The Holy See, for its part, was willing to make some concessions to get back the French diocese, but it was worried that these concessions would become a bad example for other dioceses to follow. When the time comes, everyone will come one by one to "France can touch it, I can't touch it", and come to learn from France's good example, so what can we do?

The Holy See even suggested that these French conditions are not negotiable, but it is better to keep them out to the public as a confidential part of the agreement, so as not to damage the face of the Holy See too much.

However, the French say that we are a democratic country in France, and our people have the right to know and supervise the work of our government. Therefore, such a request is contrary to the principle of French legislation, and it is impossible to drop......

Everyone knows that this is pure nonsense, because whether it is the treaties signed between France and the Spaniards, or the treaties signed by the French and the Austrians or even the Prussians, there are many secret clauses that are not made public, and even some secret clauses, and even its existence is a secret.

Of course, there is also a reason for this, because this is to protect "state secrets", to defend the people. Anyway, as long as you learn how to build two coordinates on a plane, a lot of things in this world can make sense.

In fact, the meaning of the French is simple, because if these conditions can be made public, it will certainly be a blow to the majesty of the Holy See, but it will have a great effect on raising the prestige of France, especially the first consul of France. That being the case, it is nothing more than a choice between sacrificing the interests of France and sacrificing the interests of the Holy See. Isn't it obvious how to choose?

That is why the representative of France did not hesitate to say that.

As soon as these words came out, everyone on the side of the Holy See suddenly changed color. Because there is a very serious threat in this word.

The so-called "from the very beginning, our country has always intended to be a constitutional monarchy politically, and has not intended to become a republic." But some people were unwilling, and as a result, France became a republic", which tells the story of Louis XVI's unwillingness to honestly accept a constitutional monarchy and give up part of his power, as a result of which his entire rule was overthrown and he was guillotined.

And the so-called "now republican France is willing to accept a constitutional monarchy church, I personally think, this is already a very sincere expression" is an analogy between the Holy See and Louis XVI. The Holy See was reluctant to accept a diocese that was essentially independent of the Church, just as Louis XVI was reluctant to be a constitutional king and must resume his rule. Louis XVI did not accept the goodwill of the French people, and he was guillotined, and his dynasty was dissolved.

Now, if the Holy See insists on bowing to France, it will refuse to accept the goodwill of the French people, and how the French people dealt with Louis XVI in the first place can now deal with the Holy See. It is no longer a question of bringing the Pope back to Avignon, but of directly and violently reforming the structure of the Holy See.

The Holy See then offered to adjourn the meeting for the time being, and they needed to ask the Pope for advice.

Then, that same night, a bishop secretly went to visit the French envoy, and after paying a bribe of two hundred thousand francs to the French envoy, he finally received a note from the French envoy. A few days later, France finally reached an agreement with the Holy See.

In this agreement, the demands of the French were basically met, and of course the Holy See was given the face they needed, and the French agreed to keep the privileges of the French Church confidential and not to be made public. But in the agreement, it will also be openly told that the French Church has been given some privileges, but these privileges are related to national security, so they are not public.

After such an agreement was reached, Catholicism could finally return to France. However, the priests who had been expelled in ninety-three years returned to France to find that the most important positions in the French Church no longer belonged to them, and that they even had to go through closed studies and examinations in the new French Church before they could resume their teachings.

During the recess of the training class, two middle-aged trainees got together and complained. When they were in France, they were already in the middle of the church, but now they have fallen to the bottom all of a sudden, and it is inevitable that there will be some complaints.

"I heard that these tricks were all made up by our new director of the Religious Affairs Bureau. I've heard that his performance in seminary was so average that he didn't even get a formal pastorship. Now he's our top boss, it's ......"

"Honestly, it's better to have Talleyrand as the head of the religious bureau. Although he was a traitor to the Church, he was also an archbishop before, and he was a nobleman, and our cardinal, and he didn't even have a ...... at all."

"You don't want to die?" A voice rang out behind them, and the two men turned their heads to see another pre-priest Rainard, who had returned with them from abroad for training.

