Make France Great Again

Chapter 326 Vassalizing Sardinia

Faced with Jérôme Bonaparte's harsh words, Cavour did not choose to choke back. Because he knew that it was the Sardinian Dynasty that was asking for help from France, not France from Sardinia. He wanted to tell Jerome Bonaparte in a low-profile way that the Kingdom of Sardinia was important to Jerome Bonaparte. Bonaparte's respect.

"Respect? I don't see any respect. I see the Sardinian Dynasty's contempt for France!" Jerome Bonaparte did not appreciate it at all. He continued to say aggressively: "Does the Sardinian Dynasty think that Bonaparte The Ba family can no longer get the understanding of the orthodox order!"

"No!" Regarding Jérôme Bonaparte's almost unreasonable words, Cavour decisively vetoed: "The Kingdom of Sardinia respects the will of the French Republic and urgently hopes that France can participate in maintaining peace in Europe! I am very I agree with your Majesty’s words, an empire is a republic! On behalf of the Kingdom of Sardinia, I hope that your Majesty can re-establish a brand new empire!”

"So, I wronged you!" Jerome Bonaparte's face showed a pleasant expression. Those unreasonable behaviors before were just to give the Kingdom of Sardinia a blow.

"There is no question of who is right or wrong!" Cavour excused Jérôme Bonaparte: "It's just a small misunderstanding! I believe that through this misunderstanding, the relationship between the French Empire and Satan will be deepened. Friendship between Kingdoms of Ding.”

"Oh! Friendship! What a precious word!" Jérôme Bonaparte also sighed with emotion. He reached out to the black box placed on the square table, opened the box, and an auburn cigar appeared. The appearance of the cigars seemed to be of the highest quality, which made Cavour, who loved smoking cigars, couldn't help but gulp, "France cherishes friendship the most!"

After speaking, Jerome Bonaparte took out a cigar and handed it to Cavour. Cavour quickly took the cigar with both hands to show respect.

Later, Jérôme Bonaparte took out two more flints and lit Cavour's cigar.

The first wisp of smoke from the beauty of the room appeared, and an intoxicated expression appeared on Cavour's face: "The same goes for the Sardinian Dynasty!"

"Since France and Sardinia are both countries that cherish friendship, there will be many topics for us to talk about!" Jérôme Bonaparte looked at Cavour with a half-smile, "However, for a while, I can’t seem to remember how it should unfold! Mr. Cavour can tell me!”

Jérôme Bonaparte took the initiative to give the right to speak to Cavour, which made Cavour a little excited.

Despite this, Cavour still said cautiously: "The Sardinian Dynasty respects the French Empire and is willing to obey the French Empire's orders!"

"No, no, no!" Jerome Bonaparte smiled and shook his head: "France will not order any country, nor will it order any country! The Kingdom of Sardinia and France have an equal relationship, and there is no superiority or inferiority. The distinction between levels! If we want to distinguish a high and low score, then we can only say that France is the big brother of Sardinia! Both our countries are working hard for national independence!"

"Yes! That's right! Independence!" Cavour responded excitedly to Jérôme Bonaparte: "Both Sardinia and France are fighting for national independence and independence! France is fighting for the independence and independence of the French nation. The Kingdom of Sardinia is for the independence of the Italian nation! In this regard, France is the well-deserved big brother of Sardinia!"

"As far as I know, the Apennine region is in good order under the governance of the Austrian Empire! Isn't the problem of the Italian nation acute?" Jerome Bonaparte said pretending to be stupid.

"Your Majesty! We respect and admire the great achievements that the emperor established in the Apennine region. Under the leadership of the emperor, the Apennine Peninsula formed an unprecedented Italian kingdom..." Cavour continued to brag about the achievements of Emperor Napoleon, unexpectedly inspiring Jérôme .Bonaparte’s ambition.

Jérôme Bonaparte had not always claimed to be Napoleon's successor, so it was natural for him to do what Emperor Napoleon did.

Jérôme Bonaparte listened quietly to Cavour's praise. After Cavour finished speaking, Jérôme Bonaparte sighed and continued: "The situation in the Apennine Peninsula is different now. It's much more serious than we imagined! Even if I want to help you, how should I convince the legislative group? How can I fight against the alliance composed of the Russian Empire, the Austrian Empire and the Kingdom of Prussia! The French Empire cannot go through this again A war across Europe! I personally sympathize with the Sardinian Dynasty and the Italian nation in the Apennines, but ideals cannot be eaten! We must go down to earth!"

Jérôme Bonaparte's attitude was very simple. It was absolutely impossible for France to get involved in anything in the Apennines in the short term. Otherwise, Britain would have just formed an alliance on the front foot, and the back foot would be broken up because France could not restrain Sardinia.

