Chapter 180 The Responsibilities of the People's Bankers
Under the leadership of Pesini, Justice Minister Rue once again entered the Elysee Palace that he was so familiar with that he could not be familiar with it.
After passing through the familiar living room, they stepped onto the stairs covered with a bright red Ottoman wool blanket. Ruet and Pesini, who were walking slowly in the corridor, received cordial greetings from the servants of the Elysee Palace and walked along the corridor to the study.
At the door of the study, Rouet and Pesini parted ways. Standing alone in front of the study door, he looked at the brown-red door in front of him, took a deep breath, and knocked gently on the study door.
"Come in!" Rue's familiar voice came from inside, with a slight Italian accent in his voice.
After receiving permission, Rouet carefully opened the study door, looked inside the door, and then looked at each other in the study.
"Come in! Minister Rouet!" With a smile on his face, Jérôme Bonaparte waved to Rouet outside the door.
"Your Majesty!" Rouet entered the room, closed the door and bowed to Jérôme Bonaparte to show respect.
"No need to be so formal! Come here!" Jérôme Bonaparte said to Rouet in an easy-going manner.
At the invitation of Jérôme Bonaparte, Rouet sat directly opposite Jérôme Bonaparte, with rich-smelling coffee placed on the round table.
"Your Majesty, I wonder what you have ordered me to do!" Rouet asked Jérôme Bonaparte humbly. He understood that the reason why he was able to hold a high position was entirely due to the president's promotion, otherwise he would have nothing to do with it.
How could a person with experience in government serve as the Minister of Justice? Even Thiers, whom he had admired at the time, had risen from the position of minister's secretary to the position of minister step by step.
Thiers? Damn it, why did I forget this!
Minister Rouet suddenly remembered that Thiers had visited him a few days ago and said a few useless words to him.
I didn't take it to heart at the time, so I didn't think of it as a big deal.
Looking back now, it is a naked "betrayal".
Thinking of this, Rue had to swallow his saliva.
"There haven't been any major events in the Ministry of Justice recently!" Jérôme Bonaparte did not reply to Rouet immediately, but spoke to him in a casual tone.
"There is nothing major happening in the Ministry of Justice. It is just a summary of issues in courts from various places!" Rouet responded to Jérôme Bonaparte in a natural tone.
"Oh? Really?" Jérôme Bonaparte showed a smile but did not speak.
"However, there is a personal matter! I need to report to you!" Minister Rouet said to Jérôme Bonaparte cautiously.
"Minister Rouet, I don't care about your personal feelings at all! As long as it doesn't affect the operation of the country!" Jérôme Bonaparte said in a casual tone.
"I think it is necessary to report this matter to you!" Rouet responded to Jérôme Bonaparte bravely.
"Then say it!" Jérôme Bonaparte responded solemnly.
"That's right! A few days ago, Congressman Thiers came to test me in the name of a visit!" Rouet said humbly to Jérôme Bonaparte.
"Huh? This is an interesting thing!" Jérôme Bonaparte stroked his smooth chin and showed an interesting expression: "You agree?"
"Your Majesty's promotion of me is something I will never forget! I will never join any other camp!" Rouet responded categorically to Jérôme Bonaparte, "Loyalty to the Bonaparte family is something I have believed in all my life.
creed!"
"Well! Your loyalty will be rewarded accordingly!" Jérôme Bonaparte nodded and smiled again. He believed Rouet not only because he had not betrayed the Bonaparte family in history, but also because he had not betrayed the Bonaparte family in history.
For the sake of interests, he had already used the leverage of the Minister of Justice to win over Rouet. If Thiers wanted to win over him, he could only make Rouet the prime minister or support him as the president.
However, it was impossible for Thiers to meet either of these two conditions, because there were also Thiers' followers within the Party of Order.
Thiers could not give priority to an outsider without satisfying his own supporters.
So after Marcel Jerome reported Rouet's behavior to Jerome Bonaparte, Jerome Bonaparte didn't take it to heart. He kept waiting for Rouet to take the initiative to explain the situation with a joke.
"Yes! Your Majesty!" Eugène Rouet finally breathed a sigh of relief after gaining Jérôme Bonaparte's understanding, and also sounded a warning bell in his heart.
"By the way, I would like to ask you about the constitutional regulations of the Second Republic. How should new proposals conflict with the old constitution?" Jérôme Bonaparte asked Eugène Rouet.
"This..." Eugène Rouet thought for a moment and then slowly said: "Since the French Republic is in its infancy, there is no clear stipulation on the subordinate issues of the old and new constitutions."
"That means the two constitutions can be used at the same time?" Jérôme Bonaparte showed a meaningful smile.
