Chapter Seventy-Three: The Enemy of the Enemy
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The carriage went down the rue de Choiseul in the 16th arrondissement, and at the end of the road there was a rococo building, and in the 16th arrondissement there was a house like this, which could be said to be the elite class of Paris, and the politicians of the entire French class were the most paid, belonging to the wealthy class, and those who sat in the upper echelons of the government either owned the land that had been forcibly seized from the peasants during the enclosure movement, or the capitalists who owned large factories.
Historically, insurrections in France have been inseparable from class contradictions, but no one has ever faced this problem squarely. It was not until the birth of the communist theory that the politicians who saved France looked to the class theory for the answer. The fact that the capitalists carefully cover up cannot hide from the eyes of the traversers. The answers, which had long been clearly standardized, were irrefutable evidence in the eyes of Napoleon.
However, the top priority at the moment is still to stabilize and co-opt the republican front, further isolate the royalists, and settle accounts after the autumn until after the end of the war.
The Banque de France and the republican-backed capitalists were the targets of purges.
Stopping in front of the building, Napoleon stepped down and headed for the gate.
He pulled the doorbell, and in a moment there was the sound of footsteps coming from far and near, and in a moment a gap opened in the closed door, and Gampida stood in the doorway, and when he saw Napilon, his whole body could not help but flutter.
"Borrow a step to speak?"
"There's nothing to say between us."
Gan Bida replied crisply, "Have you forgotten that we are enemies?" ”
Napoleon laughed and said, "If we have a common enemy, are we temporary allies?" ”
The other party did not pay attention to Napoleon's words, Gan Bida has always hated Napoleon for stealing their original ruling position, and now he is arrogantly coming back to ask the republicans to cooperate with him, and he simply does not take them seriously.
"Between me and you, we are both defenders of the republican form of government, if the royalists are allowed to take power, will His Excellency Gan Bida still be able to laugh?"
Napoleon didn't have time to spend with him, so he calculated the right time to win the other party in.
"The Count of Chambord signed a traitorous agreement with Bismarck, in which Prussia promised to help the royalists regain the position of king of Paris in the event of an indemnity of five billion francs and the cession of the Lorraine-Alsace lands."
"What?"
Gambi's eyes widened, for Napoleon was still the protector of the republic, and because of this, he recognized his legitimate right to inform after the republicans had lost power.
The royalists, on the other hand, spent their entire lives fighting the remnants of Bourbon, and he would never allow a ghost exiled abroad to return to the land of France and ride on the neck of the people to do so.
"Although the chances of the Count of Chambord's men co-opting you are rare, I have to be sure that the Republicans are preparing to become the defenders of the republican form of government in the Third Reich or the accomplices of the restoration of the remnants of Bourbon."
Napoleon stood in the doorway, quietly waiting for Gambita's answer. During the struggle against the Royalist Congress, Gambita's numerous speeches in the countryside aroused the hatred of the peasants against the old aristocracy and fear of the restoration of the dynasty. The countryside, which had traditionally belonged to the royalist confinement, gradually moved to the side of the republicans. And in the parliamentary by-elections held between May 1873 and January 1875, Republicans won 23 of the 29 seats. The royalists angrily ridiculed Gan Bida as a "salesman of the republic."
Apparently he did not give Napoleon an answer that disappointed.
"Defenders of the republic, of course."
He replied without the slightest hesitation, and said calmly, "Since you know about the royalists' conspiracy, why don't you order their arrest?" ”
"The time is not up, and I still need to know the attitude of the Republican Party...... Make sure you're not on the side of the royalists, but I don't think you're going to ...... either."
Gan Bi was stunned for a moment, and then felt a little afraid, if he had rejected Napoleon's request just now, would he be charged with a traitor.
He asked tentatively, "What if I had rejected you just now?" ”
Napoleon shook his head, "You don't want to know about that ending, there is another thing that came to you today." I hope you will be able to lead the French army in the northeast. ”
Compared with the group of old antiques in the War Department, Gan Bida's military strategic quality is more than a star and a half, and he once held the post of Minister of the Interior and Minister of War at the same time. In a short period of time, the remnants of the disorganized forces were regrouped, 600,000 new recruits were recruited, military telecommunications links, reconnaissance and intelligence agencies were re-established, and a committee for the study of defensive measures was established. During the two months of his war in Tours in the south, the French army built 57 new artillery batteries and prepared enough supplies to equip 41 artillery batteries.
Compared with McMahon's battle-hardened marshals, Gan Bida is more like a competent handsome talent.
He then took advantage of the undecided transfer of the Prussian Second Army to organize the French army to retake Orleans on November 9. It was the largest victory of the French army during the entire Franco-Prussian War. It boosted the morale of the French army and people, and also caused chaos in the Prussian government and opposition. In order to cut off the rear route of the Prussian army, at the beginning of January 1871, Gambida organized forces to open up the eastern battlefield, and fought all the way to the city of Belfort, an important town on the Franco-Prussian border. However, just as the French army was engaged in a tug-of-war with the Prussian army in the eastern mountains, on January 28, Thiers, Favre and his gang signed the "Armistice and Paris Surrender Agreement" with Prussia, which humiliated the country, ending the war of resistance.
Napoleon, who has always been eager for talent, had great hopes for this politician loyal to the republic, and what reassured him was that Gambida would not support his own troops like the royalists, even after Thiers and others surrendered, Gambida only angrily resigned from his position as the leader of the Anti-Japanese War, instead of leading 600,000 French soldiers to Paris, "respecting the republic and begging for the law."
"I can promise you."
Without the slightest hesitation, as a pro-war faction, he was able to put aside his personal vendetta with Napoleon in the event of an invasion by the Prussian army.
And he also gained his own power in the Provisional Government, and that was enough.
Gambida had no ambitions like Thiers, he only wanted to keep the republican regime.
"Good."
With this reassurance, he was relieved. The purpose of this visit has been achieved, and he is not going to stay longer.
"It's time for me to go, there's a very important matter to take care of. Tomorrow I will send troops to escort you to the Loire, the first troops of Army Group South are already on their way to Paris, and they will relieve the pressure on us before Prussia is encircled. ”
Gan Bida asked hesitantly, "Something important?" Is it royalist? ”
"The royalists are a fart!"
Napoleon stopped, turned his head sideways, and said disdainfully, "It is Bismarck's army that is ready to make a move on Paris!" ”