Chapter five hundred and eighty second instigating Egypt
De Ruys nodded and explained to Jerome Bonaparte eloquently: "Yes! Your Majesty! If the empire obtains the concession rights of its own land/buildings attached to the Suez Canal in Egypt,
, I think the Kingdom of Britain should acquiesce in the deal between the Empire and the Kingdom of the Netherlands.
As long as the British Kingdom is solved, the problem of the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg can be easily solved!"
After listening to De Ruys's point of view, Jerome Bonaparte nodded gently, and then hinted reservedly: "Minister Ruys, please don't forget it! We were in Egypt with the British Kingdom a few years ago.
The agreement!"
The so-called agreement in Jerome Bonaparte's mouth refers to the fact that Valewski was appointed by Jerome Bonaparte to go to the Kingdom of Britain to discuss the deal with Palmerston, who was still serving as the Foreign Minister of the Kingdom of Britain at the time.
Actions of the Russian Empire.
At that time, Walewski not only discussed the Russian Empire with Palmerston, but also reached an "understanding" on Egypt, Niger, Nigeria and other issues. (See the previous chapter for details)
It was also after Walewski's mission to the Kingdom of Britain that the official hostility of the Kingdom of Britain (especially the navy) towards France weakened slightly.
Only a few years have passed, and Jérôme Bonaparte is about to overturn the original agreement. This may give people the feeling that he has broken his promise.
Of course, Jerome Bonaparte did not mean that he must abide by the agreement. For a pragmatist like him, no treaty can be broken.
After all, the greatest virtue of a monarch is not to abide by the agreement.
Therefore, the subtext of Jérôme Bonaparte is for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs led by De Ruys to use the power of the people to attack Abbas without the official presence of the French Empire. Such Said can logically
Successor to the position of governor.
By that time, even if the British Kingdom knew that Abbas was related to the French Empire, they would still have to swallow the bitter pill alone because there was no evidence to prove it.
"Your Majesty, please rest assured!" De Luys naturally understood his subtext, and he hurriedly explained to Jérôme Bonaparte: "I guarantee that there will be no such thing as this operation against Abbas.
An official of the French Empire!"
"What are you going to do?" Jerome Bonaparte asked De Ruys curiously. He wanted to hear what good ideas this resourceful diplomatic ambassador had.
"Your Majesty, I wonder if you still remember Mr. Ferdinand de Lesseps!" De Ruys asked Jerome Bonaparte.
"Ferdinand de Lesseps?" Jerome Bonaparte pondered again, lowered his head and muttered in a low voice: "Let me think about it! This name sounds familiar!"
De Ruys, who was sitting next to Jerome Bonaparte, waited for Jerome Bonaparte quietly. After a while, Jerome Bonaparte raised his head again and faced De Ruys.
He said: "I remembered. I remember that he was not the previous consul in Egypt?"
The reason why Jerome Bonaparte remembered him was because of a letter that Lesseps wrote to him and a check included in the letter.
In the letter, Lesseps said that his father, Mathieu de Lesseps, was a diplomat on Napoleon's expedition to Egypt. After the French army withdrew, he followed Emperor Napoleon's order and became the consul in Egypt. It can be said that he was a consul in Egypt.
Hardcore Bonapartist.
Lesseps himself also received the influence of his father and became a Bonapartist. He has been waiting for Napoleon's return...
Although Lesseps tried his best to explain how he was hiding under the rule of the Bourbons and Orleans dynasty, Jérôme Bonaparte was still convinced that Lesseps was just a traditional speculator.
What's more important is that the time when Lesseps speculated was not when Jérôme Bonaparte had just become president, but after he defeated Changarnier and completely took over half of the French power.
In the camp of Jérôme Bonaparte, the first-class heroes are people like Pesini, Mokar, Taylor, and Ruet who have always stood unswervingly with Bonaparte, or people like rich people.
Bankers and industrialists like Dede, Magne, and Dicko, and second-class heroes are people like Saint-Arnaud, Canrobert, and Niel who helped Jérôme Bonaparte complete the coup (because Jérôme Bonaparte completed the coup)
Jerome Bonaparte was wary of bayonets, so they tended to be second-rate in Jérôme Bonaparte's heart). The third-rate heroes supported Bonaparte MPs in parliament. And the last-rate heroes
The heroes are those who joined last, and there are too many of them.
So Jerome Bonaparte chose to accept Lesseps' check and then encouraged him!
