Make France Great Again

In the next few days, Jerome Bonaparte visited Tours "History" accompanied by De Renal. At the invitation of De Renal, Jerome Bonaparte participated in several A dinner given by the prestigious bourgeoisie of Tours.

During the dinner on September 7, de Renal and the bourgeois brought Jerome Bonaparte to a guest room, and he presented a "gift" that even Jerome Bonaparte could not have imagined. "—a title deed to Clolusburg.

"Your Excellency, this is a sympathy from all the people of Tours to you!" De Renal said to Jerome Bonaparte with a sincere expression.

Jerome Bonaparte showed a look of surprise, and he immediately said "righteously": "No! As the president, how can I accept bribes from others?"

Mayor de Renal said eloquently: "Your Excellency, this is not a bribe, but a gift from the people of Tours to your patriotism!"

"That won't work!" Jerome Bonaparte continued to reject De Renal, "Please tell the people of Tours that I am very grateful for their support, but I really can't accept such an expensive gift!"

"If you don't accept it, the sincerity of the people of Tours will definitely be hit." Mayor de Renal insisted that Jérôme Bonaparte accept the gift.

Seeing that Jerome Bonaparte and de Renal were in a stalemate, the door of the guest room was knocked suddenly, and Jerome Bonaparte, de Renal and others looked at the door of the guest room at the same time.

A bourgeois hurriedly opened the door, and found that the visitor outside the door was Colonel Canrobert who was in charge of Jerome Bonaparte's safety.

Looking at Canrobert with an anxious expression, Jerome Bonaparte had a premonition that something big must happen, otherwise, Canrobert would not suddenly break in at this time.

"Canrobert, what happened?" Jerome Bonaparte asked Canrobert.

"Your Excellency!" Conrobert hurried to Jerome Bonaparte and whispered in front of Jerome Bonaparte: "Count Persini received two letters, one A letter from Württemberg, a letter from Paris, the Count said there was something important in it, so he asked me to inform you!"

Letter from Württemberg?

Jerome Bonaparte was stunned for a moment, and it took a few seconds for him to realize that his cheap uncle was the current King of Württemberg (William Friedrich Karl, known as Karl I).

It's just that since his "mother" passed away, his cheap uncle has been ignoring their family.

As a result, the old Prince Jerome Bonaparte could only take Jerome Bonaparte and his sister Mathilde to live in the Apennines for a long time.

Speaking of which, my family hasn't been in touch with Uncle Cheap for a long time.

Nowadays, Uncle Cheap actually took the initiative to write a letter to himself. Jerome Bonaparte can be sure that it will definitely not be just a simple word.

"Understood!" Jérôme Bonaparte nodded at Canrobert, and then said goodbye to De Renal with an apologetic expression, "Paris has important news waiting for me to deal with, please forgive me !"

After all, Jerome Bonaparte turned and left together with Canrobert, leaving only De Renal and others in the guest room.

Looking at the title deed of Clolus Castle in his hand, De Renal heaved a long sigh.

"Mr. Mayor, this title deed!" Bourgeois next to De Renal muttered in a low voice.

"Send!" De Renal responded briefly.

"But Your Excellency, don't want our gift!" Another bourgeois said to De Renal.

"That's because our method is wrong!" Mayor de Renal thought of a method that can preserve the president's incorruptible personality and make the president accept their wishes: "We can let Mr. President "buy" it ah!"

"Buy?" A few bourgeois instantly understood what Mayor de Renal meant, and they clapped their hands and cheered: "That's right! The president can "buy" it!"

On the other hand, Jerome Bonaparte and Canrobert, who went out to take the carriage, soon arrived at the hotel.

Jerome Bonaparte, who had just entered the hotel, was invited into the bedroom by Persini who was oncoming.

"Pissini, what happened in Paris?" Jerome Bonaparte asked Persini.

Pesini hurriedly reported: "Your Majesty, Paris said that both the ambassadors of Prussia and Austria want to meet you!"

"Huh?" Jerome Bonaparte's expression became even more weird. He never thought that he would be unanimously welcomed by the envoys of the two countries.

There must be something wrong with Germany!

Jerome Bonaparte, who couldn't recall what happened between Prussia and Austria during this period of time, asked again: "Did Paris say what happened to Germany?"

"This letter from Paris!" Pessini handed the letter from Paris to Jerome Bonaparte.

Jerome Bonaparte, who had read the letter, realized what had happened in Germany.

Jerome Bonaparte raised his head and said to Pessini: "It seems that the envoys of Prussia and Austria are seeking our support! The issue of Hesse is likely to become their trigger!"

