Faced with Jérôme Bonaparte's suggestion, Walewski's expressions and movements changed in just a few seconds, like a face change in a Sichuan opera.
Walewski's hands were clenched because he was too nervous, and his eyes couldn't help but glance at the door.
Seeing that there was no other movement from the door of the room, Valewski subconsciously breathed a sigh of relief, then turned his gaze to Jerome Bonaparte and asked in a low voice.
"Your Majesty, how did you know!"
"Monsieur Count, there is an old proverb in the far East: If you don't want people to know what you have done, unless you have not done it yourself!" Jerome Bonaparte said with a slightly joking tone.
Said to Valewski.
Walewski understood that not only his every move now was under the control of the emperor, but also all the information in the past had probably been investigated by the emperor.
Otherwise, how could the emperor know about this?
Thinking of this, Walewski suddenly felt a biting chill spread throughout his body.
"Your Excellency, I don't really like to explore the privacy of my subjects!
However, there are always some smart-aleck people who like to put it on my desk!
I only know a little bit about it!" Jerome Bonaparte said to Valewski with an annoyed expression.
"It is such an honor for me to be under the constant attention of His Majesty!" Walewski said to Jerome Bonaparte with a look of "surprise" on his face.
Although Walewski hated this kind of monarch who snooped into privacy, he could also understand what Jerome Bonaparte did.
After all, a good monarch is destined not to maintain eternal trust in any of his officials from the beginning.
It is always the monarch's prerogative to prefer the new and dislike the old.
On the bright side, if the monarch always pays attention to a person, it can also prove that this person still maintains a certain status in his heart.
After all, no one will be willing to invest their energy in a person who has been abandoned by the monarch.
Walewski would rather become a person who is always remembered by the monarch than become a transparent person in the palace.
Anyone who is abandoned by the court is destined to be abandoned by the Paris social circle!
"So, Your Excellency, do you need my help?" Jerome Bonaparte said to Valewski enthusiastically, "I will be happy to help my subjects solve their troubles in life!"
Jérôme Bonaparte's "old-hearted" attitude made it impossible for Walewski to object.
He knew that if he continued to insist that he did not need the emperor's "helping hand", then what awaited him might be to be abandoned by the emperor.
No monarch likes a minister who is always disobedient.
"Your Majesty, I do have some troubles on this issue!" Walewski replied to Jerome Bonaparte with a troubled face, "You should know the relationship between that child and me, and Louisa is my
The real wife!
For some reason she was unable to have children again after giving birth to Eugenie!"
"Uh-huh!"
Seeing that Walewski was so wise, Jérôme Bonaparte naturally echoed the response.
"Although I don't want to have a conflict with Louisa because of this matter, I also don't want the Walewski family (Here Walewski originally wanted to say Bonaparte family descent, considering the "genuine" Bonaparte family)
The blood of the Ba family was right in front of him, so Walewski had to change his name to the Walewski family) and the blood was lost!
So I have always been worried about whether I should recognize that child!" Valewski said to Jerome Bonaparte with a wry smile.
Although Valewski initially just wanted to handle the heir issue himself, after careful consideration he found that this matter was simply not something he could handle.
Not to mention that Louisa Laurie's father still enjoys rights in the Papal State, and whether rashly turning an illegitimate child into an heir will arouse his resentment.
Let's just say that Louisa Laurie herself was already a part of Queen Augusta's private circle.
If there really is a fuss, Louisa Laurie is enough to give Walewski a drink.
[The reason why Louisa Laurie Corey didn’t make a fuss in history is most likely because she was the emperor’s mistress.
Louisa Laurie Corey, who knew she was in the wrong, did not disagree with Valewski on the issue of the heir. Napoleon III also gave Valewski some help in converting the illegitimate son to a regular son because of this issue.
And Jerome Bonaparte had no interest in making peace with the wives of his ministers.]
Jérôme Bonaparte smiled and nodded to Valewski, "You are right! The noble bloodline of the Bonaparte family and the Valewski family should not be interrupted (Valewski
Staring in surprise)!
I remember that kid is still in Turin, right?"
"Your Majesty, that's right!" Walewski hurriedly said to Jerome Bonaparte, "He is still in Turin with his mother!"
“Then bring him to Paris!” Jérôme Bonaparte said to Valewski, “A 16-year-old needs to receive an orthodox middle school and university education in order to better serve the empire, right?
