Chapter 68 Preparations before returning to France
In the political program for the second round of reforms in the Papal States published in newspapers, Jérôme Bonaparte clearly felt the embarrassing dilemma of the Papal States being separated but having to do so as a last resort.
The reform emphasized that the Papal State should follow the trend of history and establish a system suitable for the Papal State's national conditions, so the Papal State will implement a two-chamber system.
Members of the House of Lords will be members of the College of Cardinals nominated by Pope Pius IX and knights of Rome with noble titles. The House of Commons is elected by all subjects of the Papal State and is based on the proportion of the parties in the House of Commons in the House.
Form a cabinet.
If the party in the House of Commons cannot occupy a majority in the House of Commons, a person appointed by Pope Pius IX will serve as Prime Minister of the Cabinet.
Of course, Pope Pius IX could also appoint his own team of prime ministers.
From this set of political systems, Jérôme Bonaparte can see that Pius IX was actually not willing to completely lose his secular power, otherwise he would not have added a clause in the reform political program that the pope could personally appoint the cabinet.
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Of course, since the position of the Pope is elected by the College of Cardinals, the College of Cardinals in the House of Lords seems to be just a mascot, but in fact it still vaguely controls the entire Papal State.
In Jérôme's opinion, the second round of political reform obviously imitated the French political reform. However, because of the inherent secular and religious characteristics of the Pope, what was a good French political reform turned into a failure in the Papal State.
Reform is different.
Although the pope lost some of his rights under the second round of reforms, he still controlled the vast majority of the rights in the entire Papal State.
It is equivalent to changing from a reactionary monarchy to an enlightened monarchy.
The advantage of giving up some of his rights was that Pius IX could continue to gain the support of the majority of Rome.
If there were no interference from external forces, these four different reforms would allow the Papal States to survive the dangerous European revolutions smoothly.
Can all this really fulfill the wishes of Pius IX?
On July 17, the first vote in the Papal States began. Pius IX and Perelino Rossi went to St. Peter's Square to announce to the residents of Rome the House of Lords and the Lower House, and announced to the residents of Rome that there would be no members of the first cabinet.
Before the election, the list of temporary cabinet members.
Perelino Rossi was promoted to be the first interim prime minister of the Papal States as he wished. He also served as minister of interior and foreign affairs. Bishop Muzzarelli was also promoted to minister in charge of public education. The remaining ministers such as finance minister and transport minister were also promoted to minister in charge of public education.
Most of these positions are held by the clergy, or gentlemen who are close to the clergy.
Although the prestigious nobles in Rome were dissatisfied with Pope Pius IX's appointment of close associates, the vote was about to take place, and they were unwilling to compete with Pius IX on matters concerning the temporary cabinet as they were being carroted by Pius IX.
Anyway, they are just a temporary cabinet, once they and their party are successfully elected.
Don't be afraid that Pius IX will not fulfill his promise.
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On July 31, a letter from Paris arrived in the hands of Jérôme Bonaparte via the port of Marseille, and the person responsible for delivering the letter was none other than Pesini.
Seeing Pesigny coming from Paris, Jérôme Bonaparte was sitting on the desk with his hands folded. He quickly stood up and gave Pesigny a hug and said: "Pessini, long time no see!"
"Your Highness, it's great to see you!" Pesini responded excitedly to Jerome Bonaparte.
Later, at the invitation of Jerome Bonaparte, the two sat on the sofa next to the desk.
Upon seeing this, Captain Letty hurriedly brought two cups of coffee, a crystal cup filled with sugar cubes, and a pair of small tweezers to Pesini and Jérôme Bonaparte.
"Sugar cube!" Gérôme picked up a sugar cube and asked Pesini if he wanted to add it.
"No! Thank you!" Pesini picked up the coffee and quietly stirred it twice with a spoon. The rising white water vapor continued to pour out of the coffee under Pesini's stirring, and the brown coffee gradually turned into
The brown-white coffee was in a viscous state. After stirring it for a few times, Pesini gently blew away the water vapor floating on the edge of the cup, then took a sip of the coffee, and half of the fatigue from the long journey was instantly eliminated.
Under the influence of coffee, Pessigny, who was energized, once again explained the situation in Paris to Jérôme Bonaparte.
Under Cavagnac's blow, the whole of Paris experienced a temporary weakness, and now it is back on its feet again.
Physical pain can be silenced through physical means, but mental pain can only be repaired with time.
After the revolution, General Cavaignac encountered strong resistance from the moderate republicans led by Hugo. Hugo even threatened that he would never support an executioner in power.
"Huh? Didn't our Dictator take action against poor Mr. Victor Hugo?" Jérôme Bonaparte asked gloatingly.
As a rival of Cavaignac, he hoped that the more people could oppose Cavaignac, the better.
To do politics is to make a lot of friends and a few enemies.
"I heard that Cavagnac had lost his temper several times in the office and claimed that he wanted to arrest Mr. Hugo!" Pesini also said with a gloating tone: "However, our Mr. Declato obviously did not
The audacity to imprison Mr. Hugo, who is now preparing for the presidential election in December."
"You don't have the guts to stage a coup, but you have the guts to suppress the workers! Our General Dickradeau is really a man who makes money on his knees!" Jérôme Bonaparte continued to ridicule Cavaignac, and then he again
Asked: "By the way, do you have any difficulties regarding publicity?"
"Hey...hey..." Pesini scratched his head in embarrassment and whispered: "It's not that there are no difficulties. It's that when we post small advertisements, we are always chased and intercepted by a group of people, so that every time the gangsters are
Princess Mathilde must rescue her if she is captured!"
The corners of Jerome Bonaparte's mouth twitched slightly. According to Pesini's description, the relevant scene had already appeared in his mind.
The propaganda of the Bonapartists has to rely on random small advertisements. Is this the progress of the times or the "degeneration" of the Bonapartists?
"By the way, this is a letter from General Dufour!" Pesini handed the letter to Jérôme Bonaparte.
Jérôme Bonaparte opened the envelope and examined its contents.
The envelope stated that under his guarantee Jérôme Bonaparte could return to France.
