Chapter 390: semimilitary railway
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In the end, Alphonse Rothschild decided to tell the Rothschild branch in Austria that the French Empire was going to take action against the Russian Empire through the secret channels of the Rothschild family. He believed that the Austrian branch would definitely tell the Austrian government.
Whether the Austrian government is willing to maintain peace with the French Empire or whether it is willing to fight against France for the Russian Empire is not what Alphonse Rothschild cares about.
On June 1, when the Parisians were discussing the design of cheap public housing, no one noticed that the Ministry of Railways was quietly stopping the exchange of long-term and short-term bonds. Under the joint efforts of the big banks, it has generally shown a steady and positive development.
However, after the hasty stop of the exchange, the railway bonds still experienced a small decline, and a small-scale panic followed.
However, depending on the mouthpieces of the major banks, the railway bond argument is only a technical adjustment.
Some unbelievers wanted to exchange bonds, and the bank agreed to their exchange after repeated inquiries.
With the cooperation of bankers and functional departments, railway bonds finally passed the most thrilling stage in the early stage.
Baroche, who had passed the first threshold of the railway bond crisis, had not had time to take a breath. Chief of the General Staff St. Arnault brought members of the Railway Department under the General Staff to Baroche.
Baros could only take a break and receive St. Arnault and others.
St. Arnault, who had just sat down, didn't say anything nonsense. He pointed directly at the members of the railway department and said, "I'll leave these people to you! Some of them are inexperienced, please bear with me!"
"Naturally! Naturally!" Of course Barosh understood that everything was for war.
Since His Majesty has agreed with Saint Arno, what reason does he have to stop him?
Just do your best to cooperate!
Afterwards, Marshal Saint Arnault sternly said to several officers of the Railway Department: "You all came from the Railway Department, and then went to the south to conduct surveys along the line.
I believe in your strength, and you should repay me with practical actions! I don't care what the reason is, you must guarantee me that the material transportation and troop transportation of the railway must be completed on time and on time! Got it! "
"Understood!" the young officer of the railway department replied sonorously.
"Very good! As long as you can successfully complete the tasks I explained, I guarantee that you will be promoted smoothly!" Marshal Saint Arno didn't care about Baros at the side, he said to himself.
The face of the young officer once again burst into a smile. Once upon a time, the logistical members of the French army were raised by a group of stepmothers. When the front line was fighting, they desperately prepared supplies. small transparent.
Under such circumstances, not many people are willing to take the responsibility of the logistics department, and the officers subconsciously think that the logistics is a place to support idlers.
Since the emperor established the empire, he has been paying close attention to logistical issues. After Marshal Saint Arnault established the General Staff, he even included the promotion mechanism of the logistical department into the promotion regulations.
This also means that the logistics department got rid of the era of bitter and transparent people and officially became a part of the army.
And the ranks of the officers can also be moved up.
Compared with the excited officer, Baroche's face showed a trace of unnaturalness, not to mention that Saint Arnault taught his men on Baroche's territory, just speaking of what Saint Arnault just said, Baros felt as if he was encouraging these officers to seize power over their Ministry of Railways.
If it wasn't for an extraordinary period, Baros would never let it go.
Right now, everything can only be conceded to the war. As for some of Saint Arno's words, Baros just pretended that he didn't hear anything.
Afterwards, Saint Arnault officially handed over these officers from the Railway Department to Baroche, and then left the Railway Department alone and went to the War Department to formulate a battle plan.
Baros looked blankly at the group of railway officers in front of him, and said in a firm tone, "Since Marshal Saint Arnault handed you over to me, then I will demand you by strict means!"
"Understood!" The officers responded in unison.
"follow me!"
Afterwards, Barosh asked the officers to follow him to the conference hall. Barosh, who met the Secretary of State of the Ministry of Railways in the corridor, immediately issued an order to the Secretary of State, ordering him to send all the officials at the department and bureau level of the five bureaus under the Ministry of Railways. All called to the office.
The Secretary of State who received the order nodded to convey the order, and Baros and the officer came to the conference hall first.
With the passage of time, all the cadres of the five bureaus and bureaus came to the conference hall.
Everyone had a surprised look on their faces. They didn't understand what the officer standing behind Baros was doing.
After all the officials at the bureau level had arrived, Baros said, "You must be wondering why the soldiers are here!"
