Prince Monfort actually does not care whether Von Bismarck can become the Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Prussia. What concerns him, at his advanced age, is only the future of the Empire.
After all, whether the Kingdom of Prussia is strong or not has nothing to do with him, but if the Empire were to suffer the same fate as the previous two dynasties, he would be in grave trouble.
Old Jerome does not want to follow the monarchs of the previous two dynasties (Charles X and Louis Philippe), being forced into exile in Britain at an approaching age.
Even in death, he hopes to die in Paris, preferably having his coffin placed beside his brother's.
In this way, after ascending to the Celestial Kingdom, he could proudly boast to his brother that the younger brother he once looked down upon inherited his will and re-established the Bonaparte Empire in France.
(Old Jerome believes that, although this Empire was established by Jerome Bonaparte, its source was him.
