You mean besides conquering everything in sight? Outside of literally working to bring the whole of Europe under his rule, Napoleon generally used any means he could, including his relatives, marriage to key royalty in other countries, and threats to manage his neighbors and allies.
One notable policy of Napoleons was the re-institution of slavery in the French colonies and subsequently was defeated in Haiti as his expeditionary force was unable to contend with an army of slaves. This, some speculate, led him to decide that trying to maintain some of these colonies was not worth the expense and he then looked favorably upon the sale of the Louisiana Purchase to the United States.
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