Make France Great Again

"Cousin, you don't want to see the remnants of the Orleans family continue to control the Kingdom of Belgium!"

Queen Caterina's words caused Jerome Bonaparte to doubt whether he had crossed into an indescribable world.

"This day..." Jerome Bonaparte paused for a while, and quickly changed his tune: "Cousin, I think it's a little bad for the two of us to discuss dividing up a country so blatantly here!

Although the Kingdom of Belgium did belong to you before, they have really become an independent and sovereign country.

At any rate, we should also consider international issues! "

"Cousin!" Queen Caterina obviously didn't care about the so-called international reaction, he bluntly said to Jerome Bonaparte: "Now which country in Europe dares not obey your orders, what are you afraid of!

Before I came, William (King of the Netherlands) told me that we don't need your troops to help us!

As long as you can, when we send troops, stand on our side! "

"But..." Jerome Bonaparte said evasively: "Cousin, you should understand! The original Belgian kingdom was successfully built with the help of France!

So France's feelings for the Kingdom of Belgium are much more complicated than you might imagine! "

Queen Caterina reassured Jerome Bonaparte: "This is not easy. After our army has completely occupied the Kingdom of Belgium, we will hand over the province of Luxembourg to you. In this case, the area of ​​the Principality of Luxembourg will be 100%. It can be doubled out of thin air!"

"This…"

After hearing Queen Caterina's assurance, Jerome Bonaparte felt a tinge in his heart.

As my cousin said, the friendship between the French Empire and the Kingdom of Belgium is far less than that of the Kingdom of Orleans.

Jerome Bonaparte was not obliged to protect them like the Kingdom of Orleans at the time. Instead, it was more in the interest of the Netherlands to support the annexation of the Kingdom of Belgium.

Don't look at the fact that the Kingdom of Belgium has sent its own crown prince, in fact, it is just a form.

"I... think about it!" Jerome Bonaparte finally replied, "Anyway, cousin, you are not in a hurry!

"

"Alright then!" Although Queen Caterina felt a little unwilling, she still chose to give Jerome Bonaparte some time for him to think about it.

Immediately afterwards, Jerome Bonaparte left Queen Augusta's room on the pretext of handling government affairs. He was afraid that his cousin would cause her a lot of complicated problems if things went on like this.

Jérôme Bonaparte, who was walking in the corridor, thought for a moment, then decided to go to the "Dock d'Orsay" to ask Wallevsky's opinion.

So, I walked downstairs quickly to the hall of the Tuinleli Palace.

Mokar in the hall hurried to Jerome Bonaparte's side and asked Jerome Bonaparte what instructions he had!

"You will prepare a carriage for me immediately, and I will go to the Orsay Pier in person!" Jerome Bonaparte said succinctly.

"Yes, Your Majesty!" Mokar bowed slightly and turned to leave.

Before Mocart disappeared in the corridor, Jerome Bonaparte called Mocart again.

When Mocar turned to ask what other instructions Jerome Bonaparte had, Jerome Bonaparte replied: "And help me prepare a wig and glasses in advance! Try to choose a simpler carriage, don't be like this. The bells and whistles...and, this time, no one needs to follow!"

"I understand!" Mokar nodded and disappeared into the corridor on the right side of the hall.

About 10 minutes later, Mocar reappeared and replied to Jerome Bonaparte, "Your Majesty, everything has been prepared for you!"

"That's good!" Jerome Bonaparte nodded, and then asked again, "That's right! If Queen Caterina asks me, tell her: I'm already thinking about what she said! "

"Yes!" Mercury replied, bowing to Jerome Bonaparte.

Afterwards, Jerome Bonaparte left the Tuinlely Palace alone and took a simple black carriage to the Orsay Pier.

The carriage rushed out of the gardens of the Tuinlery Palace, along the Champs-Elysées to the banks of the Seine, and then along the banks of the Seine all the way east to the vicinity of the Arrangement Pier.

When Jerome Bonaparte entered the French Ministry of Foreign Affairs, a clerk stopped Jerome Bonaparte's way.

"Who are you? What are you doing here?" the clerk asked suspiciously, looking at Jerome Bonaparte, who was wearing a wig and glasses.

"Take me to your foreign minister!" Jerome Bonaparte gave the order to the clerk in a low voice, pretending to be hoarse.

Not recognizing the clerk in disguise of Jerome Bonaparte at all, he glanced up and down at Jerome Bonaparte, and then asked with a hint of arrogance: "Do you have an appointment? If you do, Minister Warevsky will not meet you!"

