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Chapter four hundred and ten, marriage events

After the Olympics, Napoleon temporarily became idle. There was no big deal in China at the moment. There were wars internationally, and these wars were related to the French. For example, in the war against the Barbary Pirates, the French Navy ended, and even the Marines would have more battles. However, Napoleon didn't need to worry about this matter. Just fighting a Barbary Pirates, the opponent was too weak and he was too strong, which really made Napoleon unable to get up.

In addition, in the Americas, the Spaniards were fighting with the Mexicans. After paying a great price, the Spaniards regained Mexico City, but on the other hand, the Mexicans turned their targets to other cities in Mexico. After Spain regained Mexico City, they were surprised to find that the situation did not change because they regained Mexico City, because while they seized Mexico City, the area actually controlled by the Mexican rebels had more than doubled, and most of the small Mexican cities had fallen into the hands of the rebels, and most of the Spanish plantations were destroyed.

In short, Spain is now trapped in the "popular sea of ​​people's war" in Mexico, but because some problems have occurred within the Mexicans themselves, they can barely hold on. However, in a short period of time, there should not be much change, and there is no big show to watch for the time being.

So, Napoleon was really a little overwhelmed. He couldn't have fun with a group of women all day like Lucien, right?

Of course, strictly speaking, Napoleon still had something to do, that was to find an authentic queen for himself. After all, how could the Roman emperor not even have a wife?

Of course, as the first ruler of the French Republic, Napoleon did not lack mistresses. As a Frenchman with such a high status, having many mistresses is a necessity, otherwise, the French people would inevitably doubt your ability.

But mistresses and queens are different. It is not easy to choose a suitable queen. First of all, the origin of the queen is a big problem.

On this issue, the brothers had different opinions. Napoleon felt that the queen was better a princess. After all, the princess had undergone a lot of professional training and was more convenient when taking on some things that needed to appear in public.

However, this idea was ridiculed by Lucien. Lucien said that although princesses and other things generally do not look too bad, they have too much political interests behind them. If France is insufficient, it is still necessary to rely on the political forces behind them. But now, the stronger the political forces behind them, the more complex the political interests, the more troublesome they are.

"It's okay to be a mistress like a princess. If you really want to be a wife, wouldn't you cause trouble for yourself?" Lucien said disdainfully.

As for Joseph, Joseph first said: "Napoleon, this matter, to be honest, finding a wife is your own business, and you have the final say. This is also one of the principles determined by the Code. Besides, we have worked hard for so long. If we do not have the freedom to be willful in this kind of thing, then we will be too failure."

Of course, Napoleon was happy to listen to this, but Napoleon still expressed that he wanted to hear what Joseph meant.

"Ah, if you must listen to my opinion," said Joseph, "Then, as an elder in life, I can still give you some advice.

I think, if you want to find a princess, although there are many disadvantages here, as Lucien said. However, in marriage, it is also very important that both parties have a good match.

However, we are a republic of France, so if you have too many marks of old nobles, it is very bad. It also has an adverse impact on our image and our influence in other countries. So I personally recommend that you do not choose a wife among old nobles. But you can choose a wife among new nobles."

"What old nobles, new nobles?" asked Napoleon.

"Not to mention the old aristocracy, the new aristocracy of course refers to the Roman aristocracy. Of course, in the eyes of many people, our so-called "Roman aristocracy" does not seem to be very "noble". But this is beneficial. The first thing is to avoid marrying a "real princess" and damage our image as revolutionaries and representatives of advanced ideas. It can even greatly strengthen this image.

In addition, we all know that the decline of the old nobles was inevitable, and the Roman nobles were the real nobles with a future. Now, there may be some guys who look down on the Roman nobles and think that our Roman nobles are not aristocrats enough. But we cannot see this ourselves.

Besides, in this world, there are barbarians outside Rome. Napoleon, if you want others to take your Rome seriously, you must adhere to this view. Therefore, a barbarian princess may not even be as good as a Roman citizen in terms of her identity, let alone a lady in the Roman emperor's house. What do you think?" Joseph replied.

The daughter of the Roman elders was more than the princess of the barbarians in terms of status. This was definitely common sense in the heyday of the Roman Empire. The real Roman emperors in the heyday did not consider the barbarian princess at all when choosing a queen.

As for Napoleon, if he thought about it carefully, it was really not easy to go against this point. If it weren't it, wouldn't it be equivalent to proclaiming to the whole world that his Roman Empire was not orthodox enough? How could that be?

Napoleon thought for a while and said, "But what are the right candidates among the Roman nobles? There are not many people who can become Roman nobles now... Their daughters seem to be big and small. But maybe your students' sisters are also good, but they don't know how they look. It's better to be more beautiful..."

"I will pay attention to you," said Joseph. "Lucian, please help me pay attention, too." Joseph said again.

"No problem." Lucien is still very interested in this kind of thing.

"Lucion, in fact, you should also consider it and find yourself a formal partner." Joseph suddenly said, "You know, I don't want to interfere in your lifestyle, but I hope you can quickly contribute a legitimate heir to the family."

