Chapter 169： Hugo Strikes Back with 1st Meeting

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Victor Hugo had a relieved expression. He had long expected that the cabinet would be controlled by Jerome Bonaparte. Once Jerome Bonaparte was a careerist, he would have to satisfy a part of the power. people's interests.

Victor Hugo remembered the current split in the party of Order, and he also smelled a conspiracy after being beaten repeatedly by the state in parliament and in the political arena over the years.

The orthodox factions...especially those inclined to the clerical order faction are likely to be instigated by Jerome Bonaparte in their attacks on other members of the party of Order. In order to repay their instigation, Jerome Bonaparte must continue they have certain interests.

If Jérôme Bonaparte makes a move in other fields, it will inevitably lead to political turmoil. This kind of distribution is not good for them. There is nothing more secure than making a move in the field of public education.

France lost nothing more than a group of liberal-minded teachers, but it did get support from the church and cuts to education spending.

Expenses in a French religious school are far less than in a group of ordinary colleges and universities.

Victor Hugo shudders at the thought of a future where French students may become religious believers, where science and free thought are about to be stifled in the cradle.

"I have to do something!" Victor Hugo lowered his head and muttered, he understood that rashly confronting the religions that existed in France for hundreds of years was a sure thing. Only by recognizing religions could they attack them.

He had to go back and prepare the "ammo" for the attack, without the "ammo" and nothing else to talk about.

"François, Charles!" Victor Hugo was determined to fight for the future of France. He raised his head and looked at Francois Hugo and Charles Hugo with a firm tone.

"Father!"

"Father!"

Francois and Hugo and Charles Hugo responded to Victor Hugo successively.

"It's up to you two! I'm going back!"

After speaking, Victor Hugo picked up the leather bag beside him, got up, put the top hat hanging on the hanger on his head and left.

The newspaper office left only brothers with big eyes and small eyes and a group of busy workers.

"Now, what should we do?" Francois Hugo asked Charles Hugo in a negotiating tone.

After thinking for a moment, Charles Hugo said, "You stay here, I will come to the Opera House!"

Charles Hugo also hurriedly left.

"Hey! What are you going to do?" François Hugo shouted anxiously, looking at the background of Charles Hugo's departure.

"Let's see if we can help the newspaper office get through this difficult time!" Charles Hugo didn't mean to stop, he said loudly while running and waving his hand behind him.

"Alas!" François Hugo, who watched Charles Hugo leave, returned to the newspaper office, sitting alone on the sofa with his hands slumped over his legs, staring blankly into the distance.

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Just as Victor Hugo returned home to prepare for the Legislative Assembly's attack on "Ammunition", a luxurious double-bridge carriage slowly parked at the Martinon Palace (Prime Minister's Palace). The golden bee icon on the side of the carriage made people look You know who the owner of the carriage is.

The car door opened slowly, and Jerome Bonaparte got out of the car and went straight into the cabinet meeting hall of the House of Martinon.

In the cabinet meeting hall at this time, the ministers of various departments were waiting in the hall early, and under the instructions of Prime Minister Opper, they got up and waited for the arrival of President Jerome Bonaparte.

A servant of the House of Martinon entered the conference hall, and he trotted to the front of Prime Minister Opper to report to him the arrival of Jerome Bonaparte.

Hearing the President's presence with a smile on his face, Prime Minister Opper said in a kind tone: "Everyone, Mr. President has arrived!"

The door of the conference hall slowly opened, and the figure of Jerome Bonaparte also appeared on the other side of the door.

Prime Minister Opper applauded first, and then the ministers of various departments also applauded Jérôme Bonaparte to show their welcome.

In the continuous cross talk, Jerome Bonaparte slowly came to the main seat of the conference hall. This seat was originally the exclusive seat of the Prime Minister. Due to the arrival of the President, the Prime Minister could only condescend to the first one on the right. Location.

Standing in the main seat, Jerome Bonaparte glanced at everyone present. He cleared his throat and said, "Everyone, please take a seat!"

Everyone obeyed Jerome Bonaparte's order and took their seats, and they set their sights on Jerome Bonaparte.

Jerome Bonaparte looked at the Bonapartists in the cabinet and the party of Order leaning towards the Bona faction and said in a kind tone: "I know more or less of the vast majority of you present! Your abilities, I know all about it, so I am very relieved to hand over the country to you to govern!"

"The cabinet still has to follow the president's leadership!" Prime Minister Opper of course could hear what was polite and what was sincere, he hurriedly flattered.

