Chapter 944: The Calm Before the Storm
"Your Excellency Percini, I will never forget your help to me!"
It was Mocal's last words before leaving, and the only thing Pesini remembered in this conversation.
After Mokal left, Pesini couldn't wait to take the bill on the table in his hand, at this moment Pesini's eyes were full of greed, and his mouth couldn't help but mutter, "Mocal, how much money did you talk about in that position!" ”
You know, as Minister of the Interior, he has only accumulated about 3 million francs in his seven-year career.
The vast majority of the money was obtained by himself by speculating in stocks, and Mocal was 200,000 francs when he made a move, and promised to give him 500,000 francs after the fact, plus an open field.
From this point of view, when Mocal was the head of the Duyin Leri Palace, he should be about the same as him, to say the least.
"No wonder His Majesty wants to replace him from the position of the head of the Du Yin Leli Palace!" Persini muttered again, and then a mocking smile appeared on the corner of his mouth, "This poor fellow has always wanted to return to the Douilleri Palace!"
Don't you really know that you can't see the current situation clearly? ”
As she spoke, Pesini gently rubbed the bill in her hand again, her eyes full of joy.
After a while, Pesini let out a sigh and said to herself, "Ah! I still have to give this bill to Your Majesty! I don't want to end up with him! ”
With that, Pessini got up and placed the 200,000 francs bill in a drawer, which he was going to give to him at his next meeting with the Emperor.
When Persini put the wine and crystal glass back in their original places, there was another knock on the door, and Persini closed the cabinet door and responded to the door, "Please come in!" ”
The door to the office opened, and State Secretary Victor appeared in Pesini's office, "Your Excellency Persini, I have already explained everything to the chief of the Paris police!" ”
"Victor, you're doing a great job!" Percini nodded in satisfaction.
"Your Excellency, what do we need to do next?" Victor asked Pesini Dao.
Pesini shook his head and responded to Victor, "We don't need to do anything!"
Leave the rest to the National Intelligence Service! ”
"But wouldn't it seem like we're ......," Victor said.
"What? Very incompetent? Very weak? Percini said in a slumped tone.
"Your Excellency, I mean that!" Victor hurriedly waved his hand and said to Persini.
"Nothing! Victor! Still smiling, Pessini said, "The Ministry of the Interior has become what it is now, and there is indeed some incompetence!"
However, the main duty of our Ministry of Internal Affairs is not to compete for power!
It's about keeping Paris as safe as possible, and as long as we can do that, we've succeeded.
Arresting and interrogating spies, that's the business of the National Intelligence Service! ”
"But they were ours before!" Victor said unconvinced.
"You know that was before!" Pesini tapped his fingers rhythmically on the desk, "Now with the increasing number of functions of our government, all departments must carry out fine management!"
The National Intelligence Service will inevitably separate the Ministry of the Interior, even if Marcel. In Yaruger's absence, there will also be a new director of the Intelligence Agency!
Our Ministry of the Interior will never go back to what it used to be! ”
Pessini sighed again, and Victor said no more.
"Alright, don't say that! Let's wait quietly for the show to begin! ”
There was a hint of schadenfreude in Pessini's tone.
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On the other hand, Jérôme. After attending the ribbon-cutting ceremony of the "Maison de la Worker", Bonaparte and Augusta, accompanied by the Municipal Committee of the Seine, visited the types of houses in the "Maison de la Worker".
There are three types of rents in the workers' homes, one is a one-bedroom with an area of only about 30 square meters, a two-bedroom apartment with an area of only 43 square meters, and a three-bedroom apartment with an area of only 54 square meters.
The one-bedroom and two-bedroom apartments do not have toilets, and the only way to go to the toilet is to go to the end of each floor.
The three-bedroom apartment is relatively complete with facilities, and the rent is slightly more expensive.
On the whole, however, it is within the reach of Parisian workers (in this case, bricklayers and carpenters, who are slightly more skilled than ordinary workers).
For workers in Paris, it was nice to be able to live in a house like a one-bedroom.
Not to mention, a one-bedroom apartment does not necessarily have to live for only one person, with an area of 33 square meters.
If you want to live, you can live in a family of three or four.
By the way, here, by the way, there is also an implicit policy in the "workers' home".
For workers with two children, the rent is unfortunately reduced to 90%.
Workers with three children move in and get 80% rent reduction.
And so on until the reduction reaches 50%.
In other words, they only need to give birth to 5 children, so they can live in a two-bedroom apartment.
The two-bedroom house of the "worker's house" is better than the middle-class house (Wei Wei said).
In this era, children are not a burden on a family, but a "dividend" for a poor family.
Any poor family only needs to pull their children to an age old enough to do child labor before they can earn money for their family.
Although child labor makes less money, it can make up for a family's expenses.
Most importantly, a larger population would allow France to mobilize more soldiers.
In order to keep the future France from pulling the future Germany too far, Jérôme. Bonaparte spared no effort in advocating early and multiple births, while at the same time doing everything possible to reduce the infant mortality rate at birth.
As it stands, this approach does have some effect.
But how much effect will have to be carried out, a census will have to be conducted.
The census was in 1859.
