Early morning of June 8, 1849.

An envelope from Rome "crossed the sea" into France, and then "traveled" to the military office of the Élysée Palace via Marseille and Lyon.

Pesini, who received a letter from Rome early in the morning, came to Jérôme in a hurry. In front of Bonaparte's bedroom door, Pesini, who had hesitated for a moment now that the door was open, still knocked on Jérôme. Bonaparte's door.

As the knock on the door grew louder and louder, Jérôme in the bedroom. Bonaparte finally opened his hazy sleepy eyes and asked Pesini lazily outside the door: "What's the matter?" ”

"Your Majesty, there is a letter from Rome!" Outside the door, Pesini said in a calm tone.

"Rome?" Jérôme in a half-asleep state. Bonaparte muttered to himself, and then came to his senses, patted his cheeks gently, changed into the clothes he had prepared the night before, opened the door, stretched out his hand, and said to Pessini in an eager tone: "Letter! ”

"Here it is! Your Majesty! "Pesini respectfully addressed Jérôme. Bonaparte handed over a letter from the Romans.

The plain brown-yellow envelope bears the striking words "Personally Opened by the President" in French, and the signature in the lower right corner of the envelope reads "Commander-in-Chief of the Roman Expeditionary Force, Regnio. Morality. Saint-Jean. Gérière".

Jérôme. Bonaparte quickly tore open the envelope, the white letter paper "lay quietly" in the envelope, pulled out the letter paper and placed the empty shell envelope on the walnut bedside table, while he sat on the edge of the bed to check the contents of the stationery.

Open the folded letterhead, Jérôme. Bonaparte was able to see the whole letter in its entirety.

The contents of the envelope are as follows:

"Dear Mr. President, under your wise decision and leadership! Our army was in steady progress, and on the night of June 3 we conquered the city of Rome once and for all.

In this campaign, we annihilated more than 40,000 (exaggerated) people of the Roman Republic and captured more than 5,000 diehards!

The members of the puppet government, led by Mazzini, have also been captured by our army, and the only regret is that we did not catch Garibaldi, the military commander of the puppet government, this cunning guy who escaped from our pursuit and was at a loss.

We fought the best battle since the Empire, and it was all thanks to ......"

The following words are all a lot of meaty praise, such as: "Without the wise decision of the president, we cannot defeat Rome!" "The officers and men of the army only want to serve Mr. President."

Jérôme who read the letter from beginning to end. Bonaparte folded the letter and laid it on the bed, he could be sure that this letter could never have been the work of General Regnio himself, and nine times out of ten it was Edgar. Ney's letter from the knife catcher in place of General Regnio.

However, Jérôme. Bonaparte was not averse to this kind of flattery.

"Your Majesty, the Roman side......" stood in Jérôme. Pesini, beside Bonaparte, asked cautiously.

"Huh? Didn't you watch? "Jérôme. Bonaparte looked at Pesini in bewilderment.

Pessini shook his head and replied firmly: "This letter is written to you by the Romans, how dare your subordinates overstep your bounds!" ”

"Then you can take a look too!" Jérôme. Bonaparte handed the letter on the bed to Pessini.

Pesini respectfully took the letter with both hands and read it at a glance.

After about two minutes, Pessini folded the letter again and placed it at the head of the bed, and his face showed a joyful expression: "Your Majesty, Rome has triumphed!" ”

"That's right! Rome wins! "Jérôme. Bonaparte let out a long sigh of relief and nodded in response with a smile on his face.

Regnio personally ordered to go to Rome to "quell the rebellion", and it can be said that Regnio represents Jérôme. Bonaparte's will and prestige.

If Regnio makes a mistake in Rome, it will inevitably lead to Jérôme. Bonaparte prestige decreased.

Especially in the more than ten days after May 17, Jérôme. Bonaparte often remembered that the first attack on General Oudinot in history ended in failure, and he hoped that General Reinio would put an end to it and go straight to the Yellow Dragon.

After receiving the letter, Jérôme. Bonaparte's hanging heart was relaxed.

The next thing he had to think about was how to turn this war to his advantage.

"Pesini!" Jérôme. Bonaparte conveyed the order to Pessini: "You now rush to Odilon as soon as possible. Prime Minister Barrow and Minister Lullie's residence called the two of them over! ”

"Yes!" Pessini replied and turned to leave.

Before Pesini could step out of the bedroom, Jérôme. Bonaparte's voice came from behind Pesini again: "Wait! ”

Pesini turned again, looking at Jérôme in bewilderment. Bonaparte.

"What do you think of erecting a telegraph line to Rome?" Jérôme. Bonaparte asked Persini by looking up.

"That's great!" Pesini immediately replied, "It saves a lot of time!" ”

"Not only Rome, but also the Near East needed a telegraph line! In this case, you can call the Minister of Agriculture and Commerce by the way! The work of erecting the telegraph has always been the responsibility of their Ministry of Agriculture and Commerce! "Explain all the geothermal rom. Bonaparte waved his hand.

