Chapter 301 The Laughed-At Emperor (Asking for Monthly Votes)

Chapter 302 The Ridiculed Emperor (asking for monthly votes)

"No, none of them..."

Joseph suddenly realized that he was careless - according to the customs of later generations, he didn't have to think about marriage at the age of 15, but in the 18th century, this was infinitely close to the ranks of unmarried young men of advanced age!

Queen Marie frowned even more deeply:

"My dear, you are already 15 years old, and your grandfather and great-grandfather were married when they were your age. She glanced at Louis XVI beside her, "Although your father married me when he was 16, it was really a bit late. Don't be like him."

Louis XVI nodded very cooperatively.

Queen Marie took her son's hand, took a deep breath, and said in a gentle tone:

"My dear, since you have no dissatisfaction with Clementine, why don't you marry her as soon as possible? When you give birth to children, the people of France will be more at ease! "I..." Joseph felt extremely passive at this moment. He had considered the entire European continent, including Africa and America, but he didn't think of planning his own marriage. Who would rush to find a wife for a 15-year-old boy? He has only been puberty for two years, okay? Getting married too early is not good for the body, this is common sense... My great-grandfather and grandfather got married early, but one only lived to 64 years old, and the other died at the age of 36. Haven't you thought about the reason? Moreover, Clementine is a real relative of himself. Does he want him to do orthopedics in France in the 18th century? She is even only 12 years old. Such a punishment, if placed in the future, will start from three years, and there is no upper limit! Seeing her son silent, Queen Mary said earnestly: "Dear, if you want to be with that girl named Perna...ah, although this is not impossible, how to say it? Her background is really too low...If you like her, you can let her stay with you. But as a formal marriage partner, I think she must be a princess of a country, or at least the daughter of the crown prince.

Joseph almost spat out a mouthful of blood. Why did his mother bring up Dr. Perna again...

He tried to calm himself down, thought for a while, and decided to follow the "ambition" routine:

"Mother, if it comes to love, then I only have one true love - France!

"As the crown prince, I hope that under the witness of God, France will be at the top of Europe!

"If I must get married, I must also find a princess from a country that can give France great support.

"Obviously, that country is not Austria."

Queen Marie was surprised: "Do you think there is a more suitable country than Austria?"

Joseph nodded: "You should have heard that Austria was just defeated by the Prussian-Netherlands coalition in the Southern Netherlands. If the Southern Netherlands is lost, Austria's national strength will decline rapidly. It may even be surpassed by Prussia!"

"No, my brother will definitely be able to take back the Southern Netherlands," Queen Marie's voice immediately became louder, "I know him, the Prussians can't scare him!"

Joseph's eyes flashed with a smile: "Father , Mother, maybe we should wait until the war in the Southern Netherlands is over before considering the marriage with Austria? "

Louis XVI nodded with some emotion, took his wife's hand, and whispered: "My dear, Joseph has really grown up. He can already consider marriage from the perspective of the country. Maybe we are too anxious."

When his wife was not paying attention, he winked at Joseph and mouthed: "You go first, I will persuade her."

While his mother was still in a daze, Joseph hurriedly stood up, bowed, and quickly fled from the Petit Trianon Palace.

After a long time, Queen Marie looked at her husband with resentment: "You know, those are all excuses."

Louis XVI smiled and said: "Our son is so smart, he must have his own reasons, we should believe him."

"You really dote on him too much." Queen Marie sighed, "Clementine is so beautiful and cute, why doesn't Joseph like her?"

Louis XVI kissed the back of his wife's hand, and complimented her with a rare high emotional intelligence: "He has such a beautiful mother, I'm afraid he will have a very high definition of so-called beautiful women."

"Hate!" Queen Marie smiled, but then changed to a serious expression, "But he is really old, and he must find a marriage partner before next year."

"Okay," Louis XVI also seemed to agree, "I will have a good talk with him."

...

Central and eastern France.

Troyes Province.

An army with neat uniforms, golden iris marks on the collars, and brand new Auguste-style percussion guns on their backs, was marching in a neat column and marching quickly towards the outskirts of the town.

There, they will conduct a "demonstration of assessment standards" to the famous Champagne Corps. They have done this work many times before, and the troops who have seen their demonstrations have all had the result of "destroying self-confidence".

After they left, the capable and ambitious officers or soldiers in those corps submitted transfer applications to the General Staff, requesting to join the Royal Guards Corps, even if they were willing to serve as errand boys there.

In the middle of the team, several soldiers caught a glimpse of the young officers riding on the side and front, and they chatted in a low voice, "Hey, is that captain new? Does anyone know him?"

"It is said that he followed the path of General Berthier and transferred the Guards." A tall soldier with unshaven beard said, "It seems to be called Napoleon... a weird name."

"It's Napoleon. Napoleon Buvanaba." The middle-aged soldier behind them whispered, "He is an Italian. But he didn't join the Guards by connections. I heard that he made great contributions in suppressing the rebellion in Amne."

"Haha." Two soldiers laughed, "You may not know that this officer who made great contributions has never passed the 5-kilometer run. He stayed in the barracks during the previous "demonstrations."

"Well, Italians are not surprising to be weak..."

"I also heard that this captain used to take sick leave frequently."

"It turns out that he is still a sickly person. That's no wonder, haha."

The young officer riding a horse in front vaguely heard the soldiers behind him talking about him. The veins on his forehead jumped, and his hands holding the reins had turned pale because of too much force.

However, he couldn't refute it, because the damn 5km run was too difficult.

He didn't believe that these soldiers could run such a long distance in 22 minutes at first, but the facts taught him a lesson - only three people in the entire legion failed to finish the run on time. The other two had a fever and the other had broken boots.

The worst thing was that the Guards Corps required officers below the rank of major to complete the 5km run training with the soldiers.

He swore in his heart that during this "assessment standard demonstration", he must shut up those soldiers who laughed at him!

When did Napoleon lose to others? Those guys who looked down on him in the military academy were finally surpassed by him with excellent results!