Crown Prince in France - Chapter 1235: 1140

Chapter 1235: Chapter 1140

“Elba Island?” Joseph looked at the girl in front of him, slightly frowning, “So your fiancé is…”

“It’s Mr. Bonaparte,” Miss Clary said. “I have always loved him deeply, but now this love may have to face its end.”

She gestured towards the school buildings beside her: “I donated all of my dowry to build these schools just for the chance to plead with you.

“Please, have mercy and let me see him one last time, even if just for an hour, not even half an hour would be enough. I beg you.”

Joseph looked at Clary, who had begun to weep, and couldn’t help but sigh in his heart; she really was a lovesick girl. However, after meeting Josephine, Napoleon had unhesitatingly kicked you out… Hmm, in that sense, sending him to the little island was also a favor to you—he would no longer have the chance to meet Josephine or any other noblewoman.

As for Napoleon, the “ultimate weapon,” Joseph naturally wouldn’t allow him to rot on Elba Island forever.

In fact, Napoleon had already been growing grapes on the island for almost three years; I wonder if this proud eagle of his had lost its sharpness.

Indeed, Napoleon was the most suitable to command the Egyptian campaign. Historically, he used an absolutely inferior force to smash the Mamluks without giving them a chance to fight back, and then led his troops all the way to Syria.

If not for the British Navy cutting off his retreat, perhaps most of the Middle East would have fallen into his hands.

But Joseph had no intention of letting Napoleon return to Europe.

The command structure of the French Army was already very well-established.

After completing the second military reform, Massena and Moro could perfectly replace Napoleon’s role. Even handing the army over to Surt could achieve the glorious results of the legendary “Napoleon.”

So once Napoleon had “simmered” enough, Joseph planned to send him to North America.

The Indian inferior forces there could allow him to maximize his talents by integrating them into a usable force.

Especially since the Americans had a significant manpower advantage, letting other generals fight head-on could likely lose the Mississippi River line of defense.

Napoleon, adept at taking risky moves and achieving victory with surprise, would be the best solution there.

Finally, in a location far from the political core of France, even if Napoleon harbored any ulterior motives, he wouldn’t be able to stir up much trouble.

Perhaps he could even establish a stable colony in Louisiana for France, providing additional revenue for over a hundred years.

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In 1502, the Portuguese arrived and named it Saint Helena. From 1513 onwards, it became a territory of Portugal and then the Netherlands in succession. In 1659, it was occupied by the British East India Company. From 1815-1821, Napoleon I was exiled there and died. From 1834 onwards, it became a British Crown Colony. The residents mostly engage in farming and animal husbandry, cultivating tubers, vegetables, raising livestock and poultry, and fishing for local consumption. The island has lace handicrafts, imported consumer goods, vehicles, and fuel. There is a submarine cable connecting to Cape Town in South Africa and Ascension Island. Primary and secondary schools have implemented free education, with an adult literacy rate of 99%. Several health officers and a dentist provide medical services, and there is a small hospital on the island. Children aged 5 to 15 are required to attend school free of charge. The only newspaper is the official weekly “Saint Helena News”. The government has set up a radio station. Ascension Island and the Tristan da Cunha Islands in the South Atlantic are also administered by Saint Helena Island.

The island was discovered on May 21, 1502, by Portuguese navigator Joao da Nova Castella. Because May 21st is St. Helena’s Day in the Catholic religious calendar, they named the island Saint Helena Island. Until 1588, no one other than the Portuguese knew of the island’s existence. In 1588, British navigator Captain Thomas Cavendish reached the island during his circumnavigation of the globe. Shortly after, the island became a port of call on the sea route between Europe and the East Indies. Around 1645 to 1651, the Dutch occupied Saint Helena Island but did not colonize it. In 1659, the island came under the control of the British East India Company. In 1673, the Dutch temporarily occupied the island again, but it soon belonged to the East India Company. At that time, nearly half of the island’s inhabitants were slaves sold there. Until 1792, the life of slaves was very inhumane, but from 1792 onwards, no new slaves were brought to the island, and the treatment of the slaves improved. In 1810, the East India Company began importing laborers from Guangdong, China. By 1836, all slaves were freed. The island’s remoteness from Europe made it a place for Napoleon’s exile. From October 1815, Napoleon was imprisoned at Longwood on the island and died there in May 1821. During this time, Saint Helena Island was under the jurisdiction of the British Royal Family. Later, the East India Company controlled the island, and in 1834 it returned to the British Crown’s possession. Until about 1870, the island was a thriving port of call. With the invention of steamships, which replaced sailing ships, and the opening of the Suez Canal in 1869, sea routes changed. During World War II, Saint Helena Island held strategic importance. In the early 1960s, a telecommunications center was established on Ascension Island under its jurisdiction, and workers were employed from the island, restoring some economic development. A Privy Council Order and Royal Decree granted Saint Helena Island certain self-government rights, allowing for the establishment of a local government and a unicameral parliament effective January 1, 1967. 02:52 Saint Helena Island, the place of Napoleon’s exile, a remote British overseas territory, a major whale shark habitat. On June 1815, the formidable French Emperor Napoleon I, due to his disastrous defeat at Waterloo, was forced to abdicate. To prevent his resurgence, the victorious Anti-French Coalition exiled him to the distant and desolate Saint Helena Island. At that time, this tiny territory belonged to the British East India Company, with sparse population and languishing environment. Napoleon and his party were accommodated at “Longwood House,” the residence for East India Company employees, with his movement restricted to a 12 km radius around the residence. Napoleon spent over five years in exile there and died in 1821, with his cause of death remaining a mystery. However, in 1978, Forshaufuse conducted neutron activation analysis on Napoleon’s preserved hair and suggested that he died of arsenic poisoning, suspecting foul play by a servant.