Tocqueville subconsciously responded to Jérôme Bonaparte, and then he realized that the president was trying to deprive him of his power to participate in German affairs as foreign minister!
If every president interferes wantonly in foreign affairs, then why does the government need a minister of foreign affairs? It might as well just let the president directly serve as the minister of foreign affairs.
Tocqueville showed an expression of resistance, but he did not speak out against the president's decision. He wanted to express his dissatisfaction in silent words.
Tocqueville's expression was fully visible to Jérôme Bonaparte.
If it were daily foreign affairs, of course I would choose to respect the Minister of Foreign Affairs.
Even though Tocqueville, the foreign minister, was not capable of handling complex diplomacy, in order to maintain harmony within the system, he would choose to respect the administrative power of the minister.
However, the matter between Prussia and Austria was not a trivial matter. It was related to France's future strategic issues for nearly 20 years. He really did not feel comfortable leaving it to a foreign minister who had rashly dismissed a large number of diplomats from the old era.
[After Tocqueville became Minister of Foreign Affairs, he was dissatisfied with the foreign policies of some remaining diplomats from the Orleans period, so he laid off a group of diplomats and at the same time transferred some diplomats who did not suit his liking to serve as ambassadors to other countries.
.Former Foreign Minister Te Luy, due to his obvious foreign policy of being close to the Austrian Empire, was directly transferred to London by Tocqueville to serve as the ambassador of the French Embassy in London.】
"Minister Tocqueville, I think you should give priority to solving the problems in the Rome area! The problems between Prussia and Austria are not only political problems, but also involve military problems. These problems are mixed together and go beyond
The purview of a foreign minister.”
Rather than using a tough attitude to directly exclude Tocqueville from the German system, Jerome Bonaparte prefers to tactfully preserve Tocqueville's face. It is obviously a better choice to let him interfere with Rome's foreign affairs.
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Jérôme Bonaparte's soft yet firm statement successfully dispelled Tocqueville's idea that Rome's foreign affairs were indeed a "mess".
In early June, General Renault led the French army to successfully occupy the entire Rome and spent nearly a month "cleaning" the city of Rome.
In mid-July, with the reorganization of the clergy of the local councils, the entire Papal State was once again in the hands of the clergy class. The local militia groups that defended the Pope also became fanatical defenders of the Pope under the brainwashing of the clergy class. They were given the power of the French Republic.
A batch of weapons seized from the Roman Republic were used to maintain local security, and the entire Papal State set off a frenzy of counterattack and reckoning.
In early August, Pope Pius IX entered Rome at the invitation of General Regno and Cardinal Antonelli.
Pius IX, who had just entered Rome, felt that he had been expelled from Rome for being too indulgent towards the liberals in the city in 1848. He was determined to kill the spirit of the liberals in the papal city.
That's right, the "kill" mentioned by Pius IX is killing in the literal sense.
Except for a few famous celebrities in Europe (such as Mazzini, the ruler of the Roman Republic), thousands of Roman liberals were arrested by the "army" appointed by Pius IX, and Antonelli returned to the position of Secretary of State.
position, and also concurrently held the position of Home Secretary.
Under Antonelli's brutal execution, many Roman liberals were persecuted and died in prison, and a group of liberals were openly taken to the execution ground and executed.
The whole of Rome was shrouded in white terror.
Even General Renault, who was the commander of the expeditionary force, could not stand it anymore. While he personally met with the Pope to demand an end to the inhumane massacre, he also wrote to France and begged Jerome Bonaparte to stop it in his capacity as President of France.
The perverse execution of Pius IX.
Since Jérôme Bonaparte was still on patrol at that time, he did not receive a letter from Rome until late August.
So he immediately sent a private message to Pius IX to tactfully advise Pius IX not to kill anyone again.
After receiving the letter, Pius IX replied to Jerome Bonaparte in early September. In the letter, he complained to Jerome Bonaparte that the Roman liberals did not know how to be grateful, and then wrote to Jerome Bonaparte.
M. Bonaparte said that he had been "persuaded" by General Renault to stop killing people, and the remaining people would stay in Roman prisons with a reprieve.
Jérôme Bonaparte, who wanted Pope Pius IX to grant a pardon to win the hearts of the people, found that the current pope did not seem to be much different from the popes in history, except that there was an extra council composed of priests and a group of people loyal to the pope.
Homecoming group.
