Make France Great Again

Chapter 546 The Steady Emperor

"You now return to the embassy and report the news of the capture of Sevastopol to Paris!"

Under the order of Ambassador Walewski, the embassy’s secondary secretary Klein turned and left.

Before Klein could take two more steps towards the hospital entrance, Brigadier General Trochu's voice came from behind Klein: "Wait a minute!"

"Brigadier General Trochu, what are your orders?" Klein turned around and asked Brigadier General Trochu.

"Can I trouble you to make one more trip and bring this news to Ambassador Strasford at the British Embassy?" Brigadier General Trochu explained to Klein: "This was when the Marshal was in Sevastopol. , what was promised to Commander Raglan of the British Expeditionary Force! Another thing, General Pelissier is also the commander of this operation, so..."

"I understand!" Klein nodded and responded to Brigadier General Trochu before turning and leaving the military hospital.

After leaving the military hospital, Klein hailed a carriage and got on it. The driver carried Klein through the streets and alleys of Constantinople, and soon returned to the door of the French Embassy.

Klein stepped off the carriage, casually took out a silver coin from his jacket pocket, threw it to the driver, and turned to leave.

"Master, I haven't asked you for the money yet!" the driver shouted to Klein.

"No need!" Klein waved his hand behind him and entered the French Embassy.

"What a generous gentleman!" The driver couldn't help but sigh, and then drove the carriage away from the French Embassy.

After entering the embassy, ​​Klein immediately ran to the telegraph room on the second floor of the embassy. After pushing open the door of the telegraph room, he said to the telegraph operator who had been squatting in the telegraph room all day: "Send a telegram to Marseille immediately. The content of the telegram is as follows: Brave and fearless. The French army, under the wise leadership of His Majesty Jerome Bonaparte and under the wise command of Marshal Saint-Arnaud and General Pellissier, has now occupied Sevastopol. Long live France! Long live the Empire!"

As soon as Klein finished speaking, the two telegraph operators looked at Klein in surprise.

"What's wrong? Send a telegram! Watch what I'm doing!" Klein responded loudly to the telegraph operator.

The telegraph operator turned around and started to send the message, and the whole telegraph room sounded a "tick-tick" sound.

After a while, the two telegraph operators stopped and said to Klein: "Okay!"

"By the way! Marshal St. Arnaud has now been admitted to the Constantinople Military Region Hospital! This is also what needs to be sent!" Klein hurriedly added to the two telegraph operators.

"yes!"

The dedicated telegraph operator conveyed to Marseille word for word what Klein had said.

After doing all this, Klein turned around and left the French Embassy. He had to report the news to the British Ambassador Strasford again.

When Klein came to the gate of the British Embassy, ​​Strathford Canning got up from the sofa to greet Klein and shook hands with him.

"Why are you?" Strathford Canning looked at Klein curiously and asked.

Klein bowed and responded to Strasford Canning: "On the order of Ambassador Valewski, I am here to report the news about the Rimean Peninsula to you, Ambassador Canning!"

"Crimea? What happened there?" Strathford Canning asked Klein.

Klein immediately reported to Strathford Canning the news that the coalition forces had occupied Sevastopol.

"Really?" Strathford Canning asked Klein excitedly. He really couldn't believe that the coalition forces were attacking so fast.

"Of course!" Klein nodded firmly and said, "This is a war delivered by Marshal Saint-Arnaud himself. How can it be false?"

"Marshal St. Arnaud? Is he coming to Constantinople?" Strasford Canning asked Klein after being stunned for a few seconds.

"This..." Klein paused for a moment, then said with a mysterious smile: "Secret!"

After saying that, Klein stood up and prepared to leave the British Embassy.

Strathford Canning hurriedly got up and sent Klein to the gate. Ambassador Canning, who watched Klein leave, turned and entered the telegraph room of the British Embassy to convey the news to the telegraph operator.

About an hour later, the telegraph operator at the port of Marseille organized the news from Constantinople and sent it to Paris.

After receiving the two telegrams from the Port of Marseille, the telegraph operator at the General Staff in Paris immediately forwarded the telegrams to his superior, who then handed them over to the then Deputy Chief of Staff of the French General Staff. Niel.

"Hurry and prepare the carriage! I want to enter the palace!" Niel, carrying two telegrams, quickly ordered his state secretary to prepare a carriage for him to the Tuileries Palace.

About 10 minutes later, the State Secretary came in and reported that the carriage was ready and ready to go at any time.

