Chapter 81: The Uncrowned King [Asking for Recommendation Votes]
The second is to ask for recommendation votes
After the explosion at the Palais Bourbon, the Provisional Government dealt with it particularly quickly. Organize personnel to extinguish the fire and provide first aid at the first time. However, Napoleon prepared black powder that could wipe out almost the entire palace, and even after extinguishing the raging fire, all that remained was a ruin.
Napoleon was so ruthless that he left the royalists dead without a whole body, and between the rubble and marble fragments, only severed limbs and fragments could be picked up, and from the beginning of the explosion to the extinguishing of the fire, Napoleon watched from the other side, watching them coldly as they sought survivors among the rubble. Unlike the citizens who searched and rescued, Napoleon did not want to save the wounded, but was merciful to God and the prayers of the priests, and he was only responsible for sending them to God.
The sun had risen at dawn, and the smoky palace was still emitting a pungent smell of smoke, and the families who had been notified came to the Bourbon Palace, only to see a corpse lying on the ground, covered with a white cloth.
The heart-rending pain of the ladies did not arouse Napoleon's sympathy,
He wiped the black marks from his face and turned to look at the north bank of the Seine.
There are more important things waiting for him to do.
To the north of Notre-Dame, is the HΓ΄tel de Ville, where Napoleon did not hold an official position in the Provisional Government, so he rarely stepped into this building.
And he has already released the news in advance, where he will explain to the people the cause of the Bourbon fire. The newspapers also said hello in advance, and of course they would not question the "bad news" released by the provisional government, because the old opponents of the republicans, royalists, died. It's too late for them to open champagne to celebrate, how can they be sad about the dead rabbits and dead foxes of their political enemies.
Paris lost the royalists, further consolidating Napoleon's military power.
Sure enough, by the time he arrived at the town hall, the citizens of Paris, who had been orchestrated and incited by the Blanqui and Proudhonists, had gathered on the Place de la Beach, demanding a reply from the Provisional Government.
This was instigated by Napoleon's allies to convey the news of the royalist rebellion as quickly as possible, to let the whole Paris metropolitan area know in the fastest possible way, that the newspapers and the people were spreading word of mouth, and that Napoleon, who controlled the high ground of public opinion, brought the essence of the propaganda war to the extreme.
"We need to know the truth about the Palais Bourbon!"
"Napoleon, are you ready to commit the atrocities of the dictatorship!"
The Blanquists, who were deliberately blending in with the crowd, chanted prepared lines that led to Napoleon's next speech.
"True heroes don't need to be crowned, only cowards use the throne to assert their power."
In the face of everyone's accusations, he behaved very calmly, and after the atmosphere was almost rendered, the extras also stopped their shouts and waited quietly for each other to speak.
"Dear citizens of Paris, this is an unfortunate accident and a great victory. Councillor Thiers accidentally crushed the royalist plot of the riot and blew them up at the Palais Bourbon. This is not a tragedy, this is the self-defeating of the anti-life-cutting activists! β
Napoleon took out the treaty from his bosom and said vigorously, "In order to restore the Bourbon dynasty, the royalists did not hesitate to collude with the Prussian Prime Minister Bismarck, launched a rebellion in the city of Paris, forced the provisional government of the Democratic Station to abdicate, surrendered to Prussia completely, and promised Bismarck that he was willing to cede the territory and war indemnities, and let the Prussian army help suppress the popular uprising in the country, I ask you whether you agree to pay 5 billion francs in compensation!" β
As soon as this statement came out, the audience was in an uproar, and the conspiracy theories originally aimed at the government were also self-defeating, and the royalists actually betrayed Paris for the sake of restoration, which was simply innocent!
"No!"
"Why!"
For a moment, the angry crowd shouted to bring down the royalists, and they were really angry. The brazen invaders broke into France, burned, killed, and plundered, and demanded that Paris pay huge war reparations. They wanted to tear the Prussian soldiers to pieces.
Napoleon pressed his hand and motioned for everyone to be quiet.
"Regrettably, however, our meritorious figure, Congressman Thiers, was shot by the royalists at the gates of the Palais Bourbon and left us forever. It was through the information he had left us before that we learned about the royalists' earth-shattering conspiracy. With the fuse lit by a match, he destroyed the foundations of the Royalist Restoration and made its final comeback, and here, to pay tribute to the great Congressman Thiers. β
The audience erupted in applause, and Thiers was dead anyway, and in Napoleon's mouth, he had become a loyal assassin of the insurgent party, rather than an informant and a despicable villain.
This play directed by Napoleon is a remake of the burning of the Parliament. However, Hitler wanted to eradicate the communist forces, while Napoleon wanted to remove all obstacles to the progress of history.
As for how later French historians described this history, he was not interested in knowing. But now he has succeeded in diverting his attention from the fact that he has fashioned His Excellency Thiers into a "member of the Qu Zhongzan Party" loyal to the republican form of government.
Soon these men would bring their words to every corner of Paris, and the hatred of the shameless treachery of the royalists and the hatred of the Prussians united the hearts of the whole Parisians. Napoleon skillfully provoked the contradictions between the royalists and the common people, and it is estimated that no one dares to stand up and claim to be loyal servants of the royalists.
As for the Count of Chambord, he will eventually become an inconspicuous grain of sand in French history.
The dream of the Bourbon Restoration is waiting to be buried in the dust of history.
The sound of artillery fire in the distance gradually thinned out, but the voice of the savior of Paris in front of him drowned out any sound, and he said in a loud voice, "My power comes from the people of Paris, and now, whether you are ready to join the war against Prussia, or be a lamb to the flesh of a mermaid." β
He received a uniform answer.
"Paris will not compromise!"
The beach square was already crowded with people watching Napoleon's political showmanship, and under his instigation, hatred of the royalists and Prussia became the means of cohesion of the main war faction.
Paris wants to take revenge on the invaders.
Napoleon said impassionedly, "Well, then let them know what the vast ocean of the people's war is!" β
On September 28, 1870, under Blanqui's plan, a huge demonstration broke out in Paris, encouraging all the Parisians to stand up against the invading Prussian army. Far from breaking Paris's will to fight, Bismarck's army made the popular mood even more enthusiastic in supporting the Provisional Government to expel the invaders, consolidating Napoleon's position in the hearts of the Parisian people and making him the spiritual pillar of the French resistance.
Shedding the illustrious garb of the First Empire's monarch.
He was the uncrowned king of France.