Chapter 771 9-year reserve system

After Algiers’ handling of the proposal was approved by the overwhelming majority of the delegates, Jerome Bonaparte took advantage of the victory to present his second proposal to the Legislative Council.

“Deputies, today I am here to present a serious proposal to you, to the holy Legislative Council, and I know that this proposal may… no, it should be said that it will be criticized, even opposed, by many people.

But I still have to say it here (Jérôme Bonnet deliberately paused, with a pious expression on his face), in the Palais Bourbon, which represents the will of more than 30 million citizens of France.

Because 30 million French citizens have entrusted to me their freedom, their will, and everything! I have to be responsible for them…”

As soon as Jerome Bonaparte’s second proposal started, it raised the tone of the entire proposal a lot. Representatives in the Legislative Council were either surprised or curious, and they focused their attention on the proposal. Gérôme Bonaparte on the podium, they knew the main event was about to begin.

Then Jérôme Bonaparte clapped his hands. Under the horrified eyes of the representatives of the Palace of Bourbon, a team of 20 people ran out from the corridor on the right side of the Palace of Bourbon and trotted all the way to the bottom of the Legislative Council’s podium.

Looking at the team in front of them, the first thing most of the delegates thought of was a coup d’état.

After all, the success of the Second Reich stemmed from a coup.

Jerome Bonaparte completely overthrew the Second Republic and established the Second Empire by relying on the strength of the soldiers in the suburbs of Paris.

The National Assembly, which originally represented the authority of the Second Republic, was also split by the emperor into two institutions that did not belong to each other.

Since the current emperor has the absolute power in the whole of France, why should he do these things to them?

Does it mean that His Majesty the Emperor wants to establish a country with absolute rule?

Just when the representatives of the Legislative Council were thinking about it, Jerome Bonaparte opened his mouth and ordered the soldiers to distribute the copies of the documents in their hands to them according to the regions they were campaigning for.

Soon all the documents were distributed, with an average of one or two pages in the hands of each Legislative Representative.

The soldiers who had been distributed once again gathered under Jerome Bonaparte’s podium, waiting for Jerome Bonaparte’s next instructions.

“Okay, delegates, let’s take a look at the situation of the National Guard in the province that selected you to represent Paris!” Jerome Bonaparte waved at the soldiers under the podium as he spoke. , suggesting they can leave.

The soldiers immediately understood what Jerome Bonaparte meant, and they hurriedly saluted Jerome Bonaparte and left.

As time went on, more and more delegates were watching Jerome Bonaparte on stage, and a few smart guys had realized Jerome Bonaparte’s next move.

After a while, and after all the delegates read the report distributed by Jerome Bonaparte, Jerome Bonaparte said to the delegates present with a hint of grief and indignation, “Everyone. Representative, do you know how you feel after reading the report in your hands!

Now I want to share with you how I felt when I read the report.

Report to all of you, I have read each one carefully.

When I read all the arrival reports, all I felt was resentment and helplessness!

I don’t know since when, the National Guard, which protects our country and nation, has become what it is now! ”

Speaking of which, Jerome Bonaparte slapped the table with his hand, as if to vent his dissatisfaction.

The Legislative Council, which had been clamoring for a while, immediately became silent, and the eyes of all the delegates were fixedly waiting for Jérôme Bonaparte on the stage.

“Deputies, tell me honestly, is the current National Guard or the National Guard that led our country and nation to defend against foreign enemies and marched to victory? The current National Guard can still shoulder the French diplomatic ties. Do you give them tasks?”

Jerome Bonaparte asked questions one after another, making the representatives present even more afraid to speak. They could only listen to Jerome Bonaparte’s speech obediently.

Afterwards, when Jerome Bonaparte asked the representatives present again whether the National Guard could afford to protect the safety of the French people, many of the representatives still did not speak.

“I know you don’t dare to say it! Now I am here to tell you the answer, in this holy hall that represents the will of all the 30 million French citizens!

It is impossible for the current National Guard to regain its former glory. Its existence is of no use except to waste taxpayers’ money (although not much)! “Jérôme Bonaparte resolutely said to everyone present, “The former National Guard no longer exists, and now I only see a weak army in the coat of the National Guard!”

