"But what? If you have difficulties, you can talk about it. There is nothing that cannot be said!"
Jérôme Bonaparte encouraged Achill Fuld to express his concerns. Only in this way could they reach a consensus faster.
After Achille Fuld hesitated for a moment, he asked Foreign Minister De Ruys: "Mr. Ruys, how long will it take for us to reach a common consensus with the Kingdom of Britain?"
"It will take at least half a month!" Ruiz immediately responded to Achill Fuld, and then explained to Jérôme Bonaparte and Achill Fuld: "I once talked to Foreign Minister Pablo
After discussing it with Macston, Palmerston told me that his colleagues had never been prepared for war with the Russian Empire, and rashly signing an alliance with France would not only arouse opposition from the cabinet ministers, but also possibly irritate the Russian Empire.
"
Based on his understanding of Palmerston, the war madman, Jérôme Bonaparte believed that he must be planning a war against the Russian Empire. However, Prime Minister Russell and the cabinet ministers who advocated "peace" were unwilling to do so unprepared.
case of conflict with the Russian Empire.
As a world empire in the 19th century, Britain had garrisons all over the world. This resulted in their local garrison having less than 50,000 troops. Such a force was obviously not enough to fight a war with the Russian Empire. In addition, India
The intensifying tensions with Afghanistan forced Britain to station additional troops in India to prevent the rebellion of the princely states, and at the same time sent soldiers to Afghanistan to suppress the uprising in Afghanistan.
However, the operation in Afghanistan failed. Thousands of British troops who went deep into the interior were slaughtered by Afghan tribal troops and only a few were left. The Indian region continued to deploy additional soldiers to prevent riots.
The only way to convince the British ministers to let them go into the water is to wait until the Russian Empire demands too much.
However, now Jérôme Bonaparte is obviously unwilling to wait for a few more years. He wants to use the power of the Bank of England to let Rothschild know what the power of the president is.
"You first talk to Palmerston and strive to reach limited cooperation with Britain!" Jerome Bonaparte ordered De Ruys.
"Yes!" De Ruys nodded and replied.
Immediately afterwards, Jérôme Bonaparte turned his attention to Navy Minister Dicko. This Navy Minister, who was deposed by Odilon Barrow and then entrusted with important tasks by Jérôme Bonaparte, was waiting uneasily.
Jerome Bonaparte's inquiry.
"Minister Dicko!" Jérôme Bonaparte called Dicko's name in a kind tone.
"Mr. President!" Minister Dicko responded immediately.
"How is our fleet in the Mediterranean now?" Jérôme Bonaparte asked Dicko with a smile: "Do they have any difficulties that need to be solved?"
"Report to your Excellency the President! Our Mediterranean fleet is patrolling near the Dardanelles Strait and has not encountered any difficulties!" Dicko replied with enthusiasm.
Dicko understood that the president's sudden concern for the Mediterranean fleet was definitely not a whim, and that the next step would be the highlight.
Thinking of this, Dico couldn't help but swallowed.
"The Mediterranean fleet must be ready for battle at any time! We must protect the Catholic power in the Holy Land. The fleet commander can have arbitrary power when necessary!" Jérôme Bonaparte hinted nakedly to Dicko.
Dicko certainly understood what Jérôme Bonaparte meant. The so-called arbitrary power meant that the Mediterranean Fleet could act against the Russian Empire if he deemed it necessary.
Once there was a conflict between the Russian Empire and the French Republic, Palmerston would definitely encourage cabinet members to teach the Russian Empire a lesson, and an alliance between Britain and France would be established effortlessly.
Of course, these operations not only test the flexible diplomatic ability of diplomats, but also test the fleet commander's ability to stop in time when he has an advantage.
At present, the French Republic is also not ready for a war with the Russian Empire. The map of the Near East is still being produced by the Secretariat, not to mention that the logistics and Migne rifles have not yet been organized and equipped.
Rushing to start a war will only lead to the same situation as history, no, even worse than history. The diplomatic environment has not prepared Jérôme Bonaparte for a battle with the European powers.
What Jerome Bonaparte needed was a crushing victory, not a victory that was not much different from history.
"That's right! You have to grasp the scale!" Jérôme Bonaparte then told Dicko.
"Yes!" Dico nodded again to express his understanding.
Jérôme Bonaparte turned his gaze to Achill Fuld and said: "Minister Fuld, do you have anything else to ask?"
"Your Majesty, half a month is half a century for the exchange. We don't have that much time to wait!" Ahil Fuld said euphemistically: "Besides, what if Britain is not willing to enter into an alliance with us?
, At this time, the market may be even more pessimistic, and the government’s credit may also face bankruptcy!”
"Mr. Fuld, I once said that appropriate measures should be taken when necessary! The reason why Paris citizens are panicking is because they have no confidence in the French government. As long as we can give them enough confidence! Then they will definitely not abandon it.
