Chapter 341： Candidate for Chief of Staff

"Oh? What about Bazin and Trosch?"

Jerome Bonaparte showed an interesting smile at the corner of his mouth. Since the coup d'état on December 2, Jerome Bonaparte, who was in charge of all kinds of opportunities, had not seen Trosch and Bazin for a long time. He suddenly felt a little strange after hearing Bazin and Trosch today.

"Colonel Trosch is now the Chief of Staff of the 1st Paris Division, and Colonel Bazin is now the Head of the 2nd Regiment of the 2nd Paris Brigade!" Leboeuf replied to Jerome Bonaparte.

"That's it!" Jerome Bonaparte tapped on the table lightly, and after thinking for a moment, he asked Brigadier General Leboeuf's opinion: "Which of the two schemes do you think is more inclined! "

"Your Majesty, as far as I am concerned! I am more inclined to the second option!" Leboeuf cautiously replied to Jerome Bonaparte: "The mountains in the Near East are complex, which is not conducive to the large-scale deployment of the army! We can only rely on small Units fight to annihilate a limited number of enemies, and a long-term war of attrition will not only dampen the soldiers' enthusiasm for war, but also cause great trouble to our logistics!"

Leboeuf's answer was exactly what Jerome Bonaparte had in mind. In his plan, once the Crimea begins, an exciting war must be fought, otherwise the ardent patriotism of the Parisian people will be numb because of the long war, and even Jerome Pou will resent it. Nabas.

And those soldiers who were sent to the Near East to live in small-scale annihilation all day long also held a grudge against Jérôme Bonaparte.

At that time, let alone getting the prestige bonus through Crimea, I am afraid that Jerome Bonaparte can consider finding an auspicious day to go to Britain.

Wars after wars have proved that the patience of the people of Paris for wars is limited. They can support the government’s actions for the sake of impulse. When the blood is over, they begin to shrink back, become numb, and even oppose the war.

Jérôme Bonaparte must bring them victories after victories to convince them that the war will soon be over.

Only in this way can Jerome Bonaparte gain enough prestige through war, instead of making the people lose patience with the existing regime.

"Very good!" Jerome Bonaparte nodded in approval: "You already have the basic overall view of being the chief of staff!"

Jerome Bonaparte's approval made Leboeuf feel a burst of joy in his heart. He did not guess the emperor's idea wrong, which meant that Leboeuf was one step closer to the chief of staff.

Everyone in the current secretariat longs for the secretariat to be truly independent from the Ministry of War and become an existence on an equal footing with the Ministry of War, rather than becoming a subordinate unit of the Ministry of War as it is now.

From Conrobel to Saint Arnault to Leboeuf, every director of the secretariat hopes to become the first chief of staff.

Although Leboeuf knows that he will never be included in the list of the first chief of staff, people always have some dreams, in case the emperor is really promoted...

Thinking of this, Leboeuf subconsciously glanced at Jerome Bonaparte, and then quickly moved his gaze back to the map.

"The secretariat will follow the second plan!" Jerome Bonaparte said firmly.

"Understood!" Leboeuf responded immediately.

Afterwards, Jerome Bonaparte asked one question after another to make things difficult for others, and Leboeuf's answer gradually became unstoppable.

Looking at Le Boeuf's slightly flustered eyes, Jerome Bonaparte just stopped. He waved his hand to Le Boeuf and said, "Okay! Let me have some space for independent thinking!"

"Yes!" Leboeuf stood straight in front of Jerome Bonaparte and saluted Jerome Bonaparte before leaving,

Sitting alone in his office, Jerome Bonaparte looked out the window at the gradually setting sun, which was his lost youth...

bah bah bah!

In fact, after Leboeuf left, Jerome Bonaparte has been thinking about whether the Secretariat should be completely independent and turned into a general staff organization on an equal footing with the Ministry of War.

This institution, which was established and supported by Jerome Bonaparte, carried all his efforts, and he had to take it to the heights it deserved.

There must be no more confusion between the War Department and the General Staff.

Jerome Bonaparte strengthened his confidence in continuing to walk, and then he screened the candidates for the chief of staff in his mind.

Commander Reno?

Jerome Bonaparte remembered Commander Reign who was still in Strasbourg. As the first general who was trained by him to become a major general and then appointed as Minister of War, it is self-evident that Jerome Bonaparte placed his trust in him.

It's just that General Reño is not a person who is resolute and resolute, but the Chief of Staff himself needs a resolute and determined general.