Pesini turned away from Jérôme. Bonaparte's bedroom.

Jérôme. Bonaparte got up and stuffed the letter back into the outer envelope and put it in his pocket.

After washing up under the service of the butler and maid, and having a "simple" breakfast worth 500 francs, he returned to his study alone to wait for the arrival of the "guest".

At 9:10 a.m., Pessini returned to the Élysée Palace to inform Jérôme. The situation of two Bonaparte ministers and one prime minister.

"Your Majesty, Odillon. Prime Minister Barrow and Minister Lyulier will be here in a moment! Minister Bife himself is on an inspection tour in a village near Paris, and it is estimated that he will be back in the afternoon! ”

"It seems that Bifei, the Minister of Agriculture and Commerce, is quite competent!" Jérôme. Bonaparte teased half-jokingly, half-seriously.

"Your Majesty, I have heard that Minister Bife owns a large tract of land in the province of Seine!" Pesini vs. Jérôme. Bonaparte responded.

Good fellow, the feeling is to take advantage of the convenience of the position to go to inspect the land!

Jérôme. Bonaparte was a little laughing and crying, and his ministers did not look like serious bureaucrats at all, but like businessmen who were scheming.

This is very much in line with capitalism! By the way, I can ......

"Is there any illegal land acquisition by Minister Bifei?" Jérôme. Bonaparte asked casually.

After a moment of silence, Pessini spoke, "Your Majesty, do you need me to call someone from the police department to check!" ”

"Not yet!" Jérôme: Bonaparte rejected Pessini's suggestion: "We must first find out the attitude of Bife!" If he is not willing to cooperate with us, we will carry out the next step. ”

"Yes!" Pesini vs. Jérôme. Bonaparte responded.

"Your Excellency!" Odilon. Barrow's voice came from outside the door, Jérôme. Bonaparte gestured to Pesini, who quickly moved away from Jérôme. Bonaparte sat on the couch beside him.

"Please come in!" Jérôme. Bonaparte rushed out the door in response.

Odilon. Barrow entered the study, followed by Minister Laueri.

"Mr. Prime Minister and Mr. Minister, please be seated!" Jérôme. Bonaparte invited Barrow to sit down with Laulière.

Pessini quickly got up to make way for Barrow and Lyuelli, and then left the study with a smile on his face.

Jérôme. Bonaparte got up and came to Barro and Lyueli and said to them: "I have received a letter from the Romans, General Regnio and Edgar. Major Ney has already led his army to take Rome! ”

Odilon. Barrow and Lyueli showed varying degrees of surprise, they didn't expect the Roman Republic to be so vulnerable, and it took less than half a month to defeat them.

"It's all thanks to your leadership, President!" Lyuelli immediately said to Jérôme. Bonaparte boasted.

Odilon. A hint of displeasure flashed in Barrow's eyes, it was obvious that he had promoted him to this position in the first place, and he was ungrateful and wanted to be a wall grass.

At the moment also with Jérôme. Barro, who was "happy to work together" with Bonaparte, nodded, seeming to agree with Laueri's words.

Jérôme. Bonaparte modestly waved his hand and said: "This is all watching the joint efforts of Mr. Prime Minister and his colleagues in the Party of Order, I am just following the trend!" ”

Jérôme. Bonaparte's modesty impressed Odilon. Barrow was satisfied.

A president who is both modest and not excessively interfering in the running of his cabinet is undoubtedly the favorite of any power-hungry prime minister.

[PS: In Barrow's view, Jérôme, who occasionally interferes with the army. Bonaparte did not interfere in the running of the cabinet at all! In the constitution of the Second Republic, the prime minister did not hold the power to command the army. The War Department is a stealth department for Barrow. 】

"Mr. Barrow, what should we do next? Those guys in the council will never let this big news go unnoticed! There's a good chance they'll use this as a weapon against us, Rodley. That guy at Roland wishes we were wrong! "Jérôme. Bonaparte said with a pretense of worry.

"Please don't worry!" Odilon. Barrow said confidently, he had clearly figured out a strategy to deal with it: "Those guys from the Mountain Party will not be happy for long, and when they attack us again, that is, when they expel them from the council, General Shangargne's side will be ready!" ”

Shangarne, Shangarne again! What a ghostly guy!

Jérôme. Bonaparte silently cursed in his heart that the dying Shangargne would go to God sooner.

Curse to curse, Jérôme. Bonaparte still had a pleased smile on his face and said, "It would be great if General Shangargne was willing to make a move!" ”

"Our plan is ......"

Odilon. Barrow talked endlessly, but Lyueli, who sat next to Barrow, looked a little angry, as the Minister of War, he and the members of the Party of Order did not know about Barrow's plot as much as the President.

Even Shangarne, who was supposed to be a subordinate, did not have the slightest respect for his nominal superior, what did the Minister of War mean.

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