Chapter 159： purge the war department

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Why would it be you?

In the face of Count Auper's careful inquiry, Jerome Bonaparte was at a loss as to whether he should tell the truth to Count Auper. He couldn't tell Earl Auper directly. Puppet, when all the dust settles, he will kick him out without hesitation.

Although this answer is frank, it has a kind of meaning of torture and killing a donkey.

If the Earl of Opel cannot be properly settled in the future, it will give the impression that "working for the president will not end well", and it will give a negative impression of Jerome Bonaparte's policy of uniting more friends , he pretended to answer in a deep half-truth: "General Opper, I think you should know something about what happened to Prime Minister Odilon Barrow recently!"

Earl Opper nodded, he understood that what Jerome Bonaparte said was the news that Odilon Barrow was going to London for an audience.

Seeing Count Opple nodding his head, Jerome Bonaparte said euphemistically, "Even if such a "horrific" thing happened in the Republic, many members of Parliament still disagree with me in dismissing Prime Minister Odilon Barrow!

Once I use my own power to forcibly remove Odilon Barrow, the Party of Order will definitely fight back against me, and their counterattack will only be limited to the issue of cabinet appointments and removals. They will encourage a group of Party members of the Order to ask them to reject me invitation to enter the cabinet.

Even so, I don't want to be enemies with them, so I need a bridge to ease communication with them, General Opper, you know what I mean! "

Count Opper understood the intention of His Excellency the President. The reason why President Jerome Bonaparte appointed him as Prime Minister was entirely because of his Orleanist brand, and at the same time he was one of the few people who maintained a good relationship with the President.

Of course, Adolf Fuld is also a political banker who has good relations with the Orleans, but considering that Adolf Fuld has both Jewish and banker debuffs, Jerome Bonaparte does not Willing to arouse people's disgust for the Orleans dynasty, so he was excluded.

"Your Excellency, I am a soldier. You should know that the soldier does not have any party affiliation. The object of the soldier's allegiance is the whole country, even if I have been divided between Bourbon and Orleans..." Count Opper's tone was submissive. In response to Jerome Bonaparte.

Soldiers have no partisan views?

General Opper's words made Jerome Bonaparte almost burst out laughing. The middle and low-level soldiers may not have a clear partisanship. They have only one task: to obey the arrangements of their superiors.

Once in the upper ranks of the army, it is a joke that the army has no partisan views, and the top generals in the army are more or less divided into factions.

If it were not for the commander of the Paris Regular Army and the National Guard, whose surname was Champ (Changarnier), Jerome Bonaparte would have to go to great lengths to complete the army's sand-mixing work by dismissing the cabinet, replacing the Minister of War and changing combat troops.

With the prestige and blessing of his uncle, he can call on the army to directly turn Paris upside down.

Then again, as Jerome Bonaparte intensified his infiltration of the army, only Changarnier and his cronies in charge of the brigades of the First Division were in front of him.

Jerome Bonaparte could have kicked them out of Paris had it not been for the ambiguity of the Ministry of War.

All had to wait until General Reigno returned to Paris.

Presumably the letter should have been handed over to General Reynio!

Jerome Bonaparte thought to himself.

"Yes, the military is the guarantee of maintaining national stability, and it is also an important shield for France to defend against other countries. The reason why I chose a person like you as prime minister is because I saw the loyalty to the country in your general! In my opinion, a A person's ability can be acquired through acquired training, but a person's character is innate.

General Opper, you once led the brave and fearless French soldiers to conquer the east and west, and made great achievements. This means that you are a person with rich management experience, but now it just changes you from commanding the army to commanding the cabinet! "

Since General Opel was willing to hang a "non-party" chastity memorial on his body, Jerome Bonaparte also followed his wish.

"Mr. President, thank you for your trust in me! I will definitely live up to expectations and work hard to lead the cabinet!" Count Opper said excitedly at Jerome Bonaparte, then his expression changed, and he showed an honest and loyal look. He sighed with his hands spread out and said, "Actually, it is too difficult for someone like me who has no governing experience to be the prime minister and run the cabinet. However, since it is your conscription, Your Excellency the President, of course you are willing to serve the country for a while. I hope Your Excellency President, you can promise me a condition!"