"I don't have an appointment!" Jérôme Bonaparte shook his head as he methodically took off his glasses and wig, "I don't know, can I meet your minister like this!"

The clerk's expression became more and more frightened as Jerome Bonaparte gradually removed his disguise.

I'm afraid he would never have imagined that the dignified emperor of the French Empire would one day choose to "visit privately" in casual clothes.

"I...I..." The clerk's face showed an embarrassed expression, and he hesitantly said to Jerome Bonaparte: "Your Majesty, you...of course you can! You can come anytime, anywhere!"

"Hahaha!" Jerome Bonaparte smiled slightly, then patted the clerk on the shoulder and said, "Don't be nervous, I'm not a man-eating monster!"

"Yes...Yes!" The clerk could only answer in a submissive manner.

"Let's go! Take me to see your minister!" Jerome Bonaparte motioned for the clerk to lead the way.

The clerk led Jerome Bonaparte up the stairs, and when they reached the corner between the second and third floors, the Secretary of State for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs appeared in the corridor.

He glanced first at the clerk, then at Jerome Bonaparte, and then bowed to Jerome Bonaparte.

"Exactly, you take me to see Wallevsky!" Jerome Bonaparte, who saw the secretary of state, said with a smile, then patted the clerk on the shoulder lightly: "Thank you for your hard work. It's gone!"

"It's not hard! It's not hard!" The clerk shook his head and replied to Jerome Bonaparte.

Afterwards, the Secretary of State and Jerome Bonaparte continued to walk up, and when they reached the floor where Wallevsky's office was located, the Secretary of State told Jerome Bonaparte that Minister Wallevsky was having a conversation with someone. .

"Who?" Jerome Bonaparte asked curiously.

"Count Bauer, Austrian Foreign Minister!" the State Secretary replied decisively.

"Bauer? When did he come here?" Jerome Bonaparte was stunned for a few seconds, then asked.

"Count Bower has been in Paris for more than a week!" The Secretary of State responded immediately.

Jerome Bonaparte frowned slightly. Four days had passed since he arrived in Paris, and no one had told him about the arrival of the Count of Bauer.

(Actually, Queen Augusta said it once, but Jerome Bonaparte was too tired to handle domestic affairs, so he forgot about it in a blink of an eye.)

"Do you know what the conversation between Count Bauer and Wallevsky was about?" Jerome Bonaparte asked the Secretary of State again.

"It seems to be a Polish problem!" The State Secretary replied, "Your Majesty, I don't know the specific situation! They just talked!"

"Then what did you do when you came downstairs?" said Jerome Bonaparte to the Secretary of State.

"Ah!" The Secretary of State finally reacted. He seemed to have forgotten his business. "Minister Warevsky just asked me to prepare two cups of black tea for him!"

Jerome Bonaparte shook his head, and then responded to the Secretary of State: "Make three cups of black tea right away... Forget it, you better make a pot of tea!"

"Your Majesty, do you want to go in too?" the state secretary asked subconsciously.

"That's right! Let's go!" Jerome Bonaparte said, and immediately came to the gate of Wallevsky's office, and then gently pushed Wallevsky's office away.

"Why are you like this..." Warefsky's reprimand came from the room first, followed by the surprised voices of Earl Bower and Warefsky: "Your Majesty!

!

"

"Monsieur Bauer!" Jerome Bonaparte closed the door softly and nodded to him with a smile.

Count Bauer and Wallevsky hurriedly stood up to salute Jerome Bonaparte and offered their seats for Jerome Bonaparte.

Jerome Bonaparte was sitting slowly behind the main seat of the sofa, and invited Count Bauer and Wallevsky to sit down, and they both sat down separately.

"I'm here uninvited!" Jerome Bonaparte stated at the very beginning that he came here as an emergency, "I didn't expect that Wallevsky and you were still talking before I came. !"

"Your Majesty, Minister Wallevsky and his ministers are discussing the issue of Poland!" Count Bauer hurriedly explained to Jerome Bonaparte.

"Yeah! Your Majesty!" Wallevsky nodded and said to Jerome Bonaparte, "I was going to hand it over to you after discussing the results!"

"Discuss? What to discuss?" Jerome Bonaparte looked at Count Bauer suspiciously, "Could it be that Maximilian is unwilling to be the Grand Duke of Warsaw?"

"No! No!"

The Count of Bauer shook his head and replied to Jerome Bonaparte: Franz Joseph is preparing to canonize Maximilian as the Grand Duke of Krakow and Galicia, and he specially ordered him to come and ask Jerome Bonaparte. Bonaparte's opinion.