Make France Great Again

"You mean that if the army wants to return to its original appearance, it must conduct a large-scale military operation!"

Major General Niel was startled by Jérôme Bonaparte's sudden war rhetoric. What a pity, his original intention was just to ask Jérôme Bonaparte not to be too anxious on the road of reforming the army.

After all, the reform of the military does not happen overnight, especially the reform in peacetime, which requires balancing the interests of all parties to find a balance point to complete the military reform.

Reforms that are eager for quick success will only cause resistance from all parties, and the military's combat effectiveness will decrease instead of increasing.

Of course, using war to promote reform in reverse is also an appropriate method.

"Your Majesty, in fact, the reform of the military depot involves the interests of all aspects...and these problems are far from being solved by a war. Our army has also fought wars in Spain and Belgium..." Major General Niel said to Gérault with a serious expression. M. Bonaparte explained that he was trying to persuade Jérôme Bonaparte to give up the idea of ​​​​solving the problem of the military depot in a short time.

"Major General Niel! If you are in charge of renovating the military depot, how long will it take you to return it to its original function?" After listening to Major General Niel's explanation, Jérôme Bonaparte immediately asked with a smile. Major General Niel said that he believed that Niel should have already thought of a solution.

Just as Jerome Bonaparte expected, Major General Niel raised three fingers and responded to Jerome Bonaparte: "Three years! Your Excellency, please give me three years. The military recruitment function can be restored!"

"What about the function of the materials?" Jérôme Bonaparte was keenly aware of the "loopholes" of Major General Niel.

"I'm afraid it will take another two years!" Major General Niel explained to Jérôme Bonaparte: "Your Excellency, we must ensure that the location of the military depot is connected to the railway, which means that the existing military depot must be To tear it down and start over again, it will take at least three years to build a new military depot system!"

Niel's explanation convinced Jérôme Bonaparte that Niel had the ability to promote military reforms, and he immediately expressed his stance: "Okay! I can give you three years!"

"In addition, you must agree to a few conditions!" Niel then put forward his own conditions.

"Huh?" Jérôme Bonaparte asked with an interested smile: "Tell me, what are the conditions!"

"The first condition is that I hope that the number of conscripts starting next year will increase!" Niel put forward his first condition.

"Does it mean that the reserve troops of the French army are not enough?" Jerome Bonaparte asked Jerome Bonaparte curiously.

"Yes and no!" Major General Niel said awkwardly that one of the "bigger" problems currently facing the army is the "aging" of the army. "Our army has too many experienced veterans. They The vast majority have served for more than ten years or even more than twenty years. A large number of soldiers aged forty to fifty stay in the army! Such soldiers often become cancer in the army, and they will destroy the entire army. The army is completely corrupt! Therefore, we must purge these people from the army."

Major General Niel wants to rectify the existing military service system of the French Republic by rectifying the military depot.

"Major General Niel, have you ever thought about how those guys who have been kicked out of the army will survive in this society!" Jerome Bonaparte immediately asked: "Some of them have already entered the army in their teens. , have been in the army for more than 20 years! It can be said that they are isolated from the world, people like this can only kill people and drink! If you suddenly kick them out of the army, how will they survive in the future! "

Jérôme Bonaparte's rhetorical question really made Major General Niel realize a trouble he had never thought about before, which was the placement of veterans. "It was my lack of consideration!"

After Jérôme Bonaparte carefully thought about the solution of a certain big country in the future, he replied: "Let's do this! The army will issue a subsidy to all soldiers who have reached a certain number of years, and the payment of the subsidy will depend on the situation. Determined. The state will be obliged to find positions for soldiers who have served in the army for more than 12 years. The government has also issued documents to state-owned enterprises and private enterprises at the regional, provincial and municipal levels to allow them to properly place veterans! No matter how bad it is, soldiers can still serve as security guards in factories! We must ensure that those who are kicked out of the military cannot become a destabilizing factor in society!"

Jerome Bonaparte's solution cannot be said to be good or bad. A large number of unemployed soldiers entering state-owned enterprises and private enterprises will certainly cause losses in corporate costs, but from the perspective of maintaining stability, reemployment of soldiers is conducive to the stability of the military and society.

At the very least, soldiers will no longer become the "dregs" of society and be despised by all parties as before.

After finishing speaking, Jerome Bonaparte once again asked Niel how many soldiers should be increased every year.

"Your Excellency, I think there should be an increase of 20,000 people every year, that is to say, from the original 80,000 to 100,000!" Major General Niel said to Jérôme Bonaparte.

Hearing what Major General Nier said, Jérôme Bonaparte couldn't help but shook his head and sighed: "Do you know what adding 20,000 people means?"

"It means another large-scale expenditure for the army!" Major General Niel replied sonorously and forcefully, standing upright in front of Jerome Bonaparte.

