Make France Great Again

Under the leadership of Pessini, Minister of Justice Rouai once again entered the Elysee Palace, which he was too familiar with.

Passing through the familiar living room, stepping up the stairs covered with a big red Ottoman wool blanket, Rue and Pessini, who walked slowly in the corridor, were warmly greeted by servants from the Elysee Palace, and walked along the corridor to the study.

At the door of the study, Rouet parted from Persini. Standing alone in front of the door of the study, he took a deep breath while looking at the brown-red door in front of him, and knocked lightly on the door of the study.

"Come in!" Rue's familiar voice came from inside, with a slight Italian accent.

After getting permission, Rouai carefully pushed open the door of the study, looked into the door, and then met the eyes of the people in the study.

"Come in! Minister Rouai!" Jerome Bonaparte waved to Rouai outside the door with a smile on his face.

"Your Majesty!" Rouet, who entered the room, closed the door and bowed to Jerome Bonaparte to show respect.

"You don't need to be so restrained! Come here!" Jerome Bonaparte said to Rouet in an easy-going manner.

At the invitation of Jerome Bonaparte, Rouet sat directly opposite Jerome Bonaparte, and the coffee with a strong aroma was placed on the round table.

"Your Majesty, I don't know what you have ordered me to come here!" Roue asked Jerome Bonaparte humbly. He understood that the reason why he was able to occupy a high position was all due to the president's brief, otherwise he would not be in power at all. How can an experienced person be the Minister of Justice? Even Thiers, who he had dreamed of at the beginning, also went from secretary to minister step by step to the position of minister.

Thiers? How the hell did I forget this!

Minister Rouet suddenly remembered that Thiers had visited him a few days ago and said a few words to him that were not nutritious.

At that time, I didn't take it to heart, so I didn't think of it as such a big deal.

Looking back now, it was a blatant "betrayal".

Thinking of this, Rue had to swallow.

"No major incidents have happened in the Ministry of Justice recently!" Jerome Bonaparte did not reply to Rouet immediately, but talked about him in a casual tone.

"There is nothing major happening in the Ministry of Justice, it's nothing more than a collection of problems from various courts!" Rouet responded to Jerome Bonaparte in a pretendingly natural tone.

"Oh? Really?" Jerome Bonaparte had a smile on his face and said nothing.

"However, there is a personal matter! I need to report to you!" Minister Roue said cautiously to Jérôme Bonaparte.

"Minister Rouet, I don't care about your personal feelings at all! As long as it doesn't affect the operation of the country!" Jerome Bonaparte said in a casual tone.

"I think it's necessary to report this matter to you!" Rouai responded to Jerome Bonaparte with a brave face.

"Speak then!" Jérôme Bonaparte responded solemnly.

"That's right! A few days ago, Congressman Thiers came to test me in the name of a visit!" Roue said humbly to Jérôme Bonaparte.

"Huh? This is an interesting thing!" Jerome Bonaparte stroked his smooth jaw, showing an expression of interest: "You agree?"

"Your Majesty's promotion of me is something I will never forget! I will never join other camps!" Roue categorically responded to Jerome Bonaparte, "Loyalty to the Bonaparte family is the creed I have believed in all my life. !"

"Well! Your loyalty will be rewarded accordingly!" Jerome Bonaparte nodded and smiled again. He believed that Roue was not only because he did not betray the Bonaparte family in history, but also based on interests. Because of the factors, he has already offered the minister of justice a bargaining chip to win over Rouet. If Thiers wants to win him over, he can only let Rouet be the prime minister, or support him as the president.

However, neither of these two conditions could be fulfilled by Thiers, because there were also Thiers' henchmen in the party of Order.

It was impossible for Thiers to rely preferentially on an outsider without satisfying his own henchmen.

So after Marcel Jerrouge reported to Jerome Bonaparte about Roue's behavior, Jerome Bonaparte didn't take it seriously. He kept waiting for Roue to take the initiative to explain the situation with a joke.

"Yes! Your Majesty!" Eugène Rouet, who was forgiven by Jerome Bonaparte, finally breathed a sigh of relief, and also sounded a wake-up call for himself in his heart.

"By the way, I would like to ask you about the constitutional regulations of the Second Republic. After the new proposal conflicts with the old constitution, how should it be judged?" Jerome Bonaparte asked Eugene Rouet.

"This..." After thinking for a moment, Eugène Rouet slowly said: "Because the French Republic is in its infancy, there is no clear definition of the subordination of the old and new constitutions."

"That is to say, the two constitutions can be used at the same time?" Jerome Bonaparte smiled meaningfully.

