Regarding Count Opple's cautious inquiry, Jérôme Bonaparte was not sure whether he should tell Count Opple the truth for a while. He could not tell Count Opple directly. He only regarded him as a puppet during the transition period.
, when everything is settled, I will kick him out without hesitation.
Although such an answer is frank, it has the meaning of torturing and killing a donkey.
If Count Opel cannot be properly resettled in the future, it will give people the impression that "working for the president will not end well", and have a negative impression on Jérôme Bonaparte's policy of uniting more friends.
, he pretended to be profound and half-truthfully replied: "General Opal, I think you should know something about what happened to Prime Minister Odilon Barrow recently!"
Count Opple nodded, he understood that what Jérôme Bonaparte was talking about was the news that Odilon Barrot went to London for an audience.
Seeing Count Opule nod, Jérôme Bonaparte said tactfully: "Even if such an "appalling" thing happened in the Republic, many members of the parliament still do not agree with me to remove Prime Minister Odilon Barrow!
Once I use my own power to forcibly remove Odilon Barrow, the Party of Order will definitely fight back against me, and their counterattack will also be limited to the appointment and dismissal of the cabinet. They will encourage a group of Party of Order MPs to ask them to reject me.
invitation to the cabinet.
Even so, I don't want to be their enemy, so I need a bridge to ease communication with them, General Opur, you understand what I mean!"
Count Opul understood the intentions of His Excellency the President. President Jérôme Bonaparte appointed him Prime Minister entirely because of his Orleanist brand and because he was one of the few people who maintained good relations with the President.
Of course, Adolf Fuld was also a political banker who had good relations with the Orleanists. However, considering that Adolf Fuld had the double debuff of a Jew and a banker, Jerome Bonaparte could not
He was willing to arouse people's disgust for the Orleans Dynasty, so he was excluded.
"Your Excellency, President, I am a soldier. You should know that soldiers do not have any partisanship. The object of loyalty of a soldier is the entire country, even if I have been abbreviated by Bourbon and Orleans..." Count Ople said in a respectful tone.
In response to Jérôme Bonaparte.
Do soldiers have no partisanship?
General Opple's words almost made Jérôme Bonaparte laugh out loud. The middle and low-level soldiers may not have clear political parties. They have only one mission: to obey the arrangements of their superiors.
Once you enter the upper echelons of the army, it is a joke that the army does not have partisanship. The upper-level generals in the army are more or less divided into factions.
If it were not for the commander of the Paris regular army and the National Guard named Jean (Changarnier), Jérôme Bonaparte would still have to go to great lengths to complete the work of adding sand to the army by removing the cabinet, replacing the minister of war and switching combat troops.
With the blessing of his uncle's prestige, he could call on the army to overthrow Paris.
Then again, as Jérôme Bonaparte stepped up his penetration of the army, the only people in front of him were Changarnier and his few cronies who were in charge of several brigades under the First Division.
If it weren't for the ambiguity on the part of the Ministry of War, Jérôme Bonaparte could have kicked them out of Paris.
Everything had to wait until General Reignault returned to Paris.
Presumably the letter must have been handed into the hands of General Renault!
Jerome Bonaparte thought to himself.
"Yes, the military is the guarantee for maintaining national stability, and it is also an important shield for France against other countries. The reason why I chose a person like you to be prime minister is because I saw your loyalty to the country, General! In my opinion, a
A person's ability can be acquired through acquired training, but a person's character is innate.
General Opul, you once led France's brave and fearless soldiers to conquer the east and west and made great achievements. This shows that you are a person with rich management experience. Now you are just changing from commanding the army to commanding.
It’s just the cabinet!”
Since General Opal was willing to put a plaque of chastity on his body that said he was "non-Party", Jérôme Bonaparte followed his wish.
"Mr. President, thank you for your trust in me! I will definitely live up to expectations and work hard to lead the cabinet!" Count Opul said to Jérôme Bonaparte with an excited expression, and then his expression changed, revealing an honest and loyal look.
He spread his hands and sighed: "Actually, it is too difficult for a person like me who has no experience in government to serve as prime minister and take charge of the cabinet. However, since it is your call, the President, of course I am willing to serve the country for a period of time. I hope
Your Excellency, President, can you agree to one condition?"
