What Talleyran was worried about was that some people in the French army, such as Marshal Bertier, and Marshal Sirte, who had just seized the last chance to win the title of Marshal in Ireland not long ago, were said to have the intention to turn to politics. To be honest, if Napoleon's opinion was not considered, they were actually more advantageous than Talleyran. Although they had no experience in politics at all, they all carried the halo of war heroes, and they were from the army, and the French generally trusted the army.

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In addition, there are no messy scandals on these two people. Compared with Talleyrand, these two people have a much pure reputation.

However, Talleyran was not particularly worried about them, because he knew that Napoleon was a guy full of vanity and power. He abdicated to make himself a saint, but this did not mean that he was really willing to give up his power. He felt that Napoleon was mostly planning to hide behind the scenes and continue to manipulate the situation. Moreover, Napoleon did have such power, whether it was the French people or the French army, it could be said that no one except Bonaparte. No matter who it was, even if he had already taken the position of first rule, as long as his performance made Napoleon dissatisfied, he could just hint and let that guy step down.

"So, no matter who sits in this position, he can only be a puppet. In the Ministry of Public Security, at least everything is up to me. Even Napoleon rarely interferes with the affairs of the Ministry of Public Security. But if I become the first ruling party, the almost completely independent Ministry of Public Security will be handed over, and I will become a puppet who has no right to decide on major matters. Am I a person who can do such stupid things?"

In the Ministry of Public Security, Fouchey is also discussing this matter with his subordinates. He does not intend to "take a step further", and several subordinates are somewhat disappointed.

"Maybe I'll go to seek this position in the future, but not now," Fouche said.

Indeed, he is different from Talleyrand. Talleyrand must not be without money for a day, and Fuchs must not be without power for a day.

Of course, Talleyran knew that being the first ruler did not necessarily expand his power, but there were many more ways to make money. Napoleon would only control major events, and as long as he grasped the right measure, he would still have great prospects when he was the first ruler.

So, as everyone expected, after Napoleon officially announced his withdrawal from the next first ruling campaign, Talleyrand, who had received Napoleon's support, successfully became the next first ruling. At the same time, the French parliaments also quickly passed the last bill proposed by Napoleon as the first ruling: a bill to prohibit anyone from being re-election for more than two terms.

After Talleyrand took office as the first in power, the first proposal proposed by the State Council was to build a large-scale project in Paris.

"In honor of my predecessor, the eternal leader of the French people, the eternal first ruler, the greatest commander in French history, the greatest thinker, revolutionary, politician, military strategist, scholar, the founder and commander of the great French Republic and the invincible French army, the guardian of the peace and order of France and Europa, the embodiment of the French spirit, the great achievements of the first rule of Napoleon Bonaparte, I suggest that we should erect a wonder of the world for him—on the original site of the already demolished Bastille. Do you think it is good?"

If you ask the French parliamentarians whether they agree with this kind of thing, they certainly agree with it. Of course, the parliamentarians still questioned Talleyran’s plan.

"Talleyrand is in power, where is your design plan? Can you show us?" a MP shouted.

Although Talleyrand's position as the first governor, everyone, including various newspapers, deliberately or unintentionally removed the modifier "first" when they called him. Even Talleyrand himself was like this. For example, when he was sworn in, he read the word "first" away. Perhaps only Napoleon in France now calls him "first governor".

"Yes, Talleyran is in power, we do not doubt your sincerity, but we are not optimistic about your aesthetic level." When it was not facing Napoleon, lawmakers generally became more likely to joke.

But Talleyrand would not be angry about it. Instead, he replied with a smile: "We have reached an agreement on this point. So I have no design plan. Yes, at least not yet. I think this is not my business, nor is it the French government's business. It is the whole of France and even Europe. So, my plan is to first collect plans from all France and even Europe, and then the parliament and government jointly organize a committee to conduct preliminary review, pass the preliminary review plan, and then send it to the Academy of Sciences for review, the Academy of Sciences will give the final candidate plan, and then make a democratic decision through parliamentary vote. I think no one intends to doubt the aesthetic level of the French Academy of Sciences, right?"

So everyone laughed together.

Then the bill was naturally passed unanimously, just as Napoleon proposed it himself.

So after Napoleon resigned, another frenzy of Europe was set off. From the entire Europe, even the entire world, from Mexico to St. Petersburg, almost all, and a little educated person were talking about this. Many people - whether they had received architecture education - joined the design of the wonders of the world, and then the snowflake-like design plans were sent to the "Paris New Landmark Preparatory Committee" in Paris. Then, they were packed in batches and sent directly to the paper mill to make pulp and recycle paper. If the speed was faster, maybe those participants would have time to recycle the paper several times.

