Fernand Barrow and Barroso quickly placed their resignation letters on Jero Bonaparte’s desk. After Jero Bonaparte signed his na at the bottom right of the resignation letters, he passed them to the Cabinet Pri Minister Oppel, who also signed his na.
Only then were the resignations of Fernand Barrow and Barroso officially ratified. Naturally, the cabinet changes inevitably stirred up the upper echelons of the civil service. So senior officials in the Ministry of Internal Affairs who inclined towards Fernand Barrow temporarily lost their forr power, awaiting the arrival of a new patron.
While the outside world speculated on who would take over the positions of Fernand Barrow and Barroso, it was unexpected that Fernand Barrow, who was generally considered to have lost power, was imdiately appointed as Attorney General.
This dramatic change left the Order Party, eager for a spectacle, dumbfounded.
However, the position of Minister of Internal Affairs still hadn’t been properly arranged for, and many speculated whether Jero Bonaparte intended to leave this position vacant indefinitely.
For a mont, the entire political scene, from the leaders of the Order Party down to the grassroots civil servants and police of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, was lively with speculation about the next Minister of Internal Affairs.
As for the instigator of the debates in the Paris political scene, Jero Bonaparte was sitting on a red velvet cushioned armchair in the third-floor lounge of the Elysee Palace. Beside him were seated the Minister of Public Affairs Percy, the Minister of Railways Mornay, the Minister of Justice Rue, as well as Barroso, who was about to be appointed Minister of Internal Affairs, and Police Chief Kalie.
As a husky among ministers, Police Chief Kalie’s heart was sowhat anxious. He didn’t understand why the President had specifically called him over.
In terms of administrative level, Kalie was one level below them; in terms of seniority, he could only compare himself to Mornay. However, Mornay was the President’s "relative", and he could only count as soone who had clung to the President.
Since he was already seated there, Kalie had no choice but to brace himself and sit through it.
To be able to sit with the ministers was an honor in itself.
At this point, Kalie could only comfort himself this way.
"The reason for calling you all here today is very simple!" Jero Bonaparte leaned slightly back, one hand resting on the chair’s armrest, and said in a casual tone: "Can any of you tell exactly what the police system in France is all about?"
The ministers present and Kalie were all stunned at once. They didn’t understand what Jero Bonaparte’s intentions were.
Jero Bonaparte still maintained a lazy deanor. He pointed with his right hand at Kalie and said, "Mr. Kalie, could you tell what exactly Paris’s police is all about?"
Being called out by Jero Bonaparte, Kalie could only explain to Jero Bonaparte the formation of the French police system and its professional history.
From the ti of Red Chancellor Richelieu to Fouché, the French police system was continuously refined. The police and secret police, discovered down to Fouché, ford a professional departnt—the Police Departnt, which was controlled solely by Fouché as the Minister of Police, gradually expanding police powers from dealing with rebellious forces to controlling prices in Paris, all under Fouché’s control.
And this massive Police Departnt could only be managed by Fouché alone. Emperor Napoleon had attempted several tis to dismiss Fouché and replace him, but his successors lacked Fouché’s capabilities, often resulting in a chaotic ss within the departnt.
Due to France being in a state of war and needing to break many espionage activities while stabilizing internal prices, Emperor Napoleon had no choice but to recall Fouché. Fouché, as expected, betrayed the Emperor after the defeat at Waterloo.
During the Bourbon Restoration, France gradually stabilized, and the imnse power of the Police Departnt directly influenced the King. Hence, after dismissing Fouché, Louis XVIII replaced him with the extre Royalist Party, downgrading the Police Departnt with retained functions, distributing so powers to the Minister of Public Affairs (Public Works Minister) and Minister of Justice.
[At that ti, at Louis XVIII’s command, the Minister of Justice went to Southern Germany to judge the Bonaparte faction mbers. Transferring so police powers to the Ministry of Justice facilitated the Ministry of Justice in dealing with the Bonapartists.]
This is the reason for the current intertwining police powers. During Louis Philippe’s era, the police system, while remaining largely unchanged, added positions like the "Railway Police".
This odd role only underwent a transformation after Jero Bonaparte took office as President.
Kalie’s explanation didn’t differ much from Jero Bonaparte’s understanding, and Jero Bonaparte nodded in satisfaction, indicating for Kalie to sit down.
Jero Bonaparte then turned his gaze to the four ministers present: "What do you think?"
