Make France Great Again

Morni was extremely excited when he heard Jérôme Bonaparte drawing the blueprint for the railway.

Of course, he was not excited by the railway itself, but by the rolling interest behind the railway.

Not to mention anything else, just "delineate some qualified companies", what kind of companies are eligible to issue stock debt, there are many twists and turns in it.

Not to mention that the Road and Bridge Force's guidance and procurement of private companies is not a small amount, and there are also many ways to face safety performance issues.

Moerni, who had turned the other way, instantly thought of the follow-up, and he blurted out: "The follow-up public maintenance is also a considerable expense, and the Ministry of Public Works is obliged to inject funds for the follow-up public maintenance!"

"That's right!" Jerome Bonaparte nodded with satisfaction as he watched Morni gradually getting "on track": "The railway commission can issue debts at the right time to serve as public maintenance funds. For a country with stable finances, In other words, a little debt problem is more conducive to the operation of the government."

Jerome Bonaparte gave an example: "I once heard such a joke that if you owe the bank 1,000 francs, the bank will force you to pay it back. If you owe the bank 10 million francs, the bank will treat you as a The same as the uncle."

"That's right!" The huge benefits have made Morney completely forget the negative railway remarks he made just now. He just wants to establish a railway committee quickly and make some "contributions" to the country as much as possible.

"Mr. Morney, I hope you can write a report on the plan to form the Railway Commission and then hand it over to Prime Minister Barrow!"

Jérôme Bonaparte nodded in satisfaction. He retracted the hand that was pressing on the table, retracted his upper body, and made a relaxed posture. Then he raised his hand and pressed his temple to relieve the mental pressure.

"Baro will really approve this plan? Now he is worrying about France's finances!" Morny frowned, he was a little uncertain about Barrow's attitude.

"Politics is politics, business is business!" Jerome Bonaparte said to Morni in a strange tone: "Besides, building a railway is politically correct! We are also doing this for the stability of France, and then Meek people become thugs in the face of unemployment!"

"That's right! This is all for France!" Morni responded impassionedly. At this moment, he seemed to have become a noble person, a person who pleaded for the people, and a person who gave up his life .

If you look closely, you can see the greed in Morny's eyes.

How can a guy full of greed become a truly noble person.

"Okay! It's time for me to get off work too! You can discuss the relevant legal provisions with our Minister Rouai! We must try our best to avoid provisions that are unfavorable to us!" Jerome Bonaparte got up and stretched He shook his body and waved his hands to signal Morni and Eugène Rouet to leave.

Rouet and Morni, holding top hats, looked at each other, stood up and bowed to Jérôme Bonaparte, then turned and left together.

When the two were about to leave, Jerome Bonaparte suddenly shouted: "Wait a minute!"

Eugene Rouet and Morny turned to look at Jérôme Bonaparte, and Eugene Rouet said, "Your Majesty, what else do you want!"

"After the railway commission's plan has been formulated! Don't hand it over to Prime Minister Barrow. Prime Minister Barrow is now preparing for the work on "restoring the salt tax"!" Jerome Bonaparte responded to the two.

"yes!"

The two left the Elysee Palace study, leaving Jerome Bonaparte alone in the study.

It was already 3:40 in the afternoon, and it was dusk outside the window.

The icy cold wind beat mercilessly on the glass windows of the Elysee Palace, making a "crackling" sound,

A few snowflakes sprinkled from the clouds to the land of Paris, and the real winter is coming at this moment.

After a while, night fell quietly, and with the fall of night, the snow became bigger and bigger, and the snow particles turned into snowflakes and fell all over the sky, like goose feathers, lightly landed on the roof of the Elysee Palace and stained the study room. on the glass window.

Pessini, who was holding a kerosene lamp, carefully opened the door of the study, and the faint kerosene lamp recalled Jerome Bonaparte who was wandering.

"Your Majesty, it's snowing!" Pessini, who had placed the kerosene lamp by the desk, reminded in a low voice.

"Huh?" Jerome Bonaparte turned his head and glanced at the window lattice behind him, nodded: "Yes! It's snowing!"

...

The snow fell intermittently for several days, and the whole Paris was shrouded in white.

Wealthy families all put on heavy cotton clothes and gathered around the fireplace burning charcoal to talk about the past and the present.

Poor families snuggle together and use each other's body temperature to keep warm.

Although it was extremely cold in Paris this year, the atmosphere in the National Assembly Hall at the Palais de Bourbon was extremely anxious.

Since Prime Minister Barrow submitted a proposal on "restoring the salt tax" to the National Assembly on January 15, the National Assembly closed in a noisy environment in the next few days.

Even though Marast, as the speaker, has repeatedly emphasized that the National Assembly should keep quiet, but no political party is willing to follow his arrangement.

For the republicans, Prime Minister Barrow, who took "restoring the salt tax" as the first step in the administration of the cabinet, is simply a perfect target. A certain proportion of them in the National Assembly can use this opportunity to unite to achieve two birds with one stone—both You can take this opportunity to overthrow the cabinet, and you can use it to pretend to protect the interests of the peasants and attack the person chosen by the peasants. (Referring to President Jerome Bonaparte)

As expected, the reinstatement of the salt tax was vetoed by the Republicans and the Montagne in the National Assembly.

At the same time, the Republicans in the National Assembly and the members of the Montagnard Constituent Committee cast a "no-confidence vote" on Barrow with a silent attitude. The Party of Order, which has not yet obtained a majority in the National Assembly, is also unable to help Odilon Barrow. .

[Constitutional Committee: After the June Revolution, a small number of members of the National Assembly were elected to write the constitution, and most of them were republican members. 】

If Barrow does not fight back, he will be deposed by the National Assembly less than a month after he took the position of prime minister.

January 15, 1849.

The unbearable Barrow went to the Elysee Palace, and under the leadership of Pessini, he found Jerome Bonaparte who was listening to the old soldier's story about the Emperor and Empress Joseph at Malmaison Castle. He said murderously: "Mr. President, I request Ban the club, suspend the functions of the city government, and disband the Rangers at the same time!"