The news of the bloody crackdown by the Kingdom of Prussia on the residents of Koblenz quickly caught the attention of the entire Paris once it reached there.
The Parisians, originally enveloped by the cloud of unemploynt, instantly cald down as if a splash of cold water had hit their hearts, agitated by the prospect of unemploynt, upon seeing the tragic plight of Koblenz’s residents.
Given Paris’s current unemploynt rate of less than 5%, the people of Paris hadn’t reached the point of needing to rebel to survive.
At most, the standard of living was slightly worse than before, and prices had risen sowhat compared to before.
Moreover, the Sena Province Governnt and the Imperial Governnt were doing their utmost to help the unemployed workers of Paris find new jobs. So banks, under governntal guidance, were providing low-interest or even interest-free loans to small and dium-sized enterprises that hadn’t gone bankrupt yet, allowing them to barely survive the waves of the economic crisis.
Despite so minor criticisms directed at the Empire, the people of Paris, on the whole, could still accept the Imperial frawork.
After all, many people still vividly rember the dual political and economic crisis from nine years ago.
The Empire indeed fell short in certain aspects, but the middle class feared disorder and chaos even more.
anwhile, Jero Bonaparte, troubled by unemploynt rates at the Tuileries Palace (due to the telegraph, the people of Paris received intelligence at the sa ti as Jero Bonaparte), ca up with a bold idea upon hearing of the tragedy in Koblenz.
As the old saying goes: it’s better to belittle others than to excel oneself.
Paris was indeed suffering from an economic crisis, but the Kingdom of Prussia, Austrian Empire, United States of Arica, and even the Kingdom of Britain were much worse off than the French Empire.
Since the economic crisis couldn’t be eliminated, Jero Bonaparte could show the people of France the distant conditions in the Kingdom of Britain and the United States of Arica.
The saying goes that comparison can be painful; as long as other countries are at the sa level as or below the French Empire, Jero Bonaparte could still prevail!
"Damn, how could I have forgotten!" Jero Bonaparte muttered quietly.
Imdiately afterward, Jero Bonaparte dispatched Bashirio to call the Secretary General, Lucien Murat.
"Your Majesty!" Lucien Murat responded respectfully to Jero Bonaparte.
"Lucien, instruct the News Departnt under your command to order all the newspapers we control within Paris to report energetically on unemploynt-related content in the coming days!" Jero Bonaparte, sowhat excited, gave Lucien Murat an incomplete order.
Upon hearing Jero Bonaparte’s command, Lucien Murat almost believed Jero Bonaparte had gone mad.
Unemploynt in Paris was already a deadly topic; the Emperor didn’t try to cover it up but instead planned to discuss it openly.
Truly unafraid of a popular uprising in Paris!
Although the Emperor’s orders must be strictly obeyed, Lucien Murat still felt it was necessary to remind the Emperor of the consequences of such actions.
"Your Majesty, do you truly want to report on Paris’s unemploynt rate?" Lucien Murat cautiously inquired of Jero Bonaparte.
"Who said I wanted to report on Paris’s unemploynt rate?" Jero Bonaparte retorted, "Reporting Paris’s unemploynt rate at this ti would be suicidal!"
"But you just said to report more on unemploynt-related content!" Lucien Murat was similarly montarily stunned, slightly confused by Jero Bonaparte’s aning.
Jero Bonaparte then realized his previous expression was erroneous and quickly corrected himself: "My intention was for newspapers to report more on foreign unemploynt rates!
I think the Prussian tragedy in Koblenz this ti should be extensively covered, to let the people of Paris know what kind of tornt citizens in other countries are suffering!"
Lucien Murat showed an enlightened expression, imdiately understanding Jero Bonaparte’s intention.
After all this, His Majesty the Emperor was preparing to compare failures with other countries!
As long as France isn’t worse than other countries, the people of Paris won’t be too disappointed in the Imperial Governnt.
After all, the whole world is already so rotten that France standing out is already quite noteworthy.
"I understand, Your Majesty!" Lucien Murat nodded in response to Jero Bonaparte.
"Good that you understand!" Jero Bonaparte nodded to Lucien Murat and then continued, "And by the way, have newspapers ntion the unemploynt rate of the United States of Arica frequently when drafting news!"
"Overly tarnishing may provoke protests from the United States of Arica’s ambassador!" Lucien Murat quietly said to Jero Bonaparte.
