"That has nothing to do with him! Three of the four assassins are from Sardinia. What a coincidence!
What's more, Orsini himself said that he acted under the instructions of the Italian Carbonari Party!"
Empress Augusta, who was "misled" by Jérôme Bonaparte, apparently regarded Prime Minister Cavour as someone related to the assassination, so she was particularly displeased with Cavour.
Queen Augusta's dislike of Cavour was exactly what Jérôme Bonaparte wanted to see.
Jérôme Bonaparte was prepared to delay the date of meeting with Cavour on the grounds that "Empress Augusta was unwilling to meet with Cavour."
"Then... do we still want to meet Cavour? He is coming!" Jerome Bonaparte pretended to be hesitant and asked Queen Augusta.
To Jérôme Bonaparte's expectation, Augusta, who had already shown disgust towards Cavour, thought for a while and replied, "Since Cavour has traveled all the way from Turin to Paris, then what's the point?"
For reasons and feelings, we should meet him!"
Jerome Bonaparte's expression paused, and an awkward smile appeared on his face.
On the contrary, after seeing Jerome Bonaparte's expression, Queen Augusta revealed a sly smile, "Your Majesty, what's wrong with you? Don't you want to meet Cavour?"
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"Haha!" Jérôme Bonaparte laughed twice and said frankly to Augusta, "To be honest, I really didn't want to meet with Cavour right away, so I chose to use inspection as an excuse.
Possible delay in meeting Cavour!
Who knew that guy Cavour could catch up so quickly!"
Empress Augusta glared at Jérôme Bonaparte fiercely and said unceremoniously, "Your Majesty just asked me if I was willing to meet with Cavour. Did you also want to use me as an excuse to delay the meeting?"
Meet Cavour!"
"Augusta, you are so smart!" Jerome Bonaparte shamelessly praised Augusta, "I am really lucky to have a wife like you!"
Augusta's face turned slightly red after hearing Jerome Bonaparte's praise. She glared at Jerome Bonaparte again and reprimanded with a hint of complaint, "Your Majesty, we are husband and wife.
, if you have any plans in the future, can you tell me directly?
There is no need to use this method! Our interests are one and the same, there is no need to do what we did just now!"
"I understand!" Jérôme Bonaparte looked slightly ashamed. On this issue, he did indeed do something outrageous.
"Just understand!" Queen Augusta absolutely stopped pursuing it. She immediately brought the topic back, "Why are you trying so hard to delay your meeting with Cavour?"
After Jerome Bonaparte was silent for a moment, he slowly spoke to Augusta, "The Austrian Empire will launch a military operation against the Kingdom of Sardinia in the near future, and they hope that the French Empire can cooperate!
The reason why I delayed my meeting with Cavour was so that Cavour could not return to the Kingdom of Sardinia immediately before the war broke out!"
"Why did the Austrian Empire choose to attack the Kingdom of Sardinia at this time?" Augusta looked shocked.
"The main reason is that the Austrian Empire itself cannot withstand the impact of this economic crisis!
Their emperor Franz Joseph needed a military victory to restore the precarious economy and restore the Austrian Empire's people's confidence in autocracy!" Jerome Bonaparte explained to Queen Augusta, "Furthermore, this is
The assassination of Orsini showed the Austrian Empire how terrible the Italian Carbonari Party was, and they wanted to join forces with us to uproot this organization throughout Italy!"
Queen Augusta nodded, and then said with a puzzled expression, "Could it be that you have agreed to act with the Austrian Empire and them?"
"No!" Jerome Bonaparte shook his head and denied, "I am not planning to join them in attacking the Kingdom of Sardinia!
The Kingdom of Sardinia was originally the French Empire
They are vassal states, and taking action against them will simply ruin our reputation in Europe!"
"Then what are you going to do, let the Austrian Empire take military action against the Kingdom of Sardinia?" Queen Augusta asked Jerome Bonaparte again.
"That's right!" Jerome Bonaparte nodded and responded to Queen Augusta, "I have already spoken with Richard Metternich. The Austrian Empire's military operation this time cannot consist of invading Sardinia.
An inch of land!
And once the French Empire announces mediation, the Austrian Empire must end its military operations as soon as possible!"
"The Austrian Empire agreed?" Queen Augusta said in disbelief. She felt that the Austrian Empire would not choose to agree to such harsh conditions.
"The Austrian Empire agreed!" Jerome Bonaparte said lightly, "As I said just now, the Austrian Empire's purpose is nothing more than to use military victory to restore domestic politics and economy, and they do not want to overly occupy Sardinia.