"Your Excellency, President, I would like to ask what is our policy towards Rome? In other words, what is our bottom line towards Pope Pius IX?" Tocqueville asked Jérôme Bonaparte.
"The government hopes that Pope Pius IX can implement reforms with enlightened theories instead of using the weapons in his hands to kill." Jerome Bonaparte paused and added: "At the very least, let the Pope bring some liberals to justice as soon as possible.
Amnesty for people!"
"I understand!" Tocqueville nodded and replied.
"Minister Tocqueville, please worry about the situation in Rome! If necessary, I want you to go to Rome in person to talk to Pius IX!" Jérôme Bonaparte said to Tocqueville again.
Tocqueville nodded again to express his understanding. After Jérôme Bonaparte chatted with Tocqueville for a while, Tocqueville left.
Jérôme Bonaparte, who was bidding farewell to Tocqueville, turned to Mokar and said: "Mr. Mokar, please call the Prussian minister over! Just say that I want to discuss with him a series of things that happened in the German region!"
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"Yes!" Mokar left after receiving the order.
Half an hour later, Mokar brought the Prussian minister to the study.
"Hello, Mr. President!" the Prussian minister said to Jérôme Bonaparte in French with a more Parisian accent than a Parisian.
"Hello, Mr. Minister!" Jérôme Bonaparte responded to the Prussian Minister in Low German in a playful manner.
The Prussian minister showed a surprised expression at first, and then regained his composure.
According to the information collected by the Prussian minister in Paris, the president in front of him has lived in the Kingdom of Württemberg since he was a child, and his German is equivalent to half of his mother tongue.
It is ironic that a man who was born in Germany and grew up in Italy became the president of France.
The Prussian minister didn't know whether to say that France is tolerant or to say that France may only be strong in the hands of foreigners.
"Mr. President, I didn't expect your German to be so good!" the Prussian minister also said in Low German, pretending to be surprised: "If you were not the President of France, I would have thought that I was communicating with a pure German."
Even though the Prussian minister was trying to improve his relationship with him, the Prussian minister's words still made Jerome Bonaparte feel slightly uncomfortable.
This phrase was used in 1945 and is even more relevant today.
At the moment, Jerome Bonaparte could only say cheekily: "Maybe it's because I still have 1/2 German blood in my body, and I grew up in the Kingdom of Württemberg! Mr. Minister, please don't
Look, I am now the president of the French Republic, but my love for Germany is no less than yours! I am already a glorious German!"
Of course, Jérôme Bonaparte had not yet said the second half of his words: It would be best to let the entire Rhineland join France, and by the way, Germany should also become a vassal state of France, so as to alleviate his "pain of lovesickness".
"I am extremely happy that Germany can have a Frenchman who loves Germany like you, the president!" Of course the Prussian minister did not believe Jerome Bonaparte's lies, but as a diplomat, his job
He could only follow Jérôme Bonaparte's point of view and find a breakthrough to counterattack.
"Mr. Minister, as an honorable German, I feel sorry for the recent tragedy that has occurred in the German region! Why do Prussia and Austria, both German compatriots, insist on fighting with each other?" Jerome.
Bonaparte pretended to be melancholy and said: "I hope that all Europeans can join hands for common development. The French and Germans will no longer be hostile to each other, the monarchy and the republic will no longer hate each other, Prussia and Austria can put aside their disputes, and we can work together to
Let’s start and develop together!
I hope that Europe can form a United States of Europe like the United States of America on the other side of the ocean! I hope that the French Republic can be completely integrated into the big family of Europe. I know that my uncle brought you a lot of scars back then.
But the scars have long since faded after more than 30 years of hard work. Now, we should join hands and unite for peace in Europe."
Jérôme Bonaparte hid France's demands in a large piece of nonsense. He believed that the Prussian minister, as a diplomat, would be able to understand the meaning of this sentence.
"Mr. President, I only welcome the French Republic to join Europe and maintain European order on my own behalf! The respected Emperor Napoleon did bring some harm to Germany, but he also made Germany more closely united! I believe that not only
It is I, our King William IV, who also welcomes France to join it!" The Prussian minister heard the appeal from Jerome Bonaparte, and he immediately issued a bad check to Jerome Bonaparte.
Of course, the liberal Prussian minister did not know at this time that the Frederick William IV he was talking about would announce a year later that he would not ally with France and would not accept a republic.