Chapter 62： Papal Reformation

Time flies by like a white horse, and in the blink of an eye, it has come to June 25th.

With the rising enthusiasm of the people in Rome for political participation and the "good" news from Austria, Pope Pius IX had to walk out of the Apostolic Palace again and went to St. Petersburg Church Square under the **** of Swiss guards to announce the progress of the reform.

Pererino Rossi, who was the chief advisor to Pope Pius IX, was brought to the fore by Pope Pius IX's appointment as Minister of the Interior. Pererino Rossi also delivered an inaugural speech in St. Peter's Square. Nuo Rossi announced his first set of reforms.

In the plan, Pererino Rossi claimed that given that Rome is currently in an economic downturn, rashly implementing democratic reforms will only bring the Papal State's economy to the brink of collapse. Now the government's first priority is to revitalize the economy, so he will The prestigious nobles in Rome will be invited to discuss strategies to save the city.

There needs to be further discussion about the strategy of the political year and whether to implement a National Assembly like France.

As soon as these remarks came out, there was a small-scale uproar in St. Peter's Square, and some republicans and careerists standing on the periphery of St. Petersburg Square were obviously not very satisfied.

However, the commotion did not get a wave of responses from others like the previous demonstrations, and those who tried to agitate the residents on the outskirts of St. Petersburg Square were quickly caught by the Swiss guards.

The reason for this is because many noble gentlemen with influence in the city of Rome chose to wait and see with satisfaction after hearing that Pererino Rossi was going to invite them to participate in politics.

Without their covert help, republicans and potential careerists would not have been able to accomplish anything.

After the first phase of the reform plan was elaborated, Pope Pius IX once again appeared in the cheers of the much-anticipated cheers. He used a sympathetic tone in St. Petersburg Square to publicly pardon those who wanted to agitate the people of St. Petersburg Square. This move made money again. the hearts of the inhabitants of Rome.

With the help of the "navy army" lurking among the residents, many citizens shouted "Long live the Pope" either sincerely or from the crowd.

Pope Pius IX and Patriarch Pererino Rossi left St. Peter's Square and returned to the Pontifical Palace amid previous cheers.

Early the next morning, the mainstream newspapers in Rome published speeches about Pererino Rossi. West is from France, and he will definitely transform the Papal State into a country like France.

Everyone in Rome was looking forward to Pererino Rossi's next move.

Except for Jerome Bonaparte at the Hotel in Rome.

After 23 days of "retreat practice", Jerome Bonaparte finally completed the main content of "Catholic Ethics and Economics".

As usual, Lucien Louis came to Jerome Bonaparte's hotel residence to help Jerome Bonaparte in reviewing the manuscript, and by the way brought Jerome Bonaparte French newspapers.

"Perfect!" Lucien Louis couldn't help but sigh again after seeing the exact word.

Jerome Bonaparte, who was looking down at the newspaper, raised his head and smiled slightly after hearing Lucien Louis' praise.

There can be no flaws in this book that encapsulates the "wisdom" of Christianity throughout the 19th century.

If there is one flaw to mention, it is the exposition of socialism.

Since the author of the original version wrote the book in the 1920s, it was the outbreak of socialism theory, part of the article is a "refutation" of socialism.

It is now the middle of the 19th century, the theory of socialism is in a wild period, and many theoretical knowledge has not yet come out.

In order to prevent unnecessary trouble, Jerome Bonaparte deleted all aspects of the content.

The whole book has also been reduced from 260,000 words to about 180,000 words.

Jerome Bonaparte believes that even if this part is lacking, The Ethics of Catholic Managers can still become the pillar of support for Catholic economics.

Lucien Louis, who put down the manuscript, once again asked Jerome Bonaparte what he thought of the political situation in Rome.

"Minister Pererino is still a little slow!" Jerome Bonaparte sighed slightly.

"Huh? Uncle, I think His Majesty's willingness to carry out reforms is already a good signal. A little patience will definitely pay off!" Lucien Louis responded optimistically to Jerome Bonaparte.

"Lucien!" Jerome Bonaparte got up and walked to the window. Lucien Louis also followed Jerome Bonaparte to the window.

Jerome Bonaparte pointed to the Roman citizens outside the window and said to Lucien Louis: "Lucien, the Pope can wait, so can the nobles! Can they wait? The wave of revolution has swept across Europe, slowly and slowly The reform of the CCP will only cause the impatient people to dislike the regime even more. They can wait for a while, but they cannot wait forever. His Majesty’s first step is already wrong!”

"If it were you, what should I do?" Lucien Louis asked Jerome Bonaparte.

"Either do nothing or be cruel!" Jerome Bonaparte said to Lucien-Louis: "If it were me, I would pretend to establish a Constituent Assembly, and then use the votes of the peasants to The clergy sent it to the council and ruled Rome."

"What if they want to riot again?" Lucien Louis asked again.

"I just want to wait for them to riot!" Jerome Bonaparte said with a grim expression: "If he doesn't riot, how can I declare in the name of the law that they do not obey the constitution! At that time, we only need to issue an decree to announce The insurgents are unconstitutional, and then they will be taken with the help of French knives in conjunction with the country's return group!"

Jerome Bonaparte made a gesture of raising his hand and dropping the knife, the meaning of which is self-evident.

The current situation of the Papal State is not something they can handle by themselves. It needs a big country to use a bayonet to forcibly reverse the values ​​of Rome.

"France...will France help the Pope?" Lucien Louis asked Jerome Bonaparte.

"Look at this and you'll understand!" Jerome Bonaparte returned to the desk and handed a French newspaper to Lucien Louis.

The content of the newspaper is "Relevant Resolution on Dissolution of National Workshop".

"Do you know what this means?" Jerome Bonaparte's tone was calm and a little scary.

Lucien Louis shook his head and said he didn't understand.

"This means that a massacre will be staged in Paris in the near future, and those urban management masters will tear off their disguise and start attacking the workers!"