Make France Great Again

October 12, 1858.

At the warm invitation of Jérôme Bonaparte, Prince Albert, Queen Victoria, and the British Admiralty Minister departed from London on a warship and arrived in Normandy, and then took a train from the Normandy area to Paris.

When Prince Albert and Victoria's train stopped at the Paris train station, Jerome Bonaparte and Augusta, who had been waiting at the train station for a long time, hurried to the train to greet them.

Prince Albert and Queen Victoria walked down the train stairs side by side. Jerome Bonaparte stretched out his hand and said to Prince Albert with a smile, "Welcome to Paris again! Albert!"

Albert also extended his hand to shake hands with Jerome Bonaparte, but his face did not have a smile like Jerome Bonaparte's. Instead, he said indifferently, " Thanks!"

There was a hint of embarrassment on Jerome Bonaparte's face, and he understood that Prince Albert was expressing his dissatisfaction with Jerome Bonaparte in silent words.

When Queen Victoria, who was standing next to Prince Albert, faced Queen Augusta's embrace, she was not as cold as Prince Albert. Instead, she embraced Queen Augusta with enthusiasm. Together.

Then, Jérôme Bonaparte and his wife, and Albert and his wife, walked towards the outside of the train.

Queen Victoria and Queen Augusta fluently opened up topics that women often talk about. They walked towards the outside of the train station with smiles on their faces.

After giving Jerome Bonaparte a brief "power", Prince Albert also chatted with Jerome Bonaparte.

The two parties walked and chatted until they arrived at the carriage. Jérôme Bonaparte invited Victoria and his wife to enter the first carriage, while he and Queen Augusta sat in the second carriage.

After Jérôme Bonaparte and his wife and Victoria and his wife got on board, the carriage began to move in the direction of the Tuileries Palace.

At this moment, the people of Paris had already known that Queen Victoria and his wife would arrive in Paris today, and they had already been organized by the Paris Police Department to go to the place where Jérôme Bonaparte's carriage must pass.

As soon as the carriage arrives, the Parisian people on both sides will start talking to the rhythm of the lurking Parisian plainclothes.

Soon, the carriage appeared in the sight of the Paris people, and the plainclothes lurking in the crowd began to shout "Long live the friendship between Britain and France!" "Long live Her Majesty Queen Victoria!"

After hearing the cheers of the plainclothes people, the surrounding Parisians also cheered "Long live the friendship between Britain and France" and "Long live Queen Victoria!"

Queen Victoria in the carriage couldn't help but smile happily after hearing the shouts of the people in Paris. She turned to Albert and shouted, "Albert, you hear how much the people of Paris welcome us." ah!"

Prince Albert, who was sitting in the carriage, still had the same expression as before. He said to Queen Victoria in a calm tone, "Victoria, the Parisians on both sides of the road are just temporary actors found by Jérôme Bonaparte!

All their shouts were nothing more than a script in advance. "

"Albert, how can you say that!" Queen Victoria pouted and said to Albert herself, "Am I not worthy of the love of the French?"

Prince Albert realized that what he just said was somewhat inappropriate, and he quickly made up for it by saying, "It's worth it! Of course it's worth it!"

"Then you're talking about the script!" Queen Victoria replied angrily to Queen Victoria.

"Victoria, you are indeed worthy of the love of the French!" Prince Albert explained slowly, "But if you listen to the shouts outside, you will find that the connection between each shout is particularly smooth!

I really can't think of any country where citizens can achieve such coordination without organization! "

Prince Albert's explanation did not satisfy Queen Victoria. Queen Victoria said to Prince Albert, "I don't believe there is really nothing anyone can do!"

Prince Albert was momentarily speechless. He knew it was better not to "quibble" with Victoria in this situation.

In this case, Victoria would only choose to raise eyebrows.

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The carriage arrived at the Tuileries Palace amid the cheers of French citizens on both sides of the road (actually they were all trustees).

Basilio, who was standing at the gate of the Tuileries Palace, saw the carriage parked at the gate. He ran to the first carriage, opened the door and bowed to Prince Albert and Queen Victoria in the carriage. Bowed and said, "Her Majesty Queen Victoria and Her Royal Highness Albert, welcome to the Tuileries Palace!"

Then Basilio ran to the second carriage again and opened the door of Jerome Bonaparte's carriage.

