Make France Great Again

General Reinho looked cheerfully at all the officers present showing hospitality to him, to be precise, to the president behind him.

In the French army, there were nothing more than fame and fortune to gain the allegiance of others.

I have led them to gain enough benefits in the Roman campaign.

In order to safeguard the vested interests of the army, General Reinho often received complaints from the bishops under Pope Pius IX.

This army can be said to have collected one-third of the wealth of the city of Rome, and everyone in the expeditionary army owed General Reinho a favor, so General Reinio was unanimously supported by all members of the expeditionary force.

Now, General Reinho is using the Ministry of War to attract them, so why doesn't this group of Qiuba even swear their allegiance to the president even more.

Not to mention them, even Brigadier General Niel, who usually has no obvious party affiliation, was also a little moved.

The chaotic scene gradually came to a halt amidst General Renio's silence, and everyone focused their attention on General Renio.

"Come on! Let's make a fuss! Why don't you make a fuss!" General Renio pointed at all the officers present with a mocking tone and laughed and scolded: "Look at the way you are now, it's like a group of gangsters gathered together to make a fuss Divide the booty! Does he look like a soldier at all!"

Fewer officers showed shameful smiles, and more of them had a thick skin.

After "rebuking" the group of Qiuba, General Renio continued to comfort: "Don't worry! Your Excellency, can you still forget your contributions? Didn't you say everything in the letter, you will get the rewards you deserve!"

"Long live the President, long live the Empire!"

Edgar Ney shouted loudly, and all the officers present also shouted along with Edgar Ney.

After that, several military officers took advantage of the situation and shouted the slogan "We don't know anyone except the president!"

For a time, the entire conference hall was filled with the atmosphere of "loyalty".

"Okay! Your loyal president has already understood, so you don't need to keep shouting slogans over and over again!" General Renio raised his hand and made a gesture to lower his voice, and then said: "I will leave for Paris tomorrow!"

In addition to Edgar Ney,

Everyone expressed surprise at the sudden departure of General Rennho.

After hesitating for a moment, Brigadier General Niel said, "Commander, if you leave rashly without an order from the Ministry of War, I'm afraid..."

Niel suddenly realized that General Reigno was going to take over the position of Minister of War, and he did not necessarily need a transfer order from the Ministry of War.

As long as the president opens the back door for him, it will be fine to make up a formality afterwards.

"Don't worry!" General Renio said nonchalantly, "Those guys from the Ministry of War can't do anything to me!"

"Then general, what about the expeditionary force while you're away?" Brigadier General Niel then asked General Leo.

"Brigadier General Niel!" General Renio said to Niel with a serious expression.

"Yes!" Brigadier General Niel instantly got up and waited for General Renio's next order.

"During my absence, you will serve as the acting commander of the Roman Expeditionary Force!" General Renio issued an order to Brigadier General Niel, and then turned to all the officers present: "During my absence, you will Strictly keep it secret! Don’t let the outside world know that I have left the army! Although I am not afraid of the impeachment of those softies in the Department of War, I also don’t want to cause trouble for the president at this juncture! Got it?”

"Understood!" The officers responded to General Renio with great momentum.

"Don't worry! It won't be long before you can escape from Rome and return to Paris! At that time, you will all be the pillars of the Ministry of War! By the way, I heard that His Excellency the President also has a military secretarial office. Maybe you may will be assigned there!"

As the Papal State gradually became regular, the nearly 20,000 French troops became a burden on the entire Papal State. Therefore, under the "negotiation" between Pius IX and the French ambassador to the Papal State, the French army retained a nearly 3,000-man army. The troops are defending the safety of Rome and the pope near Rome, and the rest of the troops will gradually withdraw to Paris after October, so General Regno drew a big picture that can be seen and felt by everyone present. Pie, but they need to wait some time.

The officers once again clamored for loyalty to the President, in the presence of General Reigno and Edgar Ney.

The meeting ended at 11 o'clock in the evening, and Brigadier General Niel was deliberately stayed by Renio again.

"General Reinho!" Niel said to General Reinho in a military style, neither humble nor overbearing.

"That's right!" General Renio nodded in satisfaction and said, "It looks like a real general. Your Majesty mentioned you in the letter!"

Brigadier General Niel was stunned for a moment, and when he realized it, he instantly understood that "Your Majesty" referred to Jérôme Bonaparte of the Elysee Palace. He was surprised that his reputation could reach the ears of the President.

"General, thank you!" Brigadier General Niel believed that it was because of the general's recommendation that he was able to appear in the president's perspective.

