Chapter 12: The Last Straw That Destroyed the Empire

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In order to prevent the assassination of Republicans, he also specially stationed his own guards at the Hotel Velly near the Louvre, which was not yet promulgated, and many areas of Paris were in a state of chaos and disorder, and he was very worried that someone would take advantage of the chaos to assassinate him. This time, however, Napoleon did not refuse the Doge's kindness, and said with a meaningful smile, "Actually, I very much hope that the Republicans will send men to assassinate me, so that I may have an excuse to send them all to the gallows." ”

Napoleon said this with a faint smile on his face, but the governor of Trochu, who was sitting directly across from him, looked horrified. Even he did not dare to make the act of hanging all the republicans, which was tantamount to offending the largest power in Paris.

Napoleon did not care at all about the life or death of the republicans, as long as the people and the army at the bottom of Paris were on their side, the bourgeoisie who supported the republicans also had to weigh whether the gold francs in their hands could withstand the blows of the 1867 rifle rounds.

The repression of the French army, coupled with the connivance of the looting of the Parisian mob, would have been sent to the gallows by the angry people, even if the republicans had made a strong declaration that they were legitimate.

In normal times, Napoleon's ideas were not echoed by any faction at all, but now was a moment of crisis when the Prussian army was about to break through Paris, and special times gave him special rights.

In a disorderly situation, seizing military power is equivalent to seizing everything.

The class struggle is such a thing as a quick grasp. Especially for the bourgeois republicans, who have lost the support of the workers at the bottom and the support of the army, they can only lie on the chopping block and let the flesh of the mermaids.

Napoleon was placed in the luxury suite on the top floor of the Velli Hotel, and even the corridors were filled with the shadow of French soldiers, and Trochu directly took over the top floor of the Velli Hotel, and through the window you could see the splendor of the classical Louvre, as well as the Tuileries Palace, which is connected to the Louvre.

Napoleon leaned against the window and looked at the palace in the distance, slowly squinting his eyes. Since Congressman Bonaparte said something unclear to him, it means that Empress Eugenie did not flee to England to join her son at this time. For Napoleon, things could turn around, and if he could win the support of the Bonaparte family, he would be able to further isolate the Republican Party.

He was not in a hurry, anyway, it was Empress Eugenie who was in a hurry now, after all, they were more afraid of being guillotined by the disorderly Parisian mob.

At this moment the door was opened, and the guard came in through the corridor, walked quickly to Napoleon's side, and whispered in front of him, "Your Excellency Napoleon, Empress Eugenie is asking to see you outside the door. ”

The soldier looked a little embarrassed, and he asked softly, "Do you want to let her in?" ”

All this was expected by Napoleon, who nodded and said, "Let her in." ”

A moment later, a woman wrapped in a black headscarf walked in through the door, her eyes evasively looking at her dignified and elegant temperament, even if she was wearing a coat and covering it tightly to hide people's eyes and ears.

Napoleon smiled and beckoned her to sit down, and under the reflection of the crystal chandelier, that magnificent face, that is, she was in her forties, and the years never seemed to have left a mark on her face, and she was still the proud woman of Europe.

However, the first thing she said to the woman who had married into the Bonaparte family was, "Please save the Bonaparte family." ”

"Why?"

Napoleon leaned lazily on the sofa and asked rhetorically, "You have seen that the Second Empire established by my nephew has been overthrown by the people of Paris." They no longer need a monarch, the future of France will be republican, and the royalists, the Bonapartist faction are just a flashy dream. ”

"But I can forge a copy of Napoleon III's edict and declare that you will succeed to the throne of the Second Emperor, and we may even recognize your Bonaparte status." ”

Napoleon frowned, this kind of edict literally pushed him into the fire pit, if the Bonapartist openly declared him the successor of the empire, it would be tantamount to all that had been done in vain, the Blanquish Workers' Party would turn against him, the republicans would rejoice, and he would become the object of criticism from the whole of France.

"I refuse."

"I hope you'll think again......"

Napoleon interrupted her with an impatient wave of his hand, "I don't need to think about it, haven't you killed my nephew badly enough?" ”

Eugenie was stunned, she didn't know why the other party said that.

"I don't quite understand what you mean?"

"Last month, on the 10th, Duke Montauban formed a cabinet, and he belonged to the main battle faction led by you, right? The government of Paris, under the regency of your Empress Eugenie, out of political necessity to maintain its own rule, repeatedly intervened in the operational deployment of the front-line commanders and prevented the front-line troops from retreating deep into the theater of operations; And yet, my stupid nephew, who was in command at the front, even attached your regency to intervene, and the main Rhine Legion, which was originally under his command, had initially ordered a retreat to the strategic hinterland of the Xia Long barracks, but you fools thought that if the army retreated from the capital, it would rebel, and insisted that it should not retreat. So he made the most wrong decision, changed his original plan to stop the retreat of the troops, and decided to hold Metz at all costs. ”

If Napoleon himself had commanded the battle, he would have sent someone directly back to Paris to depose the regent.

However, Eugenie's death did not stop.

Napoleon told as if he had personally experienced the Franco-Prussian War.

"Only McMahon led an army of more than 120,000 men to retreat to Xialong. He had planned to lure the enemy deep and fight the Prussian army under the city of Paris. The regent Empress Eugenie and the Imperial Prime Minister, Count Montauban, feared that continuing the retreat would cause unrest or revolution in the country, and you also thought that only the enemies of the emperor would agree to his return to Paris. ”

Napoleon's tone was unusually calm when he recounted the defeat of the French Emperor.

So on the 22nd of last month, Speaker Raul led a delegation to the Emperor's base camp, advised him not to return to Paris, and ordered McMahon to march on Metz. Moreover, the Regency Council of Paris sent him a telegram that if Bazin was not supported, the consequences would be very bad for Paris. Faced with this situation, it is doubtful that the capital will be able to defend itself. ”

Every telegram issued by the Paris government drove the French army to a dead end.

And Louis Bonaparte was convinced of the orders of Paris.

"As a result, my stupid and unskilled nephew was attached to the Palais Bourbon. In this way, the Xia Long Legion embarked on a desperate path of being annihilated in Sedan. McMahon led his army from Reims to Metz. At this time, a false message came from Berlin that the Prussian army was determined to advance to Paris in all its parts, except for the troops besieging Metz. In fact, the Prussian Third Army continued to pursue McMahon's reinforcements, and made a bold detour to the right, cooperating with the newly formed Fourth Army to besiege MacMahon's French army at Sedan along with Napoleon III. In this way, you, as a wonderful woman, have successfully driven your husband to a dead end. ”

It is estimated that when Napoleon III was captured, there should be only one sentence in his heart.

It can even be said that the entire Second French Empire was wiped out by a woman, because it was the main battle faction headed by the queen who tried their best to broker the Franco-Prussian War.

Eugenie listened to his words, and began to speak a little tremblingly.

She thought that the imposter in front of her was just a puppet supported by Trochu and capable of means, but she didn't expect him to be like a bystander who knew all the secrets.

"These ...... It's all a secret between my husband and the government in Paris...... You...... How do you know? ”

Napoleon did not answer her question, but just looked at the woman in front of him with his fingers crossed.

There was no righteous indignation.

There was no grief-stricken.

Calm and rational to make people afraid.

Napoleon calmly questioned the other party, "So why should I grant your request?" ”