On his side, the Czar sent the alluring advice to Bonaparte to found a dynasty and thereby put an end to the revolutionary principles which had armed Europe against France.

He also offered to recognize the natural frontiers of France, the Rhine and the Maritime Alps, and claimed that German affairs should be regulated under his own mediation.

When both parties were so complaisant, a bargain was easily arranged.

France and Russia accordingly joined hands in order to secure predominance in the affairs of Central and Southern Europe, and to counterbalance England's supremacy at sea.
For it was not enough to break up the Second Coalition and recover Northern Italy.

Bonaparte's policy was more than European; it was oceanic.