Chapter 10 The Third Requirement

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Blanqui put down the quill pen in his hand, and a few drops of ink fell on the wooden table, accidentally staining his cuffs into a black patch.

As soon as the list of cabinets for the republican form of government was announced, he immediately drafted a report to the masses, "The Fatherland is in Crisis". It was hoped that through this report the people of Paris would be awakened to resist the invasion of the Prussian army and to defend their country and the new regime.

The door of the study was opened, and the big man who was guarding the door entered, wearing a tawny macaniol jacket, dressed like an Italian worker, and the fat pantaron with a lot of plaster, and he looked like he was in a hurry.

Blanqui frowned, his gray beard twitching up and down with his mouth.

"What's wrong?"

He hurried up to the leader of the Workers' Party and said respectfully, "Monsieur Blanqui, a man who calls himself Napoleon Bonaparte, is asking to see you outside the door. ”

"Napoleon Bonaparte?"

"Yes."

Blanqui remembered the rumors he had heard about the Bourbon Palace, lowered his voice and said, "Let him in." ”

A few minutes later, the big man led a diminutive man into the study.

Blanqui stared at the short man who stepped into the room in front of him, took off his glasses, shook his head and said with a wry smile, "You are exactly like the emperor in the portrait, he was about fifty years old when he died." And you look like you're only in your thirties, and even younger than his nephew? Trochu helped you up, didn't you think about these problems? ”

Blanqui subtly hints at the identity of the other party, but he is nothing more than a swaggering liar. However, Napoleon ignored the ridicule and said something unclear.

"Probably they buried me in a red robe when I was buried at Les Invalides."

Blanqui's busy hand paused, he didn't understand the sentence, so he had to turn his head and ask the person behind him, "Does coffee need milk or sugar?" ”

"Less sugar, thanks."

Napoleon stared at the old man in front of him, but he did not relax in the slightest. Blanqui had been fighting against the monarchy all his life, and just half a month ago he had organized an uprising on Avenue de la Villette, the center of the workers' quarters, intending to occupy the barracks of the fire brigade on Avenue de la Villette to seize weapons and then proclaim a republic. But that uprising was suppressed by the Count of Baliqiao. Most of the advocates of the uprising were arrested, and some were sentenced to death but not executed. They were not released until after the fall of Napoleon III's regime.

"I've heard the news from the Palais Bourbon, they say that a man who claims to be Napoleon has put my name on the list of the cabinet, I think it must be Your Excellency."

Blanqui's eyes were full of vigilance, he looked at the man in front of him, then brought the coffee to him, then returned to the chair and sat down, and said slowly, "You should know that I have fought against the Empire all my life, the First French Empire, the July Dynasty, and later the Second Empire. We have finally won the opportunity to republic, and we will never compromise with any feudal monarch, nor with any dictator, you know what I mean. ”

Napoleon nodded, and said, "The fact that your name is on the cabinet list already means that the republican government has thrown an olive branch to you, made concessions, and hopes that the Blanquists will join the parliament." But now I have a few questions that I would like to get answers from you. ”

"Say it."

Blanqui was in a good mood, and the man who looked like Napoleon was even more interesting than he had imagined.

"First question, are you a republic?"

"Of course."

Blanqui did not hesitate to say, "I have fought all my life to defend freedom and republicanism, so I will also call on all the people to support the republican form of government, and all the armed insurrections I lead are only for the overthrow of the feudal empire." ”

Napoleon nodded appreciatively and continued, "For the second question, I need the book "Instructions on Armed Insurrection" that you wrote. ”

Hearing this, Blanqui quietly clenched his fists, his brows furrowed, and his original smiling expression slowly solidified on his face, and he asked vigilantly, "What do you want this for?" ”

Between 1867 and 1868, Blanqui wrote a book entitled "Instructions on the Armed Insurrection", which elaborated on the measures to be taken after the establishment of the revolution and the dictatorship of Paris, described his plan of struggle, pointed out the streets on which barricades should be built, provided a model for the letter to the people and to the army, and was the nineteenth-century French version of the "Fifth Book of Mao".

Napillon was interested in the guidebook's guide on street fighting, which could be used to guide the deployment of the French army in Paris, so he calmly said, "In exchange, do you really think that we will put you on the cabinet list for no reason?" You should see that the greatest crisis facing Paris now comes not from within, but from within, the Prussian army. ”

He calmly analyzed with the other party, "The main force of France was surrounded and annihilated in Sedan, so it is very likely that we will start a defensive battle with the Prussian army of 500,000 in Paris, and your instructions for an armed uprising can better guide the people of Paris to fight, if your vision is more far-reaching than Thiers or Gambit, you should realize that Paris needs to unite at this time, and we should unite with the outside world, instead of leaning against each other." That's why you and Rochefort were able to get into the Cabinet, and I was trying my best to reconcile the contradictions between the parties and bring everyone together. ”

"Well, I'll admit I underestimated you at first."

Blanqui looked at Napoleon with interest, for the words of the other man went straight to the depths of his heart.

Blanqui, like Napoleon, has always called on the propagandists to stand up and fight against the invaders, but there are very few responders, but he did not expect that the person who is really willing to listen to his opinion is the fake Napoleon in front of him.

After a moment's hesitation, without saying a word, he stood up and walked to the bookshelf, pulled out an inconspicuous pamphlet from the messy pile of books, and handed it to Napoleon, who was sitting in front of him.

"I suspected at first that you were nothing more than a puppet that Trochu had propped up to keep the situation going, but I was wrong. It seems to me that your foresight is perfectly capable of guiding the French people to victory over the aggressor, and I hope you will use it against the aggressor, Monsieur Napoleon. ”

"Of course, France will not lose to a group of invaders."

Napoleon took the book from his hand, flipped through a few pages, tucked it into his coat, and said in a low voice, "Finally, there is one more important thing. ”

Blanqui was in a good mood, nodded and said, "Say, if you have any other requests, I will help you within my ability." ”

He looked at the gray-haired old man in front of him and said word by word, "When the Paris crisis is resolved, the BlanquΓ© Party must abandon the line of armed struggle and take the parliamentary elections instead, which is my third demand." ”

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