Make France Great Again

The party held by Baron Archille Fuld officially began after the arrival of Jerome Bonaparte and Mathilde, the two heavyweight guests.

In the living room, all the "upper classes" invited by Archille Fuld gathered together in twos and threes to form relatively independent small circles one after another. Of course, the members of each coterie are not static. If some of them get tired of this coterie, they will pick up a wine glass from the tray of the waiter in the hall and go from one coterie to another, in order to get rid of it in various ways. The slogan (for example: Long live the Republic, Long live Napoleon, etc.) made people in another small circle also pick up the wine glass, and drank the wine in the glass.

Jerome Bonaparte and Mathilde, led by Achille Fulder, came before General Opel.

"Your Highness, this once served as the commander of the city defense of Paris, General Haupel, and now he is serving as a member of the French National Assembly!" Archille Fuld enthusiastically introduced General Haupel to Jérôme Bonaparte.

"Your Highness!" General Opal looked a little nervously at Jerome Bonaparte and stretched out his hand respectfully.

Jerome Bonaparte reached out his hand to hold General Haupel, while looking at General Haupel.

From General Opel's beer belly figure and non-standard standing posture, Jérôme Bonaparte can be sure that the so-called general in front of him may not have been on the front line for a long time to command the battle. The professional smirk with expression and standards that can no longer be standard is not so much that he is a general, it is better to say that he may have been an outstanding general at one time, but now he has degenerated into a pure politician.

Although Jerome Bonaparte felt a little lost in his heart, he still looked at General Opel with a smile on his face.

"Your Highness, I used to be an officer under the Emperor, and I participated in the Battle of Leipzig with His Majesty..." Opel, who was eager to express himself, talked endlessly about his series of great achievements under his uncle, Emperor Napoleon. Major of Bonaparte's Guards.

Of course, there was no mention of how he joined the Bourbon dynasty after that, and how he was promoted to general. Jérôme Bonaparte also didn't bother to ask about Opal's subsequent promotion process.

In the current France, more than half of the leaders at the general level are related to the First French Empire, and they more or less betrayed the Empire on the eve of its demise.

Jerome Bonaparte did not intend to pursue their faults, because he knew that if they were pursued, the entire French army, especially the upper echelons of the army, could be characterized as having betrayed the emperor.

When a person is betrayed, Jerome Bonaparte throws them away like trash.

If a class betrays, Jerome Bonaparte can only negotiate conditions with them in a soft voice and win their support.

After Jerome Bonaparte listened to Opulde's bragging, a regretful expression appeared on his face. He spread his hands and said: "People like generals cannot continue to fight for the Republic, but are trapped in the National Assembly. It’s really overkill. If it were me, I would definitely invite you, General, to be the Minister of War of France!”

General Opal showed an excited expression and said to Jérôme Bonaparte: "If His Highness needs me one day, I will do my best for His Highness!"

"I look forward to cooperating with you, General!" Jerome Bonaparte nodded slightly to General Opel in front of him.

Archille Fuld, who was standing beside Jerome Bonaparte, waved to the attendants standing behind the pillars in the living room, and two attendants carrying trays appeared in front of Archille Fuld.

Achille Fuld handed the glasses of wine on the two trays to the people in the circle, he raised his glasses and said: "I suggest,

Let's have a drink for the Empire! "

"Long live the Empire!" General Opal, who raised his glass, finally showed the heroic gesture that a soldier should have, and drank the Bordeaux wine in his glass.

"Long live the Empire!" Jerome Bonaparte also drank the red wine in the glass.

"General Opel, I'll take His Excellency the Prince around for a while! I hope you can have a good time!" Achille Fuld said to General Opel.

"I wish Your Excellency the best of luck!" General Opel once again expressed his blessings to Jerome Bonaparte, and resolutely ignored Archille Fuld, who was the initiator of the party.

Archille Fuld, who has long cultivated his calmness in daily life, still kept smiling.

Under his leadership, Jerome Bonaparte has integrated into dozens of small circles.

Most of these small circles are newspaper companies and some industrial factory owners, and only a few are composed of bankers and well-known writers in Paris.

No matter which circle he is in, Jerome Bonaparte always faces it with a smile.

Jerome Bonaparte's attitude successfully made all the people in the small circle feel good about him, and several newspaper reporters blushed and promised to promote Jerome Bonaparte vigorously.

Looking at their flushed faces, Jérôme Bonaparte was convinced that their pledge was nothing more than a drunken slip of the tongue.

Thankfully, though, he was able to secure interest-free loans from several bankers.

Compared with those eloquent editors, bankers who value their own reputation are more popular with Jerome Bonaparte.

The party didn't end until 2 o'clock in the morning, and Jerome Bonaparte didn't fall down after nearly two or three hours of cup competition. The stimulation of alcohol made his mind more flexible.

Jerome Bonaparte and Mathilde boarded the carriage again under the "escort" of Archille Fuld and General Haupel.

On the carriage, Jérôme Bonaparte and Mathilde talked about General Opel again.

"What do you think of that fellow Opal?" Mathilde asked Jerome Bonaparte.

"A clumsy general who wants to be a senior politician!" Jerome Bonaparte responded without hesitation.

"So, he is not worth wooing?" Mathilde asked again.

"Whether a person is worth wooing or not depends on whether he can create value for us at the right time!" Jerome Bonaparte explained: "I just said that Opel is a poor general who wants to be a high-ranking politician. Said he is worthless! A politician-type military leader like this can only be used as a temporary over-the-top character! If there is no one to choose the Secretary of War after I become president! Opal is a good military mascot! From this face-to-face , Opal's role is greater than that of everyone today!"