Chapter 787： Personnel changes

"Since this matter was brought up in your office, then it is up to you, the Minister of War, to implement it!

After the colonial ministry is established, you can go to Algiers to become the governor! "

"Yes! Your Majesty!"

Jerome Bonaparte, who ended the discussion, invited the Minister of Montauban to have dinner together as usual. During this period, Jerome Bonaparte clinked glasses with Montauban many times, and hinted that the Minister of Montauban would only have a short term in Algiers. If he made some achievements, he would promote Montauban to the marshal of the empire, and even make him the earl of the empire.

And he did it just to appease the Minister of Montauban, who carried the hatred of the Ministry of War on his behalf.

After all, Montauban has already taken a lot of blame for him. If Jerome Bonaparte didn't give him some substantial rewards, how many people would be willing to take the blame for him in the future.

"Your Majesty, please rest assured! I will definitely live up to your expectations!" Minister Montauban replied respectfully to Jerome Bonaparte.

"By the way, when you are the governor of Algiers, you must try your best to attract more Europeans to Algiers!" Jerome Bonaparte once again told Minister Montauban: "We French After all, Algiers is in the minority, so we must do everything possible to attract more people to Algiers!"

At present, there are about 135,000 Europeans in Algiers, accounting for one-ninth of the entire population of Algiers, of which the population of France is only more than 70,000.

This is because Jerome Bonaparte tried his best to send all those political prisoners to Algiers to achieve such a scale. Therefore, it is necessary to intensify efforts to introduce more Europeans into the colony of Algiers. .

"Your Majesty, I understand! I will do as you ask!" Minister Montauban nodded without hesitation. Like Jerome Bonaparte, he did not completely trust those heretics.

"There is nothing else to say!" Jerome Bonaparte raised his glass again and said to Minister Montauban.

The Minister of Montauban respectfully clinks glasses with Jerome Bonaparte.

After eating and drinking, the Minister of Montauban took a carriage and left the Tuileries Palace under the personal farewell of Jerome Bonaparte.

Looking at the carriage of the Minister of Montauban gradually disappearing into the night, Jerome Bonaparte turned and returned to the study.

Just as Jerome Bonaparte was about to step up the stairs, a carriage stopped in the open space outside the Tuileries Palace. The wind chimes hanging on the carriage rang after the carriage stopped. .

When the sound of the wind chimes reached Jerome Bonaparte's ears, Jerome Bonaparte stopped, turned around and ordered his servants to go outside to check the situation.

The servant trotted out of the Tuileries Palace, and soon trotted to Jerome Bonaparte again.

"Whose carriage is outside?" Jerome Bonaparte asked the servant.

"Your Majesty, the carriage outside is on the carriage of the French ambassador to Sardinia. He said that he came to apologize to His Majesty!" The servant responded hastily to Jerome Bonaparte.

"Apologize!" Jerome Bonaparte was stunned for a few seconds, then smiled again and said to the servant, "Let the Sardinian ambassador come in!"

"Yes! Your Majesty!" The servant immediately went to the open space outside the Tuileries Palace and called in the ambassador of the Kingdom of Sardinia.

When the Sardinian ambassador who entered the hall of the Tuileries Palace saw Jerome Bonaparte, he quickly trotted to Jerome Bonaparte and said, "Your Majesty!"

"Mr. Ambassador, come with me!" Jerome Bonaparte said lightly, then turned around and stepped back on the stairs.

The Sardinian ambassador followed behind Jerome Bonaparte and also stepped up the stairs.

Under the leadership of Jerome Bonaparte, the Sardinian ambassador entered the study.

"Sit down!" Jerome Bonaparte stretched out his hand and invited the Sardinian ambassador to sit on the sofa.

After a while, the servant entered the room and placed a candlestick on each of the four corners of the square table.

Under the light of the sixteen candles on the candlestick, the sofa instantly lit up, and Jerome Bonaparte was able to see the slightly nervous face of the Sardinian ambassador sitting opposite.

"Mr. Ambassador, why are you visiting late at night!"

Although Jerome Bonaparte already knew the purpose of the Sardinian ambassador, he still pretended to be ignorant of the queen and asked the Sardinian ambassador.

"Your Majesty, I am here to apologize to you this time!" The Sardinian ambassador replied to Jerome Bonaparte.

"Apologize?" Jerome Bonaparte deliberately pretended to be suspicious and asked, "What do you apologize for? Your country doesn't seem to have offended me!"

The Sardinian ambassador immediately told Jerome Bonaparte what had happened at the Louvre this afternoon.

"It turned out to be that incident!" Jerome Bonaparte waved his hand freely, still pretending to be indifferent, "If you don't tell me, I'll almost forget it! At that time, I really wanted to Ask your Prime Minister, Mr. Cavour, how he is doing!"