None of the people present said a word, and he looked forward to hearing the reason from Baros.
"I'll tell you!" Baros said with a serious tone and a dignified expression: "A war is coming!"
The faces of the members of the Eastern Railway Bureau and the Southern Railway Bureau turned pale instantly. Due to the confidentiality of the war and the General Staff, not many people, except for the ministerial level and some specific personnel, knew that the emperor had already planned to launch a war.
When Baros spit out "war", in their opinion, the war is most likely in the Strasbourg region or the Alps region, which means that the Eastern and Southern Railways may be in danger.
Especially the Southern Railway Bureau, they have long known that there are large quantities of materials transported in Lyon and Marseille, which means that the war is likely to start from the Apennine Peninsula.
"Don't worry, we are not at war with Germany!" Baros' next sentence pulled the officials of these two regions from **** to heaven: "The imperial army is going to go on an expedition, so we must cooperate with the army and plan well. Operation of trains.
It is necessary to satisfy the transportation of the army as much as possible! "
After the director of the Southern Railway Bureau glanced at Baroche, he said politely: "Your Excellency Minister, if this is the case! Our railway operation may face some difficulties! With the existing transportation capacity, it may not be possible to do both!"
"I don't care about any capacity issues! You have to assure me that the Ministry of Railways will ensure the normal operation of the daily railway trains while protecting the army!" Baros of the Ministry of Railways showed an inhumane attitude , he knew that his subordinates could not take care of it, but it was just a retreat left for himself. He had calculated the transportation capacity of the railway and finally came to the conclusion that the transportation capacity was more than enough.
So now he wants to block this retreat and let them move forward without a hitch.
"The timetable is accurate to every minute, and the arrival time error can be within ten minutes... Make every effort to ensure the normal operation of the railway!" Baros gave a death order to the officials present, and then shouted loudly: " have you understood?"
"Understood!" The officials present responded with a lack of confidence.
"These officers will be stationed here to coordinate the transportation of the army? The railways along the line will also deploy certain soldiers and officers as before to coordinate the transportation of materials and maintain the smooth operation of the transportation!" Baros pointed to said the officer behind him.
The officer of the Railway Department immediately straightened his body, with a smug expression on his face.
The members of the Ministry of Railways sitting in the chairs have already vaguely guessed that military control may be implemented next.
No one likes military control, especially when they think that their rights may be restricted by the military, their hearts are even more uncomfortable.
However, suffering is suffering, because they did not have the courage to refute Barosh's words because of their obedience to authority.
"Okay! From today onwards, you are colleagues!" Seeing that the members of the Ministry of Railways agreed to each other, Barosh struck while the iron was hot to get acquainted with each other.
The Ministry of Railways and the General Staff, which were originally unrelated departments, reluctantly cooperated under the help of Jerome Bonaparte.
However, UU reading www. uukanshu.com this cooperation is not a cooperation on an equal standpoint, and the cooperation of the General Staff Department is above the Ministry of Railways.
Naturally, this kind of cooperation will also be complained by the Ministry of Railways, but now who cares about those rumors, everything has to give way to war.
In the early morning of June 5th, a steam express ship sailing from the far western New World cut through the sea fog floating in the English Channel, and with an indomitable posture, it broke through the comfort of the waves without fear, and approached the port of Calais.
When the clipper gradually approached the port of Calais, the eagle flag hanging on the sail of the clipper could be clearly seen.
On the Eagle Flag Clipper, a young man with a face somewhat similar to Prince Monfort was slowly emerging from the cabin. Judging the age from his immature face, the young man was probably less than 20 years old.
At this time, he was wearing a military uniform from the First Empire that his grandmother specially let him wear, standing on the bow overlooking the French mainland in the distance.
That's right, he is Jerome Bonaparte's half-brother's son Jerome Patterson. After returning to France from the New World, he couldn't wait to kiss this land he had never set foot on.
Just as Jerome Paterson was looking at the French mainland, Brigadier General Fleury, who was waiting in the port of Calais, also saw the clipper flying the eagle flag, and a smile appeared on his face.
After waiting for so long, I finally got this "illegitimate child".
If it wasn't for His Majesty's special order, Fleury would not have come to Calais to wait.