"Your Majesty, M. Lesseps has resigned from all his posts in the French Ministry of Foreign Affairs and has become a speculator in Egypt!" De Ruys said to Jerome Bonaparte.
"Going to sea to engage in business!" Jérôme Bonaparte touched his chin, and then asked: "Are you going to use him to do this?"
"Your Majesty, Mr. Lesseps was once the equestrian teacher of Governor Muhammad Ali, so he himself is still very influential in Egypt!" De Luys responded to Jerome Bonaparte.
"Since he is inextricably linked to Egypt, why would he be willing to kill Abbas?" Jerome Bonaparte asked rhetorically.
De Ruys explained to Jérôme Bonaparte that since Lesseps went to sea to do business in 1852, he had encountered obstacles everywhere. The Suez Canal development plan he finally wrote down was blocked by Abbas and the Ottoman Empire.
The government didn't even look at it, so Lesseps decided that Abbas's presence would affect his plans.
Lesseps was always looking for an opportunity to realize his Suez Canal plan, so he quietly bribed Abbas's bodyguards, hoping to one day kill Abbas.
After listening to De Ruys's description, the image of a cold-faced hero emerged in Jérôme Bonaparte's mind unconsciously.
"Mr. Lesseps is really brave!" Jérôme Bonaparte showed a smile, and he knocked on the table gently to set the tone: "But we need such a bold guy!
Go and tell Mr. Lesseps that if he is really capable of assassinating Abbas, the Empire would not mind helping him!
Even if his assassination fails, the empire will help him deal with the aftermath, but he must promise me that the assassination will not have anything to do with the French Empire!
Once someone discovers that the Empire is involved in the assassination, he will bear the consequences alone!"
"Yes! Your Majesty!" De Luys responded quickly.
"Of course in return, the imperial government will buy his equity at a price of 300 francs per share after he wins the right to widen the Suez Canal!" Jérôme Bonaparte said to De Ruys.
De Ruys nodded and told Jerome Bonaparte that he would definitely bring Jerome Bonaparte's words to Lesseps.
"It's just the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg that affects so many countries!" Jérôme Bonaparte sighed with emotion.
If France itself was not strong enough to challenge the whole of Europe alone, Jérôme Bonaparte would not have chosen to use the method of mutual exchange of interests to leverage European diplomacy.
"Your Majesty, this has been the case in Germany since ancient times!" De Ruys shrugged and responded to Jerome Bonaparte.
"Now I am a little envious of my uncle! If he were here, why would it be so complicated!" Jérôme Bonaparte sighed: "Today is no longer an era when one country can challenge the whole of Europe. Powerful countries
Only cooperation with powerful countries can achieve win-win results!"
De Ruys also nodded in agreement with Jérôme Bonaparte.
Later, Jérôme Bonaparte encouraged De Ruys and told De Ruys to have a good rest.
After de Ruys bid farewell, Jérôme Bonaparte and Mokar once again got into the carriage that they came from. The carriage carrying Jérôme Bonaparte gradually disappeared into the night.
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June 23, 1854, 8 o'clock in the morning.
Jérôme Bonaparte, who was woken up from his sleep, yawned, rubbed his sleepy eyes, and murmured: "What time is it now!"
"Your Majesty, it's already eight o'clock! If you don't get up, you will miss the train of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert!" Queen Augusta stood beside Jerome Bonaparte's bed with a straight face.
The swollen belly said to Jérôme Bonaparte.
"Yes!" Jérôme Bonaparte immediately thought that Queen Victoria and Prince Albert were coming today, and he hurriedly put on his clothes.
"Your Majesty, you don't have to be too anxious!" Looking at the panicked Jerome Bonaparte Augusta said again: "Have you forgotten! Victoria and Albert arrived at 11 o'clock
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"That's right!" Jérôme Bonaparte, who had not yet fully woken up, stopped dressing, then lay down again and said lazily: "Then I'll take a nap!"
Queen Augusta looked at Jerome Bonaparte dumbfounded: "Your Majesty, Emperor Franz Joseph and Prince Metternich are going to the restaurant for dinner!"
"Holy shit!" Jérôme Bonaparte couldn't help but cursed, "Are they iron men?"
Jérôme Bonaparte still remembered that it was 3:30 in the morning when he returned to the Tuileries Palace, when the lights in Joseph Franz's room had not yet been extinguished.
This means that Joseph Franz only slept for four and a half hours at most.
"I don't know about that!" Augusta responded to Jérôme Bonaparte in a mocking tone: "But at least he is much more diligent than some people!"