Make France Great Again

Although Jerome Bonaparte repeatedly assured Richard Metternich that the French Empire had no intention of annexing the Kingdom of Sardinia, Richard Metternich still maintained his feelings towards Jerome Bonaparte. with a certain degree of skepticism.

After all, when Orsini assassinated Eucalyptus, the French Empire also did not say that it would annex Savoy and Nice, but only asked the Austrian Empire to weaken the Kingdom of Sardinia.

Nowadays, the French Empire is gradually showing its fangs!

Therefore, Richard Metternich became suspicious of Jerome Bonaparte.

However, doubts remain doubts. Richard Metternich knew that it was impossible for the Austrian Empire to offend the French Empire for the Kingdom of Sardinia.

Even if Jerome Bonaparte really annexes the Kingdom of Sardinia in principle, all the Austrian Empire can do is verbally condemn the French Empire, and at the same time, it must also consider establishing relations with other countries (Prussia, Britain).

Because once the French Empire annexes the Kingdom of Sardinia, the territory of the Austrian Empire will directly border the French Empire.

By then, no matter how many good words the French Empire says, it will be impossible to repair relations.

Of course, these are just Richard Metternich's plans, and this plan is based on the premise that the French Empire completely annexes Sardinia.

As long as the French Empire only chooses to annex Savoy and Nice, the Austrian Empire will still be the most loyal partner of the French Empire.

"Your Majesty Jerome, I will inform His Majesty Franz of your request!" Richard Metternich paused and replied to Jerome Bonaparte with a serious expression, "As for Franz, Whether His Majesty Ci agrees to cooperate with your actions depends on what Vienna wants!"

"I know!" Jerome Bonaparte nodded and said to Richard Metternich with a smile, "This matter will trouble you a little!"

"This is what I should do!" Richard Metternich said modestly.

Afterwards, Jerome Bonaparte stood up to leave, and Richard Metternich and the attendant military attache also stood up from the sofa when they saw this.

The two of them sent Jerome Bonaparte outside the embassy and watched Jerome Bonaparte go away.

It wasn't until Jérôme Bonaparte disappeared from Richard Metternich's sight in his carriage that he turned around and said to the attaché beside him, "Let's go in!"

After speaking, Richard Metternich walked towards the embassy, ​​and the attaché followed behind him after closing the door.

The two came to the sofa again. Under Richard Metternich's order, the Attaché sat where Richard Metternich had been sitting before, and Richard Metternich sat where he had just been. Jérôme Bonaparte sat on the seat. He supported his legs with his arms, supported his chin with his hands, and showed the expression of a meditative person.

At this moment, the Attaché looked at Richard Metternich who was deep in thought, not daring to take a breath. He quietly waited for Richard Metternich to end his contemplation.

After a while, Richard Metternich raised his head and asked the attaché with a very stern expression, "Do you think I should give His Majesty Jérôme Bonaparte some help in this matter?" !

Or should we explain it to Vienna in a fair manner, and then let Vienna decide everything! "

After the attaché thought carefully for a while, he plucked up the courage to say to Richard Metternich, "Your Excellency, Ambassador, please forgive me! The relationship between the French Empire and the Austrian Empire will directly affect you, me, and... There is a future for the entire embassy staff!

As the Austrian ambassador to France, you have the right to express your opinions to Vienna! "

The Attaché tactfully proposed to Richard Metternich that he should report some constructive opinions in favor of the French Empire to Vienna. As long as they were still working at the Austrian Embassy in France, their promotions and demotions were closely related to the entire embassy.

If the diplomacy with France is messed up, then Richard Metternich can rely on his connections to make arrangements, but they will have to bear the price of messing up the diplomacy.

Therefore, they in the embassy can be said to be the people who most hope that the relationship between the French Empire and the Austrian Empire can last forever.

And Richard Metternich also remembered that the reason why he was able to be where he is today was not only due to his own efforts, but also the support from Emperor Jerome Bonaparte was indispensable.

Due to emotion and reason, Richard Metternich should also "repay" (there is no such thing as repaying a favor in politics) Jérôme Bonaparte.

"I understand!" Richard Metternich nodded and responded to the Attaché.

Immediately afterwards, Richard Metternich returned to the study, opened the letterhead stored in the drawer, and then wrote down the French Empire's requirements and his next judgment on the French Empire with a pen dipped in water.

After everything was ready, Richard Metternich put down the pen in his hand and called the military attaché.

"Send this letter to Vienna now!" Richard Metternich handed the letter into the hands of the Attendant.