Delegates, shouldn’t the National Guard like this be abolished immediately and a brand new unit established! ”

As soon as these words came out, all the representatives in the Legislative Council understood what Jerome Bonaparte meant.

Jerome Bonaparte made a lot of remarks in front of him, the core of which was that he wanted to abolish the National Guard.

At this moment, some of the representatives of the moderate republic could not sit still (because the news of the entire Legislative Council is never announced to the public, so the citizens in the Legislative Council can communicate as they wish), and some of them stood up and euphemistically opposed the heat Rom Bonaparte.

“One Sword”

Delegates said that the National Guard and France are mutually reinforcing, and without the National Guard at the beginning, there would be no empire today.

Therefore, France cannot lose the National Guard, and even if the National Guard is abolished, who can guarantee that the next military organization will be better than the National Guard.

“Do you have any different proposals for reform?” Jerome Bonaparte asked the moderate republican representative mildly.

“Your Majesty, I think the top priority of the French Empire is not to completely abolish the National Guard, but to make it rectify! I believe that the rectified National Guard will definitely become the backbone of France again!” The attitude of the representative of the moderate republican faction express his opinion clearly.

“Sir, who do you think should be entrusted to complete the rectification of the National Guard?” Jerome Bonaparte asked the representative of the moderate republic with a peaceful expression.

“Your Majesty, I personally thought that the support for this matter could be handed over to the senior officials and mayors of the provinces!” replied Jerome Bonaparte, a moderate republican party.

Facing the suggestion of the representative of the moderate republic, Jerome Bonaparte curled his lips in disdain.

If it is done according to the republican theory, those National Guards handed over to senior officials and mayors will be completely reduced to money-making tools for provincial and municipal leaders, thus completely losing their functions as an army.

The Mobile Guards in history were attacked by the Legislative Corps and Republicans, and had to hand over the Mobile Guards to leaders at various and municipal levels to form them.

The original plan required the formation of a mobile guard of 40w people, but only 9w people were formed at the end, but the cost was not saved at all.

All the money goes into the pockets of provincial and municipal leaders.

“Do you guarantee that the rectified National Guard is an army that can be pulled out to fight?” Jerome Bonaparte retorted.

“This…” After hesitating for a moment, the representative of the moderate republican faction shook his head and replied to Jerome Bonaparte, “I can’t guarantee this, Your Majesty!

However, the National Guard is not an army that needs to go abroad to fight! So it shouldn’t take on things that don’t belong to them either! ”

“You don’t need to go abroad to fight!” Jerome Bonaparte chuckled, and then asked, “Mr. Representative, tell me which army in this world does not need to fight!

In other words, is an army that does not need to fight still an army!

If the National Guard does not need to fight, then what was the purpose of our establishment of the National Guard!

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Jerome Bonaparte’s aggressive posture made the representatives of the moderate republic find no reason to refute. Favre quickly got up and replied to Jerome Bonaparte: “Your Majesty, please allow me to answer this question!”

“Monsieur Favre, go ahead!” Jerome Bonaparte replied to Favre.

“Your Majesty, the purpose of the National Guard is indeed to protect France, but the purpose of the National Guard was to protect the Republic!” Favre replied bluntly to Jerome Bonaparte.

“So the National Guard does not have to undertake the task of protecting France after the establishment of the Empire?” Jerome Bonaparte asked again, “If it only needs to maintain domestic territorial security, then only a certain number of gendarmes are needed. That’s enough!

The purpose of the existence of the National Guard is not to allow the troops on the French front to obtain enough qualified soldiers in a short period of time! (Here Jerome Bonaparte is misinterpreting the purpose of the National Guard)

If one day, our country is attacked by hundreds of thousands, even millions of troops!

what should we do?

We can’t always pin our hopes on active duty soldiers because they are limited in number!

For now, the entire empire can use only about 350000 troops (Jérôme Bonaparte said to the young), and it is impossible for them to fight two or three with one!

At this time, if we don’t expect the National Guard, who else can we expect? ”

Jérôme Bonaparte’s words caused all the representatives present to fall into contemplation.

After a while, Favre asked Jérôme Bonaparte what he would use instead when the National Guard was abolished.

Jérôme Bonaparte told Favre that he would implement a nine-year military service system (five in the regular army and four in the reserve) after the abolition of the National Guard, in order to prevent the French reserve force from running out of savings The problem.