"Since you know, then why do you need to increase it!" Jérôme Bonaparte said to Brigadier General Niel: "Now there are only two of us here...

Jérôme Bonaparte looked at Mokar again and immediately changed his words: "There are only three of us. Let me tell you the truth. France needs money in all aspects. How can I have any extra money to invest in the army! We will increase the number of troops by 20,000 every year. This means that the military will increase its expenditure by nearly 100 million francs every year!"

"Your Excellency, I think this is completely worth it!" Major General Niel said without giving in at all: "We can also mobilize an additional 100,000 to 150,000 troops!"

Niel's words struck a chord in Jérôme Bonaparte's heart. Jérôme Bonaparte, who had always longed to build a large army, did not care at all about the so-called military expenditure issue.

So what if France spends an additional 100 million on military spending every year? From now until the Franco-Prussian War, there will be only 2 billion more military expenditures, which is really a drop in the bucket compared with the compensation after the Franco-Prussian War.

"I can agree to your terms!" Jérôme Bonaparte responded to Niel.

"The second condition, I hope to increase the amount of substitute service!" Major General Niel put forward the condition again to Jérôme Bonaparte.

Compared with the first "harsh" condition, the second condition is particularly loose, "How much do you want to improve it?"

"4,000 francs per person!" Major General Niel said to Jérôme Bonaparte.

"4,000 francs! (About 12,000 US dollars)" Jérôme Bonaparte looked at Major General Niel in surprise: "It is not easy to raise this money!"

The annual income balance of a French farmer is about 900-1,200 francs, and the right to be exempted from military service with 4,000 francs is equivalent to the money that an ordinary peasant family can save by working without food or water for 4 years.

Of course, this money is simply not a big problem for bourgeois families.

"That's right!" Major General Niel's purpose is to prevent French farmers who want to evade military service from being able to evade military service.

The army must have some "children from good families" to maintain its own discipline.

"I have a suggestion. When the Ministry of War recruits troops, can it focus on the cities?" Jérôme Bonaparte suddenly realized why he used this opportunity to cut those bourgeois leeks.

Every year, the money paid by the bourgeoisie class for exemption from military service is transferred to the countryside in the form of subsidies, thereby making rural France less resistant to serving as soldiers.

Major General Niel said nothing. The specific recruitment was handled by the Recruitment Department (and the Recruitment Committee) under the Ministry of Munitions. He was just an "ordinary" director of the Logistics Department.

"Besides these two conditions, do you have any other conditions?" Jérôme Bonaparte continued to ask Major General Niel.

"No more!" Major General Nier shook his head, "As long as these two conditions can be met, then I am confident that the military depot can resume its original functions within three years!"

"Remember what you said!" Jérôme Bonaparte sat up from the sofa again and said to Major General Niel: "Let's go!"

"Ah?" Major General Niel looked at Jérôme Bonaparte in confusion.

Jerome Bonaparte pointed to the grandfather clock and said to Major General Niel: "It's almost eight o'clock now, you should go to work!"

Major General Niel then realized that his work in the War Department was not yet done.

"Let's go! Take my carriage!" Jérôme Bonaparte invited Major General Niel to sit in the carriage.

The carriage carried Jérôme Bonaparte and Major General Niel to the building of the Ministry of War.

Entering the hall of the Ministry of War, Jérôme Bonaparte entered the office of Saint-Arnault, Minister of War, led by State Secretary Benjamin Clemenceau.

"Your Majesty!" Saint-Arnault felt that something was beyond his opinion regarding Jérôme Bonaparte and Niel entering his office together.

"Major General Niel has already reported the specific situation to me!" Jérôme Bonaparte immediately said to Saint Arnaud: "I know your difficulties. Isn't it just that you are afraid of saying something bad about the emperor? dissatisfaction!"

Now that Jérôme Bonaparte has pierced that layer of window paper, there is no need for Saint-Arnault to pretend to be confused.

"There are some factors..." Saint Arnaud responded to Jérôme Bonaparte: "But there are also many problems in the army itself..."

"Since you have discovered the problem, find Shuyuan www.zhaoshuyuan.com Then why don't you change it?" Jérôme Bonaparte sounded a little aggressive.

"Your Majesty, the army is a huge whole, rashly..." Saint Arnaud was afraid that drastic reforms might cause disadvantages to the Bonapartists. In his opinion, France maintains the current system and is still the number one army in Europe. Even if the reform is completed, France will still be number one in Europe.

They are number one in Europe if they do not change, and they will still be number one in Europe after reform. So why should they take huge political risks to carry out reforms?

Saint-Arnaud was not the only one who held this idea. Most of the military bureaucrats in the War Department also agreed with Saint-Arnaud.

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