Make France Great Again

Why is it you?

Facing Earl Haupel's cautious inquiry, Jérôme Bonaparte didn't know for a while whether he should tell the truth to Count Haupel, and he couldn't tell Count Haupel directly, he just regarded him as a transition period Puppet, when all the dust settles, I will kick him out without hesitation.

Although such an answer is frank, it has the meaning of torturing and killing a donkey.

If Count Opel cannot be properly settled in the future, it will give people the impression that "working for the president will not end well", and will have a negative impression of Jérôme Bonaparte's policy of uniting more friends , he pretended to reply half-truthfully and deeply: "General Opal, I think you should know something about what happened to Prime Minister Odilon Barrow recently!"

Earl Opal nodded, he understood that what Jerome Bonaparte said was the news that Odilon Barrot went to London to meet him.

Jérôme Bonaparte, who saw Earl Haupel nodding, said euphemistically: "Even if such a "shocking" thing happened in the Republic, many members of the parliament still disagree with my dismissal of Prime Minister Odilon Barrot!

Once I use my own power to forcibly remove Odilon Barro, the Party of Order will definitely counterattack me, and their counterattack will also be limited to the appointment and removal of the cabinet. They will encourage a group of Party members of the Order Party to ask them to reject me. invitation to the cabinet.

Even so, I don't want to be their enemy, so I need a bridge to ease communication with them, General Opel, you understand what I mean! "

Earl Opal understood the President's intentions. President Jerome Bonaparte appointed him as Prime Minister because of his brand of Orleansism, and at the same time he was one of the few people who maintained a good relationship with the President.

Of course, Adolph Fuld is also a political banker who has a good relationship with the Orleans faction, but considering that Adolf Fuld has the double debuffs of Jews and bankers, Jerome Bonaparte will not Willing to arouse people's disgust for the Orleans Dynasty, so he was excluded.

"Your Excellency, I'm a soldier. You should know that soldiers don't have any partisanship. The soldier's allegiance is to the entire country, even though I was once separated by Bourbon and Orleans..." Earl Opel said in a respectful tone. In response to Jerome Bonaparte Road.

Soldiers are not partisan?

General Haupel's words made Jerome Bonaparte almost laugh out loud,

Middle and low-level soldiers may not have a clear faction, and they have only one task: to obey the arrangements of their superiors.

Once you enter the upper ranks of the army, it is a joke that the army does not have partisan views. The upper ranks of the army are more or less divided into factions.

If it weren't for the surname of the commander of the regular army and the National Guard in Paris (Changarnier), Jerome Bonaparte would still have to go to great lengths to complete the sand-mixing work of the army by dismissing the cabinet, replacing the minister of war and replacing the combat troops.

With the blessing of his uncle's prestige, he can call on the army to directly turn Paris upside down.

Then again, as Jerome Bonaparte stepped up his infiltration of the army, only Changarnier and his cronies who were in charge of the brigades under the First Division were in front of him.

If it weren't for the ambiguity of the Ministry of War, Jerome Bonaparte could have kicked them out of Paris.

Everything had to wait until General Renault returned to Paris.

Presumably the letter should have been handed over to General Renio!

Jerome Bonaparte thought to himself.

"That's right, the military is the guarantee for maintaining the stability of the country, and it is also an important shield for France to resist other countries. The reason why I chose someone like you to be the prime minister is because I saw your loyalty to the country, General! In my opinion, a A person's ability can be acquired through training, but a person's character is innate.

General Opal, you once led the brave and fearless soldiers of France to fight everywhere and made great achievements in battle. This shows that you are a person with rich management experience, but now it just makes you change from commanding the army to commanding the cabinet! "

Since General Haupel was willing to hang a "non-party" chastity plaque on his body, Jérôme Bonaparte followed his wish.

"Mr. President, thank you for your trust in me! I will definitely live up to everyone's expectations and work hard to lead the cabinet well!" Earl Opel said to Jerome Bonaparte with an excited expression, and then his expression changed, showing an honest and loyal look He spread his hands and sighed, "Actually, it is too difficult for a person like me who has no experience in governance to be the prime minister and take charge of the cabinet. However, since you are recruited by your Excellency the President, of course you are willing to serve the country for a while. I hope Your Excellency, you can promise me one condition!"

General Haupel watched him eagerly, and it seemed to him that Jérôme Bonaparte had acquiesced in his vacillating thoughts.