"Protests?" Jero Bonaparte showed a faint sneer and spoke righteously, "We are rely recounting the events of the United States of Arica; how could it be called tarnishing!
If it weren’t for the disorderly railroad projects by the United States of Arica, we wouldn’t be suffering from such unwarranted disasters!
They are the root cause of all troubles!"
Jero Bonaparte’s earnest statent nearly convinced Lucien Murat of Jero Bonaparte’s words.
This economic crisis, although triggered by the United States of Arica, is rely a catalyst. The real culprit is Europe’s mismatch between productivity and the consuming population, leading to Europe’s overproduction.
Even without the United States, Europe’s economic crisis would still have erupted.
However, the crisis might have erupted in the German Region, with the Kingdom of Prussia and the Austrian Empire replacing the role of the United States.
Nonetheless, since this economic crisis was triggered by the United States, the United States should be the scapegoat.
The Parisians don’t need to understand abstract concepts like productivity and consumption; they just need to know that their deteriorating life is due to the United States.
As long as they transfer their hatred from the Imperial Governnt to the United States,
then Jero Bonaparte’s strategic goal would be basically achieved!
"Understood!" Lucien Murat quickly responded to Jero Bonaparte.
"Also, in a few days, I will be inspecting construction sites and hospitals with the Empress. Your office should arrange it as soon as possible!" Jero Bonaparte continued to say to Lucien Murat.
"Your Majesty, it’s better not to do this during such tis!" Lucien Murat, worried about extremist elents with ill intentions, advised Jero Bonaparte.
"No way!" Jero Bonaparte shook his head resolutely and said, "The more it is during tis like this, the more I, as the Emperor, need to go there!
Only by letting the Parisians feel that the Empire truly values them will they be willing to support us!
If one always places oneself on a high pedestal, sooner or later, one will fall and shatter!"
"Yes!" Unable to persuade Jero Bonaparte, Lucien Murat had no choice but to agree.
After Lucien Murat left, Jero Bonaparte called Bashirio to order him to bring over Minister Barroso from the Ministry of Public Transport and Minister Fuld from the Ministry of Finance.
After receiving Jero Bonaparte’s order, Bashirio imdiately sent soone to invite them.
Taking the opportunity, he placed his treasured two boxes of cigars on the table.
About ten minutes later, Minister of Public Transport Barroso appeared before Jero Bonaparte.
"Your Majesty!" Barroso respectfully said to Jero Bonaparte.
"Barroso, co and have a seat first!" Jero Bonaparte invited Barroso to sit down.
Barroso sat opposite Jero Bonaparte, who opened the box of cigars and handed one to Barroso, "Let’s smoke while we wait."
Barroso showed an expression of being flattered, accepted the cigar handed by Jero Bonaparte, then took out his own match to light Jero Bonaparte’s cigar, and then lit his own.
When Fuld arrived, a peculiar fragrance filled the air around the sofa. Fuld imdiately recognized it as the scent of Havana cigars.
It is generally the case that when His Majesty the Emperor offers Havana cigars, he certainly has sothing to entrust!
Thinking this, Fuld felt an inexplicable apprehension.
At this mont, Jero Bonaparte’s voice reached Fuld’s ears: "Fuld, why don’t you co over too!"
"Yes!" Having recovered his senses, Fuld hurriedly responded and then strode to the side of the sofa.
Subsequently, Jero Bonaparte also handed Fuld a Havana cigar.
Fuld lit the cigar and savored it carefully.
After Fuld exhaled the smoke, Jero Bonaparte began to speak to them: "This ti, the reason I called you over is to discuss the present and future of the French Empire!
Given the current circumstances, it’s almost impossible for our economy to maintain the sa rapid growth as in the past two years!
Therefore, how to reduce the unemploynt rate is the issue we need to discuss today!
Fuld, as the Minister of Finance, let’s have your input first!"
Fuld pondered for a mont before saying to Jero Bonaparte: "Your Majesty, according to the data compiled by the Ministry of Finance!
Since December early last year, after being affected by the Arican economic crisis, our textile and steel industries have declined to 75% of the early year’s level, and the financial sector declined to 70% of the early year’s level. It can be said that this is the most dangerous year since 1848.
Fortunately, while we have made so declines in regulation, we haven’t faced widespread unemploynt like other countries, nor have our banks faced mass bankruptcy.
Our overseas investnts also haven’t suffered significant losses due to our early sell-offs..."
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