"Yes!" The Attendant Attaché took the letter, turned and left the study.

Richard Metternich, who was alone in his study, breathed a long sigh of relief, shook his head and whispered, "Your Majesty (Jerome Bonaparte), I hope you can keep your promise!"

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On the other hand, Jérôme Bonaparte, who had returned to the Tuinlery Palace from the Austrian Embassy, ​​had just stepped into the hall of the Tuinlery Palace when he met Bache, who was standing in the hall with his head lowered and pacing back and forth. Leo, from the look of him, seemed to be in a hurry.

"What's wrong?" Jerome Bonaparte said to Basilio.

After hearing Jerome Bonaparte's voice, Basilio hurriedly raised his head and said to Jerome Bonaparte, "Your Majesty!"

Immediately, Basilio told Jerome Bonaparte that just now, the British Ambassador Coutts arrived at the Tuileries Palace.

"Kautz!" After Jerome Bonaparte was stunned for a moment, he immediately realized that the British Kingdom, this slow-thinking beast, had finally begun to take action. "Where is Ambassador Kautz now?"

Basilio whispered to Jérôme Bonaparte that Ambassador Coutts had been accommodated in a room in the Tuileries Palace.

"You didn't tell him about my trip to the Austrian Embassy?" Jerome Bonaparte also asked in a low voice.

Basilio shook his head and replied to Jérôme Bonaparte, "I told him that you were talking to the cabinet ministers!

I'm afraid it will take a long time to end! "

"What did he say? Do you have any doubts?" Jerome Bonaparte asked eagerly.

"Ambassador Kautz has no doubts. He said that he can wait for His Majesty to finish the conversation!" Basilio replied to Jerome Bonaparte, "So, I will arrange Ambassador Kautz alone in a room at home!"

"Okay, okay! You did a great job!" Jerome Bonaparte patted Basilio on the shoulder to encourage him, "Basilio, you are really a good helper to me!"

A reserved smile appeared on Basilio's face, "These are all my duties!"

"Quick! Take me there!" Jerome Bonaparte ordered Basilio again.

Under the order of Jerome Bonaparte, Basilio took Jerome Bonaparte to the room where Ambassador Kautz was and then opened the door.

Ambassador Kautz's figure appeared in front of Jerome Bonaparte.

At the same time, Ambassador Kautz in the room also looked at the door of the room. He quickly stood up from his chair and bowed to Jerome Bonaparte in the distance, "Your Majesty!"

"Mr. Kautz, long time no see! I really kept you waiting!" Jérôme Bonaparte greeted Ambassador Kautz as he moved in the direction.

"Your Majesty, I was just brought here too! Please finish all your matters there!" Ambassador Kautz also nodded.

"Everything has been dealt with!" Jérôme Bonaparte sighed and continued to walk forward, "Those guys always don't let me worry about it. They require me to make a decision on everything!"

"Your Majesty, this just demonstrates your foresight!" Ambassador Kautz praised Jérôme Bonaparte without blushing or heartbeat.

Jerome Bonaparte came to Ambassador Kautz's side, shook hands with Ambassador Kautz symbolically, and invited Ambassador Kautz to sit down.

Then, Jérôme Bonaparte got to the point. "Ambassador Kautz, why are you here?"

"Dear Your Majesty the Emperor, the purpose of my coming here is to implore your country to maintain order in Europe!" Ambassador Kautz responded to Jérôme Bonaparte.

Jérôme Bonaparte raised his eyebrows and asked Ambassador Kautz, "I don't know whose order it was from! The Prime Minister of the Cabinet, the Earl of Derby, or your Queen Victoria!"

"Your Majesty, of course Her Majesty Queen Victoria, King of Britain!" Ambassador Kautz's answer was beyond Jérôme Bonaparte's expectations. He thought that the British cabinet had already discussed the results, but he did not expect that the efficiency of the British cabinet still lived up to expectations. , as if they don’t know what it means to act according to urgency until the moment of crisis. “Our cabinet is still further discussing the issue of the Apennine Peninsula, and Her Majesty Queen Victoria is worried about the situation in the Apennine Peninsula, so she wants to ask the French Empire to take action. Rise up and safeguard peace on the Apennine Peninsula.”

After hearing Queen Victoria's request, Jérôme Bonaparte spread his hands and helplessly said to Ambassador Kautz, "Ambassador Kautz, we have called for peace as much as possible!"

"However, the Austrian Empire is still causing conflicts on the border!" Ambassador Kautz replied to Jerome Bonaparte.