Make France Great Again

De Luyins's praise did not make Jérôme Bonaparte feel the slightest bit proud, but instead rang the alarm bell in his heart again.

France is not the only one in the world who knows about reform, other countries are also desperately trying to catch up.

Therefore, France cannot relax even a little bit, and reform must go all out.

“This shows that war is the grindstone to test the results of reform. In the last war in Crimea, our army and people passed the test of war!

Our quality of life is not as good as before the war, because the pace of the war has come to a standstill, or even entered a short-term prosperity!

This is huge progress and I hope our next battle will be like the Crimean War! Of course, I personally don’t like war, because war will bring endless pain! Jérôme Bonaparte emphasized this sentence, and then said to De Luyins with a solemn expression, "Mr. Luyins, this requires the assistance of your Ministry of Foreign Affairs!" "

"Your Majesty, please rest assured!" De Luyins responded to Jérôme Bonaparte with a solemn expression: "Our diplomatic department will do our best to avoid war as much as possible while safeguarding the interests of France!"

"That's good! Thank you for your hard work!" Jérôme Bonaparte smiled and nodded at De Luyins.

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De Luyens returned to the Quai d'Orsay in a carriage from the Palais du Inlery with his eyes closed in thought. It was not until the driver of the carriage reminded him that he had arrived at the Quay d'Orsay that de Luyins got off the carriage, and then After taking two steps forward, he stopped and stood side by side with the driver.

"Your Majesty, what's wrong with you?" The driver asked curiously, looking at the thoughtful De Luyins.

After coming back to his senses, De Luyins quickly shook his head and responded, "Nothing!"

Then, he added: "Can I trouble you with one thing?"

"Please tell me! As long as I can do it, I will definitely do it for you!" The driver said to De Luyins flattered.

"Can you please help me one more time and send me to the Spanish Embassy?" De Luyins asked the driver in a negotiating tone.

"Of course!" The driver responded to De Luyins without hesitation, "Get in the car! Your Excellency, Minister!"

"Thank you!" De Luyins nodded slightly, turned around and sat back in the carriage.

The carriage carried De Luyins and set off again. Soon, De Luyins arrived at the gate of the Spanish Embassy.

"Your Excellency, Minister, we are here!" The driver who stopped the carriage once again reminded De Luyins in the carriage.

"I know!" De Luyins said as he opened the door and came to the driver.

He took out a Bank of France bank note worth 50 francs, handed it to the driver and said, "Thank you for your hard work! Take this!"

Looking at the bank notes (also called banknotes) handed over by De Luyins, the driver's eyes flashed with greed, but he did not accept it. Instead, he shook his head and said to De Luyins: "Your Excellency, Minister , I can’t take your money!”

"What? You dislike it too little?" De Luyins said to the driver half-jokingly.

"No!" The driver shook his head and responded to De Luyins with a serious expression, "Consultant Basilio stipulated when he came up that no one in the Duyinleli Palace can ask for anything from others in any name. Money, even if it is given by others!

If anyone is found to have violated the rules, they will be fired!

Your Majesty, please stop harming me! I'm very satisfied with my current job, and it's almost the end of the year, and Chief Basilio has promised to give us dividends! "

There was a hint of longing for the future in the driver's eyes, and a smile appeared at the corner of his mouth unconsciously.

"Then I'll keep it for myself!" De Luyins took back the 50 francs.

"Your Majesty, do you want me to wait for you here?" The driver asked De Luyins again.

"No need! I'll return to the Quai d'Orsay later!" De Luyins shook his head and replied to the driver, "It's time for you to go back and resume your life!"

"Yes!" The driver drove the carriage towards the direction from which it came, and gradually disappeared from De Luyins' sight.

"This Basilio is really an excellent steward!" De Luyins couldn't help but sigh, then turned and walked towards the door of the Spanish Embassy.

De Luyins arrived at the door of the Spanish Embassy and knocked gently on the door of the embassy. After a while, a voice came from the embassy. The owner of the voice asked De Luyins who was coming to the embassy. What is the purpose.

De Luyins answered the voice owner's question truthfully. The embassy door opened, and a blond boy about 28 or 9 years old appeared in front of De Luyins.

Looking at the blond young man in front of him, De Luyins remembered the time when he worked as a secretary at the Madrid Embassy. At that time, De Luyins was as young as him, and in the blink of an eye, he was already 52 years old.

