Chapter 70: The Evil Gnome
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The true origin of the Russian turntable is unknown, it is said that it was invented by captured Russian soldiers during the First World War when they were bored, and the Slavic gray animal's unusual brain circuitry carried forward this dangerous game, and Napoleon had the opportunity to turn his gun on Thiers, the initiator.
"You will not succeed, and it is better to surrender sooner rather than fight to the death with the Prussian army. The losses we may have suffered were even smaller. β
Even with a revolver pointed to his chest, Thiers was trying to make a final struggle, and he said with a desperate expression, "Do you know how many artillery pieces the Prussian army has prepared to bombard Paris?" With nearly five hundred doors, their strength is far beyond your imagination! There is no way we can win! β
Napoleon looked at the man in front of him with disgust, for Thiers had always angered him about his attitude towards the Parisian people.
Historically, after the Prussian siege of Paris, the food supply began to be strained, after November there was a severe famine in Paris, only three hundred grams of bread per person per day were supplied, and it was often interrupted, the people began to eat cats, dogs and crows, and even a rat meat market appeared near the town hall, and the price of a fat mouse was 50 centimes, which was equivalent to a day's allowance of the National Guard. This year, the harsh winter in Paris came early, with heavy snow falling on November 11, and the death toll of the people of Paris in December alone reached 12,885.
An important reason for this was the reluctance of the Parisian defense government, led by Thiers, to adopt a system of rationing and free supply, as Arnoo once revealed in the History of the People and Parliament of the Paris Commune: "The men of the town hall ate fresh veal and butter and ate it until the last day of the siege." β
Marx hated Thiers so much that he declared him an evil dwarf monster who had been adored by the French bourgeoisie for almost half a century, because he was the most complete ideological representative of the class corruption of this bourgeoisie. Even before he became a national figure, he had already shown his talent for lying as a historian. The chronicle of his social activities is a history of French disasters.
The different attitudes of the two sides towards the people doomed Thiers to be an enemy of Napoleon's dictatorship and a traitor to the French people.
He wrenched the striking iron backwards and aimed it casually at a panicked Thiers.
"The neo-Jacobins, the Blanquists and the Proudhonists are on my side, and you royalists and republicans are nothing more than a minority with no one to follow, and I still have the French army in my hands, how do you want to turn the tables? There was only one way to go, and that was to overthrow the regime in Paris through the Prussian army. β
"When the time comes, shouldn't you tell me about the conspiracy of you and the masterminds behind you?"
Seeing that Thiers was silent, Napoleon pulled the trigger without hesitation.
There was a clear snap.
Thiers' heart was in his throat, but there was no gunfire of a firing pin against a bullet, only the terrifying sound of an iron snapping echoed through the office.
Thiers' trembling legs, covered with fine beads of sweat on his forehead, almost fell to his knees, and he looked at Napoleon's gun with a pale face, and he was so frightened that he could not open his mouth.
Napoleon showed a "I don't want to hear from you" look, continued to load a bullet in the muzzle, turned the nest again, and moved the muzzle up an inch to his head.
"Now that we've got two rounds here, you'll have four more chances if you're lucky, but I'm going to pull the trigger twice in a row. Just ask you, surprise or not? Irritating or not? β
Thiers said with a trembling voice, "Don't ...... Stop playing...... Say...... I say ......"
Before he could cry out for help, Napoleon stepped forward, put his forehead against him, and said with a smile, "Now tell me everything you know, if you want to make up a lie, it's better to be truthful, if I find a loophole, I won't have a chance." β
Having experienced the fear of escaping death, Thiers had completely laid dormant with Napoleon.
"Don't kill me, I'll say anything."
"It's the Count of Chambord and the Count of Louis...... They planned to unite with the Prussian army, invade Paris and support the king of Paris, and pleaded with the Prussian army to suppress the revolution and stabilize their power. β
Napoleon sneered, "That's all the Royalists do, and the Provisional Government and the people of Paris have resorted to repression by foreign forces when they oppose the arrival of their king." Is there nothing else to be done? What did Bismarck say? β
Bismarck......""
Hearing the name, Thiers hesitated again.
Napoleon raised his gun again to his head and said calmly, "One. β
"Don't shoot, I say, I say."
Thiers nearly collapsed to the ground, and he didn't even have the strength to turn and flee.
"Bismarck gave me a treaty in return for helping Count Chambord ascend to the throne, including a series of indemnities after becoming king of Paris, the cession of territory, and the establishment of a tariff and trade agreement between the two sides."
He took the agreement from his bosom and handed it to Napoleon tremblingly.
Napoleon took the agreement from him, put it aside without looking at it, and did not show a look of surprise, as if he had already known the contents of the agreement, and said disdainfully, "It's a clichΓ©." Last question, do you know the identities of all the conspirators? β
When Thiers heard this question, he immediately realized that something was wrong, and knelt on the ground and begged for mercy, "Your Majesty Napoleon, I really don't know the list of royalists, only Larsi knows the list, please don't shoot, I really only know this." β
However, Napoleon surprisingly did not embarrass the other party and lowered the muzzle of the gun.
"I'll give you a chance to make amends, and on the day of the riot, you will lure all the nobles of Congress to the Palais Bourbon, including Larsie and the royalists who conspired to participate in the riot, and you must get me a list of all the participants."
Under Napoleon's coercion and temptation, Thiers nodded without daring to resist, he didn't know what Napoleon wanted to do, but behind this move, I am afraid there is a meaning of catching everything.
Napoleon didn't care at all about the status of the patriarchs of the three dynasties before Thiers, and in his eyes there was no nobleman who did not deserve to die.
"By the way, if I know that the news has leaked from you, Your Excellency Thiers, I will invite your wife and children to join us in the game of the Russian Wheel."
Thiers looked at Napoleon's grim expression, and his heart felt like he had fallen into an ice cellar.
Finally, there is a kind "reminder" from the other party.
"Don't try to tell the royalists, the city of Paris is now full of 'hounds' hunting traitors."
"Not only are they the sword and shield of France, but they are everywhere."