For Jerome Bonaparte, who attempted to amend history (referring to the 1848 suggestion for the Pope to implement reforms), the Apennine Peninsula after the surge of nationalism was just like Spain back then.
If the French Empire cannot conform to the will of the Italian Nation and acts unilaterally, it will only find itself in a situation more awkward than Spain.
Compared to falling into the Apennine quagmire, supporting a proxy is undoubtedly a good choice. However, history has once again proven that in the face of vast interests, even a proxy would brazenly rebel.
Over 200,000 French Army troops attacked and conquered under the firepower of Austrian troops, while the Sardinian Kingdom's army slowly trampled over the originally demarcated territory boundaries, which was a direct challenge to France's bottom line. However, when things reached that point, the French Empire could only swallow the bitter fruit.
