Make France Great Again

"Your Majesty... Your Majesty!"

Standing at the door of the room, Crown Prince Leopold of Belgium shouted to Jerome Bonaparte in the room with an uneasy look on his face. At this time, he did not know that Jerome Bonaparte sent Valewski What is the purpose of the minister inviting him here alone?

Jérôme Bonaparte, who was standing with his hands behind his back, quickly turned around and carefully looked at the Belgian Crown Prince in front of him. He was much younger now than in the photos of later generations.

Leopold II, who was carefully looked at by Jérôme Bonaparte, became even more uneasy. He had heard such a "gossip" before coming.

Rumor has it that what the French Emperor Jérôme Bonaparte liked to do most was to call ambassadors from various countries to him alone and have secret conversations with them to discuss political issues.

Now, when Emperor Jérôme Bonaparte sees him here, does he also want to discuss some political issues with him...

Just when Leopold was thinking wildly, Jérôme Bonaparte slowly said to him: "Leopard, please sit down!"

"Yes!" After expressing his gratitude to Jerome Bonaparte, Leopold sat on a chair in the living room.

Jerome Bonaparte also took the opportunity to sit next to Crown Prince Leopold.

Immediately afterwards, Jerome Bonaparte began to chat with Crown Prince Leopold. He first asked about the physical condition of the Belgian King, and then asked about the domestic situation in the Kingdom of Belgium.

Leopold answered all the questions raised by Jerome Bonaparte seriously. When the chat between the two got better, Jerome Bonaparte suddenly changed the subject and asked Leopold sternly. Special said: "Leopard, I heard that Belgium has been secretly supporting the Orleans family living in Britain and giving them a certain amount of funds every year! I don't know if this is the case!"

Leopold, who was no longer uneasy at first, was frightened and went blank when he heard Jerome Bonaparte talk about the news. He didn't know what channel Jerome Bonaparte used. Learned about their funding of the Orleans family.

But if I can't explain it clearly, the relationship between the French Empire and the Kingdom of Belgium may plummet.

The reason why the Kingdom of Belgium can live a stable life is inseparable from the help of the Kingdom of Britain and France.

Once one of these two countries becomes hostile to them, there will likely be major turmoil in the Kingdom of Belgium.

From the early days of its establishment, the Belgian government has not lacked parties close to France (mainly because there are many French-speaking areas, so they are naturally close to France).

Not to mention, the prestige of the French Empire now is stronger than that of the Kingdom of Orleans.

This has also led some originally neutral politicians to gradually become pro-French.

"Your Majesty, who did you hear this from?" Leopold suppressed the fear in his heart and tried to respond to Jerome Bonaparte in a calm tone.

"Leopold, you don't need to worry about who I heard it from!" Jérôme Bonaparte responded to Leopold unceremoniously: "I just want to ask whether this is true or false. of!"

What on earth should I do?

Leopold roared in his heart. He didn't know how much inside information Jerome Bonaparte had, and whether he should be honest with Jerome Bonaparte.

"Mr. Leopold!" Jérôme Bonaparte decided to put extreme pressure on him. He asked word for word: "I ask you whether this matter is true or false?"

"Your Majesty, this matter..." Leopold took a deep breath, calmed down his messy mood, and then said: "This matter does exist!"

And before Jerome Bonaparte could say the next sentence, Leopold went on to explain: "However, we did not give them too much money!"

"How much is not too much?" Jérôme Bonaparte asked again, as if he was asking the question to the end.

"A fixed amount of 100,000 francs is given to the Orleans family every year!" Leopold replied to Jerome Bonaparte. "My mother came from the beginning to pay for this!"

"I remember Queen Louise already..." Jérôme Bonaparte hesitated to speak.

Leopold II showed a trace of sadness on his face, "Although my mother has passed away, the money has not stopped this time."

"That's right!" Jerome Bonaparte softened his attitude a little, and then responded to Crown Prince Leopold with a smile: "Leopard, thank you for your candor!"

"Your Majesty, I will tell my father to stop funding the Orleans family after returning to Belgium!" Leopold II hurriedly expressed his attitude to Jerome Bonaparte.

Although the Belgian government was indeed established with the help of the Orleans family, and the Queen of Belgium is also a member of the Orleans family, the favor between the royal family must give way to the interests between countries.

The kindness of the Orleans family to them was nothing compared with the likes and dislikes of the French Empire.

What's more, the mother who maintained their relationship with the Orleans family had died in 1850.

