Make France Great Again

"Jerome, you just need to do your best!" Victor Immanuel II replied to Jerome Bonaparte, "If Franz Joseph really doesn't want to If they give up the investigation, then we are willing to cooperate with their actions as much as possible.

When the time comes, please ask the French Empire to investigate together with the Austrian Empire from a fair perspective! "

"Well!" Jerome Bonaparte nodded and responded righteously to Victor Immanuel II, "If it really comes to that point, I will definitely give justice to the Kingdom of Sardinia. Fair investigation!”

Later, Jérôme Bonaparte took Augusta's hand and walked onto the dance floor after the elegant music stopped.

After seeing the arrival of Jérôme Bonaparte and Augusta, everyone on the dance floor made room for them.

As the music sounded again, Jerome Bonaparte and Augusta danced to the music, and the surrounding crowd also began to gradually disperse and dance.

After the song ended, Jerome Bonaparte and Augusta left amidst the warm applause of the surrounding crowd. Victor Immanuel II returned to his seat after Jerome Bonaparte returned to his seat. , also gave him a thumbs up and praised him: "You dance very well!"

Jerome Bonaparte responded with a reserved smile, "Thank you!"

In the following period, ladies and gentlemen invited Jérôme Bonaparte and Augusta to dance.

However, this was rejected by Jérôme Bonaparte and Augusta.

After being rejected several times in a row, the remaining members almost stopped inviting the two to dance.

And Victor Yin-Manuel II refused to accept anyone who came. During the entire dance, there were already dozens of ladies dancing with Victor Yin-Manuel II.

So much so that Queen Augusta whispered in Jérôme Bonaparte's ear that Victor Immanuel II was really a monarch who was not taboo.

The dance at the Turin Palace lasted until 11 o'clock in the evening.

Although Victor Immanuel II kindly invited Jerome Bonaparte and Queen Augusta to stay one night in the Turin Palace, they still did not agree.

Victor Immanuel II had no choice but to let Jerome Bonaparte and Augusta leave. Under the farewell of Victor Immanuel II, Jerome Bonaparte He and Augusta left the Turin Palace in a carriage under the dark night sky.

When Jerome Bonaparte returned to the hotel, Queen Augusta asked Jerome Bonaparte in a low voice, "Jerome, what are you going to do?"

"What to do?" Jérôme Bonaparte tilted his head and asked doubtfully.

"It's about dealing with the Kingdom of Sardinia!" Queen Augusta explained to Jerome Bonaparte.

"Oh! That's what you said!" Jerome Bonaparte reacted immediately. He shrugged his shoulders and said, "What else can I do! Of course, it is to persuade Franz Joseph to end it earlier!

Almost four months have passed since Orsini was assassinated, and it’s time to end!

Not to mention, we now have what we want! "

"Oh!" Queen Augusta responded dully.

"What? Do you feel dissatisfied with this result?" Jerome Bonaparte asked Queen Augusta.

"Yeah!" Augusta nodded and replied to Jerome Bonaparte, "I don't know why, but I always feel that the Kingdom of Sardinia will still cooperate with those guys (referring to the nationalists)!"

"No need to think so!" Jerome Bonaparte rested his head on his hands and said with a hint of comfort, "The Kingdom of Sardinia will still cooperate with them if necessary, but this time their cooperation may Do it secretly!”

"Then why did you give up the investigation!" Queen Augusta said to Jerome Bonaparte in confusion.

"Because Victor Immanuel II gave up Savoy and Nice!" Jérôme Bonaparte replied calmly to Augusta, "If Victor Immanuel II gave up, If the world has not given up on Savoyin and Nice, then I will definitely choose to pursue it to the end until the extremist forces are completely eradicated.

But now I can't do that! "

"Are Savoy and Nice really so important to you?" Queen Augusta asked back.

"Savoy and Nice are not important to me!" Jérôme Bonaparte shrugged his shoulders and replied to Augusta. "These two areas are nothing more than allowing France to maintain its geographical advantage and prevent the Apennines from The country suddenly attacked, but a country scattered on the Apennine Peninsula could not cause the slightest harm to France.

But these two areas are relatively important to France as a whole. I can say without mercy that no matter how much territory we expand on the African continent, it will not be as good as what we have in Savoyard, Nice, and Luxembourg. The expansion of the region won the hearts of the French people even more.

In the minds of these people, only expansion in Europe can be praised. "

"But will your doing so cause fear in the Kingdom of Britain?" Queen Augusta asked worriedly.

