"Indeed it is! Your Majesty! Manie replied truthfully.

Then he paused, and then said: "However, my subordinates believe that last year's fiscal expenditure does not represent the overall state of our country's finances.

Because last year's goal for the empire was to maintain employment.

Therefore, in many cases it is necessary to make concessions!

As the empire's economic system gradually moved away from the state of war, the employment rate stabilized.

Therefore, the minister can assert that the empire's fiscal revenue this year will inevitably be better than last year's, and the situation where income exceeds expenditure will inevitably usher in a change! ”

As soon as the voice of the Minister of Manie fell, Jérôme. Bonaparte immediately began to applaud the Minister of Mane.

The ministers and high-ranking officials of the surrounding departments (only the high-ranking official of the Seine, Baron Haussmann) saw this scene and also applauded Mane.

Seeing this, Mane hurried to Jérôme. Bonaparte bowed.

The applause continued for a while before the applause was held in Jérôme. Bonaparte stretched out his hand and motioned to stop.

"Minister Mane, your speech is inspiring!" Jérôme. Bonaparte smiled and said to Mane, "Our country needs ministers like Mane, who are optimistic in the face of difficulties!"

The temporary financial handover does not mean that the empire's economy is declining, and in the long run, the empire's economy is still on the rise.

And I don't think the government's issuance of treasury bonds is a sinful thing, the issuance of 300 million treasury bonds means that the subjects of the empire believe that the empire's treasury bonds can give them returns, so they are willing to buy treasury bonds enthusiastically!

If the subjects of the empire do not have confidence in us, what subjects dare to buy our national debt?

What's more, our national bonds are all taken from the people and used by the people!

We use the taxes paid by the people of the empire to build railroad roads, bridges, and renovated houses, which is not applied to them!

There are always people who say that we are high lords, and in my opinion, every one of us here is a public servant who works hard for the people. ”

Jérôme. After Bonaparte's brazen speech, it immediately resonated with the rats present, and the applause was even warmer than before in the Imperial Council Hall.

Jérôme. Bonaparte calmly accepted the applause of the rats.

After the applause, Jérôme. Bonaparte turned his gaze to the Minister of Justice, Ruet, "Ruet, tell me about the situation in the Ministry of Justice!" ”

"Yes!" The Minister of Justice, Ruie, quickly got up and he cleared his throat at Jérôme. Bonaparte replied that by the end of December 1856 the Ministry of Justice had dealt with nearly 4,000 cases, the vast majority of which were disputes.

Only a few hundred cases involved the subversion of the empire, and among these hundreds of cases, more than 2,000 prisoners were tried by the Ministry of Justice and the Supreme Court, of which nearly 1,000 were sentenced to prison terms (about one to two years), and the vast majority of the remaining prisoners were transported to Algeria to build Algerian land.

After listening to Ruet's presentation, Jérôme. Bonaparte nodded with satisfaction and said to Ruet: "Ruet, you have done a good job, the Ministry of Justice and the Supreme Court, as the two highest legislative bodies in our country, should enforce the law impartially!"

However, I have a small request that I hope you will listen to a little! ”

"Your Majesty, please speak!" Ruai made a deferential gesture to Jérôme. Bonaparte responded.

"I suggest that the Ministry of Justice and the Supreme Court should not arrest if they can not arrest the crimes committed by some entrepreneurs on objective issues, and do not arrest if they can!" Jérôme. Bonaparte said to Ruet, "The private entrepreneurs of the French Empire are the pillars of the whole empire, and we must protect them!"

It is not easy to train an official, and it is even more difficult to cultivate a responsible and responsible enterprise!

We can't let a company go to jail because of our whimsical willfulness.

What if the company doesn't have the workers who work for the company?

If the workers lose their jobs, our empire will not last long! ”

Jérôme. Bonaparte painstakingly persuaded the rats present that he knew too well the group of shrimp soldiers and crab generals under his command.

They used their subordinates to register a leather bag company, and then used the power in their hands to directly wipe out some originally high-quality enterprises.

If they themselves are good at management, the key is that the vast majority of them are not good at management, and many high-quality assets are simply violent in their hands.

If they were to be swallowed up with impunity, the Second Reich would sooner or later be completely reduced to crony capitalism.

"I see!" There was a look of embarrassment on Ruet's face.

As Minister of Justice, he certainly understands that Jérôme. Bonaparte meant that he had to ask Jérôme. Bonaparte pledged to be cautious in dealing with the issue of entrepreneurs' disputes.

"Excellent! I'm looking forward to your performance! "Jérôme. Bonaparte stretched out his hand to signal that Attorney General Ruie could sit down.

