"I'm in charge of rebuilding the Château de Fontainebleau?" Charles was a little bewildered by His Majesty's sudden request, and he looked to the side, but no one looked at him, and obviously everyone else was just as surprised. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 ｉｎfo

As a minister, he has all kinds of important and unimportant matters to deal with every day, where is the time to preside over the reconstruction of Fontainebleau? Besides, he had never done anything like it, he really had no experience, and he didn't understand why the emperor had entrusted this task to himself.

"If you have the time." His Majesty the Emperor still looked at him very gently, as if it were really just an offer.

However, Charles knew that he should not refuse His Majesty's appointment for no reason, and this was the best way for him to maintain the emperor's trust in him - now that he was the emperor, he was even more indisobedient than when he was president.

"The Palace of Fontainebleau is of great significance to the history of the Empire, and I am honoured to be able to take on such a task." "However, I don't have any previous engineering experience...... So I was a little scared that I hadn't been able to fulfill my obligations......"

"You are already the Minister of Communications of the Empire, how can you say that you have no experience in the projects that you personally planned and supervised before?" Charles's excuse of refusal was immediately blocked by His Majesty the Emperor. "Besides, even if you don't have similar experience, there are engineers in China who can help you, you just need to supervise it...... Don't you have the confidence to do this well? I intend to ask Eugène Osmann to help you, to be your deputy, he is a very experienced planner who will surely bring this project to a successful and quick conclusion. ”

Eugène Osman? The name Charles is familiar.

He was a lawyer, then a politician, and after 1848 he became a supporter of the Bonapartist faction.

In its original history, in 1853 Emperor Napoleon III appointed him chief of police in Paris, and soon after appointed him as the administrator of the Seine district, including Paris, and made him a baron, making him a member of the imperial aristocracy.

During his tenure, he led the renovation of the city of Paris, centering on the classical symmetrical central axis roads and squares, which greatly transformed the city from narrow alleys to wide streets, built many parks, squares, churches, public buildings and residential areas, and supervised the construction of the Paris Opera and the Hall shopping mall, which not only improved the sanitary and transportation conditions, but also changed the city's appearance, making it truly the envy of the European metropolis.

Now that history has proven that Eugène Osmann was a man of great skill in supervising construction works, and that he is now in the sights of His Majesty the Emperor, the task of Charles is indeed much easier.

Although he did not understand why His Majesty the Emperor had made himself responsible for this task with Eugène-Osman, he was at least relieved.

"If that's the case...... I think I can do my best to accomplish the task you have given me, Your Majesty. Charles nodded slightly, indicating that he no longer hesitated, "I will make Fontainebleau shine again." ”

"I'm confident you can do that." The Emperor smiled slightly, obviously very pleased that Charles was able to understand the general situation in this way, "I will have people prepare the materials and workers for you, and all local government departments will cooperate with you, as for the budget...... Shire, now that the empire has just been rebuilt, it is really difficult to allocate enough money from the court, so Shire, I would like to ask you to work harder here - I heard that you have a special budget in the ministry? Let's take those budgets out for emergencies first. ”

Now Charles finally understood, it turned out that His Majesty the Emperor specially appointed himself to be in charge of the Palace of Fontainebleau, and secretly had the intention of asking himself to pay for the service...... It's just that in order to make both sides look good, I just use the name of a governor.

He did have a secret budget in the ministry, and it was very large - when he was the secretary of the Ministry of Railways, in order to let the work of the ministry run smoothly, he set up this secret budget in the ministry, because the amount of money in hand was too much, so this budget also accumulated rapidly, and when he took over as minister and returned to the ministry, people in the business community sent funds to the ministry in order to curry favor with him, and these funds were all concentrated in this secret fund.

Relying on these secret funds, Charles's officials have always been the most well-paid in the entire imperial government, and he likes to use this way to consolidate his loyalty to him - after all, there are too few people who are willing to sacrifice without expecting anything in return, and most people do as much as they get as much as they get, and in Charles's opinion, as long as their subordinates do everything well, it is nothing to get an extra secret allowance.

