Chapter 3 The French people have risen up

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Schneider motioned for a temporary suspension of parliament and told the legislature present that the Doge of Paris had arrived at the Palais Bourbon.

Favre frowned, it was not a good thing that the powerful Doge of Paris appeared in the legislative assembly. Thiers, on the other hand, was overjoyed, and Trochu had always had ties with the Orleans, and if he could be used to pressure a coalition government, the Orleans party would completely suppress the republicans.

Regime comes out of the barrel of a gun.

If Trochu's tactics were tougher than his own, the Doge of Paris would have been able to control the situation completely, but unfortunately Trochu's military talent had no chance of winning in the face of Prussia's iron heel.

A crack opened in the peachwood door, and Trochu followed a man with a cloak and hood into the small conference room.

Schneider, the speaker of the Legislative Council, wondered why Trochu, who was already the mayor of Paris and the commander-in-chief of the city's defense, still showed respect and humility to the unknown person in front of him.

The short man with the hood looked around at the twenty congressmen sitting here, a third of the Bonapartists, a third of the Orleanists, and a third of the Republicans.

He was the first to speak.

"Not long after Napoleon III surrendered to Bismarck, you were already thinking about how to take over the country, and of course, each faction wanted to take power by itself, so it was bound to be a debate that ended in nothing. Thiers and Favre, I'm afraid you have already prepared the cabinet list in your hands, right? ”

He had the impression that the establishment of the Third Republic was a spontaneous revolution of the people, and that it would not be long before the "mob" of Paris would storm the Palais Bourbon, interrupt the meeting, and proclaim the republic directly.

Gan Bida frowned and asked rhetorically, "Who are you?" Who gives you the right to enter and exit the Palais Bourbon. ”

He was about to call the guards to expel the man in front of him, but Trochu stood up, pointed at the other and said, "Councillor Gambi, you'd better listen to him." ”

The powerful governor of Paris spoke, and Gan Bida had to shut up.

Napoleon paused and continued, "You never thought about why the invasion of Prussia was so lost, only how Louis Bonaparte usurped the fruits of France after his surrender. The Jacobins, the Blanquists, or you republicans, never thought about what would happen next after the establishment of the Republic. You haven't even thought about why France has come to such a point and how to stop the Prussian offensive. Perhaps you have already prepared a surrender treaty that would have waged your tail to Bismarck, and then in turn suppressed the people of Paris who were about to overthrow the government. ”

Thiers stood up at this point and retorted to his point, "But the rest of Europe will not watch France fall, we can enlist the intervention of other countries to mediate, and Britain will not let Prussia dominate." ”

Thiers' retort was met with ridicule, "Napoleon III? I have never seen such a mess of a French monarch who has failed diplomatically. In the Crimea, the United Kingdom offended Emperor Alexander against Russia. The Maximilian dynasty in Mexico was overthrown, and the colonial expansion in Vietnam was carried out, and the whole of Europe was called for a conference to solve the Polish question, which violated the British taboo. Attack Austria with Sardinia, and then take Sava and Nice from Sardinia. Just before the war against Prussia, Napoleon III also asked Bismarck to agree to his expansion on the left bank of the Rhine and in Belgium. If I remember correctly, the Luxembourg crisis broke out in 1867 because of Nasan's intention to annex Luxembourg. Even Queen Victoria said that Napoleon III was a man who liked to fan the flames everywhere, so the British chose neutrality at the beginning of the Franco-Prussian War. Now that France has offended all the countries of Europe, do you still think that there is a chance to make amends for the mistakes made? When France was unlucky, they were all ready to see the excitement. ”

After he finished speaking, the entire conference room fell silent.

Because every sentence is a fact.

The Second French Empire paid the price for its hubris.

Thiers also tried to use strong rhetoric.

"It was Louis Bonaparte's fault, it has nothing to do with us."

Thiers looked at him indifferently, "And please keep your mouth shut, we are saving this country." ”

The hooded man leaned against the pillar, sneered at his words, and asked the other party, "Save France?" So that's why you carved up France in an ugly way? At this time, you are still calculating your own interests, and if Louis Bonapart is just a fool with great ambitions and talents, then you are not even fools who are fighting for power here. ”

"That's enough, who the hell are you?"

The shrill rebuke made the angry Favre stand up angrily and slam his fist on the oak table.

"General Trochu, whoever this friend of yours is, get out of the conference room for me now. Otherwise, don't blame us for being polite. ”

The hooded man was not annoyed by the other party's rudeness, but said in a calm tone, "I'm sorry, I forgot to introduce myself." ”

"In 1817 a poet wrote such a poem and cursed me."

"I hate you, overthrown tyrant!"

"I can't help but be saddened when I think of a slave like you, who is still alive and well, rejoicing at the tomb of freedom. You could have held your throne to this day, but you chose a fragile and bloody splendor that was eventually washed away by time into obsolescence. ”

Schneider, the president of the Legislative Corps, suddenly remembered that this poem was an elegy written by Shelley, a Republican, on the overthrow of the First French Empire and Napoleon I.

"I want killing, rebellion, slavery, greed, fear, and evil desires to sleep with you forever."

With the movement of his hands, the face hidden in the hood slowly revealed in front of everyone. The face that slowly emerged from the shadow of the hood made everyone panic. Thiers even took a few steps back, almost kicking the chair behind him, and the man who had caused the entire Orleans to panic was now standing quietly in front of him.

At this moment, Thiers finally understood why Trochu, who had always hooked up with the Orleanists, suddenly chose to give up on his side, this trump card...... It was enough to reverse the disadvantage of the Bonapartists in Paris.

"It's a pity that I know too late, for you and France have already returned to dust."

As a member of the parliament who was a Bonapartist, he felt that his eyes were full of endless majesty, engulfing and sweeping them like a tide, and then his whole legs went limp, and he knelt down.

Gan Bida stood up suddenly, looked at that face and suddenly lost his mind, and shouted frantically, "No, it's impossible, he has been dead for nearly half a century, how can he stand here!" ”

Favre helped an emotionally uncontrollable Ganbida, knowing that the Orleanists' plan to unite the Republicans had broken down, and even if he wasn't real, what could be more incendiary to the frenzy of ordinary Parisians than the rebirth of Napoleon?

Trox, who knew the inside story, moistened his palms nervously when he saw this scene.

They won.

The face identical to the portrait of Napoleon hanging in the conference room was displayed in front of everyone. The light that slipped down from the glass of the dome of the Palais Bourbon shrouded him.

Beautiful.

Napoleon looked at everyone calmly and said word by word, "I have created an empire that is incomparably powerful, and I have commanded an unstoppable army to conquer all of Europe. Maybe it was France's fate that gave me a chance to stand on the stage in Paris again. ”

The eyes of the Bonapartist parliamentarians were red with excitement, and they asked in a trembling whisper, "Is it really Napoleon...... Your Majesty? Am I dreaming? ”

"Yes, I'm back."

Standing with his hands on his hands, he turned his head sideways, and no one dared to look him in the eye, and without looking back, he said to Bonaparte behind him, "Also, don't kneel." ”

"The people of France have stood up."