It was not until the renovation plan of the Tuileries Palace was completed that Jérôme Bonaparte considered following the advice of his ministers and moving the Fontainebleau Palace back to the Tuileries Palace.
However, Jerome Bonaparte did not choose to return to Paris voluntarily.
Because Jérôme Bonaparte believed that the emperor's voluntary return to Paris would give the Parisian people the feeling that the emperor could not live without Paris, thus encouraging the "arrogance" of the Parisian people. (In fact, every ruler cannot live without Paris.
Paris)
Therefore, Jérôme Bonaparte had to create an atmosphere in which the entire population of Paris eagerly awaited the emperor's return to Paris, just as the Parisians eagerly awaited the return of Emperor Napoleon to Paris.
When Jérôme Bonaparte conveyed his intentions to the Tuileries Palace via telegram, Morny, the Lord Privy Seal who was stationed at the Tuileries Palace and processed the instructions of Fontainebleau Palace, immediately received the message.
to the telegram.
After reading the contents of the telegram, Morny then summoned the Deputy Speaker of the Legislative Council Pio, Justice Minister Ruet and Finance Minister Fuld to the Elysee Palace.
[During Jérôme Bonaparte’s departure from the Tuileries Palace, all political consultative meetings in Paris were held at the Elysee Palace.]
During the period when Jérôme Bonaparte was not living in Paris, all political affairs in Paris were handled by the three persons present.
The three of them lived up to Jérôme Bonaparte's expectations and managed the entire Paris in an orderly manner.
When the three arrived at the Elysée Palace, Morny said to everyone present, "His Majesty sent a telegram saying that he will return to Paris in the near future!"
After the three people heard the news that Jerome Bonaparte was about to return to Paris, their faces immediately showed long-lost smiles.
During the period when the emperor left Paris, although the entire Paris maintained steady development with the joint assistance of the three people, their control over Paris was obviously far less than when the emperor was in Paris, especially in some areas that needed to rely on
When it comes to the smooth operation of government affairs driven by prestige, they are even more powerless.
Every time they encountered this kind of political matter, they always had to go to the Palace of Fontainebleau. After obtaining the emperor's consent, they could rely on the emperor's prestige to implement it.
Running back and forth like this makes everyone present feel tired. This fatigue is not only physical fatigue, but also mental fatigue.
No one, therefore, hoped more than they did that the Emperor should return to the Tuileries from Fontainebleau.
In order for the emperor to return to Paris, each of them once advised the emperor on the benefits of sitting in Paris and ruling the country.
However, the emperor seemed to be angry with Paris and was willing to return to Paris regardless of life or death.
Now the emperor actually wants to return to Paris on his own initiative. Why doesn't this make them feel excited and excited?
"When will His Majesty leave to return?" Deputy Speaker Pio was the first to ask Morny.
Morny did not respond to Bio's inquiry. He handed the telegram to Bio, "This is the telegram sent by His Majesty from the Palace of Fontainebleau!"
Bio took Morny's telegram with his hand and read the contents of the telegram carefully.
Rouet and Fuld, who were sitting on the left and right sides of Billot, also put their heads to the left and right sides of Billot and read the contents of the telegram with Billot.
After a while, Pio put the telegram in his hand on the table, took a long breath and said to Morny, "I have read the telegram. If my understanding is not wrong, what your Majesty means is that he will not
Take the initiative in Paris!
Instead, let us form a welcoming team to welcome him back to Paris!
I’m right!”
Having said that, Billo turned his attention to Morny.
"That's right!" Morny nodded slightly and replied to Biyo, "I think that's what your Majesty meant!"
Speaking of this, Morny suddenly thought of the scene when Louis XVI was welcomed back to Paris from Versailles by the Paris people during the Revolution.
Jerome Bonaparte's request was very similar to the original one, except that the former (Louis XVI) passively returned to Paris, while the latter (Jerome Bonaparte) actively asked the people of Paris to take him back.
Your Majesty, you really like to re-enact history!
Morny couldn't help but secretly thought, but since the emperor has issued this order, Morny and the others must carry out the emperor's request whether they are willing or not!
"Then who should we send as the representative of the mission to welcome the emperor!" Bio asked Morny and others again.
Morny, Rouet, and Fuld did not speak, but looked directly at Billot.
Obviously, the three people present agreed that no one was more suitable to serve as a representative to welcome the emperor than Pio.
I think back then, it was Pio who presided over the emperor's coronation ceremony.
However, at this moment, Pio also realized that the three people present were preparing to bear the burden of welcoming the emperor on himself, and he immediately wanted to refuse.
"Mr. Bio, no one is more qualified for this job than you!" Morny said sincerely to Bio, "You are the deputy speaker of the Legislative Council, and you also presided over the coronation ceremony of His Majesty the Emperor!
