After Count Bauer finished speaking, the whole room fell into silence. After a while, Jérôme Bonaparte reacted and spoke immediately.
"The Archduke of Krakow-Galicia, Franz Joseph, is planning to reunite Poland, which was originally occupied by the Austrian Empire, and the Grand Duchy of Poland!"
"That's right!" Earl Baoer nodded and said, "Our Emperor hopes to get your support!"
"Support! Of course I support it!" Jérôme Bonaparte replied with a smile.
"Prussia..." Count Bauer asked tentatively after receiving an accurate answer from Jérôme Bonaparte.
"Don't worry!" Jérôme Bonaparte quickly assured Count Ball: "Not only will I support you in this matter, but Palmerston and the others will also support your decision!"
"Your Majesty, thank you for what you have done for the Austrian Empire!" Count Bauer expressed his sincere thanks, "I can assure you that the Austrian Empire will be your most loyal partner!"
"Mr. Bauer, I feel relieved with your words!" Jerome Bonaparte nodded reservedly, and then continued: "The French Empire and the Austrian Empire are a pair of natural allies! Because our two countries
On many issues, we have the same goal!
For example, the Russian issue, the German issue, and the Apennine Peninsula issue... If our two countries are hostile to each other, it will only benefit the third party.
However, our French Empire can still be in an isolated environment, but your country cannot be sure!"
Jérôme Bonaparte's "beating" speech made Count Bauer feel a little depressed.
However, he still admitted in his heart Jerome Bonaparte's words that the Austrian Empire did not have many retreat options now.
After offending Prussia and Russia, if we don't hug France tightly, Austria may become an outcast in Europe like the Russian Empire.
"You are right! France and Austria should support and help each other!" Count Bauer nodded in agreement: "No one or any organization can break up the alliance between us!"
Jerome Bonaparte clapped his hands and said: "Mr. Bauer, what you said is absolutely right!"
Later, Jerome Bonaparte asked Count Bauer when Archduke Maximilian would arrive so that he could ceremoniously receive the future King of Poland.
Count Bauer told Jerome Bonaparte that he had received a telegram from Austria and that Archduke Maximilian would arrive in Paris accompanied by His Holiness Pope Pius IX.
"Then I'll wait and see!" Jérôme Bonaparte replied with a smile.
After the short but significant diplomatic talks ended, Jérôme Bonaparte, Walewski and Count Bauer began to quietly enjoy the afternoon tea time.
An hour later, after the afternoon tea, Count Bauer asked Jérôme Bonaparte and Valewski to go.
"Let me give you one as a gift!" Jérôme Bonaparte said politely.
"Your Majesty, no need! I can return to the embassy myself!" Count Bauer replied to Jérôme Bonaparte considerately.
"Okay then!" Jerome Bonaparte shrugged and watched Count Bauer leave the office.
After Count Bauer left, Jérôme Bonaparte said to Walewski: "Let's start the next round!"
Walewski hurriedly invited Jerome Bonaparte to sit down, and then sat opposite him with a serious face.
"That's right! My cousin, Queen Caterina of the Netherlands..." Jérôme Bonaparte told Valewski about the partition of the Kingdom of Belgium in a homely tone, "What do you think?
Is this good or bad for the French Empire?"
After Valewski lowered his head and pondered for a moment, he raised his head again and said to Jerome Bonaparte: "Your Majesty, the area promised by Her Royal Highness Queen Caterina is the Luxembourg Province of the Kingdom of Belgium, right?"
"That's right!" Jérôme Bonaparte replied affirmatively: "What my cousin means is that after the Kingdom of the Netherlands takes over the Kingdom of Belgium, they will immediately hand over the Province of Luxembourg to us!"
"Your Majesty!" Valewski clenched his fists and said to Jerome Bonaparte with determination: "I don't think we should agree to the request of Her Majesty Queen Caterina!"
Jerome Bonaparte's face showed subtle astonishment. He originally thought that Walewski would be inclined to support the return of the Kingdom of the Netherlands to Belgium, "Why?"
"Your Majesty, my opinion is based on three points!" Valewski analyzed methodically: "The first is that more than 20 years have passed since Belgium became independent, and 20 years have passed earlier.
It’s enough for a generation to grow up!
The previous generation may not have had the concept of the Kingdom of Belgium, but this generation has shaped this concept.
