Joseph knew very well that if France wanted to preserve its leading position in Northern Italy, it could not rashly send troops to interfere in the affairs of the Papal States.
At the very least, they had to gather the North Italian States and go through the process of "discussing countermeasures," then dispatch troops in the name of the Mediterranean Security Organization.
That way, the North Italian countries would not develop the fear that "France was freely wielding the big stick of war over the Apennine Peninsula," and they could also contribute money and troops, enjoying a sense of "participation."
But the uprising in Rome had erupted far too suddenly—well, if not for the unexpected intervention of a young man calling himself Charlie, it would have been nothing more than a "riot" swiftly suppressed. Thus, neither the French Security Bureau nor the military had made preparations.
And after the Holy See appealed to Naples for aid, there was simply not enough time left to complete those steps before the insurgents would be crushed.
However, Joseph was certainly going to punish Naples for disregarding France's warning and stubbornly insisting on suppressing the Roman revolution.
By the same token, directly sending troops was not advisable either—this matter was not worth launching a national war over.
At present, under the influence of England and Austria, Naples still had not joined the Iberia-Apennine Common Market. Behind the Common Market's tariff barriers, its trading partners could only be concentrated in Austria and the Ottoman Empire and Egypt on the eastern side of the Mediterranean Sea.
Austria had only recently emerged from civil unrest, so its trade volume would certainly shrink drastically.
If the Ottoman Empire and Egypt cut off trade with Naples, this South Italian country would soon fall into a fiscal crisis.
Well, Joseph