"Don't just talk to me." Lucien immediately responded, "You should solve this problem as soon as possible."

"I already have a daughter," said Joseph.

"But my daughter cannot be considered the heir." Luciendao.

"Your sister-in-law has it again. This time it may be a boy. After all, there is already a girl." Joseph replied.

In Joseph's mind, there was not much difference between his daughter and son. After all, he was a person who was influenced by the thoughts of later generations. But in the eyes of those in that era, only men could be regarded as the best heirs of the family. Regarding this, Joseph did not want to confront the entire era alone.

"Joseph, I think the first time I threw the coin, the front face was facing up. When I threw the coin the second time, the probability of the coin should still be 50%. This is the most basic probability knowledge. I'm right?" Napoleon suddenly caught a mathematical loophole in what Joseph said casually, and he immediately became energetic and his eyes were shining.

"At least, every child of mine is a legal child. Unlike some people..." Joseph immediately retorted.

"That's right," Lucien, who was afraid that the world would not be in chaos, also continued, "What a cute little princess, she did not have the surname Bonaparte."

"Lucion, my daughter has at least a princess. Where are your illegitimate children?"

"At least, boys. Not like you..."

Lucien's words were too destructive, and then he was besieged by his two brothers.

The matter of finding a queen for the Roman Empire emperor began to officially promote it. First, the Sun published an article, which seriously discussed who is the most suitable person to bring the crown of the Roman Empire queen in the world today.

Then this issue attracted widespread attention. Indeed, the emperor of the Roman Empire did not have a queen yet. Although many people think that the Roman Empire of Napoleon was actually a joke. The entire Roman Empire, which is a miniature country about the size of a hunting ground of the Russian Tsar. Some mean guys even privately called the Roman Empire emperor the village chief of the Roman village. But everyone has to admit that this village chief is the most powerful person in Europe.

"In fact, compared with the Roman emperors in history, His Majesty Bonaparte is not much worse." In many places, some people say this, "His Majesty Bonaparte controls the most powerful army in the world, just like the Roman emperors in history. And most of the Roman emperors in history - ah, should be all Roman emperors, one counts one, and before His Majesty Bonaparte can only be considered paupers."

So many people, even many "old nobles", had the idea of ​​Napoleon.

Nowadays, the status of these old dominators is shaky. Especially the feudal lords of some small German states were either overthrown and exiled or undermined. Although they still put on airs of marquis, dukes and even elected emperors one by one, some people's families were almost too poor to maintain basics and were decent to match their identities.

But these daughters are considered princesses. So many people have come up with Napoleon's idea, hoping to follow this opportunity to climb Napoleon. Not only will the family's financial problems be no longer a problem, but they may even be able to use Napoleon's power to make yesterday reappear.

Even Metternich found his old friend Talleyrand and discussed whether he could marry the Habsburg and the Roman Empire.

"My friend. The marriage partner of the princess of your country should not be a king or prince?" Talleyran said in surprise.

"Is His Majesty Bonaparte now not a king?" Metternich asked back.

"Your Excellency the First Governor is also the emperor of the great Roman Empire. Of course he is a king." Talerland said, "But isn't your country not recognizing the legitimacy of the Roman Empire?"

"Okay, do we have no consensus on the legitimacy of the Roman Empire?" Metternier said, "I heard that the Pope is sick and is very sick. Everyone is expected to be called by God soon. Once a new Pope is replaced, we will reach an agreement with the Holy See, and of course we will recognize the legitimacy of His Majesty Bonaparte's crown. In this case, will there be any problem with the marriage between the two countries?"

Talleyran thought for a while and replied: "As a veteran of the Roman Empire, I think I should be able to explore His Majesty's words. But..."

Metternich knew that Talleyran was a greedy guy, and his "but" actually meant that he could not work in vain.

"My friend, my country will not forget your contribution to the friendship between our two countries." Metternier said.

Talleyron took the money and naturally had to do things. So he really went to report to Napoleon about this matter. Of course, before that, he had also found out about something from other people.

"Ah, the elder of Talleyrand," said Napoleon, "What do you think of this suggestion?"

"Your Majesty, from the perspective of the Roman Empire, the Roman queen should be as Roman as possible. From the perspective of France, France has married Habsburg many times in history. But many times, this kind of marriage has brought many problems to France. After all, Habsburg has a strong political power. Once the queen is a member of the Habsburg family, she can easily use this to influence the political situation in France. So, although I conveyed the Habsburg meaning, I do not agree with this marriage, whether as a Roman veteran or a French Foreign Minister. I personally suggest that Your Majesty should choose a queen within the scope of the Roman nobles." Talleyrand replied.

Napoleon glanced at Talleyran and said, "Senior Talleyran, don't you already have the right candidate for you?"

After hearing this, Talleyran smiled and said, "Your Majesty, you really can't hide anything from you. Well, I have a niece..."

Talleyran naturally blew his niece up, but Napoleon was not in a hurry to express his opinion, because he had other candidates. Minister of Public Security Fouche also had a relative, and Commander of the Navy Treville also had a relative, and almost all departments had relatives.
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