"Stop funding? No, no need!" Jerome Bonaparte shook his head and said to Leopold II: "You can continue to support them!!"

Hearing Jerome Bonaparte's words, Leopold was a little confused for a moment. Now he completely couldn't understand what Jerome Bonaparte wanted to do.

Could it be that he just wants to use this matter to put pressure on us? Leopold thought to himself.

"By the way, you can also bring a message to the Orleans family for me!" Jerome Bonaparte then said to the distracted Leopold.

"Your Majesty, please speak!" Leopold, who had reacted, hurriedly said to Jerome Bonaparte.

"You tell them for me!" Jérôme Bonaparte said to Leopold II slowly: "If they are willing to declare to the outside world that they have given up France, then I can give them a compensation of 500,000 francs per year on behalf of the government!"

Although Jerome Bonaparte himself did not believe that the Orleans family would openly renounce their claim to the French throne for 500,000 francs per year.

After all, the House of Orleans voted with their own hands to behead one king (Louis XVI) and then banished another (Charles X) for the throne.

It can be said that every member of the Orleans family has the hostility buff of orthodox Bourbon.

If we give up now, it means that the efforts of two or even three generations of the Orleans family will instantly come to naught.

The entire Orleans faction will also suffer a devastating blow because Orleans gave up the throne.

But Jérôme Bonaparte simply wanted to disgust the Orleans family.

I think back then, when the Orleans family was in power, I felt disgusted with the Bonaparte family.

As soon as Jerome Bonaparte finished speaking, Leopold II immediately replied to Jerome Bonaparte: "Your Majesty, I will bring your words to the Orleans family!"

"That's good!" Jerome Bonaparte showed a satisfied smile on his face. He enjoyed this sense of accomplishment that drove his prince to do things for himself.

Immediately afterwards, Jerome Bonaparte continued to talk to Leopold about his dream of the United States of Europe.

Leopold II turned into a loyal audience and praised the idea of ​​the United Europe from Jérôme Bonaparte.

"Your Majesty, I believe that sooner or later the European monarchies will be able to unite and form a big alliance..." Leopold II said to Jerome Bonaparte.

"I'm really happy that you can think so!" Jérôme Bonaparte said to Leopold II in an old-fashioned tone: "So, I think we should do something for this imagined alliance! "

Hearing this, Leopold's expression was a little embarrassed. He originally thought that Jerome Bonaparte was just bragging. Who would have thought that Jerome Bonaparte was preparing to implement it.

"Your Majesty, where do you want to start?" Leopold asked Jerome Bonaparte.

"Leopold, don't you think that there are too many currencies in Europe and they are too complicated, which is not conducive to circulation and trade!" Jerome Bonaparte said to Leopold II in a compassionate tone. One sentence.

"Indeed!" Leopold II replied to Jerome Bonaparte with a nod.

"So I want to unite all countries to develop a new set of currencies. This set of currencies will be circulated in all countries to stabilize their currencies and trade!" Jerome Bonaparte said to Leopold II His ambition was to build a shrunken version of the euro in 19th-century Europe.

Leopold II, who was sitting next to Jerome Bonaparte, also felt a little moved in his heart after listening to Jerome Bonaparte's speech.

Although the Kingdom of Belgium was the first country to complete industrialization, their market and population severely limited their own upper limit.

In order to break through this upper limit, find Shuyuan www.zhaoshuyuan.com The Kingdom of Belgium has thought of all ways.

The Kingdom of Orleans was the closest they came. Guizot, who was the Minister of Foreign Affairs at the time (Marshal Soult was not in charge, and the foreign affairs and internal affairs of the entire cabinet were under the control of Foreign Minister Guizot) proposed at that time to imitate the German Customs Union and establish France. Customs union with Belgium.

This action was immediately strongly endorsed by Belgian industry and commerce, because once the Franco-Belgian Customs Union is implemented, they will be able to complement France through this alliance, thereby increasing their own ceiling.

Who knew that Palmerston, then the Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Britain, was firmly opposed to the Franco-Belgian Customs Union, and that Guizot, the Foreign Minister appointed by Louis Philippe, was different from Thiers' tough guy. He was a British compromise minister who advocated the right. This This led to the death of the Franco-Belgian Customs Union in the womb.

Nowadays, the currency union proposed by Jérôme Bonaparte is far inferior to the customs union, but it can also bring benefits to the Kingdom of Belgium.

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