"Have you forgotten the prestige of Your Excellency? Do you not know by what His Excellency ascended to high position? How dare you...... You must know that it is a rare opportunity for us to be able to return home.

Elsewhere we are outsiders, but in France, although we are now only a lower class, the French Church is now very short of clergy who really have enough accumulation. The higher the level, the more so.

So, as long as we show enough loyalty to the new regime, we will rise very quickly. But the premise of all this is loyalty. "Don't bring back your bad habits from abroad to France – we're going back home together." If you can't get rid of the bad habits you had when you were in a foreign country, you will not only harm yourself, but also implicate me......"

At this, a cruel smile appeared on the face of the Pre-Priest Raynal, "I would never allow such a thing to affect me, you know?" This is my first and last warning to you. ”

With that, the Reynal Pre-Priest turned and left, leaving the two stunned fellows standing to the side, stunned.

The man who was also the director of the newly established Religious Affairs Bureau was none other than Fuche.

In Foucher's view, the church is too useful when it comes to intelligence. Because an important job of pastors is to listen to confessions. And in the process, they can master a large number of secrets. However, because the church has many propaganda functions, the direct control of the church falls into the hands of Lucien's "Ministry of Truth". Fouché had no choice but to use the Religious Affairs Bureau to exert influence on the Church and use it to obtain information.

In a sense, one of the important purposes of Fouché's proposal for such a training course was to take the opportunity to develop his spies among these people.

Of course, it is said that according to church rules, pastors do not and are not allowed to spread the news they hear in the confessional. There is even such a joke because of this

Someone was mistaken for a murderer, wrongfully imprisoned, and sentenced to death. Before he was about to go to the gallows, a priest came to make a final confession for him.

"Pastor, I really didn't kill anyone, I really didn't kill that person." The man said to the pastor.

"Ah, kid, I know. The priests of the city know that you are not murdering. But none of us can say. The pastor replied compassionately.

But if you really think that the pastors will be so tight-lipped that you are wrong, and if so, how can the affairs of Mrs. Rainer and Julien be known? Using this information at the right time is one of the techniques for the growth of the church. So the slightly smarter of the trainees in those training courses were not actually resistant to Foucher's solicitation.

As for the newly appointed cardinal, he was a top student of the seminary surnamed Oborian. (This is, of course, verified by the Records Division of the Ministry of Truth, which has previously claimed that Oborian never graduated.) After the Revolution began, he was given the position of priest by swearing allegiance to the revolutionary government, and later in '93 he became a priest of the Rationalist Church, and also worked as a spy for Robespierre.

After the fall of Robespierre, the man was naturally unlucky, but he soon relied on his former detective friend to get in touch with Lucien. After that, he performed well under Lucien, and as a result, he was constantly promoted. Before becoming cardinal, he was already the head of the Records Division of the Ministry of Truth.

Both Joseph and Napoleon knew how important it was to keep the Church in their own hands, and Lucien, who was engaged in intelligence and propaganda, would not let go of this position. It's just that the Catholic clergy must be single and cannot have wives, (of course, there can be mistresses, and they can also have illegitimate children.) If you don't have a wife, you naturally don't have legal heirs, which is not good for the balance of the family's future. Therefore, none of the three surnamed Bonaparte could hold this position on their own. Oborian was recommended by Lucien to Joseph and Napoleon because of his experience working in religious institutions, and was eventually appointed cardinal of the French diocese.

In addition to the cardinals, most of the bishops in the various regions also fell into the hands of Lucien. However, most of the heads of religious bureaus in various places are well-to-do people. After all, in terms of only engaging in intelligence, investigating conspiracies, etc., Fouche's level is not much higher than that of Lucien. In addition, Lucien had too many things to take care of, and he himself had a lot of distractions, and even Joseph and Napoleon felt that it was more efficient to leave these things to Fouché.

Of course, although Fouché was very capable and now had many common interests with the Bonapartes, neither Joseph nor Napoleon trusted him, so the Church itself fell into the hands of Lucien, who had to have their own intelligence system to balance Fouché.

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