Make France Great Again

Although he could gain certain benefits from the Eastern Empire, Jérôme Bonaparte did not want to take action against his mother country in his previous life.

Even if the current occupation of this country is a colonial regime cloaked in feudalism, he does not want to harm it unduly.

Seeing that Jerome Bonaparte was only willing to make money (referring to selling a large amount of weapons and equipment to the rebels and government forces) and was unwilling to get involved in the affairs of the Eastern Empire, Ambassador Kautz felt a little regretful.

Although Britain is fully capable of making the rulers of the Eastern Empire surrender to them by relying on its own strength, the Kingdom of Britain still wants the French Empire to help stand up.

After all, the French army in the Eastern Empire was second only to that of Britain.

Britain could spare some troops if they were willing to help.

"Your Majesty, in that case, I won't disturb you anymore!" Ambassador Kautz said respectfully to Jerome Bonaparte.

Jérôme Bonaparte personally sent Ambassador Coutts out the door, and then called Basilio.

"Which room is Richard Metternich in?" Jerome Bonaparte then asked Basilio.

"Your Majesty, please come with me!" Basilio said to Jerome Bonaparte, and then led Jerome Bonaparte upstairs, "Ambassador Richard is inside! "

Jerome Bonaparte opened the door and entered the room. After hearing the noise coming from outside the door, Richard Metternich quickly got up from the sofa and then walked in the direction of Jerome Bonaparte. .

Jerome Bonaparte and Richard Metternich met in the middle of this section of the road. After the two shook hands, Richard Metternich said to Jerome Bonaparte in a respectful manner: " His Majesty!"

"Richard, you came to visit me on the order of Franz Joseph!" Jerome Bonaparte said to Richard Metternich.

Richard Metternich shook his head and responded to Jerome Bonaparte, "Your Majesty! Our Emperor Franz Joseph not only ordered me to bring you the most sincere greetings from the Austrian Empire, but also Also let me ask you if you need help from the Austrian Empire!”

"Oh?" Richard Metternich's response surprised Jerome Bonaparte.

Unexpectedly, the Austrian Empire, which has always been known for its diplomatic attitude of "turning big things into small things and making small things small", would actually be willing to help them.

This somewhat surprised Jérôme Bonaparte.

"Richard!" Jerome Bonaparte shrugged his shoulders and said in a slightly frivolous tone, "I am very happy that your government is friendly to the French Empire at this critical juncture!

But this assassination is an internal matter of the French Empire and does not require the assistance of the Austrian Empire! "

"Your Majesty! This assassination is not only the internal affairs of the French Empire, but also related to the entire monarchy system!" Richard Metternich responded righteously to Jerome Bonaparte.

"Oh?" Jerome Bonaparte smiled with interest. Now he wants to hear your unique insights, "Why is this assassination related to the entire monarchy?"

Richard Metternich asked Jerome Bonaparte unhurriedly: "Your Majesty, according to the information disclosed by the Ministry of Interior, most of the four people responsible for assassinating you are assassins from the Apennine Peninsula. ! (One of the few pieces of information Pesini disclosed to the outside world, but it did not involve a specific country)"

"There are indeed Assassins in the Apennine Peninsula!" Jerome Bonaparte nodded and responded to Richard Metternich, "However, I don't understand what assassination has to do with the monarchy!"

Richard Metternich told Jerome Bonaparte that just a few months ago, several dukes and princes in the Apennine Peninsula were assassinated by the Carbonari.

Now, Jerome Bonaparte has also been assassinated!

“His Majesty and Metternich’s advisor (Richard Metternich’s father, old Prince Metternich) believe that this is a conspiracy by the Italian Carbonari Party against the monarch!

They want to rely on this method to subvert the monarchy and realize the republican system they implemented in 1948! "Richard Metternich plausibly responded to Jerome Bonaparte, "So this assassination is not only France's internal affairs, but also related to the European monarchy! "

After listening to Richard Metternich's words, Jerome Bonaparte was silent for a moment, and half-jokingly and half-seriously said to Richard Metternich: "Richard, your idea is indeed very novel!

How are you, the Austrian Empire, prepared to maintain order among the monarchs!

It is impossible to send troops directly to the Apennine Peninsula to help eliminate extremists in the Apennine Peninsula! "

"Your Majesty, this is what our Austrian Empire thinks! We hope that the French Empire and the Austrian Empire will join forces to jointly maintain the stability of the Apennine Peninsula!" Richard Metternich nodded and said to Jerome Bonaparte.

The corners of Jerome Bonaparte's mouth twitched slightly. He originally thought that he was the only one who wanted to attack the Apennine Peninsula.

Unexpectedly, the Austrian Empire agreed with him.