Knowing that he does not have much experience in governing, he has confirmed through the conversation with Jerome Bonaparte that he exists only as a transitional figure. After his departure, this position is likely to be taken by someone at the banquet. Among other things, his purpose is to accumulate enough experience in this position, and being the prime minister of the emperor's nephew is really not necessarily better than staying in the army.

"What conditions?" Jerome Bonaparte asked immediately.

I'm not afraid that Opal has the conditions, but I'm afraid that he doesn't have the conditions.

If there are conditions, it means that benefits can be exchanged, and if there are no conditions, it means that Jerome Bonaparte will face a difficult problem.

"Your Excellency, please allow me to step down from this position at the right time! I am a soldier, and my whole life should belong to the army!" General Opal said sonorously, with a hint of the blood of a soldier in his words demeanor.

"General, I can assure you that you won't delay too long! A general who is indifferent to fame and fortune will always be favored by fate." Jerome Bonaparte replied to Count Haupel.

Jerome Bonaparte, who did not expect Earl Opel to become a real powerful figure, planned to kick Opel out of the cabinet quickly after the Ministry of War gradually stabilized. If Opel could take the initiative to resign, then It couldn't be better.

Jerome Bonaparte's principle is, as long as you don't block my way, then we can get together and stay away, and wait for the promotion.

If you stand in my way, I will kick you out without hesitation.

"Your Excellency, thank you once again for appointing me as Prime Minister!" General Opel bowed slightly to Jerome Bonaparte. He has decided to serve as the Prime Minister of the Cabinet, even if this Prime Minister is nothing more than a puppet.

"I hope we will have a happy cooperation in the future!" Jerome Bonaparte stretched out his hand and said to General Opel.

"I also wish you all the best!" Count Haupel also shook hands with Jerome Bonaparte tacitly. He already understood what Jerome Bonaparte wanted to do.

The position of the president is unable to satisfy the ambitions of the emperor's nephew.

...

While Jerome Bonaparte was talking with Opper, a secret meeting was also going on in a mansion near Rome.

The participants included Edgar Ney, the deputy commander of the Roman Expeditionary Force, General Reno, the commander of the Roman Expeditionary Force, Brigadier General Niel, the "logistics manager" of the Roman Expeditionary Force, and some officers with the rank of lieutenant colonel and colonel. They are the backbone members of the expeditionary force, and they are also loyal supporters of the Bonaparte faction.

General Renault, through the subtle influence of three months, turned them into Bonapartists.

Under the light of the wick of the glass chandelier hanging on the ceiling, General Renio, who was sitting at the head of the long nanmu table, nodded to Edgar Ney beside him, and Edgar Ney immediately took out a piece of letter paper Give it to General Rennho.

Everyone's eyes were focused on the letterhead at the same time, and they knew that the key to this meeting was the letterhead.

"Everyone, I have received a personal letter from His Excellency the Prince! Your Excellency expressed his appreciation for your bravery and fearlessness in the Roman War and Rome's post-war handling! He assures you that all your efforts will be rewarded!" Lei General Neo began by applauding the officers without hesitation.

In some respects, this group of Qiuba really gave him face.

Everyone present smiled, and no one didn't like to be praised by the leader and then promoted.

Subsequently, General Renault threw a "blockbuster" to everyone present: "Mr. President said that he will nominate me to be the Minister of War of France!"

The moment Reinho announced that he was the Minister of War, all the officers present were not calm. They knew that the power gap between a Minister of War who won the trust of the President and a Minister of War who did not have the trust of the President was completely underground. a heaven.

As long as General Renio wanted to, as the Minister of War, he could directly clean up the entire War Department, and then stuff some people into the War Department.

This means that those of them who have carried guns with General Renio also have the opportunity to enter the War Department.

After several years of training in the Ministry of War, it was a breeze to be assigned to a certain division as a division commander.

"General, you must not forget us!"

"Yes! General, we are all supporters of the president..."

"General, we are your soldiers! Wherever you go, we will follow you..."

"General, those idiots in the Department of War are not reliable at all, and we are the president's most loyal troops!"

...

The Qiu Bas present all shouted loudly that they wanted to follow Reinho into the Paris War Department, and even a few courageous Qiu Ba blatantly shouted the slogan "I support the coronation of the president".