His Excellency the Count of Grandet

That night, when Charles who went back told Guillaume the news, Guillaume was so surprised that he didn't recover for a while.

At the earliest time, he only asked his son to be well-behaved; then, after the Grandet family suffered a partner's betrayal, this feeling changed to "it is always good to do things"; His strength proves that he can do far beyond what a father can imagine——

Now, apart from the legitimate title of earl, is Charles already going to occupy a place in the cabinet?

If Guillaume had heard about it and never expected it, he would know how to describe the whole thing in modern language-Charles was basically promoted and raised, became the general manager, became the CEO, won Bai Fumei, embarked on the The peak rhythm of life!

Except for Bai Fumei, which still needs to be considered, other aspects have almost been achieved now!Guillaume couldn't think of any other direction at all for a moment, he just followed Charles's words and asked, "...Really? When did it happen?"

"Just now." Charles said briefly.Because he knew that Guillaume would be worried when he knew the facts, so he deliberately skipped the meeting part.Anyway, if there are no major accidents, he can definitely surprise his father after success!

Victor did it this time in a very subtle way, hiding it from most people, and Guillaume was no exception.So now Guillaume can already feel that he is about to be stunned by that huge wave of happiness——"Charles, good son!" hug.

Charles hugged him back. "You can take it easy," he reminded with a smile, "don't overdo it! You know, you can expect more!"

"I don't expect more, I'm satisfied!" Guillaume's voice was trembling.After the bout of happiness passed, he thought of another very important question: "Aren't you busier then?"

"Young people should be motivated, I remember you told me that before." Charles said.

Guillaume let go of his son and patted Charles on the shoulder hard. "Remember running on your father at this time?" He laughed, and asked again: "Are you really okay?"

"Don't worry, I know when I should rest." Charles blinked one eye playfully. "Even if His Majesty comes in person, he cannot deprive me of this right!"

Guillaume laughed again at such obviously unreasonable words.François is right, there is no good son in Paris, or even in France, who can compare with his family's Charles; he does not make parents worry at all, but only brings them pride! "What nonsense, how could His Majesty issue such an order?"

The father and son joked for a while, and then got back to business.

"If you are too busy, you must tell Dad." Guillaume cared.

"Of course, there is no one I can trust more than you, father." Charles replied, "But as long as you are free, I would like you to assign some tasks to the people below."

The so-called bottom people are the members of the Grandet trading company, who are loyal and reliable enough.Over the years, Charles has carefully cultivated several confidantes.

Guillaume nodded. "Although I only hear about the affairs of the cabinet, you must be careful, Charles." The greater the responsibility, the greater the glory, but at the same time, the greater the risk!

"I understand." Charles nodded.

If it were him at the earliest time, he would definitely not have accepted this appointment; but now the situation forces him to do so, even if he does not.But then again, even if being the chancellor of the exchequer is a new field for him, since he nodded, he will definitely try his best to do his best!

Guillaume was relieved.He and his wife had pinned their hopes on Charles for the rest of their lives; now, not to mention his wife who was in heaven could rest in peace, he felt that he who had not yet reached heaven could close his eyes contentedly.If I have to say it, it seems that there is only one regret...

"According to what you said, I asked my servant to send the Viscount Blanche out, whole body, with his gift." Guillaume said, his tone was not as high as before. "When he wakes up, he will feel that everything that happened today is his own fantasy!"

"Of course that's the best." Charles didn't have the slightest affection for the so-called uncle, and wished to let this kind of person go as far as he could. "But I think, for so long, he hasn't taken any action; why did he come to the door today?" Is it true that no one is stirring up his uncle, who doesn't seem to be very shrewd, behind his back recently?

When Guillaume was reminded like this, he immediately noticed the weirdness. "You're right. Viscount Blanche has always been a person who cares about face." He mused, "If we want to solve this matter completely, we only need to get rid of the people behind us?"

"That's right." Charles confirmed.

"You don't have to worry about this matter, I'll ask someone to investigate." Guillaume made a decision in an instant.He swore that whoever was trying to do something about his family's property would make that person look good; and if he dared to do anything to Charles...

snort!No matter how noble a noble lady is, what is she compared to his son?Is it worth half a centime?