Unexpectedly, the constitution of the Second French Republic is similar to that of the United States of America across the ocean. The implementation of the new constitution does not mean that the old constitution is abolished. When the old and new constitutions are used together, it will give the president a lot of room for mediation.
"That's right!" Eugène Rouet replied to Jérôme Bonaparte in an unquestionable tone: "However, the old constitution will generally not be used based on customary choices!"
"They still have legal effect, don't they?" said Jérôme Bonaparte.
"It has legal effect!" Rouai answered affirmatively, and he was a little confused about what the president wanted to do.
"Minister Rouet, Congressman Thiers just came to see me..." Jérôme Bonaparte told Eugène Rouet what Thiers had just said to him.
"Your Majesty, they want to restrict you by restricting universal suffrage!" Eugène Rouet anxiously reminded Jerome Bonaparte after listening to the entire conversation between Thiers and Jerome Bonaparte.
"I know!" Jérôme Bonaparte calmly picked up his coffee and took a sip, then said with a smile: "If they don't do this, how can they allow them to violate the constitution?"
"Violating the constitution?" Eugène Rouet instantly understood what Jérôme Bonaparte meant: "Are you deliberately condoning them?"
"That's right!" Jérôme Bonaparte nodded, with a hint of unruliness in his eyes: "What we have to do now is to push the Parliament to the edge of the cliff, and then I will personally cut their ropes and send them down!
"
"Your Majesty!" Eugène Rouet looked at Jérôme Bonaparte excitedly. He knew that once the Parliament was completely kicked to the ground by the president, the whole of France would no longer be able to restrict the president's existence, and they would be completely in control.
All of France.
"Rouet, I need your help to compile a list of the crimes of the Legislative Assembly! We will be of great use then!" Jérôme Bonaparte said to Eugène Rouet.
"Yes! Your Majesty..."
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November 29, 1849.
Under the warm "invitation" of Jérôme Bonaparte, most of the bankers and middle- and high-level military officers in Paris gathered together to participate in the ball ceremony hosted by the president.
Among them were Baron Alphonse de Rothschild, Finance Minister Achille Fuld, banker Magne, banker Adolf Schneider, banker brothers Emil Perel and Isaac.
The Perel brothers…
In terms of military personnel, half of the generals in Paris and generals above the Paris school level were included. Commander Changarnier, his adjutant Nomayer, Minister Renaud, and Brigadier General Canrobert, commander of the second brigade of the 1st Paris Division, were all present.
Inside!
The grand living room of the splendid Elysee Palace was crowded with people and was brightly lit. Bankers were dressed in elegant clothes and shuttled through the banquet on their arms with their beautifully dressed wives. Soldiers put on military uniforms full of medals and lived there.
The officers in Paris also specially brought their wives wearing jewelry, and the whole hall was extremely noisy. Amidst the noise, the music of the band sounded.
Amidst the loud music, all the noise suddenly stopped, and everyone's eyes turned to the second floor of the hall.
Jérôme Bonaparte, who was wearing a Lev's dress and a Napoleon hat, slowly walked down the steps. Next to him was Mattie, who was wearing a light blue low-cut dress and a delicate jewelry hanging on her chest.
Princess Erd.
When Jérôme Bonaparte and Mathilde walked down the last step together, Jérôme Bonaparte said: "Thank you for attending my ball, please enjoy the happy moment!"
"
After saying this, Jerome Bonaparte bowed slightly to everyone present.
The music started playing again, and Alphonse de Rothschild, Emile Perel and other well-known bankers seemed to have received some news in advance, and they walked in the same direction.
"It seems that His Excellency the President can't wait to take action!" Changarnier, who was standing in the corner of the ball, said with emotion as he looked at the bankers who left early.
"Commander, what is the president going to do?" Nomayer, who was following Changarnier, asked.
"Nothing!" Changarnier shook his head and said.
The banker came to a small room in the Elysee Palace together. They sat down around a round table, and then looked at each other without speaking.
The door opened again, and Jerome Bonaparte entered the room and sat down.
As soon as he sat down, Jérôme Bonaparte did not talk nonsense, but said directly: "You are all the leaders of the country, and I don't want to talk too much! I hope you can prepare for the upcoming military parade.
A donation of love!”
As soon as this statement came out, except for Fuld, Magnet, the Perel brothers, Adolf Schneider and other quasi-Bonapartist bankers who were close to Jérôme Bonaparte, they all changed their minds.
Whatever the president said was a donation of love, it was clearly an apportionment.
Although the money allocated is just a drop in the bucket for them, the president's behavior does not respect them enough.
