After reading the contents of the document, Jérôme Bonaparte frowned, with a look of reluctance and hesitation on his face. The dip pen he originally held in his hand to sign was picked up and put down several times.
After a while, Jérôme Bonaparte simply put down his pen, closed his eyes, raised his head slightly, and then slowly tilted his body backward until his back was completely in contact with the chair.
After doing all this, Jerome Bonaparte's chaotic heart felt relieved.
At the same time, his mind began to carefully consider every sentence in the document.
To be fair, the envoys sent to Nanjing by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom and the French Empire did not establish formal contact, generally relied on missionaries to contact and report, but because of the emperor, the envoys sent to the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom were disguised as missionaries
), they have indeed tried their best to tell Paris about the possible problems of the Taiping Rebellion.
The relationship between the East King and the Heavenly King has indeed reached the point of incompatibility.
If Jérôme Bonaparte's memory is correct, the Eastern King Yang Xiuqing may have been directly decapitated by the Northern King Wei Changhui, and the subordinate officials of the Eastern Palace were also massacred by the red-eyed Wei Changhui.
Although the Northern King Wei Changhui was eventually directly defeated by the Wing King Shi Dakai who was summoned by the Heavenly King Hong Xiuquan, the consequence of this move was that the entire centralized power system of the Kingdom of Heaven suffered a devastating blow.
After the Tianjing Incident, the kings who had been able to command in the past gradually began to disobey the orders of the Tianjing Central Committee, and all the Heavenly Kingdom armies began to slide in the direction of becoming feudal warlords.
History has proven that when a motivated army begins to slide towards feudal warlords, it will face failure.
Not to mention, the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom will not only face the Manchu Qing court in the future.
If Jérôme Bonaparte was a Frenchman through and through, then he could have helped the Manchu Qing regime suppress the Taiping Rebellion without any psychological burden.
After all, the Manchu regime's bottomless kneeling and licking could indeed bring huge benefits to Jérôme Bonaparte.
But Jérôme Bonaparte was not a complete Frenchman at all. He still had a trace of pity for his mother country in his previous life.
Therefore, he could not make up his mind to completely abandon this regime. Even if the hope of this regime taking over the whole country was very slim, and even if this regime was likely to face a second split after reunification, Jérôme Bonaparte still had feelings for the Taiping Rebellion.
There is a certain earnestness.
Compared with a promising regime, the Manchu Qing regime, which had experienced more than two hundred years, was already hopeless.
What's more, Hong Rengan, the upcoming Qianwang of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, is also a person who can open his eyes to see the world.
However, Jérôme Bonaparte had to have a reason to convince the people.
Otherwise, he really doesn't know what reasons to support this turbulent regime.
After a while, Jerome Bonaparte opened his eyes and thought of a reason to convince the people.
"That's right! I can use the Xilin Religion to exaggerate the barbarism of the Manchus and provide support for the Taiping Army!" Jérôme Bonaparte muttered in a low voice.
Although Jerome Bonaparte convinced himself that the reason was a bit ridiculous, it was the only reason he could think of.
What's more, the Xilin Religion actually happened.
It also indirectly led to the Second Opium War.
Thinking of this, Jerome Bonaparte reached out to the bell placed in the corner of the desk. After picking up the bell, he shook it gently twice.
After hearing the bell, the servants outside the study quickly entered the room and asked Jérôme Bonaparte what his orders were.
"Call Steward Basilio to me!" Jerome Bonaparte ordered his servants.
"Yes!" The servant took the order and left.
After a while, Basilio appeared in front of Jerome Bonaparte and said, "Your Majesty!"
"Basilio, go to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs immediately and call Minister De Luyins to me!" Jerome Bonaparte hurriedly said to Basilio.
"Yes! Your Majesty!" Basilio hurriedly responded to Jérôme Bonaparte, then left the study and headed to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
Let me talk about personnel appointments here. In mid-August, the original ambassador to Austria, De Luyins, was re-appointed as French Foreign Minister by Jérôme Bonaparte!
After the original Foreign Minister Walewski resigned, he was appointed Prime Minister of the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg by Jerome Bonaparte, the Grand Duke of Luxembourg.
The original Minister of the Interior, Pessini, the Minister of State, Fuld, and the Lord Chancellor of the Seal, Morny, were respectively appointed by Jérôme Bonaparte as Ambassador to Britain, Minister of Finance and Ambassador to Moscow (currently Moscow is under Alexander II)
under the control)
The positions of Minister of the Interior and Lord of the Privy Seal were held by Barroche and Magne, while the Minister of State was held by François Guizot, the former Prime Minister of the July Dynasty.
