Chapter 281 The Troublesome Corsican Restorationists

Chapter 282 The Corsican Restorationist Who Causes Trouble

Napoleon obviously didn't expect that the Crown Prince would look for him for this matter. He was stunned for a moment, then hurriedly stood up and stroked his chest and said, "I am very honored, Your Highness. I mean, of course I am willing to join the Royal Guards!"

Joseph couldn't help but find it quite interesting to see the nervous and reserved appearance of the Emperor who had made great achievements in history and turned Europe upside down in front of him.

He also expected that the young Emperor would not refuse his recruitment at this time. After all, his family still owed a large sum of money for the vineyard in Corsica and urgently needed him to make money to supplement the family.

Joseph was about to encourage Napoleon a few more words to bring the two closer, but he saw Napoleon blushing, as if he had mustered up the courage to say: "Your Highness, but I have another request, I hope you can agree to it."

"Oh? Please go ahead."

"Well, I need to take a leave of absence for four to five months every year to return to Corsica..." Napoleon obviously knew that the military discipline of the Royal Guards must be very strict, and it would be difficult for him to take a leave as casually as he did in Valence, so he had to say it directly.

"You know, my health is not very good, I must receive regular treatment. In addition, I also need to go back to help take care of the vineyard at home..."

Joseph narrowed his eyes and thought that Napoleon seemed to have no serious illness except hemorrhoids. So what did he do when he returned to Corsica every year?

He suddenly remembered that Napoleon seemed to be a staunch Corsican Restorationist at this time. Under the call of Pascal Paoli, the leader of the Corsican independence movement, he often secretly participated in some political activities.

Historically, Napoleon served as a soldier for 4 years before the order of the Grand Duchy, and he took nearly 3 years off to go to Corsica to participate in these things. Thanks to the chaotic management of the old French army at that time, no one noticed this matter...

Joseph sighed secretly. It was not a good thing for Napoleon to be in Cao's camp while his heart was in Han. He had to let him stop thinking about restoring Corsica as soon as possible.

But this matter cannot be rushed, otherwise it may backfire. After all, young people in their 20s will have a rebellious mentality. If Napoleon is determined to devote himself to the restoration of Corsica and turn against France, it will be a lot of fun.

So we have to stabilize Napoleon first and make good relations with him, and then talk about other things later.

So Joseph nodded very generously and said, "Your health is the most important thing. Of course you can take a leave. As for the vineyards in your hometown, I have some friends in Bordeaux, maybe I can ask them to help take care of them."

Napoleon thought it was rare for the crown prince to allow him to take a month or two off every year, but he didn't expect that he agreed directly.

Hearing the words of the Crown Prince full of care, he could not help but feel a touch of warmth in his heart, and hurriedly bowed again: "Thank you for your kindness and compassion, my brothers and I can take care of the vineyard.

"Oh, I will do my best to fight for the Royal Guards and thank you for your appreciation with military exploits!"

Joseph was very happy to "put the Emperor in his pocket" for the time being, and took him to dinner, and then asked Csaud to send two guards to send him back to Paris and report directly to the General Staff.

As for the Raphael Corps, he directly wrote a note and had someone send it to Valence. Today's old French army is honest, as long as the officer himself has no objection, he can basically mobilize at will.

After the Emperor left, Joseph came to the courtyard of the villa, blowing the cool night breeze of late spring and looking at the stars in the distance, but thinking about how to eliminate Corsica's independence tendency.

Not to mention dispelling Emperor Napoleon's Corsica restoration The idea of ​​restoring the country, this island hanging outside the French mainland must be rectified sooner or later, otherwise it will be in trouble sooner or later.

First of all, we must try to deal with Pascal Paoli. Without this guy's instigation, the Corsican nobles will soon forget about the restoration of the country.

But this guy has now gone to England, relying only on publishing books and remotely commanding the Corsican nobles to make trouble, and he rarely shows up.

This matter may allow the Intelligence Bureau to think of a way.

The second thing is to get rid of the Corsican Parliament.

When Louis XV bought Corsica, he did not plan to run it well, so he did not do French there. Instead of the local civil servant rule, the Corsican Parliament was allowed to continue to exist.

This resulted in Corsica having a great deal of autonomy, and those guys in the parliament, fearing that they would lose power, put all their efforts into supporting Corsica's independence.

In addition to these, it is also necessary to strengthen France's national strength and thereby improve Corsica's economic level. The people of Corsica live a stable life, so who would be willing to follow you to seek independence?

Only a strong France can make Napoleon feel a sense of identity. Over time, he will naturally integrate into France and become a real Frenchman. By then, who dares to say that he wants to split French territory? He First of all, they will strongly oppose it.

It's a bit funny to say that it was after Emperor Napoleon ascended the throne that he personally ordered to greatly restrict the power of the Corsica Parliament and unified the administrative system of Corsica, thus ending the independence movement here.

Nine days later, after a bumpy journey, Joseph's convoy finally entered the city of Paris.

In the carriage, he opened the latest newspaper sent by Emmanuel, and saw that the front page of "Paris Business Daily" was "The French Star Final is coming, and 50 contestants will go to Versailles."

He smiled and shook his head. In fact, there are two very important things today, which have a far greater impact than the French Star competition.

The first thing is that the succession case of the Duke of Chartres has officially come to an end after a long trial. The Duke of Chartres inherited the entire estate of the Duke of Orleans, owed a total of 26 million livres in fines, and was officially declared bankrupt. A large number of properties, including the Royal Palace, and the annuity of the Duke of Chartres have been recovered by the French Reserve Bank to pay off debts.

However, Her Majesty the Queen was soft-hearted and could not withstand the tearful offensive of the Duchess of Orleans, so she agreed to leave a manor and hundreds of thousands of livres of property to the Duke of Chartres in order to maintain the minimum dignity of the nobles.

But judging from the fact that the Duke of Chartres is currently infected with syphilis, he probably doesn’t have many years to live...

At the same time, the Duke of Orleans's property of more than 60 million livres has officially fallen into the hands of the French finance, and most of it is currently used to repay the national debt. Of course, as the largest holder of French government bonds, this money basically goes into the accounts of the Bank of France.

The second important thing is that the hundreds of rioters who were arrested were officially sentenced, and most of them received the death penalty. Naturally, Joseph would not be merciful to these guys from gangs.

However, under the huge influence of the French Star, everyone in France was nervously staring at the 50 qualifying players, discussing their deeds and specialties, and betting a few sous on the final championship.

The happy and forgetful French people had long forgotten the poor Duke of Orleans and the rioters facing execution.