Chapter 1,070 The whole story of the turmoil in Paris (Part 1)
Prince Montfort actually did not care whether von Bismarck could become the Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Prussia in the future. He was already in his sixties and only cared about the future of the empire.
After all, whether the Kingdom of Prussia is strong or not has nothing to do with him. If the empire suffers the same fate as the previous two generations of dynasties, he will suffer a lot.
Old Jerome did not want to follow the example of the previous two generations of dynasty monarchs (Charles X and Louis Philippe), who were forced to go into exile in Britain when they were about to enter the grave.
Even if he dies, he hopes to die in Paris, and it is best to place his coffin next to his brother.
In this way, after he ascends to heaven, he can proudly show off to his elder brother that the younger brother he despised inherited his will and re-established the Bonaparte Empire in France.
(Old Jerome believed that although the empire was founded by Jerome Bonaparte, the source of the empire was him.
If he had not given up the inheritance of the Bonaparte patriarch, the founder of the empire would not be Jerome Bonaparte.)
Therefore, after Prince Montfort heard that Jerome Bonaparte was certain that von Bismarck would become Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Prussia, his heart was not too disturbed at first.
However, the next second later, Prince Montfort suddenly remembered that since Jerome Bonaparte was certain that von Bismarck would definitely serve as Prussian Prime Minister, did his ordering Walewski to contact von Bismarck in advance mean that the French Empire
The diplomatic strategy must change from leaning towards the Austrian Empire to leaning towards the Kingdom of Prussia.
"Charles (Jerome Bonaparte's full name is Napoleon Jérôme Charles Bonaparte)!" Prince Montfort shouted Jerome Bonaparte's nickname with a serious face, "
Please tell me honestly, what is your purpose in ordering Walewski to contact von Bismarck?"
"Father, I just feel that the power of the Austrian Empire has expanded to an astonishing level without even realizing it!
If it is not curbed, the Austrian Empire will probably become the dominant force in Germany!" Jerome Bonaparte said perfunctory words with a serious expression.
Since Jerome Bonaparte doesn't want too many people to know his true intentions yet, and Prince Montfort himself is also a person who stays away from politics, Jerome Bonaparte does not want to do anything to Montfort.
The prince told everything.
Naturally, Prince Montfort would not believe Jerome Bonaparte's lies.
The Austrian Empire owes its current sphere of influence to the help of Jerome Bonaparte.
Be it the Kingdom of Poland or the Danube Principality, which one of them was not broken up bit by bit by Jerome Bonaparte and fed to the Austrian Empire?
Sometimes, Prince Montfort really wondered if his son had a special hobby for someone in the Austrian Empire, which made him go to great lengths to help the Austrian Empire.
"My son, will you do this to bring the relationship between the French Empire and the Austrian Empire to the brink of collapse?" Prince Montfort asked Jerome Bonaparte worriedly, "The relationship between the Empire and Britain
The relationship between Savoy and Nice has become very delicate!
If we break with the Austrian Empire again, the Empire may be at risk of diplomatic isolation!"
"Father, you are worrying too much!" Jerome Bonaparte put on an expression full of wisdom and a confident smile on his lips, "Today, there are only three countries in Europe, one is the French Empire, and the other is
The Kingdom of Britain, and one other country.
On this continent of Europe, only France can isolate other countries, and no country dares to isolate the French Empire!
If I wanted to, many countries would be willing to make friends with the French Empire!
Alexander of the Russian Empire hopes to be recognized by us, and Prince Regent William of the Kingdom of Prussia also hopes to join us!
The mere Austrian Empire is not enough to make the French Empire fall into diplomatic isolation!"
"Then all your previous efforts have been in vain!" Prince Montfort expressed his confusion over Jerome Bonaparte's previous behavior of continuously strengthening the Austrian Empire.
"The relationship between the Austrian Empire and the French Empire will not be alienated just because the empire and the Kingdom of Prussia are getting closer!
On the contrary, it will be even closer than before!" Jérôme Bonaparte shook his head and replied to Prince Montfort confidently.
"Why?" Prince Montfort asked Jerome Bonaparte in confusion.
"Because the Austrian Empire cannot afford to lose the French Empire!" Jérôme Bonaparte answered for Prince Montfort, "The Austrian Empire now seems to be powerful, but in fact it is just a foreign power working against the Chinese!
There are too many ethnic groups in the Habsburg territory. Some of these ethnic groups tend to be independent and some tend to be autonomous.
However, the current Habsburg still implements a policy of high-pressure rule.
