There is a saying that some families are happy and some are sad.
When Louis Philippe's death and Count Chambord's "Open Letter" plunged the Orleanists and the Orthodox into confusion and despair, Jérôme Bonaparte, who was inspecting the army in Strasbourg, was also extremely excited.
Jérôme Bonaparte, who was staying in the independent camp, had a look of joy on his face. He stood up and paced back and forth. He excitedly knocked on the newspaper placed on the desk and said to Valewski: "I will.
How could those guys succeed!"
Walewski also had a smile on his face. In his view, with the appearance of Count Chambord's "open letter", the Party of Order was inevitably facing a situation of disintegration.
Walewski once again recalled that more than a month ago, the president said to him with certainty that "the Orleanists and the Orthodox will inevitably break", and there was a hint of awe in his eyes.
I don't know whether it is a blessing or a curse to be with such a president.
"Sir, what are we going to do now?" Valewski asked Jerome Bonaparte in a respectful tone.
"We don't have to do anything!" Jérôme Bonaparte sat on his chair again and said to Valewski with an expression like an old god: "Believe me! In a few days, one of them will
Some people will come closer to us!"
"This..." Walewski hesitated for a moment, he still didn't believe Jérôme Bonaparte in his heart.
In the next few days, Jérôme Bonaparte reviewed the troops in Strasbourg in a leisurely manner, and at the same time had intimate conversations with the mine owners in the Strasbourg area, promising to provide them with additional supplies.
A batch of railway stocks made no further mention of the situation in Paris.
Until Walewski placed a telegram from Paris on Jerome Bonaparte's desk, Jerome Bonaparte opened the telegram and saw the message from Paris face to face.
The telegram was personally sent from the Elysée Palace in Paris by the director of the office. The content of the telegram said: Recently, a group of Orthodox and Orleans MPs hope to join the Elysee Palace. Their number is so large that it is difficult for Mokar to agree, and it is also difficult for Mokar to agree.
Dare to refuse them. He could only ask the Strasbourg French telegram about Jérôme Bonaparte's attitude.
"Tell Mokar that the Elysée Palace welcomes MPs who want to join the Bonapartist faction!" Jerome Bonaparte said to Valewski immediately.
"Yes!" Walewski immediately went to the telegraph office to send a message to the Elysee Palace.
Since the telegram was not too far away from the military camp, Walewski quickly sent the telegram to Paris.
When he returned to Jerome Bonaparte's room again, Jerome Bonaparte immediately gave Walewski a new order: "It's time to return to Paris."
"So fast! But our journey..." Walewski asked Jerome Bonaparte.
"We must be quick. This is an opportunity and we must seize it." Jérôme Bonaparte said decisively.
Walewski obeyed Jérôme Bonaparte's order, and the two set off back to Paris on the 24th.
After hearing the news that Jérôme Bonaparte was about to leave, the commander and deputy commander of Strasbourg made offers to stay.
Unfortunately, Jérôme Bonaparte had already decided to leave, so the commander of Strasbourg could only send Jérôme Bonaparte off.
Under the watchful eyes of the Strasbourg commander, deputy commander and division commanders, Jérôme Bonaparte boarded the train from Strasbourg to Paris.
This train was just completed two months ago, and it can be regarded as some small contribution made by Jérôme Bonaparte to France.
In order to open the railway to traffic as soon as possible, the Ministry of Railways had to go through thousands of years of construction work day and night, and finally completed the work before the expected time. Of course, this railway also cost a lot of money.
The initial capital and maintenance cost of the entire railway was nearly 80 million francs, and the French people once again shouldered invisible foreign debt for Jérôme Bonaparte's railway empire.
After a two-day and one-night journey, the train finally arrived in Paris on September 26.
Because Jérôme Bonaparte and Valewski sneaked into Paris quietly (they claimed to be heading to Nancy), there was no soldier guarding the platform.
When Jérôme Bonaparte and Valewski left the platform and quietly came to the gate of the Elysee Palace, the "Guards" responsible for guarding the Elysee Palace looked at Jérôme Bonaparte in surprise.
"Hello, President!" the "Guards" quickly saluted Jérôme Bonaparte.
"Hello!" Jérôme Bonaparte also greeted them in return.
Returning to his study after nearly two months of absence, Jérôme Bonaparte suddenly felt like he was in another world. Looking at the displays and furnishings in the study, Jérôme Bonaparte said to himself: "
Leaving soon!”
As soon as he finished speaking, there was a knock on the door. Jérôme Bonaparte quickly adjusted himself and rushed out the door and said: "Please come in!"