After Jérôme Bonaparte and Augusta stepped out of the carriage, they walked slowly to Queen Victoria and Prince Albert, and then invited the Victoria couple to enter the Tuileries Palace.

Jerome Bonaparte and his wife and Victoria walked up the steps into the hall of the Tuileries Palace, and then Empress Augusta pulled Queen Victoria to Friedrich's room.

Only Jerome Bonaparte and Albert were left standing there. After a while, Jerome Bonaparte asked Prince Albert, "Albert, how about we The two of you should find a quieter room and communicate carefully!"

After Prince Albert was silent for a moment, he nodded and replied to Jerome Bonaparte, "Yes!"

"Come with me!" Jerome Bonaparte walked in front, and Prince Albert followed closely behind Jerome Bonaparte.

The two people soon arrived at a living room in Duyinleli Palace. The two people who entered the living room sat on two chairs with backrests.

Jérôme Bonaparte deliberately sat back, pressed his chest against the backrest and said to Prince Albert, "Albert... Regarding the problems between Savoy and Nice, we admit that there are indeed some problems with where we are sitting!"

"Are they just some problems?" Prince Albert said fiercely to Jerome Bonaparte, "The French Empire's annexation of Savoy and Nice is a blatant violation of the treaty signed in 1815!

If every country acted like you, the whole of Europe would immediately fall into massive turmoil. "

"Albert!" Jerome Bonaparte frowned slightly and said dissatisfiedly, "The French Empire did not do a very good job on the Savoy issue, but you want to say that I blatantly trampled on the 1815 Treaty, then you really think too highly of me.

The first violation of the Treaty of 1815 was in 1830.

I remember that in 1815, there was no Kingdom of Belgium in Europe.

Nowadays, the whole of Europe not only has the Kingdom of Belgium, but also the Kingdom of Poland, and the Principality of Finland has also returned to the hands of the Kingdom of Sweden...Aren't these violations of the 1815 Treaty?

Is it also the Treaty of 1815 that restricted the Russian Empire’s actions in the Black Sea and divided the Russian Empire?

Why can't other actions be regarded as trampling on 1815? France's annexation of Savoy becomes a trampling on the treaty! "

Jérôme Bonaparte's repeated questions made Prince Albert also have an embarrassed expression on his face. He also knew that using the 1815 Treaty as a shield was indeed too low-priced, but he could not directly Tell Jérôme Bonaparte that the reason why Britain targets France is entirely because the French Empire brings too much fear to Britain, so it imposes restrictions.

If you say this, wouldn't it only enhance the ambition of others and destroy your own prestige?

"The Treaty of 1815 I am talking about is not an immutable treaty, but a flexible condition under the premise of giving each country a balance of power!" Prince Albert tried to patch up his previous remarks.

"Since you just talked about the balance of power among the countries, I think France has no intention of destroying the balance of power so far!" Jerome Bonaparte spread his hands and said to Prince Albert, "On the contrary, the French Empire has been protecting the major countries. The balance of power between them will not allow any country to dominate or provoke wars between big countries!

Of course, the interests of some countries will inevitably be sacrificed in the process.

However, I think it's all worth it! "

"What did the Kingdom of Sardinia gain by sacrificing Sava?" Prince Albert asked rhetorically.

"Peace!" Jérôme Bonaparte said decisively to Prince Albert, "a hard-won peace!

If the Austrian Empire really wants to investigate and find out that the extreme national forces in the Kingdom of Sardinia are connected to the Savoy royal family, then the entire Austrian Empire will probably eradicate the Savoy royal family!

By that time, even if France wants to protect the Kingdom of Sardinia, there will be no way! "

"Sardinia sacrificed Savoy in exchange for a promise?" Prince Albert asked Jerome Bonaparte rhetorically.

"Yes!" Jerome Bonaparte nodded and said to Prince Albert, "Albert, I think you should understand! Nothing in this world is free, and the same is true for the protection of the French Empire!

If Victor Immanuel II thinks that Franz Joseph can't completely eliminate him, I think even the hype I say will not help!

On the contrary, if Victor Immanuel II thought that Franz Joseph was determined to destroy him, he would naturally protect himself at all costs.

The French Empire is his best choice! Just like I called you and the British Admiralty Minister to discuss the Mediterranean issue! "

Jérôme Bonaparte paused and continued, "What's more, Savoy is only part of the territory of the Kingdom of Sardinia. Without this part of the territory, Savoy is still a member of the royal family of the Kingdom of Sardinia."