While the Chartist movement was in full swing in its final "death throes", the French Republic, which was only separated by a channel from the Kingdom of Britain, was also saving for the coming upheaval.

The February Revolution detonated the whole of France, and at the same time spread the flames of revolution through Lyon and Strasbourg to Italy and Germany, and the Republic could not repeat the mistakes of 1793, and the revolutionary fervor had to end.

It's all for France!

The cessation of the revolution and the preservation of the fruits of the Republic became the first priority in Lamartine's mind, and he has always worked hard for this goal.

[Lamartine, Marx's Girondist statesman, was the provisional head of the Provisional Government of the Second Republic when it was established, and concurrently served as Minister of Foreign Affairs from February 24 to May 11, 1848.] 】

However, there is a gap between the ideal and the reality, and once the Pandora's box of revolution is opened, it will become extremely difficult to close it again.

Especially in situations like this.

With the fall of the July Dynasty, the proletariat, which had been "united", quickly parted ways with the industrial bourgeoisie.

The two classes, which were originally in a secondary contradiction, were united by the political imbalance of the July Dynasty, and after the main contradiction disappeared, the secondary contradiction became the main contradiction.

In the face of increasingly acute class contradictions, the workers began to unite spontaneously to smash the machines and go on strike, and the capitalists who had benefited from the revolution also fought against each other, organising the beating of workers who wanted to dismantle the machines, and rallying under the banner of the Order Party and the Conservative Republican Party in the National Assembly to push for the dissolution of the National Assembly and the dissolution of the national factory law.

The conflict between the proletariat and the bourgeoisie made the already turbulent Paris even more scareless, and at the same time made Lamartine feel that the burden on his shoulders was greater.

Thinking of this, Lamartine, who was standing in front of the window of his apartment study on rue Saint-Honoré, couldn't help frowning.

Such an unruly nation may only be controlled by Emperor Napoleon!

The words "great rebellion" came to Lamartine's mind.

Lamartine, who reacted, shook his head and laughed at himself: "I would have had this kind of thought!" ”

With that, he turned around and sat back at his desk to read the National, Republica, Reform, and many other newspapers.

Since the February Revolution lifted censorship, newspapers have sprung up in France, especially in the Seine department (Paris), and countless workers' party newspapers, republican newspapers, and even royalist newspapers, which have profoundly influenced the direction of public opinion throughout the Seine.

Lamartine, as interim head of the Republic, had to go through the newspapers one by one.

Knowing the direction of public opinion throughout Paris through the content of the newspaper is a "must-have" for Lamartine every day.

Lamartine, who was flipping through the newspapers, suddenly came across an interesting article in the "Constitutionalist Newspaper".

[The "Constitutionalist" is the newspaper of the French bourgeoisie; Published daily in Paris from 1815 to 1870; In the 40s it was the organ of the moderate wing of the Orleanists; In the revolutionary period of 1848-1849 it reflected the views of the counter-revolutionary bourgeoisie led by Thiers; After the coup d'état of December 1851, it became the newspaper of the Bonapartist faction. 】

"From Bonaparte to Bonaparte?" Lamartine read out the title of the article, and the guy with an Italian accent who claimed to be Napoleon's successor came to mind.

After the February Revolution, I met that guy once, and I don't know how he is doing in the United Kingdom now.

["Once-in-a-side" refers to the fact that after the February Revolution, Napoleon III entered Paris in favor of the revolution and supported the republic, but Lamartine's government did not expel Napoleon III from the French Republic on the grounds that Napoleon III was a war criminal. 】

Lamartine continued to look at the rest of the content, and his expression became more and more solemn.

The law of universal suffrage, responsible government, equality for all, each of them is like the devil to tease Lamartine's nerves.

Although Lamartine, who retains his romantic style, subconsciously agrees with some of the points of the article, it is feared that the article will plunge an already polarizing France into an even greater upheaval.

If it were possible, he would really like to give an order to ban this article completely.

It's a pity that the hastily created Second Republic did not grant him such rights.

Lamartine continued to flip through the contents of the remaining newspapers, about half of the dozen or so remaining newspapers reprinted the article.

Lamartine suddenly realized the gravity of the incident and that the orientation of newspaper public opinion could influence the orientation of the people of Seine.

The purpose of this article is probably not simply to praise what the promoters behind the article want to do.

"Knock Knock"

A brief knock on the door pulls Lamartine from the realm of consciousness to reality.

Lamartine, who reacted, hurriedly said, "Please come in!" ”

A middle-aged man with a slightly chubby body looked panicked and pushed the door in: "Mr. Lamartine, on the street...... ...... on the street"

The middle-aged man's panicked look made Lamartine's heart "chuckle", and he desperately hoped that the news from Shang Bo's mouth was not bad news: "Calm down and tell me what is going on on the street!" Champo"

When the man named Chambo heard Lamartine's serious words, he calmed down as if he had found his backbone, and said: "Sir, when I passed by the Place de la Concorde, I saw many demonstrators with banners! ”

【Victor. SHANG Bo. Morality. Labré, who became Lamartine's secretary in 1833 and accompanied him on his second trip to the East, died in Malte in 1850. 】

"How much is a lot!" Lamartine asked the secretary in front of him in a stern tone.

"About a thousand people! I don't know the exact number! Chambaud responded to Lamartine.

"Only a thousand!" Lamartine muttered quietly, and his heart was also relieved.

The march of 1,000 people was still under Lamartine's control, as long as it wasn't like the February Revolution.

"What is the slogan of their march? Maintain a national factory? Guaranteed wages for workers? Lamartine continued.

"No......" Shang Bo shook his head and responded, "Aren't they?" Their slogan was "Long live Napoleon!" ""We're going to break it"? And ......"

Chambaut glanced at Lamartine and said, "And the overthrow of the Republic!" ”

"These Bonapartists!" Lamartine gritted his teeth and spat a sentence out of his mouth.

"Mr. Lamartine, I've heard that there are more than marches! Even the army is chanting "Long live Napoleon"! Chambo then detonated another message to Lamartine.