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The National Gendarmerie, as the eagle dog of the Provisional Government, has made an indelible impression on the capitalists of Paris, and of course it is accompanied by titles such as "the notorious executioner", because when they represented the remnants of the royalist rebellion, they showed their sword and shield side, mercilessly arrested the capitalists, and without normal procedure, until they threw all the suspected targets of the rebellion into the French royal prison. Talk to fellows who are no less ruthless than the Inquisition about their allegiance to the country.

So when the National Gendarmerie came to the door of the Banque de France, the people around them looked at them with sympathy and pity, and the members of the gendarmerie armed with Chasebo rifles would not reason with people, reasoning was the business of the interrogators, they were only responsible for arrests, and what to say to the people of the National Gendarmerie.

The door of the Banque de France was slammed open, and members of the National Gendarmerie rushed in and surrounded the entire hall, and it happened that Lu Lan, the general manager of the Banque de France, was present, and he was a little dazed and at a loss in the face of the sudden change.

Then Napoleon walked into the Banque de France, and when he saw Manager Loulan, he walked straight towards him.

Loulan was also aware of Napoleon's reputation among the citizens of Paris, on the one hand as the savior of France, and on the other hand as a demon who destroyed the order, and when his name was mentioned, there was always an extreme division.

So when the general manager of the Banque de France faced Napoleon, he didn't know whether to cry or laugh. And he has an even more difficult matter in his hands, which is the withdrawal of the bank's shareholders from the Paris district, and the fact that nearly a third of the board of directors are currently vacant, at a time when a major event in Paris requires the Banque de France to decide the future, which is likely to create an opportunity for action.

"Is there anything I can do to help you?"

Lu Lan squeezed out a reluctant smile towards Napoleon, especially when he saw that indifferent face, it was really not the slightest bit of interest.

"I've got bad news for you, Manager Lulan. The capitalists who had been escorted to Tours by the French army had fallen into the hands of the Prussian army, so now the Banque de France had lost nearly a third of its shareholders. ”

Lu Lan showed professional qualities and immediately replied, "But we will choose a successor immediately......"

Napoleon shook his head and said, "You don't understand what I mean, from now on the Provisional Government of Paris has taken over the Banque de France, which means that from now on we will be in control of the bank." ”

When Lulan heard Napoleon's words, cold sweat broke out on his forehead, and it was the first time he had seen such a simple and rude way to shake the foundation of the bank, but the other party tried to collect everyone's interests from the government in one sentence.

The result was devastating, and the Banque de France was the most visible form of control over the country's economic lifeline by the French financial conglomerate, and the government that wanted to shake the pie was either ousted by Congress or died at the hands of some assassin.

But he did not know how much Napoleon had prepared for this simple and brutal action.

Napoleon, who was in charge of all the military power in Paris, did not strike a stone with an egg, but condescendingly offered to take over the stake in the Banque de France.

"The Banque de France is not a provisional government."

Loulan replied calmly, as he had historically done with the Finance Committee of the Commune, rejecting Napoleon's request, "This is private property, belonging only to their masters, and not to the French government." ”

After listening to Lulan's answer, Napoleon smiled calmly. After the seizure of power by the Paris Commune, at first the five-member Finance Committee of the Commune, headed by Valland, was full of illusions of reconciliation with Versailles, and they only wanted the bank to allocate the most urgently needed money to the Commune and pay the salaries of the National Guard.

Believing that the expropriation of the banks would be a terrible blow to the state, Jurdes advised the Commune to cherish this institution and even help it. Fearing the occupation of the banks by the National Guard, he even suggested that "a decision be made to deregulate cash in the banks as soon as possible." ”

Napoleon was not the Paris Commune, so he would not have shown any mercy to the capitalists and would not be willing to hand over the Bank of France?

He smiled slightly, took out a pistol from his mouth, and aimed it at Lu Lan's head.

The sudden change startled Lu Lan, he never thought that the other party would actually aim the gun at his head so directly.

"My patience is limited."

Napoleon took a deep breath and asked in a cold voice, "One last time, do you give it or not?" ”

"It's not up to me to decide, even if you want to take over the Banque de France, you have to see the situation clearly. Once this war is over, how are you going to explain your actions to the people of Paris? ”

Lu Lan's last shred of courage barely supported his knees and did not go limp.

His Adam's apple rolled a little, and even after he had said it, he began to regret that he should not have replied so rudely, and perhaps a more slick rhetorical question would have allowed Napoleon to lower the muzzle of his gun instead of pulling the trigger.

Lu Lan replied in a heartfelt manner, "What if the Provisional Government pocketed the assets belonging to the people of Paris?" When the time comes, the whole people of Paris will become your enemy. ”

"Don't use the people of Paris as an excuse."

Napoleon, tired of these words, interrupted him.

"I don't need to explain that giving people bread a place to live and giving them the right to education. After making promises to the people, can the protests of the capitalists drown out the voices of the people of Paris? They don't need democracy, they need constraints, borders and protection, even from dictators, to protect them from starvation, to protect them from having jobs, to protect them from enjoying their rights. Paris needs a leader who can create social stability, and whoever does this will be followed by the people willingly, and not by the rhetoric of your mouths to fool France! ”

"From now on, the magnates of Congress will no longer have the opportunity to ride on the heads of the people and be arrogant, because I have taken over France."

Napoleon's overbearing explanations made Lulan pale, and perhaps he would never understand who controlled the people and who won the victory in the change of the political system.

So Napoleon's next sentence was simple and crude.

"Since you don't want to give, then I'll rob it!"