As for the original Ministry of Railways, it was completely split by Jérôme Bonaparte to form the five major railway bureaus in the east, west, south and north. The director of each railway bureau is still the director of the previous one, and the railway bonds have also been divided by the five major railway bureaus.
Divide equally.
This can not only avoid the problem of excessive power of the Ministry of Railways, but also reduce the risks of railway bonds in an obscure way.
…
Jérôme Bonaparte, who sat in the study and waited for a long time, did not wait for De Luyins and Basilio. Instead, he waited for the colonial minister De Castner.
When the servant reported the news of Minister de Castner's visit, Jérôme Bonaparte showed a little surprise on his face. He did not understand why Minister de Castner came at this time.
After a brief surprise, Jerome Bonaparte regained his indifferent expression and said: "Let Minister Kastner come in!"
The servant took Minister de Castellana to Jérôme Bonaparte's study and closed the door.
"Please sit down, Minister Castner!" Jérôme Bonaparte stretched out his hand to invite de Castner to sit opposite him.
After de Castner sat down, Jerome Bonaparte asked Jerome Bonaparte again: "Minister Castner, what do you want from me?"
"Your Majesty, I have received a letter from Libreville!" Minister de Castner said as he placed the letter in front of Jerome Bonaparte.
"What is the content of the letter?" Jérôme Bonaparte asked De Castner while taking out the folded letter paper in the letter.
"The content of the letter is about some experiences and experiences on the prevention and control of malaria and cholera!" Minister De Castner responded to Jérôme Bonaparte.
Jérôme Bonaparte opened the folded letter and read the contents in silence.
The letter was written by Jérôme Patterson and mainly described the measures taken when the French colony in Gabon suffered from malaria and cholera some time ago.
At the end of the letter, Jérôme Patterson expressed the hope that these measures would be helpful to France's other colonies and the mainland.
After reading the letter, Jérôme Bonaparte couldn't help but sigh to De Castner, "Governor Jérôme Patterson summed it up very well. This is how we should prevent and control malaria and cholera."
"I think so too! Your Majesty!" Minister De Kastner also echoed, "And I am also prepared to let all colonies learn from Governor Jerome Patterson's approach!"
"This..." Jérôme Bonaparte hesitated for a moment, shook his head and replied to De Castner: "We should consider the differences between colonies. What is suitable for Libreville is not
It must fit somewhere else.
Therefore, it is necessary to adopt local epidemic prevention policies based on local conditions!"
"Your Majesty, what you said is absolutely correct!" De Castellen responded to Jérôme Bonaparte with an expression of humility and humility.
"Let's do this! Your colonial ministry is not in a hurry to let the colonies below learn, and then wait for my next order!" Jerome Bonaparte responded to Minister de Castner.
"Yes!" Minister de Castner said to Jerome Bonaparte, and then he asked Jerome Bonaparte if he wanted to give a substantial reward to the Governor of Gabon.
"There is no need for substantial rewards!" Jérôme Bonaparte refused, "Your Colonial Ministry can just give them verbal commendations!"
"Understood!" De Castner replied.
Later, Jérôme Bonaparte asked De Castane about the situation in Senegal.
"Your Majesty, our scientific expedition team (actually disguised as an army) is conducting an in-depth investigation into the interior of Senegal according to your instructions!" De Castellen replied to Jérôme Bonaparte.
"Well!" Jerome Bonaparte nodded and said to De Castene: "The Colonial Department must seize all opportunities for expansion. Otherwise, we may have to face more problems in the future.
opponent!"
"Yes!" De Castellane responded to Jérôme Bonaparte with a sonorous tone.
Although he did not understand why Jerome Bonaparte insisted on expanding his territory in Africa, he knew that he only had to obey orders.
"Okay! That's all I have to say! Do you have anything to say?" Jérôme Bonaparte tactfully issued an order to expel De Castner.
Naturally, De Castner left Jérôme Bonaparte's study in a wise manner.
When Jerome Bonaparte was the only one left in the room, Jerome Bonaparte glanced at the letter on the table with a helpless smile on his face, "This Rastignac, I'll let him
He used to assist Jérôme Patterson in co-governing Gabon.
He was not allowed to go there and flatter the horse, and then ask for credit from Paris!
"
After that, Jerome Patterson threw the letter written by Jerome Patterson aside.
After a while, Minister De Luyins entered the study under the leadership of Basilio.