"Let's go!" Niel quickly stood up from the chair made of pear wood, walked out of the General Staff Building, and entered the carriage.

The carriage carried Brigadier Niel towards the Tuileries Palace, and soon arrived in front of the Tuileries Palace.

Niel, who got off the carriage, happened to meet Mokar walking down the steps.

"Mr. Mokar!" Niel said respectfully to the chief steward of the palace.

"General Niel, please come with me! Your Majesty is still in the study!" Mokar said to Major General Niel.

Under the leadership of Mokar, Major General Niel came to the door of the study.

"Dong dong dong!"

After three knocks on the door, Jérôme Bonaparte's voice appeared: "Who is it!"

"Your Majesty, Chief of Staff Niel wants to see you!" Mokar said to Jérôme Bonaparte.

"Niel! Let him in!" Jerome Bonaparte replied.

"Please come in! General Niel!" Mokar said to Niel with an inviting gesture.

Niel entered the study and saw Jérôme Bonaparte working in the study.

"Your Majesty!" Niel bowed to Jerome Bonaparte.

"What happened again at the General Staff?" Jérôme Bonaparte asked Niel.

"No!" Niel strode to Jerome Bonaparte's desk and handed the two telegrams to Jerome Bonaparte.

"This is..." Jérôme Bonaparte flipped through the contents of the two telegrams. When he read the first telegram, his expression changed from calm to shock.

"Is the news true?" Jérôme Bonaparte raised his head and asked.

"This needs to be confirmed!" Niel hesitated for a moment before responding to Jérôme Bonaparte: "However, I believe the news is true!"

"It's only been about a week since the last battle! To capture Sevastopol so quickly?" Jerome Bonaparte murmured to himself in a low voice.

If his memory is correct, the historical Sevastopol Fortress was breached around this time next year.

Even if he strengthens the French army, he won't win so quickly!

This victory gave Jerome Bonaparte an unreal feeling. He somewhat doubted whether the French army in Crimea had declared victory to him in advance.

After all, it is not that there is no such thing in history, but the country that announced in advance that the Sevastopol Fortress was occupied was not the French Empire, but the Kingdom of Britain.

Could it be that this time it is the French Imperial Army's turn to release intelligence in advance?

Thinking of this, Jerome Bonaparte couldn't help but calm down a lot.

For an empire that has just been established, one of the most taboo things is for the government to take the initiative to act as a disseminator of rumors, and to destroy the rumors as soon as they are poked.

Once the rumors are exposed, it will inevitably damage the government's trust in the hearts of the people.

As the government's credibility collapsed, the people living in the empire still lost their respect for the government. A government that lost its respect was destined to be overthrown by the French people through violent means.

After all, the land under Jerome Bonaparte's feet was not Britain, which was famous for compromise, but France, which was famous for overthrowing incompetent kings.

The French people have used their strength to overthrow the rule of three monarchs (Louis XVI, Charles X, and Louis Philippe), and have won the unanimous "approval" of all successors who want to ascend the French throne.

Even Louis XVIII, who claimed to be Bourbon orthodoxy and the divine right of kings, still had to declare peace and heal old pain the moment he set foot on the French border. This approach helped the Bourbon dynasty win credibility.

Of course, the credibility of the Bourbon dynasty gradually fell to zero under the six years of Charles X's profligacy, and then was overthrown.

Jerome Bonaparte knew that the foundation of the empire he built might not be as solid as Louis XVIII. Although the opposition members within the empire were ruthlessly suppressed and incorporated by Jerome Bonaparte, under the calm Paris There are still many undercurrents, and these people are undoubtedly the die-hard elements who are opposed to Jérôme Bonaparte.

After the Crimean War began, many people secretly attacked Jerome. The reason why Bonaparte started the Crimean War was just to use the blood of the French people to please the British Kingdom.

There are even more vicious guys, look for Shuyuan www.zhaoshuyuan. com There were even rumors that Jerome Bonaparte himself was a puppet of the British Kingdom, and his every move was at the mercy of Britain.

If it hadn't been for the victory in the Battle of Alma that came from Crimea some time ago, then this vicious attack would only get bigger.

Since the Battle of Armagh achieved a staged victory, the Empire could use the power of victory to carry out precise strikes against the "small group" of rumormongers within the Empire.

Many people who spread rumors secretly were sent directly to debt prison by Jérôme Bonaparte.

If the news this time is true, it will be of great help to Jerome Bonaparte in establishing his prestige.

On the other hand, if it is false news, the undercurrent that was finally contained may surge again.

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