Unexpectedly, the constitution of the Second French Republic is similar to that of the United States of America on the other side of the ocean. The implementation of the new constitution does not mean that the old constitution will be abolished. When the old and new constitutions are used together, the president will have a lot of room for mediation.

"That's right!" Eugène Rouet replied to Jerome Bonaparte in an unquestionable tone: "However, the old constitution is generally not used based on the choice of habit!"

"They still have legal effects!" said Jérôme Bonaparte.

"It has legal effect!" Roue replied affirmatively, he was a little confused about what the president wanted to do.

"Minister Rouet, just now Congressman Thiers came to see me..." Jerome Bonaparte told Eugene Rouet what Thiers had just said to him.

"Your Majesty, they want to restrict you by restricting the law of universal suffrage!" Eugène Rouet, who had heard the whole conversation between Thiers and Jérôme Bonaparte, reminded Jérôme Bonaparte anxiously.

"I know!" Jerome Bonaparte calmly took a sip of his coffee and said with a smile, "If you don't do this, how can they make them violate the Constitution?"

"Violation of the constitution?" Eugène Rouai instantly understood Jerome Bonaparte's meaning: "Are you conniving with them on purpose?"

"That's right!" Jérôme Bonaparte nodded, with a hint of rebellion in his eyes, and said, "What we have to do now is to drive the parliament to the edge of the cliff, and then I will cut their ropes and send them down with my own hands!"

"Your Majesty!" Eugène Rouez looked at Jerome Bonaparte excitedly. He knew that once the parliament was completely kicked to the ground by the president, the whole of France would no longer be able to restrict the existence of the president, and they would completely control the whole of France. .

"Ruai, I need your help to sort out the crimes of the Legislative Assembly! At that time, we will be of great use!" Jerome Bonaparte said to Eugene Rouai.

"Obey! Your Majesty..."

...

November 29, 1849.

Under the warm "invitation" of Jerome Bonaparte, most of the bankers in Paris and the middle and high-level military officers gathered together to participate in the ball ceremony hosted by the president.

Among them were Baron Alphonse de Rothschild, Minister of Finance Achillefurd, banker Magnet, banker Adolf Schneider, banker brothers Emile Perel and Isaac Perel brothers...

On the military side, half of the generals in Paris and generals above the Paris school level were included. Commander Changarnier, his adjutant Nomayer, Minister Reignau, and Brigadier General Canrobert, commander of the second brigade of the Paris First Division, were all present. Inside!

The grand living room of the magnificent Elysee Palace was full of people. Under the bright lights, bankers wore elegant costumes and walked through the banquet with their beautifully dressed wives. Soldiers put on military uniforms full of medals, living in The officers in Paris also deliberately brought their wives wearing jewels, and the whole hall was extremely noisy. Amidst all the noise, the band's music sounded.

Amidst the high-pitched music, all the noise stopped abruptly, and everyone's eyes turned to the second floor of the hall.

Jerome Bonaparte, wearing a Lev dress and a Napoleon hat, walked slowly down the steps, and beside him was Mathilde, who was wearing a light blue low-cut dress and a beautiful jewelry on his chest. Princess De.

When Jerome Bonaparte walked down the last step with Mathilde, Jerome Bonaparte said: "Everyone, thank you for being able to participate in my ball. Please enjoy the happy moment!"

After finishing speaking, Jerome Bonaparte slightly bowed to everyone present.

The music sounded again, and Alphonse de Rothschild, Emile Perel and other well-known bankers seemed to have received some news in advance, and they walked in one direction.

"It seems that Your Excellency the President can't wait to do it!" Changarnier, who was standing at the corner of the ball, looked at the bankers who left early and said with emotion.

"Commander, what is the president going to do?" Neumayer, who followed Changarnier, asked.

"Nothing!" Changarnier shook his head.

The bankers came to a small room in the Elysee Palace together. They sat down around a round table, and then looked at each other without speaking.

The door opened again, and Jérôme Bonaparte entered the room and sat down.

Jerome Bonaparte, who just sat down, didn't talk nonsense, but said directly: "Everyone is the leader of the country, and I don't want to talk too much nonsense! I hope you can have a good time for the upcoming military parade. A donation of love!"

As soon as this remark came out, the quasi-Bonapartist bankers who were close to Jerome Bonaparte, except Fuuld, Magnet, the Perel brothers, Adolf Schneider, etc., all changed their colors.

What the president said was charitable donation, it was clearly apportionment.

Although it is said that the apportioned money is just a drop in the bucket for them, the president's approach does not respect them enough.