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France comes alive after dark, with hotels near the Paris Opera and the Louvre still bustling with activity, and upper-class capitalists sipping Bordeaux red wine and Oostend oysters on their tables. Although the Prussian army has been overwhelmed, it does not matter if there are rich people. They have become accustomed to the alternating regimes in France, and the Provisional Government of the Third Reich, although with its loud slogans, will be able to survive three months like the "Hundred Days Dynasty" and begin a mystery.

On the other side of the brightly lit Paris, however, is the silent Tuileries Palace. A carriage stopped at the gate of the palace, the pitch-black carriage was opened, and an old man slowly walked out of it. With the support of the guards, step by step on the steps of the palace.

It was the first time Blanqui was invited into Napoleon's inner apparatus, and the only time that an old man who had fought against the French empire for almost his entire life entered the Parisian decision-making circle.

The nights in Paris have begun to cool down after the summer heat.

Looking at the diminutive figure standing on the pillars to greet him, Blanqui tightened his grip on his crutches.

The conversation between Trochu and Napoleon began in the afternoon and continued late into the evening, as Napoleon arranged everything in Paris, including the movements of the army and the movements of the gendarmerie. If the royalists had gambled everything into the riot, they would have saved him nearly a dozen years of intrigue with the restored royalists.

According to the trajectory of history, Marshal MacMahon, who was captured in the Franco-Prussian War, tried to restore the Bourbon dynasty in 1875, but failed because of Chambor's foolish rejection of the tricolor. It was not until 1886 that the Republican Assembly passed a resolution expelling all members of the royal family, and the struggle between the republicans and royalists officially came to an end.

If the royalists had dared to act rashly now, perhaps Napoleon would not have had to fight with them until 1886.

It's just that Napoleon faced not only royalists, but also ill-intentioned Republican parliamentarians who wanted to wrest power from him. They have been working to create a political environment in which Congress overrides the president in order to protect the real interests of big capitalists, big landlords, and financial tycoons.

The interests of the people? In the face of the shameless capital bloodsucking parasites, this is non-existent.

Blanqui sat directly across from Napoleon, looked at the mastermind behind Paris in front of him, and asked, "You wrote to say that it was an emergency, what really happened in Paris?" ”

"Based on the intelligence we have, it seems that someone is preparing to overthrow the republican form of government."

Napoleon did not shy away from telling the other party, "and also intended to try to achieve his own ends with the help of the Prussian army." ”

"What!"

Blanqui stood up, and he said hurriedly, "Now that you know, why don't you arrest them?" ”

Napoleon shook his head, "We just suspect that now that the army is about to be overwhelmed, any rash move will break the situation that has been gathered so hard." Paris can't afford to make waves now. ”

"Why did they choose to cooperate with Prussia?"

Blanqui did not quite understand the meaning of working with the Prussians.

"The Prussian army was still on its way to Paris, Paris had not yet been surrounded, and Bismarck had not yet obtained the main bargaining chip to force France to cede land and pay reparations, and it would be difficult to achieve the strategic objectives of the Prussian army by accepting peace talks under such circumstances. And the royalists can use the Prussian army to purge all those who oppose them, including me, and you Blanquists. ”

Napoleon whispered, "Your Excellency Blanqui, now I need your help. In the event of a riot against the royalists, they will certainly cooperate with each other, so I hope you can mobilize the people and stop them. ”

Blanqui nodded, listening very attentively to Napoleon's opinion.

Then Trox, who was on the side, listened to the conversation between the two sides with a complicated expression. Even before Blanqui arrived at the Tuileries, Napoleon had already made a series of judgments about the possible situation in the future.

"The Blanquists must be won over to our side, and my only fear is that the royalists will deceive the unwitting population against the Provisional Government. When the time comes, the Blanquists and the royalists will be at odds, which will save the strength of the national gendarmerie. ”

Trochu cautiously asked, "What if Blanqui had any further ideas?" These people, like the Jacobins, have always wanted to establish a regime represented by the people at the bottom......"

Napoleon frowned, he did not allow any attempts to oppose the republican government at this time, especially if careerists incited the masses who did not know the truth.

The Place de la Concorde and the Place du Louvre are absolutely not allowed to be protesting.

This is a perversion of history.

"If that time comes, whether it's Blanqui or the royalists, all of them will be shot."

"If there are signs of riots in Paris......"

Napoleon said calmly, "If our iron cavalry continues to advance, will the bandits with their arms be able to stop them?" My foolish nephew was so merciful to the rebellious careerists that they should all be executed for the sake of the Empire's victory. Even if the person standing across from the army is a student! Execute! ”

Coming back from his contemplation, he was still giving advice to Blanqui to incite the people, such as leading the people to surround the rioting royalists and erect barricades in certain streets.

Only Trochu, who knew the inside story, knew that every suggestion that Napoleon made would pave the streets of Paris with blood if Blanqui tried to unleash a larger riot after the suppression of the royalists.

The guns of the National Gendarmerie were secretly aimed at the backs of the Blanquies, and the loyal gendarmes would not hesitate to shoot at the crowd as long as the targets of their insurrection dared to target the republican form of government.

In Napoleon's eyes, the royalists were cicadas, the Blanquites were praying mantises, and Napoleon was the yellow finch staring at the praying mantis. He will not be like the failed McMahon and the inactive François Grevy, who, after losing the fight against the Republican Congress, will put power in the hands of lawmakers, and turn the president who once held the power into an empty rubber stamp.

If he had not embraced a republican form of government, Napoleon would have been a brilliant iron-fisted dictator.

"What are you going to do with the rioting royalists?"

Blanqui asked tentatively, "Exile?" ”

"There will be no exile."

Napoleon replied sonorously, "They need to be sent to the gallows, but only in the name of the people." ”

The fist slammed into the oak table, and the thud startled Blanqui.

"As long as I live, if I want to restore the heir of the Bourbon dynasty, don't want to set foot on the soil of France!"