The people are the easiest to deceive when it comes to the bonds in their hands, and they are also the least easy to deceive!" Jérôme Bonaparte said to Achille Fuld with a slight smile on his face: "The exchange should be able to deceive the people at the necessary moment.
, set up a circuit breaker mechanism! Once the circuit breaker mechanism is triggered, the exchange will be forced to close the market!"
The circuit breaker mechanism mentioned by Jérôme Bonaparte was specially set up by the United States of America after World War II to prevent the stock market from experiencing a situation similar to Black Monday, and to prevent panic caused by the stock market crash, which would cause market participants to lose their judgment blindly.
Selling bonds to the outside world prevents irrational and huge fluctuations in the market or a certain product. In particular, it is necessary to prevent the market from falling sharply or even triggering a stock market crash, so as to maintain the stability of the market.
"Your Majesty, this is the use of administrative means to forcibly interfere with the financial market!" Achill Fuld, who calls himself a Saint-Simonian, protested against Jérôme Bonaparte's method of using administrative instructions to replace the financial market: "
A brief market shutdown will not save the market!"
"No!" Jérôme Bonaparte shook his head and said to Achill Fuld: "Using coercive means to calm investors down and prevent panic from spreading is the best way. Not only that, once Rothschild
Deutsche Bank plans to sell bonds on a large scale. Your Ministry of Finance should quickly dispatch personnel to the Rothschild Bank to help Rothschild rectify its finances and prevent the spread of panic. Similarly, the French government should also post an announcement to explain the situation! Responsible for taking over
The Rothschild people are also trying to find some bureaucrats from other provinces, and many people in the Ministry of Finance are related to Rothschild, which is not conducive to our work!"
Jérôme Bonaparte, who had learned the lessons of the future Paris Commune, would certainly not give Rothschild any chance of capital outflow, and appointing government personnel to settle in the Rothschild Bank was the best way.
Of course, all this is predicated on preventing Paris from stabilizing its financial markets.
Unable to resist, Jérôme Bonaparte also wanted to teach James Rothschild a lesson. Achill Fuld half-heartedly agreed to Jérôme Bonaparte's request.
[Achille Fuld and James Rothschild have always been in a state of competition, and he has always been gloating about James Rothschild being suppressed by the president.]
What's more important is that Achill Fuld has not forgotten that he is a banker and also the Minister of Finance.
The most important thing as Minister of Finance is to maintain the stability of the French financial market.
Although he does not agree with the president and Rothschild's full-scale action, now that they have taken action, he must do whatever it takes to maintain the stability of the financial market.
Otherwise, if the French financial market collapses, he, the finance minister, will also have to bury the financial building!
"I hope you can cooperate sincerely to prevent this coming financial crisis!" Jérôme Bonaparte said to the Minister of Finance, the Minister of Navy and the Minister of Foreign Affairs with a solemn expression.
"Yes!" The three of them responded in unison.
After the three ministers left, Jérôme Bonaparte called the Minister of War, General Reignault, the commander of the 2nd Paris Brigade, Brigadier General Canrobert, and the commander of the Paris garrison, Changarnier, to the Elysee Palace.
"Minister Renault, Commander Changarnier, I plan to mobilize the second brigade to carry out an anti-crime operation in Paris! I wonder if the Ministry of War and the Paris Garrison Command can sign this transfer order!!" Gérault
M. Bonaparte said straight to the point to Commander Reignaud and Changarnier.
Minister Regno looked at Jérôme Bonaparte in surprise. He had heard of using the army to suppress workers, but never heard of using the army to suppress gangs.
Since the president personally issued the order, there was no reason for General Regno and Commander Changarnier to disobey it.
Ever since the First Division of Paris and the suburban garrison heard the news that the president was fighting bankers for them, Jérôme Bonaparte's prestige in the army has increased a lot.
Most of the soldiers and junior officers already affectionately called Jérôme Bonaparte "our Majesty", and Changarnier, who had joined Jérôme Bonaparte, was also happy to see this happen.
"However, it seems that Brigadier General Canrobert's position does not allow him to check on affairs in Paris!" Jérôme Bonaparte looked at Commander Changarnier and said: "General Changarnier, can you..."
In order to unite more closely with Jérôme Bonaparte, Changarnier made another compromise. One of the deputy commanders responsible for helping him manage the National Guard was transferred to the deputy commander of the Pyrenees Front. Canrobert was replaced by Reni.
Minister Austria was appointed deputy commander of the garrison of the Seine Department (Paris) and concurrently commander of the 2nd Paris Brigade.
With his status as a garrison in the Seine Province, Brigadier General Canrobert is naturally qualified to intervene in the affairs of the Paris region.
Brigadier General Canrobert also set the time for his march on December 15th, a week later.