He clearly remembered that the Austrian Empire in history never paid much attention to the affairs of the Apennine Peninsula.

How come when it was his turn, the Austrian Empire was much more concerned about the Apennines than it had been in history.

"Mr. Richard, it seems that France is helping the Austrian Empire, rather than the Austrian Empire helping the French Empire!" Jerome Bonaparte reminded Richard Metternich.

"Your Majesty, help is mutual!" Richard Metternich responded to Jerome Bonaparte: "This matter will also help the French Empire!"

"I don't see any benefit from it! This will instead bring our relationship with the Kingdom of Sardinia to a freezing point!" Jerome Bonaparte then responded to Richard Metternich.

"Your Majesty! The relationship between the Kingdom of Sardinia and France should be the same as the relationship between our country and the Principality of Tuscany!

The Kingdom of Sardinia should become a vassal of France! "Richard Metternich said nakedly, "But now the Kingdom of Sardinia has begun to move closer to the Kingdom of Britain, and they are likely to become a pawn of the Kingdom of Britain in the Apennine Peninsula! "

"The relationship between Sardinia and France is the internal affairs of the French Empire and has nothing to do with the Austrian Empire!

"Jerome Bonaparte pointedly said to Richard Metternich,"

And the Kingdom of Britain is also our best ally. Why should we guard against our allies!

I think the help you talk about is just an excuse for you to suffer from not having any action on the Apennine Peninsula! "

Jérôme Bonaparte was right, the help Richard Metternich said was just a set of words.

The actual situation is that the Austrian Empire wants to use this opportunity to unite with the French Empire to strike hard at all the extremist forces in the Apennine Peninsula.

Because in recent times, the Carbonari Party throughout the Apennine Peninsula has been extremely active, from time to time instigating the people to rebel against the Austrian Empire and assassinating the monarchs of Italian states under Austrian control.

This made the Austrian Empire miserable. Coupled with the fact that the Austrian Empire was affected by the economic crisis, the original momentum of rapid development was suddenly interrupted.

(The Austrian Empire in history did not have the support of a large amount of French capital.)

In order to divert domestic conflicts, the Austrian Empire had to consider a heavy blow to the Apennine Peninsula.

This would not only eliminate those unsightly Carbonari elements, but also divert the empire's economic conflicts. It was simply killing two birds with one stone.

However, due to the French Empire, although the Austrian Empire had such an idea, it was unable to take action.

It happened that Jerome Bonaparte was assassinated again, and the Austrian side was careful. They asked Richard Metternich to come over to test Jerome Bonaparte's attitude.

"Your Majesty, although the relationship between the Kingdom of Britain and the French Empire is very good, interests between the two countries ultimately determine everything!" Seeing Jerome Bonaparte "not taking the bait," Richard Metternich said earnestly. Jerome Bonaparte persuaded.

"I don't think there is much conflict between the interests of France and Britain!" Jerome Bonaparte denied it.

"Your Majesty, aren't the differences between Britain and France on the Mediterranean issue a conflict of interest?" Richard Metternich asked rhetorically, "If the Kingdom of Sardinia exchanges Sardinia for the protection of the Kingdom of Britain, then the French Empire may There’s no reason to stop it!”

"Impossible!" Jérôme Bonaparte appropriately showed a hint of panic, "Cavour would not do such an irrational thing!"

"Your Majesty, it is true that the Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Sardinia cannot do such an irrational thing, but that does not mean that other people in the Kingdom of Sardinia will not!

Their monarch, Victor Immanuel II, was not a very rational person. "Richard Metternich mistakenly believed that Jerome Bonaparte had believed that Sardinia was willing to lease Sardinia to Britain.

[ps: Historically, the conversation between Sardinia and Britain on the Sardinian issue was after Napoleon III annexed Nice and Savoy, in order to safeguard Britain's rights in the Mediterranean.

Only then did Britain begin to talk to Piedmont about Sardinia.

In this plane, the French Empire annexed the Kingdom of Morocco more quickly than in history.

This made the British Kingdom worry in advance that their Mediterranean hegemony would be threatened, so they had to choose to leverage Sardinia to contain France.

The Lend-Lease of Sardinia was nothing more than a tentative demonstration of Britain's claim to France's Mediterranean rights, and Jérôme Bonaparte did not care. 】

"He may be irrational sometimes, but my troops stationed on the border will make his mind regain its sanity!" Jerome Bonaparte snorted coldly and responded to Richard Metternich. .

Just when Richard Metternich was about to give up, Jerome Bonaparte then said: "However, one thing you said is indeed right!

Sardinia really needs a lesson! "

"Your Majesty, the Austrian Empire is willing to act together with France!" Richard Metternich said to Jerome Bonaparte with a slightly excited tone.