After all, Jerome Paterson's identity is really embarrassing. Whether it can be turned from an illegitimate child to an orthodox successor depends on the attitude of the emperor.
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In the end, Alphonse Rothschild decided to tell the Rothschild branch in Austria that the French Empire was going to take action against the Russian Empire through the secret channels of the Rothschild family. He believed that the Austrian branch would definitely tell the Austrian government.
Whether the Austrian government is willing to maintain peace with the French Empire or whether it is willing to fight against France for the Russian Empire is not what Alphonse Rothschild cares about.
On June 1, when the Parisians were discussing the design of cheap public housing, no one noticed that the Ministry of Railways was quietly stopping the exchange of long-term and short-term bonds. Under the joint efforts of the big banks, it has generally shown a steady and positive development.
However, after the hasty stop of the exchange, the railway bonds still experienced a small decline, and a small-scale panic followed.
However, depending on the mouthpieces of the major banks, the railway bond argument is only a technical adjustment.
Some unbelievers wanted to exchange bonds, and the bank agreed to their exchange after repeated inquiries.
With the cooperation of bankers and functional departments, railway bonds finally passed the most thrilling stage in the early stage.
Baroche, who had passed the first threshold of the railway bond crisis, had not had time to take a breath. Chief of the General Staff St. Arnault brought members of the Railway Department under the General Staff to Baroche.
Baros could only take a break and receive St. Arnault and others.
St. Arnault, who had just sat down, didn't say anything nonsense. He pointed directly at the members of the railway department and said, "I'll leave these people to you! Some of them are inexperienced, please bear with me!"
"Naturally! Naturally!" Of course Barosh understood that everything was for war.
Since His Majesty has agreed with Saint Arno, what reason does he have to stop him?
Just do your best to cooperate!
Afterwards, Marshal Saint Arnault sternly said to several officers of the Railway Department: "You all came from the Railway Department, and then went to the south to conduct surveys along the line.
I believe in your strength, and you should repay me with practical actions! I don't care what the reason is, you must guarantee me that the material transportation and troop transportation of the railway must be completed on time and on time! Got it! "
"Understood!" the young officer of the railway department replied sonorously.
"Very good! As long as you can successfully complete the tasks I explained, I guarantee that you will be promoted smoothly!" Marshal Saint Arno didn't care about Baros at the side, he said to himself.
The face of the young officer once again burst into a smile. Once upon a time, the logistical members of the French army were raised by a group of stepmothers. When the front line was fighting, they desperately prepared supplies. small transparent.
Under such circumstances, not many people are willing to take the responsibility of the logistics department, and the officers subconsciously think that the logistics is a place to support idlers.
Since the emperor established the empire, he has been paying close attention to logistical issues. After Marshal Saint Arnault established the General Staff, he even included the promotion mechanism of the logistical department into the promotion regulations.
This also means that the logistics department got rid of the era of bitter and transparent people and officially became a part of the army.
And the ranks of the officers can also be moved up.
Compared with the excited officer, Baroche's face showed a trace of unnaturalness, not to mention that Saint Arnault taught his men on Baroche's territory, just speaking of what Saint Arnault just said, Baros felt as if he was encouraging these officers to seize power over their Ministry of Railways.
If it wasn't for an extraordinary period, Baros would never let it go.
Right now, everything can only be conceded to the war. As for some of Saint Arno's words, Baros just pretended that he didn't hear anything.
Afterwards, Saint Arnault officially handed over these officers from the Railway Department to Baroche, and then left the Railway Department alone and went to the War Department to formulate a battle plan.
Baros looked blankly at the group of railway officers in front of him, and said in a firm tone, "Since Marshal Saint Arnault handed you over to me, then I will demand you by strict means!"
"Understood!" The officers responded in unison.
"follow me!"
Afterwards, Barosh asked the officers to follow him to the conference hall. Barosh, who met the Secretary of State of the Ministry of Railways in the corridor, immediately issued an order to the Secretary of State, ordering him to send all the officials at the department and bureau level of the five bureaus under the Ministry of Railways. All called to the office.
The Secretary of State who received the order nodded to convey the order, and Baros and the officer came to the conference hall first.
With the passage of time, all the cadres of the five bureaus and bureaus came to the conference hall.
Everyone had a surprised look on their faces. They didn't understand what the officer standing behind Baros was doing.
