I Am the Crown Prince in France

Chapter 281 The Young Emperor

In this series of affairs, the first few went very smoothly.

For example, the Paris Police Academy has basically converted Joseph's manor into a training ground and purchased several hectares of land nearby, making it the largest military/police training base in France.

Of course, the teaching staff is still far from enough.

With the cooperation of the new Minister of War, the Duke of Broglie - this old nobleman worked very hard after turning to the royal family and being promoted to Minister of War - many of his disciples and former officials agreed to teach at the Paris Police Academy. But for the current scale of the police academy, it is still a drop in the bucket.

According to Duke Broy, other military nobles still seemed to have illusions, believing that the royal family's military power was not enough to deal with all troubles, and they would have to be called upon sooner or later, so they continued to adopt a wait-and-see attitude.

Joseph rubbed the armrest of the seat and frowned slightly. These hereditary officers were really "stubborn". It seemed that he should pay more attention to this matter.

Although his plan is to use the new army he has trained to shoulder the combat mission of the entire France and let the old army stay in the garrison to retire, it does not mean that he will give up the old army that France has trained for decades. valuable resources.

Especially mid-level officers and cavalry, talents that require a lot of resources and time to cultivate, should be absorbed into the Guards Corps as much as possible for their own use.

Historically, due to the collapse of the Great Order or the forced removal of a large number of nobles from the old army, most of the emperor's cavalry were civilians who lacked sufficient training. It is best for the cavalry to practice riding horses since childhood in order to truly become elites. This is something that poor civilians cannot do - so his cavalry team has been in disrepair, relying solely on the desperate energy brought by revolutionary enthusiasm to hold up the battlefield.

If the emperor had an elite cavalry composed of nobles, not to mention a desperate comeback, he would at least be able to survive the siege for a few more years.

Joseph is not too worried about absorbing talents from the old aristocracy. Soldiers are full of blood. In other words, he has no interest in those guys who lack blood.

Therefore, we must try to arouse the bloody spirit of these noble officers, make them respect themselves and be completely convinced by the Guards Corps, and they will naturally come to surrender with tears and shouts.

After planning a plan to recruit noble officers, Joseph finally turned to the last part of the General Staff report.

This is a list of people who have made meritorious service in the process of quelling the chaos. Their information and reasons for their meritorious service are also attached.

Most of them were from the Guards Corps, and there were also some from the Moulins Corps and the Paris Corps. What made Joseph most curious was that there were actually a few people from the old army on the commendation list.

Captain Marc Dimitri Barbolie led his men to bravely protect the town hall when rioters in the Vendée tried to burn it down...

Second Lieutenant Napoleon Bouwanaba led 50 of his men to confront nearly 500 rioters in the town of Amni, and finally dispersed the rioters...

Joseph was startled when he saw this. The name Napoleon was very rare. Logically speaking, there shouldn't be people with the same name, but this person didn't have the surname "Bonaparte".

He hurriedly pulled out the information at the back and saw it read: Napoleon Bouwanaba. Born on August 15, 1769 in Ajaccio, Corsica. His father is Carlo Maria de Bouwanaba, a Corsican noble... There are four brothers in the family... He entered the Paris Military Academy in 1784 and graduated early in 1785... He currently belongs to Raphael in Valence Seoul Artillery Regiment, temporary commander of the second company

Joseph suddenly became short of breath. If it was just the same name, it wouldn't matter. But since the military cadets who had been training for one year, their family circumstances, and even their father's name were completely matched, there was no way it was just the same name.

This should be taking the emperor!

He was immediately puzzled, why was the emperor named Buwan Napa? No wonder I searched all over France for Napoleon Bonaparte to no avail. It turned out that he didn’t even match his last name.

But no matter what, when France needs to absorb more overseas interests, it finally found the Emperor. This is definitely great news!

With the emperor in hand, his confidence to lead France to conquer the European continent will instantly increase exponentially!

When the convoy stopped in Vitrolles, Joseph immediately handed Napoleon's information to Eman and asked him to send someone to Valence to summon the second lieutenant.

Emman was giving orders to the messenger, and Joseph suddenly remembered that the General Staff seemed to have transferred Montpellier's army to Tunisia, and Valence was also affiliated with Montpellier. It was very likely that the Emperor was also there. in.

So he ordered Emman to leave a few people waiting at the port of Toulon and look for Napoleon in the army heading for Tunisia - the army was going to cross the Mediterranean and would surely board the ship in Toulon.

However, what Joseph did not expect was that the messenger he sent came back the next afternoon, saying that he had met the army sent to Tunisia south of Montpellier, and Lieutenant Bouwanaba was indeed among the team.

So at 8 o'clock in the evening, there was a knock on the door of the villa where Joseph was temporarily staying. Emang whispered outside the house: "Your Highness, Second Lieutenant Buwanaba wants to see you."

Joseph immediately said excitedly: "Please invite him in quickly."

The door opened, and a young man wearing an old white military uniform, with a slightly thin face, a high nose, and nervous blue eyes walked in quickly and stood next to Emang, looking a little at a loss.

It wasn't until Emang coughed that the young officer hurriedly took off his hat and bowed to Joseph: "It is a great honor for me to be summoned by you, Your Royal Highness the Crown Prince..."

Joseph went up to him and bowed in return: "You are a hero who resisted the riots, you don't have to be so reserved."

He looked at the young Nahuang. He was not as fat as in common oil paintings, but his facial features were still very similar.

After a pause, Joseph cautiously confirmed: "Do you have an older brother named Joseph, and younger brothers named Lucien and Louis?"

Napoleon was obviously surprised that the Dauphin was so familiar with his family members. He nodded quickly and added: "The youngest brother's name is Jérôme, Your Highness."

"That's right." Joseph pulled Nahuang to sit down on the sofa and asked casually, "Is your mother in good health? Is she busy with the vineyard?"

Napoleon nodded subconsciously: "Yes, Your Highness, she is very good. In order to reduce expenses, the vineyard does not hire many people..."

Joseph motioned to the tea cup on the table, then looked at the artillery lieutenant with a smile and said: "I admire your heroic performance in the town of Amne. In fact, I hope you can join the Royal Guards Corps, oh, according to your request this time For meritorious service, he will be promoted to captain and serve as artillery battery commander.

"So, your answer?"