Chapter 215： Grand Marshal Sirte

"Your Majesty, please accept France's most loyal cheers to you!"

Amid the cheers of "Long live the marshal, long live the empire", Prime Minister Opper, who was a small and transparent cabinet, approached the newly promoted imperial marshal Prince Monfort and complimented him.

Looking at the unanimous cheers from the audience, Prince Monfort's thoughts could not help but return to the era of forty-five years ago, when his brother, surrounded by the most loyal French army, abolished the republic and turned it into an empire.

Forty-five years later, he, like his brother, was surrounded by the army and became the marshal of the French Republic. He believed that it would not be long before he was established on this land again.

In France, as long as you control the army, you control the future.

Prince Monfort couldn't help but praise the army in the audience: "What a mighty army! What a loyal soldier!"

The sound of "Long live" went on and on, until Prince Monfort waved his hand to stop, and the soldiers stopped shouting under the gestures of the commanders of the various units.

The scene became unusually quiet for a time, and everyone present was watching the new marshal, Prince Monfort.

Marshal Monfort, who was stared at by thousands of pairs of eyes, had an uncontrollable excitement in his heart. He held his breath and said after a few seconds: "French soldiers, I am honored to stand here as an outdated veteran. Accept your blessings! I will stand with you, with the thousands of French soldiers who defend the motherland..."

Jerome Bonaparte used his earthy Italian and German accent to preach to all the soldiers present. With the blessing of the emperor's younger brother, he made what should have been a boring speech very inspiring.

"I wish you all a good future, and I also wish France more prosperity! I will fulfill my mission and become a qualified imperial marshal!"

Prince Monfort ended his marshal's inauguration speech with a standard concluding remark.

I don't know if it was unintentional or intentional, Prince Monfort changed the "Marshal of the Republic" to "Marshal of the Empire", and several retired Bonapartist generals in the audience showed a knowing smile.

The inauguration ceremony of Marshal Monfort ended. An open-top gilt double-bridge carriage appeared under the steps of the viewing platform. Marshal Monfort and Vice President Blair got into the carriage. The person responsible for driving the carriage was the national self-defense. Lieutenant Colonel Fleury, Staff Officer of the Army Staff.

The carriage moved slowly, and Prince Monfort was able to wave goodbye to the soldiers present. The soldiers in the phalanx moved in the direction of Marshal Monfort's carriage.

Under the attention of the soldiers, the carriage passed through the squares and returned to the center of Paris.

After Marshal Monfort left, Minister Reigno stood up and rushed to the soldiers attending the inauguration ceremony and said, "All units return to their respective military camps in an orderly manner, no chatting or making loud noises!"

Changarnier, who was in the audience, looked at Minister Regnault with a gloomy face. After the inauguration ceremony, the order to disband the soldiers was announced by him, the commander of the city defense of the Seine Province.

The most important thing is that the commanders of the 1st Paris brigade obeyed Minister Reno's order and left the field in an orderly manner, which made Changarnier have to reconsider his own strength.

Unconsciously, the regular army in Changarnier's hands was overtaken by Regnio and the others.

As for the National Guard, Changarnier dare not use those things that are easy to use.

After mobilization, the National Guard might not listen to him.

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The carriage carried the newly-proclaimed Marshal Prince Monfort and Vice President Blair to the Elysee Palace. When the carriage officially entered the Saint-Martin district, it saw a group of people wearing silver-white breastplates, feathered helmets and slings around their waists. A cavalry with a saber appeared under the leadership of Lieutenant Colonel Edgar Ney.

The horse team was divided into two parts to protect the left and right wings of the carriage. Edgar Ney and two cuirassiers were responsible for clearing the way in front of the carriage.

The troop carriage did not encounter traffic jams as it entered the suburban center of Saint Martin.

The reason is that a "zealous citizen" wearing a black flack coat acted as a vigilante to help the police maintain traffic, and ordered the carriage to stop on the side of the road until the marshal's carriage passed by.

After passing through the suburbs of Saint-Martin to the Saint-Germain district, the road was significantly wider. Fleury increased the speed of the carriage and continued to move forward, and soon came to the Elysee Palace.

At this time, Pesini, the secretary of the Elysee Palace, was leading all the staff of the Elysee Palace to wait for the arrival of the marshal's carriage at the gate.

The carriage stopped at the gate of the Elysee Palace. Edgar Ney, who was leading the way, turned over on his pony. Prince Monfort and Vice President Blair also stopped.