Thinking of this, De Luyins showed a kind smile on his lips, and his eyes became very kind.

"Hello, Minister Luyins!" The blond boy standing opposite De Luyins looked at the imperial minister in front of him slightly nervously, and suddenly blurted out Spanish.

"Young man, is your ambassador at home now? If so, please take me to meet him!" De Luyins looked at the blond guy with a kind face and responded in Spanish.

The blond boy was stunned for a moment, and then said: "Please come with me!"

Under the leadership of the blond boy, De Luyins came to the Spanish Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to France Rafael Descart.

Rafael Descart showed a hint of surprise on his face when he saw that the visitor was actually the French Foreign Minister De Luyins. He did not understand why De Luyins arrived without any advance notice. embassy.

However, now that De Luyins is here, Rafael Descart must deal with De Luyins with 100% enthusiasm and 200% caution.

"Your Excellency, Minister, welcome to the embassy!" Rafael Descart stretched out his hand and said to De Luyins in French.

De Luyins also apologized to Rafael Descart in French: "Mr. Descart, please forgive me for my unexpected visit!"

"Nothing!" Rafael Descart shook his head and said politely to De Luyins: "On behalf of the Spanish Embassy, ​​I would like to warmly welcome you, the Minister!"

Afterwards, Rafael Descartes and De Luyins sat on the sofa, and the blond guy who led De Luyins served as the translator for this conversation.

(Neither De Luyins nor Rafael Descart actually needed a translator, but due to the unspoken rules of diplomacy, he was used as the translator.

If Ambassador Rafael Descart met Jérôme Bonaparte alone, he would not need an interpreter at all. )

“Your Excellency Ambassador, our Ministry of Foreign Affairs recently received a piece of news that concerns the interests of our two countries in the Kingdom of Morocco!

...It would be great if our two countries could reach a consensus on this issue..." De Luyins used lengthy diplomatic rhetoric to tell the Spanish ambassador about the ongoing diplomatic crisis in the Kingdom of Morocco.

The translator sitting aside listened to De Luyins's speech and immediately translated it into Spanish.

After the secretary finished translating all De Luyins's words, Rafael Descart quickly asked De Luyins: "Your Excellency, I don't know what you are talking about!"

Rafael Descart replied that De Luyins did not believe it.

Although Spain's current strength is not as good as it used to be, to say that they don't know anything is to underestimate the established powers.

De Luyins was certain that Rafat Descart must know something.

In order to match Rafael Descart's performance, De Luyins also showed a surprised expression on his face, "Mr. Ambassador, do you really not know the agreement signed by the Kingdom of Morocco and the Kingdom of Britain?"

(Translating...)

"What agreement?" Rafael Descart still pretended not to know anything and looked at De Luyins.

De Luyins told Rafael Descart about the treaty signed between the Kingdom of Morocco and the Kingdom of Britain. Rafael Descart showed appropriate surprise on his face, "It's really too bad! What happened to the Kingdom of Morocco?" To be able to sign such an irresponsible treaty!

They are simply irresponsible to their country! "

"Our Majesty thinks so too!" De Luyins said to Rafael Descart.

"His Majesty the Emperor of your country!" Rafael Descart was slightly surprised. He did not expect that Jerome Bonaparte would also pay attention to such a trivial matter.

"That's right! Our Majesty hopes to work with the Kingdom of Spain to condemn the irresponsible behavior of the Kingdom of Morocco!" De Luyins said righteously to Rafael Descat, "Only in this way can the Kingdom of Morocco I realize my mistake... I don’t know if the Kingdom of Spain has any intention of doing this!”

After listening to De Luyins's speech, Rafael Descart immediately understood that De Luyins was planning to pull them together.

Facing the olive branch handed over by the French Empire, Rafael Descart said directly without thinking: He would do his best to persuade Madrid to join the French Empire in condemning the Kingdom of Morocco.

The reason why he gave such a guarantee was to draw closer relations with the French Empire.

From 1848 to 1856, for nearly eight years, the relationship between the Kingdom of Spain and France had been in a state of inseparability.

During this period, France became one of the important powers in Europe again at a speed visible to the naked eye, and dominated some European affairs.

Now that he finally had the opportunity to build relations with France, Rafael was naturally unwilling to let it go.