When Dr. Ma, with his sharp writing, thoroughly criticized "thief" Jero Bonaparte and "robber" Nicholas I, and incidentally exposed the essence of Jero Bonaparte’s establishnt of the Second Empire, he imdiately gained a large number of fans.
"They" once again generously donated to the relatively "impoverished" Dr. Ma. Just from this one article, Dr. Ma received nearly 2000 British Pounds in succession.
This amount is equivalent to the inco of a middle-class person in the London District for six months to a year, and that’s for a relatively affluent middle class.
The suddenly wealthy Dr. Ma once again indulged in impulsive spending, even though his wife’s, Yan Ni’s, dissuasion was to no avail.
Yan Ni, having no way to deal with Dr. Ma, had to write a letter to a second-generation factory owner with the surna En, asking him to advise Dr. Ma to spend rationally.
The second-generation factory owner surnad En, upon receiving the letter, wrote back to Dr. Ma, sincerely hoping he would spend rationally.
After reading the letter, Dr. Ma looked at the remaining 1000 British Pounds he had left and suddenly beca much more lucid about his impulsive consumption habits. He handed all the remaining money to Yan Ni and thanked her for her help.
However, Dr. Ma did not know that the majority of the so-called fans’ donations actually ca from one account, the owner of which was none other than Jero Bonaparte, whom Dr. Ma had "spurned."
Of course, Jero Bonaparte was also unaware that Dr. Ma even had monts of impulsive spending.
If he knew he was on the verge of cultivating a Dr. Ma brainwashed by consurism (highly unlikely), he might just reduce his economic aid to Dr. Ma!
After all, it is difficult for soone obsessed with consurism to write a masterpiece.
At this mont, Jero Bonaparte was lounging around, sitting cross-legged on the sofa reading, and in his hand was the very article Dr. Ma had published in the newspaper.
After reading the article through, Jero Bonaparte mused that Dr. Ma was as sharp-tongued as ever, with all sorts of references to Ancient Greece and Ancient Ro. Soone with little education wouldn’t even realize he was being insulted.
However, the "prophecy" Dr. Ma ntioned about the French people needing to rise and overthrow his rule made Jero Bonaparte a little unhappy. With his high moral fiber and care for the people, how could the people possibly bear to overthrow him?
"Hmph! Foreign forces never rest in their desire to destroy !" Jero Bonaparte playfully gave Dr. Ma the nickna "foreign force."
After reading Dr. Ma’s sharp critique, Jero Bonaparte continued reading, but after a while, he casually tossed the newspaper into the trash.
The rest of the content was just repetitive rhetoric. Rather than letting those articles pollute his eyes, it was better to toss them away.
So ti passed, and Jero Bonaparte, lying on the sofa, lifted his head again to look at the grandfather clock in the corner.
The ti was now five in the afternoon; the tripartite talks among Austria’s Minister of Internal Affairs Bach, Advisor Prince tternich, Britain’s Pri Minister Palrston, and France’s Minister of State Fuld were probably nearing their end.
Just as Jero Bonaparte was preparing to get up and stroll around the room, there was a knock on the door. Jero Bonaparte adjusted his posture and responded to the door, "Co in!"
Minister of State Fuld and Minister of Finance Mane entered the study, and Jero Bonaparte got up to greet them, shaking hands and inquiring, "How are things progressing?"
"Your Majesty, everything is going quite smoothly!" Minister of State Fuld responded to Jero Bonaparte.
"Tell , how exactly is this money entering Austria?" Jero Bonaparte asked Fuld and Mane.
Fuld and Mane told Jero Bonaparte that 20% of the 5 billion loan from the French Empire to the Austrian Empire was in the form of patented technology, aning France promised not to charge the Austrian Empire any patent fees. The remaining 80% was in the form of bonds holding Austria’s empire responsible, aning that the Austrian Empire could issue 4 billion francs of national debt on the Paris Stock Exchange, and then financial institutions within the French Empire would evaluate it and then issue it.
Of course, the Austrian Empire needed to sell collateral assets, such as mines, forests, and the like, as mortgage.
If the Austrian Empire’s short-term bonds failed to pay interest on ti, they would seize Austria’s mines.
Moreover, when Fuld heard Prince tternich ntion that the Austrian Empire had cheap labor, he promised tternich he would certainly introduce them to so industrial capitalists.