"
"Your Majesty, you are right!" Walewski replied excitedly to Jerome Bonaparte, "Her mother also told me in a letter that the learning atmosphere in Turin is far inferior to
France!"
"Then what are you still hesitating about?" Jerome Bonaparte encouraged, "You should bring that child over as soon as possible and teach him to become a noble!"
"Your Majesty, Louisa's side..." Valewski said to Jerome Bonaparte.
"I will help settle things on Louisa's side!" Jerome Bonaparte said, while thinking of something, he added to Walewski, "However, that child can only be your adopted son!
He can inherit your title after a hundred years, but you must discuss everything except the title with Louisa.
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! And Eugenie, you also have to do a good job!"
"Yes, Your Majesty!" Valewski obeyed Jérôme Bonaparte's arrangement.
The originally complicated issue of inheritance was resolved in a few words between Jérôme Bonaparte and Valewski.
After dealing with Walewski's personal affairs, Jérôme Bonaparte turned to discuss official matters with Walewski.
Jérôme Bonaparte told Valewski why he sent Valewski to accompany Prince Montfort to the Austrian Empire.
The purpose was not only to attend Radetzky's funeral, but also to hope that Walewski could make friends with the Prussian ambassador to Austria, Otto von Bismarck.
[In the original history, Otto von Bismarck should have served as the Prussian ambassador to Russia. However, the Russian Empire is still in the stage of civil war. Von Bismarck was not sent to the Russian Empire, but instead became the minister in Frankfurt.
Ambassador of Prussia to Austria.]
"Otto von Bismarck!" Walewski muttered the name in a low voice. He remembered hearing this name from the emperor when he was the Minister of Foreign Affairs.
"That's right! According to the information from our Embassy of the Kingdom of Prussia, the King of Prussia is about to pass away!
And his successor is the current Regent Wilhelm Friedrich Ludwig!" Jerome Bonaparte explained to Walewski slowly, "Once Wilhelm Friedrich
·If Ludwig succeeds to the throne, then Ambassador Bismarck will inevitably become the Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Prussia!"
"Your Majesty, why him?" Walewski said out loud.
Why? Because it was him in history!!
Jérôme Bonaparte cursed in his heart, but still calmly explained on the surface, "Because the entire Kingdom of Prussia can no longer find anyone willing to take on this responsibility!"
Ever since Prince Regent William used strong tactics to suppress the resistance in the Rhineland, the entire Kingdom of Prussia has been completely torn into two pieces politically.
One is the liberal camp with the Rhineland as its core, and the other is the conservative Junker camp with East Prussia as its core.
In this situation of severe political division, the Kingdom of Prussia was not in turmoil for a moment.
The economic turmoil caused by the political turmoil not only swept the entire Kingdom of Prussia, but even affected the states in the German Zollverein.
Many countries suffered from the Rhineland economic crisis just as they suffered from the American economic crisis.
Many companies and banks went bankrupt in this torrent, and bonds listed in Frankfurt plummeted.
Not to mention how much the North German states, headed by Hanover, hated the Kingdom of Prussia.
In order to prevent the Kingdom of Prussia from launching another large-scale suppression of the Rhineland, which would cause a major crisis in the Rhineland to spread to the entire German region.
The Kingdom of Hanover righteously rejected the Kingdom of Prussia's request for a transit exchange of defenses. The Prussian army, which was supposed to have withdrawn from the Rhineland in October last year and exchanged defenses, had not yet left the Rhineland in December.
As the regent of Prussia, William began to regret that he had gone too far and suppressed the Koblenz region. In order to make up for his mistakes, he also wanted to ease relations with the Rhineland region.
(More importantly, to be able to continue collecting taxes in the Rhineland!
The entire Rhineland is already the foundation of the Kingdom of Prussia's tax revenue. Without sufficient tax revenue, there will be no excellent army!)
Prince Regent William could only announce to the outside world that he would reconvene the Estates-General of the Kingdom of Prussia in March this year.
This time, Prince Regent William's move was not opposed by the Prussian military, because the military also needed sufficient military spending.
Without the support of the Rhineland, the Prussian army could not continue to reorganize.
"Now he (William I) is sitting on a volcano that is ready to erupt at any time. If he is not careful, the volcano will blow him to pieces!
Just like Louis XVI at the time!" Jérôme Bonaparte showed a gloating expression on his lips, "He needs an illiberal prime minister to resist the anger of liberals for him, and at the same time, this prime minister must also maintain close ties with the Prussian military.