After all the officials at the bureau level had arrived, Baros said, "You must be wondering why the soldiers are here!"
None of the people present said a word, and he looked forward to hearing the reason from Baros.
"I'll tell you!" Baros said with a serious tone and a dignified expression: "A war is coming!"
The faces of the members of the Eastern Railway Bureau and the Southern Railway Bureau turned pale instantly. Due to the confidentiality of the war and the General Staff, not many people, except for the ministerial level and some specific personnel, knew that the emperor had already planned to launch a war.
When Baros spit out "war", in their opinion, the war is most likely in the Strasbourg region or the Alps region, which means that the Eastern and Southern Railways may be in danger.
Especially the Southern Railway Bureau, they have long known that there are large quantities of materials transported in Lyon and Marseille, which means that the war is likely to start from the Apennine Peninsula.
"Don't worry, we are not at war with Germany!" Baros' next sentence pulled the officials of these two regions from **** to heaven: "The imperial army is going to go on an expedition, so we must cooperate with the army and plan well. Operation of trains.
It is necessary to satisfy the transportation of the army as much as possible! "
After the director of the Southern Railway Bureau glanced at Baroche, he said politely: "Your Excellency Minister, if this is the case! Our railway operation may face some difficulties! With the existing transportation capacity, it may not be possible to do both!"
"I don't care about any capacity issues! You have to assure me that the Ministry of Railways will ensure the normal operation of the daily railway trains while protecting the army!" Baros of the Ministry of Railways showed an inhumane attitude , he knew that his subordinates could not take care of it, but it was just a retreat left for himself. He had calculated the transportation capacity of the railway and finally came to the conclusion that the transportation capacity was more than enough.
So now he wants to block this retreat and let them move forward without a hitch.
"The timetable is accurate to every minute, and the arrival time error can be within ten minutes... Make every effort to ensure the normal operation of the railway!" Baros gave a death order to the officials present, and then shouted loudly: " have you understood?"
"Understood!" The officials present responded with a lack of confidence.
"These officers will be stationed here to coordinate the transportation of the army? The railways along the line will also deploy certain soldiers and officers as before to coordinate the transportation of materials and maintain the smooth operation of the transportation!" Baros pointed to said the officer behind him.
The officer of the Railway Department immediately straightened his body, with a smug expression on his face.
The members of the Ministry of Railways sitting in the chairs have already vaguely guessed that military control may be implemented next.
No one likes military control, especially when they think that their rights may be restricted by the military, their hearts are even more uncomfortable.
However, suffering is suffering, because they did not have the courage to refute Barosh's words because of their obedience to authority.
"Okay! From today onwards, you are colleagues!" Seeing that the members of the Ministry of Railways agreed to each other, Barosh struck while the iron was hot to get acquainted with each other.
The Ministry of Railways and the General Staff, which were originally unrelated departments, reluctantly cooperated under the help of Jerome Bonaparte.
However, UU reading www. uukanshu.com this cooperation is not a cooperation on an equal standpoint, and the cooperation of the General Staff Department is above the Ministry of Railways.
Naturally, this kind of cooperation will also be complained by the Ministry of Railways, but now who cares about those rumors, everything has to give way to war.
In the early morning of June 5th, a steam express ship sailing from the far western New World cut through the sea fog floating in the English Channel, and with an indomitable posture, it broke through the comfort of the waves without fear, and approached the port of Calais.
When the clipper gradually approached the port of Calais, the eagle flag hanging on the sail of the clipper could be clearly seen.
On the Eagle Flag Clipper, a young man with a face somewhat similar to Prince Monfort was slowly emerging from the cabin. Judging the age from his immature face, the young man was probably less than 20 years old.
At this time, he was wearing a military uniform from the First Empire that his grandmother specially let him wear, standing on the bow overlooking the French mainland in the distance.
That's right, he is Jerome Bonaparte's half-brother's son Jerome Patterson. After returning to France from the New World, he couldn't wait to kiss this land he had never set foot on.
Just as Jerome Paterson was looking at the French mainland, Brigadier General Fleury, who was waiting in the port of Calais, also saw the clipper flying the eagle flag, and a smile appeared on his face.
After waiting for so long, I finally got this "illegitimate child".
If it wasn't for His Majesty's special order, Fleury would not have come to Calais to wait.
