"Minister Luyis, please have a seat!"
Jerome Bonaparte invited Minister De Luyiss to sit across from him.
De Luyiss sat down and asked what instructions Jerome Bonaparte had.
"The diplomatic documents from the Far East, I suppose you have read them!" Jerome Bonaparte spoke leisurely to De Luyiss.
"Yes, Your Majesty!" De Luyiss answered briefly.
"I would like to hear your opinion?" Jerome Bonaparte asked De Luyiss again.
After a moment of silence, De Luyiss replied to Jerome Bonaparte: "Your Majesty, I believe the French Empire should end its transactions with the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom as soon as possible!"
"What is the reason for your judgment?" Jerome Bonaparte asked De Luyiss.
"Your Majesty!" De Luyiss explained word by word: "In terms of the interests of the French Empire, a colonial kingdom is far easier to control than a local emerging power.
Especially for a colonial dynasty in its final stages, whose purpose of existence is to prolong its rule.
