Chapter Ninety-Nine: A Fork in the Road of History

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Napoleon's attitude of grabbing is destined to be a heavy stroke in the history of France, because he was the first person who dared to accept the interests of financial groups with an uncompromising attitude, and the provocation of interest groups was tantamount to a contest between Kennedy and the Federal Reserve.

It is said that a certain Caucasian bandit was later inspired by Napoleon's hard-line takeover of the Banque de France, and in the early 20th century, he planned a number of bank robberies to support the Russian revolution, creating a new mode of access for revolutionaries.

So while the historical Thiers whispered a plea to the general manager of Lourin for 200 million francs, Napoleon took a very different attitude, ordering the Banque de France to give full support to the Provisional Government's anti-war efforts and not to veto any loan approvals for the war.

In the face of Napoleon's attitude of grabbing if he didn't give it, no one dared to act rashly. The contradiction between the capitalists and Napoleon, who had been turbulent in the original undercurrent, was also completely stimulated at this moment. One wants to control politics through interest groups, while the other wants to control interest groups through political coercion, so as to put an end to the frequent changes of government in France at the root.

Lu Lan knew that his strength could no longer control the situation, and he needed real behind-the-scenes shareholders to step forward. It was just when Napoleon asked a meeting of the shareholders' representatives of the Banque de France that he had time to get out of the matter and leave it to someone else to settle the matter.

Napoleon's daring to enter the Banque de France with a rifle meant that he was ready to stop giving the elite a face, and that his previous posts as Minister of Finance and Minister of Economy could be written off.

One after another, the carriages were parked outside the Bank of France, and every face that got out of the carriage had a solemn expression. If one looks closely, one will see that almost all of these people are strong representatives of the French economy.

They were the representatives of the board of directors of the bank, and after the previous representatives were taken by the Prussian army, according to the law of succession, someone had to step up and take over the power vacuum at this time.

No one wanted their control of the bank to fall into the hands of the government, except for James Rothschild who got out of the car with fear and melancholy on his face.

One by one, these people walked through the door of the bank and walked in the direction of the conference room.

Among the most powerful speakers were Guerome's young second son, Henri Marit, Napoleon III's Minister of Finance, Ashler Four, James Rothschild, who had let go of family affairs, and Isak, the representative of the Berilla family, who formed the French financial group that represented almost the interests of the entire country, and Napoleon had to face his last confrontation with the magnates.

The National Gendarmerie had already surrounded the Banque de France, and the senators of the French financial empire were almost dismissive of Napoleon's army.

Until everyone walked in front of him, a monster who was not very tall, but could affect the whole of France.

Watching the people around him sit down one after another, he began to express his opinion, "As you can see, the Banque de France is in a crisis, and all the representative heirs have already arrived, so I will be brief and clear. Out of the needs of the war of resistance, now the provisional government wants to take over the Banque de France, not to become the largest shareholder, but to let the bank operate under the supervision and control of our government, and when the war is over, this model will be extended to all banks, and the rest will not be taken over by the government, but by the government controlling the shares. ”

As soon as the words fell, many of the people present could no longer hold back.

Seeing that his collaborator wanted to tear his face, Henry Marit stepped forward and asked the other party in a cold voice, "Your Majesty Napoleon, I hope you can think about this matter clearly, I am not begging you, but I want to tell you that once you do this well, it will not benefit anyone." Do you want to see a situation of internal and external troubles? ”

Henri Maritt pointed out the window and said, "Now that the Prussian army is closing in on the city of Paris, they may attack the city at any moment. You suddenly siphoned off our assets, and then the first thought of the bourgeoisie in the city was not to resist the Prussian attack, but to overthrow the Provisional Government. ”

"With all due respect, Your Excellency Napoleon."

The moment James, who had been shrugging his head, sat down at the negotiating table, but he looked radiant, and when he listened to Napoleon's thoughts, he bluntly threatened the other party, "Are you really thinking about the country, or your personal safety?" You have wiped out the royalists, and two of my friends were killed in the bombing of the Palais des Bourbons. Aren't you afraid that the whole of Paris will stand up against you? ”

It has been rumored that the gunpowder conspiracy at the Palais Bourbon was not the work of Thiers, but that Napoleon, with the help of Blanqui's socialists, eradicated all the forces that wanted to hold him hostage.

"Afraid? If I were afraid, I would wag my tail and beg for mercy from all of you, and then the government and the banks would work together to make the interest groups bigger, and they would become the basis for the total control of France, solidifying all the classes and suppressing the middle and lower classes. Cultivate it into a decaying dead tree parasitized by bureaucrats and speculators, a paradise for the rich, and the poor forever exploited, and no one can break the rules you have set up except for invasion. ”

Unable to get out of the trap of usury imperialism, even under the leadership of Napoleon, the fate of the historical occupation of France will not change.

Returning to a fork in the road of history is so that France no longer chooses a wrong answer.

Napoleon made a silent gesture to signal the others to calm down first, and he said softly, "Let me guess your plan, first stabilize me by all kinds of coercion and inducement, and then slowly use the Reichstag to liquidate after the war is over." If Prussia wins this battle, you will be able to overthrow the Provisional Government and establish a new one. If I win, Congress will be the last ground of the bourgeois republicans. Voted down to the presidency by a unanimous vote, and you won. The name Napoleon, after his fall, would disappear with a certain murder. ”

After saying that, everyone else present looked at each other, Napoleon had seen through their cards from the beginning, and their little skill in dealing with the Paris Commune was clearly recorded by history.

He stood up and walked slowly in the direction of the door. Standing in front of the doorknob, isolating the conference room from the hallway lock, it was just himself and a group of ghostly financiers behind him.

Napoleon, facing the door, said without looking back, "I think you have all made a mistake, I have asked all the delegates present here today not to discuss with you the ownership of the Banque de France, but to inform you that the Banque de France has been taken over by the Provisional Government. ”

"Unconditional takeover."