Prince Montfort pushed the door open and walked in. He looked at Jérôme Bonaparte in surprise and asked, "Didn't you say you were going to Nancy? Why did you come back so soon!"
"It's just a public declaration!" Jérôme Bonaparte begged Prince Montfort: "Father, could you please go and call General Saint-Arnault and Minister Regno?"
"What are you going to do?" Prince Montfort looked at Jérôme Bonaparte nervously. It seemed a little unwise to use this time.
"Secret!" Jerome Bonaparte said mysteriously.
Prince Montfort obeyed Jerome Bonnet's order and rode a carriage to the Ministry of War.
I found Minister Renault in the minister's office, and then found General Saint-Arnaud in the Secretariat/Staff Office who was supervising the Secretariat to draw up a map of the Near East.
After more than a year of concerted efforts, the Near East and parts of Germany are finally no longer the blurry 1:32,000 maps they were during the Franco-Prussian War.
"Marshal, Minister!" The arrival of Prince Montfort caused all members of the Secretariat to salute him.
Prince Montfort also returned the greeting to everyone present, and then he called General Saint-Arnaud to the minister's office.
"The President is back!" Prince Montfort whispered to Saint-Arnaud and Regno in the minister's office.
Minister Renault and Saint-Arnaud also showed the same expression as Prince Montfort before.
"What does the president want us to do?" General Saint-Arnaud responded immediately.
Prince Montfort shook his head and said to the two of them: "He didn't say anything, he just asked you to join him!"
Prince Montfort, Minister Reignault, and General Saint-Arnault left the Ministry of War, and the three of them took a carriage to the Elysee Palace to meet Jérôme Bonaparte.
"Your Majesty!" Minister Renault and General Saint-Arnaud said in unison.
"Great! You are finally here!" Jérôme Bonaparte invited the two of them to sit down and said to them: "I want to depose Changarnier!"
"Huh?" Minister Renault and Saint-Arnault looked at Jérôme Bonaparte with some confusion.
"The reason why I didn't forcibly remove Changarnier before was because I was worried that Changarnier might use the power of the Party of Order to restrict us! Now..." Jérôme Bonaparte said in a gloating tone: "They have fallen into
Split, we must seize this opportunity to completely sweep Changarnier out of the ranks of the army!"
Minister Renault and General Saint-Arnaud smiled at the same time. They were finally able to kick the damn Changarnier out of the army.
As long as the last nail planted in the army by the Party of Order is pulled out, they will be able to completely control the army.
"Your Excellency, President, after Changarnier is dismissed, who will take up his post?" Minister Regno asked Jérôme Bonaparte.
"After Changarnier, Charles Couzin Montauban will serve as commander of the regular army. I have my own arrangements for the National Guard!" Jérôme Bonaparte responded to Regno.
[Charles Couzin Montauban (June 24, 1796 - January 8, 1878), the historical Count of Baliqiao, Napoleon III, was discovered as a general in 1855, Jérôme
When Bonaparte was purging the Ministry of War, he discovered the "hero" who captured the Algerian national hero Abdelkader. At that time, his military rank was still colonel. Jérôme Bonaparte promoted him one level to brigadier general.
, and then was promoted to major general during the martial law period, and is currently idle in Paris.]
"Yes!" Minister Reño understands that what the President is good at and likes most is to let "new people" hold important positions, and he does not reject this behavior.
After all, Renault himself was also the one who was promoted by Jérôme Bonaparte.
"Okay! You can take action!" After giving the order, Jerome Bonaparte reminded him again: "Remember to act quickly! Changarnier must be captured before they can react!"
"Yes!" Minister Renault and Saint-Arnaud responded at the same time.
Minister Regno and Saint-Arnault, who returned to the War Ministry from the Elysée Palace, quickly convened a brief meeting with all members of the War Ministry.
"From now on, the Ministry of War must always be prepared to respond to emergencies!" Minister Renault said with a serious and oppressive expression.
The members of the Ministry of War who did not know the truth felt a hint of an imminent storm in Minister Renault's words. They wanted to ask Minister Renault what was going to happen, but they did not dare to speak.
Early the next morning, an order from the Elysee Palace reached the Ministry of War. Only then did the Ministry of War understand what Minister Renault meant the day before.
"I, Jérôme Bonaparte, President of the French Republic, by order of the Supreme Military Commander of France, have decided to revoke the positions of Commander of the National Guard of Changarnier and Commander of the Seine Provincial Garrison, with immediate effect."
The date behind the notification is September 27, 1850.