If the Kingdom of the Netherlands wants to return to the Kingdom of Belgium, it may not only have to defeat the army of the Kingdom of Belgium, but also win the support of this generation. This is really too difficult for the Kingdom of the Netherlands.
Speaking of this, Walewski paused, swallowed and then continued: "The second point is that the older generation in the Kingdom of Belgium still have the memory of the violent expropriation by the Kingdom of the Netherlands.
If the Kingdom of the Netherlands really wants to attack, those old people may also become an obstacle to them.
The third and most important point..."
Walewski asked Jérôme Bonaparte with a solemn expression: "Your Majesty, what is the purpose of your Crimean War?"
"The purpose of defeating the Russian Empire is of course to tear apart the shackles of the Holy Alliance that restrict us!" Jérôme Bonaparte responded without thinking, "I have told you this many times!"
"Then Your Majesty, have we torn them into pieces?" Walewski then asked.
After Jerome Bonaparte thought for a while, he said, "Tear it to pieces, but not completely! We only tore apart one corner of the Holy Alliance - the Russian Empire, and then took the place of the Russian Empire!"
"
Indeed, no matter what the new order Jérôme Bonaparte said, what he was doing now was a replica of Prince Metternich's European balance of power.
"So Your Majesty, since we have become the makers of the new order, we should do our best to maintain the existing order instead of destroying it like before!" Walewski said to Jerome Bonaparte earnestly.
said.
"You are right!" Jérôme Bonaparte suddenly realized, he patted his thigh and said to Valewski: "We are the makers of the European order, and we should no longer proceed with the idea of saboteurs.
A game!”
A smile appeared on Walewski's face, he was very happy that Jerome Bonaparte could listen to his advice.
"But, should we do something?" Jerome Bonaparte thought of a certain alliance in later generations. If he...
"Your Majesty, what do you want to do?" Valewski looked at Jerome Bonaparte in confusion.
"Isn't Leopold at the Grand Hotel Luxembourg? I think we should give them some warning!" Jerome Bonaparte ordered Valewski, "Wait a moment, and you will go to Leopold in person.
When I was staying at the Louvre Hotel, I told Leopold that I had something to talk to him about! Ask him to go to the Elysée Palace to meet me!"
"Yes!" Walewski immediately responded to Jérôme Bonaparte.
After explaining everything, Jerome Bonaparte stood up from the sofa, straightened his sleeves slightly and replied to Valewski: "Okay! I will go to the Elysee Palace to prepare first!"
After saying that, under Valewski's surprised gaze, Jerome Bonaparte put on his wig and glasses again, and quickly completed his casual clothes.
…
After leaving the Quai d'Orsay, Jérôme Bonaparte ordered the carriage to take him to the Elysée Palace. The carriage sped along and soon arrived at the gate of the Elysée Palace.
The soldiers responsible for guarding the Elysee Palace also stopped Jerome Bonaparte after seeing him.
After Jerome Bonaparte took off his wig and glasses, the soldiers saluted Jerome Bonaparte.
"Wait a while, a carriage will arrive at the Elysée Palace! Then don't worry!" Jerome Bonaparte said to the soldiers.
"Yes!" the soldier agreed angrily.
…
After entering the Elysee Palace, Jerome Bonaparte was led into a living room by the maid who stayed at the Elysee Palace. Jerome Bonaparte also told the maid that if anyone comes, take him directly.
Come to him!
The maid followed the order and left like the soldier, and Jérôme Bonaparte was alone by the window, staring quietly at the setting sun in the distance.
Half an hour later, when the setting sun gradually disappeared behind the rows of buildings at home, the servants placed the candles and kerosene lamps that had been prepared in the living room.
"Your Majesty, would you like to eat something?" the servant asked with concern.
"No need!" Jerome Bonaparte said, shaking his head.
The servant left again.
…
Ten minutes later, the door of the living room opened again, and this time it was Leopold, Crown Prince of the Kingdom of Belgium, the future famous "hand-chopping party" Leopold II.
During his administration, the gangsters in the entire Congolese colony could be said to account for half of the colonial population, which was very rare in the entire colonial history.
To put it bluntly, France's atrocities in Algeria are not as good as his, and only the Kingdom of Britain can rival and surpass him.
After all, the British Kingdom had suffered many great famines not only in India.
Even Ireland, which is white, also deliberately caused a terrible famine.
However, the British Empire, with its vast strength, made people dare not have any objections.