(Chapter 1 arrives, there will be chapter 1 later)
After breakfast, Xiao Jie came to the Tuileries Palace. Although it was only half past eight at this time, almost all the people who wanted to attend the meeting were present. Seeing Xiao Jie coming, everyone saluted him and said hello. Xiao Jie also smiled and nodded in response.
At 9 o'clock in the morning, all cabinet members arrived. Prime Minister Cambacérez stepped onto the rostrum, and with his support, the first cabinet meeting of the French Empire in 1826 officially began. Combaceres is 68 years old this year, and his heavy work makes him look extraordinarily old. Xiao Jie is already planning to let him retire, otherwise he will definitely not be able to sustain it.
The first item at the beginning of the meeting was Xiao Jie's speech. In the past 10 years, he has experienced too many such occasions, and he is familiar with this kind of speech. Xiao Jie first wished everyone a happy new year, and then affirmed everyone's work in 1825, so he had no choice but to encourage everyone to make better achievements in the new year.
After that, the ministers of various ministries will report on the work achievements of each ministry in the previous year and their plans for this year. As a key department, the Ministry of Finance is ranked first in this report. Xiao Jie’s father-in-law, Marquis Ottof, stepped onto the rostrum, first saluted Xiao Jie, then turned around, and saluted the cabinet members attending the meeting, and then began his report: “In 1825, our country The economy has grown by 11% again compared with 1824, and the GDP has reached 25 billion francs. Among them, fiscal revenue has reached 8 billion francs. Last year's financial expenditure reached 8.5 billion francs, mainly for military emergency The appropriations made the fiscal deficit reach 500 million francs. In last year's fiscal expenditure, except for military expenditure, which accounted for 20 percent, a total of 1.7 billion francs, other expenditures also increased slightly, due to the increase in food and other strategic The hoarding of materials has greatly increased social security expenditures. It is estimated that this year's GDP will reach about 28 billion francs, and fiscal revenue will also reach 9 billion francs. According to preliminary estimates, this year's military expenditure will reach 35% to 40% of fiscal expenditure."
After Ottove's report, most people gasped. From Autov's report, it is not difficult for them to get the information that the military will make a big move. Otherwise, how could it be possible to spend so much military expenditure? After so many years of peace, the peace is finally coming to an end.
Afterwards, other ministers also made relevant reports, but the focus was on this year's military operations. However, they all only know that the military will make a big move, but because of the need for secrecy, no one knows the specifics.
The meeting ended at 11 o'clock, and Xiao Jie left the prime minister and deputy prime minister, as well as the ministers of internal affairs, finance, foreign affairs, and police affairs.
"I believe that everyone knows more or less that the military will launch a huge war plan this year. I hope that everyone's work this year will be centered around the military plan. During the implementation of the military plan, all ministries must do their best. Do your best to provide support for the military." Xiao Jie said seriously. After enduring it for so many years, it was finally time to explode. He couldn't bear any mistakes to make the military's plan fail.
Seeing Xiao Jie's seriousness, everyone nodded to express their understanding, and they will definitely cooperate with the military's actions with all their strength.
Xiao Jie nodded, and then began to assign specific tasks. "First of all, the various resources held by the Ministry of the Interior must be used immediately to provide intelligence support for the military, and together with the Police Department, ensure domestic stability. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs will continue to provoke the relationship between European countries. They fought against each other, leaving them no energy to take into account France's military operations. The Ministry of Finance prepared a large amount of war funds and supplies to provide material support for the military. The other ministries were under the overall leadership of the prime minister and deputy prime minister to provide maximum military operations. support."
"Your Majesty, can you tell us what the military's actions are? Then we will have a better idea and cooperate with the military's actions." Otov couldn't help asking. Judging from the information reflected from various sources, the military has been preparing for this operation for a long time, and the movement is very big, but they, the cabinet members, don't know it at all.
Xiao Jie nodded, and also thought that it was time to let the cabinet members know the military plan, and these are important ministers of the empire, and they are also trustworthy, so there is no need to be afraid that the plan will be leaked, so he said: "This plan is actually very simple. That is to destroy the greatest enemy of the empire."
"That's right!" Xiao Jie nodded: "Our navy is now very powerful, enough to start a full-scale war with the British navy. If we operate well, it is entirely possible to completely wipe out the British navy. As long as the British navy Once defeated, I think the later landing operations will be much easier."