General Opper looked at him earnestly, in his opinion Jerome Bonaparte had acquiesced to his idea of ​​swaying from side to side.

Knowing that he does not have much ruling experience, he has determined through his conversation with Jerome Bonaparte that he is only an excessive character. After his departure, this position is likely to be a person at the banquet. Among the things, his purpose is to accumulate enough experience in this position, serving as the prime minister of the emperor's nephew is really not necessarily better than staying in the army.

"What conditions?" Jerome Bonaparte asked immediately.

I am not afraid that Opper has the conditions, but I am afraid that he does not have the conditions.

Conditional means that benefits can be exchanged, and no condition means that Jerome Bonaparte has to face a difficult problem.

"Your Excellency, please allow me to relinquish this position at the right time! I am a soldier, and my whole life should belong to the army!" General Opper said loudly, with a trace of the iron blood of a soldier in his words. style.

"General, I can assure you that you will not delay for too long! A general who is indifferent to fame and fortune can always be favored by fate." Jerome Bonaparte replied to Count Opel.

Jerome Bonaparte, who did not expect Count Opple to become a real figure in power, planned to quickly kick Opper out of the cabinet after the War Ministry gradually stabilized. If Opple could offer to resign, then Couldn't be better.

Jerome Bonaparte's principle is that as long as you don't block my way, then we can get together and leave, waiting for the rise.

If you stand in my way, I will kick you out without hesitation.

"Your Excellency, thank you again for appointing me as Prime Minister!" General Opper bowed slightly to Jerome Bonaparte, who had already decided to serve as Prime Minister, even if this Prime Minister was just a puppet.

"I hope we will have a good cooperation in the future!" Jerome Bonaparte said to General Opper, holding out his hand.

"I wish you all the best too!" Count Opple also tacitly shook hands with Jerome Bonaparte, he already understood what Jerome Bonaparte wanted to do.

The presidency was unable to satisfy the ambitions of the emperor's nephew.

...

Just as Jerome Bonaparte was talking with Opper, a secret meeting was also taking place in a mansion near Rome.

The participants included Edgar Ney, Adjutant of the Roman Expeditionary Force Commander, General Reno, Commander of the Roman Expeditionary Force, Brigadier General Niel, the "Logistics Steward" of the Roman Expeditionary Force, and some officers with the rank of lieutenant colonel and colonel. They are the backbone of the expeditionary force, but also loyal supporters of Bonaparte.

Under the influence of General Reynolds, over a period of three months, they were transformed into Bonapartists.

Under the light of the wick of the glass chandelier hanging on the ceiling, General Reño, who was sitting at the main seat of the long nanwood table, nodded to Edgar Ney next to him, and Edgar Ney immediately took out a letter. Give it to General Reno.

Everyone's eyes were focused on the letterhead at the same time, and they knew that the key to this meeting was the letterhead.

"Everyone, I have received a letter from Your Excellency the Prince! Your Excellency applauds your bravery in the Roman War and your handling after the Roman War! He assures you that your efforts will be rewarded!" Lei General Neo started by praising the officers without hesitation.

In some ways, this group of Qiu Ba really gave him a long face.

Everyone present smiled, and no one did not like to be praised by the leader and then promoted.

Later, General Reño threw a "blockbuster" to everyone present: "Mr. President said that he will nominate me as Minister of the French War Department!"

The moment Reynold announced himself as the Secretary of War, all the officers present became uneasy. They knew that the power gap between a Secretary of War who was trusted by the President and a Secretary of War who did not win the President’s trust was completely underground. a heaven.

As long as General Reño wanted to, he, as the Minister of War, could directly tell the entire Ministry of War to clean up and then stuff some people into the Ministry of War.

This meant that those of them who had carried guns with General Reño also had the opportunity to enter the War Department.

After a few years of polishing in the Ministry of War, it is simply a breeze to be assigned to a division as a division commander.

"General, you can't forget us!"

"Yes! General, we are all supporters of the president..."

"General, we are your soldiers! We will follow you wherever you go..."

"General, those soft eggs of the War Department are not reliable at all, only we are the most loyal troops of the President!"

...

The Qiu Ba who was present shouted loudly that they wanted to follow Reynolds into the Paris War Department, and even a few daring Qiu Ba openly shouted the slogan "I support the coronation of the President".