But today, His Majesty the Emperor inadvertently kicked this secret fund, and explicitly asked him to take out part of it to fund the royal rebuilding of the palace, which is not just because of the shortage of funds. This is a subtle warning - what you are doing in secret, the emperor knows, but he doesn't want to punish you for this.

At the same time, Charles always felt that he was also implying that all the money you got was a gift from the emperor, and he could give it and take it back - maybe he thought too much, but he couldn't help but think about it, because he knew the emperor too well, and he was so unpredictable.

Because of His Majesty the Emperor's seemingly casual words, the entire hall fell into silence all of a sudden, and many people secretly focused their eyes on Charles, some were gloating and others were worried about Charles.

Charles suppressed the resentment and anxiety rising in his heart, and nodded with complete calm.

"Okay, Your Majesty, I will have our ministry raise funds to support this project, and I will never let it come to a halt because of the problem of funding." Charles held his head high, "Your Majesty's will is an order that must be fulfilled for us. ”

"That's it, Charles." His Majesty the Emperor raised his glass again, "Then let's have another toast for Fontainebleau." ”

After everyone drank this glass of wine, the atmosphere was still a little dull, obviously still did not recover from the small change just now, as an important minister like His Excellency Treville, the emperor's words and deeds must be of great significance, everyone is thinking about whether this is a little bit of a small blow to him by His Majesty the Emperor? Or is it a sign that Treville has completely fallen out of favor?

"Your Majesty, the view of Fontainebleau is very beautiful, and the air there is very good, which must be very good for your body, why don't we have time to go there together?" It's probably not good if you stay in the palace all the time. At this moment, Charlotte suddenly laughed, and turned her head to look at Queen Carona, who had been silent, "When the time comes, I will bring my son with me to enjoy the scenery there with you, what do you think?" ”

This somewhat sudden request did not react to the young Majesty for a moment, and she looked up at her husband, but there was obviously some expectation in her expression - a woman of her age was of course more lively and active, and did not like to stay in the dull court all the time.

Under the gaze of the empress's expectations, a rare pampering appeared on the face of His Majesty the Emperor.

"I think it's a good idea, Madame Tremier." He smiled and nodded at Charlotte, "The Empress has not been in France for a long time, and she is not very familiar with everything here, so please continue to accompany her in the future to help her understand France and become a competent queen." ”

"It is my pleasure, Your Majesty." Charlotte still had a smile on her face, but Charles knew that this smile was actually not warm, "However, I think that Her Majesty the Queen has a wealth of knowledge and a kind heart, she has all the conditions to be a competent queen, and she does not need me to be a teacher, at most I can only serve as a slightly older guide, so that she can communicate with French society as soon as possible and feel the pulse of the whole country." ”

"That's exactly what I want to ask you to do." His Majesty the Emperor bowed his head slightly to her politely, "You have a flawless surname and appearance, and this is an indispensable pass for our aristocratic society, so I really hope that you can help Kalona and connect with the old families of our country's famous old families." ”

Naturally, he was also sincere, he dreamed of being favored and recognized by those old aristocratic families, just like his uncle.

"I'll do what I can, Your Majesty." Charlotte still smiled, "As your subject, I am more than happy to serve you and your queen. ”

After Charlotte's proposal and His Majesty's reaction, it was clear to everyone that the Emperor did not have any ill feelings towards Chancellor Trevil, and that the previous episode should have been just a small beating—after all, the young Chancellor was proud of himself, and had already received too much, which was really a little enviable.

In that case, there will be no turmoil at the top of the empire. All of a sudden, everyone else breathed a sigh of relief or felt sorry for it, and then everyone continued to talk and laugh like they had just done.

And although Charles kept talking and laughing with the people next to him, and enjoying the delicious food that kept being delivered, he felt very uncomfortable, and it tasted like chewing wax.

He really didn't want to see his wife courteous to someone she hated for his own sake, even though that person was the emperor of the empire.

It's so unpleasant.

Do you think that if you are the emperor or the god, you can support us ministers at will?

You are wrong, you are just being held up by us, what qualifications do you have to override me?

With this anger, he secretly glanced at the emperor and the empress couple on the main seat.

Especially the queen with a good face, a dazed and joyful and a little youthful vitality.

Didn't I even find your wife? What right do you have to be ungrateful to me? (To be continued.) )