Chapter Ninety-Two: The Fleeing Contingent
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The negotiations were at least a win-win situation, Napoleon's game continued, and Guérôme, believing that he had been assured of what he wanted, began to hastily arrange his own evacuation plan, he only evacuated the important members of the family to a safe area in the rear, but the Banque de France continued to operate, so the voting rights temporarily fell into the hands of the family sidelines. Wait until the war is over and come back.
The Banque de France is a hundred-legged worm, involving the interests of most of the financial families and the upper class elites throughout Paris, with 15,000 shareholders, including 200 financial tycoons, dozens of deep-rooted financial families, and it is more difficult for Napoleon to shake the fundamental interests of the Banque de France than it is for a gunpowder conspiracy to kill the royalist parliamentarians.
For the sake of a French bank, he almost offended the entire Parisian magnates. Since there are some things that cannot be solved with one bullet, then replace them with other ways.
Temporarily transferring them out of Paris would also make it easier for them to get started.
Of course, the team responsible for escorting the magnates is a member of the national gendarmerie. It was also to prevent the inclusion of whistleblowers, which was Napoleon's means of eradicating the last ascendant in order to consolidate his dictatorship and use Bismarck's bombardment to eradicate those who stood in the way of the last ascendant.
It was a conspiracy that was carried out in secret, including Trochu was kept in the dark.
It was only after the agreement had been negotiated with his old friend Guerom that he informed Trochu of the plan of action.
Of course, there is no problem in covering the evacuation of this gang from Paris, after all, they are the main supporters of the Provisional Government, and once an accident occurs in this battle for the defense of Paris, the whole situation will be changed. The situation will change between the weakened upper echelons and the broad masses of the people. Without the upper classes, the representatives of the plebeian class and the bourgeoisie will rise rapidly among the members of the Congress, which will cause a serious crisis in their rule, and will be preoccupied with suppressing riots of all kinds, as well as impeachments from the members of Congress.
It was only when he found out that Napoleon was going to use the national gendarmerie to escort this group of dignitaries and nobles, and he hesitated to ask, "What if there is a riot in the city of Paris and there is no national gendarmerie?" ”
The office of Napoleon III had been turned into a place where Trosch processed documents, and since the explosion at the Palais Bourbon, the Tuileries Palace has also been heavily guarded and guarded.
"Rest assured, President Trochu, the National Gendarmerie is only temporarily seconded with 1,500 men. And the march from Paris to Tours is only a few days' journey. Hopefully, those delicate upper-class people will keep up. ”
Napoleon sneered at the list in his hand, the original Provisional Government only offered 300 places, but the parliamentarians and capitalists who were afraid of death tried their best to squeeze themselves into the list, and in the end it became more than 700 places.
Paris lost 700 strong opponents, and the capitalists' grip on Parisian economy and politics weakened.
"Now that Paris is at stake, I can't let the inconsequential capitulators wave the white flag at Prussia, and since they are willing to withdraw from here, it will be a good ending for both sides."
Napoleon smiled and said, "May God bless them to reach Tours safely, not to run into the Prussian army on the way." ”
After the order was given from the Tuileries, the National Gendarmerie showed reluctance, but nevertheless acted on Napoleon's orders. They are the sword and shield of France, not the watchdogs of the rich.
The post of commander of the National Gendarmerie was headed by Napoleon, but he also needed a trustworthy figure, and the son of Moncey came into his sight, he did not expect to meet the son of the Marshal of the First Reich in the artillery unit, by this time he had become an excellent artilleryman.
Napoleon's twenty-six imperial marshals have long since returned to dust, the new generation of generals has not grown up, and the marshals of the Second Empire have their own ghosts, so Napoleon needs to cultivate his own forces, Captain Joseph Monsey unexpectedly entered his eyes, and quickly changed from an artillery officer to a deputy commander of the national gendarmerie.
Hearing that he was going to escort a group of magnates, Joseph Moncey argued that such a matter should be left to the regular army in Paris, but when Napoleon calmly analyzed the situation to him, Joseph Moncet walked out of Napoleon's office without saying a word, and faithfully carried out Napoleon's orders.
At this time, the beach square was already crowded, and the long queues of carriages were ready to move forward under the heavy protection of the soldiers, and the capitalists picked up their luggage, rushed forward regardless of the gentlemanly demeanor, and got on the carriage as fast as possible to carry their luggage.
Along the way, there were traces of the Krupp artillery, which smashed the smooth masonry road through deep pits. Trains in France had ceased to function, and the railways in Paris had become the focus of the Franco-Prussian battle.
The barrage of artillery had stopped, and the Prussian artillery fire had gradually subsided, which was good news for the people fleeing Paris, meaning that they did not have to brave the rain of bullets to force their way out, and even the nobles silently chanted God to take them out of the city safely.
Joseph Monce, on a tall horse, passed by the carriage, his stern voice ringing through everyone's chest.
"Hurry up, gentlemen, ladies, Prussian artillery fire waits for no one. Now they have just stopped shelling, and this is our best chance to break through from the south! And the last chance! Slow down and stay and live and die with Paris! ”
As soon as she heard this, the lady panicked even more and picked up her suitcase and ran to the carriage, for fear that if she slowed down, she would miss the opportunity to escape. They are not in the mood to live and die with Paris, they only care about private property and life.
", you useless pigs."
No one saw that Moncey on the horse was looking at these high-class nobles with a gloomy expression, not at all like he was protecting his employer.
It was Ferdinand Foch who took part in this escort and kept the capitalists safe, and although he fled from the annihilation of the army, Paris did not see him as a defector, but as a hero. Promote the heroism of that battle to the French army. When he learned his name, he was immediately transferred to the National Gendarmerie and served as an adjutant to Joseph Monce.
With the fall of the elite units of the French army, many young officers were promoted. Although Foch was only in his early twenties, he still followed his own commander, who was not much older, and was ordered to carry out inexplicable escort missions.
Although he was also a nobleman, Condela was very dissatisfied with the behavior of these rich people to save their lives. However, these grievances quickly dissipated, and before leaving, he received a secret order from his commander, and the content of the order was only a few sentences.
"Once you encounter the Prussian army, abandon them immediately."