Make France Great Again

Chapter 67: stubborn pope

The letter from Paris was opened by Jerome Bonaparte in a corner backed by the shade of a tree.

The sender, as Jerome Bonaparte expected, was his sister, Princess Mathilde.

In the letter, Princess Mathilde reported to Jerome Bonaparte that he was safe, and then told Jerome Bonaparte some details about the June Revolution.

After the revolution began, Princess Mathilde, the old Prince Jerome and some important backbones of the Bonaparte party were divided into two parts and protected by some Bonapartists who carried guns.

Although the whole of the suppression of the revolution was in the eastern and southeastern districts of Paris, Cavaignac still risked being hated by the French upper class and transported his artillery to the Saint-Germain district.

Many wealthy people who participated in the National Guard were forced by Cavaignac bayonet to wear gorgeous coats and carry weapons that had never fired a single shot.

Even so, they were still considered trash by Cavaignac.

Mathilde described in the letter: "In those few days, our Mr. Dick Tedot was in the limelight, and the former MPs beat or scolded him in front of him, and even those who came and went on weekdays The gentlemen of the upper class also come and go."

Although his sister's statement contained some subjective assumptions, from Mathilde's words, Jerome Bonaparte knew that the group of ** under Cavaignac's hands was very disgusting to the elites of the Western District.

In Paris, if your actions make the elites useful, your rule is not far from being overthrown.

Two generations of Bourbons have been a typical example.

Jerome Bonaparte then looked down. Mathilde also mentioned Victor Hugo in the letter and claimed that Victor Hugo wished to have a conversation with him in Paris.

If the conversation is pleasant, Mr. Hugo will choose to support Jerome.

It's done!

Jerome Bonaparte clenched his fists and muttered something excitedly in his heart.

Victor Hugo and the moderate republicans behind him are the people Jerome Bonaparte must win over.

If Hugo can call on the voters of the Seine region to vote for him, then he will be sure of the votes in the Seine.

At the end of the envelope, Mathilde also mentions another proposal for Cavaignac in the National Assembly on July 4th, that is, given the impact of the June riots, he proposes to limit the votes of voters who should be those A person with certain behavioral capacity.

If this proposal is successful, it means that all the previous efforts of Jerome Bonaparte will be in vain.

The appeal of the Bonaparte family was not attractive to the elite, and it was difficult for the Bonapartists to win without the peasants.

However, Mathilde ends by saying that Cavaignac's proposal was directly rejected by a ratio of 50:700.

The Party of Order, the Republican Party, and the Mountain Party rarely joined forces to deny Cavaignac, and they obviously did not want to see Cavaignac continue to be in power.

After reading the letter, Jerome Bonaparte sighed in relief and stuffed the envelope into his arms.

Sister Mathilde's letter really made Jerome Bonaparte go up and down like a roller coaster.

Jérôme Bonaparte, who has now secured the victory, can only wait for his return to Paris for publicity.

Jerome Bonaparte returned to the fishing spot in a good mood.

At this moment, a kind-hearted old man appeared in the fishing area, and he was chatting with Charles Bonaparte.

The old man who saw Jerome Bonaparte coming hurriedly saluted him, "Hi, Your Excellency! I'm Pererino Rossi!"

Jerome Bonaparte's face flashed a trace of surprise, and then his expression changed to a serious salute: "Mr. Interior Minister, hello!"

After some polite remarks, Pererino Rossi began to express his intention to Jerome Bonaparte: "I'm here to ask the Prince some questions!"

"Please speak!" Jerome Bonaparte responded.

Pererino Rossi tells Jerome Bonaparte about his problems.

Since Pope Pius IX announced the reforms, Pererino Rossi has started reforms, but in the reforms he used his experience in France to limit the amount of elections, appease the elite, and then try to put the clergy. Introduced to counter the Roman elite.

However, his reforms did not make any progress, but instead plunged himself into a swamp.

After listening to Pererino Rossi's words, Jerome Bonaparte looked at the guy in front of him with a strange expression. He had already read the scriptures for Pius IX himself, and His Majesty the Pope was still doing things with the idea of ​​1830.

Is it his own problem or the Pope's problem?

"Your Excellency, I admire Lord Guizot so much. I think you should know about the History of French Civilization written by Mr. Guizot!" Jerome Bonaparte asked Pererino Rossi.

"Of course!" Pererino Rossi nodded.

"As far as I know, Mr. Guizot, who wrote "History of French Civilization", once kept some of the ideas of Saint-Simonianism~www.NovelMTL.com~ That is the part he is most proud of!" Jerome Bonaparte said It is precisely the theory of class struggle applied by Guizot.

"But... Mr. Guizzo himself didn't..." Pererino Rossi responded.

"The current situation in the Papal State is very similar to the time of the Great Revolution. The third estate challenges the first estate! However, unlike the Great Revolution, most of the peasants in the third estate are willing to stand with His Majesty the Pope! If so, why not Take their votes and turn the system into your own!!" Jerome Bonaparte said to Pererino Rossi.

"This..." Pererino Rossi hesitated.

"Rome is not the foundation of His Majesty Pius IX, the foundation of His Majesty the Pope is in the countryside! Limiting the amount of elections will only exclude those who are loyal to His Majesty from the system, and some people with ulterior motives will hinder reform!" Jerome Bonaparte To Pererino Rossi.

"Your Majesty doesn't want to lose his worldly rights!" Pererino Rossi said in a low voice.

"There is no difference between a constitutional monarchy and an autocratic monarchy in the Papal State, as long as you can occupy the majority! Appropriate signals can ease sharp contradictions!" Jerome Bonaparte responded to Pererino Rossi.

After thinking for a long time, Pererino Rossi decided to give it a try.

But before that he had to talk to the Pope.

At this time, the sky was getting dark, and fishing had obviously become an empty phrase. Jerome Bonaparte and the others could only return empty-handed.

On July 15, Pererino Rossi, who persuaded the Pope, began the second round of reforms.

Jerome Bonaparte was not in the mood to continue to pay attention to the political situation of the Papal State. After receiving the letter, he quickly wrote a letter to General Dufour, his "protector" in Paris.

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