Compared with Thiers, who has "historical limitations", Jerome Bonaparte, who has a "God's perspective", is obviously on the right path.
Since the Party of Order crushed him in terms of political capital in the National Assembly, why should he be limited to the framework of the National Assembly? Jerome Bonaparte's best choice was to break out of and crush the framework of the National Assembly.
On May 20, after nearly two months of preparatory work, the Military Secretariat (Staff Department) directly under the president was officially established.
In order to show the president's importance to the Secretariat, Jérôme Bonaparte deliberately asked Pesini to choose a suitable location near the Elysee Palace to serve as the office of the President's Military Secretariat.
Pesini visited all the mansions near the Elysée Palace and finally found a suitable residence.
After many inquiries, we found out that the original owner of the palace was Louis Philippe, who was in exile in London.
Jérôme Bonaparte, who originally wanted to nationalize the palace, gave up the idea after taking into account the proportion of Orleanists in the Party of Order.
He turned to Odilon Barrow to discuss using the uninhabited palace as the office space of the Presidential Military Secretariat.
Odilon Barrot immediately agreed with Jérôme Bonaparte's idea. In his opinion, letting Jérôme Bonaparte play with his "little toys" would be much less harmful than doing nothing and intervening in politics.
After some conversation, Odilon Barro tactfully proposed the idea of allocating funds to Louis Philippe who was living in London. Jérôme Bonaparte, who was unwilling to allocate funds to Louis Philippe, had no choice but to negotiate with him.
On May 23, all the soldiers who were elected to the Presidential Military Secretariat came to the newly established office early to wait for the arrival of President Jérôme Bonaparte.
At 9 o'clock in the morning, an open-top gilt bridge carriage stopped downstairs of the Military Secretary's Office.
Looking at the eye-catching golden bee clan emblem on the carriage, the officer responsible for guarding the door of the secretariat hurriedly trotted in.
Not long after, three lieutenant colonel officers appeared at the door. They trotted in panic to greet: "Mr. President!"
Jérôme Bonaparte nodded one by one and called out their names and ranks: "Lieutenant Colonel Edmond Leboeuf, Lieutenant Colonel François Achille Bazin, Louis Jules"
.Lieutenant Colonel Trochu!"
The three lieutenant colonels who were called by their names all showed excited expressions. They did not expect that their names would be remembered by the president. They obviously underestimated the importance Jérôme Bonaparte attached to the Secretariat Office.
If their thoughts could be known to Jerome Bonaparte, Jerome Bonaparte would definitely complain in his heart that the names of the three of you would be famous in the textbooks of later generations.
Edmond Leboeuf, the future Marshal of the French Empire, succeeded Niel as Minister of War after his death, and was also the last Minister of War of the Second Empire. During the Franco-Prussian War, he followed his cousin into the prison carefully prepared for them by Bismarck.
cage.
Francois Achille Bazin, the future Marshal of the French Empire, "commanded" France's war in Mexico. During the Franco-Prussian War, he was besieged by Moltke in Metz. 170,000 troops surrendered without any blood. France
Since then, the last field army has been lost.
Trochu served as Governor of Paris and Commander of the National Guard during the Franco-Prussian War. Later, after the Second Empire was overthrown, he served as President of the National Defense Government. Later, he worked with Thiers and others to discuss the surrender of France.
If Moltke, Rohn, and Bismarck are called the three heroes of the German Empire, Leboeuf, Bazin, and Trochu can be called the three heroes of the destruction of the empire.
When Jérôme Bonaparte first got the list, he almost wondered if it was a hint from God.
Others are all Crouching Dragon and Phoenix chicks, but I have one more Crouching Dragon and Phoenix chick.
Of course, complaints are complaints, Jérôme Bonaparte still knew something about the Franco-Prussian War. The problems of the Second Empire in the Franco-Prussian War were not all errors of military command, but deeper system and institutional problems.
The 400,000-strong French army has to fight the 1 million-strong Prussian army (standing force, phase 2 reserves). Even if the French army has three heads and six arms, it is impossible to win.
Therefore, when Liuelli handed over the officers' information to Jérôme Bonaparte, Jérôme Bonaparte did not reject them. He believed in people's subjective initiative and was willing to give them the opportunity to learn.
"Hello, Mr. President!" Leboeuf, the oldest of the three lieutenant colonels, shouted respectfully to Jérôme Bonaparte.
Upon seeing this, Bazin and Trochu also showed due respect to Jérôme Bonaparte.
Jérôme Bonaparte smiled and extended his hand to shake their hands.
Under the leadership of Leboeuf and others, Jérôme Bonaparte came to a hall large enough to accommodate 200 people.
All members of the Secretary's Office lined up in a square formation and stared ahead with solemn expressions.
Jérôme Bonaparte, who met them for the first time, shook hands one by one and asked their names and ages.
Jérôme Bonaparte, who had carefully questioned everyone, now had all the information about the officers.
Generally speaking, this is a young group. Except for a small number of 40-year-old officers, most of the officers are generally around 20-30 years old. Most of them are lieutenants and school-level officers who entered Algiers just after leaving the military academy.
While having a lot of practical experience, his mind has not become stubborn yet. Jérôme Bonaparte needed this kind of sharpness to become a military commander.
"sit down!"
Under Jérôme Bonaparte's order, the officers sat down in order of rank.
Leboeuf and Bazin sat on either side of Jérôme Bonaparte.
"Everyone, I think you must have many doubts in your hearts!" Jérôme Bonaparte glanced at all the officers present. From their eyes, he saw confusion, anxiety and the ever-burning ambition.
This is the guy I'm looking for! Ambition can drive them to serve me and crush all enemies in the name of the country!
A smile appeared on Jérôme Bonaparte's lips, and he said in a calm tone: "You want to ask what the Secretariat is? What functions do they have? In more naked terms, what benefits can it bring to us!"
Everyone present said nothing, but their eyes spoke for them.
"If I tell you that the Office of the Presidential Military Secretariat is an auxiliary agency, will you still be willing to continue working?" Jérôme Bonaparte changed the topic and put his hand on the table.
"Of course!" Lieutenant Colonel Bazin was the first to express his loyalty to Jérôme Bonaparte: "Since Mr. President has transferred us from Algiers, we are already ready!"
"That's right!"
"Yes!"
Many people echoed what Lieutenant Colonel Bazin said.
Jérôme Bonaparte nodded with satisfaction. No matter what time of day, flattery is not disgusting, as long as the flatterer has to queue up.
"Your organization is somewhat special!" Jérôme Bonaparte looked at everyone present with stern eyes: "What's special about it is that every move you make affects the lives of tens or even hundreds of thousands of people.