"Augusta, everything has two sides! The expansion of France will inevitably be accompanied by the fear of other countries!" Jerome Bonaparte sighed and responded to Augusta. He was unwilling to annex Savoy from the beginning. In addition to being unwilling to help the Sardinians take chestnuts from the fire, Yin and Nice were also unwilling to arouse the fear of the British Kingdom.

However, as the conditions of the Kingdom of Sardinia changed from helping unification to maintaining Sardinia from being completely annexed, Jérôme Bonaparte had to bite the bullet and take Savoyard and Nice after weighing the pros and cons. .

After all, no matter how hostile the British Kingdom is, it will never think of using its army to invade France. At worst, the relationship between the two sides is slightly worse, and the two territories of Savoy and Nice have actually entered the pocket of Jérôme Bonaparte. inside.

Furthermore, it is not impossible to repair the relationship between the British Kingdom and the French Empire.

The relationship between countries is not eternal.

If one day in the future, Alexander II steps up his offensive in Central Asia, then the relationship between Britain and France can be restored.

Thinking of this, Jerome Bonaparte suddenly thought that Duke Golitsyn did not seem to have replied whether he would let Alexander II's family go.

So, Jerome Bonaparte asked Queen Augusta: "Before you came, did you receive any news from the Russian Empire?"

"Which Russian Empire?" Queen Augusta asked back.

"Two Russian Empires!" Jerome Bonaparte said to Empress Augusta.

Augusta shook his head and said to Jerome Bonaparte, "No!"

"It seems that Duke Golitsyn is not willing to let Alexander II's family go for the time being!" Jerome Bonaparte said with emotion.

"Then..." Queen Augusta frowned and said worriedly, "Do you think Golitsyn will send people to kill them all before he fails!"

Queen Augusta's words reminded Jerome Bonaparte of Soviet Russia decades later, when the still-unstable Soviet regime secretly murdered Nicholas II's entire family.

"It shouldn't be possible!" Jerome Bonaparte replied to Queen Augusta in an uncertain tone, "Duke Golitsyn is considered a nobleman after all. If he directly killed the Tsar's family, I'm afraid the world would No country in the world can tolerate him!

I estimate that Duke Golitsyn will let the Tsar and his family go when he is about to fail.

Or maybe the nobles who wanted to survive in Golitsyn's regime would secretly let the Tsar's family go in order to ask for forgiveness from Alexander II! "

"That's right! I hope so!" Queen Augusta's eyes also flashed with sadness.

"Okay! Let's not talk about this! We should go to bed!" Jerome Bonaparte yawned, and then began to take off all his clothes.

"Well! Go to sleep!" Augusta simply didn't think about these problems. She climbed into bed and started to rest.

After a while, the lights in Jérôme Bonaparte's room went out.

From time to time, a soft cry like an oriole came from the dark night.

In the next day, Jérôme Bonaparte and Augusta visited the residences of Count Cavour and Prime Minister Ramamore respectively.

Cavour and Lamamore also expressed their hope to Jerome Bonaparte that he could persuade Emperor Franz Joseph to investigate the Kingdom of Sardinia.

Jérôme Bonaparte agreed to them one by one, and at the same time politely asked Cavour when he would fulfill the conditions he had negotiated in Paris.

Faced with Jerome Bonaparte's "debt collection", Cavour had no choice but to reassure Jerome Bonaparte: As long as the Kingdom of Sardinia can completely overcome the crisis, then Savoyard and Nice will Territory incorporated into the French Empire.

"No, Mr. Cavour, the two pieces of land are not forcibly annexed!" Jérôme Bonaparte "corrected" with a serious expression, "but we respect the choices of the people of the two places and are willing to use referendums to The means give them the freedom to choose to annex France or stay in Sardinia!”

Jérôme Bonaparte spoke seriously, while Count Cavour was filled with disdain. In his opinion, the so-called referendum was nothing more than a way to whitewash the forced annexation.

At the moment, Cavour could only say against his will that the people of Savoyard and Nice would definitely cry with joy (vomit) if they heard that Jerome Bonaparte was willing to respect their wishes.

Jérôme Bonaparte left the Cavour house satisfied.

Time soon came to the third day. Under the farewell of Victor Immanuel II and a group of Sardinian ministers, Jerome Bonaparte and Augusta left the capital. spirit.

Come and try it quickly. 】