By this point, as long as soone wasn’t a fool, they could see what Jero Bonaparte’s earlier setup was all about.
Ultimately, it was about redistributing so of their police powers once again.
Minister of Justice Rue delicately said, "Your Majesty, the issue of police powers is indeed a historical leftover issue. We should not leave this problem for later!"
"Indeed!" Mornay also echoed, as the Minister of Railways, he had nothing to do with the police. Since it wasn’t dividing his power, why not support the President’s decision.
"Percy, what do you think?" Jero Bonaparte asked Percy kindly, showing that he didn’t want to present himself as soone seizing power.
No one understands better than Jero Bonaparte that with the developnt of industrialization, the division of labor in various posts becos increasingly clear. To establish a specialized police force, it is necessary to define the boundaries of each unit clearly; otherwise, power conflicts will affect overall operations.
"I agree with you, President!" Percy also agreed with Jero Bonaparte’s opinion.
Now that the three departnts involved in police authority have all agreed with Jero Bonaparte’s opinion, Jero Bonaparte began to express his thoughts to the ministers present.
"The gendarrie force, which belongs to the public departnt, will be reorganized under the military system, and their designation will change to Ard Police! Forest guards and customs officers will detach from the ranks of the judicial police and beco subsidiaries of the Ministry of Public Works.
Police commissioners within the judicial police will belong under the Ministry of Justice. These police commissioners only have the authority to report and assist judicial personnel in maintaining court stability, without the power to arrest.
The administrative police will be renad to Urban Managent Enforcent Brigade, responsible for market coordination. The Police Departnt still needs to be equipped with criminal section police and detective section police who have arrest authority for criminals!
At the sa ti, the Ministry of Internal Affairs should establish a new departnt with the capability to respond to sudden fires..." Jero Bonaparte explained his ideas to the three ministers present.
In short, it ans strengthening the police departnt’s power to pursue criminals while appropriately weakening the judicial departnt’s interference in investigation authority.
The power of the gendarrie, as a semi-military unit, has been incorporated into the military.
Since forest and customs personnel have significant ties to public works, Jero Bonaparte did not completely dismantle the police power of the Ministry of Public Works but reorganized it.
A team combining the functions of urban managent and police of later generations will be born in Jero Bonaparte’s hands.
Upon the release of Jero Bonaparte’s plan, a faint smile appeared on the faces of Barroso and Kalie, as they understood the plan was advantageous to them.
The faces of Rue and Percy did not reveal signs of joy or sorrow.
However, Jero Bonaparte was sure that giving away power was not a pleasant feeling.
Just like Jero Bonaparte himself wouldn’t selflessly distribute power.
"What do you think?" Already planning to implent this plan similar to later generations, Jero Bonaparte still presented it as a democratic discussion.
"Your Majesty, would such a large-scale transfer plunge Paris itself into chaos? Those grassroots civil servants might be frightened by the governnt’s actions!" Percy cautiously voiced his opinion.
"I will give you ti!" Jero Bonaparte, who was not lacking in ti, raised a finger and said to them, "How about I give you a year! A year should be enough for you to adapt! After one year, I expect to see a refreshed team!"
For Percy and others, a year’s ti was enough for them to make adjustnts.
If Jero Bonaparte didn’t follow up, they could completely act as if nothing happened.
"Of course!" Percy, Rue, and Barroso responded.
"Since you all agree, I’ll later pass on the reorganization plan and the matters to which you should pay attention to your departnts! I hope you won’t let down! I will inspect your progress from ti to ti." Jero Bonaparte displayed a aningful smile.
As the saying goes, the village deceives the town, the town deceives the county, all the way to the Legislative Court; Jero Bonaparte did not want to beco an object of lower-level bureaucratic manipulation.
Although Jero Bonaparte would not destroy them physically if they didn’t complete their work, sotis they also need to be given so pressure.
Without pressure, these bureaucrats would consider completing half of the work a major achievent.
The President’s smile extinguished the little sches in Percy and Rue’s hearts.
Even if there was a bit of reluctance in their hearts, they didn’t have the courage to covertly disobey Jero Bonaparte.
There were too many "successors" eager to replace them; a slight misstep could directly end their careers on the beach.
"I look forward to your performance!" After a word of encouragent from Jero Bonaparte, the small eting regarding police powers was adjourned.
On the third day, personnel from the Ministry of Internal Affairs arrived from Matignon Palace, and the forr Attorney General Barroso was appointed as the Minister of Internal Affairs.
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