Make France Great Again

On November 10, 1849, the Paris Police Branch under the Ministry of Police acted as expected by the citizens of Paris.

Under the instructions of Chief Police Chief Carlier, the Paris police branch "strike hard" against the newspaper affiliated to the Havas News Agency.

Hawas News Agency's most representative "Observer" and "News" were forced to pay fines, and other small and medium-sized newspapers were also "forced" to suspend operations for rectification.

The leader of the Havas News Agency even published a publication to refute the "false" reports of the Havas News Agency's subordinates. An article titled "Report to the Legislative Assembly" appeared in the "Observer" and "News" .

The content of the article is to apologize for the "possibly" inaccurate behavior of the Havas News Agency's recent report, and at the same time express "understanding" for the "Legislative Assembly" to instruct the Paris Police Department to take action against them.

In Paris, this article is not so much a "letter of apology" as it is a provocative declaration, keen to "find something" for the Parisian powers They asked the "Legislative Assembly" to make an accurate rumor refuting article in response to whether there were counter-revolutionaries in the central and southern regions of France trying to subvert the Republic.

Seeing the right time, Jerome Bonaparte also chose to support the citizens of Paris. He wanted to drive the Legislative Assembly to the cliff, and then cut the rope to send the Legislative Assembly to hell.

On November 13, the Bonaparte newspaper published an article entitled "We must not be silent" under the orders of Jérôme Bonaparte.

The article encourages the citizens of Paris to actively criticize the Legislative Assembly. If there is no severe criticism, the Legislative Assembly will not be able to make progress.

As soon as Jérôme Bonaparte's solidarity with the citizens appeared, the party of Order, who thought it was just an ordinary crisis of public opinion, immediately felt that the situation was beyond their control.

Although they do not believe in their hearts that the president will make peace with the "left" in the parliament (in the eyes of the party of order, the republicans and the mountain party are all left), but the reality has to make them guard against the cooperation between the president and the "left".

[In history, Napoleon III often threatened the Party of Order by cooperating with the "Left", forcing the Party of Order to agree to the plan. The Party of Order, which is wary of rats, can only compromise with Jerome Bonaparte again and again, and then Jerome Bonaparte seized the military power step by step. 】

"Headquarters" of the Party of Order on Puvarti Street.

Odilon Barrow, Mollet, and Thiers, who were nearly broken by the June incident, miraculously gathered together again after a few months to discuss countermeasures. The scene before them fully demonstrated that only children have right and wrong, Adults only care about profit, and the object of their discussion is Jerome Bonaparte.

"That guy Napoleon, what on earth is he trying to do! Does messing up Paris do him any good?" Earl Morley said in a sullen tone, and now he wanted to tear that damned guy into pieces.

"I don't know either! It doesn't seem to do him any good!" Thiers frowned, shrewd as he really couldn't figure out what Jérôme Bonaparte wanted to do.

"Although we don't know what that guy Napoleon wants to do, but I can be sure that that guy is an out-and-out careerist!" With his ambitions, he lost his power and regained his former rational mind.

"What should we do now? Continue to let it go? Or do we do it?" Count Morley glanced at Thiers and Odilon Barro who were thinking.

"Isn't it too early to start now...we're not ready yet..." Earl Morley's words made Odilon Barro slightly astonished, and he tactfully dissuaded him.

Judging from the current situation, they have a great possibility of success, but it is not absolutely possible to succeed.

Their chances of success would be higher if they could postpone the event until next year.

"I can't wait any longer... If you wait any longer, something might go wrong!" Earl Morley said decisively, and he glanced at Odilon Barro and Thiers from the corner of his eye: "Don't you see that the more More and more people are turning to that bastard Napoleon. If this continues, it will be very difficult for us to implement it! Think about it, once that guy gathers enough power, he will amend the constitution and extend his term of office. How are we going to fight him!"

Although Earl Morley's words were harsh, they did sound the alarm for Thiers and Odilon Barrow.

Jérôme Bonaparte, who had deposed Odilon Barrot, had assumed executive power over all of France.

If he is allowed to control the majority of members of parliament, he is likely to amend the constitution and extend his term of office.

At that time, they will all be eliminated in this duel.

Of course, Thiers had not thought about the possibility of an armed coup d'etat by the president, but compared with an armed coup d'etat with little hope, the parliamentary struggle was obviously more beneficial to him.