Although this policy eliminated the time to argue with the Parliament, it also caused them to have to allocate part of their energy and troops to suppress the nations that opposed the Habsburgs.
Once a high-intensity war like Crimea breaks out, it will be difficult for the Habsburgs to mobilize all their troops to fight.
This also determines that Habsburg must rely on a big country!
In today's European continent, which country is more powerful than the French Empire?
What's more, the diplomatic environment of the Austrian Empire itself is not very good. Both the Kingdom of Prussia and the Russian Empire hate the Austrian Empire!
If the Austrian Empire does not surrender to the French Empire, should it surrender to the Kingdom of Britain?
Furthermore, even if the Austrian Empire wanted to defect elsewhere, its little brothers would stop them!
The Kingdom of Poland and the Principality of Lodomeria have always stood in the way of the Russian Empire's westward expansion. Franz Joseph not only thought about himself, but also thought about his two brothers!
In Europe now, only the French Empire will help them resist the Russian Empire!"
Jerome Bonaparte paused for a moment, picked up the wine glass and drank it all in one gulp. After his dry throat was moistened by the Bordeaux wine, he became "alive" again.
After drinking all the wine in the glass, Jerome Bonaparte returned the glass to the marble coffee table.
Prince Montfort, who was sitting opposite, stood up and poured a glass of wine for Jerome Bonaparte.
Such a scene made Jerome Bonaparte couldn't help but recall the famous saying of a certain group friend in his previous life: Dad is dad, propriety is propriety, after I put x place, dad will toast me!
Thinking of this, Jerome Bonaparte couldn't help but smile.
This made Prince Montfort look puzzled on his face. He didn't understand why Jerome was laughing.
After Prince Montfort sat back on the sofa, Jerome Bonaparte continued to speak to Prince Montfort in an extremely arrogant tone, "As long as the Austrian Empire feels it, without the help of the French Empire, they
Nothing!
The Austrian Empire will not fight at critical moments, and being close to the Kingdom of Prussia is just a trick I use to tie up the Austrian Empire!"
After Jérôme Bonaparte's analysis, Prince Montfort felt relieved a little.
He took a long breath and finally warned, "Since you have your own ideas, I won't say any more!
However, I still hope you can be more careful!
The Austrian Empire is different from Sardinia. Even if it is in decline, it is the same as the French Empire.
You must not treat the Austrian Empire the same way you treated the Kingdom of Sardinia!"
"Don't worry! I'm not so out of tune!!" Jérôme Bonaparte assured Prince Montfort.
Later, Jerome Bonaparte once again asked Prince Montfort about the interesting things that happened in Vienna. Prince Montfort told Jerome Bonaparte while drinking wine.
After Prince Montfort finished telling what happened in Vienna, the time quietly came to 10 o'clock.
For an old man over seventy years old, this time was considered to be a late night stay. In addition, Monfort drank a lot of wine, his eyes began to become distracted, and his mouth started to drink involuntarily.
Seeing this, Jérôme Bonaparte immediately wanted to end the conversation. He deliberately yawned in front of Prince Montfort, then waved his hand and said to Prince Montfort, "It's getting late now."
, you’d better go to bed early!”
After saying this, Jerome Bonaparte stood up and prepared to leave.
Prince Montfort, who was sitting aside, saw this and hurriedly stopped Jerome Bonaparte, "Wait a minute! I have something to ask you!"
Jerome Bonaparte heard Prince Montfort's call and sat on the sofa again.
"What's up?"
"Has anything happened in Paris since I left?" Prince Montfort asked Jerome Bonaparte implicitly.
Jerome Bonaparte thought for a moment, shook his head and replied to Prince Montfort, "Not at all! Everything in Paris is as usual!"
Such an answer obviously did not convince Prince Montfort. He stared closely at Jerome Bonaparte and said word by word, "Then why did you run from the Tuileries Palace to the Fontainebleau Palace?
What about the advisers and secretaries in the Palace of Fontainebleau?"
After hearing Prince Montfort's question, Jérôme Bonaparte was silent for a long time, and then responded, "While you were away from Paris, a certain degree of rioting did occur!
A small group of unemployed people, instigated by people with ulterior motives, went to the Place de la Bastille in droves to protest against the Empire!"
Although Jérôme Bonaparte strengthened the legal punishment of striking groups and used yellow guilds to replace red guilds, there was still no way to completely restrain the workers.
In addition, there are some lurking Blanquists in Paris itself, and it is easy to incite the workers.
"Then what?"
Prince Montfort then asked, he was curious how the matter was finally resolved.
