Chapter 32 Comprehensive Calculation
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As an angry Parisian mob stormed the Sheridd estate, Favre rushed to the Paris police station for help. Despite the increasing trend of workers' demonstrations in the streets, the Paris police were unusually calm and did not even send people to maintain order in the demonstrations.
As Favre walked to the door of the police station, a sense of foreboding suddenly appeared in his heart.
The whole police station was so quiet, so quiet that it ignored the workers marching outside.
For republicans, this is not a good thing.
The Haussmann baron, who planned the rebuilding of the city of Paris during the reign of Napoleon III, regained the position of Paris police chief. And because of the speculative scandals that arose during the reconstruction of the city, it was impossible for him to return to the position of prefect of the Seine, and he could only participate in the republican form of government as the chief of the Paris police.
And the reason why Napoleon let him participate in the provisional government was because Baron Haussmann knew the entire planning and structure of Paris, even brick by brick, and once the battle for the defense of Paris began, he needed this person to provide detailed defense information.
Baron Haussmann sat on the sofa in his office, holding in his hand the telegram that had just arrived from the Tuileries, and his whole body fell into deep thought.
He was originally promoted by the republicans and tried to be a pawn within the Provisional Government. In the event of an insurrection to overthrow Napoleon's rule, they will be the first to provide the weapons of state violence to maintain order in Paris.
However, every step of the republican plan was calculated by Napoleon.
So he warned him one step ahead of the republican regime: the Banque de France was now on their side, no longer supporting the republicans led by Gambita, and it was time for all the Parisian civil servants to vote on their determination.
Is it on the side of the republicans, or on the side of the "monarch" and the governor of Paris?
To be or not to beγ
However, this is not a problem for speculators, and later a certain poet of the Republic of China, General Zhang Zongchang, gave a good explanation: whoever is strong will follow whom.
Obviously, for an old fox like Baron Ottoman, the republicans, who were weak and incompetent in the face of the Prussian army, were nothing more than a bunch of wretched worms that could be abandoned at any time.
And he was not obliged to owe allegiance to those who were about to lose power, Napoleon's telegram was to make the other side throw a petition of surrender, and follow the Provisional Government headed by Napoleon, they would not be lost.
It's just that countless political speculators like Baron Ottoman don't yet know what the "Great Purge" is.
So he only thought about it for a while, and then made the decision to abandon the darkness and turn to the light.
It's much better to be a dog than a republican informant.
Baron Osman had just put the telegram in a drawer and decided to visit the emperor in person. Favre rushed into the office in a rage, almost startling him.
Favre didn't have time to sit down and explain slowly, and said directly, "Your Excellency Baron Osman, I need your help now. The mob in Paris stormed the Sheridd manor and quickly dispatched the police to relieve the siege! β
As soon as he finished speaking, Favre sensed that something was wrong.
Baron Osman was too indifferent.
The contrast between the calm Paris police chief and the restless Favre.
And Baron Ottoman's attitude was also unexpected by Favre.
"Oh? Really? So what? β
Baron Haussmann said slowly, "Our police have gone out to help maintain order in Paris, and you know that there is chaos in Paris right now, and I don't have the extra manpower to relieve their pressure." Now it is not just one estate, because the capitalists' opposition to the nine-hour work bill has caused almost an entire working class uprising. They marched and demonstrated in Paris, which only the army could suppress. β
Favre swallowed his anger, pointed his finger at the other man, and asked, "So what do you mean?" They snatch private property and sit idly by? β
Baron Osman spread his hands and pretended to be helpless, "If nothing happens, we won't intervene." Besides, the army carried out martial law in Paris before we did. β
The perceptive Favre quickly picked up the holes in his words. Immediately grasping the point, he asked rhetorically, "Wait, how did you know the news of martial law in the army in Paris?" Even the provisional government has not yet officially promulgated martial law. β
Realizing that he had slipped out, Baron Ottoman's expression flashed with remorse, and immediately tried to cover up his rebellion.
"It's ...... Interior...... Message ......"
"Inside information?"
Favre, who instantly understood, slapped his hands on the table fiercely, looked at Baron Osman with angry eyes, and asked the other party, "Even the inside news came from Napoleon's side, I didn't expect it, I really didn't expect you, a guy with thick eyebrows and big eyes, to defect to the Republican Party!" β
Seeing that the matter could no longer be hidden, Baron Osman simply made it clear to Favre, he crossed his legs and said slowly, "With all due respect, Your Excellency Favre, what good is it to follow you?" Now that you have lost the support of the consortium, the republicans still want to shake Napoleon's position? It's a dream! You are also a wise man, so I advise you to die sooner rather than later, because you have to face the fact that the republicans were no match for Napoleon at all, that you were just a bunch of headless flies that had already lost the opportunity to take over Paris. β
The traitor's words pierced Favre's heart, and he viciously confronted the other party, "Why do you say that? β
"Why?"
Baron Osman snorted coldly, "Do you really think that you can use some small means to get the other party to disarm and surrender?" Since he dared to use the title of Napoleon to unify the forces of all factions in Paris, did he not think about the future? You guys are so naΓ―ve. Napoleon never saw you as a real political opponent, his only targets were Bismarck and the Prussian army, and any forces that stood in his way in Paris would be eliminated one by one, whether it was the Republicans or the Bank of France. β
"Banque de France?"
Hearing the police chief's argument, Favre laughed at the other party's assumptions, "Even Napoleon's First Empire needs the support of the Banque de France, and no one is an exception." β
"Napoleon?"
Baron Haussmann leaned comfortably back in his office chair and continued, "But it's not Napoleon in the true sense of the word, and you and I both know that death doesn't bring you back to life. He was just a demon who looked like Napoleon, and although it is not yet known how good his military command was, his political methods were obvious to all. β
Baron Ottoman was a speculator, but often speculators outlived anyone.
The middle-aged man sitting on the sofa was so blocked that he had nothing to say, he glanced at the other party, and finally just sighed deeply.
Helplessness, anger, wretchedness, all kinds of negative emotions pressed on his chest, and Favre was out of breath. It was then that he realized that the republican tricks were equivalent to zero for that man.
Baron Osman stood up, deliberately closed the curtains, and then closed the doors and windows. After making sure that no one would eavesdrop on their conversation, he patted the other party on the shoulder and said cautiously, "If I were you, I wouldn't openly oppose him, the Shelid family is just an example for him to kill people and establish power, both to deter the bourgeoisie who are unwilling to support it, and to win the hearts and minds of the middle and lower classes, if he can win this war." From then on, there would never be any forces in France to stop him. β
Favre, whose face was pale, could only listen to the other party's continuation.
Every word is a sword that pierces the soft underbelly of the republicans.
"Because everybody knows that there was an iron-blooded tyrant in Paris, named Napoleon."