Conrobel?

Jerome Bonaparte thought of Conrobert again. The hard work and hope he poured into Conrobert was as good as that of Reigno. The rank of major general was all managed by Jerome Bonaparte.

Precisely because Conrobert was only 42 years old, he was also excluded from Jerome Bonaparte's system of chief of staff. A 42-year-old army commander is indeed a bit appalling.

To use a common saying, once Conrobel served as chief of staff, he would face the point of no seal.

At that time, Jerome Bonaparte could only consider leaving Conrobert idle at home.

Furthermore, Conrobel's own abilities still need to be further honed.

In particular, the judgment of war and the aspects of fighter aircraft need to be added.

Kuzan. Montauban? No, this is absolutely not possible!

I just recalled the Montauban, which was rejected by Jerome Bonaparte, the Count of Eight Mile Bridge. The time when the Earl of Eight Mile Bridge joined Bonaparte's camp and the contribution he made in the coup d'état are really incomparable with Reigno and Kang. Robert is on a par with either of the two.

The haste and conciseness will only affect the harmony of the camp. According to the historical actions of the Earl of Baliqiao during the Franco-Prussian War, he is more suitable as an administrative talent.

After thinking about it, Jerome Bonaparte found that among the qualified and capable candidates, only the Minister of War, Saint Arnault, was left.

The key is that Saint Arnault is now the Minister of War. If he is transferred to become the Chief of Staff, who will manage the original Ministry of War.

Subsequently, Jerome Bonaparte began to work on the candidate for Minister of War.

This time, Cuzanne Montbonto became the first choice of Jerome Bonaparte, and the first division under his jurisdiction was headed by Conrobert.

The second brigade was taken over by Brigadier General Leboeuf, and Leboeuf's adjutant, Jérôme Bonaparte, planned to let Edgar Ney, now the director of the Special Investigation Service, concurrently.

After thinking about it, Jerome Bonaparte called Mokar again and ordered him to go to the Ministry of War and have the Minister of War come over.

After Mocart was ordered to leave, Jerome Bonaparte got up and walked out of the study. Walking in the quiet corridor, he looked at the end of the corridor. He suddenly felt like a prisoner of power, bound by power.

Especially during his tenure as emperor, the number of times he left the Tuileries was really rare.

Every day there are countless documents waiting for Jerome Bonaparte to revise, meetings large and small are waiting for Jerome Bonaparte to be held at the Tuileries Palace, and there are also ministers of various departments who need to be summoned individually by him .

Now he can't wait to split himself into eight parts, and then each part can handle the work independently, so that Jerome Bonaparte can easily finish all the work.

Thinking of this, Jerome Bonaparte couldn't help but sighed and mumbled: "I really don't know how my cousin did it!"

How did Jerome Bonaparte know that Napoleon III in OTL history spent most of his energy on attracting bees and butterflies after he became emperor, and all the work was left to ministers and his close friends. "Comrade-in-arms" Pesini and Morney.

Such decentralization has directly caused the entire Bonaparte government to face serious corruption problems, and deception and data fraud are commonplace.

The collapse of the government's credit caused by corruption has snowballed quickly, and it has even nearly faced the risk of being overthrown several times!

Although the government led by Jerome Bonaparte also faced the problem of corruption, its degree of corruption was not as rampant as that of the Second Empire in history.

In order to prevent local officials from acting up and down, Jerome Bonaparte, who was crowned emperor, was only paid 6.5 million francs a year.

Compared with his uncle Napoleon's 13 million francs, Louis XVI's 25 million francs, and Louis Philippe's 14 million francs, Jerome Bonaparte's annual salary is obviously much less.

And most of these more than 6 million francs were paid as rewards to those generals who had taken refuge in him and some members who needed relief from Jerome Bonaparte.

There is not much money that can really be allocated to Jerome Bonaparte.

Jérôme Bonaparte's daily expenses are all supported by his own Norinco Group, Schneider Steel Industry and California's gold mines.

These three industries can also bring Jérôme Bonaparte an additional income of 3 to 4 million francs each year, which are not included in the government budget list.

Apart from Jerome Bonaparte himself and Adolphe Schneider, not many people know about it.

Therefore, the public's trust in the government is much higher than in the history of OTL.

Compared with the Second Empire in history, the officials were a little more honest. These subtle changes Jerome Bonaparte did not know about, but they actually changed the whole of France.