After Pasi’s report concluded, Jero Bonaparte then listened to Minister of Internal Affairs Leon Fushi’s report on the Paris security issue. In the report, Leon Fushi subtly pointed out the "problems" with Police Chief Maxi Decamps, but did not ntion a word about the newly established Anti-revolution Bureau within the Police Departnt.
Jero Bonaparte nodded in satisfaction. Characters like Leon Fushi who understood the ways were rare. He imdiately said to Leon Fushi, "Since you think our Police Chief has issues, then replace him!"
Upon receiving Jero Bonaparte’s approval, Leon Fushi promptly responded, "Mr. President, then how should we handle the Special Team under the Police Chief?"
The Special Team ntioned by Leon Fushi was an ard squad ford by the Extre Republican Faction to respond to the June Revolution, and it was also one of the few ard forces currently held by the Republican Faction.
Although the Special Team submitted a more satisfactory answer sheet to Paris’s propertied class than the army during the June Revolution, its label of the Extre Republican Faction made the Order Party very disgusted.
"Mr. Barrow, what do you think?" Jero Bonaparte focused his attention on Barrow, as the dissolution of the Special Team also required Barrow’s cooperation to succeed.
"France no longer needs this ard force! Their existence is the greatest cri against the workers!" Barrow said righteously, now seeming like a Left Wing warrior with boundless sympathy for the workers, a true embodint of a political chaleon.
"Then let’s use internal strife to help dissolve them in na!" Jero Bonaparte, who also disliked the Republican ard forces, imdiately decided, and then added, "If so in the Special Team are willing to atone for their actions in June, then they can be incorporated into the National Guard, soone must take responsibility for the events of June!"
"Yes!" Leon Fushi gladly accepted the order, with the dual assurance from the President and Pri Minister, he was ready for decisive action, having endured the Police Chief and his semi-militarized Special Team for nearly half a month.
Having resolved the Minister of Internal Affairs issue, Jero Bonaparte looked around again, waiting for the next minister to report on their work.
The ministers who followed to report to Jero Bonaparte clearly did not have as explosive reports as the Finance Minister and Minister of Internal Affairs, mostly involving financial expenditures or investnt project issues.
Jero Bonaparte patiently listened to their respective issues, all to be handled by Barrow.
The eting lasted from 11 am until 1 pm, after which Jero Bonaparte invited the Pri Minister and ministers to have a simple lunch at the Elysee Palace.
At 2:30 pm, Barrow and the ministers departed after lunch.
Minister of Justice Eugène Roué and Minister of Public Works Mornay were asked to stay by Jero Bonaparte.
The three of them sequentially entered the study, and Jero Bonaparte walked over to sit by his desk.
Eugène Roué and Mornay sat opposite Jero Bonaparte.
"Mr. Mornay, this is our first eting! I wonder if you have anything to say!" Jero Bonaparte asked Mornay in a slightly teasing tone.
Mornay sat upright, pressing his body tightly against the back of the chair.
"Thank you, President, for giving this opportunity to serve as Minister of the Public Works Departnt. I will do my utmost to serve the President!" Mornay lowered his voice, making it deeper and more persuasive.
"Mr. Mornay, I already know your background! So there’s no need for us to be so distant!" Jero Bonaparte decided to be frank with Mornay, his aunt’s illegitimate child: "I hope you can join us? Because we are on the sa side!"
"You?" Mornay looked at Jero Bonaparte in confusion, then said bluntly, "Mr. President, forgive my candor, you and your team are too weak, joining you entirely offers no benefit to !"
"Do you think they (the Order Party) can offer you benefits?" Jero Bonaparte countered, shaking his head, "Mornay, my friend! Wake up; they won’t give you anything, there’s only so much space in all of France, and they barely have ti to divide it among themselves, let alone leave so for you, an outsider!"
"But Mr. President, your term is only 4 years! It’s very difficult to accomplish a great project in 4 years!" Mornay responded.
"Mornay, rules are dead, but people are alive! Only diocre people are bound by rules!" Jero Bonaparte waved one finger back and forth.
"Are you planning to..." Mornay considered a possibility but dared not speak it aloud.
"No, no, no!" Jero Bonaparte clearly understood what Mornay was implying, shaking his head, "The best solution is to achieve a satisfactory result for both parties under the current system. If it doesn’t work, there are other ways! Weapons should only be our last resort!"
"What do you plan to do?" Mornay asked Jero Bonaparte.
Jero Bonaparte lightly tapped the desk with his index finger and said, "We just want to take back what’s ours!"
"How will you take it back! As I understand it, Mr. President, you don’t seem to have direct control over the army!" Mornay had already accepted the possibility of Jero Bonaparte’s coup.
"I believe General Shang Jia’nie will surely stand with us!" Jero Bonaparte confidently responded to Mornay, though he dared not reveal his intention to dismiss General Shang Jia’nie in front of Mornay. It’s better to keep certain things from Mornay for now.
Looking at Jero Bonaparte’s confident expression, Mornay suddenly felt, "Maybe he can win": "Then Mr. President... no, Your Highness! I am willing to fight alongside you!"
Mornay’s inclusion brought another person capable of relieving Jero Bonaparte’s worries into his small team.
After resolving the Mornay issue, Jero Bonaparte turned his attention to Eugène Roué: "Mr. Roué, do you have any questions you’d like to ask ?"
Eugène Roué paused for a mont, then replied, "I understand it already!"
"Let’s hear it," Jero Bonaparte seed eager to listen, as a considerate subordinate indeed required fewer words.
"The revival of the salt tax is a trap!" Eugène Roué replied with certainty, "Once this proposal is handed over to the National Assembly, the contradictions within the Assembly will quickly intensify! The Mountain Party and the Republican Faction within the Assembly will never see the plan pass; they will go to great lengths to obstruct its passage, yet Pri Minister Barrow must implent the proposal, for only then can they alleviate the deficit in finances!"
"You’re absolutely right!" Jero Bonaparte applauded, "The National Assembly must be activated, a united National Assembly does not serve our interests!"
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