Make France Great Again

To the disappointment of Baron Haussmann, Jérôme Bonaparte did not have much reaction to the political achievements he had made during his term in office. He just said in a calm tone, "I understand, please sit down first!" ", ended Baron Osman's speech.

After everyone's speeches at the imperial meeting had ended, Jérôme Bonaparte began to make a concluding speech.

He first collectively praised all the ministers who participated in the imperial meeting, and then criticized some problems existing in various departments, such as the extravagance and waste of employees in the Ministry of Railways, and the safety incidents caused by the Ministry of Public Works when building roads.

However, all the ministers who had been criticized by him bowed their heads and accepted the criticism humbly, and assured Jerome Bonaparte that such things would never happen again.

Jérôme Bonaparte said lightly, "It won't happen again."

After all the praise and criticism were over, it was around 12 noon.

"You have worked hard this morning! It just so happens that lunch time at the Tuileries Palace is coming soon, so just stay here and have a meal with me!" Jérôme Bonaparte said casually, and then he He glanced sideways at everyone present and said, "If someone really has something to do, they can leave first!"

No one present left, and they all told Jerome Bonaparte that they had nothing important to do.

"Then let's go!" After Jerome Bonaparte said this, he stood up, left his chair, and headed towards the entrance of the Royal Conference Hall.

Everyone also stood up, pushed away their chairs, and followed Jerome Bonaparte to the restaurant.

At twelve o'clock sharp, the restaurant officially opened for dinner.

The people sitting around the round table ate under the service of the servants of the Tuileries Palace, and the necessary Bordeaux red wine before the meal was naturally indispensable.

Under the leadership of Secretary of State Fuld, everyone present toasted to celebrate with the slogan "I wish His Majesty the Emperor good health and long life".

Upon hearing the slogan, Jérôme Bonaparte's mouth twitched slightly, and then he also raised his glass.

The entire banquet lasted about an hour, during which three bottles of Bordeaux red wine collected by Jérôme Bonaparte were consumed.

Everyone who had eaten and drank enough began to say goodbye to Jérôme Bonaparte, who shook hands with them in turn.

When it was Minister of State Fuld's turn, Jérôme Bonaparte said to Fuld, "Minister Fuld, I have something to talk to you privately. Can you wait for a while before leaving!"

Fuld nodded to express his understanding.

After seeing Fuld being left behind, the remaining ministers also speeded up their handshakes in an understanding manner.

"Your Majesty!" Baron Haussmann, the last person to shake hands with Jérôme Bonaparte, said humbly.

"Baron Haussmann, you did a good job!" Jérôme Bonaparte held Baron Haussmann's hand with one hand, patted Haussmann on the shoulder with the other hand and praised.

"Your Majesty, I will definitely continue to work hard!" Baron Osman responded to Jerome Bonaparte.

"Don't worry! The empire will never let down those who work hard for it!" Jérôme Bonaparte hinted earnestly.

"Understood!" Baron Osman nodded excitedly.

Fuld, who was standing next to Jerome Bonaparte, saw this scene and couldn't help showing a solemn expression on his face.

After bidding everyone farewell, Jérôme Bonaparte said to Fuld: "Minister Fuld, let's go to the study to talk!"

"Yes, Your Majesty!" Fuld bowed slightly and responded to Jérôme Bonaparte.

Later, Jerome Bonaparte and Fuld came to the study.

Jérôme Bonaparte, who entered the study, took Fuld to sit on the sofa and asked Fuld if he wanted coffee or black tea.

Fuld shook his head and rejected him, and expressed his gratitude to Jérôme Bonaparte.

After a few simple words, Jérôme Bonaparte began to get down to business.

"Fulde, what do you think of the Ottoman officials?" Jérôme Bonaparte crossed his arms, leaned back slightly, and tried to look as relaxed as possible to ask Fuld.

"Your Majesty, do you want me to tell the truth?" Fuld asked with a serious expression.

"Of course!" Jérôme Bonaparte shrugged his shoulders and responded to Fuld, "If I didn't want to hear the truth from you, there would be no need to call you here again!"

After hesitating for a moment, Fuld reorganized his words to respond to Jerome Bonaparte and said, "I am very dissatisfied with the transformation of Paris being carried out by Mr. George Haussmann!"

"Oh? What aspect of Baron Ottoman makes you dissatisfied?" Jerome Bonaparte asked curiously.

"Your Majesty, please forgive me!" Fuld responded to Jérôme Bonaparte in an unusually serious tone: "George Haussmann's transformation of Paris in recent years has been too hasty!

