Make France Great Again

"Uh-huh?"

Tocqueville responded subconsciously to Jerome Bonaparte, and then he realized that the president wanted to deprive him of his right to participate in German affairs as the foreign minister!

If every president meddles in foreign affairs recklessly, then what else does the government need a foreign minister for? It can simply let the president directly serve as the foreign minister.

Tocqueville showed an expression of resistance, but he did not speak against the president's decision. He wanted to express his dissatisfaction in silent words.

Jerome Bonaparte had a panoramic view of Tocqueville's expression.

If it is a daily foreign affairs, of course I will choose to respect the Minister of Foreign Affairs.

Even if Tocqueville, the foreign minister, is not capable enough to control complicated diplomacy, in order to maintain harmony within the system, he will choose to respect the administrative power of the minister.

But the matter between Prussia and Austria is not a trivial matter. It is related to the strategic issue of France in the next 20 years. He is really worried about handing it over to a foreign minister who hastily abolished a large number of old-age diplomats.

[After Tocqueville became Minister of Foreign Affairs, he was dissatisfied with the foreign policy of some diplomats left in the Orleans period, so he abolished a group of diplomats, and at the same time transferred some diplomats who did not meet his wishes to other countries to serve as ambassadors abroad . The former Minister of Foreign Affairs, Trey, was directly transferred to London by Tocqueville because of his obvious foreign policy close to the Austrian Empire, and served as the ambassador of the French Embassy in London. 】

"Minister Tocqueville, I think you should give priority to solving the problems in the Roman area! The problems between Prussia and Austria are not only political problems, but also involve military problems. These problems are mixed together, beyond the The purview of a foreign minister."

Rather than directly excluding Tocqueville from the German system with a tough attitude, Jerome Bonaparte still prefers to keep Tocqueville's face in a tactful manner. It is obviously a better choice for him to mix with Rome's foreign affairs .

Jerome Bonaparte's gentle and firm statement successfully dispelled Tocqueville's thoughts, and Rome's foreign affairs were indeed a "mess".

At the beginning of June, General Regno led the French army to successfully occupy the whole of Rome, and spent nearly a month "cleaning" the city of Rome.

In mid-July, with the reorganization of the priests of the local council, the entire Papal State was again in the hands of the priests. The local militias that defended the Pope also became fanatical defenders of the Pope under the brainwashing of the priests. They were endowed by the French Republic A batch of weapons seized from the Roman Republic,

To maintain local law and order, the entire Papal State set off a frenzy of counter-offensive and reckless calculations.

In early August, Pope Pius IX entered Rome at the invitation of General Regno and Cardinal Antonelli.

Pius IX, who had just entered Rome, felt that he was too indulgent to the liberals in the city during 1848, which led to him being expelled from Rome. He made up his mind to kill the spirit of the liberals in the pope's city.

That's right, the "kill" in Pius IX's mouth is a literal kill.

Except for a few celebrities who enjoy fame in Europe (for example: Mazzini in power in the Roman Republic), thousands of Roman liberals were arrested by the "army" appointed by Pius IX, and Antonelli re-boarded the Secretary of State position, but also concurrently served as the position of the Secretary of the Interior.

Under Antonelli's cruel execution, many Roman liberals were persecuted and died in prison, and a group of liberals were blatantly dragged to the execution ground and beheaded.

The whole of Rome was shrouded in a white terror.

Even General Regno, who was the commander of the expeditionary force, couldn't stand it any longer. While meeting the Pope in person to demand an end to the brutal massacre, he wrote a letter to France begging Jerome Bonaparte to stop it as the President of France. The reverse execution of Pius IX.

Since Jerome Bonaparte was still on patrol at that time, he did not receive a letter from Rome until late August.

So he immediately sent a private letter to Pius IX euphemistically advising Pius IX not to kill any more.

Pius IX, who received the letter, replied another letter to Jerome Bonaparte in early September, in which he complained to Jerome Bonaparte that the group of Roman liberals did not know how to be grateful, and then sent a letter to Jerome Bonaparte. Jim Bonaparte said that he had been "persuaded" by General Regno to stop killing people, and the rest would stay in Roman prisons with a reprieve.

Jerome Bonaparte, who wanted Pope Pius IX's amnesty to win the hearts of the people, found that the current pope does not seem to be much different from the historical pope, except that there is an extra council composed of priests, and a loyal pope. homecoming group.