The topic is far away from visiting the type of houses in Jérôme. Bonaparte directed at the commissioner of the municipal council, George. Osman nodded, "Your Seine provincial government is very cooperative!" ”
"Your Majesty, this is what we should do!" George. Osman humbly addressed Jérôme. Bonaparte responded.
Immediately afterwards, George. Osman told Jérôme again. Bonaparte.
In order to express the respect and love of the "workers' house" for the emperor, they will call this type of building "Bonaparte Building"
After listening to George. Ottoman's words, Jérôme. The corners of Bonaparte's mouth twitched slightly, a title that reminded him of Khrushchev, who was at the helm of a certain Red Empire more than a hundred years later, known as the Corn Emperor, and the allotment building he built for the Red Empire was also called the "Khrushchev Building".
The end of this corn emperor was overthrown in one fell swoop.
Jérôme. Bonaparte did not want to be tainted with this unfortunate title, so he hurriedly declined: "No need! I think that this building was designed and built by workers, so it is natural to retain the title of "Workers' Home"! ”
George. After listening to this, Osman chanted Jérôme. Bonaparte "wise".
Subsequently, Jérôme. Bonaparte was again hurt after several workers who were about to move in shook hands with each other and took a group photo (during the group photo, Jérôme. Bonaparte and the workers were uncomfortable, because they had to hold one position for a long time), and together with Augusta, they walked through the "human wall" of the Guards, leaving the "workers' house".
During the daring Jérôme. Bonaparte also stretched out his hand to shake hands with the citizens outside the walls, each of whom was Jérôme. The citizens who shook hands with Bona had excited looks on their faces.
At noon, Jérôme. Bonaparte and Empress Augusta returned to the Palazzo Douinlery, where they were to have lunch at the Palazzo Douilleur before going to the Charity Hospital and the Welfare House.
Right here in Jérôme. Bonaparte and Augusta arrive at the Palazzo de Tuinlery on the front foot and Marcel on the back foot. Yaruger arrived at the Tuinlery Palace.
"Let's go eat first!" Jérôme. Bonaparte let go of Empress Augusta's hand and said to her.
"Hmm!" Empress Augusta nodded to Jérôme. Bonaparte responded, and went to the restaurant alone.
Jérôme. Bonaparte and Marcel. Yaruger went straight to a room in the Palazzo Douinlery and had a conversation!
"How's it going?" As soon as I came up, Jérôme. Bonaparte asked Marcel straight to the point. Yaruger Road.
"Your Majesty, Orsini is completely covered!" Marcel. Yaruger vs. Jérôme. Bonaparte responded, then added, "Still, I suggest that they be arrested now!" ”
"You can't catch them so quickly!" Jérôme. Bonaparte shook his head at Marcel. Yaruger said, "If we arrest them so soon, then our plan will be in vain!" ”
"However, Your Majesty, this is not worth the risk of your life!" Marcel. Yaruger vs. Jérôme. Bonaparte persuaded.
"It's worth it!" Jérôme. Bonaparte was categorical to Marcel. Yaruger then emphasized separately: "I have to take this risk, otherwise we will find it difficult to find another opportunity!" ”
"Only when Orsini kills the king can we justifiably turn the Apennines upside down!" Jérôme. Bonaparte vs Marcel. Yaruger emphasized, "Otherwise we will be limited by the rules we have made!" ”
After the Crimean War, Jérôme. Bonaparte established the French-dominated Paris system as a replacement for the Vienna system, which was already on the verge of collapse.
As the founding country of the whole system, the first task of France is to ensure the smooth operation of this system, and the second is to pursue the interests of France to the greatest extent through this system.
And what is the Paris system, the Paris system is simply the 2.0 version of the continental balance.
In 2. Version 0, while the Russian Empire suffered an epic weakening, the Austrian Empire and the Kingdom of Sweden were strengthened to a certain extent.
With one plus one minus, the European equilibrium was not broken by the Crimean War, and the revision of the Paris system was only a change from a meeting in Vienna to a meeting in Paris, and a change in the position of the Russian pot fish to the Vienna system to France.
At first glance, this does not sound like much change, but in fact the situation in France has changed a lot.
France will never again be as hostile to the whole of Europe as it was before, Jérôme. Bonaparte was also accepted by the orthodox monarch.
However, while the Paris system freed France from the constraints of the Vienna system, it also limited some of France's expansionist actions.
Because France could not destroy the system it had worked so hard to build.
It takes years for a system to be built and to gain access to other people.
However, it takes less than a day to destroy this system.
Jérôme. Bonaparte did not want his system to be destroyed, so he could only choose to "passively" take this path.
At that time, he thought of Orsini, who assassinated his cousin in history!
If there had been an assassination of someone like Orsini who had done so, it would be Jérôme. Bonaparte had an excuse to interfere in the Apennines.
So, Jérôme. Bonaparte secretly kept an eye out for the republican-leaning "foreign friends" in the Paris area, and at the same time to keep an eye on the revolutionaries he had expelled from the Kingdom of Britain.
Because of Jérôme. Bonaparte believed that France should have a connection with the Italian extremists on issues against him.
Otherwise, the historical Orsini would not have figured out the route of Napoleon III so quickly.
Unexpectedly, it really made him follow the line of the extreme republican Bernard and found Orsini.