Chapter 772 Compromised reserve system

As soon as Jerome Bonaparte’s five-year regular army and four-year reserve plan were proposed, Favre immediately objected.

Favre believed that the four-year reserve plan would inevitably cost a lot of money and manpower, which would bring a heavy burden to the entire French Empire.

“Your Majesty, France has already shouldered an army of nearly 550,000 people. I can’t imagine what it will look like if it bears a reserve of the same size. And if so many people are recruited into the army at once, it will also affect the To our development!” Favre said excitedly to Jerome Bonaparte.

If people who don’t know Favre hear his words, they will definitely identify Favre as a politician who cares about the country and the people.

In fact, the reason why Favre objected to Jerome Bonaparte was only because Favre himself was simply unhappy with the Second Empire.

Favre can be said to have put his own likes and dislikes above the future of France.

“Mr. Favre!” Jerome Bonaparte responded calmly to Favre: “I can tell you clearly that four years of reserve service will not have a big impact! Because all the recruited reserve members , you only need to serve for one year in a four-year period, and the time of serving is not less than three months each year, and you can take indefinite leave!

It will not delay farming at all, and during the period of service in the reserve, the salary of a reserve army is only 60% of that of the regular army!

Those in charge of serving can report to the military near their location! ”

After Jerome Bonaparte recounted the French reserve system, the entire conference hall of the Palais Bourbon fell silent again.

Even Favre did not expect that Jerome Bonaparte’s military service system would be so “humane” that he could not find any excuse to refute it.

After a while, the reacted Bonaparte delegates immediately remembered a warm applause.

After the applause continued for a while, Jerome Bonaparte turned his head to Pius, the Speaker of the Legislative Council. He said with a solemn expression to Pius, “Speaker Pius, the voting can begin!”

After hearing Jérôme Bonaparte’s order, the Speaker of the Legislative Council, Pius, hurriedly cleared his throat and announced the official start of voting on the proposal to “Abolish the National Guard”.

With the exception of a small number of Republican representatives, the vast majority of the delegates cast their yes votes.

The National Guard announced its approval by the “unanimous consent” of the overwhelming majority of delegates, and then Jerome Bonaparte told the Legislative Corps the detailed plan of the four-year reserve plan, which was also voted by the Legislative Corps with four points. The advantage of the third passed the resolution.

Then, with the constipated expression on Favre’s face, Jerome Bonaparte walked out of the Bourbon Palace with firm steps.

The next day, Jerome Bonaparte went to the Senate again, where Jerome Bonaparte reiterated what he said in the Legislative Yuan yesterday.

The Senate also passed these two plans with absolute advantage, and telegraphed to Algiers and mainland France in the afternoon.

This time the National Guard can no longer escape the fate of being abolished. When the commander of the Seine National Guard announced that the Seine National Guard was completely abolished, a small number of National Guard officers were entangled and wanted to tell Du Yin Leli Palace asked for an explanation.

So, they went to the door of the Tuinlely Palace together, shouting that they wanted to ask Jerome Bonaparte for an explanation.

The soldiers of a battalion of guards stationed near the Tuinleli Palace were in charge of inquiring, and they were immediately waiting on the only way to the same Tuinleli Palace.

When the officers of the National Guard saw rows of soldiers with Mignet rifles, their feverish minds calmed down immediately. , so that they can go to Tuinleli Palace to discuss a statement.

However, these Guard officers told them with a cold face that anyone who tried to break into the Tuinleli Palace would be shot and killed before receiving the instructions from the Tuinleli Palace.

The National Guard officers who had no choice had to choose to stand in place and wait for the Duinleli Palace to send someone over to talk with them. After a while, the Duinleli Palace sent someone over.

“I said, Your Majesty’s adjutant Wayan, you can tell me anything you want to say to His Majesty! I will definitely tell His Majesty what you said!” said the National Guard officer.

The officers of the National Guard immediately surrounded the regiment of General Wayan, and you began to complain to General Wayan with every word.

Due to the large number of National Guard officers, Wayan could only feel 10,000 flies buzzing around his ears, and he couldn’t hear what the National Guard officers were saying.

