Make France Great Again

"Um?"

The title of the book on the first page of the manuscript first aroused the strong interest of Pope Pius IX.

Before Leo XIII (the next Pope of Pius IX), there was no systematic article on the impact of Catholic ethics on economics. Devout Christians always believed that the Holy Lord should not be stigmatized by the secular So much so that in order to take care of the beliefs of believers, Pope Gregory had to use a secret method to expand capital.

Many times, Pius IX secretly envied those heretics (Protestants) who could openly link their churches to money.

If Catholicism can make up for its own shortcomings, then it will re-exude vigor and even suppress Protestantism for a time.

Thinking of this, there were huge ripples in the calm heart of the Gujing who protected the ninth world.

Maybe he can become the greatest pope of this century in his lifetime?

A thought grew wildly in Pius IX's heart like a weed.

Pius IX carefully flipped through every character of "Catholic Ethics and Economics" for fear that he might miss important information.

An introduction consisting of only 50,000 words in French, it took Pius IX almost an hour to read it.

Pius IX, who had read the first draft, also looked at Jerome Bonaparte with incredible eyes, as if he was watching a monster.

"Unbelievable!" Pius IX whispered.

"Your Majesty, are you satisfied with my gift?" Jerome Bonaparte said calmly.

Pius IX looked Jérôme Bonaparte up and down again, he still didn't want to believe that the article in front of him was written by Jerome.

"Where did you get this article?" Pius IX asked the doubts in his heart.

"Your Majesty, this article is written because I feel that the Holy See lacked theories in economics in person, so I wrote this article, hoping to help the Holy See make up for the disadvantages in economics!" Jerome Bonaparte said Confessing to Pius IX with a devout expression, he made a gesture of prayer.

Looking at Jerome Bonaparte's devout expression, Pius IX actually somewhat believed what Jerome Bonaparte had said to him before.

Perhaps he was really different from his uncle?

If it is said that Pius IX had to fight against Jerome Bonaparte because of the interests of the Papal State, then now his inner balance has really begun to tilt towards Jerome Bonaparte.

The two kings of the Bourbon dynasty (Count Chambord, Louis Philippe) are far behind Jerome Bonaparte, who has substantially helped the Holy See theory.

I don't know how many disgusting flattering letters I have received.

"Prince Jerome, I found that your article seems to have only written the content of the introduction. Where is the rest?" Pius IX was eager to learn the rest of the content from Jerome Bonaparte. whereabouts.

"Your Majesty, the rest of the theories are in the minds of my nephew and I who have great respect for the Lord!" Jerome Bonaparte pointed to his mind and said, "If you have any thoughts on my article If you are satisfied, I will do my best to finish them!"

"Then I will wait for the prince's masterpiece at the Apostolic Palace!" Pius IX responded to Jerome Bonaparte.

Then Pius IX and Jerome Bonaparte discussed some issues and propositions in the introduction.

"Your Excellency, you advocate the improvement of social relations based on the obligations of workers, employers and the state to solve workers' problems... This is not in line with the duties of the Holy See!" M. Bonaparte said.

Jerome Bonaparte looked at what Pius IX referred to and pondered for a long time before he remembered that this claim was contained in Pope Leo XIII's first social encyclical "New Things" in 1891.

Since the release of the "New Things" decree, the fighting power of Catholic parties in various parts of Europe, especially in the German Empire, has grown like a wild horse, and once became the second largest party outside the Social Democratic Party.

The power of the command is self-evident.

"Your Majesty, I would like to ask what is the biggest political crisis facing the Papal States?" Jerome Bonaparte did not respond directly to Pius IX, but instead asked about the current situation of Pius IX: "Of course you can also ask I said that the Papal Kingdom is still enjoying peace and prosperity, so there is nothing to discuss about this issue!"

"The Papal State is now..." Pius IX thought for a moment, then reorganized the language and asked tentatively: "Not enough liberalization?"

Jerome Bonaparte looked at Pius IX in disappointment, the pope still didn't see the essence of the matter clearly, "Your Majesty, I would like to ask if it is really a question of liberalization, then why is there no crisis in the Sardinian Dynasty? In the final analysis, the so-called liberalization is nothing more than a political game of the upper class, the power of the Papal States is in the hands of you and the Cardinal Church, and some people want a piece of the pie!"

Historically, the Papal States also carried out a liberalization reform, but that reform was nothing more than an operation in 1830 that changed the soup without changing the medicine. Times are changing and the people who reform are still unchanged.

"So should I let them come in and take a share? Why should I sit at the same table with those greedy guys!" Pope Pius IX said angrily.

"Your Majesty, this is the meaning of what I advocate! Since you don't want those greedy guys to enter, then you must find an ally!" Jerome Bonaparte said to the Pope: "The Holy See needs to help those workers fight for Rights and interests, to help workers achieve freedom of association, to meet family needs "wages"! As long as you unite them, Your Majesty, you will no longer have to retreat to those guys, and you can even use workers to force them to give up part of their rights!"

"This... can it be done? Those mobs are really willing to accept it?" Pius IX asked Jerome Bonaparte in an uncertain tone.

"Your Majesty!" Jérôme Bonaparte struck while the iron was hot: "Please believe that the Holy See is majestic in the hearts of the people of the Papal State. They are only being used by people with good intentions to lead to the current situation! As long as priests from all over the world can organize them together, If you let those guys have no chance, then you don't need to make concessions to them! To recruit a group of people to suppress a group of people..."

Jerome Bonaparte explained to Pius IX the theory of "encircling the city from the countryside", using the strength of the grassroots in the countryside to organize associations against the urban petty bourgeoisie, so as to achieve the goal of balance.