General Opple looked at him with earnest eyes, and it seemed to him that Jérôme Bonaparte had acquiesced in his vacillating ideas.
Knowing that he did not have much experience in governing, he had already determined through his conversation with Jérôme Bonaparte that he only existed as a transitional figure. After he left, this position was likely to be occupied by someone at the banquet.
Nakanomono, his purpose is to accumulate enough experience in this position. Serving as the prime minister of the emperor's nephew is really not necessarily better than staying in the army.
I'm not afraid that Opal has the conditions, but I'm afraid that he doesn't have the conditions.
If there are conditions, it means that benefits can be exchanged. If there are no conditions, it means that Jérôme Bonaparte has to face a thorny problem.
"Your Excellency, please allow me to step down from this position at the right time! I am a soldier, and my whole life should belong to the army!" General Opal said sonorously, with a trace of the iron blood of a soldier in his words.
style.
"General, I can assure you that you will not delay too long! A general who is indifferent to fame and fortune will always be favored by fate." Jérôme Bonaparte replied to Count Opul.
Jérôme Bonaparte, who did not expect Count Opel to become a truly powerful figure, planned to quickly kick Opel out of the cabinet after the Ministry of War gradually stabilized. If Opel could take the initiative to resign, then he would
It couldn't be better.
Jérôme Bonaparte's principle is that as long as you don't block my way, then we can get together and wait for promotion.
If you block my way, I will kick you out without hesitation.
"Your Excellency, thank you again for appointing me as prime minister!" General Opple bowed slightly to Jérôme Bonaparte. He had decided to serve as prime minister of the cabinet, even if the prime minister was just a puppet.
"I hope we can have a pleasant cooperation in the future!" Jérôme Bonaparte stretched out his hand and said to General Opple.
"I also wish you all the best!" Count Opple also shook hands with Jerome Bonaparte tacitly. He already understood what Jerome Bonaparte wanted to do.
The position of president was unable to satisfy the ambitions of the emperor's nephew.
…
While Jerome Bonaparte was talking to Opal, a secret meeting was also taking place in a mansion on the outskirts of Rome.
Participants included Edgar Ney, the adjutant of the commander of the Roman Expeditionary Force, General Renio, the commander of the Roman Expeditionary Force, Brigadier General Niel, the "logistics manager" of the Roman Expeditionary Force, and some officers with the rank of lieutenant colonel and colonel.
They are the key members of the expeditionary force and loyal supporters of the Bonapartists.
Through his subtle influence, General Reignault turned them into supporters of the Bonapartists in three months.
Under the wick of the glass chandelier hanging from the ceiling, General Renault, who was sitting at the main seat of the long nanmu table, nodded to Edgar Ney next to him. Edgar Ney immediately took out a piece of letterhead.
Give it to General Renault.
Everyone's eyes were focused on the letterhead at the same time. They knew that the key to this meeting was the letterhead.
"Everyone, I have received a personal letter from His Excellency the Prince! Your Excellency the Prince expressed his approval for your heroic performance in the Roman war and Rome's post-war handling! He assures you that your efforts will be duly rewarded!" Lei
General Neo started by praising the officers without hesitation.
In some ways, these Qiu Ba did make him look good.
Everyone present smiled. No one doesn't like to be praised by the leader and then promoted.
Later, General Renault dropped a "bombshell" to everyone present: "Mr. President said that he will nominate me to be the French Minister of War!"
The moment Renault announced that he was the Minister of War, all the officers present were not calm. They knew that the power gap between a Minister of War who has the trust of the President and a Minister of War who does not have the trust of the President is completely underground.
A heaven.
If General Renault wanted to, as the Minister of War, he could directly clean up the entire War Department and then put some people into the War Department.
This means that those of them who have carried guns with General Renault also have the opportunity to enter the Ministry of War.
After several years of hard work in the War Department, it was simply a piece of cake to go out to serve as the division commander of a certain division.
"General, you can't forget us!"
"Yes! General, we are all supporters of the president..."
"General, we are your soldiers! Wherever you go, we will follow you..."
"General, those weaklings in the War Department are not reliable at all. Only we are the president's most loyal troops!"
…
Those present were all shouting loudly that they wanted to follow Regno into the Ministry of War in Paris, and some bold ones even openly shouted the slogan "I support the coronation of the president."