Make France Great Again

After listening to General Wayan's explanation, everyone present had a certain understanding of the huge expenses of the French Army.

"The army is the foundation of France. We must not relax in this field! If we relax even a little bit, we may be overtaken by others!" Jerome Bonaparte said to those present with a solemn expression. Everyone said, "Everyone, I hope you can understand that our world is not a static world.

It is undergoing rapid changes every moment, and blindly clinging to the incomplete will definitely be abandoned by this era.

The Russian Empire is not a typical example. The reason why they were defeated by our army in the Crimean battlefield was not because their soldiers were cowardly. "

Jérôme Bonaparte paused, then spoke to everyone present in a passionate tone: "Just imagine how a cowardly nation could expand its territory from a corner of Moscow to the current territory.

On the contrary, each of their soldiers is the best soldier like France, but they have excellent soldiers, but they have an administrative machine and mobilization system that do not match the excellent soldiers.

The soldiers couldn't get enough food on the front lines, and the generals would just stay in the headquarters looking at old maps... I once saw the Russian army's maps, and their maps didn't even have the boxes in the British magazines, and ours However, the General Staff Headquarters of China has already produced a map of the Near East that can be said to be the clearest in the world today!

This is the reason for their failure... If our army stops moving forward, we will only be surpassed by those who come after us.

Wayan, you have to remember that there is no eternal military power in this world.

The reason France is where it is now is because countless generals and soldiers sacrificed their lives.

Therefore, I will never allow anyone to block France's progress in any way! "

Jérôme Bonaparte spoke eloquently and won warm applause from Minister Vaillant.

Although Minister Wayang didn't understand why the emperor gave people an inexplicable sense of urgency every time he mentioned military reforms, as if someone was chasing him behind him, Minister Wayang was still very happy that the army could usher in The second commander in chief.

Vaillant, who has climbed from the grassroots level of the army to the position of minister, knows the French army too well. If the French army is not managed with a tough attitude, it will soon fall into decline.

On the contrary, if a hard-line soul can appear in the army, then the French army will be completely transformed.

Soon, the ministers who reacted applauded Jérôme Bonaparte's remarks.

The applause lasted for a while and then ended.

"Okay! Minister Vaillant, this is what I want to say! Sit down first!" Jérôme Bonaparte gestured with his hand that General Vaillant could sit down.

"Yes, Your Majesty!" Minister Vaillant sat down again after saluting Jérôme Bonaparte.

Then, Jerome Bonaparte continued to say to everyone present: "Ministers, please promise me! Next, no matter whether my speech is good or bad, please stop applauding!

If this continues, it may be difficult for us to complete the summary in one morning. "

Everyone present nodded to Jerome Bonaparte to express their understanding, and then Jerome Bonaparte set his sights on Navy Minister Dicko.

"Minister Dicko, you can start!" Jérôme Bonaparte responded to Minister Dicko calmly.

Minister Dick immediately stood up straight and responded to Jérôme Bonaparte: "Yes, Your Majesty!"

Later, Minister Dicko reported to Jérôme Bonaparte the overall financial expenditure of the French Imperial Navy in 1855.

The French Imperial Navy spent a total of 150 million francs last year, equivalent to one-third of the entire French Army.

“As of the end of December 1855, we had four ships under construction, one of which was a new ironclad ship to enhance the deterrence of the French Navy in the Mediterranean!

The remaining three are foreign trade warships, two of which were commissioned by the Ottoman Empire, and one was commissioned by the Kingdom of Sweden.

Compared with the new iron-clad ships, the three foreign trade warships are a generation later..." Minister Dicko said eloquently to everyone present.

After Minister Dicko finished speaking, Remus Bonaparte said to everyone, "Minister Dicko has shown me the drawings of the new ironclad ship he mentioned. The data on the drawings show that this is indeed a Nice ship.

However, I hope your drawings will match the real thing.

Do not think that the drawing is one piece of data, but actually it is another piece of data.

Of course, it would be better if your actual data is better than the data on the drawing. "

"Your Majesty, please rest assured!" Minister Dico quickly assured Jérôme Bonaparte, "The actual data is definitely better than the data on the drawings!"

Jérôme Bonaparte smiled slightly and responded to Minister Dicko: "Okay! Minister Dicko, I hope you can give me a surprise!