"It's not me!" Reinho shook his head and responded to Niel. He also didn't understand why the president singled out Brigadier General Niel. Is it just because he was the largest officer in the expeditionary force besides himself?

General Renault and Brigadier General Niel probably won't know even if they break their heads, because their president has read the entire magnificent chapter of the Second Empire. In this magnificent chapter, Niel and his "Niel Law" occupies an important part of the entire chapter.

It's a pity that "Nielfa" took shape too late.

If the "Niel Law" had appeared earlier, France could have used the Nier Law to expand the army by 500,000 troops and the reserve force by 300,000, which is equivalent to more than 800,000 troops. If the National Self-Defense Forces are added However, the result of the Franco-Prussian War may end with Napoleon III's entry into the Rhineland.

As long as Prussia showed signs of decline, the Austro-Hungarian Empire would never mind stabbing Prussia when it resisted Germany, and then staged the drama of "the return of the Austrian Emperor".

"Your Majesty wants you to be the engineering director of the Ministry of War and manage the logistics of the army! I don't know, what do you think?" General Renio asked General Niel in a negotiating tone.

"I obey His Majesty's order!" Brigadier General Niel immediately showed his intention to move closer to the president.

"Well! After I become the Minister of War, I will immediately transfer you to the Ministry of War!" General Renio assured Brigadier General Niel.

...

Early the next morning, when it was still daylight.

General Regno, in civilian clothes, left Rome in a hurry without anyone noticing, arriving at the port of Civitavecchia around 10:00 noon.

After a night of driving, the ship arrived at the port of Marseilles. After disembarking, General Renault hired a carriage to go to Lyon.

Finally arrived in Lyon from the port of Marseille in the evening.

The scene of Lyon's depression surprised Reinho a little, and he only learned about it from the hotel owner after he found a hotel for the night.

There was a cholera in Lyon half a month ago. The cholera caused the loss of a part of the population that had been infested by "red", and Lyon was once again plagued by disease.

The inexplicable cholera lasted for two weeks and was just brought under control under the concerted efforts of Dr. Lyons.

"Oh! I heard that a marshal died in the barracks! Lyon's life is getting worse and worse!" the hotel owner sighed.

marshal?

General Regno remembered that Lyon was stationed by the Italian Front, and the head of the Italian Front seemed to be Marshal Bijo.

Thinking of this, General Renio couldn't help feeling sorry for Marshal Bijo's death.

After a night of rest, General Renault set off for Paris by train again.

That night when the train drove into Paris, General Renault, who didn't want to be exposed prematurely, had to change his appearance and live in the St. Germain district where fish and dragons were mixed. At the same time, he wrote a letter and delivered it to the residence of Eugène Rouet.

Eugene Rouet, who received the letter, immediately went to the Elysee Palace to report the news of General Regno to Jérôme Bonaparte.

"Huh? General Renault is back? Where are you now?" Jerome Bonaparte who heard the news from Renault immediately got up and asked Eugène Rouet.

Eugene Rouet handed the letter to Jerome Bonaparte. After reading the letter, Jerome Bonaparte nodded at Eugene Rouet, and then ordered the dragoons to generalize the military secretary Conrobert, the adjutant of the office, called over.

After receiving the order from Jérôme Bonaparte, the dragoons rode quickly to the Office of the Military Secretary to convey the president's order to Conrobert.

In the process of discussing with Lebouf and others to draw a military deployment and topographic map of the Near East, Conrobert could only put down the work at hand and head to the Elysee Palace.

"Your Majesty, do you have any new instructions!" Canrobert asked while standing straight in front of Jérôme Bonaparte.

"General Reniot, the commander of the expeditionary force, has arrived in Paris! It is not convenient for me to meet him now, I want you to contact him first! You will become colleagues who will work together in the future!" Jerome Bonaparte said to Canrobert said.

"General Renio? Willing to serve you, Your Majesty!"

Ever since the last banquet, Conrobert had known that General Rennho would become the Minister of War.

However, he just kept a flat heart about it.

After many days of working with the President, Conrobel discovered that the President paid much more attention to the Office of the Military Secretary than the Department of War, and some functions of the Department of War have been divested by Minister Liueli.

Although the Office of the President's Military Secretary is only a department under the Ministry of War and under the jurisdiction of the President, the future Office of the Military Secretary will definitely become the person who actually commands the army.

As the first leader of the Office of the Military Secretary, he will surely be the one who commands the entire French army.

Thinking of this, Conrobel couldn't help straightening his back.