Under the leadership of Pessini, Prince Monfort and Vice President Blair came to the banquet hall.

At this time, the banquet hall was already full of people. In the magnificent hall, soldiers, envoys, parliamentarians, and bankers gathered together. The arrival of Prince Monfort and Vice President Blair made everyone in the banquet turn their attention to them.

Vice President Blair took a step back and made a gesture of invitation. This banquet was originally held for Prince Monfort, and Prince Monfort was undoubtedly the focus of the banquet.

Holding a wooden marshal's stick, Prince Monfort walked slowly to the crowd to chat with them.

As the vice president, Blair was led by Pesini to a small living room on the second floor of the Elysee Palace.

After a while, the door of the living room opened and Jerome Bonaparte appeared outside the room. Blair hurriedly got up to greet Jerome Bonaparte.

Jerome Bonaparte smiled and gave Blair a hug and said, "Thank you! Teacher Blair!"

Vice President Blair, the former teacher of Jerome Bonaparte, looked at Jerome Bonaparte with satisfaction and said, "It's nothing! It's just a cane for me, an old bone! This is a small problem. I'm still not tired! It's your Majesty, you are too tired to manage all the machines!"

"It's mostly useless government affairs!" Jerome Bonaparte shrugged and made an indifferent gesture.

After Jerome Bonaparte sat down with Blair, Persini brought in two steaming coffee cups, one of which added sugar cubes and milk.

Pesini gave Blair the coffee with added sugar cubes and milk, and Jerome Bonaparte the other original.

Vice President Blair stirred the spoon gently and thanked Pesini with a smile.

Pesini responded modestly and left.

Only Vice President Blair and President Jerome Bonaparte were left in the living room.

"Mr. Blair, I'm really sorry! After you just returned to Paris, you ran non-stop to arrange the inauguration ceremony for my father!" Jerome Bonaparte sincerely apologized to Blair.

"It's nothing!" Vice President Blair smiled slightly, and his slightly tired eyes were full of joy: "I am very happy to witness the appearance of a Marshal Bonaparte!"

"By the way, what is the current situation of the one from the Pyrenees?" Jerome Bonaparte asked Blair.

Vice President Blair shook his head, took a sip of coffee and said, "Although his spirit is good, his body is not as good as the day. It is estimated that it will not be long before he goes to see God!"

"Alas!" Jerome Bonaparte sighed and said with emotion: "The former marshal who swept across the battlefield inevitably died on his sickbed in the end. If he was given another chance, he would probably choose Die on the battlefield!"

"I think he would choose to fall on the bed!" Vice President Blair retorted, with a mocking expression on the corner of his mouth: "If he really wants to die on the battlefield, he has many chances to die. In the end, only But he is nothing but a man who is greedy for life and fears death.”

"Even if he is a man who fears death, he is also the only Grand Marshal of France!" Jerome Bonaparte said proudly.

"As long as you live long enough, then you can defeat all enemies!" Vice President Blair sneered: "Our grand marshal has already killed many of his contemporaries!"

"Don't talk about these past things!" Jerome Bonaparte chose to avoid talking about the past of the Grand Marshal. He instead asked: "So what is his attitude towards us?"

"Respectful!" Vice President Blair responded However, I could feel in my conversation with him that our Grand Marshal did not believe that we could easily and successfully overturn them (referring to the legislation parliament)! "

"So, he doesn't want to support us?" Jerome Bonaparte couldn't help but lose a bit in his heart.

If the Grand Marshal can support him at this time, then he will be more sure to suppress Changarnier.

As the French "Ivy League" Marshal Sirte, even though he retired at home, he still had a profound influence on the French army.

"No! The Marshal said that he is willing to support us!" Vice President Blair said the result of Jerome Bonaparte's astonishment.

"What does he want?" Jerome Bonaparte asked calmly.

Vice President Blair responded indifferently: "He said he didn't need anything!"

Jerome Bonaparte stared at Vice President Blair in amazement. He was somewhat suspicious of Marshal Sirte's motives.

"He told me that he did not need to run for posterity! All his wealth will be given back to France in the form of donations after his death! What more does a man like him need? Glory? He already has it! Fame? He also gained it by the Emperor's side!

Now he has only a body left! To speak of hatred, there is only hatred for the Legislative Assembly, he wants you to overthrow the damned Assembly! Don't forget to shoot a few more people for him! He also told me that the emperor shot many people back then! "