Make France Great Again

Chapter 424 The tsar in a hurry

As soon as Jérôme Bonaparte finished speaking, the congressman who had come to his senses immediately recognized the unquestionable determination contained in Jérôme Bonaparte's words.

When a Caesar was determined to execute a certain order, the "seniors" who gathered around him agreed with all his decisions. The venue suddenly became jubilant, and many senators immediately stood up and raised their hands to express their gratitude to the heat. Rome Bonaparte gave a standard ancient Roman salute.

"Long live the Empire, long live the Emperor, long live Bonaparte!"

Amid cheers, members of the Legislative Council unanimously approved Jérôme Bonaparte's request for emergency funding for the Russian war.

The proposal stipulates that France will sell short-term war bonds of 50 million francs and long-term bonds of 150 million francs to be used for the French Empire's war expenses against the Russian Empire. During the war, if the French army faces insufficient military expenditures, War bonds could also continue to be issued to meet the war needs of the French Empire.

Theoretically, the upper limit of war bonds does not have any reality. However, taking into account the actual national strength of France, the financial department concluded that the upper limit of war bond issuance should not exceed 500 million francs.

Otherwise, if there are too many war bonds, it will easily affect the price fluctuation of the war bonds themselves, thus turning the war debt into a piece of waste paper.

The most intuitive example is the Russian Empire. The purchasing power of the Russian Empire's war debt in the international market is now like a piece of waste paper.

So much so that all their military operations need to rely on the country's stretched finances to maintain the army's huge expenditure problem.

Amid cheers, Jérôme Bonaparte came to the Senate with the adopted proposal.

In the Senate, Jerome Bonaparte once again told the senators about the "evil deeds" of the Russian Empire.

The elders of the Senate also cast their votes in favor of the proposal with great indignation.

After the Legislative Council and the Senate have been successful, the next step is for the Senate to carry out specific implementation.

Under the orders of the Senate, the French Imperial Treasury began to act on emergency appropriations.

Fifty million francs of short-term war bonds were immediately put into the pockets of the Ministry of Railways bankers. The bankers of the Ministry of Railways who received compensation finally felt better, and they began to look forward to the next 150 million francs of long-term bonds.

At the same time, the General Staff, which had long been prepared, began to act according to the plan drawn up by the declaration of war.

Under the order of the General Staff, the reserve division in Strasbourg began to be established under the mobilization of the division commander and division staff. Elite battalions scattered throughout Strasbourg began to gather into a regiment, and three regiments formed A brigade... Due to the advance establishment of the brigade-division staff headquarters, troops that were not originally affiliated with the same regiment began to work together at an extremely fast speed.

The soldiers of a division were assembled in less than two days. The Eastern Railway Bureau in Strasbourg also worked overtime after receiving the news that the reserve division had assembled.

The unarmed soldiers lined up and came to the military train station. They would take the stuffy tank train to the Lyon area. After rounding with the Alpine reserve forces in the Lyon area, they would stay in Lyon and wait for the next order.

On the other hand, nearly 90,000 people including Canrobert's Division (First Division), Bosquet's Division (Second Division), and Guards Division (Third Division) also gathered in Paris.

Under the personal command and dispatch of Railway Minister Baros, the Central Railway Bureau began to transport more than 90,000 soldiers to Marseille, France, in batches.

These soldiers, who are also unarmed, will receive their respective equipment in Marseille, and the three-gun dogs will take the French naval fleet to the Varna area.

The six battalions of the Joouaf Battalion stationed near the Constantinople Province of French Algeria also took action. Under the leadership of McMahon and Bazin, they boarded the ships of the French Mediterranean Fleet. They will be in After wandering at sea for more than a week, we arrived at Rhodes Island. After unloading some unnecessary equipment in Rhodes Island, we headed to Varna according to the local conditions in the Ottoman Empire.

It can be said that from the end of August to mid-September, the French Empire entered into an efficient and intense mobilization.

While Jérôme Bonaparte was carrying out intense mobilization, Tsar Nicholas I of the Russian Empire in St. Petersburg also received a "letter of war" from the French Empire in early September.

When the French ambassador to Russia asked Nicholas I to immediately stop the invasion of the Russian Empire in an orderly tone, Nicholas I's first reaction was that France was crazy.

As the victim, the Ottoman Empire itself has not yet complained to the Russian Empire, and the French Empire actually wants to help support the Ottoman Empire in advance.

