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In Paris in the early morning, the cold morning fog has not yet lifted. The roof of a private carriage along the route of the Paris bus line V is hanging with a dim kerosene lamp, illuminating a small dark area.

Surrounded by 17th-century Baroque buildings, the curved and oval spaces are gloomy and calm under the moonlight. The occasional sharp dome of a Gothic church pierces the silence of the night.

Napoleon sat in the chariot, his eyes slightly closed, and the sound of horses' hooves on the cold bluestone slabs echoed in the Parisian night.

After some time, the carriage bumped, and he opened his eyes. Outside the car, the driver's low and cautious voice was heard.

"St. Anthony has arrived."

Napoleon pushed open the door, and a figure slowly emerged from the dark carriage.

The flickering kerosene lamp in the hands of the night watchman illuminates the people around him.

Blanqui had been waiting in front of a building for a long time. Half of the face is hidden in the shadow of the marble columns, and the outline is not clear.

"Speak further, Your Excellency Napoleon."

He followed in the footsteps of the other party and walked into an underground wine cellar with ease. It has been transformed into a secret Blanquite stronghold, used to store weapons for riots and hold secret meetings.

The wooden crates stacked in the corner were opened a notch, and several Remington 1858 revolvers were laid on the straw, and the freshly opened oil paper was thrown into the corner, and the revolvers emitted an orange-yellow glow under the kerosene lamp.

Blanqui turned around, pointed to the explosives on the table in a heavy tone, and asked, "The explosives you commissioned someone to send were enough to destroy three or four buildings, wasn't it just to suppress the royalist riots, as for such a means?" ”

In the dim light, the expressions on the faces of both sides were erratic.

Blanqui had been uneasy since he received the explosives, and he always had a sense of foreboding.

Napoleon picked up one of the revolvers placed on the table, turned the bullet nest, and whispered, "Of course, the war on the front line is tight, the Prussian Third Army covers the left and right flanks of the First Army, and the French army cannot break through the defensive line." And Bismarck is ready to quickly break the will of the Parisians to resist, if you are put in the position of leader, at this critical moment, what is your greatest fear of what will happen to Paris, Your Excellency Blanqui? ”

Blanqui gave the answer without thinking.

"Rebellion."

"Yes, rebellion."

Napoleon nodded, and said, "In recent days, the National Gendarmerie has launched an investigation into the Orleans party headed by Thiers, and they are indeed carrying out secret operations and recruiting a group of vagrants, unemployed people, and their private armed forces. We don't know how many people were involved, but I think we'll soon know the answer, and the day of the Prussian siege of Paris will be the time of the royalist rebellion. ”

Historically, it was not until the Third Republic, fearing that the National Guard would evolve into the Paris Commune, that all non-government-led armed forces were banned.

It is not surprising that the royalists had the power of rebellion.

Blanqui clenched his fists and asked, "There's no way to stop them now?" ”

"Of course, nearly two-thirds of the legislators of the Second Reich in Paris are members of the royalists, and it is not difficult to gather this group of people to the Palais Bourbon in the name of the royalists."

Blanqui's face changed as if he had thought of something, and he let the others present out of the cellar, and then locked the door. It wasn't until he was sure that no one was eavesdropping on their conversation that Blanqui turned his head and said to Napoleon behind him, "You are going to ...... the royalist parliamentarians together"

Napoleon interrupted Blanqui and asked, "Do you know about the Gunpowder Conspiracy in England in 1605?" ”

"Of course."

Blanqui, who has read a lot of history, said without hesitation, "An unsuccessful plan by a group of outlaw Catholics in the English countryside to blow up the British Houses of Parliament and kill King James I of England, his family and most of the Protestant aristocracy, who were in the midst of the opening of Parliament." It was hoped that the Gunpowder Plot would lead to a rebellion so that James' daughter, Elizabeth of Bohemia, would become a Catholic Fuhrer. We are ready...... Execute the same plan. ”

The subversion of a state power seemed breezy in Napoleon's mouth.

"Yes, we are ready to carry out the same gunpowder conspiracy, and after the most extreme means of eradicating two-thirds of the royalist members of Congress, the last feudal power will be dealt a heavy blow, and there will be no more proposals in Paris for the restoration of the imperial system, and the republican form of government will no longer be a rubber stamp."

Napoleon patted Blanqui on the shoulder and said earnestly, "Isn't this the philosophy that His Excellency Blanqui fought for?" ”

In order to consolidate his dictatorship and wrest military power from the royalists, Napoleon did not hesitate to resort to the most extreme means of assassination.

In the eyes of the populace, this group of people who betrayed the interests of the country in order to meet the Count of Chambor were traitors to France.

However, Blanqui hesitated, he had never carried out such an extreme plan except to lead the people in a riot, so he hesitated and said, "This extreme approach is bound to provoke a frenzied counterattack by the royalists, and we have finally established a republic." ”

Napoleon deliberately said, "After the end of the Franco-Prussian War, a National Convention will be convened, and the number of factions supporting the republican form of government will be far from enough to pass a resolution, and if that resolution is to restore the monarchy and make the last heir of the Bourbons, the Count of Chambord, King of France, will you agree?" ”

"You have fought against the French monarchy for nearly half your life, and every riot has ended in suppression, is this your struggle?"

Blanqui fell silent, and Napoleon's meaning was clear. Either you will blow up hundreds of thousands of royalist nobles at once and defend the interests of Paris in a bloody way, or you will all be ready to be won by the monarchists again after half a century of struggle.

Blanqui finally made up his mind and said, "How are you going to gather royalist parliamentarians in the Bourbon Congress?" ”

"You don't have to worry about that, we've already arranged the way back. Because this conspiracy could not be carried out by the Provisional Government, it could only be carried out by the Blanquies. ”

Blanqui looked at Napoleon and was silent for a long time, he knew the final outcome, but for the sake of the republic, he did not hesitate.

Politics is dark, he doesn't care about the process, he only cares about the ending.

The silent old man finally nodded and said, "Yes." I always thought that only the Blanquists hated the Bourbon royalists, but I didn't expect you to be more vicious than we were. ”

Blanqui's Adam's apple rolled and said silently, "I hope Your Excellency Napoleon will keep the agreement between us." ”

"I will keep all the promises, for the sake of the great Third Reich, it is time for the old aristocracy, which exploited the French people, to sound the death knell of the end times. Since they are unwilling to change, then they use the blood of the exploitative aristocracy to water the flowers of freedom. The future of France belongs to the people of freedom. ”

Napoleon calmly said, "The remnants of Bourbon must die!" ”