So, Wayan shouted at the top of his voice: “Be quiet! Listen to me!”

The officer of the National Guard immediately stopped talking and turned his gaze to Wayan at the same time.

“I can’t hear you at all!” Wayan said to the National Guards present. “So, you should appoint a representative to talk to me!”

As soon as General Wayan spoke, the officers of the National Guard immediately began to discuss.

After nearly 10 minutes of selection, they found two people with the highest rank (Colonel of the National Guard) to act as representatives of this negotiation to communicate with General Wayan.

The two lieutenant colonels left the group and came to General Wayan. Looking at the old boss who used to be the commander-in-chief of the Seine National Guard, the two colonels were still a little worried, and they regretted following these officers. Let’s make trouble together.

After all, one of them graduated from the Ecole Polytechnique in Paris and the other graduated from the Saint-Cyr Institute. It can be said that they both have great prospects.

Now, it is really not worth it for them to confront General Wayan for a group of guys who have never attended a military academy for a day (most of the middle and lower-level officers of the National Guard are elected).

“Is there anything you want to say to Your Majesty?” General Wayan asked the two Colonels of the National Guard in a slightly dignified tone.

“I…we!”

The National Guard told General Wayan with trepidation that they, on behalf of all the officers and soldiers of the National Guard of the Seine Province, begged His Majesty Jérôme Bonaparte not to disband the National Guard.

Their reason is that the National Guard is the most important force in maintaining Paris, and its hasty disbandment may cause irreparable damage to the order of the entire Seine.

“Are you threatening Your Majesty?” General Wayan asked coldly with a sense of indifference.

“No! No!” The Colonel of the National Guard was frightened and quickly explained: “We are not trying to threaten His Majesty, we are also thinking of His Majesty!”

“Considering for Your Majesty?” General Wayan sneered and said to the Colonel of the National Guard: “I think you are thinking about yourself! Don’t you just think that after disbanding the National Guard, you may be kicked out of the army, That’s why I’m not willing to disband!”

The two National Guard colonels were speechless, and they did have such concerns.

Of course, it’s not just that the commanders of the National Guard are also a little worried that they will be forced to retire.

It’s just that they are much calmer than this group of National Guards.

“Now I can tell you clearly that the disbandment of the National Guard is not just a decision made by His Majesty! It is a decision made after consultations among the General Staff, the Legislative Yuan, the Senate and the Senate! So no individual or group has any right to change it!” General Wayan said loudly.

The two Colonels of the National Guard and the middle- and lower-ranking officers of the National Guard behind them both showed their lost eyes. Now it seems that their failure this time is a certainty.

However, General Wayan then turned around and said: “Although the organization of the National Guard will be abolished, the military commanders within the National Guard will be retained as appropriate. within the reserve system.”

“Reserve system?” The two National Guard colonels looked at Wayan curiously.

“That’s right! Reserve system!” Wayan nodded and told the Colonel of the National Guard about the organizational structure of the reserve system.

After listening to General Wayan’s explanation, everyone immediately realized that the so-called reserve system is not another way of saying the National Guard, but the National Guard requires voluntary participation, and the reserve system is required to join it according to regulations. . (The reserve service system and the active-duty troops implement two sets of military service laws. The reserve service requires universal military service, while the active-duty troops require a substitute service system.)

“So, you just need to go back and wait for the notice!” General Wayan said to the National Guard officers present.

The officers of the National Guard who heard that their positions might be assigned to the ranks of reserve officers immediately had a smile on their faces, and they hurriedly apologized for ramming the Tuin-leuri Palace.

“Okay! Now that you all know it, go back quickly!” Wayan waved his hand and said to the National Guard officers present.

The officers of the National Guard immediately left the Tuinlery Palace, but they didn’t know that not everyone could be included in the reserve system.

The prerequisite for being incorporated into the reserve system is to have participated in the regular army and have passed a certain rank in the regular army.

These two items alone are enough to kill a large number of elected officers.

Without the support of regular army officers, those officers who rely on elections would not be able to achieve anything at all.

So in the next two weeks, the basic structure of the National Guard was completely dismantled.

The reserve system is also being established in an orderly manner.