Fox of France

Although he was made a fool of himself by the boss, in general, Napoleon's reputation has increased a little. In the past, everyone felt that Napoleon was at best a science lover. But after such a quarrel, public opinion generally believes that Napoleon is an out-and-out, real scientist-although he sometimes makes mistakes. What about ordinary people? In many cases, ordinary people don't have their own views, and they have their own views on what the public opinion thinks.

Of course, because of this, Napoleon's approval rate has further increased. This is also natural, you see, His Majesty Napoleon understands military, law, politics, economics, science, he understands everything, he is really a majesty who understands everything, he is simply a philosopher king.

It was a peaceful time after that. For a while after this, Joseph wanted to continue to trouble Napoleon and give Napoleon more thesis review tasks. But this time Napoleon adopted Lucien's suggestion and used weak and embarrassing methods to fight back. He went to tell his mother that he was already busy, and Joseph left him with so many things that he didn't have time to go out with Miss Laura.

Letizia has always been indifferent to the affairs between her sons. Because she thinks these things are too complicated, she can't figure it out. But this time, Letizia decided to take care of the boss. After all, this is a matter of holding grandchildren.

Joseph was thus successfully repulsed. Napoleon's life suddenly became better, except that Letizia urged him to get married from time to time. But Napoleon always wanted to delay as long as possible, because he found that as long as he used dating as an excuse, he could push many things to Joseph and Lucien.

Of course, as a resistance, Joseph and Lucien naturally joined the forced marriage party, urging Napoleon to get married quickly.

The good times are always short. In the end, Napoleon had to succumb to three mountains, and then the Roman Empire had one more queen.

Just as Napoleon predicted, once he got married, the old mother immediately returned to her retired state, and then, many things could not be left behind.

So just after the honeymoon, Napoleon was busy again.

For example, today, at the family meeting, Joseph threw another report to Napoleon.

This report is about the economic situation in France. Over the years, the French stock market has been in a bull market. To be precise, since Napoleon became the first ruler, the French stock market has been blooming steadily. Although there have been a few small twists and turns, in general, the situation in the stock market has always been very good. Therefore, the prices of various stocks in France have been rising steadily, and now the stock prices have reached a fairly high position.

At that time, on the other side, the fundamentals of the economy, the situation was not as good as it used to be. Taking the railway as an example, the emergence of the railway has indeed greatly improved productivity, but it is also because the railway makes money that the investment in railways in France and even the European continent has increased wildly, and the market is also very popular with railways.

One of the results of this pursuit is that more and more railways are built. In the beginning, railways were only built where there was a need, and later it became repeated construction where there was a need, and later, wherever it was possible to build railways, they all clamored to build railways. For example, from Paris to "New Rome", there are three railways in a distance of only tens of kilometers. From Paris to Marseilles, there are actually two railways, and even a third railway is under construction.

However, neither France nor other European countries need so many railways at all, and there are not so many things that need railways to transport. As a result, railway capacity began to appear seriously surplus.

Because of excess rail capacity. So there are not many cars running on most railways. On average, the railways on the entire European continent have utilized a little over 20% of their transport capacity at most, while in France, this ratio is even lower, even less than 10%.

Most of the railway companies' plans are based on the fact that more than 50% of the transportation capacity can be used, so under the current situation, these companies have no room for profit at all. They are still alive today, basically relying mainly on bank loans and storytelling in the stock market.

"Joseph, why are you showing me these?" Napoleon asked.

On the sofa opposite his desk, Joseph crossed his legs and said, "Napoleon, your reputation has increased a little recently, so it can be useful, right? Well, the wheat is ripe, and it's time to harvest it. "

Napoleon knew what Joseph meant. In fact, Joseph was responsible for the overheating of the railway. Relying on the overheated railway construction, Lorraine Steel sold a large number of steel products and made an unknown amount of money. And the banking system of the military-industrial complex also made an unknown amount of money from this railway mania.

The mania of the railway also brought a large amount of foreign capital investment. Of course, these investments are all for quick money, so they naturally pay more attention to the stock price on the stock market than the actual business situation. So Roman Bank (including Bowan Bank, a consortium of banks belonging to the military-industrial complex) took this opportunity and slowly transferred many of the creditor's rights of the junk railways to those foreign banks. In the process, those foreign banks also seem to have made a lot of money.

"You mean to pop the bubble and get a harvest?" said Napoleon. "It's very hated. What are you going to do?"

"Let the French railway company lower the freight rate first." Joseph said.

The French railway company is naturally the son of the military-industrial complex. It has the best and most profitable railway in France. Of course, in the recent period, especially after the boom in railway construction has developed to an excessive stage, even the French Railway Company has been losing money. But this is not a problem, because while the French Railways is losing money, its parent company Lorraine Iron and Steel and the Bank of Rome do not know how much money it has made. So in general, the profit is still more, so the operation of the French Railway Company naturally has no problems at all.

But other railway companies are different, especially those railway companies that rely on foreign funds to make money foolishly. If they do not cheat, their statements can hardly be read.

In the past year, these companies have not thought of cutting prices in order to compete. But they were quickly warned, because once any railway company cuts prices, it is tantamount to admitting that they are difficult to make profits, which will immediately cause changes in the stock market, and then-these companies are now relying on bank loans and The stock market tells stories alive.

But the French railway company is not worried about this. If they cut prices, the whole railroad bubble will burst. Then the insolvent railroads can be harvested.

Napoleon shook his head and said: "I am opposed to doing this. This is too simple and rude. And it will make people think that we are the culprit. Although we are indeed the culprit, we cannot let others know that we are the culprit. We must To put it another way, a scapegoat must be found."

"What kind of scapegoat do you want to find? This scapegoat must have a certain weight, at least in this market. Only in this way can his actions be enough to burst the bubble. And a thing that is too small cannot cover up a Something bigger, like an elephant can't hide behind a mouse," Joseph said.

"No, my dear brother, an elephant cannot hide behind a mouse, but an elephant can hide behind its eyelids. As long as the eyelids are closed, everything in the world is covered. The media is the eyelids of the world, and the eyelids It's under our control." Lucien said, "We can completely blame the British, or someone else."

"Putting it on the British will cause a lot of unnecessary trouble, at least for now," said Napoleon.

"Then why not push it to the Americans?" Lucien asked again.

"It's not necessary. There is no need to turn against the Americans now." Napoleon once again rejected Lucien's suggestion.

"Then push it to the Jews." Joseph said, "First, the Jews have no country. Push it to them, and there will be no trouble in diplomacy. Second, some Jews are very rich, and their power is enough to pierce this bubble, and in this world Benefit from the process. So, find a Jewish banker and let him do this job?"

"You mean Rothschild? Will they be willing?" Lucien said.

"Is there anyone who is willing or not? We have already decided that the Jews will take the blame. How can he disagree?" Napoleon said, "Besides, since ancient times, who has been blamed? Does he still need to agree? ? You, you are too young, too childish..."

Lucien remained silent, but Joseph spoke up: "Napoleon, don't be so simple and rude. You should be able to seduce, and don't always just threaten. Burst this bubble, Rothschild can also get certain benefits, and can Make a little money, as for the scapegoat, it is all the Jews, not his family, and we can even protect them. By the way, let’s show our insistence on the "Civil Code". So, you Look, isn't this something that can be negotiated? Well, Rothschild also has one or two railways in his hands. He can let these railways reduce their prices first, and then our French railway will follow up immediately, and then this matter will be settled. What? And let him know in advance that the railway stock is going to collapse, and the interests in it are still enough to impress him. As for the other Jews, what does it matter to Rothschild?"