Immediately afterwards, Jérôme. Bonaparte pointed out the Minister of Railways Barosh again, and teased: "Baroshe, you "Iron King" tell me about the situation of the Ministry of Railways! ”

Baros in a hearing Jérôme. Bonaparte's salutation was followed by an unavoidable look of embarrassment.

"Your Majesty, as of the end of December last year, a total of 9,000 kilometers of railways have been built on the All-France Railway! The first phase of the railway station in France (the railways of all the major cities are almost completely connected to themselves) has been completed, and we are working on the second phase of construction (the construction of the railways in the secondary cities has been completed by 30%). Bonaparte responded.

"What about rail bonds?" Jérôme. Bonaparte asked Baros again.

"Rail bonds are generally in a good trend!" Baros vs. Jérôme. Bonaparte replied: "Bankers at home and abroad are willing to buy railway bonds issued by the five major companies under the Ministry of Railways (Eastern, Western, Southern, Northern, and Central Railway Companies)!" ”

"Good!" Jérôme. Bonaparte was equally satisfied.

Nowadays, the pace of railway construction in France has been greatly accelerated compared with history. Bonaparte believed that it would not be long before the French railways would reach the level of 1870.

At that time, Jérôme. Bonaparte would have had enough time to run in the army with the railroad.

"The secondary railway of the Strasbourg-Nancy-Metz line must be repaired urgently, do you hear me?" Jérôme. Bonaparte told Baroche again.

"Yes!" Bashiro replied awe-inspiringly.

Naturally, everyone present also knew why Jérôme. Bonaparte would have made a point of emphasizing the railway from Strasbourg to Metz.

Because this line was not afraid to come for profit from the very beginning, the strategic importance it possessed made them Jerome. Bonaparte would rather be repaired at a loss.

Once Strasbourg's railway network was fully built, France would be able to mobilize at a much faster pace to penetrate the German hinterland and crush the Kingdom of Prussia.

"That's right! On the side of the Principality of Luxembourg, let the Eastern Railway Company take care of it a little! "Jérôme. Bonaparte reminded again.

"Yes!" Barosh nodded in agreement.

After the Minister of Railways Barosh sat down, Jérôme. Bonaparte once again called the Minister of Agriculture and Commerce, Dulles, and asked how the opening of the Agricultural College of Dulles was going with the students of agriculture going to the countryside.

Dulles told Jérôme. Bonaparte, thanks to the persistent implementation of the Imperial Government, has already begun to bear fruit.

"Your Ministry of Agriculture and Commerce must increase its efforts to support rural areas, and if you lack money, you can directly ask our financial director Mane. If Manie doesn't promise you, you can come to me directly! "Jérôme. Bonaparte told Dulles, half-jokingly, half-seriously: "In short, agriculture is the foundation of the survival of the French Empire!"

No matter how bitter you are, you can't be bitter farmers! ”

For the Second Reich, an alliance with the peasants was indispensable.

Only with the help of the vast number of peasants scattered throughout the land of France, Jérôme. Bonaparte's empire was able to become strong.

The little bourgeois in the cities were a bunch of grass that fell with the wind, and there were and only the peasants who were the strongest allies of the Second Empire.

"I see! Your Majesty! "Dulles solemnly addressed Jérôme. Bonaparte replied.

After finishing the conversation with Dulles, Jérôme . Bonaparte turned his gaze to the two "big money-eaters".

It can be said that at least a small part of the finances of the French Empire fell on these two people.

That's right, they were Vajan, Minister of War of the French Empire, and Dico, Minister of the Admiralty.

"Vayang, it's up to you to start first!" Jérôme. Bonaparte said, pointing at Vajan.

"Yes!" Vajan stood up and responded to Jérôme. Bonaparte said.

Subsequently, Vajan asked Jérôme. Bonaparte introduced the Imperial French Army, which in 1855 spent 500 million francs.

With the exception of Mane, Fuld and Jérôme. Bonaparte, all present were surprised by the fact that the French Imperial Army was spending one-fifth of its revenues on the full cost of the line.

After hearing such a huge expense, the Minister of the Navy, Dick, couldn't help but envy the army in his heart.

If 500 million francs could be used entirely in the navy, he was confident that he could build an ocean-going fleet.

It's a pity that such a huge military spending can only be used by the army.

Seeing this, Wayan immediately explained to everyone present that the reason why the army spent so much money was mainly in three aspects.

The first is to build military stations, the Crimean War made the army see clearly the importance of railways and supplies, and it has become a general trend to re-establish military stations during the Napoleonic Wars, so it is a huge cost for people to build military stations along the railways.

The second is the dismissal of overage veterans, there are a large number of overage veterans in the French army, and according to the order of the chief of the general staff, all these veterans must be abolished, and part of the money will be used to appease those veterans.

Third, there is the system of reserves that are being formed, and these reserves are also big spenders.