He wants to use a short period of time to renovate the entire Paris! "

"Isn't this good!" Jérôme Bonaparte said to Fuld in confusion, "Paris should be built into an international city, and there is nothing wrong with Baron Haussmann doing this!"

"I Have a Picture Book of Ghosts and Gods"

"Your Majesty, it's not that I disagree with the renovation of Paris!" Fuld quickly explained to Jérôme Bonaparte: "On the contrary, I very much agree with building Paris into an international city so that more people can come. Paris.

However, George Osman tried to use 10 to 15 years to complete a project that would take at least 20 or even 30 years to complete, which would inevitably lead to greater hidden dangers.

What's more, the Seine Provincial City Hall itself does not have many assets. The reason why George Haussmann was able to squeeze out money to build Paris was entirely based on his concessions to real estate investors, and then drove them to build Paris, and at the same time issued Seine Provincial local bonds to lure them. Citizens invest. "

"I think this is not bad!" Jérôme Bonaparte responded to Fuld: "Don't you also support government debt for development, and then wait until the government construction is completed and use the profit money to repay the debt! "

"Your Majesty, I do support this view!" Fuld nodded and said to Jerome Bonaparte: "But I do not support it. The government can overdraft without limit!

The current situation in the Seine department is that the typical debt scale far exceeds the government's repayment ability! "

Fuld's remarks reminded Jérôme Bonaparte of Dushan County in his previous life. The entire county spent 40 billion to build a wonder and wonder, but in the end it had no effect at all.

In the end, Dushan County could not even afford the benefits of the 40 billion debt.

In the end, a higher-level department took over and provided guarantee, which gave Dushan County some time to breathe.

Fuld then said to Jérôme Bonaparte, “If things continue like this, the entire Seine department will become a mine that can explode at any time.

Once something goes wrong in any of the middle steps, the entire Seine province will be blown up.

By that time, George Osman will probably cry and come to us for help! "

Fuld's words reminded Jérôme Bonaparte that the historical Seine Province was indeed in trouble due to the bankruptcy of the Dynamo Real Estate Bank.

In the end, George Osman was dismissed due to internal and external troubles.

However, the imperial government now gives George Osman far more money than in history, and the increase in real estate has been controlled within a reasonable range.

It stands to reason that the possibility of being exploded is almost zero.

"Minister Fuld, aren't you a bit too alarmist!" Jerome Bonaparte asked Fuld.

"Alarmist?" Fuld shook his head and said to Jerome Bonaparte: "No, Your Majesty! I don't mean to be alarmist at all!

If George Osman's senior officials do not handle it well, they are likely to bring a debt of 800 million francs to the entire empire.

Huge debt is very detrimental to the economic development of the empire! "

Fuld looked at Jérôme Bonaparte with earnest eyes. He really wanted to hear the "good news" from Jérôme Bonaparte who promised him that he would definitely stop George Haussmann's crazy behavior. .

Unfortunately, Fuld did not hear the good news he expected.

Instead, I heard Jérôme Bonaparte's plea, "Fulde, now I am asking you not as a monarch, but as a friend to be "open" to George Haussmann." Construction is inseparable from George Haussmann.

I also know that his method may leave France with a huge debt, but the system he has implemented is working pretty well right now!

So I hope you can wait a little longer! "

Fuld's expression fell into a dull state. He was stunned for a few seconds, feeling both disappointed and relieved.

Disappointed, Jérôme Bonaparte did not heed his request to suspend Georges Haussmann.

Fortunately, Jérôme Bonaparte respected his authority as minister of state.

"Your Majesty, what do you want me to do!" Fuld, who had already guessed the outcome, asked Jerome Bonaparte.

"Fulde, I want George Haussmann to be the alternate minister of Public Works!" Jérôme Bonaparte said to Fuld.

"If this is your order, I will do it!" Fuld said to Jérôme Bonaparte, and then added: "However, I personally still object to the senior official George Osman. Opinions! I hope you can understand!”

"I know! Thank you for your hard work!" Jérôme Bonaparte couldn't help but breathed a sigh of relief.

"Your Majesty, if there is nothing else, I will leave first!" Fuld responded to Jérôme Bonaparte, and then added: "The alternate position in the Department of Public Works will be available in a few days. Announcement!”

Minister of State Fuld left Jérôme Bonaparte's study.

A few days later, the news that George Haussmann, a senior official of the Seine Province, was called a candidate for the Ministry of Public Works spread throughout Paris City Hall.