Chapter Ninety-Six: The Gravedigger of the Capital Empire
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Perhaps there will be good things in the future to make the "resurrected French Napoleon" and the "Russian court monk Rasputin" and become the two major unsolved mysteries of the European continent at the end of the nineteenth century, and become the topic of discussion among historians, a resurrected imperial tyrant re-established the European empire, not a plot written by a third-rate crappy novelist, but in the context of the real Franco-Prussian War, will even Marx claim to believe in the possibility of God in the future.
The kerosene lamps were flickering, reflecting the uncertain faces of the people around them, and the atmosphere was solemn and silent. It was as if there was a pair of invisible hands, choking the throats of both sides.
At this time, Louis Bonaparte was not in the mood to joke with him, and repeated it again, asking, "What did you just say, my uncle, that Napoleon was resurrected?" Your Excellency Guerome, what nonsense are you talking about, he has been dead for decades, and I witnessed his coffin with my own eyes, and now that only bones remain inside the coffin of Les Invalides, how can he be resurrected. Even if he faked his death and escaped assassination, he is now an old man in his hundreds, in charge of France? It's just a dream. ”
Napoleon's resurrection was even more unreliable than the rumors of Bonaparte's counteroffensive.
Guerome was not in the mood to joke with him, but replied bluntly, "Do you think I'm joking?" Now that the whole of Paris knew that Napoleon had retaken power, I at first thought that this man was nothing more than a puppet found by Trochu, but I did not expect that he knew everything that had happened sixty years ago, and that my conversations with your uncle, including the details of the coup d'état of the First Republic, were secrets that no second person knew except him, and this person knew them all. Even I can't believe he's not your uncle! ”
"I don't believe it."
Louis took a few steps back, his face pale, there was nothing more ridiculous than his uncle, especially from the mouth of an imperial councilor, "It is impossible for a person to come back to life after death." ”
"I don't know exactly what happened, but it's an unchangeable fact. Your uncle Napoleon now controls all of Paris. ”
Bismarck had been confused by Guerome's rhetoric, and all his arguments were based on the most absurd of foundations, the resurrection of Napoleon, but after excluding this premise, everything was logical and without any problems. He could not believe that Napoleon would crawl out of the grave and become the gravedigger of France. And Guérome will bring this "Napoleon" to justice even if he betrays the interests of the whole country, how much the aristocracy and the upper capitalists hate this mysterious figure.
There was only one person who could do this in France, the prime minister of Richelieu, who built a powerful empire and cornered the aristocracy.
Rather than weakening the man's grip on Paris, a succession of mutinies and coups deepened his grip on France, and even Prime Minister Bismarck began to turn from dismissive to suspicious of the resurrection.
Even Guerome's defection was a bureau designed by France to lead Bismarck down the wrong path.
Fraudulent surrenders were not uncommon, and even Guerome's defection seemed implausible in Bismarck's eyes. At this time, Prussia's advantage was slowly being lost, and the attack on Paris was likely to turn into a tug-of-war of great cost, and he could not afford to lose due judgment in any small detail.
The gunfire and gunfire diluted Bismarck's initial surprise and slowly turned into vigilance and suspicion, as if the words that came out of Guerrome's mouth were only lies and foreshadowing to induce Prussia to make a wrong judgment.
Bismarck could only ignore Guerome's terms for the time being, and wait until the capture of the city of Paris before proceeding to negotiate the matter.
Bidianfeldt stood aside, feeling a little inexplicable, he did not know what Guérôme's constant emphasis on Napoleon's resurrection meant, a ridiculous hoax? A lie that no one would believe, the whole of Paris actually claimed again and again from top to bottom, and he involuntarily turned his head and looked in the direction of Paris.
He was like a place full of secrets and treasures that attracted the advance of the Prussian army.
Bismarck wanted to solve the mystery in his heart and reveal the identity of the other party.
And Bidianfeldt also wanted to know who was the one who blocked the Prussian army's attacks again and again.
Everyone present had evil intentions, and the congressmen had not yet realized that they were telling the truth, and they were actually regarded as lies by those around them.
The distraught Louis Bonaparte suddenly stood up, pointed at Guerome and said, "Enough, I don't want to listen to these stupid lies anymore, so you tell me, my uncle is back, what is he coming back for?" Save France? It is also me, the monarch of the Second Empire, who wants to save, and it is not his turn to take the position of savior! ”
"You're wrong, Louie. I'm telling the truth! He calculated everyone, those who betrayed him back then, the descendants of those political enemies, and even the feuding anti-French alliance were all pawns in his hands! ”
Guerome covered his eyes in pain, he had unleashed Pandora's box, thinking that the bourgeoisie had elected a suitable agent, but he did not expect that he was the gravedigger of the Banque de France.
The vast majority of the financial families were counted by Napoleon, and after the fall of the convoy escorted, the forces in Paris were dealt a fatal blow, the capital of the Bank of France lost its original owner, and the Provisional Government would confiscate all the assets of the entire bank.
The financier who lost his fortune was no different from the defeated Louis Bonaparte, so he wanted to use the hands of Prussia to drive the Provisional Government out of Paris and retake the Bank of France.
The next step is to reorganize the army and counterattack the foreign enemy.
It dawned on him that all of Napoleon's enemies were gathered here.
In the name of France, political opponents were labeled as mutiny.
As long as Napoleon remained, they would never be able to return to the city.
Guerome, who had been in his old age, seemed to have aged by more than a decade overnight, and his silver hair looked vulnerable. A family struggled for nearly a century to climb to the position of controlling the lifeblood of the country's economy, only to be easily beaten back to the prototype. It was only in the end that he learned of Napoleon's full conspiracy.
A coup d'état came to power.
Exclude dissidents.
The next step is revenge.
"Louie, your uncle, he's really back."
Guerom said bitterly, "He wants to get back everything he lost forty years ago!" ”
"An empire that France owed it back then, now it wants to take back!"