"Mr. Cavour, I can tell you without hesitation! France's primary goal is the Russian Empire. Before France defeats the Russian Empire, we hope that the Apennines will not take any drastic actions!" Jérôme Bonaparte vaguely told The Sardinian Dynasty revealed its illusion that after conquering the Russian Empire, it would start sorting out the Apennine Peninsula.

This kind of vague diplomatic rhetoric is a required course for every qualified diplomat Ren Tao.

At this time, Count Cavour was not the experienced politician he had been in 1860. Cavour, who had not long entered politics, apparently did not understand the crisis of vague diplomatic rhetoric.

Under Jerome Bonaparte's vague diplomatic rhetoric, Cavour naturally fell into the trap carefully designed by Jerome Bonaparte.

"The Sardinian Dynasty understands France's situation, and we sincerely hope that France can win! If the French Empire needs it, the Sardinian Dynasty can send troops to fight with France!" Cavour handed over the Sardinian Dynasty's Submitting a certificate and participating in the war against Russia means that Sardinia is likely to be targeted by the Austrian Empire.

"France is very willing to fight together with the Sardinian Dynasty!" Adhering to the mentality of not using cannon fodder in vain, Jérôme Bonaparte accepted it without hesitation, "Not only France, but Britain will also join the fight against the Russian Empire. ! This is an opportunity for the Sardinian Dynasty to gain European recognition. I hope the Kingdom of Sardinia can prepare in advance!"

Valley/span "Understood!" Cavour was filled with gratitude to Jérôme Bonaparte.

Subsequently, Jerome Bonaparte and Cavour conducted further negotiations on how to strengthen bilateral relations between France and the Sardinian dynasty.

"In order to speed up exchanges between our two countries, I hope that the Kingdom of Sardinia and France can be consistent in railway specifications!" Jérôme Bonaparte once again made suggestions to Cavour.

"This..." Cavour had some hesitation. Staying consistent with the French Railways meant that the original ones might be abandoned, and building new railways was a huge expense.

"If Sardinia has no money, France is willing to help the Kingdom of Sardinia!" Since he has chosen to turn Sardinia into a vassal state, Jerome Bonaparte will naturally not be stingy with the injection of capital, as long as Sardinia has no money. If they are unified, then they will not be able to escape the hands of France: "If Sardinia is not willing, then France is not willing to force others to make things difficult for them!"

In the end, Cavour agreed to lure the wolf into the house, and French capital was injected into areas other than Ottoman for the first time.

In addition to the railway capital injection, Cavour was also forced to sign agreements related to agricultural products and rifles and artillery.

The Sardinian dynasty was gradually being eroded by French capital.

Decades later, Cavour, lying on the hospital bed, once again recalled the original incident and felt uncontrollable regret in his heart.

The secret communication between Jérôme Bonaparte and Cavour lasted from morning to afternoon.

The two people who walked out of the house shook hands warmly and left one after another.

On November 28, Jérôme Bonaparte, feeling that the time had come, decided not to hesitate any longer.

Before the Legislative Council convened again, he revealed his intention to proclaim himself emperor to Pio, who was then President of the Legislative Council.

After the Legislative Assembly began, President Pio proposed that Jerome Bonaparte should be crowned Emperor Theo. Except for a few opponents, the Legislative Assembly approved Jerome Bonaparte as Emperor with an overwhelming majority. , a request to change the republic into an empire.

After the approval of the overwhelming majority of the legislative group, the "Second House" also abstained with one vote, and it ended with unanimous approval.

The successive consent of the Legislative Council and the Senate meant that Jérôme Bonaparte had the opportunity to proclaim himself emperor at the legal level. Next, only a referendum was needed. As long as the vast majority of French people did not object, the Second Empire would be over. Can be established a year earlier than historically possible.

On November 29, a telegram from Paris appeared in front of the top officials of the regions and provinces. The telegram stated: France should abide by fair, just and open choices, and issued a request to all French people, hoping that they would use Use your vote to decide whether to build an empire or remain a republic.

On November 30th, the provinces began to vote on whether to establish the empire.

After nearly seven days of voting, the French provinces finally completed their voting on December 6, and the number of votes in each province was transmitted to Paris via telegram.

On December 8, after more than three hours of counting, the Senate announced the results of the votes to the people of Paris.

8,724,000 votes were cast in favor of the establishment of the empire, 253,000 votes were cast against the establishment of the empire, and there were nearly 1 million abstention votes, mostly discarded votes in the south and west.

More than 8 million votes in favor gave Jérôme Bonaparte the legal basis for establishing an empire.

The Bonapartists began a new round of debate surrounding when the empire was established.

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