After all, Jerome Paterson's identity is really embarrassing. Whether it can be turned from an illegitimate child to an orthodox successor depends on the attitude of the emperor.
In the end, Alphonse Rothschild decided to tell the Rothschild branch in Austria that the French Empire was going to take action against the Russian Empire through the secret channels of the Rothschild family. He believed that the Austrian branch would definitely tell the Austrian government.Whether the Austrian government is willing to maintain peace with the French Empire or whether it is willing to fight against France for the Russian Empire is not what Alphonse Rothschild cares about.On June 1, when the Parisians were discussing the design of cheap public housing, no one noticed that the Ministry of Railways was quietly stopping the exchange of long-term and short-term bonds. Under the joint efforts of the big banks, it has generally shown a steady and positive development.However, after the hasty stop of the exchange, the railway bonds still experienced a small decline, and a small-scale panic followed.However, depending on the mouthpieces of the major banks, the railway bond argument is only a technical adjustment.Some unbelievers wanted to exchange bonds, and the bank agreed to their exchange after repeated inquiries.With the cooperation of bankers and functional departments, railway bonds finally passed the most thrilling stage in the early stage.Baroche, who had passed the first threshold of the railway bond crisis, had not had time to take a breath. Chief of the General Staff St. Arnault brought members of the Railway Department under the General Staff to Baroche.Baros could only take a break and receive St. Arnault and others.St. Arnault, who had just sat down, didn't say anything nonsense. He pointed directly at the members of the railway department and said, "I'll leave these people to you! Some of them are inexperienced, please bear with me!""Naturally! Naturally!" Of course Barosh understood that everything was for war.Since His Majesty has agreed with Saint Arno, what reason does he have to stop him?Just do your best to cooperate!Afterwards, Marshal Saint Arnault sternly said to several officers of the Railway Department: "You all came from the Railway Department, and then went to the south to conduct surveys along the line.I believe in your strength, and you should repay me with practical actions! I don't care what the reason is, you must guarantee me that the material transportation and troop transportation of the railway must be completed on time and on time! Got it! ""Understood!" the young officer of the railway department replied sonorously."Very good! As long as you can successfully complete the tasks I explained, I guarantee that you will be promoted smoothly!" Marshal Saint Arno didn't care about Baros at the side, he said to himself.The face of the young officer once again burst into a smile. Once upon a time, the logistical members of the French army were raised by a group of stepmothers. When the front line was fighting, they desperately prepared supplies. small transparent.Under such circumstances, not many people are willing to take the responsibility of the logistics department, and the officers subconsciously think that the logistics is a place to support idlers.Since the emperor established the empire, he has been paying close attention to logistical issues. After Marshal Saint Arnault established the General Staff, he even included the promotion mechanism of the logistical department into the promotion regulations.This also means that the logistics department got rid of the era of bitter and transparent people and officially became a part of the army.And the ranks of the officers can also be moved up.Compared with the excited officer, Baroche's face showed a trace of unnaturalness, not to mention that Saint Arnault taught his men on Baroche's territory, just speaking of what Saint Arnault just said, Baros felt as if he was encouraging these officers to seize power over their Ministry of Railways.If it wasn't for an extraordinary period, Baros would never let it go.Right now, everything can only be conceded to the war. As for some of Saint Arno's words, Baros just pretended that he didn't hear anything.Afterwards, Saint Arnault officially handed over these officers from the Railway Department to Baroche, and then left the Railway Department alone and went to the War Department to formulate a battle plan.Baros looked blankly at the group of railway officers in front of him, and said in a firm tone, "Since Marshal Saint Arnault handed you over to me, then I will demand you by strict means!""Understood!" The officers responded in unison. "follow me!"Afterwards, Barosh asked the officers to follow him to the conference hall. Barosh, who met the Secretary of State of the Ministry of Railways in the corridor, immediately issued an order to the Secretary of State, ordering him to send all the officials at the department and bureau level of the five bureaus under the Ministry of Railways. All called to the office.The Secretary of State who received the order nodded to convey the order, and Baros and the officer came to the conference hall first.With the passage of time, all the cadres of the five bureaus and bureaus came to the conference hall.Everyone had a surprised look on their faces. They didn't understand what the officer standing behind Baros was doing.After all the officials at the bureau level had arrived, Baros