Immediately, Jerome Bonaparte showed a gloating expression and said, "Maybe, at this time next year, the two countries will meet each other because of the Hesse issue!"

After reading the letter from Paris, Jerome Bonaparte realized that the war between Prussia and Austria because of the Hesse-Kassel Duchy had begun.

As for why Prussia and Austria fought in the Principality of Hesse-Kassel, we have to start talking about it before the start of the First Great Revolution.

The vigorous revolution ignited the civil rights consciousness of the entire German people, and at the same time sent the "Code of Napoleon" and the "Declaration of Human Rights", which were the most troublesome German princes, to the hands of the Germans.

This made the German princes after the overthrow of the Napoleonic Empire horrified to find that the originally docile subjects became no longer docile after receiving the "Declaration of Human Rights" and the "Napoleon Code". .

Among them, the resistance of the subjects of the Principality of Hesse-Kassel was the most intense.

The citizens of the Duchy of Hesse-Kassel remembered their new and old enmity with the Count of Hesse-Kassel.

[During the American War of Independence, Ludwig II, Earl of Hesse-Kassel, in order to help his nephew George III suppress the American Independence Movement, and by the way, to earn pounds. He resolutely leased 30,000 of his subjects to Britain as mercenaries. This resulted in 12.5% ​​of the British Army

The army is composed of Hesse Kassel mercenaries. When suppressing the thirteen states in North America, Hesse Kassel also suffered heavy casualties, and many mercenaries died in other places. The most important thing is that Ludwig II also withheld pensions that should have belonged to soldiers who died in battle. 】

In 1830, the Hesse-Kassel princes were also greatly encouraged after seeing the actions of France next door to overthrow the reactionary Bourbon dynasty. A more violent revolution broke out in the Kassel princes, which made William II Parliament had to be convened.

On January 5, 1831, a new constitution, befitting a particularly radical age at the time, was born. The pioneers of parliamentary system were nominated by electors as cabinet ministers. He miscalculated his position in the public and allowed his mistress, the Countess Reichenbach-Lessonnitz, to return to Kassel, where riots broke out again on 11 January. Wilhelm II was forced to flee Kassel and settled in Philippsruhe and Wilhelmbad in Hanau.

Since William II completed the de facto abdication, the power of the elector was limited.

This revolution gave the subjects of Hesse-Kassel confidence.

In 1848, the subjects of the Principality of Hesse-Kassel, who had endured Frederick William I for 18 years, acted again. They used the power of the Great Revolution to force Frederick William I to promulgate a more liberal law than that in 1831. In view of the fact that the Austrian Empire is still in a stage of self-defense, and the parliament of the Principality of Hesse-Kassel is actively wooing the Kingdom of Prussia, Radowitz, the liberal ruler of the Kingdom of Prussia, chose to support Hesse-Kassel kingdom.

Frederick William I, who could not get the support of Austria, had to succumb to the threat of Prussia behind the parliament and the parliament, and a more liberal constitution was promulgated.

[PS: What makes people laugh and cry is that Frederick William I officially ascended the throne in 1847. 】

The time lasted for about a year, until August this year, with the help of the Russian Empire's bayonet, the Austrian Empire completely destroyed Hungary while planning to return to the German region.

The old German Confederation has been disbanded, and there is no place for Austria in the newly established "Three Kings Alliance". Of course, the Austrian Empire also disdains to act within the framework of Prussia.

King Frederick William IV of Prussia's plans for the German Union, excluding Austria, were about to be realized.

If the Austrian Empire does not act, they will be kicked out of Germany.

It just so happened that the Elector of Hesse-Kassel asked for help at this time, which gave Felix Schwarzenberg an excuse. He wanted to use Hesse as a breakthrough to destroy the "Three Kings Alliance" and make the Three Kings Alliance Some of you know what Return of the King is.

Hessen will be the most important venue for Austria and Prussia for the next two years.

"By the way, where is the letter from Württemberg?" Jerome Bonaparte asked Persini again.

"Your Majesty, here!" Pessini handed the unopened letter to Jerome Bonaparte.

Jerome Bonaparte opened the envelope, and the letterhead was filled with dense German.

If the predecessor was not proficient in German, Jerome Bonaparte would be very happy.

The contents of the letter were as expected by Jerome Bonaparte.

In addition to a lot of reminiscences, the core content is to hope that Jerome Bonaparte can take advantage of the French Republic to make Prussia and Austria shake hands.