"That's right! As the saying goes, the sailing of the sea depends on the helmsman. Your Excellency, you are our helmsman!" Minister of War Reynolds immediately expressed his support for Jerome Bonaparte.

"That's right! The French Constitution stipulates that you, Your Excellency, have the power to manage the government. I hope you will not slack off, President!" The seemingly critical words of Minister of Finance Achille Fuld were also full of flattery.

The remaining ministers also more or less told Jerome Bonaparte that "the leadership of the president, the execution of the prime minister and the ministers are the traditions of France", and they must not give up their fine traditions.

Based on the choice of the democratic system, Jérôme Bonaparte "couldn't" refuse the wishes of his colleagues that he could preside over the overall situation. He "reluctantly" presided over the overall situation.

France has changed from the stage of the president "doing not rule" to the stage of the president "taking full power".

Jerome Bonaparte nodded at Prime Minister Opper. After "receiving" Prime Minister Opper's "consent", Jerome Bonaparte said: "Is there any important situation in each department?"

Morney, who is the Minister of Public Works, said first: "Mr. President, I think the agency under the jurisdiction of the Department of Public Works is too bloated and the scope of power is too large. I propose that the Department of Public Works should be properly compressed!"

As soon as these words came out, it was like a thunderstorm that exploded the calm parliamentary hall. Prime Minister Opper and some ministers who did not know it looked at Morney, the Minister of Public Works, in surprise. They had never heard of it, and some people would dislike their hands. People with too much power, but any bureaucratic who is a little ideal can't wait for the more power in their hands, the better. It is the first time that a cabinet meeting has proposed to take the initiative to reduce the power in their hands.

It didn't take long for the ministers and prime ministers present to understand that this should be a big drama prepared by the president and Morney in advance, and they only needed to quietly serve as the audience for melon eating.

As expected, President Jérôme Bonaparte seemed to have already known that Morney was going to propose a reduction in power. He did not ask Morney why he wanted to reduce power, but asked directly: " Minister Molney, which function do you want to cut from the Public Works Department?"

"Your Excellency, I propose to make the Railway Committee under the Ministry of Public Works an independent department under the direct responsibility of the President and the Prime Minister!" Morney stood up and blocked the prepared materials in front of Jerome Bonaparte and Prime Minister Opper. .

Jerome Bonaparte, who had already read the contents of the materials, pretended to look at the contents of the materials and said to Morny, "What's the reason?"

"Due to the issuance of public works bonds and the construction of railways in the first half of the year, the number of railway committees has gradually increased, and we have to send more people to fill the railway committees! This has seriously affected other businesses of the Ministry of Public Works!" Morney said. eloquently to Jerome Bonaparte.

"Then there is no need to re-establish a department!" Prime Minister Opper frowned, he raised his head and glanced at Jerome Bonaparte.

Taking himself as the transitional prime minister, he did not expect to encounter such a "tough" problem on the first day of his tenure as prime minister. He wanted to ask Jérôme Bonaparte for an explanation.

"Your Excellency, the Railway Committee is said to be a sub-committee of the Ministry of Public Works, but in fact it already includes everything that a department can have. The Railway Committee has four sub-bureaus and general offices, the Personnel Department, the Transportation Bureau... which makes the entire The function of the Railway Commission in the Public Works Department conflicts with the Public Works Department, which in turn seriously affects the operation of the entire Public Works Department!" Molney explained to Opper.

From the very beginning, Jérôme Bonaparte had decided to pull the Railway Commission out of the Ministry of Public Works. For this reason, he deliberately created a relationship between the subordinate bodies of the Railway Commission and the internal organs of the Ministry of Public Works. crossover situation.

"Then it's enough to demote them all by one administrative level!" Prime Minister Opper replied.

"Mr. Prime Minister, if you lower it rashly, I'm afraid it will affect our bonds, and the market will lose confidence in bonds! Our construction progress may also stop!" Molney responded genially.

Bonds... Prime Minister Opper suddenly remembered that he also seemed to have bought a lot of bonds from the Ministry of Public Works, and if the bonds were turbulent, his money would shrink.

Thinking of this, Prime Minister Opper couldn't help but feel a little flustered: "If a department is re-established, those bonds won't shrink?"

Morney glanced at the colleagues present, most of whom had purchased the bonds of the Ministry of Public Works, and he said decisively: "Not only will it not shrink, but maybe it will rise! Once the Railway Commission is established as a department, it will represent The government has confidence in the railway business. Which department directly under the Cabinet is more promising than the department under the Ministry of Public Works?”