Chapter 116： Roman Expeditionary Force

Minister Liueli, who left the Elysee Palace, showed a smile of the rest of his life. This trip to the Elysee Palace was a torture for him, an old man in his sixties.

If he had to go through a few more times, he would definitely submit his resignation to the president.

Returning to the Ministry of War, Liuelli did not forget the mission assigned by Jerome Bonaparte. He quickly called the director of the Personnel Department and explained to him the mission assigned by the president.

However, Liueli did not say that it was the task that the president gave.

"Minister, you mean under the age of 40? Still have combat experience in Algiers?" The director of the Personnel Department asked Liueli again. He didn't understand what Liueli wanted to do because of the lack of key information.

"That's right!" Liueli nodded and responded, "Go!"

"I'm going right now!" The director saluted Minister Liulier and left.

Although he didn't know what Minister Liulière was going to do, as a trusted confidant who was promoted by Liuelier, it had become his instinct to obey the leadership.

Just when he was about to leave the minister's office, the director suddenly realized a problem. The minister didn't seem to have given him a limit on the number of people. He quickly turned around and asked, "Minister, how many people do you need!"

The director's inquiry instantly made Liueli realize that he didn't seem to ask how many people the president needed. He could only vaguely say: "Just 60-70 people!"

Liueli probably didn't realize that his vague response just met Jerome Bonaparte's need for manpower at the beginning of the formation of the staff.

The director who returned to the Personnel Department quickly mobilized all the subordinates of the Personnel Department to find qualified officers.

After nearly two weeks of overtime work day and night, the Personnel Department finally compiled a list.

The Director handed the list to the Minister of War and said, "Minister, this is the list of members that meet your requirements!"

Looking at the dense French on the list, Liueli nodded with satisfaction and said, "Just contact them according to the list!"

"what!"

The director looked at Minister Liueli in surprise. There were sixty-eight people on the list.

[Among them, 20 are in the subordinate departments of the Ministry of War, and the remaining 48 are from Algiers. 】

Although they were all low-level officers, as far as he knew, the War Department seemed to have no place to accept them.

"Mr. Minister, please be blunt!" In order to keep his authority from being diluted, the director mustered his courage and said to Liueli: "The Ministry of War cannot arrange so many people! If they swarm into the Ministry of War, I am afraid it will cause The whole department is bloated!"

"Bloated?" Liu Eli raised his head, those sharp eyes seemed to pierce the director's heart, he snorted coldly and said in a bad tone, "Isn't the War Department not bloated now?"

Don't look at Liueli's helplessness when facing Jerome Bonaparte, it was all because of the condescending position of the president.

In the face of a director whose level is lower than him, Liueli is not so good at talking.

"I... I mean... We really don't need to recruit more people!" The director who learned that he offended the leader could only bite the bullet and continue.

For the sake of myself and the Ministry of War, I had to do this!

I'm all here for the Minister's good!

The director silently rationalized and hypnotized himself in his heart.

"Don't worry! Earl Rendall, these people are not staying in the War Department!" Liue said in a slightly sarcastic tone to the greedy subordinate in front of him.

"Then they..." Count Rendall asked subconsciously. He suddenly thought that a few days ago, the Prince and President seemed to have established a military secretariat [announced], would they be transferred there.

Damn, I should have thought of that!

Count Lendell, who is almost 50 years old, regrets it very much in his heart. If he had reacted earlier, he would have sent his son, who just graduated last year, to the list. He believed that the minister would never expose the news that his son was stationed in Nantes.

It's all too late now.

Earl Rendall's annoyance was seen by Liueli, and Liueli couldn't help but despised his subordinates.

Regrets were regrets, and Earl Lendall, who had reacted to his gaffe, quickly regained his meticulousness.

"Let's get in touch! I'm going to a meeting!" After reading all the names on the list, Liueli handed it over to Earl Lendall and issued an evacuation order.

The unwilling Earl Rendall could only choose the list members and contact the list members, looking at the names on the list.

Earl Rendall has reason to believe.

If the president can win, everyone on the list will be brilliant.

Maybe I should turn to the president?

A thought poured out of Lendl's mind. Born in a traditional aristocracy, he should have been the one who opposed Napoleon the most, but now he is thinking of working for him.

Blame Napoleon! He messed up everything!

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"Ah!"

Jerome Bonaparte, who was sitting in the study at the Elysee Palace, did not know what was going on at the War Department. At this time, he was talking with Reigno, the commander of the upcoming expedition to Rome.

"General Reigno, I would like to congratulate you in advance on becoming the commander of the Roman Expeditionary Force!" Jerome Bonaparte said exaggeratedly to the same bald general with a smile on his face, "This is not an easy task. work!"

General Reño, who had just been promoted from brigadier general to major general, looked at Jerome Bonaparte with excitement and gratitude in his eyes To be able to command an independent army to fight is the dream of every general. , If someone like him who had just been promoted to major general hadn't been helped, it would be impossible for him to take this beautiful job.

"Your Majesty, I...I..." Reynio's excited words were no longer easy.

"General, you were expelled from the army because of the Bonaparte family! During the July Dynasty, you didn't get promoted for seven years because of my cousin. We should compensate you for that!" Jerome Bona Ba said sincerely.

Jerome, who learned from Colonel Dumoore's "connection" with the Bonaparte family, had more reason to reuse this loyal general, and the war against Rome was his return to General Reigno.

"I will swear my allegiance to Your Majesty and the Bonaparte family!" General Regnault swore loudly to Jerome Bonaparte.

"General Reigno, you won't regret your choice today! I believe you will be able to become a marshal!" Jerome Bonaparte promised Reigno, then changed the subject: "I need you to take advantage of this opportunity. Go to the army to find a group of people who support us, and I will use them to clean up the War Department!"

Jerome Bonaparte believes that the army has never been a peaceful group, and that there is never a shortage of careerists in the military. As long as those careerists can be convinced that they can get what they want by following themselves, they will unite to their own. before.

"Yes! Your Majesty!"

Reigno, who was more surprised than frightened, decisively took over the bridge between Bonaparte and the army.

I believe that it will not be long before a large number of Bonapartists will appear in the army that goes to Rome.

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