"How did the talks with Palrston go?" Jero Bonaparte inquired once more about the results of Palrston’s discussions with Bach.
Minister of State Fuld shook his head at Jero Bonaparte. "We three parties did not negotiate together. Prince tternich negotiated with us! Bach negotiated with Palrston, so we and Britain don’t know what each of us discussed! However, judging from Palrston’s expression, it seems his negotiations with Bach were quite satisfactory!"
"Able to satisfy that old guy Palrston?" Jero Bonaparte clicked his tongue and said, "This Minister of Internal Affairs seems to have so skills!"
At this point, Jero Bonaparte paused and said to Fuld, "You two have really had a tough ti lately!"
"This is what we ought to do!" Fuld and Mane said in unison.
Then, after a few words of encouragent to Fuld and Mane, Jero Bonaparte inquired about Mane’s negotiations with Palrston over raising the discount rate at the Bank of England.
"Palrston has agreed with us! As long as the Bank of France is not intentionally running on them, they can adjust the Bank of England’s discount rate back to only two percentage points higher than the original!" Mane responded to Jero Bonaparte.
"Does that an changing from the original 4 to 4.2?" Jero Bonaparte asked Mane.
"Yes, Your Majesty!" Mane nodded and replied.
"Not bad at all!" Jero Bonaparte said with a smile.
"By the way, Your Majesty!" Mane suddenly rembered sothing and quickly responded to Jero Bonaparte, "Lionel Rothschild from the Rothschild Clan also sent a letter a day ago. He told that the Rothschild Bank is willing to repurchase the bonds from France at a discount rate of 4.2! They hope France can see it as a favor to you..."
"4.2%" Jero Bonaparte frowned and said to Mane in a deep voice, "Lionel Rothschild really has his ear to the ground, doesn’t he! Alright then! Give a portion of the bank bonds held by the Bank of France to Lionel Rothschild, and conduct transactions directly with the Bank of England for the rest! Don’t put all your eggs in one basket!"
"Yes, Your Majesty!" Hearing Jero Bonaparte’s order, Mane and Fuld showed a faint, almost indiscernible smile.
Clearly, Lionel Rothschild would give them so kickbacks.
Afterward, Jero Bonaparte chatted leisurely with Fuld and Mokar for a while until both parties felt there was no suitable topic left. Jero Bonaparte politely said to Fuld and Mane, "Alright then, it’s getting late, I won’t keep you any longer!"
Upon hearing this, Fuld and Mane bid farewell to Jero Bonaparte, who personally saw them out of the Tuileries Palace.
That night, Marcel Yale sneaked into Jero Bonaparte’s study by the cover of darkness and reported to him the "issues" concerning Fuld and Mane.
"I was wondering why Mane suddenly..." Jero Bonaparte chuckled silently, shaking his head and muttering to himself.
"Your Majesty, should we investigate them?" Marcel Yale asked emotionlessly.
"Let’s not!" Jero Bonaparte shook his head and declined Marcel Yale’s suggestion. "No one is perfect! Everyone is driven by their self-interest, and they act for their own benefit. That includes ; everyone has private motives. If we were to investigate each case, not even ten debtor’s prisons could hold them all! Having self-interest is normal, as long as they can keep it moderate! Mr. Yale, can you say you don’t have a single private motive?"
Upon hearing Jero Bonaparte’s question, Marcel Yale silently shook his head.
His private motive was to remain forever in his position, like his predecessor Fouché, and beco indispensable to the Emperor.
In terms of danger, Fuld and Mane were not as dangerous as Marcel Yale.
A person like Marcel Yale is a double-edged sword.
If not handled properly, one could be hard the next mont.
Fortunately, Marcel Yale himself was older than Jero Bonaparte.
As long as nothing unexpected happened, Jero Bonaparte would surely outlast him.
"Mr. Yale, even soone like you has private motives, so why should I demand others have a saintly heart!" Jero Bonaparte shrugged and said to him, "Your focus should also appropriately shift from dostic to foreign affairs now!"
"Yes, Your Majesty!" Marcel Yale imdiately replied.
After Marcel Yale left the study, Jero Bonaparte stayed alone in the study.
The pale blue kerosene light shone on Jero Bonaparte’s stern face, making him look particularly dignified.
After a while, Jero Bonaparte laughed and sighed, "No one is a saint! No one at all!"
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