Thiers saw through the royalists in the party of Order. Their purpose was only to protect the king. They could accept Orleans, Bourbon, and Bonaparte.

Once the president's power tends to overwhelm the Legislative Assembly, those royalists will flock to the president.

In Thiers' eyes, not to mention them, even Odi Lombaro, one of the magnates of the Party of Order, was also labeled as untrustworthy.

Although Odilon Barrow stepped down, his brother Ferdinand Barrow was on stage.

It is not guaranteed that one day Odilon Barro will also join Jerome Bonaparte. Political ideas are not the same as political camps.

Of course, Thiers himself was not a pious royalist, and all he did was to succeed Jérôme Bonaparte.

Thiers didn't want to see that after four years of hard preparation, it finally turned into a situation where Jérôme Bonaparte continued to serve as the President of France.

"Yes! It's time to make a move!" Thiers nodded, agreeing to Morley's suggestion.

"If Napoleon makes a move, what will you do?" Odi Lombaro questioned the feasibility of Morley, and he did not believe that the president would not make a move.

"Mr. Barrow!" Thiers unhurriedly explained to Odilon Barrow: "We can tell the President that this is a last resort to prevent the red elements. As far as I know, the economic situation of the Elysee Palace has been reduced." To the point where we can’t make ends meet. When we have to, we can use money to gag the president’s mouth.”

While Thiers and others were discussing, there was a knock on the door, and Thiers got up to open the door.

"Monsieur Thiers... ho... ho... a letter from the Gironde!" Thiers' secretary Remisard breathlessly handed the letter to Thiers.

Thiers, who took the letter, opened the letter in front of Odilon Barrow and Morel, and after carefully reading the contents of the letter, Thiers smiled and said to Odilon Barrow and Morel: "Gentlemen, we Here comes the reason!"

Jérôme Bonaparte at the Élysée Palace also received letters from the Gironde at the same time that Thiers received information from the Gironde at the Rue Poirti.

The tactful Gironde senior officials sent two letters in an attempt to balance the parliament and the president.

Jérôme Bonaparte, who had read the letterhead of the senior official of the Gironde Province, put on a dumbfounding expression and said to himself: "Is this the case of Li Gui meeting Li Kui?"

In the letter, the senior official of the Gironde province stated that he had "cracked" a conspiracy to overthrow the Republic in the Gironde province. The vendetta, the infighting between the workers and the boss, perhaps because of reading the "Observer", the senior officials of the Gironde used exaggerated language to characterize it as a small group of poor people who received black money from foreign forces in an attempt to turn Bordeaux into a The world of red elements.

[This is what happened in history. After June 1849, central France, the east, and the south fell into a class war. The poor killed the rich, the rich killed the poor, and the peasants killed the landlord.

In April 1850, the Legislative Assembly, based on the news of the struggle from all over the country, felt that red was becoming more and more threatening in France, so it canceled one-third of the votes of the French people. 】

Jerome Bonaparte, who had read the letter, knew that this letter was likely to become the trigger for a new round of parliamentary struggle.

The situation did not go as Jerome Bonaparte expected.

As time went by, the Legislative Assembly, which has been unable to come up with a solution, has been questioned by more and more people.

The leaders of the opposition republicans and Montagnards in the parliament launched an appeal against the inaction of the party of order, calling for the re-election of parliamentarians to maintain the dignity of parliament.

Although the Republicans and the Mountain Party knew that their appeal would not be passed, they were still very happy to be able to disgust the Party of Order in the parliament.

Unbeknownst to the cheerful "Social Democrats" in Parliament, a conspiracy was quietly unfolding against them at the Élysée Palace.

"Mr. President, you must have read that letter!" Thiers said unhurriedly as he sat on the sofa and took a sip of coffee.

"I see!" Jerome Bonaparte admitted with a nod.

"Your Excellency, I think we must do something!" Thiers responded to Jérôme Bonaparte.

Jerome Bonaparte looked at Thiers silently, without speaking.

"Mr. President, I don't think you want to see the Reds occupy the Parliament either! We are on one side!" Thiers reminded Jerome Bonaparte enthusiastically again.

"That's right! You are always good at compromise!" Jerome Bonaparte sneered sarcastically.

Sometimes compromise is also for the next attack!

Facing Jérôme Bonaparte's sarcasm, Thiers could only choose to remain silent, he did not dare to tell Jérôme Bonaparte what he said in his heart.