In fact, even Napoleon himself used anonymous method and used geometric painting to depict a magnificent Roman temple building. Napoleon felt that with his own level, this design could enter the selection stage no matter how it was. Then, this design might not even be opened by someone, and it was packaged and sent to papermaking - who made you anonymous?

Napoleon couldn't speak out, because if a bastard knew about this ugly thing, he would definitely use it to laugh at him for the rest of his life. Well, not only that bastard, but also that bastard Lucien must be like this. Napoleon thought about it and then thought about it, and the more he thought about it, he became more angry. Finally, he decided that he had already retreated and had nothing to do. He would go to Lucien to find fault tomorrow and scold him and vent his anger.

However, what made Napoleon even more angry was that after the committee finally submitted some of the plans after the primary election to the French Academy of Sciences, Napoleon actually found a plan that was very similar to his design.

"Isn't this blatant plagiarism? How could such a thing happen? Can the world be better? I have never seen such a shameless person!" Napoleon was so angry that his hands and feet were cold and his whole body was trembling.

"Napoleon, what's wrong with you?" Joseph, who was also looking at the design plan, noticed that Napoleon's face was wrong and asked.

"Nothing." Napoleon tried hard to act as if nothing had happened.

"Let me see?" Joseph said, and took over the drawings in front of Napoleon.

"Well, it was painted geometrically," said Joseph. "But this aesthetic taste is really bad, it is just like what you have. How did this kind of thing squeeze into the second election? This must have been deliberately created by the guys in the primary election because of your inferior and extremely rural aesthetic…"

Listening to Joseph criticizing the drawing without scruples and denying himself in fact, Napoleon couldn't help it: "Joseph, you'd better shut up about aesthetics. Who doesn't know that you have no talent in art? What else can you do besides being able to draw big eyes? Let you listen to music, you can't even tell the songs of Mozart and Beethoven. My God, the difference between them can be distinguished by a child for a second..."

Joseph was not angry about Napoleon's statement, nor did he intend to fight back. Because to be honest, Joseph did not do well in terms of artistic literacy or artistic talent - he was just a vulgar guy. Joseph still had some self-knowledge on this point. For example, he had visited the Uffizi Gallery in Florence, but did not cause Stendhal syndrome, which shows that Joseph actually did not have so many artistic cells. He was never entangled with others in a field he was not good at. This is also the principle that Joseph has always followed, so Joseph immediately turned into it.

"Well, do you think this design is pretty good? Well, this building is related to you anyway, so what you like is what you like. I don't think others will have any different opinions on this matter," said Joseph.

"I……"

Napoleon found himself in a dilemma. If he approved him, and think about it, the thief who stole his design could actually carve his name on the base of this great wonder and therefore be respected by people forever, Napoleon felt that it was intolerable.

However, this is Napoleon's own design. If it is rejected by himself, it is like shooting himself. But can we point out that this is plagiarism? After all, there is still a draft in his own place. But if we do this, this will make the whole of France, Europe, and even the whole world know it. Then who is the most embarrassing person? There is no doubt that Napoleon loves Xirong, brags about himself, and then--this is simply a perfect clown. Therefore, this matter must not be known to others, no matter who it is, especially Lucien and Fouche.

So Napoleon had to grit his teeth and said, "Although this design is not as bad as Joseph said, it is not that good. In general, it has some advantages, but overall, it is not enough to be a design for our wonder..."

"I always think your attitude is weird," said Joseph.

In the end, Napoleon, who was in a bad mood, chose another plan among other plans, which was an ancient Egyptian obelisk of more than 300 meters high.

When the obelisk was completed, Napoleon came to the scene in person, and the crowd cheered at Napoleon, but Napoleon seemed a little melancholy. Some people noticed this, so they came up with various stories, some about love, some about morality, and some had something to do with aliens... This has also become a common subject for later French literary creation.

In short, since that time, Napoleon has not faded out of people's sight. Although Napoleon is no longer in politics and rarely speaks about political affairs in France and even the world, the legend of Napoleon is still everywhere in politics. Moreover, Napoleon often appears in various public places, such as various charity activities, artistic activities, and scientific activities. Every time he appears, he always wins cheers. However, the people used to call him "The First Lord Lord", but now everyone calls him "our Your Majesty", because although he is no longer the First Lord Lord in France, he is still the emperor of the whole Europe.

Time soon arrived in 1821. In the original history, Napoleon died in this year, but Napoleon was lively and had nothing to do, and he tasted delicious. As for Joseph, because of his good living habits, his physical condition was even better than Napoleon.

By 1835, Lucien, the last senior official of the Bonaparte family, also left the political arena. It is said that when he resigned, hundreds of people came to see him farewell and shouted to him affectionately: "Dear Dad!"
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