Kingdom land!
If the French Empire borders the Austrian Empire, I don’t think any minister of the Austrian Empire will sleep well at night!
So for this military operation, the Austrian Empire will only be satisfied with some compensation!"
Speaking of this, Jerome Bonaparte paused for a moment and then continued, "However, Sardinia must not have much money due to the impact of this economic crisis!
At that time, they will inevitably choose to borrow money from us or the Kingdom of Britain, and the control of our Kingdom of Sardinia will be further deepened!"
"Won't they borrow money from Britain?" Augusta asked Jerome Bonaparte.
"Of course!" Jerome Bonaparte responded to Queen Augusta, "but they also have to consider the cost of losing French asylum. The Apennine Peninsula is more than just the Kingdom of Sardinia!"
"I still don't understand, what does this have to do with your framing of Cavour?" Queen Augusta asked Jérôme Bonaparte curiously.
"If Cavour had stayed in Turin, the Austrian Empire's military action against the Kingdom of Sardinia would probably have been foiled by Cavour. Cavour should not be underestimated!" Jerome Bonnet
Ba solemnly said to Queen Augusta, "In my opinion, there are only two and a half people in the entire Apennine Peninsula who can be called outstanding Italians, and one of them is Cavour!"
"Where's the other half!" Queen Augusta continued to ask.
"One is Giuseppe Garibaldi, the other half is Giuseppe Mazzini!" Jerome Bonaparte responded to Queen Augusta.
"Giuseppe Garibaldi, Giuseppe Mazzini..." Queen Augusta muttered a few words in a low voice, and then said to Jerome Bonaparte: "How come I have no impression of them!
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"These two were both consuls of the Roman Republic in 1848!" Jerome Bonaparte said with a smile: "It's just that in 1848, they both failed, so their reputations were ruined!"
"Since both of them have failed, how can they still compete with Cavour!" Augusta said.
"Although Garibaldi failed, it was not due to his own fault. He just encountered an opponent that was impossible to defeat, and it was considered a glorious defeat!" Jérôme Bonaparte vs. Augusta National
The Queen explained, "As for Giuseppe Mazzini, it was he who founded the Carbonari Party!"
"Ah! It turns out that it was the Carbonari Party founded by Mazzini!" Queen Augusta suddenly said.
"However, now he has almost zero control over the Carbonari Party, so he can only be considered half a man of the hour!" Jerome Bonaparte then said to Queen Augusta, "If it weren't for the fact that the stage in Italy is too small
, coupled with the fact that the Italian region itself is a place for negotiation between various forces, then their achievements will not be limited to this."
Today's Apennine Peninsula is like a pit of rice fields where various forces are intertwined.
If any force wants to disrupt the balance, it will be confused.
In history, Napoleon III believed that he had the skill of floating on water and could dominate the rice fields. The result was not small.
My heart set fire to the manure pit, and the rice fields splashed out, covering me all over.
The Yoneda Communist Party finally gained a little benefit, but in the end, it was vigorously criticized in the country.
Jérôme Bonaparte was different. He was determined not to destroy the original political power of the Apennine Peninsula, and at the same time weakened some countries that attempted to undermine politics. He could be called a toilet master.
As for Savoy and Nice, naturally take them if you have the chance and give them up if you don’t.
Putting yourself in danger for this little benefit is simply a fool's errand.
Jérôme Bonaparte would rather go to the Rhineland and have a real fight with the Kingdom of Prussia than make a fuss about the snobbery of Italy.
Augusta nodded in understanding, and then responded to Jérôme Bonaparte, "Your Majesty, let's go back to the issue of Cavour! Why are you planning to delay it?"
After Jerome Bonaparte thought for a moment, he responded to Queen Augusta, "About a week! I think by that time, the Austrian Empire should have already issued a war threat to the Kingdom of Sardinia!"
"Yes!" Queen Augusta nodded and responded to Jérôme Bonaparte.
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Time soon came to the third day. We took a train to Cavour in Blois and searched for traces of Emperor Jérôme Bonaparte throughout the city.
The hard work paid off, and Cavour finally found Jérôme Bonaparte and Augusta on the second day after arriving in Blois.
At this moment, he did not know that, hundreds of kilometers away in Milan, Prince Metternich, then advisor to the Emperor of the Austrian Empire, had quietly arrived. His arrival would bring a disaster to the Kingdom of Sardinia.