Therefore, it is obvious that the dream of the Viscount de Aubrion's family to find a relationship with the Grandet family through the Blancher family has come to naught.Not only was it in vain, but their behavior also successfully caused a lot of innocent nobles to lay their guns by the way, making Guillaume think that most of the nobles have no good things and are only worth being blacklisted!

It's a pity that this matter has been splashed before Victor knew it, and it has never been mentioned again.If Victor knew, he would be grateful to have a pig opponent like Viscount de Aubrion——

The effect produced is simply at the level of a god teammate, isn't it?

As for Charles, he knew about it, but he forgot it after hearing it.The fate of the original book, let it go to God!

A few days later, Louis XVIII had the Duke of Richelieu announce his decree, and Charles officially became a member of the cabinet.Although most people were shocked by Shire's rocket-like promotion speed, they didn't raise any objections, not at all—

The Chancellor of the Exchequer is very good at making money. Isn't that a good and necessary quality?Looking at the whole of France, who else can surpass Shire in this respect?

The King was pleased with the splash-and-calm response.Because, after the Great Revolution, it is very difficult for the monarch to make a decision that most people do not oppose or even agree with.And now that he has made such an appointment, it is obvious that he has a certain tendency; there is still no response below, and it can only explain one thing——

The decision he made happened to be in the interests of the vast majority of people!

While thinking of this, the king also thought of another aspect.According to his previous opinion, if his younger brother takes the throne, there is a [-]% chance that he will not die peacefully on the throne; but now, his dear younger brother will not even have the chance to touch the throne...

Ah, what a pity, thought the King.

As for whether the Earl of Artois himself is aware of this cruel future, those who know the inside story tend to be positive.Because after the British returned with a satisfactory amount of cooperation, the international situation changed quietly——

Russia, Prussia, and Austria in the Holy Alliance, together with Great Britain, were the countries that played a leading role in the post-Napoleonic Congress of Vienna.In other words, the sanctions imposed on the defeated France were formulated and supervised jointly by the four countries.

Britain's original tendency was not to impose excessive sanctions, so as not to cause a vicious rebound in France, but now it is even more relaxed; in Russia, Louis XVIII has sent someone to establish a relationship with Tsar Alexander I; as for Frederick William III of Prussia, I am busy sending troops to Spain, and I have no time to talk to France, which is only engaged in internal development——

In this way, no matter how tough Metternich's attitude in Austria is, there is no way to stop it.

The balance between countries is a very delicate matter, and the connection between the Holy Alliance is very loose; I think at the beginning, for the belonging of Saxony, the Holy Alliance almost fought by itself...

With this change in Britain's position, the situation is immediately beyond his control!If Austria can show enough strength—whether it is military or wealth—he may break the game; but unfortunately, these things that Metternich wants are not available!

If you want to gamble, you must at least have enough chips to go to the table; if you can't even get this, then you can only watch others play!

Things seem complicated, but in the end the truth is that simple.

For this kind of development, some people enjoy it; but equally, there must be some people who can't sit still.At least, Michelle, who had been confident in her mind, couldn't sit still.

Under the promotion of Victor and others, Britain and France reached a cooperative relationship.He knew about it, always knew about it, but didn't take it seriously.He thought it was something on the economic level, at best it was a relaxation of international relations, but he didn't expect it to deeply affect the domestic political structure in the future——

Look at the limelight, some people have already pushed Count Artois down completely!

In fact, Michel doesn't care about the future of the royalists, but he has to mind that he is not among those "certain people".He thought he had already noticed Victor's every move: look, he has noticed even the other's little thought and can make use of it!

But it turns out that he must have missed something, about what Victor can do and the estimated time it will take...Compared to love letters, these are the most critical parts!

Even as old and cunning as Michelle, he had to admit that he miscalculated this time.He only counted in the country, and rejected Rothschild for the greatest return he could get.Now it seems that this is definitely not a wise choice.He ignored the larger background, and also ignored other people; for the benefit of the moment, he even ignored the greater danger that may be behind!If he had known earlier, he might be able to push things to the other party by uniting with Rothschild...

As if to add another fire to this stormy July, at the end of the month, another big event happened——