Speaking of this, Jerome Bonaparte paused, "However, Mr. Ambassador, you are here! I just want you to ask Mr. Cavour some questions on my behalf!"

"Your Majesty, please say it! I will definitely tell it to Prime Minister Cavour!" The Sardinian ambassador said to Jerome Bonaparte with a serious face.

"I asked Mr. Cavour a few months ago if he would like to join the French in the process of indoctrinating (or colonizing) Africa! Mr. Cavour said at the time that I need to ask my brothers, you Only King Emmanuel can reply to me!" Jerome Bonaparte said slowly to the Sardinian ambassador: "It's been a few months now, and M. Cavour has not given me an answer!

So can you ask me instead if your Prime Minister is willing to act with France! "

"I will convey it to our Prime Minister on your behalf!" The Sardinian ambassador nodded and responded to Jerome Bonaparte.

"By the way, there is one more thing!" Jerome Bonaparte replied to the Sardinian ambassador.

"Your Majesty, you said it!" Sardinia put on an attitude of listening attentively.

Jerome Bonaparte asked politely whether there were any surplus laborers in the kingdom of Sardinia.

Facing Jerome Bonaparte's question, the Sardinian ambassador was stunned for a few seconds, then nodded.

Then Jerome Bonaparte said that he wanted to sign a labor agreement with the Sardinian government on behalf of the French Colonial Ministry.

The French Colonial Ministry will hire Sardinian laborers to work in Algiers, and the money earned by each Sardinian laborer will be directly handed over to the government of the Kingdom of Sardinia for use by the government of the Kingdom of Sardinia. foreign exchange.

Although it is said that Jerome Bonaparte's words are very elegant, but after listening a little and thinking about it, you can understand that Jerome Bonaparte's labor agreement is a disguised human trafficking.

However, Sardinia could not refuse this condition, because the Austrian Empire, which was located next to them, had begun to recover gradually due to the support of the French Empire.

The tax shackles originally set on Lombardy and Venice have also been gradually released due to the rise of Prague, Vienna, and Budapest. Lombardy and Venice, which were gradually loosened by Austria, are encroaching on Sardinia in the Apennine at an unprecedented speed. The peninsula's share of light industry.

To make matters worse, some industries in the Kingdom of Sardinia were affected by the open policy of Cavour and gradually began to be controlled by capital groups in France.

Of the several railways built recently, two-thirds of the railways are backed by French capital, running water, carriages, banks... Are they full of French capital?

If Sardinia does not consider finding another way to make money, otherwise, their only industry will be completely destroyed by the Austrian Empire, or it will be controlled by French capital!

"Your Majesty, how many people do you need!" The Sardinian ambassador asked Jerome Bonaparte.

"Of course the more the better!" Jerome Bonaparte answered the Sardinian ambassador without hesitation.

"Your Majesty, I will answer your previous questions as soon as possible!" The Sardinian ambassador replied to Jerome Bonaparte.

"I look forward to your good news!" Jerome Bonaparte nodded and said.

Jerome Bonaparte chatted with the Sardinian ambassador until 11 pm, and finally the Sardinian ambassador left under the watch of Jerome Bonaparte.

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In the following period of time, UU Reading Jerome Bonaparte announced some personnel transfers.

He first went to the Department of Colonial Affairs, which was under the Ministry of War, to become an independent department from the Ministry of War.

[PS: This move made Minister Montauban's position in the hearts of the subordinates of the Ministry of War plummet. For a minister, failing to win benefits for his subordinates and the department is a failure!

During the period when the Minister of War Montauban served as the War Department, the War Department successively lost military command and colonial control... It can be described as the most "wimpy" war minister in history.

Of course, some rights are indeed not lost by Montauban, but it does not prevent subordinates from putting "credit" on Montauban.

If the current Montauban had not had the Emperor behind his back, he would not have been able to command the War Department at all. 】

The new department was renamed the Colonial Department and was in charge of the colonies other than Algiers.

The Colonial Ministry has the right to appoint colonial officials, form a colonial government, and nominate colonial governors (currently, only Senegal, Guyana, and Gabon can nominate governors by the Colonial Ministry).

The new Minister of Colonial Affairs is the Governor of Algiers, General de Castenet.

The Minister of War, Kuzan Montauban, was transferred to the Governor of Algiers, and the Emperor's aide-de-camp, General Wayan, was appointed as the new Minister of War.

As soon as the personnel announcement came out, the entire War Department was overjoyed for Kuzan Montauban's resignation.

And Cuzanne Montauban, at the moment at the Tuileries Palace, accepts Jerome Bonaparte for him to wear the fourth-class knighthood.

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