said, "You must be wondering why the soldiers are here!"None of the people present said a word, and he looked forward to hearing the reason from Baros."I'll tell you!" Baros said with a serious tone and a dignified expression: "A war is coming!"The faces of the members of the Eastern Railway Bureau and the Southern Railway Bureau turned pale instantly. Due to the confidentiality of the war and the General Staff, not many people, except for the ministerial level and some specific personnel, knew that the emperor had already planned to launch a war.When Baros spit out "war", in their opinion, the war is most likely in the Strasbourg region or the Alps region, which means that the Eastern and Southern Railways may be in danger.Especially the Southern Railway Bureau, they have long known that there are large quantities of materials transported in Lyon and Marseille, which means that the war is likely to start from the Apennine Peninsula."Don't worry, we are not at war with Germany!" Baros' next sentence pulled the officials of these two regions from **** to heaven: "The imperial army is going to go on an expedition, so we must cooperate with the army and plan well. Operation of trains.It is necessary to satisfy the transportation of the army as much as possible! "After the director of the Southern Railway Bureau glanced at Baroche, he said politely: "Your Excellency Minister, if this is the case! Our railway operation may face some difficulties! With the existing transportation capacity, it may not be possible to do both!""I don't care about any capacity issues! You have to assure me that the Ministry of Railways will ensure the normal operation of the daily railway trains while protecting the army!" Baros of the Ministry of Railways showed an inhumane attitude , he knew that his subordinates could not take care of it, but it was just a retreat left for himself. He had calculated the transportation capacity of the railway and finally came to the conclusion that the transportation capacity was more than enough.So now he wants to block this retreat and let them move forward without a hitch."The timetable is accurate to every minute, and the arrival time error can be within ten minutes... Make every effort to ensure the normal operation of the railway!" Baros gave a death order to the officials present, and then shouted loudly: " have you understood?""Understood!" The officials present responded with a lack of confidence."These officers will be stationed here to coordinate the transportation of the army? The railways along the line will also deploy certain soldiers and officers as before to coordinate the transportation of materials and maintain the smooth operation of the transportation!" Baros pointed to said the officer behind him.The officer of the Railway Department immediately straightened his body, with a smug expression on his face.The members of the Ministry of Railways sitting in the chairs have already vaguely guessed that military control may be implemented next.No one likes military control, especially when they think that their rights may be restricted by the military, their hearts are even more uncomfortable.However, suffering is suffering, because they did not have the courage to refute Barosh's words because of their obedience to authority."Okay! From today onwards, you are colleagues!" Seeing that the members of the Ministry of Railways agreed to each other, Barosh struck while the iron was hot to get acquainted with each other.The Ministry of Railways and the General Staff, which were originally unrelated departments, reluctantly cooperated under the help of Jerome Bonaparte.However, UU reading www. uukanshu.com this cooperation is not a cooperation on an equal standpoint, and the cooperation of the General Staff Department is above the Ministry of Railways.Naturally, this kind of cooperation will also be complained by the Ministry of Railways, but now who cares about those rumors, everything has to give way to war.In the early morning of June 5th, a steam express ship sailing from the far western New World cut through the sea fog floating in the English Channel, and with an indomitable posture, it broke through the comfort of the waves without fear, and approached the port of Calais.When the clipper gradually approached the port of Calais, the eagle flag hanging on the sail of the clipper could be clearly seen.On the Eagle Flag Clipper, a young man with a face somewhat similar to Prince Monfort was slowly emerging from the cabin. Judging the age from his immature face, the young man was probably less than 20 years old.At this time, he was wearing a military uniform from the First Empire that his grandmother specially let him wear, standing on the bow overlooking the French mainland in the distance.That's right, he is Jerome Bonaparte's half-brother's son Jerome Patterson. After returning to France from the New World, he couldn't wait to kiss this land he had never set foot on.Just as Jerome Paterson was looking at the French mainland, Brigadier General Fleury, who was waiting in the port of Calais, also saw the clipper flying the eagle flag, and a smile appeared on his face.After waiting for so long, I finally got this "illegitimate child".If it wasn't for His Majesty's special order, Fleury would not have come to Calais to wait.After all, Jerome Paterson's identity is really embarrassing. Whether it can be turned from an illegitimate child to an orthodox successor depends on the attitude of the emperor.
