Chapter 9 Preparation of plans

Jérôme. Bonaparte's analysis goes far beyond that of Louis. Bonaparte's expectation, he originally just hoped that his cousin would know a little about the current situation in France, and then use the little time he had left to analyze him, as a member of the Bonaparte family, it is not possible not to get involved in politics.

What he didn't expect was that he had never really understood his cousin, who would have such a keen sense of politics.

Louis. Bonaparte looked Jérôme up and down with a scrutinizing gaze that seemed to penetrate Jérôme's body to the depths of his soul.

Jérôme straightened his back, and he was also a little nervous in his heart, fearing that Louis would be a little nervous. Bonaparte found the signs that Jérôme was out of the ordinary.

"Who taught you those analyses just now?" Louis. Bonaparte spoke again, and Jérôme's heart was relieved.

Jérôme, who had adjusted slightly, calmly pointed to his head and eyes and said, "These are what I have seen and thought of myself!" No one wants to teach me, and besides......"

Jérôme paused, smiled contemptuously, and said, "The city officials and lords who sit above the nine heavens of Paris [note 1] are probably still thinking about how to suppress the next riot! The stuffing of workers into the national workshops is nothing more than a delaying tactic, and it will not solve the problem of unemployment in France once and for all, let alone the members of the parliament who have their own agendas! Paris now is like a powder keg. ”

Jérôme gestured in the air, "It only takes a little spark for the powder keg to ignite!" Paris will then face a second split. By that time, the republicans could only kill the workers! Even if the republicans were lucky enough to suppress the workers, how would the republicans achieve the universal suffrage they called for it, the memory of the citizens of Paris is not like the memory of a fish that only lasts 7 seconds! ”

In the original history, a second revolution sparked by the workers would descend on Paris two months later, and the nascent republic would be in danger of division or death, and the moderate Lamartine would leave the country in favor of the military strongman Kafenjak under the tough policy of Parliament, and the republic would be torn apart from that time.

Jérôme. Bonaparte's answer surprised Louis. Bonaparte pondered that most of the information he had in his possession, which had not been in Paris for a long time, was only from second-hand or even third-hand newspapers, and that this information was far less intuitive than the dictation of Jérôme, a first-hand witness.

"My dear cousin, what do you think of this revolution!" Louis. Bonaparte asked Jérôme with a serious expression. Bonaparte, from now on he has ceased to be Jérôme. Bonaparte was seen as a little brother who needed his care, but as a flag-bearer who was about to raise the banner of Bonaparte.

"A chance!" Jérôme. Bonaparte did not hesitate to respond, and then added: "An opportunity for the Bonaparte family to return to French politics, the Bonaparte family has not returned to Paris, the center of French power, for 33 years!" ”

Jérôme raised his hand and clenched his fist: "We must seize this opportunity to return to Paris, just like His Majesty the Emperor did, if you control Paris, you will control the whole of France!" ”

Jérôme. Bonaparte's ambitious words also provoked Louis. Bonaparte's ambitions.

From 1830 to the present, Louis. Bonaparte never forgot to ascend to the throne of France, but each time it ended in failure.

Now that France's power is in a vacuum, his body can't take the lead.

Emotions of remorse haunted Louie. Bonaparte's heart. The fire of ambition flickering in his eyes gradually extinguished, and only a sigh remained.

After a sigh, Louis. Bonaparte readjusted his emotions and looked at his cousin Jérôme, he didn't have much time left, but Jérôme was still young, maybe he could......

"Jérôme, what's your plan?" Louis. Bonaparte asked with his hands folded together and a stern expression.

Jérôme slowly lowered his arm raised in mid-air, shook his head and said with a wry smile: "The original plan was to invite you back to Paris and then participate in the elections in Paris. I believe that Bonaparte's influence in France will be able to defeat those weak republicans in the election and seize the throne of France! ”

"Can we really take the power of France?" Twice failed to Louis. Bonaparte was a little hesitant and confused, he believed that he could seize power, but it was not too childish to seize power through elections.

Even the uncle he advocated was only to take control of the army, and then to whitewash his own crown through public opinion to put a false cloak of democracy.

"Whether or not we can seize power is not up to us, but to our opponents!" Jérôme. Bonaparte confidently said: "As long as the republicans continue to practice universal suffrage, then the massive rural vote base will be at our disposal!" The President of France is at his fingertips! ”

Louis. Bonaparte for Jérôme. The scene described by Bonaparte was also very emotional, but his body no longer allowed him to continue to run for elections.

Louis. Bonaparte turned his gaze to Jérôme again, this time with a pleased smile on his face, and the mustache on his lips followed Louis. Bonaparte's smile stretched outward, and he reached out and pressed Jérôme. Bonaparte's shoulder said, "I think it's time for your plans to change!" ”

"Change?" Jérôme. Bonaparte instantly understood what he meant, he shook his head and laughed at himself: "I'm just a nobody with some Bonaparte titles, I'm afraid not many people in the whole of Paris can recognize me!" Cousin, you're different! Two coups d'état made you famous, and the book "Eradication of Poverty" mixed with Paris met a learned Prince of Bonaparte! These are things that I can't have in a short period of time! ”

"You can too!" Louis. Bonaparte said with a sonorous and firm voice: "Believe me, cousin! There are times when a dead person is worth more than a living person. Because the dead need to tell the story of their deeds through the mouth of the living, and the living are happy to share in the glory of the dead! Especially a dead man who hasn't made a mistake yet! ”

Jérôme did not understand Louis. Bonaparte meaning.

"I'll tell you......" Louis. Bonaparte whispered in Jérôme's ear.

"No...... I disagree! "Jérôme. Bonaparte's eyes widened and his lips pursed.

"Cousin, you must listen to me this time!" Louis. Bonaparte said to Jérôme resolutely: "I have a hunch that this is the last chance for the Bonaparte family!" If we fail this time, we may not be able to return to French politics again. ”

PS: 1. The scorn of the Parisian bureaucracy.