It's really incredible.

Gu Can/span Later, Nicholas I also said in front of the French ambassador exactly the same words that the Russian ambassador said in front of Jérôme Bonaparte.

"I will never let go of the Christians in the Balkans!" Nicholas I responded to Jérôme Bonaparte with a strong and pious attitude, and then threatened the French ambassador: "I hope that the French Empire can be restored. Look at what you are doing and don’t go astray! Napoleon lost his entire empire because of his misjudgment of the situation! Our army is fully prepared!"

The threat of Nicholas I was so ridiculous in the eyes of the French ambassador. The current Russian Imperial Army is no longer the same army as in 1812, but their emperor has no idea and is still dreaming of the dream of 1812. .

"Your Majesty, if the empire is unwilling to accept France's proposal, then please forgive me for not staying in the Russian Empire for too long! Because my country will launch a war against you at any time!" France used the most humble attitude and said the most arrogant words.

"If the French Empire thinks you can defeat the Russian Empire, then come! I will do what my brother Alexander did in 1812, as long as foreign troops are still on Russian soil, even if the enemy pushes us beyond the Ural Mountains East, we will never lay down our arms." Nicholas I shouted at the French Ambassador with his face flushed with excessive anger.

Now Nicholas I is like a seriously injured beast, grinning and facing all enemies that threaten him.

The French ambassador still looked directly at Nicholas I with calm eyes, then bowed slightly to Nicholas I and left.

When the French ambassador left Tsarskoye Selo alone and returned to the embassy in St. Petersburg, he "happened" to meet the British ambassador, Lord Seymour.

At the warm invitation of the French Ambassador, Lord Seymour returned with him to the French Embassy in Russia.

The French ambassador, who was sitting on the red cushioned sofa in the embassy, ​​first exchanged greetings with the British ambassador, Lord Seymour.

When the chat got better, he pretended to be unconscious and revealed to Lord Seymour what happened after he went to Tsarskoe Selo.

After listening to the French ambassador's account, Lord Seymour immediately understood what the French Empire might do next.

"That's such a pity!" Lord Seymour shook his head and said to the French Ambassador.

"Yes! However, I think your country will become like the French Empire in a short time! A highly aggressive country will never be able to gain true friends!" The French Ambassador smiled slightly and connoted the Russian Empire by the way.

"This depends on what the British cabinet wants!" Lord Seymour responded to the French Ambassador.

After the two continued their conversation, Lord Seymour left the French Embassy.

The day after that, the French ambassador left St. Petersburg on a speedboat.

Lord Seymour was once again invited to Tsarskoe Selo by Nicholas I.

In one of the rooms in the Catherine Palace, Lord Seymour saw Nicholas I. At this time, Nicholas I looked a little restless. He was pacing back and forth in the room. A long time passed, until Lord Seymour came into the room.

"You support me, right?" Nicholas I, who had just met, asked Ambassador Seymour with earnest eyes and incoherent words.

"Your Majesty, I don't understand what you are talking about?" Although Lord Seymour had already guessed what Nicholas I meant, he still responded without changing his expression.

"What I mean...is..." Nicholas I hesitated for a few seconds, then reorganized his language and said: "On issues in the Near East, the British Kingdom and the Russian Empire should work together. I believe your Prime Minister Lord Aberdeen is a true gentleman!"

Nicholas I played the "unity" card, and then began to present facts and reason: "We all know that the Ottoman Empire is terminally ill and cannot be saved by any means! Instead of letting the Ottoman Empire wait for death in silence, find Shuyuan www.zhaoshuyuan. com Might as well divide all that he left behind while it is still alive! Britain gets Egypt, Cyprus...Austria gets...Russia gets..."

"Does the Austrian Empire think so too?" Lord Seymour waited until Nicholas I finished speaking and then asked again.

Nicholas I's eyes were a little uncertain, and then he responded with a confident tone: "Although my brother Franz Joseph and I did not have a specific conversation on this issue, I believe that their views on the Ottoman Empire should be the same. me too!"

When Nicholas I said these words, Lord Seymour could be sure that the Austrian Empire had not boarded Nicholas I's pirate ship at all, and everything was just an excuse for Nicholas I.

"Whether the Ottoman Empire collapses should depend on the Ottoman Empire itself. Britain is also unwilling to see a country facing the risk of collapse!"

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