Everyone only knew about the military's plan. They thought that the military was going to attack Austria or Prussia, because it was very easy for France to defeat Austria or Prussia. But they didn't expect that the military's plan would be Britain, and they planned to land in England in the tone of Xiao Jie and completely kill Britain. Everyone was shocked, because in their opinion, the military's plan was too arrogant. You must know that since the British navy became stronger, no other country's army has been able to successfully invade the British Isles for hundreds of years.
Glancing at everyone's expressions, Xiao Jie smiled helplessly: "Everyone is still not confident! In fact, you don't have to worry at all. Now the strength of the empire has far surpassed that of Britain. As long as we can kill the British navy, then our The Army would have easily crushed Britain completely."
"Your Majesty, but other countries will definitely not sit idly by. We will definitely face the dilemma of fighting on two fronts again." Gregor said worriedly.
"Don't worry, my Excellency the Foreign Minister. The army will completely keep the enemy out of the country in the east of the empire until we completely occupy Britain." Xiao Jie said confidently.
Next, it was lunch time, after which Xiao Jie rested for a while, and then came to the General Staff Headquarters to attend the military meeting. This military meeting was very important, so all the senior generals of the army returned to Paris except those who had missions, which made Paris shine for a while.
As soon as he walked into the conference room of the General Staff Headquarters, Xiao Jie saw that there was a bright scene below. Seeing this, Xiao Jie was also very happy, because it meant that he had countless generals, most of whom were very young generals. From their faces, Xiao Jie saw a look of fanaticism, probably they had already heard the wind, and knew what orders were mainly to be issued in this meeting.
At 2 o'clock in the afternoon, the meeting officially started. Chief of the General Staff Field Marshal Ike stepped onto the rostrum. Under his chairmanship, the meeting officially began. Of course, Xiao Jie’s speech was indispensable at the beginning of the meeting. Xiao Jie walked up to the rostrum, looked at the large group of heads below, took a deep breath, and said: “It’s been 12 years, my marshals and generals, the distance between It has been 12 years since the 6th Anti-French Coalition occupied Paris. During these 12 years, we have been enduring. I have to say that enduring is a very painful thing, but for the development of the country, we have to endure But today is different. I can proudly tell you that after 12 years of construction and development, the French Empire is now very strong, so strong that we can get back what was lost in the last war. Gentlemen, the current situation It is already very obvious that the conflict between us and the Anti-French Alliance has reached the point of irreconcilability. It is better to take the initiative to fight back than to be beaten passively. Therefore, I can tell you clearly that this year, we will launch a large-scale attack on the Anti-French Alliance. A large-scale military operation. Warriors of the empire, are you willing to take back what was lost 12 years ago for the empire?" Xiao Jie roared.
Everyone's morale was raised, and they all stood up and shouted: "As you wish, Your Majesty!"
Nodding his head very satisfied, Xiao Jie said: "Very well, then Marshal Ike will arrange and plan the combat missions of each legion and unit for everyone."
Eke walked up to the rostrum with a thick plan~www.mtlnovel.com~ After calming down his excitement, he said: "Actually, as early as 1823, the General Staff has been secretly formulating It's a huge plan, now, the time is finally ripe, and our plan is about to be ready to be implemented."
Everyone held their breath, ready to listen carefully to Eke's explanation of the two-point plan. Many people even took out their notebooks and prepared to record the main points.
After looking at everyone's expressions, Eck continued: "The code name of the plan is called "Sunken Island" by us, and the "island" refers to the British Isles, which means that the target of our plan this time is the United Kingdom. Defeat the British navy, then land in England, and defeat Britain completely."
Although he only said such a short two sentences, except for those who participated in the formulation of the plan, everyone else was stunned, but then they cheered. These people here do not have a good impression of Britain, and even hate it very much. Hearing that they were going to land in the UK, everyone discussed it enthusiastically. Compared with those civil servants, they are much clearer about the current military strength of the empire. They never thought about whether the plan would succeed, but thought about how to get honor in the war. After all, military merit is an important criterion for promotion. If they want to climb to a higher position, they must accumulate more military merits, and this battle against Britain will undoubtedly be a very good opportunity.