"Your Excellency, I would like to ask what is our policy towards Rome? Or, what is our bottom line towards Pope Pius IX?" Tocqueville asked Jerome Bonaparte.

"The government hopes that Pope Pius IX can carry out reforms with enlightened theories, instead of using the weapons in his hands to wantonly kill." Jerome Bonaparte paused, and added: "At least let the Pope expel some liberals as soon as possible." Amnesty!"

"I see!" Tocqueville replied with a nod.

"Minister Tocqueville, please worry about the situation in Rome! If necessary, I want you to go to Rome to talk to Pius IX in person!" Jerome Bonaparte said to Tocqueville again.

Tocqueville nodded again to express his understanding. After Jerome Bonaparte talked with Tocqueville for a while, Tocqueville left.

Jerome Bonaparte, who was seeing off Tocqueville, turned to Mokar and said, "Mr. Mokar, please call the Prussian envoy! Just say that I want to discuss with him a series of things that happened in the German region!" "

"Yes!" Mokar left after receiving the order.

Half an hour later, Mokar brought the Prussian envoy to the study.

"Mr. President, hello!" the Duke of Prussia said to Jerome Bonaparte, speaking French with a more Parisian accent than the Parisians.

"Mr. Minister, hello!" Jerome Bonaparte responded to the Prussian Minister in Low German with a bad taste.

The Prussian envoy first showed a surprised expression, and then returned to indifference.

According to the information collected by the Prussian minister in Paris, the president in front of him lived in the Kingdom of Württemberg since he was a child, and German is equivalent to half of his mother tongue.

It is ironic that a man who was born in Germany and grew up in Italy (region) became the president of France.

The Prussian envoy didn't know whether to say that France was tolerant, or that France might only be strong in the hands of foreigners.

"Mr. President, I didn't expect your German to be so standard!" The Prussian minister also pretended to be surprised in Low German: "If you were not the President of France, I would have thought I was communicating with a pure German."

Even though the Prussian envoy was pulling his relationship with him, the words of the Prussian envoy still made Jérôme Bonaparte feel a slight discomfort.

This sentence was used more in 1945 than it is now.

Right now, Jerome Bonaparte can only approach with a cheeky face: "Maybe it's because I have 1/2 German blood in my body, and I grew up in the Kingdom of Württemberg! Mr. Minister, don't Look, I am the President of the French Republic now, but I have no less love for Germany than you! I am already a glorious German!"

Of course, the second half of Jerome Bonaparte's sentence has not yet been said: it is best for the entire Rhineland to join France, and by the way, it is difficult for Germany to become a vassal state of France, so as to alleviate his "lovesickness".

"I am very happy that Germany can have a Frenchman like you, President, who loves Germany!" Of course, the Prussian envoy did not believe Jerome Bonaparte's nonsense, but as a diplomat, his job Just talking about people and talking nonsense when seeing people, he can only follow Jérôme Bonaparte's point of view to find a breakthrough to fight back.

"Mr. Minister, as an honorary German, I feel sorry for the recent tragedy that happened in the German region! Why did Prussia and Austria, who are both German compatriots, insist on the result of fighting each other!" Jerome Bonaparte pretended to be melancholy and said: "I hope that all Europeans can join hands and develop together. The French and the Germans will no longer be hostile to each other, the monarchy and the republic will no longer hate each other, and Prussia and Austria can put aside their disputes. Let's develop together!

I hope that Europe can form a United States of Europe like the United States of America on the other side of the ocean! I hope that the French Republic can fully integrate into the big family of Europe. I know that my uncle brought you a lot of scars back then, but the scars have faded after more than 30 years of running-in. Today, it is even more important for us to join hands and unite for peace in Europe. "

Jerome Bonaparte hid France's request in a long piece of nonsense, and he believed that the Prussian envoy, who was a diplomat, would be able to understand the meaning of this sentence.

"Mr. President, on behalf of myself, I welcome the French Republic to join Europe to maintain the European order! The respected Emperor Napoleon did bring some harm to Germany, but he also made Germany more closely united! I believe not only It's me, and our King William IV also welcomes France to join in!" The Prussian envoy heard Jerome Bonaparte's appeal, and he immediately issued a blank check to Jerome Bonaparte.

Of course, the liberal Prussian envoy at this time did not know that the Frederick William IV he was talking about would announce a year later that he would not form an alliance with France and would not accept a republic.