Now you can sit down! "

"Yes!" Minister Dico returned to his original position.

Immediately afterwards, the Minister of the Interior (Minister) Pesini was also dropped out by Jérôme Bonaparte.

Although the current Ministry of the Interior (which can also be called the Ministry of the Interior) has lost some of its functions due to the weakening of Jérôme Bonaparte (the functions of the National Intelligence Service should not be roughly not part of the Ministry of the Interior), he still controls With the empire's huge police, gendarmerie, fire and urban management teams.

It can be said that the entire cabinet is second only to the Secretary of State Fuld, the Secretary of the Privy Seal Morny (Morny's Secretary of the Privy Seal does not have much power, but the power of the Secretariat he concurrently holds is huge), and the Secretary of War Vayan (Vaillan does not have much power, but he and Nierre have more power together), Minister of Justice Rouet (because Rouet received the trust of Jérôme Bonaparte, he served as "Deputy Deputy Emperor" , so the power should not be underestimated), the fifth minister.

After hearing Jerome Bonaparte's order, Pesini also stood up and reported to Jerome Bonaparte the various tasks completed by the Ministry of Interior last year.

Including but not limited to catching criminals, mediating markets, eliminating fires, fighting floods, etc., and the completion rate is pretty good.

"Very good!" Jerome Bonaparte nodded with satisfaction, and then encouraged: "I hope that your Ministry of Interior will continue to work hard in the new year and strive to do better!"

After Pesigny sat down, Jérôme Bonaparte called up Montalembert, the Minister of Education, and asked him about the situation of education in the empire.

Montalembert told Jerome Bonaparte that hundreds of new schools under the jurisdiction of the church were built in France last year alone. These schools will provide France with thousands of outstanding students every year.

More importantly, these students' school expenses do not require much investment from the French government. Most of the expenses are paid by the church.

Jerome Bonaparte and everyone present did not understand that the church wanted to cultivate more talents who were inclined to the church by establishing church schools.

Most of these expenses were paid for by banks set up by Rome in France.

After all, the Papal States also need to cultivate a group of students who are inclined to the church, so that they can influence the government's support for the Papal States.

“Thank you to the church for me!” Jérôme Bonaparte responded to Montalembert. “Our society needs more and more warm-hearted organizations like the church, which can share some difficulties for our government. .”

Montalembert smiled slightly, then nodded.

"Okay! Minister Montalembert, you can sit down!" Jerome Bonaparte said to Montalembert.

After Montalembert took his seat, Jérôme Bonaparte named the next minister.

One by one, under the orders of Jérôme Bonaparte, ministers began to describe their developments in 1855.

After everyone had finished, Jérôme Bonaparte turned his attention to Baron Osman, a senior official of the Seine Province who was sitting in the last seat.

As the first person to participate in ministerial-level internal affairs meetings as a senior official, Baron Georges Haussmann can be said to be highly trusted by Jérôme Bonaparte.

[PS: According to common sense, senior officials of various departments are higher than ministers, and their direct contact should be the minister of the interior.

Due to the special geographical location of Paris, Jerome Bonaparte raised Baron Haussmann's administrative level by half a level.

He was allowed to attend the Council of Ministers, but only to sit at the end.

Moreover, senior officials of the Seine department can report it directly to Jérôme Bonaparte without reporting it to the Ministry of the Interior. 】

"Baron Osman, please get up and say a few words!" Jérôme Bonaparte said to Osman with a smile, and then added another sentence.

"It's your Majesty!" Baron Haussmann obeyed Jérôme Bonaparte's order and stood up to report the progress of the transformation of the Paris area to everyone present.

"Cheating Kangxi"

“As of December last year, nearly one-third of the entire Paris area had been renovated (this refers to Paris before expansion, Paris after expansion is bigger than before!), and both sides of the Seine River have basically been renovated. ..." Baron Haussmann proudly reported to Jerome Bonaparte the impressive achievements of Paris, and at the same time told Jerome Bonaparte and his colleagues present that the transformation of Paris did not cost too much money this time. (The government and the city government contributed a total of 300 million francs).

He hoped that in this way, Jérôme Bonaparte would appoint him Minister of Public Works, or change his senior official in the Seine department to Minister of Paris.