If you lead the representatives of the Legislative Council to the Palace of Fontainebleau to greet the Emperor, you will definitely get twice the result with half the effort!"
Seeing that he could no longer shirk, Pio simply took on the emperor's mission.
However, he also raised his concerns to the three people present, "I would rather go to Fontainebleau Palace to welcome the emperor, but the representatives of the legislative group are willing to listen to us and go to Fontainebleau to welcome the emperor!"
"We don't need to send all the representatives out to greet them. We only need to send those who are willing to cooperate with the empire!" Morny proposed a solution to the problem to Bio, "The entire legislative group is willing to obey the empire.
At least more than half of the representatives!
As long as these people are willing to follow us, it will be enough to represent the entire legislative group's welcome to His Majesty the Emperor!"
After thinking for a moment, Billo nodded and replied to Morny, "That's okay! However, I need about a week to convince some representatives!"
This chapter is not over, please click on the next page to continue reading! "Okay!" Morny nodded and said to Bio, "You use this time to convince those representatives to agree to go to Paris to meet His Majesty, and I also use this time to organize
A group of Paris citizens are following you to arrange a welcome ceremony for His Majesty's return to Paris!"
After speaking, Morny turned his attention to Finance Minister Fuld.
"Minister Fuld, which department should be responsible for the expenses incurred in welcoming His Majesty?" Morny asked the Minister of Finance.
After Fuld was silent for a moment, he replied to Morny, "I will allocate a special amount of money from the Ministry of Finance for the expenses of welcoming His Majesty's return!"
"Thank you very much!" Molny responded to Fuld with a smile, while silently calculating in his heart how many benefits he could get from this return ceremony.
However, Fuld's next sentence made Morny's whole plan fall flat in half.
"However, Mr. Morny! I hope to see the specific amount of each expenditure, and I also have the right to refuse unreasonable expenditures!
After all, the Ministry of Finance’s money does not come from strong winds.
Especially now that France is in a period of economic recession, I must be responsible for every money!
I hope you can understand me!"
After saying that, Finance Minister Fuld stood up and bowed to Morny.
Morny understood that this was Fuld's "revenge" for admitting George Haussmann into the camp.
However, at the moment, Molny didn’t want to break up with Fuld because of this matter, so he could only respond with a smile, “You’re right!
We are in a difficult time now, and we must be diligent and frugal!
Therefore, we very much welcome our colleagues in the Ministry of Finance to supervise and criticize us!”
…
After everyone watched each other's words, the specific procedures of the welcome ceremony were quickly determined.
Morny, the Lord Chancellor of the Seal, immediately stated that he would inform the emperor of their conversation today in the form of a telegram. As long as the emperor called back and agreed to their process, they would immediately start executing it.
No one had any objection to Morny's words, and everyone left the Elysee Palace one after another.
Morny, who returned to the Tuileries Palace alone in a carriage, immediately conveyed the contents of the Political Consultative Conference to Basilio, and ordered Basilio to convey the contents in the form of a telegram to the Palace of Fontainebleau.
emperor.
Basilio took the order and went to the telegraph room. With the ticking sound of the telegraph, all the discussions at the Elysee Palace were transmitted to the Fontainebleau Palace in the form of Morse code through current signals.
About 10 minutes after the Tuileries Palace sent the telegram, the telegraph room of the Fontainebleau Palace, a hundred kilometers away from Paris, also received a telegram from the Tuileries Palace.
After the telegraph crew re-translated the Morse code into French, it was immediately handed over to the emperor's secretary Andre von Becciu.
After receiving the telegram, Andre von Becciux immediately found Queen Augusta who was staying at the Palace of Fontainebleau, and he handed the telegram to Queen Augusta.
After Queen Augusta glanced at the contents of the telegram, she responded calmly, "Okay, I understand!"
Shortly after the departure of Andre von Becciux, an unexpected visitor arrived at the Palace of Fontainebleau. Empress Augusta received the visitor personally and immediately sent to the nearby military camp to inform the emperor.
Yes, at this moment the emperor is leading the crown prince in military uniform to inspect the Guards barracks stationed near the town of Fontainebleau, and at the same time conferring honors on the troops that have achieved outstanding results in the recent "Great Competition".
After seeing the arrival of the emperor and the crown prince, the officers and soldiers in the military camp seemed to express a warm welcome. Every soldier wanted to have the word "loyalty" written on his face.
In the eyes of these Guards officers and soldiers, the emperor and the crown prince were their food and clothing parents. The Guards were able to receive such treatment all because of the emperor's kindness.
(In theory, the treatment of the Guards is the same as that of ordinary French soldiers, but the emperor often gave red envelopes to the Guards.
Almost every Guardsman received a red envelope from the emperor.)
If there was no empire, how could they find such a generous monarch?
